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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2008
Page
2
On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting real estate sales to Black people or other racial groups were unenforceable. The digest lists other historical markers from 1802 to 1978, including Washington’s incorporation and solar energy events.
A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded as worshippers left Friday prayers at Bin Salman mosque in Saada, Yemen, killing at least 18 and injuring about 45. Officials blamed both rebels and the government, as fighting since 2004 has devastated the region.
The Labor Department reports fewer April job cuts totaling 20 000, lowering the national unemployment rate to 5 percent from 5.1 percent in March. Despite the improvement, employers still pared payrolls in a weak economy with housing and credit turmoil. The Fed will boost short term bank lending to 150 billion in May to ease credit, while March factory orders rose 1.4 percent.
At Hampshire College in Amherst a robotic gray squirrel named Rocky, powered by amps and controlled remotely, studies real squirrels. Researchers led by Sarah Partan use Rocky to observe how squirrels communicate and respond to social cues, aiming to reveal instinctive group behaviors and possible parallels to human signals. Rocky’s actions include tail flagging and barking, triggering genuine reactions from wild squirrels in field tests.
The notice lists contact numbers and email for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business e sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints. It also provides an outside Lawrence toll free line and directs story ideas via email or feedback form.
Editor contacts and newsroom leadership listed with titles phone numbers and emails. Subscriptions hotline and delivery hours noted with in town redelivery guarantee. News partners 6News and Mediapharmedia contacts included.
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