The Associated Press= Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2012. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1962, Edward Albee's searing four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway with Arthur Hill as George, Uta Hagen as Martha, George Grizzard as Nick and Melinda Dillon (whose 23rd birthday it was) as Honey. On this date: In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina (ag-rih-PEE'-nuh). In 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy. In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the...
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