Thursday, September 2, 2010

9-02-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

A KSTATE PROFESSOR IS TRYING TO DEBUNK ALL HEALTH MYTHS. HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR MARK HAUB IS EATING FOOD LIKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS AND BREAKFAST PIZZA ALL WHILE KEEPING HIS KILOCALORIE TOTAL AT 1,800 PER DAY. HE WILL RECORD HIS RESULTS ON FACEBOOK. WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE EXPERIMENT, HAUB HAD LOST SEVEN POUNDS.

ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT IN TO LOCKDOWN FOR 20 MINUTES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO CHILDREN WERE IN DANGER, BUT THE RCPD DID NOT COMMENT ABOUT WHY THE LOCKDOWN WENT IN TO EFFECT.

IN STATE NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, A HOUSE IN CENTRAL TOPEKA HAS BEEN STRUCK BY GUNFIRE TWICE IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE HOUSE WAS STRUCK AGAIN AT 1 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ACCORDING TO POLICE CAPTAIN BILL COCHRAN. WITNESSES CLAIM THEY SAW A DARK CAR LEAVE THE SCENE, POSSIBLY A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL OR A PONTIAC.

KANSAS CITY DRIVERS DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE. ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY THE HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, DRIVERS IN KANSAS CITY DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MORE THAN 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO WORK ONE WAY. THE STUDY WAS RECORDED IN SEVEN OTHER METRO AREAS INCLUDING ST. LOUIS. THE STUDY SURVEYED 300 PEOPLE IN EACH CITY

IN NATIONAL NEWS….

ACCORDING TO A PEW HISPANIC CENTER REPORT, THE AMOUNT OF HISPANICS COMING TO THE US ILLEGALLY SINCE 2007 HAS DROPPED. THE NUMBER PEAKED AT 12 MILLION IN 2007, BUT CURRENTLY SITS AT 11.1 MILLION. A DROP IN 900 THOUSAND ILLEGALS. ALTHOUGH THE DROP MAY SEEM SMALL, SENIOR DEMOGRAPHER AT THE PEW HISPANIC CENTER SAYS OTHERWISE. ADDING THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DWINDLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

JAMES LEE HAD BEEN PROTESTING THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S PROGRAMMING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ON WEDNESDAY , THE 43 YEAR OLD MAN TOOK MATTERS IN TO HIS OWN HAND AND LIFE. LEE ENTERED THE BUILDING AT 1 P.M, YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY LEE WAS WAVING A HAND GUN. LEE THEN TOOK THREE HOSTAGES. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS ON THE PHONE, POLICE SHOT AND KILLED LEE. THE HOSTAGES WERE UNHARMED. MONTOGMERY COUNTY POLICE CHIEF TOM MANGER DIVULGED THAT THEIR LIVES WERE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO YAHOO.COM ,ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS IS A POPULAR SHOW, BUT APPARENTLY NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO CUT A RUG WHILE BEING JUDGED. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD THE SHOW NO ARE FACEBOOK CREATOR MARK ZUCKERBURG, SYLVESTER STALLONE AND KSTATE’S VERY OWN ERIN BROCKOVICH AND KIRSTIE ALLEY. I GUESS IT IS EMAW AND NOT EMAD, EVERY MAN A DANCER. EACH STAR MAKES 125,000 DOLLARS UPON SIGNING UP FOR THE SHOW. THE SHOW PREMIERES ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.

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