News Brief

Standard Freeholder: It's been 45 years since GENERAL HOSPITAL began dispensing heavy doses of drama to TV viewers. Since 1963, ABC's longest-running daytime series has documented the trials and tribulations of Port Charles' citizens, carving an unprecedented television niche with intrigue and illness long before ER, HOUSE and GREY'S ANATOMY graduated from medical school. "You don't get to 45 years just because you're lucky," executive producer Jill Farren Phelps told The Associated Press as the cast and crew celebrated GH's April 1 birthday with punch and cake on the show's hospital set at ABC's Prospect Studios. Gold Derby: Split reax to GLAAD's controversial award. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Young Brooklyn Actor Mick Hazen gains accolades in AS THE WORLD TURNS. Timmins Daily Press: Plot line teasers for the week of March 24th.