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The 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today changed the United States. It also changed the lives of three men. Vincent Muirhead, Lawrence, and Dorwin Lamkin, Mission, both served aboard ships at Pearl Harbor. Lawrence artist Roger Shimomura spent part of his youth in internment camps. Our special project includes their stories, archived newspaper and audio reports, and a photo gallery of the events of Dec. 7, 1941.
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The 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States ...
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- Arlington guide unearths trove of history
- Local resident is author of definitive book on America’s premier national cemetery
- May 27, 2012
- Arlington Cemetery is home to the nation’s war heroes, presidents and astronauts. But it is also the final resting place of famous explorers, athletes and musicians.
- Kansas soldier killed in Afghanistan
- May 26, 2012
- The Kansas City Star reports that Pfc. Cale C. Miller, of Overland Park, Kan., died Thursday in Afghanistan when insurgent forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division.
- Obama praises Joplin’s resilience after tornado
- May 21, 2012
- One year after a deadly tornado devastated their city, President Barack Obama praised the residents of Joplin, Mo., for a spirit of perseverance and resilience that he said could serve as a model for a nation still grinding its way through tough economic times.
- 1st ID soldiers set to leave for Afghanistan
- May 18, 2012
- A brigade of soldiers from Fort Riley is preparing to leave for a deployment to Afghanistan.
- Michigan boy finds finger piece in Arby’s sandwich
- May 17, 2012
- A Michigan teen finishing off an Arby’s roast beef sandwich chomped down on something tough that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out.
- Sebelius to address Georgetown grads amid flap
- May 16, 2012
- A planned graduation speech by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Georgetown University is going forward, despite criticism from the Archdiocese of Washington that Sebelius is an inappropriate choice for the Jesuit school.
- Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design
- 11:09 a.m., May 15, 2012 Updated 05:03 p.m.
- Architect Frank Gehry and his design team are proposing changes to the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months.
- Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names
- May 14, 2012
- Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian’s son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011.
- Highway deaths per mile fall to record low
- May 7, 2012
- Highway deaths declined again last year, reaching their lowest rate when compared to miles driven since such record-keeping began in 1921, according preliminary government data released Monday.
- Look! Up in the sky! It’s Supermoon! Due Saturday
- May 4, 2012
- The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual.
- Bin Laden letters provide insight to al-Qaida
- May 3, 2012
- Letters from Osama bin Laden’s last hideaway, released by U.S. officials intent on discrediting his terror organization, portray a network weak, inept and under siege — and its leader seemingly near wit’s end about the passing of his global jihad’s glory days.
- Koch gives Smithsonian $35M for new dinosaur hall
- May 3, 2012
- An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinosaur hall on the National Mall, the museum complex announced Thursday.
- In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record
- May 1, 2012
- President Barack Obama answered political taunts with presidential muscle Tuesday, addressing the nation from Kabul as Republicans said he’s overdoing the celebration of Osama bin Laden’s death one year ago.
- Security questions complicate withdrawal from Afghanistan
- April 25, 2012
- The planned 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan of most U.S. military and NATO forces doesn’t come without huge questions that will affect regional and global security, experts at a Kansas University conference said Wednesday.
- New proposed Keystone XL pipeline route unveiled
- April 20, 2012
- Officials unveiled a new preferred route Thursday for the Nebraska portion of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline that avoids the state’s groundwater-rich Sandhills region.
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