Notable events in history across years and places
On July 3 1863 Gettysburg ended with a Union victory as Confederates retreated. Quebec founded in 1608 by Champlain. In 1775 Washington took command at Cambridge. Idaho statehood in 1890. Algeria independence in 1962. Jim Morrison died in 1971 in Paris. Dan White sentenced in 1979 for Moscone Milk killings. Missouri abortion restrictions upheld by Supreme Court in 1989.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
George Washington
Tal
Cambridge
Mass
Idaho
Algeria
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
Paris
Dan White
San Francisco
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Supreme Court
Missouri
Health care penalties eyed in Democratic bill overhaul
A broad health care overhaul backed by Senate Democrats would require individuals to maintain health coverage or face fines near $1,000 a year, with families paying higher penalties. The plan, modeled after Massachusetts, aims to raise roughly $36 billion over ten years and uses subsidies for the poor and many middle class. Amid other news, Biden travels to Iraq to visit troops and press for political reconciliation as U S forces reduce combat roles.
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Senate
Barack Obama
Congressional Budget Office
Massachusetts
White House
Joe Biden
Iraq
U.S
Jalal Talabani
Nouri al-Maliki
Biden
Health officials tackle swine flu challenges
Global efforts focus on the swine flu pandemic as cases surge in the Southern Hemisphere and Europe with Britain predicted to hit 100,000 daily infections by August. Cancun summit convenes WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan and health ministers from the United States, Canada, China, Britain, and Brazil to map strategies amid rising U S cases and deaths.
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Europe
Britain
Mexico
World Health Organization
Margaret Chan
Cancun
United States
Canada
China
Brazil
U.S
Air France Flight 447 belly first crash report released
French investigators detailing the June 1 Atlantic crash say the Air France A330-200 hit the sea belly first at high speed, leaving 228 aboard with little chance to react. They call the probe a puzzle, with speed sensor issues possibly misled pilots but not the direct cause. The Rio to Paris flight disappeared 930 miles off Brazil in open ocean. Separately North Korea fired short range missiles off its east coast amid talks of a possible long range launch toward Hawaii during Independence Day. Japan warned a long range launch could be possible, referencing past Pyongyang behavior and previous Taepodong 2 tests.
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U.S
Pentagon
Bryan Whitman
United States
North Korea
U.S. Defense Department
Air France
Bouillard
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
Atlantic
Brazil
Hawaii
Washington
U.N
Pyongyang
Japan
Takeo Kawamura
Marines suffer first casualties in new Afghan campaign
Marine units faced the first casualties of a major new operation in southern Afghanistan. On day one of the Khanjar assault in Helmand province, authorities reported one Marine killed and several wounded as 4,000 Marines and 600 Afghan forces moved into Nawa Garmser and farther south toward Khan Neshin.
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Nawa
Afghanistan
U.S
Obama
Helmand
Barack Obama
Associated Press
al-Qaida
Washington
Hamid Karzai
Pakistan
Khanjar
Helmand River
Garmser
Khan Neshin
Rig
24Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Drew Schoenmaker
Greene
Schoonmaker
1St Battalion
Sth Marine Regiment
Journal World Contact and staff directory update
Contact details for Journal World staff and departments listed for local news city county KU Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts letters obituaries health transportation photo reprints and outside Lawrence. Names and emails for editors and online staff provided with direct numbers and subscriptions info included.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Fourth of July Fireworks in Lawrence Question Poll
Reader poll asks if residents will attend the downtown Lawrence Fourth of July fireworks show with responses and a link to LJWorld.com for more votes. A separate poll asks whether motorists support a Kansas law restricting use of the left-hand lane with results shown as yes 73 percent and no 26 percent.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Global warming makes Soay sheep on Hirta smaller
Researchers led by Tim Coulson of Imperial College London report wild Soay sheep on Hirta, Scotland, are about 5 percent smaller now than in 1985. The milder climate reduces growth rates and allows smaller lambs to survive, shifting the herd’s average size and illustrating evolution and ecology in climate change.
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Washington
Scotland
Hirta
Tim Coulson
Imperial College London
Coulson
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Journal-World
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