Tuesday, October 13, 2009

News 10-13-09

TOMORROW MORNING AROUND TEN KANSAS STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. THEY WILL BE TESTING TEXT MESSAGES…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…AND ALERT BEACONS. THE BEACONS ARE ON THE WALLS IN EISENHOWER AND BEHIND THE DESKS AT THE RESIDENTS HALLS. THEY WILL SOUND AN ALARM AND SCROLL TEXT FOR TWO MINUTES. TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS YOU CAN GO TO EID.KSU.EDU.


A LAWRENCE MAN GOT HIMSELF INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE ON SUNDAY AFTER TAKING AN AMBULANCE. THE 21-YEAR OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THE AMBULANCE FROM DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE. ACCORDING TO POLILCE SARGENT SUSAN HADL…THE MAN HAD BEEN DRINKING AND BELIEVED HE HAD NO OTHER WAY TO GET HOME.


A KANSAS CITY PIZZA DELIVERY MAN IS SAFE THIS MORNING AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED WHILE ON A DELIVERY. THE PIZZA MAN WAS BRINGING PIZZA TO A HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN WAS WAITING.. WHEN A MAN WITH A GUN SHOVED HIM INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE ROBBED THE DRIVER AND TIED HIM UP WITH DUCT TAPE. THEY THEN PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND NEAR OAK GROVE MISSOURI. POLICE ARE STILL SERACHING FOR THE TWO INVOLVED WITH THIS.


A FIRE IN BELTON LEAVES A BUNCH OF CATS HOMELESS. 62 CATS WERE IN TINA SANDS’S HOME WHERE SHE FOSTERS THEM WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. 17 CATS DIED FROM THE FIRE AND MANY MORE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALLATION. THE CATS STAYED WITH SANDS SO THEY COULD STAY OUT OF SHELTERS WHERE THEY WOULD BE PUT DOWN.


A 7-YEAR OLD OHIO BOY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A DEER. WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY BRANDON HILES WENT TO GO GET THE BALL AFTER IT WENT INTO THE WOODS. THAT’S WHEN THE DEER RAN AT HIM AND FLIPPED HIM WITH ITS ANTLERS GIVING HIM BRUISES AND A GASH. A FRIEND OF HILES’ HIT THE DEER WITH A STICK UNTIL IT WENT AWAY. POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO DEER GETTING READY FOR A FIGHT AND HILES GOT BETWEEN THEM.


THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS A 10-YEAR 892-BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REDO THE NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. DEMOCRATS HAVE A 13 TO 10 ADVANTAGE EVEN THOUGH TWO OF THEM HAVE BIG CONCERNS. ONE OF WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JAY JOCKEFELLER’S CONCERNS IS NOT HAVING A PUBLIC OPTION. THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY RELEASED A REPORT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT THIS WOULD ALSO CAUSE A BIG INCREASE IN PREMIUMS.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE MEETING WITH SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (ZAH-PAH-THE-ROH) AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEY WILL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH BUT THEN THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE FIRST LADY…THE VICE PRESIDENT…AND HIS WIFE FOR “FIESTA LATINA” ON THE SOUTH LAWN. THIS CONCERT WILL CELEBRATE HISPANIC MUSICAL HERITAGE. SOME OF THE EXPECTED ARTISTS ARE MARC ANTHONY…GLORIA ESTEFAN…AND GEORGE LOPEZ. THIS CONCERT WILL BE TELEVISED AT A LATER DATE.


HEIDI KLUM GAVE BIRTH TO HER AND HUBBY SEAL’S FOURTH CHILD ON FRIDAY. THE COUPLE NAMED THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER LOU SULOLA SAMUEL. TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BABY, SEAL SAYS “FROM THE MOMENT SHE LOOKED INTO BOTH OF OUR EYES, IT WAS ENDLESS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.”

No comments:

Post a Comment