March 16 marks My Lai atrocity and Kennedy bid
Today in history notes the My Lai Massacre death toll 347 to 504 in 1968 Vietnam War and Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his Democratic presidential candidacy in Washington DC. It also recalls events including Tiberius death in AD 37 and Caligula’s succession, Madison’s birth in 1751, Jefferson’s 1802 West Point act, Hitler’s 1935 rearmament, and the Broadway opening of 1776 in 1969.
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My Lai
Washington, D.C
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Tiberius
Caligula
James Madison
United States
Port Conway
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Broadway
Salvadors election ushers leftist rise in region
In El Salvador conservative candidate Rodrigo Avila conceded to Mauricio Funes of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front ending two decades of conservative rule. Funes and allies gain power as Obama weighs regional policy. Beatty Kilpatrick case yields jail release for Christine Beatty after 69 days. Biden mother Jean Biden hospitalized after a fall in Delaware.
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Rodrigo Avila
Arena Party
Mauricio Funes
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Funes
Latin America
Barack Obama
U.S
Detroit
Kwame Kilpatrick
Christine Beatty
Kilpatrick
Beatty
Joe Biden
Greenville
Delaware
Biden
Elizabeth Alexander
Catherine Eugenia
Jean” Biden
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Alexander
North Korea to partially reopen border with South Korea
North Korea agreed to reopen the crossing for South Koreans stranded at Kaesong but will not allow entry for workers or goods to the factories run by South Korean managers. South Korean Unification Ministry noted hundreds were stuck after the border closure late Friday amid rising tensions.
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North Korea
Seoul
Kaesong
South
Unification Ministry
Moderate Democrats balk at Obama's spending plans
Washington reports that spending on most domestic programs climbs at a pace unseen in nearly 30 years, triggering Blue Dog and Republican opposition. House and Senate hearings on Obama's 3.6 trillion fiscal 2010 budget loom, with debt projections and CBO analyses due, while Democrats seek ways to curb growth and avoid tax increases.
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Washington
Barack Obama
House
Allen Boyd
Dfla
Blue Dog Democrats
House of Representatives
House Budget Committee
Senate
Budget Committee
Kent Conrad
Congressional Budget Office
Bush
Blue Dogs
Conrad
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Evan Bayh
Bayh
Boyd
Judd Gregg
Journal-World Contact Numbers List Kansas newsroom
The Lawrence Journal-World provides contact lines for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs and various departments including sports arts letters obituaries and health with main switchboard numbers and extensions for outside Lawrence availability.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Journal staff and contact numbers listing
Editorial contacts for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard Dan Cox provide newsroom roles and phone lines. To subscribe or resolve delivery issues call 832-7199 with weekday hours listed and redelivery guarantee.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Federal Reserve chief sees recession ending in 2009
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told CBS 60 Minutes that the recession will probably end this year if the banking system is stabilized and lending returns to normal. He cautioned unemployment could rise beyond 8.1 percent, possibly to 10 percent, even if growth resumes, and warned of political will as a key risk to solving the crisis.
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Federal Reserve
Washington
America
Ben Bernanke
CBS
60 Minutes
Bernanke
United States
Fed
American International Group Inc
Citigroup Inc
Bank of America Corp
Mort
Kansas Jayhawks NCAA Sweet 16 odds poll question
A KU basketball poll asks readers to rate chances of the Kansas Jayhawks reaching the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 with options including percentages and a No chance choice. A Friday poll queries whether KU women will make the tournament and notes the shown winner was No. Readers are directed to LJWorld.com for more responses.
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Kansas Jayhawks
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