IN LOCAL NEWS….
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, K-STATE HAS BEEN ISSUED A PATENT FOR A STEM CELLS FROM THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE STEM CELLS FROM THE CORD ARE NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE STEM CELLS ARE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY, THE PART OF THE UMBILICAL CORD THAT CUSHIONS BLOOD VESSSELS. A MILLION STEM CELLS CAN BE FOUND IN WHARTON’S JELLY. A TEAM OF FOUR K-STATE PROFESSORS ARE RESEARCHING THESE STEM CELLS AND FOUND THEM HAVE GREAT REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL AND THEREFORE USEFUL FOR DIVERSE APPLICATION….INCLUDING REGENERATING JOINT INJURIES AND TREATING DAMAGED NERVOUS CELLS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
IN EAST TOPEKA…PAT HOLLOMAN AND BARB SALDIVAR HAVE SET UP A MEMORIAL FOR BABIES BORN PREMATURELY. A GRANITE STONE IS NEARLY FULL OF NAMES CURRENTLY, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING 20 MORE. HOLLOMAN AND SALDIZAR SAID THEY HOPE TO PLACE A SIGN ON I-70 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE SITE.
CRYSTAL SMITH, SEVENTEEN, WHO WAS LAST SEEN THIS MORNING AT 12:42 AM IS BEING SOUGHT BY THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SMITH, A RUNAWAY, IS A WHITE FEMALE, 5 FEET 4 INCHES TALL, 140 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK SWEATSHIRT OR HOODIE, YELLOW TANK TOP, DARK SWEAT PANTS AND NO SHOES. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SMITH, CALL TOPEKA POLICE DETECTIVES AT 368-9400 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AT (800) KS CRIME.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY…A FORMER ARMY SOLDIER SEEKING HELP FOR HIS MENTAL PROBLEMS TOOK 3 HOSTAGES. AUTHORITIES PERSUADED THE GUNMAN TO SURRENDER PEACEFULLY. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO SHOTS WERE FIRED AT FORT STEWART, LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHAT THE MAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH. BECAUSE THE SITUATION INVOLVED HOSTAGES ON A FEDERAL INSTALLATION, THE FBI WAS CALLED IN TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS,,,THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL JACKSON ARE NOW ATTENDING THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL…A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. BODYGUARDS FLANK PARIS AND PRINCE THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY AT BUCKLEY. THEIR BROTHER 8-YEAR OLD BLANKET IS STILL BEING HOMESCHOOLED…BUT MAY SOON JOIN HIS SIBLINGS BY ATTENDING SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE JACKSON HOME.
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