On This Day March 13 Historical Highlights
On March 13 1933 banks reopened after FDRs bank holiday. Uranus was discovered in 178. In 1925 Tennessee banned teaching evolution. In 1928 the St Francis Dam flood killed hundreds. In 1964 Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York. In 1996 a gunman killed 16 students and a teacher in Dunblane.
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Banks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Herschel
Tennessee
San Francisquito
California
St. Francis
Catherine
Kitty" Genovese
New York
Genovese
Dunblane
Scotland
France's WWI veteran Ponticelli dies at 110 in Paris area
Lazare Ponticelli died at his Kremlin Bicetre home after outliving millions of French soldiers from la Grande Guerre. France plans a national funeral for him and the noilus, while Hong Kong braces for a flu outbreak prompting school closures. Dr. Jack Kevorkian weighs a 2000s bid for Congress, aiming to challenge Joe Knollenberg in Michigan.
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Lazare Ponticelli
Italy
Paris
Kremlin
Bicetre
National Veterans Office
Ponticelli
Europe
Australia
United States
Germany
Hong Kong
World Health Organization
WHO
Jack Kevorkian
Congress
Royal Oak
Mich
Kevorkian
U.S
Joe Knollenberg
Bloomfield Township
Washington
Bloomfield Hills
Kids survive being thrown from Dallas overpass
In Dallas two children and their mother faced a dramatic incident on Interstate 30. The mother, Khandi Busby, 27, threw the boys 22 feet from an overpass then jumped herself. Police say the children are in good condition while Busby is in fair condition and facing possible charges.
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Dallas
Khandi Busby
C.L. Williams
Busby
Janie
Baylor University Medical Center
Children's Medical Center
EPA Tightens Smog Standards Across Hundreds of Counties
The EPA announces tighter ozone limits, lowering the cap from 80 to 75 parts per billion and requiring about 345 of 700 monitored counties to meet the standard. Health experts say the move falls short of ideal protections, while critics argue it ignores science.
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Washington
U.S
Wednday
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Stephen Johnson
Kansas
Missouri
Clay
Kansas City
Johnson
Los Angeles
California
New England
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Mobile
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
el Paso
Texas
Tulsa
Okla
Florida
Oklahoma
Congress
Bernadette Toomey
American Lung Association
UNC student body president Eve Carson killed in Durham shooting
Police arrested Demario James Atwater in Durham on a first degree murder charge in the death of UNC student body president Eve Carson from Athens Georgia and are seeking a second suspect, 17 year old Lawrence Lavette Jr. The board offered a 25000 reward and memorial services were held in Athens and Chapel Hill.
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UNC
Hilisborough
N.C
University of North Carolina
Eve Carson
Athens
The
Biology and Political Sci
Ence Major
Right Temple
Carson
School
Board of Trustees
Demario James Atwater
Durham
Atwater
Lawrence
Alvin Lavette Jn
Lavette
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Polls Question Spitzer Resignation and Unemployment Query
Today's poll asks if readers agree with Governor Eliot Spitzer's resignation following prostitution-ring involvement reports. Another question asks about unemployment experience and duration, with the notable response that the winner is never unemployed.
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New York
Eliot Spitzer
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