Today in History Highlights From March Through 1989
March 24 1989 Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound Alaska leaking 11 million gallons. In 1882 Robert Koch announced the tuberculosis bacillus in Berlin. In 1944 Nazis executed 300 civilians in Rome after partisan attack. In 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway. Elvis Presley inducted 1958. Isabel Peron deposed 1976. Archbishop Romero shot dead 1980.
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Alaska
Prince William Sound
Robert Koch
Berlin
Rome
Elvis Presley
Argentina
Isabel Peron
el Salvador
Oscar Arnulfo Romero
San Salvador
AIG bonus repayments rise as Cuomo reports progress
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said 15 top AIG bonus recipients will return more than 30 million in bonuses in full, part of about 50 million of the 165 million awarded. He noted 9 of the 10 largest awards have been repaid, with 15 of the top 20 also returning funds, while some still consider it.
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New York
Andrew Cuomo
American International Group Inc
AIG
Cuomo
Government to help investors buy banks troubled assets
The Obama plan aims to stabilize banks by relieving them of troubled assets and risky loans. Markets surged as the proposal rolled out with Treasury changes designed to attract private investors. banks resist some asset pricing. The PROGRAM blends 75 to 100 billion rescue funds with private investments and FED/FDIC support to buy up to 1 trillion in real estate related assets.
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Washington
Obama
Congress
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Wall Street
Standard & Poor
Daniel Alpert
Westwood Capital
Administration
American International Group
Geithner
Capitol Hill
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve
Red meat linked to higher death risk in older adults
A large federal study of over 500000 adults finds that high consumption of red and processed meats raises death risk from cancer and heart disease. Men eating a quarter pound hamburger daily show 22 percent cancer and 27 percent heart disease mortality increases. women show 20 percent cancer and 50 percent heart disease rises. Processed meats carry slightly lower risks.
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Chiace
Rashmi Sinha
National Cancer Institute
Internal Medicine
Contact details for The Lawrence Journal-World staff and services
A listing of newsroom and department contacts for the Lawrence Journal-World including local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and letters obituaries health transportation and photo reprints with editor emails and phone numbers plus subscriptions and delivery lines and redelivery guarantee.
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Inews
Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Poll asks about renaming Missouri Street for Don Fambrough
Lawrence readers weigh in on whether the Lawrence City Commission should have considered renaming a section of Missouri Street to honor former KU football coach Don Fambrough. The poll also asks if the state or federal government should provide health care to uninsured citizens. The winner: Yes. Visit LJWorld.com for more responses and to vote.
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Massachusetts
Barney Frank
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
365Gay
High Court
United States Supreme Court
Frank
Scalia
Lawrence
Missouri Street
Don Fambrough
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Army
Memphis
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Mount Redoubt
Anchorage
Iraq
Turkey
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Baghdad
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Homophobe
New Jersey
Jane Doe
Eduardo. Ojeda
Department of Human Services
Elba Leonor Diaz Soccarras
de Collins
Eifs National Colorectal Cancer Research
Alianca
Cancerkansas.org
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Darfur
Humanitarian Aid and Development Organization
Zamzam
al-Fasher
Sudan
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N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ljworld.com
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Berg
Kansas
Levee Drive
Manhattan
BC Rae Chylis Wave Realty, LLC
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