World in brief and cheetahs on flight
Studs Terkel, longtime oral historian and Pulitzer winner, died at 96 in Chicago. He chronicled ordinary people across works like The Good War and Working. A Delta jet from Portland to Atlanta carried two cheetahs who escaped in cargo. zoo staff tranquilized and transported them to Zoo Atlanta for temporary safety hold.
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Today in History Highlights From November First
On November one 1968 the MPAA unveiled its film rating system G for general audiences M later GP PG R and X later NC 17. In 1512 Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In 1936 Mussolini spoke of an axis Rome to Berlin. In 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists tried Blair House to kill Truman. one died with a White House officer. In 1952 Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb test at Enewetak Atoll.
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US deaths in Iraq plunge to wartime low
US deaths in Iraq fell in October to the lowest monthly level of the war, matching the July record of 13 fatalities. Eight died in combat, many in northern Iraq where Sunni insurgents remain active. Afghanistan toll for October was 15, continuing a June–October pattern in the 20s.
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Petraeus Acclaimed as New Central Command Chief
Defense Secretary Gates welcomed General David Petraeus as the new commander of Central Command at a ceremony in Tampa Florida. Petraeus will oversee U S military operations across the Middle East including Egypt the Persian Gulf Afghanistan and Pakistan and faces coordinating strategy for two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Obama campaign expands in red states for landslide bid
Obama pours into McCain turf with TV ads in Arizona North Dakota and Georgia as polls show a narrowing race. He vows to win everywhere while aides discuss cabinet choices and a possible chief of staff. McCain aides call it a comeback but warn against overreach.
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Saudi hosts first beauty pageant for locally bred sheep
In Saudi Arabia a male audience evaluated Nejdi sheep on a runway in Riyadh as poets crooned verses. The event, aimed at promoting quality breeding, drew about 4000 men in a carpeted desert setting, with a poetry contest and a display of sheep under strict gender separation and cultural ceremony.
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Lawrence Journal-World contact numbers and website
The Lawrence Journal-World provides contact numbers for departments including Local News 832 7154 City Government 832 6362 County Government 832 7165 Kansas University 832 7146 Lawrence schools 832 7151 Business 832 7188 Sports 832 7147 Arts and Entertainment 832 7178 Letters 832 7153 Obituaries 832 7154 and 832 6349 Photo Reprints 832 6397 Outside Lawrence 800 578 8748. Readers are invited to submit story ideas via email at ljworld com or the feedback form on their site.
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LJ World Staff Contacts List Details
Editors and department heads listed with names titles and phone numbers for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard and Dan Cox with contact emails and station line.
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