Friday, Dec. 14, is the 349th day of 2012. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Jazz musician Clark Terry is 92. Actress Patty Duke is 66. Singer-musician Peter ‘‘Spider’’ Stacy (the Pogues) is 54. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 49. Actress Natascha McElhone is 43. Actress Vanessa Hudgens is 24.