Today in History highlights world events across decades
On August 25 1944 Paris was liberated after four years of Nazi occupation. In 1916 the National Park Service was created. In 1921 the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany. Byrd led an Antarctic voyage in 1928 from Hoboken New Jersey. In 1943 US forces liberated New Georgia. In 1958 Eisenhower signed pensions for presidents and widows. 1958 Concentration premiered. In 1981 Voyager 2 passed 63 000 miles from Saturn.
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Paris
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
United States
Germany
Richard E. Byrd
Hoboken
N.J
Antarctica
U.S
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Eisenhower
Nbc-Tv
Saturn
Gas price drop and Olympic viewership reach record highs
A Lundberg Survey shows regular gas at 3.70 with mid and premium higher nationwide and California prices down from two weeks prior. In Baja California, Tropical Storm Julio brings heavy rains and evacuations along riverbeds while forecast to weaken later. NBC reports Olympic viewership surged, with 277 million nightly viewers on peak nights and NBC surpassing prior records across Athens Sydney and Atlanta combined across broadcast and cable platforms.
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Lundberg
California
St Louis
Anchorage
Alaska
Reguilar
Julio
Baja California
Baja
Cabo San Lucas
U.S
NBC
Atlanta
NBC Universal
Athens
Sydney
Grain export bottlenecks strain U S logistics and farmers
US grain exports face infrastructure bottlenecks across railways rivers and highways delaying corn wheat and soybeans. Bottlenecks raise costs for farmers shippers and consumers while large harvests and rising exports press a system needing billions in investment to improve capacity and efficiency.
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U.S
Mark Hodges
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Hodges
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Illinois
Army Corps of Engineers
Associated Press
Iowa
Indiana
USDA
Zephyr sets record for longest unmanned flight time
QinetiQ Group PLC claims its Zephyr drone, built from carbon fiber and powered by paper-thin solar panels, flew 83 hours 37 minutes surpassing Northrop Grumman Global Hawk's 2001 record. The claim uses unofficial times as they do not meet the federation's official criteria for record verification.
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Qinetiq Group PLC
Northrop Grumman
Qinetiq
Almanac predicts cold winter ahead
The Farmers Almanac forecasts below normal U S temperatures for most regions this winter with above normal snowfall in the Great Lakes and Midwest and increased precipitation in the Southwest and Southeast. Forecaster Peter Geiger cautions about a harsh season while predicting near normal summer temperatures in most areas and unusually hot July in the Southwest.
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Lewiston
Maine
Farmers’ Almanac
U.S
Numb
Almanac
Peter Geiger
Great Lakes
Midwest
Southwest
Southeast
Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Northwest
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Old Farmer’s Almanac
Caleb Weatherbee
Weatherbee
Geiger
World newspaper contact and staff directory
A local newspaper lists contact numbers and email addresses for departments and staff. It includes avenues for story ideas obituaries sports arts and entertainment and letters to the editor. Contact details for editors online news partners and ads are provided along with subscription and redelivery information.
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Wwwallworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
World
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Maik Tkeegan
Cam Jon Niccum
Poll results hint conventions sway voters
A reader poll prompt from Flwwwljworld.com asks how conventions affect November voting. It offers options about watching conventions or not voting and references Friday's Olympics question with a general winner remark and a prompt to visit the site for more responses.
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California Gas
Mexico
Baja Peninsula
New York City
Baghdad
Lawre
Londo
al- Qaida
Iraq
Jill Carrall
Abu Ghraib
Ayyid Salim al-Zubair
Camp Bucca
Jett Roberson/AP
Alton
London
Journal-World
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Cam Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cell
Tony Berg
Berg
Ljworld.com
Sity
Flwwwljworld.com
Kansas
LMH
Spencer Payne
LMH Allied Health Staff
ConnectCare
Wwwalmh.org
Lmh.org
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