Today in history highlights from November events
On November 5 1905 Guy Fawkes was captured after the Gunpowder Plot failed. In 1872 Susan B Anthony defied the law by attempting to vote for Ulysses S Grant. she was fined but did not pay. In 1895 George B Selden received the first US patent for an improved Road Engine. In 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt won a third term defeating Wendell Willkie. In 1974 Ella Grasso became Connecticut governor, first woman elected without succeeding a husband. In 1990 Meir Kahane was shot dead in a New York hotel. El Sayyid Nosair was later convicted.
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Guy Fawkes
Susan B. Anthony
Ulysses S. Grant
Anthony
George B. Selden
Rochester
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
Rabbi Meir Kahane
New York
el Sayyed Nosair
Senate expands unemployment aid and homebuyer tax credit
The Senate approved a 24 billion package extending unemployment benefits up to 99 weeks, adding 14 weeks plus six more for high unemployment states, and broadening the first-time homebuyer tax credit to 6 500 for long-term residents. The measure aims to aid over 1 million jobless and revive housing demand amid a weak economy. It also expands SEC enforcement funding and empowers regulators to curb Wall Street abuses, while USDA reports swine flu in Indiana hogs with no pork threat. Fiorina announces bid for U S Senate seat challenging Boxer, risking a tough GOP primary against DeVore in California.
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Senate
House Financial Services Committee
Bernard Madoff
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Silicon Valley
Carly Fiorina
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senate
Capitol Hill
Hewlett-Packard Co
California
Fiorina
Chuck DeVore
Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans and two Italians in the CIA extraordinary rendition case. The verdict marks the first global convictions tied to the program, drawing Human rights praise and calls for Obama to repudiate past practices. The defendants were tried in absentia and face travel bans to Europe while the verdict stands.
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CIA
Barack Obama
Bush
American Civil Liberties Union
Obama
Europe
Independents sway toward Republicans in key races
Fairfax Station Virginia and New Jersey exit polls show independents favoring the GOP 66–33 and 60–40 respectively. A McClatchy Ipsos poll finds independents cooling on Obama’s health care plan, lowering his job approval to 53 percent while disapproving 41 percent. The trend widens beyond the two states as independents grow skeptical of big government and Democratic policies.
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Fairfax Station
Barack Obama
Congress
Virginia
New Jersey
McClatchy-Ipsos
Obama
House of Representatives
Old Dominion
Clifford Young
Ipsos Public Affairs
Off-pump heart bypass challenged by new study
New England Journal of Medicine reports the largest direct comparison of off-pump and on-pump bypass. findings show traditional on-pump surgery has fewer problems and similar or better outcomes, while no cognitive decline was seen in patients operated with heart lung machines. Dr. Frederick Grover cautions against presumed benefits of off-pump.
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New York
Frederick Grover
University of Colorado Denver
New England Journal of Medicine
Lawrence Journal World Contact Numbers List
Local news and department contacts for Lawrence Journal World are listed with specific phone lines for city government county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries health transportation and photo reprints plus an outside Lawrence number for readers.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
City Newsroom Contacts and Staff Directory
Editors and department heads at the Lawrence Journal-World list names and contact numbers. Includes Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia contact Dan Cox with emails and phone lines.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Ljworld.com
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Jonathan Kealing
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Go to LJWorld.com to see more responses and cast your vote
Readers are encouraged to visit LJWorld.com to view additional responses and participate by casting a vote. The prompt directs audience engagement through the site for further input and decision making.
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