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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 2010
Page
2
Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes across Baghdad killed 76 and wounded over 200 in at least 13 neighborhoods on a Tuesday. Civilians at restaurants and cafes were targeted as insurgents, likely al Qaida linked, demonstrated coordinated attacks across the capital just days after a church siege.
Indonesia faced a new eruption from its most dangerous volcano sending searing gas clouds down the slopes while tsunami survivors across another disaster zone weighed rebuilding efforts. The twin calamities, occurring within days, have killed about 470 and driven tens of thousands to crowded shelters as relief work stretches for weeks or months. Mount Merapi reported no new casualties in its latest blast.
ACORN, founded in 1970 to register and mobilize low income and minority voters, announced Tuesday it was filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The group faced conservative backlash over undercover video claims and a 2010 funding cut, with investigations finding editing of footage.
Missouri will tighten dog breeder rules after a ballot measure approved Tuesday sets housing, food, and veterinary care standards for breeders with more than 10 dogs and caps breeding dogs at 50. Opponents warn it hurts compliant breeders and may usher broader animal agriculture rules.
Democrat Jerry Brown won California’s governorship in a political comeback defeating Meg Whitman who spent about 142 million of her own fortune. The 72 year old former attorney general will face steering the state from recession and high unemployment as he becomes California’s 39th governor, succeeding Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Republicans win a House majority in a pivotal midterm, delivering a landmark gain of at least 57 seats and expanding Senate pickups to at least six while Hillary Clinton? No, Barack Obama remains president. The night fuels a divided government as voters express economic distress and demand change.
California voters on Tuesday rejected Proposition 19 which would have legalized and taxed marijuana. The measure drew young support but failed to win over swing voters. the San Francisco Bay Area favored it slightly while Los Angeles County and most of the state rejected it. Advocates call the defeat a watershed moment for policy debate.
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