Today in History Highlights from 1620 to 1988
Highlights include the Mayflower landing at Plymouth in 1620, Benjamin Disraeli’s 1804 birth in London, Disney’s Snow White world premiere in 1937, Patton’s death in 1945, Ireland declaring itself a republic in 1948, The Graduate release in 1967, Apollo 8 in 1968, and the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 with 270 lives lost.
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Benjamin Disraeli
London
Walt Disney
Los Angeles
George S. Patton
Heidelberg
Germany
Eire
Ireland
Irish Free State
Dustin Hoffman
Anne Bancroft
Pam Am
Lockerbie
Scotland
World in Brief: Mosque bombing near Peshawar. NZ quake. Mars asteroid risk
A suicide attack at a mosque in Sherpao near Peshawar killed 35 or more and wounded dozens as Eid prayers began. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's North Island causing injuries and a state of emergency in Gisborne. NASA linked asteroid 2007 WDS5 to a small chance of Mars impact, while a Canadian father received a four year sentence for online sexual abuse of his daughter. FAA reported two near misses over central Illinois due to air traffic controller errors.
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Pakistan
Aftab Khan
Interior Ministry
Islamabad
Sharif Virk
Sharpao
New Zealand
North Island
Gisborne
Hikurangi
Mars
Red
Steve Chesley
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Siberia
Earth
Chesley
Illinois
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Chicago Center
Aurora
Springfield
Tony Molinaro
Southwest Airlines
Chicago
St. Louis
Farmington, N.M
West Lafayette
Ind
Chicago Tribune
Tancredo quits GOP race endorses Romney
Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, a longshot in the Republican field, dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday and endorsed Mitt Romney as the best man to carry on the fight. He cited concerns that remaining could split the anti immigration vote and aid candidates with tougher immigration stances.
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Tom Tancredo
Mitt Romney
Tancredo
Colorado
Iawa
Atlanta Meter Theft Tops Five Hundred Sparingly
Thieves have sawed off more than 500 downtown parking meters this year in Atlanta and the city has replaced about 39 percent of its meter inventory. Each replacement costs roughly 500 dollars, a transportation official said, as authorities shift to more secure meters that the program funds itself.
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Atlanta
Sandra Jennings
Jennings
TSA Slump Grows as Airport Screening Faces Backlash
An AP IPSOS poll shows TSA, under Homeland Security, among the least-liked federal agencies alongside the IRS. Travelers cite long lines and rude screeners, though 53 percent approve of TSA’s performance. Complaints totaled about 9,000 from January to October, with agency officials defending the mission and frontline staff.
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Washington
IRS
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Transportation Security Administration
Associated Press
Ipsos
TSA
Department of Homeland Security
Dallas/Fort Worth
Paul C. Light
New York University
Light
Ellen Howe
Federal Security
Howe
Local contacts and feedback channels for Lawrence Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal-World provides various contact numbers and emails for local news city and county government KU Lawrence schools business sports arts and letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints. It lists external partners and subscription help with hours for paper redelivery and customer service.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Christmas poll on spending and cards prompts questions
A brief poll asks how much readers plan to spend on Christmas presents and whether they have mailed cards. It invites readers to visit two websites to vote and view more responses.
Adoptee Finds Birth Mother In Lowe’s Checkout Line
Steve Flaig, adopted at birth, discovers his birth mother is Christine Tallaby, a Lowe’s delivery driver and co worker in Plainfield Township Michigan. After weeks of search and agency help he learns Tallaby’s identity and that he works nearby, ending a 22 year wait. Tallaby, 45, reacts with tears as she realizes the son she gave up is now her colleague.
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Plainfield Township
Mich
Steve Flaig
Flaig
Christine Tallaby
Lowe’s
Tallaby
Lowe's
Grand Rapids
Chris
DA Blodgett
Tallady
the Lowe's
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Mass
Toronto
St. Thomas
Ontario
John McGarry
Iowa
Lawiahied
GOP
Santa
San Francisco Zoo
Santa Claus
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
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Ann Gardner
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Jworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Lworld
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Ljworld.com
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Chris Bell
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Liworld.com
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World
World.com
Kansas
Marks Jenvelers
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