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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 2011
Page
1
A bomber struck Oslo then a gunman dressed as an officer killed campers on Utoya island. Police said the same suspect carried out both acts, acted alone, and the toll could rise. Norwegian media named Anders Behring Breivik as the suspect.
In Washington Boehner abruptly ends debt talks with Obama over major spending cuts. Obama orders leaders to White House for fresh negotiations on raising the debt limit and avoiding default. Each leader accuses the other of backing away from a deal. Both insist they remain committed to preventing a default.
President Obama certifies repeal of the ban on openly gay service after meeting with Defense Secretary Panetta and Admiral Mullen. He asserts the move preserves cohesion, recruitment, retention, and military effectiveness and ends decades of discharges and lobbying.
Al Shabab militants in Somalia pledged to bar most international aid workers as famine worsens and the UN warns up to 800000 children could die from starvation. Aid groups seek to scale up food help but lack safety guarantees to operate in militant areas.
Fredrick D. Simmons, 27, of Lawrence, died after trying to stop a moving box truck from rolling downhill near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City Missouri. The truck's parking brake let go while unloading furniture. Simmons ran after the truck and was run over by a rear wheel. He worked for Professional Moving & Storage. The company mourned his loss and said the investigation is ongoing.
Former KU guard Mario Chalmers celebrated the grand opening of Mario's Closet at LMH Endowment Association funded shop for cancer patients joining about 200 locals and survivors. The facility offers wigs mastectomy bras prostheses cosmetics and skin care items to help patients feel normal and supported.
Four Free State High School students spend two hours daily tending a 60 by 60 foot Community and Learning Garden near the school. They plant water and weed among watermelons corn peppers gourds and squash while learning about hard work and the realities of farming in hot dry conditions. Local teacher Laura Priest praises the students for mentoring four nearby community plots and for the project’s educational value.
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