NAMED

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as the new Democratic National Committee chair; she replaces Tim Kaine,

who is running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia

ANNOUNCED

The exhumation of a Florentine woman suspected of sitting for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa;

archaeologists hope to prove whether she was the model

OPENED

The Watergate Gallery at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library; the new exhibit aims to give a more

truthful version of the scandal than its previous account

FOUND

The remains of three women near a beach in Long Island, New York. Eight bodies have now been

recovered, all thought to be victims of a serial killer

DIED

Manning Marable, the Columbia University historian whose anticipated revisionist book on

black-nationalist leader Malcolm X was released just days after his death

BOUGHT

Bankrupt video renter Blockbuster, by satellite TV provider Dish Network for $320 million, which may help

the company stream movies online