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Today is Saturday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2005. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, went on the first successful manned-powered airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.

10 years ago:

Angry voters handed Russian President Boris Yeltsin a stinging rebuff as Communists and right-wing nationalists scored big wins in parliamentary elections on a platform of rolling back democratic reforms.

Five years ago:

President-elect Bush named Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice his national security adviser and Justice Alberto Gonzales to be White House counsel. President-elect Bush was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

One year ago:

President Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in 50 years. Pfizer Inc. said it had found an increased risk of heart problems with patients taking Celebrex.