Monday, November 23, 2009

News 11-23-09

A PREGNANT WICHITA WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY AFTER STEALING FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP HER. 26 YEAR OLD NICOLE BELL KNOCKED ON DOORS IN WEST WICHITA AND TOLD THE PEOPLE SHE NEEDED TO USE THE PHONE BECAUSE HER CAR BROKE DOWN. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS SHE TOOK CASH AT LEAST TWICE. INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT SHE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH SIMILAR CRIMES IN MAIZE AND GODDARD. BELL’S BAIL WAS SET AT $15,000 AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT DECEMBER 3RD.


US REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS MOORE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE, AND PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS EXPTECTED TO FINISH HIS TERM WHICH ENDS IN JANURAY 2011. FORMER KANSAS LAWMAKER PATRICIA LIGHTNER SAYS TWO LITTLE KNOWN REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SPOT. MOORE WILL PUT OUT A STATEMENT LATER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS DECISION.


AN OVERLAND PARK WOMAN WHO WON AN HGTV INTERIOR DESIGN CONTEST IS IN NEED OF SOME HELP. JENNIFER BERTRAND’S 9 MONTH OLD SON HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO USE FEEDING AND TRACHEOTOMY TUBES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE TRAVEL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE BLUE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP THE BERTRAND FAMILY OUT. IT WILL BE AT COTTONWOOD POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE USED TO TEACH.


THE NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GETTING A NICE GIFT. PHILANTHROPOIST AND ART COLLECTOR MARY COHEN IS DONATING $1 MILLION TO THE MUSEUM TO ADD TO THE 850 PIECES THEY ALREADY HAVE. IT WILL BE IN HER LATE HUSBAND, BARTON P COHEN’S NAME. BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED THE COHENS DONATED MONEY TO ESTABLISH PROJECT SPACE FOR AREA ARTISTS.


THERE’S BEEN SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE AT THE SPACE STATION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SPACE WALK TODAY. THE WALK WAS DELAYED AN HOUR BECAUSE A VALVE ON ROBERT SATCHER JUNIOR’S DRINK BAG CAME OFF. THEY ATTATCHED IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. RANDOLPH BRESNICK ALSO HAS BECOME A FATHER WHILE ON ATLANTIS. HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON SATURDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS FIRST EVER SPACE WALK. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE HOOKING UP A NEW OXYGEN TANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.


ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A DAYS INN IN INDIANA WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AROUND 2:30 AM TO SMOKE AND FIRE. ONE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GUTTED AND OTHERS HAVE SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE. FIRE CHIEF MIKE LANKFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ISN’T IMMEDIATLY KNOWN.


MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK TO WORK AT HIS HOUSTON PRACITCE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY’S FIRST TIME BACK SINCE JACKSON’S DEATH IN JUNE. MURRAY HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER TELLING AUTHORITIES HE ADMINISTERED A POWER ANESTHETIC TO JACKSON. MURRY HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.


THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WERE FULL OF SUPRISES ALL NIGHT LONG LAST NIGHT. RIHANNA GAVE A WILD COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH LADY GAGA WHO IS KNOWN FOR SHCOKING PEOPLE. GAGA BROKE GLASS AND PLAYED ON A PIANO THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE HAD TO COME FROM AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP ADAM LAMBERT. HE DID HIS PART WITH DRAGGING WOMEN ACROSS THE FLOOR… HAD TWO GUYS ON LEASES…AND HAD THE FIRST AMA KISS BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE BEING HIMSLEF. AT THE END TAYLOR SWIFT CAME OUT THE BIGGEST WINNER BEATING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR MAKING HER TOTAL WINS FIVE. MICHAEL STILL WON FOUR AMA’S GIVING HIM A GRAND TOTAL OF 23 AWARDS…MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.

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