VISIBILITY COULD BE LOW TODAY DUE TO A DENSE FOG ADVISORY. VISIBILITY COULD BE A QUARTER OF A MILE AND OCCASIONALY LESS THAN THAT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES MOTORIST TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS SLICK SPOTS MIGHT ALSO DEVELOP WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FREEZING POINT. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON.
BIG MONDAY LEADS TO A HAPPY TUESDAY HERE IN WILDCAT LAND. THE CATS CAME OUT ON TOP LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEXAS LONGHORNS. WITH A SCORE OF 71-62 IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1994 THAT WE’VE BEAT A NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM AND THE THIRD TIME EVER. THE NEXT GAME IS THIS SATURDAY AT THREE AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AT HOME IN BRAMLAGE.
IF YOU BUY YOUR TOBACCO PRODUCTS ON CAMPUS YOU MAY NEED TO START GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS WILL CONSIDER BANNING ON THE PRODUCTS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AT THEIR MEETING THURSDAY. SMOKING INSIDE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES IS ALREADY BANNED. IF THIS PASSES IT WILL ONLY EFFECT KANSAS STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
THE MANHATTAN CITY COMMISSION WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS A SETTLEMENT CONCERNING A FORMER FORT RILEY SOLDIER. EDDIE JAMES LOWERY WAS CONVICTED IN 1982 OF RAPING AN OGDEN WOMAN AND SPENT 10 YEARS IN JAIL UNTIL DNA TESTS PROVED IT WASN’T HIM. IF HIS SETTELMENT IS APPROVED HE WILL RECEIVE $7.5 MILLION. LOWERY ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR $15 MILLION.
THE BATTLE FOR TED KENNEDY’S MASSACHUSETTS SENATE SEAT BEGINS TODAY. POLLS OPENED AT 7 AM. IT’S BETWEEN DEMOCRAT MARTHA COAKLEY AND REPUBLICAN SCOTT BROWN. MEDIA AND POLLS ARE SUGGESTING BROWN TO WIN. IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME MASSACHUSETTS HAS ELECTED A REPUBLICAN SENATOR SINCE 1972.
WITH ALL THE HELP IN HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THINGS ARE STILL LOOKING GRIM. IT’S BEING SAID THE DEATH TOLL COULD BE HIGH AS TWO-HUNDRED-THOUSAND AND 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS. FIGHTING IS ALSO BREAKING OUT IN THE CAPITAL AND SLOWING DOWN THE FOOD, WATER, AND SUPPLY DELIVERIES. THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IS PROBABLY GOING TO APPROVE PEACEKEEPING FORCES WHILE 2,000 US MARINES ARE PARKED OFFSHORES. THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IS ALSO SAYING THEY NEED 100 MILLION PREPARED MEALS OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
SUNDAY WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR SOME IN THE ACTING WORLD AT THE 67TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS. SANDRA BULLOCK TOOK HOME BEST ACTRESS FOR THE BLIND SIDE, ROBERT DOWNEY JUNIOR IS BEST ACTOR FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES, AND JAMES CAMERON TOOK HOME TWO AWARDS FOR HIS MOVIE AVATAR. ONE FOR BEST MOVIE DRAMA AND THE OTHER FOR BEST MOVIE DIRECTOR. IN HONOR OF THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI, ALL THE STARS WORE RED ABD YELLOW RIBBONS.
CONAN O'BRIEN IS REPORTEDLY CLOSE TO SIGNING A $40 MILLION CONTRACT TO LEAVE NBC'S THE TONIGHT SHOW. THIS NEWS COMES TWO WEEKS AFTER NBC ATTEMPTED TO MOVE CONAN A HALF HOUR LATER FROM HIS 11:35 PM TIME SLOT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE JAY LENO SHOW AFTER LENO’S FROM BAD RATINGS. THIS BATTLE WILL END WITH LENO TAKING BACK THE LATE NIGHT PERCH HE HELD FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS.
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