Typewriter Day Wild Card — 6.23.09
Today is the 174th day of 2009. There are 191 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1989, the Supreme Court refused to shut down the "dial-a-porn" industry, ruling Congress had gone too far in passing a law banning all sexually oriented phone message services. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 61. Today we're celebrating Typewriter Day - in observance of the typewriter being patented in 1868 by Christopher Sholes. In the news today, a Gallup Poll shows 59 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court does here. And the latest Wild Card is in play ...