History headlines from Oct 13 events through 1960 debates
Highlights include the 1792 cornerstone of the future White House in Washington DC, Claudius I's death in AD 54, the Continental Congress starting naval build in 1775, Lincoln Douglass debates in 1858, Italy declaring war in 1943, Aachen entry in 1944, and the 1960 Nixon Kennedy third televised debate with locations noted.
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Executive Mansion
White House
District of Columbia
Claudius I
Agrippina
U.S. Navy
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Quincy
Ill
Italy
Germany
Aachen
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Los Angeles
Kennedy
New York
World in Brief: Taliban finances and North Korea missiles
A Treasury official says the Taliban fund attacks via extortion of poppy farmers and heroin traders and protection payments from Afghan businesses. Separately North Korea tested short range missiles and signals possible talks with the United States as Kim Jong II seeks negotiations. The King family heirs reach a settlement ending their decades long dispute over King Inc. and personal affairs.
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Taliban
al-Qaida
U.S
Afghanistan
Treasury Department
David Cohen
Department
Cohen
Barack Obama
al- Qaida
North Korea
United States
South Korea
Kim Jong II
Wen Jiabao
Washington
Yonhap
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North
Martin Luther King Jr
Bernice King
Dexter King
King Inc
Martin Luther King Ili
California Creates Harvey Milk Day May 22
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill establishing Harvey Milk Day in California to be observed each May 22, Milk’s birthday. Milk, elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977, was the nation’s first openly gay man elected to major U.S. city office. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in August and inspired a film earning Sean Penn an Oscar.
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Harvey Milk
California
John Muir
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Milk
Sean Penn
Penn
Schwarzenegger
San Francisco
Health insurance industry fights health care reform
Industry backed study claims Senate plan raises premiums for many. Democrats call the estimate distorted. PricewaterhouseCoopers says findings hinge on four provisions with caveats about long term cost offsets. The $1,700 yearly family premium rise is projected for 2013 as major reforms take effect.
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Senate
White House
Linda Douglass
AARP
John Rother
Senate Finance Committee
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Washington
Karen Ignagni
America
Baucus
Finance Committee
House
Robert Laszewski
Congress
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jay Rockefeller
D-Wva
Bill Clinton
Ignagni
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers
Journal-World contacts and newsroom staff list
A compiled contact guide lists newsroom desks and editors with phone numbers and emails for Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Consumer Affairs Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters Obituaries Health Transportation Photo Reprints and more. It includes executives and partners such as Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing and others with direct lines and inboxes for story tips or submissions.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
L Jworld
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Halloween pumpkin poll sparks local voting curiosity
Readers weighed in on carving pumpkins for Halloween while Monday's poll asked if Barack Obama earned the Nobel Peace Prize. 70 percent said no and 19 percent yes, with 10 percent undecided. Visit LJWorld.com for more responses and to vote.
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Barack Obama
Ljworld.com
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Philippines
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Pungo
Calumpit
Journal-World
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N.H
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Kansas
Kief
Kiefs.com
Quality Electric Inc
Marc Kissinger
Advanced Health Center
W. 6Th Street
Schroederchiropractic.com
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