Historic World War II and 19th century milestones in history
The entry recalls key events: Mount Suribachi flag raisings on Iwo Jima in 1945 captured by Joe Rosenthal at Associated Press, the 1836 Alamo siege in San Antonio, Lincoln’s secret 1861 arrival in Washington, a 1942 Japanese sub shelling near Santa Barbara, 1954 polio vaccine rollout in Pittsburgh, and Guyana becoming a republic in 1970.
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U.S
Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Dress
The
Alamo
San Antonio
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Baltimore
Santa Barbara
Calif
Pittsburgh
Former shuttle driver pleads guilty in subway bomb plot
Najibullah Zazi, a former airport shuttle driver, admits agreeing to a martyrdom operation for al Qaida to attack New York subways. He says he was recruited to bomb the city due to U S actions in Afghanistan and that he once lived near the World Trade Center.
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New York City
U.S
Afghanistan
Najibullah Zazi
New York
World Trade Center
Zazi
Associated Press
NATO strike kills at least 21 in central Afghanistan
Afghan officials say a NATO airstrike in central Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians, the deadliest such attack in six months and drawing Afghan government criticism as it fights to rally support for a major offensive against the Taliban in Helmand's Marjah. A separate bombing at a eastern community meeting killed 15 civilians, including a tribal leader.
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NATO
Afghanistan
Taliban
Osama bin Laden
Tora Bora
Cheney hospitalized after chest pains in Washington DC
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was admitted to George Washington University Hospital with chest pains. He is resting comfortably as doctors evaluate the cause, given his history of heart disease including four prior heart attacks, bypass surgery in 1988, and two angioplasties.
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Dick Cheney
Cheney
Peter Long
George Washington University Hospital
Bipartisan jobs bill clears GOP filibuster in Senate
The Senate voted 62 to 30 to advance a Bipartisan jobs bill, with Scott Brown and four other Republicans breaking ranks. The package includes a Social Security payroll tax exemption for employers hiring the unemployed through December and a $1,000 credit if new workers stay a year, plus highway funding through December. It could create up to 250,000 private-sector jobs according to economist Mark Zandi, though actual impact remains limited.
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Washington
Senate
Scott Brown
Massachusetts
Barack Obama
Capitol Hill
Brown
Harry Reid
Nevada
Mark Zandi
New England
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Maine
Kit Bond
Missouri
George Voinovich
Ohio
Ben Nelson
Nebraska
Frank Lautenberg
D-N.j
Reid
Obama
Voinovich
Wall Street
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Toyota accused of misleading public on runaway cars by Congress
Congressional members charged Toyota officials with misleading statements about run away vehicle causes and faulted federal regulators for cursory investigations amid a widening probe. Letters allege Toyota and NHTSA ignored 2004 data showing electronic throttle flaws and note 70 percent of unintended acceleration cases involved non recalled models, urging deeper scrutiny.
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Washington — Congress
Toyota
House
National Highway Traffic Safety
Securities and Exchange Commission
Energy and Commerce Committee
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Bart Stupak
Dmich
James Lentz III
Toyota Motor Sales USA
Transportation
Ray LaHood
Automaker
NHTSA
Toyota Camrys
Editor contact roster for The World Journal
The list names editors and contacts for The World Journal including Dennis Anderson managing editor Caroline Trowbridge assignment director Ann Gardner editorial page editor Tom Keegan sports editor Jon Niccum entertainment editor Jonathan Kealing online editor and Dan Cox president with their phone numbers and email addresses.
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Dennis Anderson
Jkealing
Jworld.com
Today's Poll on EU basketball schedule and airport security
A reader poll asks if the EU men's basketball team will stay undefeated in Big 12 regular season play and how voters would fund airport security for small planes. It shows 88 percent No for tax increases, 6 percent Yes, and 4 percent Not sure with a prompt to visit LJWorld.com for more responses.
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Guyana
Commonwealth of Nations
Lawrence
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Life Technologies
Carlsbad
Science Translational Medicine
Washington, D.C
George
Jacob Chinn
Guinnes
Tucson
Ariz
Giant George
Guinness World Records
Titan
Congress
Waxman and Stupak
Lentz
JourNal-World
N.H
Ijworld
Kansas University
News Partners
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Facebook.com
Ljworld
Twitter
W.ljworld.com
Ljworld.com
Kansas
Dow Industrials
S&p 500
Chicago
Kansas City
Pearson
Connecticut
Quality Electric Inc
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