Today in History landmark events span 1787 to 2000
On December 12 1917 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town near Omaha Nebraska In 1787 Pennsylvania ratified the U S Constitution In 1870 Joseph H Rainey became the first Black lawmaker sworn into the U S House In 1906 Oscar Straus became the first Jewish Cabinet member In 1913 the Mona Lisa was recovered In 1925 the first motel opened In 1963 Kenya gained independence In 2000 the Supreme Court halted Florida recounts and Bush became president elect
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Edward Flanagan
Omaha
Neb
Pennsylvania
Joseph H. Rainey
South Carolina
U.S
Roosevelt
Oscar Straus
Commerce and Labor
Straus
Florence
Italy
Louvre Museum
Paris
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Kenya
Britain
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
George W. Bush
Fed trims rate to 4.25 as Wall Street rails against smaller cut
The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 0.25 point to 4.25 percent, the third reduction this year, aiming to bolster growth amid a deepening housing slump. The Dow fell 294.26 points as investors sought a bigger move. Separately, studies show mammograms miss up to 2 in 10 cancers, prompting calls for vigilant screening. Huckabee defends past AIDS remarks, while Tropical Storm Olga drenches Dominican Republic and Haiti amid late-season cyclone activity.
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Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Fed
Ben Bernanke
Federal Funds
Olga
Dominican Republic
Haiti
U.S
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Daniel Brown
Pirates Free Japanese Tanker Off Somalia After Seizure
The Golden Nori, a 6,253 ton tanker carrying benzene, was seized off Somalia in late October with 22 crew members aboard. After U S Navy intervention, all crew are reported unharmed and pirates left the vessel, with one South Korean crew member rescued earlier in November.
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Somalia
U.S. Navy
Navy
Porter
John Gay
Associated Press
Myanmar
Philippines
South Korea
Al Qaeda claims Algeria bombings at Constitutional Council and UN
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for twin blasts in Algiers, one near the Constitutional Council and another at a U.N. compound, killing 26 and injuring 177. The strikes targeted a university bus and an embattled U.N. office, with five UN workers among the dead. Authorities linked the attacks to a resurgent Maghreb faction and warned of further operations.
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Cairo
Beyet
United Nations
al-Qaida
Middle East
Iraq
Afghanistan
Europe
Saudi Arabia
Diaa Rashwan
Maghreb
North Africa
Algeria
Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni
New Constitutional Council
Supreme Court
Ben Aknoun University
Constitutional Council
U.N
UNHCR
Marie Okabe
Merriam-Webster selects w00t as Word of the Year
Merriam-Webster rewards gamers with w00t as the Word of the Year for 2007 based on online polls and user submissions. John Morse notes its blend of whimsy and technology reflecting electronic communication. Critics say the term remains niche despite broader pop culture ties.
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Springfield
Mass
Merriam-Webster
John Morse
Lan
Merriam- Webster
Allan Metcalf
American Dialect Society
wOit
Metcalf
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Comedy Central
Stephen Colbert
Journal-World contact page lists staff and helplines
The Lawrence Journal-World provides names and phone numbers for local news, city and county government, Kansas University, schools, business, sports, arts, obituaries, and photo reprints, plus editors and emails. It also offers redelivery and paper delivery helplines for in-town readers.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
What is the worst thing about winter poll
A reader poll asks which winter factor is worst with options snow cold ice flu season or all of the above The prompt also asks about a celebrity political endorsement and its impact on voting with a note to visit a site for more responses and to vote
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Washington, D.C
Chicago
Diana Miglioretti
The
National Cancer Institute
Leonard Berlin
Rush
Rush North Shore Medical Center In North Suburban Skokie, Ill
Berlin
Iowa
White
Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
Ryan White
Indiana
Arkansas
Jeanne White-Ginder
Aids Institute
Leesburg
Fla
Tokyo
Japan
Baghdad
Maya Albruzzo
Murray
Arab Labour
86Th Combat Support
Iyad Allawi
Saleh Mutlaq
Morse
Julia Roberts
Journal-World
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Jworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediapharmedia LLC
Joel Mathis
Convergence
Ijworld
Chris Bell
al Bonner
Abonner
Ljworld.com
Ijworld.com
Kansas
Spodcasters
LdWorld.com
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