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.