This Was Their Finest Hour and Historic World Events
A compact history of pivotal dates: Churchill’s Finest Hour call in 1940, Philadelphia’s 1778 entry as British withdraw, U S declares war in 1812, Napoleon’s Waterloo in 1815, Susan B Anthony vote conviction in 1873, and Sally Ride becoming America's first woman in space in 1983.
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Winston Churchill
Philadelphia
United States
Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Belgium
Susan B. Anthony
Canandaigua, N
Anthony
Sally K. Ride
America
Obama signals steps toward gay rights in Oval Office
President Obama told gay rights activists he hears the push for a broader, more equal union yet offered only incremental changes. He signed a memorandum extending some benefits to same sex partners of federal employees, while critics called it political pandering to a key Democratic base.
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Barack Obama
Obama
Oval Office
Man resembles missing New York boy in DNA age
John Barnes, in his fifties, bears striking likeness to a 1955 Long Island missing child. He hopes DNA tests confirm he was not raised by his biological parents and weighs family history against lifelong questions. Meanwhile, a separate case sees Thomas Parkin charged in a plot to impersonate his deceased mother Rene Prusik to collect 117000 in benefits.
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John Barnes
New York
Long Island
Barnes
Associated Press
Richard Barnes
Rene Prusik
Department of Motor Vehicles
Brooklyn
Thomas Parkin
Philton Rimalo
Parkin
Prusik
Obama plan seeks broad financial rules overhaul
The 88 page proposal aims to curb future crises by boosting bank capital, creating a consumer protection office with mortgage oversight, and placing the Fed as regulator for large interconnected firms. A new risk watchdog would be led by the Treasury secretary, while insurers and mutual funds face selective oversight changes.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Lawrence Summers
Obama
National Economic Council
Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Ulatory
Federal Reserve
Consumer Protection Office
Fed
Treasury Secretary
Mutual Funds
Securities and Exchange Commission
Consumer Protection Agency
Commerce Department
Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Energy, and
Homeland Security
John Steele Gordon
Wall Street
Journal-World contact info and staff listings
The Lawrence Journal-World provides newsroom and staff contacts including Local News 832-7154, City Government 832-6362, County Government 832-7144, Kansas University 832-6388, Lawrence Schools 832-6322, Sports 832-7147, Arts 832-7178, Obituaries 832-7184, Health 832-7190, Transportation 832-7188, and photo reprints 832-6397. It lists editors and emails for Dennis Anderson, Caroline Trowbridge, Ann Gardner, Tom Keegan, Jon Niccum, Terry Rombeck, Jonathan Kealing, and more, plus News Partners 6News and Mediaphormedia contacts. Subscription and redelivery hours are noted.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jworld
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jworld.com
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Wednesday's poll winner shows resume up to date
A brief poll update states the current resume is up to date and the winner has been declared as yes. The wording suggests a quick turnaround on the resume status and a successful result for the polling question.
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Afghanistan
Associated Press
Defense Department
U.S
Iran crowds from all walks join Mousavi protests
In Tehran and other cities Iran's opposition grows beyond students as families women and workers rally for fair votes. Mousavi supporters include grandmothers officials and clerks sharing anger at vote irregularities and calling for a republic not a monarchy.
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Chadors
Iran
Tehran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mir Hossein Mousavi
Mousavi
Saham Boorghani
Boorghani
Saman Qahremani
Qasremani
Reza Hosseini
Hosseini
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Moscow
North Korea
Russia
China
Security Council
Pyongyang
Korean
Beijing
Far East
Sao Paulo
Air France
Paul-Louis Arslanian
BEA
Paris
Michigan
N.Y
New York City
Greece
Acropolis
Petros Giannakot
Athens
London
Iris
Journal-World
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Lworld
Tony Berg
Berg
Coty
Liworld.com
Kansas
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