Friday, December 11, 2009

News 12-11-09

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.

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