On This Day In History: States and Saints And Scandals
February 14 marks key events including Oregon becoming the 33rd state in 1859 and Arizona joining in 1912. The 1929 St Valentine’s Day Massacre saw seven rivals slain in a Chicago garage. Jacqueline Kennedy gave a White House tour on TV in 1962. Stormie Jones became the world’s first heart liver transplant recipient in 1984 at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital.
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League of Women Voters
Chicago
Maud Wood Park
al Capone
Jacqueline Kennedy
Stormie Jones
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Clinton urges North Korea to avoid provocation
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Pyongyang to refrain from provocations amid reports of a potential long range missile test. She pledged to keep North Korea to its commitments to abandon nuclear programs in exchange for aid and concessions as she prepared for a China visit. The speech came as U.S. markets fluctuated on concerns over the stimulus package and housing foreclosures. Meanwhile VA facilities review colonoscopy procedures after exposures at a Tennessee clinic. Blackwater changes its name to Xe. a British tabloid reports a teen father story sparking debate on teen pregnancy with nationwide context.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
North Korea
Clinton
Northeast Asia
New York
Asia Society
China
Indonesia
Japan
South Korea
Stimulus Bill Passes Congress Amid Bipartisan Tension
The 787 billion package, pushed through late Friday, aims to create or save about 3.5 million jobs with tax cuts and federal spending. Supporters credit it with recession relief, while Republicans decry excessive spending as Democrats defend measures for unemployment benefits, health care, and state aid. Barack Obama praised the passage as a historic step toward recovery as Pelosi and Hoyer touted bipartisan support and swift enactment.
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Washington
White House
Obama
House
Senate
Wall Street
Banaior Fants
Barack Kane Denese
Congress
Steny Hoyer
John Boehner
Ohio
Sherrod Brown
Nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office
Chicago
Capitol
Barack Obama
Nancy Pelosi
George W. Bush
Science of kissing ties chemistry to romance and stress relief
A Lafayette College panel at the AAAS meeting explored how kissing alters hormones. In a 15 minute kiss, oxytocin rose in men while cortisol dropped in both sexes, with women showing lower oxytocin. Hand holding produced milder but similar chemical shifts. The researchers note kissing supports bonding, with testosterone linked to sex drive and romantic attachment.
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Donna Summer
One Hill
Lafayette College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hill
Helen Fisher
Rutgers University
Donald
Lateiner
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fisher
Contact numbers for Lawrence journal world offices and departments
The Lawrence Journal-World provides contact lines for local news city and county government KU Lawrence schools business sports arts and entertainment and obituaries with separate lines for letters to the editor and photo reprints plus an outside Lawrence toll free number. This listing helps readers reach staff in different departments and submit story ideas or feedback.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper contact and delivery helplines per Kansas paper
Editorial and news staff contacts are listed with direct lines and emails. Subscription and delivery assistance is available weekdays from 6 a.m. to 5 30 p.m and weekends from 6 a.m. to noon with in town redelivery guaranteed if reported before cutoff times.
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Nessee
U.S
Alvin C. York VA Medical Center
Murfreesboro
Tenn
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Blackwater Worldwide
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Blackwater
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Alfie
Chantelle
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Ina
Britain
Europe
Mahesh Kumar A.ap
India
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Hyderabad
Journal-World
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
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Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
Sixtt
Kansas
Ljworld-Com
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