Join or Die cartoon parts snake into sections
A May 9 1754 Pennsylvania Gazette cartoon shows a snake divided into segments for each American colony with the caption join or die. Historical notes mention 1936 Italy annexing Ethiopia and a 1980 Tampa Bay bridge disaster killing 35 when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing a section to collapse.
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Pennsylvania Gazette
Ameter
Italy
Ethiopia
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Tampa Bay
Florida
Mexican police chief shot dead outside home in Mexico City
Mexico's acting federal police chief Edgar Millan Gomez was shot ten times at his apartment complex in Mexico City. Two body guards were wounded. Millan died hours later at a hospital, as the crackdown on organized crime continues.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Edgar Millan Gomez
Public Safety Department
Millan
Felipe Calderon
Olmert Denies Illicit Donations Amid Inquiry
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit contributions from Morris Talansky. He says he will resign if indicted as a court lifts a gag order, with probes clouding peace talks with the Palestinians.
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US S
Olmert
Israel
Morris “Moshe” Talansky
Bolivia Recall Referendum Bill Moves Ahead
Morales signs the recall measure requiring higher share and total votes than 2005 for Morales and Bolivia's nine governors. if failed, a general election follows. Separate note: North Korea handed over detailed nuclear logs on its plutonium program to the United States as part of disarmament talks. Verifications remain a top priority for the State Department.
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Bolivia
Soci
Morales
North Korea
United States
Bush
North
State Department
Sean McCormack
Obama Back on Capitol as Superdelegates Weigh Campaign
Senator Barack Obama returns to Washington with a warm reception on the Capitol floor. He secures additional superdelegate support while noting the remaining six primaries and 217 delegates, but highlighting the 260-plus undecided superdelegates still to be won as crucial to uniting the party and focusing on John McCain.
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Kentucky
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John McCain
Fox News Channel
Senate
Associated Press
Victims' photo helps cops nail suspect in theft
Police traced a robbery to Andre Smith after two women from a bachelorette party handed investigators a photo they had taken with him at a Bensalem taproom. Harran said Smith jumped into their party photo then robbed the women later that night and was arrested on robbery and theft charges with $50,000 bail.
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New York
David Paterson
Paterson
Al'Sharpton
Bensalem
Andre Smith
Bensalem Township
Fred
Harran
Smith
Contact details for JourNal-WorLD staff and services
The notice lists staff contacts for JourNal-WorLD including Dennis Anderson news editor Caroline Trowbridge assignment director Ann Gardner editor Tom Keegan sports editor Jon Niccum entertainment editor Mark Fagan business editor Terry Rombeck features editor and News Partners 6News and Mediaphormedia contacts plus subscription help and redelivery guarantees.
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Danderson
Ijworld
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Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Pade
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jworld
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Poll on reimbursing Kansas for event for parade
Today’s poll asks whether two merchant groups should repay Kansas athletics the 6400 dollars forfeited to cancel an Holidome event so its championship basketball players can join a downtown parade. Thursday’s poll asks if Allen Fieldhouse needs renovations. The winner: Yes. Visit www ijworld com for more responses and to vote.
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Kansas Athletics
Allen Fieldhouse
Ijworld.com
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