Notable U.S. and world events on historic January dates
A recap of key happenings tied to January dates: Obama’s 2009 inauguration as the 44th president, Hong Kong’s 1841 cession and 1997 return to China, Pearl Harbor lease approval in 1887, FDR’s 1942 inaugural date shift, Wannsee conference leading to the Final Solution, and Iran’s hostage release in 1981 after Reagan’s ascent.
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Barack Obama
Hong Kong
China
Great Britain
U.S. Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia shooting spree left eight dead near town
Police hunted Christopher Speight, 39, after a gunman killed eight adults in and around a central Virginia home. Officers and dogs surrounded woods near the house where seven bodies were found. an eighth victim died en route to the hospital. State police gave few motive or weapon details.
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Virginia
Christopher Speight
Thomas Molnar
Molnar
Speight
Troubles at every turn in Hasan's training
Supervisors of the Army psychiatrist accused in the massacre at Fort Hood sanitized his performance appraisals in the years prior to the shootings, according to government documents obtained by The Associated Press. They praise Hasan despite lateness, few patients, and disappearing on call while he expressed Islamic views. Documents also raise concerns he might have been developing a psychosis, though no mental health evaluation was done. Defense Secretary Gates released an internal Pentagon review finding several unidentified medical officers failed to use appropriate judgment and standards when reviewing Hasan as a student, internist, and psychiatric resident.
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Fort Hood
Associated Press
Nidal Hasan
Hasan
Defense
Robert Gates
Pentagon
White House to name deficit panel to curb deficit
President Obama plans to appoint an 18 member bipartisan deficit reduction panel to draft a blueprint after the November elections. The group would report before the new Congress convenes next year and avoid recommending steps that could anger key interest groups.
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Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
White House
New England's champion elm cut down after 200 years
In Maine a 110 foot elm, crowned New England's champion tree, was felled Tuesday after a long Dutch elm disease battle. A crane lowered limbs as 101-year-old caretaker and residents watched. the 10-ton trunk shook the ground on impact. Former tree warden Frank Knight recalled the beloved elm's long life.
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Herbie
New England
Frank Knight
Knight
Brown pulls upset to win Massachusetts Senate seat
In an upset in liberal Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley to win the late Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat. The result, during Obama’s first year in office, hands the GOP a 41st Senate seat and may stall health care reform. Brown led 52 to 47 percent with most precincts reporting as turnout set a January record for a non-presidential election.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Scott Brown
U.S
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Barack Obama
Martha Coakley
White House
Obama
House
Sen
Robert Menendez
Democrats
Brown
GOP
Coakley
Kennedy
Wall Street
Bible verse marked rifle sights draw defense probe
Michigan defense contractor Trijicon faces investigation over stamped Bible references on Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights used by U S forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Officials say inscriptions do not breach the no proselytizing rule though watchdogs warn of propaganda risks. Trijicon says practice dates to before.
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Washington
Michigan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Marine Corps
Service Acquisition
Trijicon
Wixom
Mich
Tom Munson
Munson
U.S
Defense Department
Trijicon’s
Mikey Weinstein
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Local contact lines and staff for I journal News
A directory of newsroom letters and contact numbers for I journal World including local news city county KU Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment obituaries health transportation photo reprints and staff emails names Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Jonathan Kealing with respective phone lines and emails.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ijworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Jkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Jworld.com
News Partners and Mediaphormedia contact details
Lists contact numbers and emails for Cody Howard Dan Cox Chris Bell and Tony Berg at 6News and Mediaphormedia. Provides classified advertising and subscription lines with in-town redelivery guarantee if a paper is not received. Includes hours of operation and call guidance for delivery issues.
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Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ljworld
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ijworld
Poll on Bible verse references in US weapons sparks debate
Daily poll asks readers if military weapons should carry Bible verses with responses 1 Yes 1 No 1 Not sure. The Tuesday poll queries whether Lawrence should spend 1.9 million dollars to extend sewer service to the Lawrence Municipal Airport to attract developers with 58 percent No 35 percent Yes 6 percent Not sure. Visit LJWorld.com to vote.
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U.S
City of
Lawrence
Lawrence Municipal
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