March milestones from Selma to Bell to Remagen
March highlights include the 1965 Selma march halted by state troopers, Bell’s 1876 patent, 1926 first trans Atlantic radio telephony, Hitler’s 1936 Rhineland move, 1945 Ludendorff Bridge Rhine crossing, and 1975 Senate filibuster rule change to 60 votes.
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Selma
Ala
France
Spain
Alexander Graham Bell
New York
London
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
U.S
Rhine River
Remagen
Germany
Ludendorff
Senate
World in Brief: CIA destroys twelve videotapes of interrogations
CIA officials destroyed twelve of ninety two videotapes depicting detainee interrogations tied to enhanced techniques. The action is disclosed in a civil suit by the ACLU, with redacted documents noting the tapes show harsh methods including waterboarding. Meanwhile, Minnesota Supreme Court blocked Senatorial election certification for Al Franken pending ongoing litigation, leaving the seat vacant until appeals conclude.
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CIA
American Civil Liberties Union
Minnesota Supreme Court
al Franken
U.S. Senate
Norm Coleman
Franken
State Board
Tim Pawlenty
Mark Ritchie
Senate
State Supreme Court
Congress
Skirted Peace Protest Draws About 100 in Asuncion
In Asuncion Paraguay, about 100 women staged a nuclear protest by disrobing in a public square. Organizers from the Humanist Party painted slogans on chests to urge global action against nuclear arsenals amid U. S. holdings. Police and onlookers observed the event.
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Paraguay
Asuncion
Carola Gonzalez
Humanist Party
U.S
Congress approves five day stopgap to fund government
Congress moved a 410 billion catchall spending bill stalled in the Senate and facing a midnight deadline. The House passed 328 to 50 while the Senate approved by voice vote. President Obama signed the measure to fund domestic agencies with increased spending and about 8,000 pet projects.
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Senate
Congress
House
Barack Obama
White House
Senate Republicans
Obama to lift limits on embryonic stem cell research
President Obama plans to reverse eight year restrictions on taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell research announcing at the White House that government support will revive scientific work across ailments from diabetes to paralysis. Critics warn against moral lines while supporters cite renewed scientific integrity and advances already seen in adult stem cell therapies.
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Iran
Hamas
Hezbollah
Sudan
Darfur
Omar al-Bashir
al-Bashir
Obama
Washington
Barack Obama
Nancy Reagan
Christopher Reeve
White House
George Daley
Harvard Stem Cell Institute and
Children’s Hospital of Boston
George W. Bush
Geron Corp
Tony Perkins
Family Research Council
Journal World Contact Info List
The Lawrence Journal World provides contact numbers for departments including Local news City government County government Kansas University Lawrence schools Consumer affairs Sports Arts and entertainment Letters to the editor Obituaries Health Transportation Photo reprints and an outside-Lawrence line for story tips and submissions.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff and News Partners Contact Details
Editors and departments listed with direct lines and emails. News partners 6News and Mediaphormedia contacts included. Subscriptions phone hours and in-town redelivery guarantee noted.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Jworld.com
Kepler launches on mission to find Earth like planets
NASA's Kepler planet hunter blasted into space from Cape Canaveral at 9 49 p m CST on a 3 1/2 year, 600 million dollar mission. The spacecraft aims to detect Earth like planets in habitable zones orbiting distant stars, with Bill Borucki describing the potential for life and the possibility that Earths are rare if none are found.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Kepler
Milky Way Galaxy
Bill Borucki
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