Historical milestones in world events across centuries
Key events span from 1777 Lafayette’s major-general appointment in the Continental Army to 1991 the START I treaty signing in Moscow. Highlights include Truman dedicating Idlewild, the DEW Line becoming active, Ranger Vil lunar images, Mecca clashes with hundreds dead, and 1991 arms reduction accord between Bush and Gorbachev.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Harry Truman
New York International Airport
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
George H.W. Bush
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Moscow
Roberts suffers seizure at Maine home prompts quick recovery
Chief Justice John Roberts, 52, had a seizure and fall at his summer home in Maine on Monday. He was taken by ambulance to Penobscot Bay Medical Center for a thorough neurological evaluation with no cause for concern, officials said.
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John Roberts
Maine
Supreme Court
Kathy Arberg
Christopher Burke
Penobscot Bay Medical Center
Roberts
Arberg
Body of second South Korean held in Afghanistan found
Afghan police said at daybreak they found the body of a second South Korean captive fatally wounded by the Taliban in Ariza Valley, Andar District near Ghazni. The Taliban spokesman claimed senior leaders ordered the harm after failed prisoner exchanges for Christian volunteers. Prime Minister Abe, facing a parliamentary loss, refused to resign and warned of a political vacuum.
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Afghanistan
Taliban
Al-Jazeera Television Network
Ariza Valley
Andar
Ghazni
Abdul Rahim Deciwal
Qari Yousef Ahmadi
Abe
Advisers urge Avandia to stay on market
Government health advisers overwhelmingly recommended that the diabetes drug Avandia remain on the market after finding that evidence of increased heart attack risk does not justify removal. The panel voted 22-1 and urged a black box warning on the label to flag the risk.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.N. team in Beijing says N Korea did well on inspections
A 10 member IAEA team led by a North Korea nuclear expert said Pyongyang cooperated fully with inspectors monitoring the shutdown and sealing of Yongbyon, the country’s sole plutonium producing reactor, after visiting on July 12 to supervise the program’s closure.
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Beijing
U.N
N. Korea
North Korea
International Atomic Energy Agency
Yongbyon
North
NASA Phoenix ready to probe Martian arctic for life
NASA plans the Phoenix Mars Lander to dig into Martian permafrost with an eight foot arm and study soil chemistry for signs of past or present life. The mission targets the northern plains, aiming to uncover ancient water evidence and organics with a three month surface stay after a 423 million mile flight from Cape Canaveral.
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Los Angeles
NASA
Martian
North Pole
Phoenix Mars
Red
Mars
Doug McCuistion
Phoenix
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Arctic
Plains
Peter Smith
University of Arizona, Tucson
Newspaper staff and redelivery contact lines
Editors list and contacts include Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan with phone lines. 6News director Cody Howard provides a separate contact. In town redelivery guaranteed if paper not received by stated times.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
L Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jworld
Mindie Paget
Poll questions on milk and land development debated
A reader poll on eeWorld asks if milk costs are rising faster than gas and whether farmland near Highway 24 and North Seventh Street should be developed into a business park. The results show a No vote as the winner with online responses available at jworld.com.
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U.S. Highway 24 40
North Seventh Street
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Madwin Services
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