IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS... LOCAL MANHATTAN BUSINESSES ARE COMING TOGETHER TOMORROW FOR ITS ANNUAL FREE RECYCLE AND SHRED DAY. THE EVENT, AT WHICH LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN DISPOSE OF OLD PERSONAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BANK STATEMENTS, WILL ALSO BE PREPARED TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED OR UNNEEDED CELL PHONES AND SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS LAPTOPS. THE MONEY RAISED BY RECYCLING THESE DEVICES WILL BE DONATED TO MANHATTAN'S SUNSET ZOO.
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL REPORTS... FANS OF BOTH NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE REFLECT TODAY ON THE ENDING OF A CENTURY-LONG RIVALRY... THE SERIES WAS UNEVEN UNTIL COACH BILL SNYDER TOOK OVER FOR THE WILDCATS IN THE 90S, HAS DEVELOPED ITS OWN
TRADITIONS AND HAS SECURED A PLACE IN BOTH KANSAS STATE AND NEBRASKAHISTORY. NEBRASKA, WHICH IS MOVING TO THE BIG TEN
CONFERENCE, PLAYED ITS LAST EXPECTED GAME AGAINST THE WILDCATS LAST NIGHT HERE IN MANHATTAN.
IN STATE NEWS...
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS... PROTESTS OF A PLANT IN KANSAS CITY,
WHICH WOULD BUILD KEY NON-NUCLEAR PARTS FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, REACHED FEVER PITCH ON THURSDAY, RESULTING IN FOURTEEN PROTESTERS BEING CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. FOUR PLED GUILTY AND THE REMAINING TEN PLED INNOCENT. THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO RETAIN TWO THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED JOBS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS...
PRESIDENT BAROCK OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO VETO A BILL WHICH WOULD EXPEDITE FORECLOSURES. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT THE
BILL, WHICH WOULD HAVE MANDATED NOTARIZED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE SIGNED ELECTRONICALLY, CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT IN OTHER STATES. THE BILL HAS BEEN POCKET-VETOED BEFORE.
USA TODAY REPORTS... A REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAnY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL SHOW CONTINUAL, ALBEIT
ONLY MODERATE, JOB GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY. THIS, HOWEVER, IS COLD COMFORT TO THE THIRTY PERCENT OF JOBLESS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR OVER A YEAR OR MORE. THIS FIGURE IS UP FROM TWENTY THREE PERCENT IN DECEMBER. LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT STILL REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED.
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