Monday, February 14, 2011

February 14, 2011 News

IN LOCAL NEWS.....

- A WOMAN AND CHILD WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL SUNDAY AFTER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN FLIPPED AND LANDED ON A GUARDRAIL ALONG INTERSTATE 470, TOPEKA POLICE SERGENT KRISTEN HREN SAID.

THE WOMAN, JENNIFER HINRICHSEN, OF KECHI, WAS WESTBOUND IN A BLUE MAZDA ON I-470 NEAR THE S.W. 21ST EXIT AT 3:15PM.

SERGENT HREN SAID "IT APPEARS SHE WAS INATTENTIVE AND DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY.


IN NATIONAL NEWS.....

- INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A GAS EXPLOSION THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA LAST WEEK ARE FOCUSING ON AN "IMPERFECTION" IN A PIPE NEAR THE BLAST SITE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S EXPLOSION FLATTENED A PAIR OF HOUSES AND SET FIRE TO A BLOCK OF HOMES, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE -- INCLUDING A 4-MONTH-OLD BOY AND A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.


- A NEW YORK TIMES REPORT SAYS REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS' EFORTS TO RELEARN HOW TO SPEAK INCLUDE MOUTHING THE WORDS TO SONG LYRICS, SUCH AS "TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR."

GIFFORDS HAS BEEN RECEIVING BEDSIDE BRIEFINGS FROM AIDES ON THE UPRISING IN EGYPT AND LOCAL UPDATES FROM HER HOME STATE OF ARIZONA. HER CHIEF OF STAFF, PIA CARUSONE, SAYS GIFFORDS DEFINITELY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS BEING SAID AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SHORT, VERBAL RESPONSES.


- EGYPT'S MILITARY RULERS TOOK SWEEPING ACTION TO DISMANTLE THE LEGACY OF FORMER PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK ON SUNDAY, DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT, SUSPENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND PROMISING ELECTIONS IN MOVES CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMED BY PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS.

THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT, BACKED BY THE MILITARY, SAID RESTORING SECURITY AFTER THE 18-DAY UPRISING THAT OUSTED MUBARAK WAS A TOP PRIORITY


IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....

- THE 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT RECOGNIZING THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

"THE SUBURBS" BY ARCADE FIRE WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. LADY ANTEBELLUM WON RECORD OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR HIT "NEED YOU NOW". BEST NEW ARTIST WENT TO ESPERANZA SPALDING WHO BEAT OUT JUSTIN BIEBER AND DRAKE FOR THE AWARD.

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