Milestones in world history from 1920 to 1988
December 21 1920 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Massachusetts. 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres in Los Angeles. 1945 Patton dies from injuries in Heidelberg Germany. 1948 Ireland declares itself a republic. 1968 Apollo 8 launches to orbit the Moon. 1969 Vince Lombardi coats last game as Redskins lose to Cowboys 20 10. 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie Scotland, 270 killed.
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Walt Disney
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Los Angeles
George S. Patton
Heidelberg
Germany
Eire
Ireland
Vince Lombardi
Snowstorm boosts and hinders holiday shopping scene
East Coast shoppers faced mall closures as a weekend snowstorm limited in-store traffic while retailers and Web sites offered incentives like free express shipping. National crowds pursued discounts, with demand uneven across regions, as analysts noted a potential last-minute lift from pent-up demand. A separate note cites a debt deal erasing about 1.4 billion for control of a company after lenders approve the plan.
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Macy's
J.C. Penney
Marshal Cohen
NPD Group
Brazilian man admits stabbing stepson with needles for revenge
In a jail interview, 30 year old Roberto Magalhaes said he and a lover doped his two year old stepson with wine and inserted about 30 sewing needles to kill the child as payback to the mother. The boy survived major surgery and faced more operations to remove needles from his abdomen and spine.
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Globo Television
Bahia
Roberto Carlos Magalhaes
Magalhaes
Bay
Salvador
Police recover damaged Auschwitz gate sign in Poland
Polish police said they found the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign cut into three pieces after a three day hunt. Five men aged 25 to 39 were detained and questioned in Krakow, with the sign located Sunday night in northern Poland, far from the Auschwitz memorial site in the south.
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Auschwitz
Katarzyna Padla
Associated Press
Poland
Auschwitz Memorial Museum
Pablo
Krakow
Auschwitz Museum
Citadel Broadcasting files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Citadel Broadcasting Corp, the nation’s third largest radio group, files for Chapter 11 to restructure its debt as advertising revenue declines. The Las Vegas company operates 224 stations including KABC AM Los Angeles WLS AM Chicago WABC AM New York and KGO AM San Francisco. It lists assets of 14 billion and debt of 2.46 billion as of October 30 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings.
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Citadel Broadcasting Corp
Citadel
Kabc-Am
Los Angeles
WLSAM
Chicago
Wabc-Am
Wpli-Fm
New York
Kgo-Am
San Francisco
WABC
Don Imus
Rush Lunbaugh
Joe Scarborough
Mark Levin
U.S
Southern District of New York
Macy's Herald Square Reopens After Escalator Fire
Hundreds of holiday shoppers were evacuated from Macy's flagship after a fire on an escalator sent smoke through the building between the third and fourth floors. Macy's spokeswoman Elina Kazan said one employee with asthma declined hospital care. no other injuries were reported as the store resumed operations. The incident followed a heavy snowstorm that hit Manhattan earlier.
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Macy's
Herald Square
Elina Kazana
Macy
34Th Street
Kazan
Health care reform bill clears key Senate test
In Washington the landmark health care bill backed by President Obama cleared its sternest Senate hurdle on a 60 to 40 vote. Supporters cheered as Sen. Tom Harkin urged history, with Sen. Edward Kennedy’s widow Vicki Kennedy watching. The measure would extend coverage to more than 30 million people and ban insurers from denying benefits for pre existing conditions. Nebraskan Sen. Ben Nelson’s concessions secured the 60 votes, while Republicans warned final passage could stretch to Christmas amid ongoing opposition and debate over Medicaid and abortion provisions.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Senate
Tom Harkin
D Lown
Vicki Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nebraska
Ben Nelson
Harry Reid
Nevada
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Obama
Reid
McConnell
Nelson
Journal World contact directory and editors in Lawrence Kansas
The Lawrence Journal World provides a contact directory with office addresses and phone numbers for Local news City government County government Kansas University Lawrence schools Consumer affairs Sports Arts and entertainment and various editors including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum and Jonathan Kealing with emails and extension lines for story ideas and departments.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Lliworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
L Jworld
Tom Keegan
Jkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jworld
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Contact list for News Partners and Mediaphormedia staff
Directory of staff and contact details for News Partners 6News Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia Dan Cox plus other contacts. Includes phone numbers, emails, classifieds line, subscription and delivery numbers and redelivery guarantee times for in-town areas.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ljworld
Maine seeks cancer warning labels on cell phones
Maine Representative Andrea Boland pushes a 2010 bill to require manufacturers to label cell phones with warnings about potential brain cancer from electromagnetic radiation. The measure, opposed by industry, would urge safeguards for children and pregnant women and mirrors San Francisco efforts to require warnings nationwide.
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Augusta
Maine
U.S
National Conference of State Legislators
San Francisco
Gavin Newsom
Andrea Boland
D-Sanford
Boland
Manu
Federal Communications Commission
Friday poll asks about contacting former teachers after graduation
Readers weigh in on reaching out to former teachers with a Friday poll at LJWorld.com. Responses show 66 percent yes and 33 percent no, inviting more votes.
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Ljworld.com
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