Tuesday, March 30, 2010

News 3-30-10

AS DANCING WITH THE STARS HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY IN ABC, K-STATE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION. TONIGHT AT 7:30 IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM 10 K-STATE “CELEBRITIES” WILL BE DANCING TO TAKE HOME THE TITLE OF SEASON TWO. SOME OF THE DANCERS INCLUDE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DALTON HENRY, SPEAKER OF THE STUDENT SENATE AMY SCHULTZ, AND WILLIE THE WILDCAT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MCCAIN BOX OFFICE.


HUTCHINSON POLICE SAY THEY DON’T THINK FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A COUPLE WHO WERE FOUND IN THEIR HOME. SUNDAY NIGHT 59-YEAR OLD GEORGE SAMMS AND 62-YEAR OLD SHARON SAMMS WERE FOUND SUNDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY NO EVIDENCE SHOWS ANY APPARENT INJURIES TO THEM OR SUFFER LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. POLICE ARE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS BEFORE THEY RELEASE ANY MORE DETAILS.


AN 18-YEAR OLD GARDEN CITY MAN IS PLEADING NO GUILTY IN THE DEATH OF A DEERFIELD TEENAGER. JOAQUIN DE ANDA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…RAPER…AND AGGRAVATED AND CRIMINAL SODOMY IN THE DEATH OF 16-YEAR OLD JULIA QUINTANA. QUINTANA’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER BEHIND HER OLD HOME IN GARDEN CITY BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2008. DE ANDA’S MOTHER WAS THE ONE WHO RAISED SPECULATIONS ABOUT HER SON TO POLICE ALONG WITH HIS PEERS TESTIFYING THAT HE BRAGGED ABOUT THE CRIMES AGAISNT QUINTANA. DE ANDA’S TRIAL IS SET FOR JUNE 25TH.


A HISTORIC THEATER IN PITTSBURG KANSAS HAS RECEIVED A $90 THOUSAND GRANT FROM THE KANSAS HERITAGE TRUST FUND. THE COLONIAL FOX THEATER OPENED IT’S DOORS IN 1920 AND WAS CLOSED IN 1985 AFTER ITS CONDITION GOT BAD. THIS GRANT WILL HELP THE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH AN EARLIER GRANT. THEY WILL BE FIXING WATER PROBLEMS IN THE BASEMENT. THE COLONIAL FOX THEATER WAS PUT ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER IN 2008.


YOU MAY WANT TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU DECORATE YOUR HOUSE FOR EASTER. A LANDLORD EVICTED HIS TENANT CAROL BURDICK AFTER SHE REFUSED TO TAKE DOWN EDIBLE EASTER DECORATIONS OFF OF HER DOOR LAST APRIL. BURDICK’S LANDLORD TOOK THE DECORATIONS DOWN AND SAID IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE LEASE. BURDICK STOPPED PAYING RENT AND WAS EVICTED IN MAY. SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS WRONGLY EVICTED AND IS SUING THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT FOR $2,000 BACK IN RENT. HER TRIAL IS TO BEGIN THIS MORNING.


IF YOU’RE A CHOCOLATE LOVER YOU MAY WANT TO LISTEN UP. GERMAN RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT A SMALL DOSE EVERY DAY COULD DECREASE YOUR RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE BY NEARLY 40-PERCENT. THE RESEARCHERS STUDIED ABOUT 20-THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO ALL ATE AN AVERAGE OF SIX GRAMS OF CHOCOLATE A DAY. THIS IS THE FIRST STUDY TO TRACK CHOCOLATE’S EFFECTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DOCTORS DO SAY TO NOT OVER DO IT. EATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHOCOLATE CAN LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN, WHICH IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR HEART PROBLEMS AND STROKES.


RICKY MARTIN HAS FINALLY COME OUT AND SAID HE IS “A FORTUNATE HOMOSEXUAL MAN.” MARTIN REVEALED IT ON HIS BLOG YESTERDAY. HE SAYS HIS TWIN SONS INSPIRED HIM TO BE HIS TRUE SELF. PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED MARTIN FOR YEARS AND BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM ABOUT IT BUT HE WOULDN’T ADMIT OR DENY ANYTHING. MARTIN IS KNOWN FOR BEING IN THE LATIN BOY BAND MENUDO ALONG WITH HIS HIT SONG LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA.

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