Today in history highlights from Aug 10 events
Key events include Polk establishing the Smithsonian Institution in 1846 funded by James Smithson, the 1792 attack on the Tuileries Palace and Louis XVI’s capture, FDR's polio onset in 1921 at Campobello, Reagan's 1988 wartime Japanese American internment payments, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 1993 swearing in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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James K. Polk
Smithsonian Institution
James Smithson
Paris
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court
U S and Pakistan face claims on Mehsud death
The U S and Pakistan lean toward a drone strike killing Baitullah Mehsud near the Afghan border, sparking a disputed power struggle among deputies. Officials caution evidence is unproven and claims remain contested.
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U.S
Pakistan
Taliban
Baitullah Mehsud
Barack Obama
James Jones
Mehsud
Hakimullah
Qari Hussain
Maulvi Umar
Typhoon Morakot Tears Across Asia Forcing Mass Evacuations
Morakot battered the Philippines Taiwan and China's Fujian coast with 74 mph winds and heavy rain. One million people evacuated in China as floods and landslides left dozens dead or missing across Taiwan and Zhejiang. Rescue efforts faced road and bridge damage while helicopters dropped aid in Shiaolin. In Japan and the Philippines the storm caused additional fatalities and injuries.
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Hawaii
Felicia
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Hilo
Honolulu
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Big Island
Ettv Television
Chihpen
Taitung County
Taiwan
China
Bewine
Morakot
Philippines
Emerald
Fujian
China Meteorological Administration
Zhejiang
Xinhua
Beibi
Shiaolin
Kaohsiung
Yang Chiu-hsing
Japan
Obama Calderon clash over drug war at Three Amigos summit
Obama seeks a new tone with Mexico as Calderon presses for faster Merida Initiative aid and delays to the truck pilot. The leaders meet ahead of a three nation summit in Guadalajara, with human rights concerns cited and cross border violence spilling into the United States.
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Hugo Chavez
Colombia
Bogota
U.S
Venezuela
Chavez
Washington
United States
Orinoco River
Foreign Ministry
Obama
Calderon
Guadalajara
Mexico
Barack Obama
Felipe Calderon
Canada
Stephen Harper
Merida
Congress
State Department
Journal World Contacts and Subscriptions Information
A contact list for the Lawrence Journal World announces newsroom and department phone lines, editor emails, and subscription and delivery hours. It includes includes Local News, City and County government, KU, schools, sports, arts, obituaries, health, transportation, photo reprints, and outside-Lawrence numbers. The piece notes staff roles with emails and a subscription line at 832-7199 and a daily redelivery guarantee.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Readers weigh in on ex convict hiring and Hughes flaws
Today's poll asks if people would hire an ex convict with options Yes No Not sure. Friday's poll gauges preference among John Hughes 1980s films with Ferris Bueller's Day Off leading at 32 percent and The Breakfast Club at 21 percent.
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John Hughes
Ferris Bueller
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