Almanac Key Events and Birthdays July 1 2010
Today's recap notes Gettysburg began in 1863 and Medicare started in 1966. Hong Kong sovereignty returned to China in 1997. Birthdays include Olivia de Havilland and Diana Princess of Wales. Moon phase and historical facts complete the almanac entry.
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Gettysburg
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
China
George Sand
Walter White
NAACP
Olivia de Havilland
Sydney Pollack
Dan Aykroyd
Diana, Princess of Wales
Pamela Anderson
Great Britain
Parker eyes CNN co anchoring with Spitzer offer
Kathleen Parker describes considering a prime time CNN co anchor role with Eliot Spitzer. She recounts meeting him, reading his rise and fall story, noting his impact on Wall Street, and believes redemption and pragmatic reform can emerge from their collaboration.
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New York
CNN
U.S
Jon Klein
Eliot Spitzer
Wall Street
Washington
Spitzer
Fortune Magazine
Peter Elkind
Merrill Lynch
Silda
Congress backs banks while reform watered down
Bloomberg News columnist David Pauly argues Congress gutted financial reform to appease major banks. He notes reduced rules on derivatives, limited Volcker protections, and allowance for hedge funds and leveraged funds with up to 3 percent Tier 1 capital, warning of renewed investor risk and future losses.
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Wall Street
Congress
Standard & Poor
Barack Obama
Volcker
Paul Volcker
Federal Reserve
Obama
Jpmorgan Chase
Citigroup
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo
Bank of America
Arizona governor retells claim on drug mule illegals
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts notes Gov. Jan Brewer repeated the assertion that most illegal immigrants are drug mules without providing evidence. He cites Border Patrol figures questioning the claim and argues for verifiable proof over emotion driven rhetoric.
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Obama
Kenya
Hoover
Truman
Eisenhower
Arizona
Jan Brewer
Brewer
U.S. Border Patrol
Mario Escalante
The
Border Patrol
Associated Press
T.J. Bonner
CNN Brewer
Gov. Brewer
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Garry Trudeau
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David Pauly
Bloomberg News
Leonard Pitts
Leonard Pitts Jr
Miami Herald
Herald Plaza
Miami
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