Today in History highlights notable events
Key moments include the 1960 Greensboro sit-in beginning with four black student protestors at a Woolworth lunch counter in North Carolina. Other milestones cover Texas voting to secede in 1861, Canada's RCMP creation in 1920, Trygve Lie becoming UN secretary general in 1946, Swiss women gaining voting rights pressure in 1959, and the 1991 USAir crash at LAX.
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Trygve Lie
United Nations
Switzerland
Woolworth’s
Greensboro
N.C
Usair
Los Angeles International Airport
Daschle Tax Issues Complicate Health Secretary Bid
Former Sen. Tom Daschle faces back taxes and interest totaling more than 140000 dollars, but Republicans and Democrats say confirmation as health secretary remains unlikely to stall. Elsewhere a Sri Lankan deadline fails to clear civilians, and a Tikrit orphanage removes a sculpture honoring shoe-throwing journalist Muntadhar al Zeidi.
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Tom Daschle
Obama
Daschle
South Dakota
Senate
Associated Press
Timothy Geithner
Treasury
George W. Bush
Fatih al-Nassiri
Tikrit
Muntadhar al- Zeidi
Baghdad
Lunar New Year bar fire kills 15 in Fujian China
Revelers celebrating a birthday set off fireworks inside a bar in Changle Fujian, triggering a blaze that killed 15 people and injured 20 state media said. Fire started just before midnight as 10 people lit fireworks at their table. Three of the injured were in critical condition and 17 were treated overnight at Changle City Hospital.
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China
Changle
Fujian
Xinhua
Changle City Hospital
Obama outlines road map for new bailout spending plan
President Obama promised to lower mortgage costs and extend loans to small businesses as he readies a second installment of the rescue package. Treasury and White House aides weigh a mix of tools to revive credit, possibly expanding beyond the initial 350 billion, aiming for transparency and accountability while lawmakers debate the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
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Washington
Barack Obama
White House
Congress
Obama
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Bush
Geithner
House
Nancy Pelosi
Calif
Senate
Harry Reid
D-New
Administration
Overcharged Medicare drug insurers face probe
Insurers in Medicare prescription drug plans are accused of overcharging subscribers and taxpayers by billions. The inspector general cites $4.4 billion owed for 2006 and says audits to determine the amount are largely incomplete, prompting questions from Senator Claire McCaskill about collection plans and program oversight.
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Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Therogram
Medicare
Claire McCaskill
Missouri
McCaskill
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
Congress
JourNAL-World Contact Information and Newsdesk
The Kansas newspaper provides contact numbers for departments including Local news City government County government Kansas University Lawrence schools Business Sports Arts and entertainment Obituaries and Photo reprints. Outside Lawrence a toll free number is listed.
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Ljworld
Liworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact directory note lineups
Editors and department chiefs listed with phone numbers and emails. News partners 6News Mediaphormedia and classifieds contact details provided. Subscription lines give weekday and weekend hours with redelivery guarantee for in-town papers.
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Columbia
Texas
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal North West Mounted Police
Dominion Police
Washington, D.C
Sri Lanka
Red Cross
Defense Ministry
Visnamadu
Mullaittivu
Palmoddai
Iraq
Beijing
Bela Szandelszky
Budapest
Hungary
Michigan Pkee University
Journal-World
Contact US
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Liworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Jworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Ijworld
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
I Jworld
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Iiworld.com
Kansas
Darwin
Bruce Lieberman
Charles’ Darwin
Bruce
Lieberman
Panore
Www
Nlinkueda
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