Today in History Highlights Landmark Events Across Centuries
August milestones include Berlin’s 1961 border wall to stop refugees and a 1521 victory when Cortes captured Tenochtitlan. Richelieu becomes minister in 1624, Los Angeles flags rise in 1846, Hitler rejects vice chancellor offer in 1932, Echo 1 enables two way satellite calls in 1960, and Reagan signs major tax and budget cuts in 1981.
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Berlin
East Germany
Hernando Cortez
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Echo 1
California
Ronald Reagan
Arctic Sea missing after attack near Sweden and piracy link?
The Maltese flagged Arctic Sea reportedly faced an attack off Sweden, then disappeared en route to Algeria with its Russian crew. Russian officials vow to pursue all necessary measures, while families urge a full rescue.
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Sweden
Arctic Sea
Algeria
Somalia
Graeme Gibbon- Brooks
Sky News
Dmitry Medvedev
Kremlin
Russia
Federal deficit climbs to 1.27 trillion in July
The Treasury reported a July deficit of 180.7 billion, beating economists’ 177.5 billion forecast. With two months left in the fiscal year, the Obama administration projects a total imbalance of 1.84 trillion, over four times last year’s peak.
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Treasury Department
Obama
Gay rights groups split on timing to challenge Prop 8 repeal
California gay rights activists debate when to urge voters to repeal the Prop 8 ban. One large group wants a 2012 campaign, while others plan to push in the next year. After the setback last fall, organizers weigh strategies to win back marriage rights amid divides over outreach to conservatives and minority communities.
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California
California Supreme Court
Fed signals economy leveling out with rates held at record lows
The Federal Reserve said the economy appears to be leveling out and will slow its $300 billion Treasury buy program, extending the timeline to end in October. Rates stay at near zero as the Fed aims to support a recovery, with Dow rallying about 120 points.
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Fed
Washington
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Richard Yamarone
Argus Research
Wall Street
Treasury
Mark Zandi
Moody’s Economy.com
Capitol Hill
Uncle Sam
Chris Rupkey
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Central Bank
NASA struggles to track killer asteroids underfunded program
Washington reports that NASA cannot meet a 2020 goal to locate 90 percent of potentially deadly near Earth rocks due to lack of funding for telescopes. Only about one third of the mission is complete with the current system, while estimated 20,000 such objects exist and 6,000 are tracked.
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Washington
NASA
Earth
Congress
Space Agency
National Academy of Sciences
New Orleans
Lindley Johnson
Journal-World contact numbers and departments
Contact information lists phone numbers for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries health transportation and photo reprints with an outside Lawrence line. The item serves as a newsroom contact page.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff Contacts and Delivery Hotline
Editorial and newsroom contacts listed with emails and phone numbers for DENNIS ANDERSON CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE ANN GARDNER TOM KEGAN JON NICcum TERRY ROMBECK JONATHAN KEATING Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia executives. Delivery assistance line 832 7199 offers in town redelivery if paper not received by 11 a.m. weekdays or noon on weekends.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
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Louis XIII
France
Cardinal Richelieu
Los Angeles
Adolf Hitler
Ger
London
Baghdad
U.S
Iraq
Iraqi Health Ministry
Amer al-Khazai
Najaf
U.S. Treasury
Afghanistan
Beijing
China
World Trade Organization
WTO
United States
Commerce Ministry
Yao Jian
Yao
Honduras
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
the Farmers’ Market
Vermont
Arniaifo
Franco
Manuel Zelaya
Tegucigalpa
Zelaya
Jupiter
Journal-World
N.H
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
Woodstock Generation
Kansas
IMEC
Anderas
Sam
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