Today in History highlights key historic milestones
On January first moments include Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing slaves in rebel states. Ellis Island opened as a gateway to immigration in 1892. The five boroughs consolidated into New York City in 1898. In 1984 AT&T dissolved its Bell System arrangement under antitrust terms. The euro became the European single currency in 1999.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
New York City
At&t
Bell System
Hookah bars find a place in American culture
In Seattle, the Rabbit Hole cafe offers hookah with soft drinks, amid a growing national trend as hookah lounges spread from immigrant neighborhoods to white urban areas. The piece notes regulatory pushback from smoking bans, rising demand in California and New York, and health concerns about tobacco use, with quotes from industry and medical experts.
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Alexandria
Middle East
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America
Washington
California
Arizona
New York
Texas
Virginia
United Arab Emirates
Jordan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Anaheim
Calif
Astoria
Bay Ridge
Norman Edelman
American Lung Assn
Detroit rapper Obie Trice shot on Lodge Freeway
Obie Trice, Detroit native and Eminem collaborator, was shot early Saturday on the Lodge Freeway around 1 10 a.m. His girlfriend was uninjured, he was treated and released from Providence Hospital, and no suspects are yet identified as state police investigate. Also noted are Cape Girardeau filming plans for Killshot with Diane Lane, Johnny Knoxville, and Mickey Rourke, and Gucci Mane’s murder charges being dropped in Atlanta with pending release.
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Obie Trice
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Mario Gonza
L Trice
Southfield
Gonzales
Providence Hospital
Brian Taylor
Eminem Records
50 Cent
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River City
Diane Lane
Johnny Knoxville
Mick
Ey Rourke
Elmore Leonard
Mississippi River
Toronto
Decatur
Gucci Mane
Mane
Henry Lee Clark Jil
Macon
Clark
Atlanta
Birthdays for notable figures this day
Rapper Grandmaster Flash turns 48 and author J D Salinger is 87. Rock singer Country Joe McDonald becomes 64 while actress Dedee Pfeiffer hits 42. Actors Morris Chestnut and Verne Troyer both reach 37.
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Grandmaster Flash
J.D. Salinger
Country Joe McDonald
Dedee Pfeiffer
Morris Chestnut
Verne Troyer
Contact details for Lawrence Journal-World staff lines
The Lawrence Journal-World lists phone lines for local news city government county government university Lawrence schools business sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints with specific numbers for each department and an outside Lawrence toll free line.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff and Contact Directory Highlights
Editors and department heads are listed with direct lines and emails. Includes Dennis Anderson as managing editor, Bill Snead, Mike Shields, Ann Gardner, Tom Keegan, Mindie Paget, Jon Niccum, and Mark Fagan, plus News Partners 6News and World Online contacts and circulation and advertising staff. Redelivery policy noted with in town guarantee.
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Danderson
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Lsnead
L Jworld
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Jworld
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Mike Yoder
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