KANSAS STATE HAS NAMED THREE FINALISTS FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. THIS IS A NEW POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY. THE CANTIDATES ARE JACKIE HARTMAN FROM COLORADO STATE, JEFFERY MORRIS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI, AND JEANETTE DEDIEMAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THEY WILL EACH BE ON CAMPUS NEXT WEEK HOLDING OPEN FORUMS. HARTMAN WILL BE HERE THE 14TH AND 15TH AND HER FORUM WILL BE THE 15TH, MORRIS WILL BE HERE THE 15TH AND 16TH AND HIS WILL BE THE 16TH AND DEDIEMAR WILL BE HERE THE 17TH AND 18TH AND HER FORUM IS THE 18TH. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WWW.KSTATE.EDU/PRESIDENT/JOBS
PETITIONS IN TOPEKA TO OVERTURN THE NEW SMOKING BAN ARE GOING MISSING. POLICE CAPTAIN JERRY STANLEY SAYS A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AFTER SEVERAL PETITIONS WENT MISSING FROM CITY BUSINESSES. IF THE PETITIONS ARE RETURNED, THEY WILL NOT PRESS CHARGES. RIGHT NOW SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE MOST PUBLIC PLACES IN TOPEKA.
IT’S A BATTLE FOR THE OPEN SENATE SEAT. CONGRESSMEN JERRY MORAN AND TODD TIAHRT ARE BOTH VYING FOR THE SEAT. MORAN HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY FORMER MISSOURI SENATOR JIM TALENT AND SIX OTHER CURRENT SENATORS. TIAHRT SAYS HE’S BACKED BY FOUR CONSERVATIVE LEADERS INCLUDING MATHEW STAVER AND WAS ENDORSED EARLIER BY US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE OPEN SEAT IS SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK’S WHO’S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
A 15-YEAR OLD IN KANSAS CITY WILL BE SERVING THE MAXIMUM JUVENILE SENTENCE FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR SHOOTING A RANDOM MAN WHEN HE WAS 13. ANTWUAN TAYLOR IS SENTENCED TO BE AT THE JUVENILE CORRECTION FACILITY UNTIL HE IS 22 AND A HALF YEARS OLD. POLICE SAY HE SHOT 47-YEAR OLD CHARLES MCELROY WHEN A WOMAN GAVE HIM A GUN AND ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO SHOOT SOMEONE. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR THE WOMAN LATER REPORTED TAYLOR TO POLICE. IF TAYLOR DOESN’T SERVE HIS WHOLE JUVENILE SENTENCE HE WILL SERVE AN ADULT SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
IN LOUISIANA A WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH SENCOND DGREE BATTERY FOR THROWING A POT OF BOILING GRITS ON HER SLEEPING BOYFRIEND. THE MAN SAID HE GOT HOME FROM WORK AND GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND CAROYLIN BROWN. HE TOLD HER HE WAS BREAKING UP WITH HER AND THEN WENT TO BED. BROWN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND BOOKED INTO A CORRCTIONAL FACILITY.
IN THE CASE OF THE DEATH OF 2-YEAR OLD CAYLEE ANTHONY ATTORNEY’S ARE EXPTECTED TO ASK THE JUDGE TO STOP PROSECUTORS FROM SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY. CASEY ANTHONY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER HER DAUGHTER’S BODY WAS FOUND IN WOODS NEAR THE HOME SHE WAS LIVING IN WITH HER PARENTS LAST DECEMBER. THIS WAS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE GIRL HAD GONE MISSING. ANTHONY IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. THE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NEVER DETERMINED.
TODAY IS DIANE SAWYER’S FINAL MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. SAWYER IS REPLACING CHARLES GIBSON ON WORLD NEWS AFTER HE RETIRES. STARTING MONDAY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS WILL BE REPLACING HER. SAWYER’S CO-ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS URGED VIEWERS TO WEAR THEIR WATHERPROOF MASCARA WHEN THEY WATCH. ALSO LEAVING GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY IS NEWS READER CHRIS CUOMO, WHO WILL BE CO-HOSTING 20/20.
THE FORMER GIRL NEXT DOOR AND GIRLFRIEND OF HUGH HEFNER KENDRA WILKINSON GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY EARLY THIS MORNING. HER AND NFL PLAYER HANK BASKET WELCOMED LITTLE HANK BASKETT THE FOURTH AT 12:37 THIS MORNING. BABY BASKETT WEIGHED IN AT NINE POUNDS FIVE OUNCES. THE PARENTS TOLD E THEY ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY. KENDRA AND HANK GOT MARRIED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THEY PLAYBOY MANSION.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
News 12-10-09
AS THE TEMPERATURES STAY COLD TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA IS WARNING PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF THE COLD. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE NEGATIVE 15 TO NEGATIVE 25 DEGREE RANGE, IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PEROIDS OF TIME. SKIN CAN ALSO GET FROSTBITE SO THEY SAY YOU CAN WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING, A HAT, AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
FIVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS WERE TOLD THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL TAKE OVER RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. THOSE FIVE COUNTIES ARE RILEY, GEARY, SALINE, DOUGLAS, AND RENO. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS WILL HELP SAVE MONEY IN A TIME OF TOUGH BUDGETS. JOHNSON AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL KEEP THEIR LOCAL INSPECTORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST RESTAURANTS AND LYON WILL TOO BECAUSE THERE IS NO STATE INSPECTOR CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET TO THEM.
A CALIFORNIA MAN WHO WAS IN KANSAS MADE HISTORY, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY. 45-YEAR OLD JOSE LOPEZ WAS BUSTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE LARGEST METH SEIZURE IN KANSAS HISTORY. LOPEZ HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS IN PRISION. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. LOPEZ WAS STOPPED IN SHAWNEE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2007 WITH TWO OTHERS WHERE 22 POUNDS OF METH WERE FOUND. LOPEZ HAS ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO 22 AND A HALF YEARS PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES IN MISSOURI.
THE KANSAS CITY WIZARDS ARE HOPING TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME SOON. KANSAS OFFICIALS SAY A PACKAGE THEY ARE LOOKING AT COULD HELP CERNER CORPORATION BUILD A BUILDING, FINANCE A STADIUM FOR THE WIZARDS, AND BUILD FIELDS FOR AMATEUR TEAMS. THIS WILL ALL BE PUT IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS BY THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY. THIS PROJECT COULD BRING 9,000 JOBS TO KANSAS.
SENATOR PAT ROBERTS IS BACKING MISSOURI’S CLAIRE MCCASKILL TO MAKE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI’S LIBERTY MEMORIAL THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL. THE TOWER IS ALREADY DESIGNATED BY CONGRESS AS THE WAR’S OFFICAL MUSEUM. THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL IS IN COMPETITION WITH THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON. IT WAS BUILT TO HONOR WORLD WAR ONE VETS IN DC.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN OSLO NORWAY ACCEPTING HIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TODAY. HE WAS AWARDED THIS FOR NOT WHAT HE HAS DONE, BUT FOR HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, DO NOT FEEL HE DESREVES IT. JUST 9DAYS AGO HE ORDERED 30,000 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. DURING HIS SPEECH TODAY HE DID RATIONALIZE THIS BY SAYING SOMETIMES WAR IS NECESSARY AND JUSTIFIED. THIS SAME DAY IN 1906 PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
LAST NIGHT BARBARA WALTERS HOSTED HER 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009. SHE STARTED THE NIGHT BY TALKING TO LADY GAGA, WHO TOOK OFF HER SUNGLASSES FOR THE INTERVIEW AND TOLD WALTERS SHE DOESN’T USUALLY DO THAT. WALTERS ALSO TALKED TO TYLER PERRY, GLENN BECK, KATE GOSSELIN, SARAH PALIN, AND ADAM LAMBERT, WHO’S BEEN STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY ON ABC FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW. WITH HER RULE TO ONLY HONOR THE LIVING, WALTERS TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON’S THREE CHILDREN; PARIS, PRINCE MICHAEL, AND BLANKET. BUT HER PICK FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOST FASCINATING PERSON WAS MICHELLE OBAMA. THEY CHATTED ABOUT HER NEW HOME, HER NEW DOG, AND HER GREAT ARMS. WALTERS HAS BEEN HOSTING THIS SINCE 1993.
FIVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS WERE TOLD THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL TAKE OVER RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. THOSE FIVE COUNTIES ARE RILEY, GEARY, SALINE, DOUGLAS, AND RENO. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS WILL HELP SAVE MONEY IN A TIME OF TOUGH BUDGETS. JOHNSON AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL KEEP THEIR LOCAL INSPECTORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST RESTAURANTS AND LYON WILL TOO BECAUSE THERE IS NO STATE INSPECTOR CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET TO THEM.
A CALIFORNIA MAN WHO WAS IN KANSAS MADE HISTORY, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY. 45-YEAR OLD JOSE LOPEZ WAS BUSTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE LARGEST METH SEIZURE IN KANSAS HISTORY. LOPEZ HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS IN PRISION. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. LOPEZ WAS STOPPED IN SHAWNEE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2007 WITH TWO OTHERS WHERE 22 POUNDS OF METH WERE FOUND. LOPEZ HAS ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO 22 AND A HALF YEARS PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES IN MISSOURI.
THE KANSAS CITY WIZARDS ARE HOPING TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME SOON. KANSAS OFFICIALS SAY A PACKAGE THEY ARE LOOKING AT COULD HELP CERNER CORPORATION BUILD A BUILDING, FINANCE A STADIUM FOR THE WIZARDS, AND BUILD FIELDS FOR AMATEUR TEAMS. THIS WILL ALL BE PUT IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS BY THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY. THIS PROJECT COULD BRING 9,000 JOBS TO KANSAS.
SENATOR PAT ROBERTS IS BACKING MISSOURI’S CLAIRE MCCASKILL TO MAKE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI’S LIBERTY MEMORIAL THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL. THE TOWER IS ALREADY DESIGNATED BY CONGRESS AS THE WAR’S OFFICAL MUSEUM. THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL IS IN COMPETITION WITH THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON. IT WAS BUILT TO HONOR WORLD WAR ONE VETS IN DC.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN OSLO NORWAY ACCEPTING HIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TODAY. HE WAS AWARDED THIS FOR NOT WHAT HE HAS DONE, BUT FOR HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, DO NOT FEEL HE DESREVES IT. JUST 9DAYS AGO HE ORDERED 30,000 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. DURING HIS SPEECH TODAY HE DID RATIONALIZE THIS BY SAYING SOMETIMES WAR IS NECESSARY AND JUSTIFIED. THIS SAME DAY IN 1906 PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
LAST NIGHT BARBARA WALTERS HOSTED HER 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009. SHE STARTED THE NIGHT BY TALKING TO LADY GAGA, WHO TOOK OFF HER SUNGLASSES FOR THE INTERVIEW AND TOLD WALTERS SHE DOESN’T USUALLY DO THAT. WALTERS ALSO TALKED TO TYLER PERRY, GLENN BECK, KATE GOSSELIN, SARAH PALIN, AND ADAM LAMBERT, WHO’S BEEN STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY ON ABC FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW. WITH HER RULE TO ONLY HONOR THE LIVING, WALTERS TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON’S THREE CHILDREN; PARIS, PRINCE MICHAEL, AND BLANKET. BUT HER PICK FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOST FASCINATING PERSON WAS MICHELLE OBAMA. THEY CHATTED ABOUT HER NEW HOME, HER NEW DOG, AND HER GREAT ARMS. WALTERS HAS BEEN HOSTING THIS SINCE 1993.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
News 12-9-09
A LAWRENCE MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ENCOURAGING HIS CHILDREN TO KILL THEIR MOTHER WITH A BASEBALL BAT. PROSECUTORS SAY ARTHUR DAVIS III ENCOURAGED HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND 15-YEAR-OLD SON TO KILL HIS EX-WIFE ON JUNE SIXTEENTH. THE WOMAN ESCAPED THE ATTACK AND RAN DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND HELP. THE ATTACK BEGAN BECAUSE OF A CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTE BETWEEN DAVIS AND HIS EX-WIFE.
A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS BIG WHEEL HAS LED A TOPEKA MAN TO A MUNICIPAL COURT HEARING. THE SIX YEAR OLD BOY RODE HIS BIG WHEEL TOWARDS DENNY BOGAN. BOGAN SAYS HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF WHEN HE REDIRECTED THE BIG WHEEL WITH HIS FOOT. THE YOUNG BOYS MOTHER SAYS THAT BOGAN KICKED THE BIG WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO GO OFF TRACK AND FLIP OVER. BOGAN WILL BE SENTENCED ON FIRDAY.
MANHATTAN ISN’T THE ONLY PLACE GETTIG HIT HARD BY WINTER STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING OF ”EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BLIZZRD CONDITIONS” IN PARTS OF ILLIONOIS, WISCONSIN AND IOWA. 50 MPR WIND GUSTS COULD CREATE SNOW DRIFTS OF 8 TO 15 FEET. THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALSO ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR KANSAS, NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CHIEF, LISA JACKSON, SAYS SHE’LL TAKE COMMON-SENSE STEPS TO REGULATE CARBON EMISSIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS. JACKSON HAS BEEN SPEAKING AT THE 192 NATION CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN. THE GOAL OF THE SUMMIT IS TO CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY TO CONTROL GASES CAUSING THE EARTH’S TEMPERATURE TO RISE.
FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHING NEW PRIVACY SETTINGS TODAY. THE CHANGES WILL GIVE USERS BETTER CONTROL OVER WHO SEES THE INFORMATION ON THEIR PERSONAL PAGES. FACEBOOK USERS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT A PRIVACY SETTING FOR EACH PIECE OF CONTENT, LIKE PHOTOS OR UPDATES, THAT THEY SHARE ON THEIR SITE. THE CHOICES FOR WHO CAN VIEW YOUR INFO. ARE “FRIENDS ONLY", “FRIENDS OF FRIENDS” OR “EVERYONE.”
UNIVERSITY OF ARKNASAS CAMPUS POLICE WENT TO A DORM IN SEARCH OF DRUGS AND FOUND A BABY ALLIGATOR, A DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE, SIX PYTHONS AND OTHER REPTILES IN A DORM ROOM. ARKANSAS STUDENT JACOB MILLER SAYS THAT HE AND HIS ROOMMATE WERE GETTING THE REPTILES FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET. THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED BUT THEY WILL BE FINED FOR ALLIGATOR AND RATTLESNAKE POSSESSION WITHOUT PROPER CERTIFICATION.
A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS BIG WHEEL HAS LED A TOPEKA MAN TO A MUNICIPAL COURT HEARING. THE SIX YEAR OLD BOY RODE HIS BIG WHEEL TOWARDS DENNY BOGAN. BOGAN SAYS HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF WHEN HE REDIRECTED THE BIG WHEEL WITH HIS FOOT. THE YOUNG BOYS MOTHER SAYS THAT BOGAN KICKED THE BIG WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO GO OFF TRACK AND FLIP OVER. BOGAN WILL BE SENTENCED ON FIRDAY.
MANHATTAN ISN’T THE ONLY PLACE GETTIG HIT HARD BY WINTER STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING OF ”EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BLIZZRD CONDITIONS” IN PARTS OF ILLIONOIS, WISCONSIN AND IOWA. 50 MPR WIND GUSTS COULD CREATE SNOW DRIFTS OF 8 TO 15 FEET. THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALSO ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR KANSAS, NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CHIEF, LISA JACKSON, SAYS SHE’LL TAKE COMMON-SENSE STEPS TO REGULATE CARBON EMISSIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS. JACKSON HAS BEEN SPEAKING AT THE 192 NATION CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN. THE GOAL OF THE SUMMIT IS TO CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY TO CONTROL GASES CAUSING THE EARTH’S TEMPERATURE TO RISE.
FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHING NEW PRIVACY SETTINGS TODAY. THE CHANGES WILL GIVE USERS BETTER CONTROL OVER WHO SEES THE INFORMATION ON THEIR PERSONAL PAGES. FACEBOOK USERS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT A PRIVACY SETTING FOR EACH PIECE OF CONTENT, LIKE PHOTOS OR UPDATES, THAT THEY SHARE ON THEIR SITE. THE CHOICES FOR WHO CAN VIEW YOUR INFO. ARE “FRIENDS ONLY", “FRIENDS OF FRIENDS” OR “EVERYONE.”
UNIVERSITY OF ARKNASAS CAMPUS POLICE WENT TO A DORM IN SEARCH OF DRUGS AND FOUND A BABY ALLIGATOR, A DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE, SIX PYTHONS AND OTHER REPTILES IN A DORM ROOM. ARKANSAS STUDENT JACOB MILLER SAYS THAT HE AND HIS ROOMMATE WERE GETTING THE REPTILES FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET. THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED BUT THEY WILL BE FINED FOR ALLIGATOR AND RATTLESNAKE POSSESSION WITHOUT PROPER CERTIFICATION.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
News 12-8-09
IT’S OFFICIAL - WE HAVE OUR FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR BUT IT ISN’T SUPPOSED TO LET UP ANY TIME SOON. THE COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, AND GEARY ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM TOMORROW MORNING. THIS MEANS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES, WIND GUSTS THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND WIND CHILLS THAT COULD DROP IN THE NEGATIVE FIVE TO NEGATIVE 20 DEGREE RANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUGGESTS YOU SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING. MAKE SURE TO LISTEN HERE FOR ANY UPDATES CONCERNING THIS STORM.
A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR MARCH SECOND IN THE DEATHS OF THE 18-YEAR OLD AND HER YOUNG SON FOUND NEAR OGDEN. 22-YEAR OLD LUIS AGUIRRE FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATHS OF TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AFTER THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN LATE OCTOBER. HE IS BEING HELD ON $2.5 MILLION BOND IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL.
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS STARTED THEIR DENTAL PROGRAM DESPITE NOT HAVING ANYWHERE TO HOLD IT. THEY ARE RAISING MONEY TO BUILD A PLACE FOR IT. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVEN DENTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE WHO STARTED IN AUGUST. SIX OF THEM ARE WORKING AT A WICHITA CLINIC AND THE SEVENTH IS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL. IT IS A ONE YEAR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW BUT ONCE THE BUILDING IS BUILT IT WILL BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM AND CAN HAVE 10 RESIDENTS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF PROCTER AND GAMBLE, AG LAFLEY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN JANUARY FIRST AND PRESIDENT AND CEO ROBERT MCDONALD WILL BE TAKING HIS POSITION. LAFLEY HAD GIVEN THE CEO TITLE TO MCDONALD IN JUNE, WHO WAS THEN THE OPERATING CHIEF. LAFLEY TOOK OVER THE COMPANY IN 2000 WHEN STOCKS WERE DIVING BUT HE HELPED THEM GET BACK ON TRACK BY EMPHASIZING INNOVATION AND A CONSUMER IS BOSS FOCUS. PROCTER AND GAMBLE HAS 23 KEY BRANDS BUT RECENTLY SOLD COMET CLEANER, SURE DEODERANT, AND FOLGERS COFFEE.
A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN WON’T CONFIRM A 911 CALL THAT WAS PLACED THIS MORNING WAS FROM TIGER WOOD’S HOME. ALL THEY WILL SAY IS IT WAS FROM THE SAME BLOCK AS HIS HOME AND MEDICS TOOK AN ADULT PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL. IT’S THE SAME HOSPITAL WOODS WAS AT AFTER HIS CRASH. THEY ALSO WON’T CONFIRM IF THE PATIENT WAS A WOMAN. HIS WRECK LAST MONTH HAS LED TO SPECULATIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE DISPUTE BETWEEN WOODS AND HIS WIFE. LAST WEEK WOODS PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING HE HAD LET HIS FAMILY DOWN WITH TRANSGRESSIONS BUT DIDN’T OFFER ANY MORE DETAILS.
ITUNES HAS PUT OUT THEIR TOP PURCHASED SONGS AND ALBUMS OF 2009. KINGS OF LEON HAD THE TOP SELLING C-D WITH ONLY BY THE NIGHT. THE TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK FOLLOWED THAT AND THEN CAME LADY GAGA’S THE FAME AND THEN TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLESS. THE BLACK EYED PEAS HAD THE TOP SONG WITH BOOM BOOM POW. SOME OTHER OF THEIR TOP TEN SONGS INLCUDE FLO RIDA’S RIGHT ROUDS, LADY GAGA’S POKER FACE, AND MILEY CYRUS’S PARTY IN THE USA. THIS DATA FROM ITUNES IS COLLECTED FROM LAST DECEMBER TO THIS DECEMBER.
A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR MARCH SECOND IN THE DEATHS OF THE 18-YEAR OLD AND HER YOUNG SON FOUND NEAR OGDEN. 22-YEAR OLD LUIS AGUIRRE FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATHS OF TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AFTER THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN LATE OCTOBER. HE IS BEING HELD ON $2.5 MILLION BOND IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL.
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS STARTED THEIR DENTAL PROGRAM DESPITE NOT HAVING ANYWHERE TO HOLD IT. THEY ARE RAISING MONEY TO BUILD A PLACE FOR IT. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVEN DENTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE WHO STARTED IN AUGUST. SIX OF THEM ARE WORKING AT A WICHITA CLINIC AND THE SEVENTH IS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL. IT IS A ONE YEAR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW BUT ONCE THE BUILDING IS BUILT IT WILL BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM AND CAN HAVE 10 RESIDENTS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF PROCTER AND GAMBLE, AG LAFLEY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN JANUARY FIRST AND PRESIDENT AND CEO ROBERT MCDONALD WILL BE TAKING HIS POSITION. LAFLEY HAD GIVEN THE CEO TITLE TO MCDONALD IN JUNE, WHO WAS THEN THE OPERATING CHIEF. LAFLEY TOOK OVER THE COMPANY IN 2000 WHEN STOCKS WERE DIVING BUT HE HELPED THEM GET BACK ON TRACK BY EMPHASIZING INNOVATION AND A CONSUMER IS BOSS FOCUS. PROCTER AND GAMBLE HAS 23 KEY BRANDS BUT RECENTLY SOLD COMET CLEANER, SURE DEODERANT, AND FOLGERS COFFEE.
A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN WON’T CONFIRM A 911 CALL THAT WAS PLACED THIS MORNING WAS FROM TIGER WOOD’S HOME. ALL THEY WILL SAY IS IT WAS FROM THE SAME BLOCK AS HIS HOME AND MEDICS TOOK AN ADULT PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL. IT’S THE SAME HOSPITAL WOODS WAS AT AFTER HIS CRASH. THEY ALSO WON’T CONFIRM IF THE PATIENT WAS A WOMAN. HIS WRECK LAST MONTH HAS LED TO SPECULATIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE DISPUTE BETWEEN WOODS AND HIS WIFE. LAST WEEK WOODS PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING HE HAD LET HIS FAMILY DOWN WITH TRANSGRESSIONS BUT DIDN’T OFFER ANY MORE DETAILS.
ITUNES HAS PUT OUT THEIR TOP PURCHASED SONGS AND ALBUMS OF 2009. KINGS OF LEON HAD THE TOP SELLING C-D WITH ONLY BY THE NIGHT. THE TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK FOLLOWED THAT AND THEN CAME LADY GAGA’S THE FAME AND THEN TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLESS. THE BLACK EYED PEAS HAD THE TOP SONG WITH BOOM BOOM POW. SOME OTHER OF THEIR TOP TEN SONGS INLCUDE FLO RIDA’S RIGHT ROUDS, LADY GAGA’S POKER FACE, AND MILEY CYRUS’S PARTY IN THE USA. THIS DATA FROM ITUNES IS COLLECTED FROM LAST DECEMBER TO THIS DECEMBER.
Monday, December 7, 2009
News 12-7-09
IT’S TIME TO GET OUT THE MITTENS AND BOOTS BECAUSE IT’S THERE’S SNOW IN THE FORCAST. COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, GEARY, AND WABAUNSEE ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH STARTING LATE TONIGHT GOING INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ESTIMATING A POSSIBILITY OF 5TO EIGHT 8NEAR I-70 AND UP TO 9TO 12 FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THEY ALSO WARN OF HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND BLOWING SNOW.
THE AIR IN TOPEKA MAY BE CLEANER ON YOUR NEXT VISIT THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AND WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. THIS MEANS NO SMOKING INSIDE OF PUBLIC PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF RETAIL TOBACCO STORES AND OUTDOOR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. IF ANY TOPEKA BUSINESSES NEED HELP ENFORCING THIS THE CITY ASKS THE MANAGERS TO CALL THE POLICE.
A WICHITA MAN HIT THE JACKPOT THREE WEEKS AGO BUT DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT HAD. THE MAN…WHO ASKED FOR HIS NAME NOT BE RELEASED…FIGURED OUT HE WON $1.2 MILLION WHILE GOING THROUGH OLD TICKETS IN HIS WIFE’S GLOVE BOX. THE MAN TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS HE THOUGHT HE “WAS GOING TO HAVE A CORINARY” WHEN HE FIGURED OUT HIS NUMBERS MATCHED. HE WILL BE GETTING A CHECK FOR $856,585 AFTER TAXES AND HE IS GOING TO PAY OFF EVERYTHING AND THEN START HIS FIRST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
WICHITA HAS BEEN PICKED TO HOST THE 2011 JUNIOR OLYMPICS. THE SIX DAY EVENT WILL BRING IN MORE THAN 6,000 YOUNG ATHLETES AND WILL PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY. HOUSTON AND DES MOINES IOWA WERE THE OTHER FINALISTS.
NEW RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS WILL BE OUT TODAY FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONCERNING THE SWINE FLU. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE TARGETING CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND HIGH RISK GROUPS. THEY WILL MENTION HOW THE VACCINE SHORTAGE IS EASING AND MORE WILL DOSES WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK. THE CDC ESTIMATES 22-MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE FLU AND 3,900 HAVE DIED OF IT. AS THE VACCINE BECOMES MORE PLENTYFUL, MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IT.
THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A RUSSIAN NIGHT CLUB. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT 113 BUT THE THOUGHT OF MORE STILL LOOMS OVER THE CITY OF PERM. ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AT LEAST 68 OF THE 130 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FIRE ARE ON RESPIRATORS. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INDOOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
THIS WILL BE DIANE SAWYER’S LAST WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE OVER FOR CHARLES GIBSON ON THE ABC WORLD NEWS. GIBSON’S LAST SHOW WILL BE DECEMBER 18TH AND SAWYER WILL START ON DECEMBER 21ST. SAWYER HAS BEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR 10 YEARS AND SHE SAYS “I’VE CALCULATED 2,881 SHOWS. ROUGHLY.” GIBSON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN SEPTEMBER.
THE AIR IN TOPEKA MAY BE CLEANER ON YOUR NEXT VISIT THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AND WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. THIS MEANS NO SMOKING INSIDE OF PUBLIC PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF RETAIL TOBACCO STORES AND OUTDOOR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. IF ANY TOPEKA BUSINESSES NEED HELP ENFORCING THIS THE CITY ASKS THE MANAGERS TO CALL THE POLICE.
A WICHITA MAN HIT THE JACKPOT THREE WEEKS AGO BUT DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT HAD. THE MAN…WHO ASKED FOR HIS NAME NOT BE RELEASED…FIGURED OUT HE WON $1.2 MILLION WHILE GOING THROUGH OLD TICKETS IN HIS WIFE’S GLOVE BOX. THE MAN TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS HE THOUGHT HE “WAS GOING TO HAVE A CORINARY” WHEN HE FIGURED OUT HIS NUMBERS MATCHED. HE WILL BE GETTING A CHECK FOR $856,585 AFTER TAXES AND HE IS GOING TO PAY OFF EVERYTHING AND THEN START HIS FIRST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
WICHITA HAS BEEN PICKED TO HOST THE 2011 JUNIOR OLYMPICS. THE SIX DAY EVENT WILL BRING IN MORE THAN 6,000 YOUNG ATHLETES AND WILL PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY. HOUSTON AND DES MOINES IOWA WERE THE OTHER FINALISTS.
NEW RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS WILL BE OUT TODAY FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONCERNING THE SWINE FLU. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE TARGETING CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND HIGH RISK GROUPS. THEY WILL MENTION HOW THE VACCINE SHORTAGE IS EASING AND MORE WILL DOSES WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK. THE CDC ESTIMATES 22-MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE FLU AND 3,900 HAVE DIED OF IT. AS THE VACCINE BECOMES MORE PLENTYFUL, MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IT.
THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A RUSSIAN NIGHT CLUB. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT 113 BUT THE THOUGHT OF MORE STILL LOOMS OVER THE CITY OF PERM. ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AT LEAST 68 OF THE 130 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FIRE ARE ON RESPIRATORS. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INDOOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
THIS WILL BE DIANE SAWYER’S LAST WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE OVER FOR CHARLES GIBSON ON THE ABC WORLD NEWS. GIBSON’S LAST SHOW WILL BE DECEMBER 18TH AND SAWYER WILL START ON DECEMBER 21ST. SAWYER HAS BEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR 10 YEARS AND SHE SAYS “I’VE CALCULATED 2,881 SHOWS. ROUGHLY.” GIBSON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN SEPTEMBER.
Friday, December 4, 2009
News 12-4-09
H1N1 VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS TODAY IN THE K-STATE UNION FORUM HALL FROM 9:30 TO 1:30. THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT ARE, K-STATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, STUDENTS WHO ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS, STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH OR CARE FOR AN INFANT UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD, AND STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64 WHO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. TO GET YOUR SHOT YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR CURRENT WILDCAT ID CARD, YOUR HEALTH INSURANE CARD, A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE COMPLETED VACCINE CONSENT FORM WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON K-STATE’S WEBISTE. OTHER DATES FOR H1N1 CLINICS ARE DECEMBER 7TH AND DECEMBER 10TH. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE UNION’S FORUM HALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WILL GET A NEW SERGEANT MAJOR THIS WEEKEND. THE CURRENT ONE, STEVE RODINA, IS RETIRING AFTER NINE YEARS. COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR SCOTT HAWORTH, WHO IS THE TOP ENLISTED SOLDIER WITH THE KANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WILL TAKE OVER THE DUTIES SATURDAY. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NICKELL ARMORY IN TOPEKA.
A WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED WILL STILL GET HER DEGREE. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS 25-YEAR OLD JESSIE FOUST WAS SET TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER WITH A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 26-YEAR OLD ADRIAN JACKSON WAS ALSO KILLED IN THEIR HOME BUT THEIR CHILDREN WERE UNHARMED. DURING GRADUATION THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FOUST. A GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY IS RAISING MONEY TO HELP CARE FOR THE COUPLE’S CHILDREN.
A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY IN OVERLAND PARK HAS DONATED NEARLY 150,000 UNITS OF UNUSED MEDICATION TO KANSANS IN NEED. PRESCRIPTION SOLUTIONS SAYS THAT AMOUNT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 18,000 PERSCRIPTIONS. THE DONATIONS WERE THROUGH A PROGRAM APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE IN 2008 TO ALLOW ADULT CARE HOMES, MAIL SERVICE PHARMACIES, AND MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES TO DONATE UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS TO CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT SERVE THE UNISURED OR POOR. BEFORE THE LAW ALL THE UNUSED MEDICATION HAD TO BE DESTROYED.
INSTEAD OF BIG SHOES TO FILL THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS SOME BIG PANTS TO FILL BECAUSE MARK MANGINO HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH. AFTER A TWO AND A HALF WEEK INTERNAL INVESTIGATION STEMMING FROM ALLEGED PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE OF THE PLAYERS AND A 5-7 SEASON, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COACH. JUST TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS COACH OF THE YEAR AND LED THE JAYHAWKS TO A 12-1 SEASON AND AN ORANGE BOWL VICTORY.
DESPITE THE LOSS OF SEVERAL SOLDIERS LAST MONTH DURING THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING RAMPAGE, THEY ARE SET TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE 467TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT WHO LOST THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY. CHARGES AGAINSTTHE ACCUSED GUNMAN MAJOR NIDAL HASAN INCLUDE 13 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WAS TARGETING ANYONE IN THE UNIT.
ABC IS STILL NOT OVER ADAM LAMBERT’S PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.THEY HAVE NOW DROPPED HIM FROM TWO APPERANCES ON THE CHANNEL. HE WAS DROPPED FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICAN QUICKLY AFTER THE AWARDS AND ABC HAS ANNOUNCED HE WON’T BE APPEARING ON JIMMY KIMMEL’S NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL EITHER. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE ON JAY LENO ON THE 21ST AND BARBARA WALTERS WILL INTERVIEW HIM ON HER MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009 SPECIAL THAT WILL AIR WEDNESDAY ON ABC.
THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WILL GET A NEW SERGEANT MAJOR THIS WEEKEND. THE CURRENT ONE, STEVE RODINA, IS RETIRING AFTER NINE YEARS. COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR SCOTT HAWORTH, WHO IS THE TOP ENLISTED SOLDIER WITH THE KANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WILL TAKE OVER THE DUTIES SATURDAY. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NICKELL ARMORY IN TOPEKA.
A WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED WILL STILL GET HER DEGREE. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS 25-YEAR OLD JESSIE FOUST WAS SET TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER WITH A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 26-YEAR OLD ADRIAN JACKSON WAS ALSO KILLED IN THEIR HOME BUT THEIR CHILDREN WERE UNHARMED. DURING GRADUATION THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FOUST. A GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY IS RAISING MONEY TO HELP CARE FOR THE COUPLE’S CHILDREN.
A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY IN OVERLAND PARK HAS DONATED NEARLY 150,000 UNITS OF UNUSED MEDICATION TO KANSANS IN NEED. PRESCRIPTION SOLUTIONS SAYS THAT AMOUNT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 18,000 PERSCRIPTIONS. THE DONATIONS WERE THROUGH A PROGRAM APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE IN 2008 TO ALLOW ADULT CARE HOMES, MAIL SERVICE PHARMACIES, AND MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES TO DONATE UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS TO CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT SERVE THE UNISURED OR POOR. BEFORE THE LAW ALL THE UNUSED MEDICATION HAD TO BE DESTROYED.
INSTEAD OF BIG SHOES TO FILL THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS SOME BIG PANTS TO FILL BECAUSE MARK MANGINO HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH. AFTER A TWO AND A HALF WEEK INTERNAL INVESTIGATION STEMMING FROM ALLEGED PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE OF THE PLAYERS AND A 5-7 SEASON, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COACH. JUST TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS COACH OF THE YEAR AND LED THE JAYHAWKS TO A 12-1 SEASON AND AN ORANGE BOWL VICTORY.
DESPITE THE LOSS OF SEVERAL SOLDIERS LAST MONTH DURING THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING RAMPAGE, THEY ARE SET TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE 467TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT WHO LOST THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY. CHARGES AGAINSTTHE ACCUSED GUNMAN MAJOR NIDAL HASAN INCLUDE 13 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WAS TARGETING ANYONE IN THE UNIT.
ABC IS STILL NOT OVER ADAM LAMBERT’S PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.THEY HAVE NOW DROPPED HIM FROM TWO APPERANCES ON THE CHANNEL. HE WAS DROPPED FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICAN QUICKLY AFTER THE AWARDS AND ABC HAS ANNOUNCED HE WON’T BE APPEARING ON JIMMY KIMMEL’S NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL EITHER. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE ON JAY LENO ON THE 21ST AND BARBARA WALTERS WILL INTERVIEW HIM ON HER MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009 SPECIAL THAT WILL AIR WEDNESDAY ON ABC.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
News 12-3-09
FORT RILEY’S 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IS PREPARING MORE THAN NINE HUNDRED SOLDIERS FOR A YEAR LONG DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ. THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY FRIDAY AT THE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS TO CASE THE DIVISION’S COLORS AND FORMALLY MARK THE OCCASION. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE JOINING THE 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. MORE UNITS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN 2010.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR THE FAMILY SHOT TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IN BURLINGAME. JAMES KAHLER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND WIFE’S GRANDMOTHER DORTHY WRIGHT OUTSIDE WRIGHT’S HOME. WRIGHT DIED TUESDAY AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. KAHLER IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM HIS JOB AS CITY UTILITIES DIRECTOR IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.
NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS ON THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT MIKE PHILPOT ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN LATE OCTOBER. THE DEAN OF PITTSBURG STATE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONS IS HELPING WITH THE SEARCH. APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB ARE DUE BY JANUARY 8TH.
PAWNEE COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL IN THE FUTURE. A MEDIATION SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18TH BETWEEN THE PAWNEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER OF GREAT BEND. IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JUNE THAT SAINT JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN LARNED WOULD BE CLOSED. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALLEGING IT WOULD ABANDON A VALUABLE CHARITABLE ASSET BY CLOSING THE HOSPITAL. IF THE MEDIATION DOESN’T WORK THE LAWSUIT WILL GO TO TRIAL JANUARY 27TH.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IS NOW 457,000, THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH 2008. WALL STREET ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING AN INCREASE BUT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE REASON THE NUMBER COULD HAVE DROPPED IS BECAUSE THE OFFICES WERE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
A MAN IN GEORGIA DRESSED LIKE AN ELF WILL DEFINITLEY BE PUT ON SANTA’S BAD LIST. POLICE ARRESTED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CALDWELL THE THIRD WHEN HE TOLD THE SANTA AT SOUTHLAKE MALL IN SUBURBAN ATLANTA HE WAS CARRYING DYNAMITE. CALDWELL WAS WAITING IN LINE TO GET HIS PICTURE WITH SANTA AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE FRONT AND TOLD HIM. SANTA CALLED MALL SECURITY AND THEY ARRESTED CALDWELL. HE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING HAVING HOAX DEVICES AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
COMCAST CORPORATION IS PUTTING SOME BIG BUCKS ON THE TABLE. THEY SAY THEY WILL PUT UP $6.5 BILLION IN CASH AND $7.25 BILLION IN ASSETS TO BUY 51% OF NBC UNIVERSAL FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC. THIS WILL MEAN THE BIGGEST CABLE PROVIDER IN THE US WILL CONTROL NBC AND TELEMUNDO NETWORKS, A COUPLE DOZEN CABLE CHANNELS, AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND THEME PARK. SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A GOOD IDEA HAVING ONE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF SO MUCH OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT COMCAST SAYS CONSUMERS WILL BENEFIT.
THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE IN AND TAYLOR SWIFT AND BEYONCE LEAD THE PACK. BEYONCE IS UP FOR 10 AND SWIFT IS UP FOR EIGHT. FOR BOTH OF THEM THEY INCLUDE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND RECORD OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THEIR COMPETITION INCLUDES THE BLACK EYED PEAS, LADY GAGA, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AND KINGS OF LEON. THE GRAMMY’S WILL BE JANUARY 31ST IN LOS ANGELES.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR THE FAMILY SHOT TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IN BURLINGAME. JAMES KAHLER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND WIFE’S GRANDMOTHER DORTHY WRIGHT OUTSIDE WRIGHT’S HOME. WRIGHT DIED TUESDAY AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. KAHLER IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM HIS JOB AS CITY UTILITIES DIRECTOR IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.
NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS ON THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT MIKE PHILPOT ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN LATE OCTOBER. THE DEAN OF PITTSBURG STATE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONS IS HELPING WITH THE SEARCH. APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB ARE DUE BY JANUARY 8TH.
PAWNEE COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL IN THE FUTURE. A MEDIATION SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18TH BETWEEN THE PAWNEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER OF GREAT BEND. IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JUNE THAT SAINT JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN LARNED WOULD BE CLOSED. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALLEGING IT WOULD ABANDON A VALUABLE CHARITABLE ASSET BY CLOSING THE HOSPITAL. IF THE MEDIATION DOESN’T WORK THE LAWSUIT WILL GO TO TRIAL JANUARY 27TH.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IS NOW 457,000, THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH 2008. WALL STREET ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING AN INCREASE BUT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE REASON THE NUMBER COULD HAVE DROPPED IS BECAUSE THE OFFICES WERE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
A MAN IN GEORGIA DRESSED LIKE AN ELF WILL DEFINITLEY BE PUT ON SANTA’S BAD LIST. POLICE ARRESTED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CALDWELL THE THIRD WHEN HE TOLD THE SANTA AT SOUTHLAKE MALL IN SUBURBAN ATLANTA HE WAS CARRYING DYNAMITE. CALDWELL WAS WAITING IN LINE TO GET HIS PICTURE WITH SANTA AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE FRONT AND TOLD HIM. SANTA CALLED MALL SECURITY AND THEY ARRESTED CALDWELL. HE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING HAVING HOAX DEVICES AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
COMCAST CORPORATION IS PUTTING SOME BIG BUCKS ON THE TABLE. THEY SAY THEY WILL PUT UP $6.5 BILLION IN CASH AND $7.25 BILLION IN ASSETS TO BUY 51% OF NBC UNIVERSAL FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC. THIS WILL MEAN THE BIGGEST CABLE PROVIDER IN THE US WILL CONTROL NBC AND TELEMUNDO NETWORKS, A COUPLE DOZEN CABLE CHANNELS, AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND THEME PARK. SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A GOOD IDEA HAVING ONE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF SO MUCH OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT COMCAST SAYS CONSUMERS WILL BENEFIT.
THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE IN AND TAYLOR SWIFT AND BEYONCE LEAD THE PACK. BEYONCE IS UP FOR 10 AND SWIFT IS UP FOR EIGHT. FOR BOTH OF THEM THEY INCLUDE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND RECORD OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THEIR COMPETITION INCLUDES THE BLACK EYED PEAS, LADY GAGA, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AND KINGS OF LEON. THE GRAMMY’S WILL BE JANUARY 31ST IN LOS ANGELES.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
News 12-2-09
A MANHATTAN COUPLE HAS PUT THEIR HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOME UP FOR SALE, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT SOMEONE ESLE PUT IT UP ON CRAIGSLIST AS WELL. AN ANONYMOUS PERSON CREATED A CRAIGSLIST ACCOUNT UNDER THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, DELBERT WILKES, AND CLAIMED HE AND HIS WIFE HAD MOVED TO AFRICA. THE ACCOUNT STATED THAT IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN THE HOUSE YOU COULD SEND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND YOU WOULD RECEIVE THE KEYS. THE CRAIGSLIST AD HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN BUT EMAILS ARE STILL BEING DELETED.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH AT WEST POINT YESTERDAY ANNOUNCING THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO SEND THIRT THOUSAND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. OBAMA DECLARED THAT AN EIGHTEEN MONTH TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED. OBAMA SAYS THAT THE TROOP SURPLUS IS NEEDED TO BRING THE WAR TO “A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.”
DODGE CITY IS PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF IT’S CASINO LATER THIS MONTH. THE RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION IS PLANNING TO MEET FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY TO DISCUSS SECURITY PLANS AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AT THE BOOT HILL CASINO AND RESORT. IF THE CASINO PLANS ARE APPROVED THEN BOOT HILL WILL RECEIVE A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO TEST EQUIPMENT DECEMBER 9TH AND 14TH. THE CASINO WILL HAVE FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SLOT MACHINES AND 10 GAME TABLES.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOVENOR MIKE HUCKABEE SAYS HE IS LEANING SLIGHTY AGAINST RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. HUCKABEE SAID THAT THE 2010 CONGERESSIONAL ELECTIONS WILL AFFECT HIS DECISION. ANOTHER FACTOR FOR HUCKABEE WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL UNITE BEHIND HIM AS A CANDIDATE. HUCKABEE FINISHED SECOND IN THE 2008 RACE FOR THE G.O.P.
A WICHITA DOG, YES THAT’S RIGHT DOG, IS BEING CREDITED AS A LIFE SAVER TODAY. SKIP THE DOG STARTED BARKING TUESDAY MORNING AT 4:30 AM WHEN A ELECTRICAL FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE APARTMENT OF BILLY KING. KING IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND WHEN HE HEARD SKIP BARKING HE PHONED HIS SON FOR HELP. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND HELPED KING’S SON GET HIM OUT. KING SAYS THAT SKIP DESERVES A BIG BAG OF DOG FOOD.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH AT WEST POINT YESTERDAY ANNOUNCING THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO SEND THIRT THOUSAND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. OBAMA DECLARED THAT AN EIGHTEEN MONTH TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED. OBAMA SAYS THAT THE TROOP SURPLUS IS NEEDED TO BRING THE WAR TO “A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.”
DODGE CITY IS PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF IT’S CASINO LATER THIS MONTH. THE RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION IS PLANNING TO MEET FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY TO DISCUSS SECURITY PLANS AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AT THE BOOT HILL CASINO AND RESORT. IF THE CASINO PLANS ARE APPROVED THEN BOOT HILL WILL RECEIVE A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO TEST EQUIPMENT DECEMBER 9TH AND 14TH. THE CASINO WILL HAVE FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SLOT MACHINES AND 10 GAME TABLES.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOVENOR MIKE HUCKABEE SAYS HE IS LEANING SLIGHTY AGAINST RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. HUCKABEE SAID THAT THE 2010 CONGERESSIONAL ELECTIONS WILL AFFECT HIS DECISION. ANOTHER FACTOR FOR HUCKABEE WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL UNITE BEHIND HIM AS A CANDIDATE. HUCKABEE FINISHED SECOND IN THE 2008 RACE FOR THE G.O.P.
A WICHITA DOG, YES THAT’S RIGHT DOG, IS BEING CREDITED AS A LIFE SAVER TODAY. SKIP THE DOG STARTED BARKING TUESDAY MORNING AT 4:30 AM WHEN A ELECTRICAL FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE APARTMENT OF BILLY KING. KING IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND WHEN HE HEARD SKIP BARKING HE PHONED HIS SON FOR HELP. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND HELPED KING’S SON GET HIM OUT. KING SAYS THAT SKIP DESERVES A BIG BAG OF DOG FOOD.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
News 12-1-09
H1N1 VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE AT KANSAS STATE STARTING TODAY IN THE KSU UNION FORUM HALL. THE VACCINATIONS WILL LAST FROM 9:30 THIS MORNING UTNIL 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE SUPPLY IS OUT. THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT ARE: K-STATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, STUDENTS WHO ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS, STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH OR CARE FOR AN INFANT UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD, AND STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64 WHO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. TO GET YOUR SHOT YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR CURRENT WILDCAT ID CARD, YOUR HEALTH INSURANE CARD, A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE COMPLETED VACCINE CONSENT FORM WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON K-STATE’S WEBSITE. OTHER DATES FOR H1N1 CLINICS ARE DECEMBER 4TH, DECEMBER 7TH, AND DECEMBER 10TH. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE UNION’S FORUM HALL AT THE SAME TIME.
FORT RILEY SOLDIERS WILL BE MARCHING ACROSS POST NEXT WEEK TO COLLECT TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN. SOLDIERS FROM THE 1ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE’S ANNUAL TOY MARCH IS A FOUR AND A HALF MILE ROUTE FROM ONE OF THEIR OPERATIONS BUILDINGS TO THE OPERATION SANTA CLAUSE HEADQUARTERS. PREVIOUSLY FAMILY MEMBERS CARRIED THE TOYS OVER THE ROUTE WHILE THE SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMER 7TH.
A TOPEKA WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A POLICE CHASE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN BECAME DEADLY. POLICE SAY ARIEZANNA WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AND BOOKED INTO JAIL ON CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FELONY ATTEMPTING TO FLEE POLICE, AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. WILLIAMS WAS SEEN SPEEDING ON THANKSGIVING AND POLICE BEGAN TO CHASE HER. HER CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR’S PASSENGER, 30-YEAR OLD ZACK PALMER, DIED IN THE CRASH.
AUTHORITIES HAVE FILED A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE AGAINST THE BURLINGAME MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. 46-YEAR OLD JAMES KAHLER WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY IN THE DEATHS OF THE THREE. KAHLER ALSO FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING OF HIS GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY FOR BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE SAYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. KAHLER WAS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI. HIS BOND IS SET AT $10 million.
TIGER WOODS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIS OWN TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF INJURIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEIGHBOR WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CALLED 911 AFTER WOOD’S CRASH IS SENDING A LAWYER TO TALK WITH THE MEDIA ABOUT WHAT HE SAW. WOODS HIT A FIRE HYDRANT AND A TREE AT 2:25 LAST FRIDAY MORNING BY HIS HOME NEAR ORLANDO. HIS WIFE USED A GOLF CLUB TO SMASH THE BACK WINDOW TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WOODS HAS STILL FAILED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM POLICE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
THOSE BELLS ARE RINGING AND RED BUCKETS SWINGING OUTSIDE OF STORES TO COLLECT MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. AT A K-MART IN PENNSYLVANIA, SALVATION ARMY WORKERS GOT QUITE THE SURPRISE. SOMEONE DROPPED A GOLD COIN IN WRAPPED IN A ONE DOLLAR BILL. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD KRUGERRAND IS WORTH MORE THAN $1,000. SALVATION ARMY OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A BIG MORALE BOOSTER FOR THE BELL RINGERS AND THEY HAVEN’T RECEIVED A GOLD COIN DONATION IN TWO YEARS.
FORT RILEY SOLDIERS WILL BE MARCHING ACROSS POST NEXT WEEK TO COLLECT TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN. SOLDIERS FROM THE 1ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE’S ANNUAL TOY MARCH IS A FOUR AND A HALF MILE ROUTE FROM ONE OF THEIR OPERATIONS BUILDINGS TO THE OPERATION SANTA CLAUSE HEADQUARTERS. PREVIOUSLY FAMILY MEMBERS CARRIED THE TOYS OVER THE ROUTE WHILE THE SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMER 7TH.
A TOPEKA WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A POLICE CHASE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN BECAME DEADLY. POLICE SAY ARIEZANNA WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AND BOOKED INTO JAIL ON CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FELONY ATTEMPTING TO FLEE POLICE, AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. WILLIAMS WAS SEEN SPEEDING ON THANKSGIVING AND POLICE BEGAN TO CHASE HER. HER CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR’S PASSENGER, 30-YEAR OLD ZACK PALMER, DIED IN THE CRASH.
AUTHORITIES HAVE FILED A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE AGAINST THE BURLINGAME MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. 46-YEAR OLD JAMES KAHLER WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY IN THE DEATHS OF THE THREE. KAHLER ALSO FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING OF HIS GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY FOR BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE SAYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. KAHLER WAS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI. HIS BOND IS SET AT $10 million.
TIGER WOODS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIS OWN TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF INJURIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEIGHBOR WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CALLED 911 AFTER WOOD’S CRASH IS SENDING A LAWYER TO TALK WITH THE MEDIA ABOUT WHAT HE SAW. WOODS HIT A FIRE HYDRANT AND A TREE AT 2:25 LAST FRIDAY MORNING BY HIS HOME NEAR ORLANDO. HIS WIFE USED A GOLF CLUB TO SMASH THE BACK WINDOW TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WOODS HAS STILL FAILED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM POLICE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
THOSE BELLS ARE RINGING AND RED BUCKETS SWINGING OUTSIDE OF STORES TO COLLECT MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. AT A K-MART IN PENNSYLVANIA, SALVATION ARMY WORKERS GOT QUITE THE SURPRISE. SOMEONE DROPPED A GOLD COIN IN WRAPPED IN A ONE DOLLAR BILL. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD KRUGERRAND IS WORTH MORE THAN $1,000. SALVATION ARMY OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A BIG MORALE BOOSTER FOR THE BELL RINGERS AND THEY HAVEN’T RECEIVED A GOLD COIN DONATION IN TWO YEARS.
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