10-04-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE AP…SOLDIERS FROM THE FIRST INFANTRY OF FORT RILEY’S FIRST BRIGADE HAVE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. THIS UNIT IS ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS TO DEPLOY SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARED AN END TO MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. SOLDIERS WILL HELP THE IRAQI SOLDIERS AND GOVERNMENT BECOME MORE PREPARED TO TAKE OVER FULL-COMBAT OPERATIONS.

ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS…KSTATE PROFESSOR MARK HAUB…LOST 15 POUNDS DURING HIS SNACK DIET. NOT ONLY DID HAUB LOSE 15 POUNDS BUT HE ALSO STOPPED SNORING, HIS OVERALL CHOLESTEROL DROPPED…SO DID HIS BMI OR BODY MASS INDEX. HAUB WILL CONTINUE TO DIET IN A MODIFIED FORM UNTIL HE LOSES ANOTHER 8 POUNDS.

IN STATE NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE WICHITA EAGLE…HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT COULD BE ON ITS WAY TO LOUISIANA TAKING SIX THOUSAND JOBS WITH IT. HAWKER-BEECHCRAFT AND MACHINIST OFFICIALS WILL MEET TOMORROW WITH GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN TOPEKA. WICHITA MAYOR CARL BREWER RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN DO KEEP HAWKER BEECHCRAFT IN KANSAS.

THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS…THE SONIC ADS WHICH FEATURE TWO PEOPLE SITTING IN A CAR MAY SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. BARKELY, THE KANSAS CITY-BASED AD COMPANY’S ACCOUNT IS BEING REVIEWED. BARKLEY CEO JEFF KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL NOT COMPETE TO RETAIN THE ACCOUNT. INSTEAD KING SAYS THE COMPANY WILL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OTHER CLIENTS. THE REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT WILL END IN THE FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.

IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS....THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE. DUE TO HARD ECONOMIC TIMES….DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE. MORE WOMEN ARE DEMOCRATIC. REPORTS HAVE SHOWN THAT IN PREVIOUS RECESSIONS OR OTHER TIMES OF ECONOMIC DOUBT…VOTERS HAVE BEEN LESS WILLING TO VOTE FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES. THIS COULD BE THE FIRST DECLINE IN THREE DECADES. THERE ARE CURRENLTY SEVENTY-THREE WOMEN IN THE HOUSE AND SEVENTEEN WOMEN IN THE SENATE.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE AP REPORTS…3-D HAS BECOME THE TREND IN TELEVISION AND MOVIES. NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND…MUSIC IS JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON TOO. JUSTIN BIEBER AND THE BLACK EYED PEAS ARE PLANNING TO RELEASE 3-D MOVIE CONCERTS. EVEN LESSER-KNOWN ACTS LIKE BROKEN BELLS ARE RELEASING 3-D CLIPS TOO. ACCORDING TO STAFFERS FROM SONY AND OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON, MUSIC’S MOVE TO 3-D IS EXPECTED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE ARTIST.