Today is Friday, Sept. 26, the 270th day of 2008. There are 96 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Sept. 26 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first secretary of state.

Today’s Birthdays: Fitness expert Jack LaLanne is 94. Thought for Today: “The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do.”—Booker T. Washington, American educator and author (1856-1915).