Spotlight: What's in a name? Ask any new parents who are trying to come up with a moniker for their newborn. It's one of the first major decisions they make for their baby, and they want to get it right. The US Social Security Administration recently released its list of top American baby names for 2007. For the 12th straight year, Emily tops the list for girls and, for the ninth year, Jacob is No. 1 for boys. Biblical names are popular for boys: the others in the top five were Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. Rounding out the top five girls' names are Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison.

Quote: "Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?" — Helen Hunt Jackson

Today's Top Alt-Clicks: appeasement, parlor, appease, stalwart, chasten

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Senate Watergate Hearings

Today in History:

• Buttonwood Agreement: 24 prominent brokers created the foundation of the NYSE (1792)
• Norway: became a constitutional monarchy (1814)
• Aristides: won the first Kentucky Derby (1875)
• segregation: was outlawed unanimously by the US Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Watergate: Senate began hearings about the scandal (1973)
• Laurent Kabila: rebel leader declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), deposing Mobutu (1997)

Enya

Today's Birthdays:

• Edward Jenner (1749-1823): physician who helped create the smallpox vaccine
• Dennis Hopper (72): actor/filmmaker, Easy Rider, 24; other screen personalities who were born on this date include Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), Bill Paxton (53), Bob Saget (52), Craig Ferguson (46) and Thom Filicia (39)
• Enya (47): Irish singer of whimsical new-age Celtic music; other musicians who share this birth date are Erik Satie (1866-1925) and Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005)

Word of the Day:  oy vey
The expression "oy vey" is the Yiddish equivalent of "oh, dear" and is used as an expression of dismay or hurt.
There is a traffic sign posted on New York City's Williamsburg Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Manhattan. It reads: "Leaving Brooklyn. Oy vey."