First Big Ben Chimed On July 11 1859 In London
July 11 1859 marked the first chiming of Big Ben inside the clock tower in London while the clock had kept time since May 31. The entry also notes the 1798 establishment of the U S Marine Corps and Marine Band by act, Burr Hamilton duel in 1804, FDR Panama Canal passage in 1934, a 1978 Tarragona propylene gas tanker explosion killing 216, and the death of Laurence Olivier in 1989.
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London
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Band
Tarragona
Spain
Laurence Olivier
Steyning
West Sussex
England
Burr Oak Cemetery closed as bones found on grounds near Chicago
Horrified relatives searching for graves at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip found more bones on the grounds prompting authorities to seal the historic site as a crime scene. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the cemetery would be closed to the public while inquiries proceed, with hopes to reopen in five to seven days.
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Chicago
Cook County
Tom Dart
Burr Oak
Alsip
Emmett Till
Dart
Gesture could win reporters release in North Korea
North Korea may free two American reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee if the United States offers a gesture such as an official apology, a U.S. scholar said in interviews. The journalists were detained last March near the North Korean border with China and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.
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U.S
al Gore
California
Current TV Media
University of Georgia
Han Park
Washington
North Korea
United States
Park
South Korea
JoongAng Ilbo
Pyongyang
Laura Ling
Euna Lee
China
Ng Han
Florida Astronaut Case Couple Plans to Marry
A Melbourne attorney says Calleen Shipman and former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein are engaged. The couple, now in Alaska, have not set a date. The case centers on Lisa Nowak, who drove to confront Shipman in 2007 and faces trial on attempted kidnapping burglary and assault charges.
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Florida
Lisa Nowak
Kepler Funk
Melbourne
Calleen Shipman
Bill Oefelein
Alaska
Nowak
Oefelein
Houston
Orlando International Airport
Shipman
Obama visit to Cape Coast Castle links past and present
The Obama family visits Cape Coast Castle in Ghana with symbolic ties to the trans Atlantic slave trade. Cheryl Hardin and sister Wanda Milian recount the fort’s dungeon brutality and the Door of No Return as Obama’s historic stop frames reconciliation and memory.
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Ghana
Care Coast
Africa
Americas
Cheryl Hardin
Cape Coast
Barack Obama
America
Hardin
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Coast Castle
Britain
West Africa
Europe
Wanda Milian
Milian
Houston
Texas
U.S
Newspaper staff contacts and subscriber information
Editors and department heads are listed with phone numbers and emails. News Partners 6News contact Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia president Dan Cox are provided, followed by subscription and delivery hours and redelivery guarantee details.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
World.com
Friday Poll Asks How Often You Wash Your Hands
Readers answer in a social media style poll with options 7 to 10 times 30 percent and 4 to 6 times 28 percent. Visit LJWorld.com to view more responses and cast your vote.
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Ljworld
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Drowbridge
Jworld
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Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
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Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
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Liworld
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