Today in History Highlights from May dates
On May 8 1945 Truman announced World War II ended in Europe. In 1846 Palo Alto Texas saw the first major battle of the Mexican American War with no clear victor. Harry S Truman born near Lamar Missouri in 1884. In 1958 Vice President Nixon faced shouts and abuse by protesters in Lima Peru.
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Europe
Palo Alto
Texas
United States
Harry S. Truman
Lamar, Aan
Richard Nixon
Lima
Peru
Gilmore Girls Graduation Ends The Era
A TV recap notes Rory Gilmore graduates from Yale while fans debate the fate of Gilmore Girls. The piece also previews American Idol final four and other prime time highlights including Nova Pocahontas Revealed and Secret Lives of Women.
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Rory
Gilmore Girls
Yale
Logan
Matt Czuchry
Luke
Lorelai
Simon Cowell
Fox
Melinda
Jordin
LaKisha
Blake
Sanjaya
Phil
Chris
PBS
Jamestown Settlement
John Smith
Peggy Lee
Apple openness to higher iTunes prices with DRM free tracks
Apple signals willingness to raise song prices if labels drop copy protection, aiming to let iTunes buyers play tracks on any digital player. EMI has already offered DRM free songs at $1.29 with higher quality, while major labels watch to see if bundles and wider content will boost online revenue and offset CD declines.
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Apple
Steve Jobs
iTunes
Jobs
Apple Inc
Britain
EMI Music ‘Group,plc
Coldplay
Norah Jones
Joss Stone
EMI
Warner Music Group Corp
Vivendi
Universal Music Group
Sony
BMG Music Entertainment
Sony Corp
Bertelsmann AG
Gartenberg
Jupiter Research
Europe
David Sholle
Long Beach
Listing of newsroom contact lines for multiple departments
The Journal World provides contact numbers for Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters Obituaries and Photo Reprints plus an outside Lawrence toll free line.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff contacts and subscriptions details
Editorial staff names and contacts listed with phone numbers and emails for Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan. News Partners 6News Mediapharmedia LLC subscribe lines and delivery hours. In town redelivery guarantee if missed.
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Danderson
Ljworld
Bill. Snead
Lsnead
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Beckham and Victoria Beckham buy Beverly Hills home
Beckhams pay about 22 million dollars for a 13,000 square foot Beverly Hills house of just over an acre. David Beckham, 32, and Victoria, 33, plan to move in July after signing a five year MLS deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Spokesman Jeff Raymond confirmed the purchase but did not reveal house details. The couple will relocate to Los Angeles as Beckham joins Galaxy this summer.
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Los Angeles
David Beckham
Victoria
Beverly Hills
Beckham
Spice Girls
Jeff Raymond
Raymond
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Galaxy
Rain floods basement then dry refuge in Lawrence poll response
A reader asks how to survive rain, notes basement flooding but staying high and dry. They mention awaiting Monday's poll results and report Lawrence traffic as gridlock. They invite readers to visit a local site to vote and read more responses.
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Lawrence
Birthday ages for Enrique Iglesias Rickles Van Halen Gilbert
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 32. Comedian Don Rickles is 81. Rock musician Alex Van Halen is 54. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 43.
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Enrique Iglesias
Don Rickles
Alex van Halen
Melissa Gilbert
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