SAD NEWS COMING FROM FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. 13 ARE DEAD AND 30 MORE INJURED AFTER THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HASAN WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES BY SERGANT KIMBERLY MUNLEY WHO WAS SHOT ONCE HERSELF. THEY ARE BOTH IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS AN ARMY PSYCHIATRIST AND WAS ALSO GOING TO BE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. OFFICIALS SAY HASAN DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO IRAQ BUT WOULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE COMING DAYS.
FORT RILEY WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SAYS THEY WILL BE ADJUSTING SECURITY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEIR POST IS SAFE. ACCORDING TO MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SODLERS, FAMILIES, AND CIVILIAN WORKERS IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN. THEY WILL BE DOING CHECKS AT ENTRY POINTS AND ASSES THREATS.
FLAGS IN KANSAS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDOWN NOVERMBER 14TH IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY. AVERY WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM WAKEFIELD. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1950 AND IN 1964 HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS GOVERNOR. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO THE US SENATE, HE LIVED A PRIVATE LIFE IN WICHITA. AVERY WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
A HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE IN WILSON KANSAS IS DESTROYED AFTER A LATE NIGHT FIRE. A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2 AM IN A GARAGE ON THE CITIES MAIN STREET AND SPREAD TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 5 AM. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
A GARDEN CITY TEACHER WAS TICKETED FOR FALSY REPORTING A CRIME. BACK ON AUGUST 9TH MICHAEL BLANKS TOLD POLICE HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED IN THE LEG BY TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL. GARDEN CITY POLIEC SARGEANT MICHAEL REAGLE SAYS POLICE NOW BELIEVE BLANKS FELL OFF HIS DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO A CLASSROOM WALL AND WAS INJURED. THEY AREN’T SURE WHY HE MADE UP THE STORY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TAKEN NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.
THE UNEMLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 10% AND IS EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. EVEN THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED, NEARLY 16,000,000 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE JOBS. 190,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE 22ND STRAIGHT MONTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOSING THEIR JOBS, THE LONGEST ON RECORD.
BRITNEY SPEARS IS UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIA FOR LIP-SYNCING PARTS OF HER CONCERT. THE MINISTER FOR FAIR TRADIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES VIRGINIA JUDGE WANTS TO BRING THIS UP SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE MISLED WHEN THEY BUY CONCERT TICKETS. JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLAIMER SAYING PART OF THE SHOW IS PRE-RECORDED. DESPITE THIS, MANY OF THE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SOLD OUT.
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