The compact disc or CD is turning 40 years old in the U.S. this year. The first commercial CD was released in Japan in October of 1982, but they didn't make their way to the United States until March 1983. The CD served as an alternative to larger vinyl records and bulkier cassette tapes. When the first CD came out, it could hold up to 74 minutes of music, and it was only 4.5 inches in diameter. It would eventually overtake cassette sales by the late 1980s.
Former Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton has been hospitalized with pneumonia and has been in an intensive care unit at a Texas hospital for over a week.
Three female doctors working out of Harbor UCLA Medical Center are suing Los Angeles County for ignoring their reports of discrimination, retaliation and sexual abuse from a ranking surgeon.
