US wins first Olympic hockey gold 9-4 over Czechoslovakia
February 28 1960 marked the United States first Olympic hockey gold after beating Czechoslovakia 9 to 4 in Squaw Valley confirming a historic victory following a day after the Soviet triumph. The year also notes the 1844 USS Princeton gun explosion killing Abel Upshur, the discovery of DNA double helix in 1953, a 1975 London Underground disaster, and the 1993 Waco siege gun battle ending in a deadly standoff.
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Toyota President to speak in Beijing on quality woes
Toyota President Akio Toyoda will address Chinese reporters in Beijing about recent quality problems as recalls mount worldwide. He testified in Washington last week on the global recall wave, with 75,552 RAV4s recalled in China over gas pedal issues amid broader U.S. concerns about Toyota quality.
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Obama signs one year extension of Patriot Act
President Barack Obama signed a one year extension of Patriot Act provisions expiring without his signature. The measure renews roving wiretaps record seizures and surveillance of lone wolf suspects, amid debates on health care reform and bipartisan summit context. Nearby, New York opens a visitor center at the African Burial Ground to honor enslaved Africans who helped build the city.
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White House names Julianna Smoot social secretary
Julianna Smoot, former chief of staff to U S Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Obama campaign finance director, was named the White House social secretary. She replaces Desiree Rogers, who announced her stepping down after a state dinner incident.
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Marjah Cleared as Afghan and Marines Move Toward Kandahar
Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in Marjah amid a broader plan for a larger assault in Kandahar province. Officials warn of looming displacement as aid groups prepare for up to 10,000 people and a major NATO-led push to secure Kandahar.
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Journal-WorLD Staff Directory Highlights City Desk
Journal-WorLD lists editors and contacts including Dennis Anderson managing editor Caroline Trowbridge assignment director Ann Gardner editorial page editor Tom Keegan sports editor Jon Niccum entertainment editor and Jonathan Kealing online editor with listed phone extensions and email addresses for LJWorld.
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Poet Griffin to tour with a bomb shaped poetry bomb
Los Angeles poet S A Griffin plans a five week spring tour carrying a nonfunctional bomb with hundreds of poems. He will mail submissions by readers, read poems from the device in venues nationwide, and hope to spark interest in poetry.
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