Dec 1 1955 Rosa Parks Bus Protests Sparked Boycott
Today in history recalls Rosa Parks refusal to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus leading to a yearlong racial boycott. It also notes the 1824 House decision in Adams Jackson Crawford Clay race and the 1969 first postwar U.S. draft lottery.
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Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Parks
U.S. House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
U.S
Worst Week of My Life returns to BBC for new season
The farcical British comedy The Worst Week of My Life resumes on BBC America at 8:40 p.m. with seven new episodes. The season follows Howard and Mel as they endure a chaotic week including a funeral, a moving day, a downsizing at work, and the looming birth of their child.
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Howard
Ben Miller
Mel
Sarah Alexander
Binky
Miller
Hugh Grant
ABC
Meg
Royal Kitchen
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
London
Ashley Judd
Salma Hayek
Central America
YouthAids
TLC
Cinemax
Showtime
Laughter yoga takes center stage at California beach
At Main Beach in Laguna Beach a group practices laughter yoga blending yoga poses with improv. About 60 U.S. instructors trained in India promote the fad from California to Connecticut with daily beach sessions drawing in dog walkers and joggers alike.
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Calif
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U.S
India
California
Connecticut
Sebastien Gendry
Pasadena
Jeffrey Briar
Laughter Yoga Institute
Briar
Eva Longoria engaged to Tony Parker in France wedding planned
Eva Longoria, famed for Desperate Housewives, is engaged to basketball star Tony Parker. Publicist Liza Anderson says the proposal was romantic and planned for a summer 2007 ceremony in France with family and friends. Longoria, 31, met Parker, 24, in the San Antonio Spurs locker room two years ago. she recently divorced General Hospital star Tyler Christopher in 2004.
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Desperate Housewives
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Tony Parker
Tony
Los Angeles
Eva
Longoria
Liza Anderson
Associated Press
France
Gabrielle Solis
ABC
Parker
San Antonio Spurs
Tyler Christopher
General Hospital
Nick Lachey joins Tacoma Rainiers ownership group
American singer Nick Lachey is revealed as a part-owner of the Tacoma Rainiers, joining the Schlegel Sports Group and becoming a one third owner of the Mariners Triple-A affiliate. He cites baseball as a lifelong passion while noting other major owners in the league include Warren Buffett, Nolan Ryan, and Mandalay Entertainment.
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Wash
Nick Lachey
Lachey
Tacoma Rainiers
Schlegel Sports
Dallas
Seattle Mariners
Cincinnati Reds
League
Branch Rickey
Warren Buffett
Omaha
Nolan Ryan
Round Rock
Mandalay Entertainment Group
Las Vegas
Contact numbers for Lawrence area news tips and departments
The Lawrence Journal World lists story ideas and department contacts including Local news 832-7154, City government 832-6362, County government 832-6352, Kansas University 832-7145, Lawrence schools 832-7155, Business 832-7188, Sports 832-7147, Arts and entertainment 832-7178, Letters to the editor 832-7153, Obituaries 832-7154 or 832-6349, Photo reprints 832-6397, and Outside Lawrence 800-578-8748.
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World
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact directory listing departments
Editors and editors in chief are listed with phone numbers and emails for Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Karrey Britt Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan Cody Howard World Online contacts plus subscriptions and marketing details Readers are prompted to call 832 7199 for redelivery if the paper is missing and to use the classified ads line 832 2222
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
World.com
Bill Snead
Bsnead
Jworld
Karrey Britt
Kbritt
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ljworld
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Notable Birthday List Includes Allen Turner Trevino Midler
Actor-director Woody Allen is 71. Former CIA director Stansfield Turner is 83. Golfer Lee Trevino is 67. Actress singer Bette Midler is 61. Actress-comedian Sarah Silverman is 36. Actress Ashley Monique Clark is 18.
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Woody Allen
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Lee Trevino
Bette Midler
Sarah Silverman
Ashley Monique Clark
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