Today in History March 9 highlights through time
Key events include the 1862 Hampton Roads clash of ironclads Moniter and Virginia, Napoleon's 1796 marriage to Josephine, Pancho Villa's 1916 Columbus raid, 1945 B 29 firebombs in Japan, Murrow on McCarthy in 1954, and Barbie’s 1959 debut at the New York Toy Fair.
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Wisconsin
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New York
World in Brief Pope Benedict to visit Holy Land in May
The White House budget chief said the economy remains weak and a midyear revision may be needed though a second stimulus is not planned. Pope Benedict XVI announced a May 8 to 15 visit to the Holy Land, the first papal trip there since 2000, seeking unity and peace for the region and a separate Africa trip in March.
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North Korea threatens retaliation over satellite launch plans
North Korea warned it would retaliate against efforts to block its planned satellite launch while ordering armed forces on standby. The threat comes as US and South Korea begin large annual drills condemned by Pyongyang. Kim Jong Il was re elected to the rubber stamp parliament in a tightly watched election.
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Selma Jubilee marks 1965 voting rights march
Peggy Wallace Kennedy introduced Eric Holder at a Selma church event honoring the Selma to Montgomery march. The 44 year anniversary drew civil rights leaders including Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton and John Lewis. More than a thousand people joined the bridge crossing Jubilee reenactment.
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George C. Wallace
Joseph Lowery
Congress
John Lewis
D-Ga
U S to withdraw 120000 troops by September amid Baghdad blast
The United States plans to pull about 12,000 troops from Iraq by September, with 74 bases handed to Iraqi forces by March, as British forces wind down. The Baghdad suicide bombing near the police academy killed about 30 and wounded roughly 60, underscoring ongoing security fragility despite troops drawing down.
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More Americans say they have no religion study reveals
A Trinity College survey of 54,461 adults finds 15 percent report no religion, up from 14.2 in 2001 and 8.2 in 1990. Catholic shares fall in the Northeast while growing in California, Texas, and Florida due to Latino immigration, with mainline Protestants shrinking to 12.9 percent.
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Contact details for Journal-World staff and departments
Directory listing for Journal World offices and editors in Lawrence Kansas includes main numbers for local news city government county government KU Lawrence schools and sections such as sports arts and entertainment letters obituaries health transportation photo reprints and outside Lawrence plus contacts for subscriptions and classifieds and weekend redelivery policy. It also lists senior editors managing editor assignment director editorial page editor and other staff with emails and phone extensions.
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Lawrence
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Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ijworld
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Agardiner
Tom Keegan
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Jniccum
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Lawrence Poll Questions Transgender Protections in Law
Readers weigh in on whether Lawrence should change its anti discrimination law to protect cross dressers and transgender people. Friday's poll asked support for the death penalty with Yes winning. Visit LJWorld.com for more responses and to vote.
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