News88 Blog Of The Day 05/31/2005: Part 6 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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CELEBRITORIAL PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK - Selected famous natives and residents: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player; Woody Allen, actor and director; Lauren Bacall, actress; James Baldwin, novelist; Harry Belafonte, singer and actor; Humphrey Bogart, actor; James Cagney, actor; Maria Callas, soprano; Aaron Copland, composer; Sammy Davis, Jr., singer and actor; Agnes de Mille, choreographer; Robert De Niro, actor; Eamon De Valera, former president of Ireland; Gertrude Elion, Nobel Prize winner in medicine; Lou Gehrig, baseball player; George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist; Jackie Gleason, actor; Rita Hayworth, actress; Lena Horne, singer; Julia Ward Howe, poet and reformer; Washington Irving, author; Henry James, novelist; Michael Jordan, basketball player; Sandy Koufax, baseball player; Roy Lichtenstein, painter; Vince Lombardi, football player and coach; Chico, Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo Marx, comedians; Herman Melville, novelist; Yehudi Menuhin, violinist; James Michener, novelist; Arthur Miller, playright; Eugene O'Neill, playright; J. Robert Oppenheimer, nuclear physicist; Al Pacino, actor; Jerome Robbins, choreographer; Eleanor Roosevelt, reformer and humanitarian; Theodore Roosevelt, former president; Jonas Salk, polio researcher; Beverly Sills, soprano; Neil Simon, playwright; Barbra Streisand, singer and actress; Ed Sullivan, TV personality; Mae West, actress; Edith Wharton, novelist.

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P.S.S.S. Of my 30 IDOEEE Members, and 6 Extra Members with them, Today is yet (and yet) another birthday of one of them, Steven Andrew Hartigan (who is a Sr now because he named his oldest of currently three sons directly after him as a Jr in 2000; his other two sons were born in 2002 for Zachary, and Gary, in 2004, respectively.) He turns 38 today and was born on May 31, 1967. Steven1967. thedippersteven1967.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/30/2005: Part 5 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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The city suffered incredible devastation in Sept. 2001, when terrorist hijackers crashed two commercial jets into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, causing the complete destruction of the twin towers and major loss of life.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/29/2005: Part 4 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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"The Big Apple" is a major world capital and a world leader in finance, the arts, and communications. The port of New York is one of the finest in the world and ranks as the largest port complex on the East Coast. The city is the home of the United Nations and is headquarters for some of the world's largest corporations. The city is also the center of advertising, fashion, publishing, and radio broadcasting in the United States.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/28/2005: Part 3 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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In 1898, when Greater New York was chartered, the city expanded to include the following five boroughs, which are also counties in New York State: Manhattan (New York County); Brooklyn (Kings County); Bronx (Bronx County); Queens (Queens County); and Staten Island (Richmond County).

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/27/2005: Part 2 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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In 1609, Henry Hudson, who worked for the Dutch East India Company, sailed up the river that now bears his name and went as far as Albany. Five years later, a permanent settlement was established at what is now New York, but it was originally called New Amsterdam by the Dutch governors. One of them, Peter Minuit, was said to have bought Manhattan Island from the Indians in exchange for beads, buttons, and trinkets. In 1664, Great Britain's Duke of York sent a fleet that quietly seized the settlement from the Dutch without bloodshed and rechristened the colony in honor of the duke.

Control of New York passed to the young U.S. at the end of the Revolutionary War, and George Washington was inaugurated president in New York's old City Hall. Congress met in New York from 1785 to 1790.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/26/2005: Part 1 Of 6 Paragraph Essay: New York, N.Y.

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*Election Update Prelude:

Mayor: Michael R. Bloomberg (to Dec. 2005.).

Borough Presidents: Bronx, Adolfo Carrion; Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz; Manhattan, C. Virginia Fields; Queens, Helen M. Marshall; Staten Island, James P. Molinaro. Co-Existant with the counties of Bronx County, Kings County, New York County, Queens County, and Richmond County as part of New York City and as part of New York State, Respectively in that order as of therefore.

Unlisted Here Are The Elected Officials of the Long Island, NY (Nassau County and Suffolk County,), as well as of the 1. New York----------Northern N.J.----------Long Island, N.Y.------N.J.--------------------------Pa. Suburbanized Metropolitian Urbanized Area Of Counties, County Seats, Townships, Cities, Towns, And Villages.

1. New York----------Northern N.J.----------Long Island, N.Y.------N.J.--------------------------Pa. Suburbanized Metropolitian Urbanized Area Of Counties, County Seats, Townships, Cities, Towns, And Villages.

New York City is the largest city in the United States. It is located in the southern part of New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River (also known as North River as it passes Manhattan Island.).

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/25/2005: A MadKane Song: The Immoderate Pact Song Parody

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May 24, 2005 (The Immoderate Pact Song Parody)

After yesterday's wretched timing (posting my Don't Compromise song parody mere hours before the Senate "moderates" announced their compromise deal) I have to redeem myself with some fresh lyrics. So here's my Immoderate Pact song parody, which you can sing to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again," using this midi link. (And you can hear me sing it in this audio blog post.)

The Immoderate Pact Song Parody (Sing to When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) By Madeleine Begun Kane

The "moderates" made a voting pact.

We're screwed, we're screwed.

The "moderates" got their power back.

We're screwed, we're screwed.

Their deal betrays our democracy.

We're stuck with dreadful nominees.

And I don't feel gay cause

The moderate Dems are hacks.

The "moderates" claim they did what's right.

We're screwed, we're screwed.

Averted a constitutional fight.

We're screwed, we're screwed.

The filibuster was up for grabs.

And now it's watered down for scraps.

And I don't feel gay cause

The Democrats lost this fight.

© May 24, 2005 Madeleine Begun Kane. All Rights Reserved.

UPDATE: Posting here will be spotty (if at all) during the next few days. However I'll be continuing to post news items, quotes of the day, blog posts of the day, feminist news and views, poll and survey info, and other stuff in my recently launched Mad Kane's New, Politics, & Humor Forum. I hope you'll stop by and join the conversation.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/24/2005: Part 8 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Selected famous natives and residents: Edward Albee, playwright; Billie Burke, comedienne; Ina Claire, actress; John Foster Dulles, statesman; Duke Ellington, musician; Jane Greer, actress; Goldie Hawn, actress; Helen Hayes, actress; J. Edgar Hoover, former director of the F.B.I.; William Hurt, actor; Noor al-Hussein, queen of Jordan; Michael Learned, actress; Roger Mudd, newscaster; Eleanor Holmes Norton, government official; Chita Rivera, dancer and actress; Leonard Rose, cellist; John Philip Sousa, composer; Frances Sternhagen, actress.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/23/2005: Part 7 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The federal government and tourism are the mainstays of the city's economy, and many unions, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations are headquartered there. Among the city's many educational institutions are the Catholic University of America, Georgetown University, Howard University, and Gallaudet University. Cultural attractions include the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/22/2005: Part 6 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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On Aug. 22, 1978, Congress passed a proposed constitutional amendment to give Washington, DC, voting representation in the Congress. The amendment had to be ratified by at least 38 state legislatures within seven years to become effective. It died in 1985. A petition asking for the district's admission to the Union as the 51st state was filed in Congress on Sept. 9, 1983, and new statehood bills were introduced in 1993. The district is continuing this drive for statehood.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/21/2005: Part 5 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Until Nov. 3, 1967, the District of Columbia was administered by three commissioners appointed by the president. On that day, a government consisting of a mayor-commissioner and a 9-member council, all appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate, took office. On May 7, 1974, the citizens of the District of Columbia approved a Home Rule Charter, giving them an elected mayor and 13-member council---------------------their first elected municipal government in more than a century. The district also has one nonvoting member in the House of Representatives and an elected Board of Education.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/20/2005: Part 4 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The city was planned and partly laid out by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who was an astronomer and mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital including the White House.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/19/2005: Part 3 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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DC history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site, 100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 sq mi on the Virginia side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress returned that area to Virginia, leaving the 68.25 sq mi ceded by Maryland in 1788. The seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800, and President John Adams became the first resident in the White House.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/18/2005: Part 2 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The District of Columbia--------identical with the city of Washington--------is the capital of the United States. It is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River. The district is named after Columbus.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/17/2005: Part 1 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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(1. Washington, D.C.----Md.----Va.----W.Va. 2. Washington----Arlington----Alexandria, D.C.----Va.----Md.----W.Va.)

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/16/2005: Brief United States Government Summary Paragraph

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Yesterdays blog: Part 7 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
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(1. Persons of Hispanic origin can be of any race.)

Government Federal republic

The president (with any choice of theirs for vice president too i might also add) is elected for a four-year term and may be reelected only once. The bicameral Congress consists of the 100-member Senate, elected to a six-year term with one-third of the seats becoming vacant every two years, and the 435-member House of Representatives, elected every two years. The minimum voting age is 18. (See also Profile of the United States, U.S. States, U.S. Cities, U.S. Statistics, and U.S. Government and History IN TIME ALMANAC 2005.)

SCOT'S NEWS88 EDITORS NOTE ADDED TO THIS FOR EXTRA READING AND PROOFREADING THOROUGHLY: THERE ARE ALSO 1 GOVERNOR IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES ALL OR MOSTLY ELECTED TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM WHENEVER TERMS COME UP FOR EXPIRATION AND A NEW ELECTION IS HELD IN THEIR STATES. SEE HTTP://WWW.NGA.ORG FOR MORE DETAILS ON THAT. THE MAYOR OF DC IS ELECTED EVERY FOUR YEARS DURING PRESIDENTIAL MIDTERM YEARS, AND THE GOVERNOR OF PR IS ELECTED EVERY YEAR FOUR YEARS DURING PRESIDENTIAL YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GOVERNORS ARE ALSO ELECTED IN FOUR US TERRITORIES, MOST NOTABLY KNOWN AS GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS OF ST CROIX, ST THOMAS, AND ST JOHN (THE OTHER SIX OF THE NINE BELONG TO ENGLAND. ALL OF THE NINE UNINHABITED TERRITORIES KNOWN AS MIDWAY ISLANDS, WAKE ISLAND, JOHNSTON ATOLL, BAKER ISLAND, HOWLAND ISLAND, JARVIS ISLAND, KINGMAN REEF, NAVASSA ISLAND, AND PALMYRA ATOLL DO NOT HAVE INHABITANTS AND/OR/BUT A GOVERNMENT.)

(U.S. Territories and Outlying Areas.)

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/15/2005: Part 7 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Since the 1940s, the U.S. Navy has used Vieques island as a bombing range. Protests against the exercises grew in recent years, and in a July 2001 referendum residents of the island voted overwhelmingly to close the base. The navy withdrew from Vieques in May 2003.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/14/2005: Part 6 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Puerto Rico is a major hub of Caribbean commerce, finance, tourism, and communications. San Juan is one of the world's busiest cruise-ship ports, and Puerto Rico's standard of living continues to be among the highest in the hemisphere. Its future political status, however, remains unclear. On March 4, 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that called for binding elections in Puerto Rico to decide the island's permanent political status.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/13/2005: Part 5 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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A self-help program of economic development and social welfare (called "Operation Bootstrap") was forged in the 1940s by four-time governor Luis Munoz Marin. In a little more than four decades, much of the island's crushing poverty was eliminated. This was done partly through the development of manufacturing and service industries, the latter related to an enormous growth in tourism. Also, many Puerto Ricans migrated to large cities on the mainland U.S.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/12/2005: Part 4 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Yesterdays blog: Part 3 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
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When Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1493, the island was inhabited by the peaceful Arawak Indians, who were being challenged by the warlike Carib Indians. Puerto Rico remained economically undeveloped until 1830, when sugarcane, coffee, and tobacco plantations were gradually developed. After Puerto Ricans began to press for independence, Spain granted the island broad powers of self-government in 1897. But during the Spanish-American War of 1898 American troops invaded the island and Spain ceded it to the U.S. Since then, Puerto Rico has remained an unincorporated U.S. territory. Its people were granted American citizenship under the Jones Act in 1917; were permitted to elect their own governor, beginning in 1948; and now fully administer their internal affairs under a constitution approved by the U.S. Congress in 1952. In spite of broad popular support for the autonomy of the Commonwealth government and a rapidly modernizing industrial society, there were expressions of dissatisfaction. Puerto Rican extremists dramatized their desire for independence with an attempt to assassinate President Truman on Nov. 1, 1950, and on March 1, 1954, they wounded five congressmen in an attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/11/2005: Part 3 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Yesterdays blog: Part 2 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
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Under the Commonwealth formula, residents of Puerto Rico lack voting representation in Congress and do not participate in presidential elections. As U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are subject to military service and most federal laws. Residents of the Commonwealth pay no federal income tax on locally generated earnings, but Puerto Rico government income-tax rates are set at a level that closely parallels federal-plus-state levies on the mainland.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/10/2005: Part 2 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Puerto Rico's governor is elected directly for a four-year term. A bicameral legislature consists of a 27-member Senate and a 51-member House of Representatives, all elected for four-year terms. From 1940 to 1968, Puerto Rican politics was dominated by a party advocating voluntary association with the U.S. Since then, the New Progressive Party, a party favoring U.S. statehood, has won five of the last eight gubernatorial elections. Puerto Ricans have twice voted to determine their political status. In 1967, the outcome was Commonwealth 60%; statehood 39%; independence 1%. In 1993, Commonwealth dropped to 48.6%; statehood rose to 46.3%; independence polled 4.4%; and 0.6% of the ballots were blank or spoiled.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/09/2005: Part 1 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

*Before i go forward, Today is the first of the two and only May Birthdays of one of the 36 people members of my News88 team that makes up this site from my IDOEEE as of late currently. Rachel A Larkins, who goes by rachel1987. She turns 18 today, graduates high school as the Class of 2005 on the 29th of this month - May 2005, and she can be reached via email address account for anyone that would like to wish her a Happy 18th Birthday and extra a Happy Graduation Class of 2005 from High School. She was born May 09, 1987. Email to rachelalarkins_87@hotmail.com. Happy 18th Birthday and 18 exclamation marks for you on your big day, Miss Rachel1987!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The PALMYRA ATOLL.
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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 1000 mi east-southeast of Miami, Fla. A possession of the United States, it consists of the island of Puerto Rico plus the adjacent islets of Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. Puerto Rico has a mountainous, tropical ecosystem with very little flat land and few mineral resources.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/08/2005: About The US Territory Of The PALMYRA ATOLL

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The NAVASSA ISLAND.
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Tomorrows blog: Part 1 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.

Palmyra Atoll is an incorporated territory of the U.S. and privately owned. The atoll has a total area of 4.6 sq mi (11.9 sq km) and is located in the North Pacific Ocean, 994 mi (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu. It was a U.S. military base during World War II but was not attacked. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/07/2005: About The US Territory Of The NAVASSA ISLAND

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The KINGMAN REEF.
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Navassa Island is located in the Caribbean Sea, 99.4 mi (160 km) south of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba, between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. The island has a total area of 2.01 sq mi (5.2 sq km). It was claimed for the U.S. under the Guano Act in 1857. The Navassa Phosphate Company mined the island until 1900, enlisting hundreds of freed American slaves to dig out several tons of guano. Working conditions were so brutal that the laborers finally revolted in 1889, killing their supervisors. The island is also claimed by Haiti. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/06/2005: About The US Territory Of The KINGMAN REEF

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The JARVIS ISLAND.
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Kingman Reef, located about 1,000 mi south of Hawaii, was discovered by Capt. E. Fanning in 1798, but named for Capt. W. E. Kingman, who rediscovered it in 1853. Triangular in shape, it is about 9.5 mi long. A U.S. possession since 1922, Kingman Reef is a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation, and is closed to the public. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/05/2005: About The US Territory Of The JARVIS ISLAND

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The HOWLAND ISLAND.
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These Pacific islands were claimed by the United States under the Guano Act of 1856 on May 13, 1936. Guano, composed of phosphates, was used as fertilizer in the 19th century, and its collection was highly lucrative. Through the Guano Act the U.S. gained 79 tiny territories around the world; it still controls eight of them. Baker Island is an atoll with an area of approximately one square mile about 1,650 mi from Hawaii. Howland Island, 36 mi to the northwest, is 1 mile long and half a mile wide. On their round-the-world flight in 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred J. Noonan were headed for Howland when they disappeared. Jarvis Island is several hundred miles to the east. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/04/2005: About The US Territory Of The HOWLAND ISLAND

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These Pacific islands were claimed by the United States under the Guano Act of 1856 on May 13, 1936. Guano, composed of phosphates, was used as fertilizer in the 19th century, and its collection was highly lucrative. Through the Guano Act the U.S. gained 79 tiny territories around the world; it still controls eight of them. Baker Island is an atoll with an area of approximately one square mile about 1,650 mi from Hawaii. Howland Island, 36 mi to the northwest, is 1 mile long and half a mile wide. On their round-the-world flight in 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred J. Noonan were headed for Howland when they disappeared. Jarvis Island is several hundred miles to the east. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/03/2005: About The US Territory Of The BAKER ISLAND

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The JOHNSTON ATOLL.
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These Pacific islands were claimed by the United States under the Guano Act of 1856 on May 13, 1936. Guano, composed of phosphates, was used as fertilizer in the 19th century, and its collection was highly lucrative. Through the Guano Act the U.S. gained 79 tiny territories around the world; it still controls eight of them. Baker Island is an atoll with an area of approximately one square mile about 1,650 mi from Hawaii. Howland Island, 36 mi to the northwest, is 1 mile long and half a mile wide. On their round-the-world flight in 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred J. Noonan were headed for Howland when they disappeared. Jarvis Island is several hundred miles to the east. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/02/2005: About The US Territory Of The JOHNSTON ATOLL

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The WAKE ISLAND.
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Johnston is a coral atoll about 700 mi southwest of Hawaii. It consists of four small islands-------------Johnston Island, Sand Island, Hikina Island, and Akau Island-------------which lie on a 9-mile-long reef. The atoll was discovered by Capt. Charles James Johnston of HMS Cornwallis in 1807. In 1858 it was claimed by Hawaii, and later became a U.S. possession. Johnston Atoll was used by the U.S. Air Force to conduct test launchings of nuclear missiles and contains a landfill of plutonium-contaminated waste. More than 4 million pounds of chemical weapons have been destroyed on Johnston since 1990, and the U.S. military had been fined several times since then for improperly handing VX and sarin gas and releasing the deadly substances on the atoll. The military is gradually departing and the atoll will be turned into a wildlife refuge. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the atoll's inheritor, is concerned about the possibility of eventual radioactive leakage. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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News88 Blog Of The Day 05/01/2005: About The US Territory Of The WAKE ISLAND

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Yesterdays blog: About The US Territory Of The MIDWAY ISLANDS.
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Wake Island, about halfway between Midway and Guam, is an atoll consisting of the three islets of Wilkes, Peale, and Wake. They were discovered by the British in 1796 and annexed by the U.S. in 1899. In 1938, Pan American Airways established a seaplane base, and Wake Island was used as a commercial base for several years. On Dec. 8, 1941, it was attacked by the Japanese, who finally took possession on Dec. 23. It was surrendered by the Japanese on Sept. 4, 1945. Source: Time Almanac 2005.

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