Today in History Highlights Major World Events
On Aug 14 1935 FDR signed the Social Security Act into law. The Oregon Territory was created in 1848. In 1900 forces including U S Marines entered Beijing to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. A 1908 Springfield race riot killed at least two Blacks and five Whites. In 1945 FDR announced Japan's surrender ending WWII. Pakistan became independent in 1947. A 2003 blackout darkened 50 million people in the US and Canada.
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World in Brief: Iraq cafe bombing, California IOU end, Castro meeting
A northwestern Iraq cafe bombing killed at least 21, amid a week of sectarian-ethnic violence near Mosul and Baghdad. California to stop IOUs on Sept. 4 as $85 billion budget fixes repay vendors and schools before Labor Day. Fidel Castro, 83, appeared animated in a Havana meeting with former Cuban president. Pastors for Peace cited recovery signs. Germany and France posted 0.3% quarterly growth, easing euro area contraction to 0.1%. California wildfires surged, Lockheed Fire burning 2,800 acres in Santa Cruz County while evacuations were ordered for Benny Doon and Swanton.
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Lucius Walker Jr
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Lockheed
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Santa Cruz
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Swanton
Investigators Join Search for Mal tese Cargo Ship
Investigators from across Europe joined the search for the Mal tese flagged cargo ship missing in the Atlantic for more than two weeks. The vessel carried timber worth 1.8 million dollars and was last heard July 28 amid reports of a masked boarding in the Baltic Sea off Oland before it disappeared en route to Algeria.
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Pavel Felgenhauer
Malta Maritime Authority
Algeria
FAA probes two New York midair collision staff
The FAA removed a Teterboro controller and a supervisor from duty for on duty behavior amid the Hudson River collision that killed nine. Controller reportedly talked on the phone and handed off the Piper to Newark while on the call. Investigations continue with disciplinary steps announced. video footage of the crash circulated.
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Contact information and edit desk lines for Lawrence Journal-World
The notice lists departments and contact phones for Lawrence Journal-World staff including Local News City Government County Government KU Lawrence Schools Consumer Affairs Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters to the Editor Obituaries Health Transportation Photo Reprints and Outside Lawrence plus editor emails and office hours. It also provides subscription and redelivery numbers with weekday and weekend service times.
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Rare gene behind short sleep cycles discovery
Scientists report a rare DEC2 gene mutation linked to six hours sleep per night in a mother and daughter, with the rest of the family normal. Studies in mice and fruit flies suggest the mutation reduces sleep need, offering a model to study sleep duration and health effects.
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Science
National Institutes of Health
University of California
San Francisco
Ying- Hui Fu
Poll on Jury Verdict Satisfaction At Jaeger Trial
Readers weigh in on the Matthew Jaeger verdict with options including yes not sure and not, reflecting broad sentiment. Thursday poll asks how people rent movies, listing mail video store kiosk on demand and online download percentages.
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