Key historical milestones marked by the U S Supreme Court and world events
Highlights include Sipnel v. Board of Regents ruling racial non discrimination in 1948 law school admissions, 1773 America s first public museum in Charleston, 1915 women s suffrage move blocked in the House, 1932 Hattie Caraway s Senate election, 1945 Soviet push into Eastern Europe, 1966 Johnson SOTU urging stay in Vietnam, and 1986 Columbia launch with Dr Franklin Chang Diaz as first Hispanic American in space.
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Supreme Court
Sipnel
Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma
America
Charleston
S.C
Sentatives
Hattie W. Caraway
U.S. Senate
Europe
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
South Vietnam
Columbia
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
British twins who wed after birth separation case heard
The World in Brief reports a pair of British twins separated at birth married unknowingly before an annulment in a Private High Court Family Division hearing. Details were kept secret, with Evening Standard noting professor Lord Alton urging a right for children to know natural-parent identities.
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House of Lords
High Court
Evening Standard
Lord Alton
Simpson jailed on bail violation in Las Vegas case
O J Simpson returned to the Clark County Detention Center after arriving from Florida. He and bail bondsman Miguel Pereira faced questions from reporters as prosecutors pursue alleged bail violations connected to an armed robbery case. Pereira said he was unpaid and conveyed a message from Simpson.
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O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Las Vegas
Florida
Miguel Pereira
Clark County Detention Center
Pereira
Associated Press
Miami
Mongolian Professor Claims First Americans Discovery
Xinhua reports Professor Sumiya Jambaldorj of Genghis Khan University argues Mongols reached America long before Columbus. He notes similarities between American place names and Mongolian words and cites 20 plus Aleutian toponyms as Mongolian derived.
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America
Christopher Columbus
Xinhua
Sumiya Jambaldorj
Genghis Khan University
Ulan Bator
Aleutian Islands
Jambaldorj
Alaskan
Detention for Playboy pants at Gateway High School
Gateway High School junior Elizabeth Johnson received two days of detention for wearing sweats bearing the Playboy name and logo. She says a dean insisted she change, a claim district officials say dress code enforcement is left to individual schools.
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Gateway High School
Elizabeth Johnson
Playboy
Elizabeth
Bank of America buys Countrywide in bold 4.1B deal
Bank of America purchases Countrywide Financial for about 4 billion in stock, aiming to secure a leading mortgage origination and back office platform. The move, backed by CEO Ken Lewis, comes as credit crises and foreclosures press the sector, with borrowers likely seeing limited immediate changes while the banks integrate brands and services.
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Charlotte
N.C
Bank of America
Ken Lewis
Countrywide Financial
Lewis
Countrywide
U.S
Gary Townsend
Hill-Townsend Capital
Financial Corp
Bank of ‘America Corp
America
Carl Kerns
Calabasas
Calif
Keith Gumbinger
HSH Associates
American Home Mortgage
Gumbinger
Tory
Sean Egan
Egan-Jones Ratings
Philadelphia
MBNA
Egan
Friends in check cash scam carried dead friend here
In Hell's Kitchen two 65 year old men allegedly wheeled their dead roommate Virgilio Cintron to a Pay-O-Matic in a chair to cash his Social Security check. They claim no knowledge of his death while noting they cared for him and had shared a routine for months. Cintron died likely of natural causes. medical examiners investigate. Det. Rapp witnessed the scene as bystanders reacted. The men fought charges and posted bail at Rikers Island.
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New York
Bernie’s
James O'Hare
David Daloia
Virgilio Cintron
Daloia
Cin
Tron
Rikers Island
West 52Nd Street
O’hare
Cintron
Hells Kitchen
New York City Medical Examiner’s Office
Ninth Avenue
Det
Travis Rapp
Hamptons
LJ World Editorial Contacts List
Editors listed include Dennis Anderson managing editor Caroline Trowbridge assignment director Ann Gardner editorial page editor Tom Keegan sports editor Jon Niccum entertainment editor Mark Fagan business editor with direct lines and emails for press inquiries
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
News Partners Contact Details
News Partners 6News Cody Howard director reachable at 832 6321 or howard sunflower broadband.com Mediaphormedia Dan Cox president at 832 7275 or e mail idcox ljworld com
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Ljworld
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Chris Bell
Sara Wilhelm
Swilhelm
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Obama
Barack Obama
Union Hall
Culinary Workers Union
Nevada
Arizona
Janet Napolitano
Clinton
John Edwards
Napolitano
Beijing
Animal Control
Thomas Dodd
Raritan Township
Byleva M. Augstums
MarketWatch
Journal-World Contact US
N.H
News Partners
Kansas
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