Libyan revolt accelerates as Gadhafi loses cities
The Libyan uprising spreads with major towns falling toward the opposition near Tripoli. Rebels vow to liberate the capital while Gadhafi clings to power amid militia patrols and tanks. Two air force pilots defect by crashing their plane rather than bomb towns. Obama pledges options including sanctions and asset freezes.
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Tripoli
Gaddafi
Barack Obama
Libya
U.S
Higher oil prices threaten steady U S growth
Washington report warns rocketing oil above 100 a barrel could slow growth. Despite a likely U S expansion, gasoline costs rise, with the national unleaded average around 3.19 and eyed between 3.25 and 3.75 this spring as supplies stay ample.
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Obama Drops Defense of Federal Same Sex Marriage Law
President Obama ordered a reversal directing his administration to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA as unconstitutional. Attorney General Holder announced the 15 year old act was legally indefensible, a move welcomed by gay rights groups and opposed by opponents ahead of the 2012 campaign.
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Barack Obama
Obama
Jay Carney
White House
Justice Department
Eric Holder
Hawaii approves civil unions for same sex couples
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signed a civil unions bill into law calling it a triumph for equality. Civil unions take effect January 1, 2012, placing Hawaii among states recognizing gay and lesbian partnerships with state rights comparable to marriage.
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Neil Abercrombie
Rainbow
District of Columbia
Abercrombie
Paradise
Blast walls come down in Baghdad easing city life
In Baghdad blast walls are being removed as Iraq appears more stable after years of conflict. The walls, once built during the war to protect government and commercial sites, have begun to come down, potentially easing traffic, boosting trade, and erasing a symbol of Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
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Nouri al-Maliki
Baghdad
Lawrence's first Black teacher recalls city's integration history
Jesse Milan, 82, the first Black teacher hired by the Lawrence school district, told Prairie Park School fifth graders about segregation in Lawrence. He described pennies thrown at Black athletes in 1943, fights for desegregation, and his 1954 contract battles. Milan helped win bonds for a city pool in 1967 and secured equal access for Black and white youth. Lawrence later celebrated Jesse Milan Day in 1997.
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Journal-World Photo
Jesse Milan
Lawrence
Prairie Park School
Kensington Road
Milan
Kansas
Prairie Park
Cathy White
Brown v. Board of Education
Kansas City
Kan
NAACP
Isabelle Ginavan
Ginavan
Bioscience Authority salaries draw sharp criticism in Kansas
Senate Commerce Committee blasted the Kansas Bioscience Authority over executive and staff pay after records show more than half of its 21 employees earn over 100000 annually. CEO Tom Thornton drew attention for a 265000 salary and 100000 bonus, with 12 employees over 100000 and 106000 in bonuses to others. The panel seeks an audit and a bill to have commerce and revenue secretaries chair and treasurer of the board.
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Kansas
Senate
Commerce Committee
Kansas Bioscience Authority
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Authority
Tom Thornton
Thornton
Wichita Eagle
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Jean Schodorf
Reluctant president Eisenhower praised by historian
Richard Norton Smith, historian and Dole Institute director, argues Eisenhower was a reluctant yet highly skilled politician worthy of a 20th century Mount Rushmore. He notes the interstate system, Little Rock desegregation, and fiscal conservatism, while acknowledging a Cold War era strain and a second term jinx. The talk drew 300 plus attendees at the Dole Institute in Lawrence.
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MacArthur
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Dole Institute
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