TWO K-STATE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. K-STATE POLICE HAD A SEARCH WARRANT AND WENT INTO ROOM 23 OF GOODNOW HALL. ANDREW KUEHLER AND MICHELLE CALHOUN WERE ARRESTED ON NOVEMBER 7TH WHEN MARIJUANA, PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, AND PARAPHERNALIA USED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS WAS FOUND. KUEHLER’S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000 AND CALHOUN’S WAS SET AT $2,500.
LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE, WHO’S CHARGED WITH KILLING 18-YEAR OLD CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN MALDONADO WILL BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AND SENT BACK TO RILEY COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, THE DEATH PENALTY DEFENSE UNIT WAS APPOINTED TO THE CASE. AGUIRRE’S NEXT HEARING IS DECEMBER 7TH.
SCOTT ROEDER HAS CONFESSED TO SHOOTING WICHITA ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. 51-YEAR OLD ROEDER SHOT TILLER AT CHURCH IN MAY. HIS JUSTIFICATION IS HE WAS PROTECTING THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN. A DEFENSIVE ACTION STATEMENT SAYING THE SAME THING WAS RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CONFESSION. SIGNERS OF THIS WANT THIS TO BE CONSIDERED DEFENSE AT ROEDER’S TRIAL ON JANUARY 11TH. OF THE SIGNERS…THREE OF THEM ARE ALSO SERVING TIME FOR TARGETING ABORTION DOCTORS.
THE REASON OF DEATH HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THE GORILLA AT THE TOPEKA ZOO SATURDAY MORNING. ZOO DIRECTOR MIKE COKER SAYS THE GORILLA DIED FROM AN AORTIC ANEURYSM. M’BILI, A 17-YEAR OLD GORILLA HAD NO SIGNS OF ILLNESS OR DISTRESS. KANSAS STATE VETERINARIANS DID THE AUTOPSY. M’BILI IS THE SECOND GORILLA IN FOUR YEARS TO DIE AT THE TOPEKA ZOO WELL BEFORE ITS LIFE EXECTANCY, WHICH IS 40 TO 50 YEARS.
THE DEER POPULATION IS GETTING UNDER CONTROL AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY. PARK SPOKESMAN RANDY KNIGHT SAYS PHASE ONE TOOK PLACE OVER FOUR DAYS LAST WEEK WHEN SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT AND KILLED 313 DEER IN THE PARK. THEY PLAN ON THINNING THE POPULATION FROM 200 DEER PER SQUARE MILE TO ABOUT 50. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT THE DEER AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OF PARK HOURS. KNIGHT ALSO SAYS THE DEER MEAT WILL BE TESTED AND THEN BE GIVEN TO NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGH HARVESTERS’ COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK AND THE HIDES WILL GO TO THE ELK’S VETERAMS LEATHER PROGRAM.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TODAY AT FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE THERE AMOUNG THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. LAST THURSDAY 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING SPREE. SUSPECT MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING MORE THAN 100 ROUNDS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. HE IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS ASSESSED BY TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS NEARLY A YEAR AGO AND WAS SAID TO NOT POSE A THREAT. HASAN WILL BE TRIED IN MILITARY COURT.
A BOSTON SUBWAY DRIVER IS A HERO THIS MORNING AFTER STOPPING HER TRAIN JUST BEFORE HITTING A WOMAN ON THE TRACKS. DRIVER CHARICE LEWIS GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE JACQUELINE OSORIO WHO SAW THE WOMAN FALL. LEWIS SAW PEOPLE WAVING THEIR ARMS AND PULLED HER EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE WOMAN, WHO TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND SUFFERED FROM SOME SCRAPES. THE TWO WOMEN, LEWIS AND OSORIO, RECEIVED A CALL OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM GOVORNER DEVAL PATRICK AND WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.
BASKETBALL LEGEND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS CANCER. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEIKEMIA FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 62-YEAR OLD ABDUL-JABBAR IS BEING TREATED WITH MEDICINE THAT TARGETS THE ABNORMAL PROTEIN THAT CAUSES HIS LEUKEMIA. HE IS A COACH WITH THE LAKERS AND IS EXPECTED TO LIVE A FULL, ACTIVE LIFE.
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JANIS JOPLIN WITH A WEEK FULL OF EVENTS LEADING TO HER TRIBUTE CONCERT. THE HALL CALLS JOPLIN ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL ARTISTS. JOPLIN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 27 FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 1970. THIS WEEK THE ROCK HALL OF FAME AND CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ARE HOSTING TALKS BY PEOPLE INCLUDING HER SIBLINGS, FORMER ROAD MANAGER, AND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE GUITARIST JORMA KAUKONEN. THE TRIBUTE SHOW SATURDAY WILL INCLUDE LUCINDA WILLIAMS, COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD, AND THE SONGWRITER OF HER SONG "MERCEDES BENZ" BOB NEUWIRTH.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
News 11-9-09
A LAWRENCE MAN SHOT HIMSELF SATURDAY IN A MANHATTAN RESIDENCE. POLICE SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 33-YEAR OLD MATTHEW TESSENDORF TO CHECK ON HIS WELFARE WHEN THEY FOUND HIM AT THE 1000 BLOCK OF JULIETTE AVENUE. RCPD LEUTENANT HERB CROSBY JUNIOR SAYS TESSENDORF WAS TALKING TO POLICE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HAND GUN. HE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL AND THEN AIR LIFTED TO STORMONT-VAIL HEALTH CENTER IN TOPEKA. THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
VANDALS HIT K-STATE’S VANIER FOOTBAL COMPLEX EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE K-STATE TOOK ON KU. RED AND BLUE PAINT WAS SPLASHED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM DEFACING A POWERCAT LOGO AND SOME PARKED CARS. IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THE TIME ANYONE GOT THERE. WITH THIS ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE, K-STATE DEFEATED THE JAYHAWKS 17 TO 10.
24 HIGHWAY TURNED INTO A RUWNAY LAST NIGHT. A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA PLANE LOST POWER DURING A FLYING LESSON AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LANDING AT FORBES FIELD IN TOPEKA. THE FLYING TEACHER LEE MOYER TOOK OVER AND LANDED IT SAFELY WESTBOUND. MOTORISTS PULLED OVER WHEN THEY SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN FOR LANDING.
AN ATCHISON WOMAN IS STILL MISSING AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES SAY 58-YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI WAS “FORCEFULLY REMOVED” FROM HER HOME NEAR HORTON. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY SATURDAY. KIMMI IS WHITE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND IS FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES TALL WEIGHING ABOUT 160 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DISPATCHERS AT 913-367-4323.
BUSES AND TROLLEY’S AND SUBWAYS OH MY. THE PHILADELPHIA TRANSIT STRIKE IS OVER AFTER A SIX DAY STRIKE. LUCKY FOR COMMUTERS, THEY FOUND OUT EARLY ENOUGH TO WAITING AT THE BUS AND SUBWAY STATIONS THIS MORNING. LAST TUESDAY ABOUT 5,000 TRANSPORT WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB.
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER OF THE FORT HOOD KILLING SPREE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. ACORDING TO COLONEL JOHN ROSSI, MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN HAS REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION AFTER HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE VENTILATOR SATURDAY. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT 29 MORE WOUNDED DURING THURSDAY’S SHOOTING SPREE AT A PROCESSING CENTER ON POST. ROSSI ALSO SAID THE CENTER REMAINS A CRIME SCENE AND THE BASE IS “WORKING ON HEALING.”
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES. THEY MADE A 330 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL. TO MAKE THEIR GIANT SUSHI ROLL, THEY USED 200 POUNDS OF RICE, 80 POUNDS OF AVOCADO, 80 POUNDS OF CUCUMBER, AND 180 POUNDS OF FISH. THE LAST 15 FEET WAS MADE VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY WITH TOFU INSTEAD OF FISH. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUSHI ROLL BEATING A 300 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL MADE IN HAWAII IN 2001.
VANDALS HIT K-STATE’S VANIER FOOTBAL COMPLEX EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE K-STATE TOOK ON KU. RED AND BLUE PAINT WAS SPLASHED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM DEFACING A POWERCAT LOGO AND SOME PARKED CARS. IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THE TIME ANYONE GOT THERE. WITH THIS ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE, K-STATE DEFEATED THE JAYHAWKS 17 TO 10.
24 HIGHWAY TURNED INTO A RUWNAY LAST NIGHT. A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA PLANE LOST POWER DURING A FLYING LESSON AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LANDING AT FORBES FIELD IN TOPEKA. THE FLYING TEACHER LEE MOYER TOOK OVER AND LANDED IT SAFELY WESTBOUND. MOTORISTS PULLED OVER WHEN THEY SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN FOR LANDING.
AN ATCHISON WOMAN IS STILL MISSING AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES SAY 58-YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI WAS “FORCEFULLY REMOVED” FROM HER HOME NEAR HORTON. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY SATURDAY. KIMMI IS WHITE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND IS FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES TALL WEIGHING ABOUT 160 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DISPATCHERS AT 913-367-4323.
BUSES AND TROLLEY’S AND SUBWAYS OH MY. THE PHILADELPHIA TRANSIT STRIKE IS OVER AFTER A SIX DAY STRIKE. LUCKY FOR COMMUTERS, THEY FOUND OUT EARLY ENOUGH TO WAITING AT THE BUS AND SUBWAY STATIONS THIS MORNING. LAST TUESDAY ABOUT 5,000 TRANSPORT WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB.
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER OF THE FORT HOOD KILLING SPREE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. ACORDING TO COLONEL JOHN ROSSI, MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN HAS REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION AFTER HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE VENTILATOR SATURDAY. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT 29 MORE WOUNDED DURING THURSDAY’S SHOOTING SPREE AT A PROCESSING CENTER ON POST. ROSSI ALSO SAID THE CENTER REMAINS A CRIME SCENE AND THE BASE IS “WORKING ON HEALING.”
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES. THEY MADE A 330 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL. TO MAKE THEIR GIANT SUSHI ROLL, THEY USED 200 POUNDS OF RICE, 80 POUNDS OF AVOCADO, 80 POUNDS OF CUCUMBER, AND 180 POUNDS OF FISH. THE LAST 15 FEET WAS MADE VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY WITH TOFU INSTEAD OF FISH. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUSHI ROLL BEATING A 300 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL MADE IN HAWAII IN 2001.
Friday, November 6, 2009
News 11-6-09
SAD NEWS COMING FROM FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. 13 ARE DEAD AND 30 MORE INJURED AFTER THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HASAN WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES BY SERGANT KIMBERLY MUNLEY WHO WAS SHOT ONCE HERSELF. THEY ARE BOTH IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS AN ARMY PSYCHIATRIST AND WAS ALSO GOING TO BE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. OFFICIALS SAY HASAN DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO IRAQ BUT WOULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE COMING DAYS.
FORT RILEY WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SAYS THEY WILL BE ADJUSTING SECURITY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEIR POST IS SAFE. ACCORDING TO MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SODLERS, FAMILIES, AND CIVILIAN WORKERS IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN. THEY WILL BE DOING CHECKS AT ENTRY POINTS AND ASSES THREATS.
FLAGS IN KANSAS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDOWN NOVERMBER 14TH IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY. AVERY WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM WAKEFIELD. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1950 AND IN 1964 HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS GOVERNOR. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO THE US SENATE, HE LIVED A PRIVATE LIFE IN WICHITA. AVERY WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
A HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE IN WILSON KANSAS IS DESTROYED AFTER A LATE NIGHT FIRE. A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2 AM IN A GARAGE ON THE CITIES MAIN STREET AND SPREAD TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 5 AM. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
A GARDEN CITY TEACHER WAS TICKETED FOR FALSY REPORTING A CRIME. BACK ON AUGUST 9TH MICHAEL BLANKS TOLD POLICE HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED IN THE LEG BY TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL. GARDEN CITY POLIEC SARGEANT MICHAEL REAGLE SAYS POLICE NOW BELIEVE BLANKS FELL OFF HIS DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO A CLASSROOM WALL AND WAS INJURED. THEY AREN’T SURE WHY HE MADE UP THE STORY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TAKEN NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.
THE UNEMLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 10% AND IS EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. EVEN THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED, NEARLY 16,000,000 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE JOBS. 190,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE 22ND STRAIGHT MONTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOSING THEIR JOBS, THE LONGEST ON RECORD.
BRITNEY SPEARS IS UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIA FOR LIP-SYNCING PARTS OF HER CONCERT. THE MINISTER FOR FAIR TRADIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES VIRGINIA JUDGE WANTS TO BRING THIS UP SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE MISLED WHEN THEY BUY CONCERT TICKETS. JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLAIMER SAYING PART OF THE SHOW IS PRE-RECORDED. DESPITE THIS, MANY OF THE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SOLD OUT.
FORT RILEY WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SAYS THEY WILL BE ADJUSTING SECURITY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEIR POST IS SAFE. ACCORDING TO MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SODLERS, FAMILIES, AND CIVILIAN WORKERS IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN. THEY WILL BE DOING CHECKS AT ENTRY POINTS AND ASSES THREATS.
FLAGS IN KANSAS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDOWN NOVERMBER 14TH IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY. AVERY WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM WAKEFIELD. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1950 AND IN 1964 HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS GOVERNOR. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO THE US SENATE, HE LIVED A PRIVATE LIFE IN WICHITA. AVERY WAS 98 YEARS OLD.
A HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE IN WILSON KANSAS IS DESTROYED AFTER A LATE NIGHT FIRE. A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2 AM IN A GARAGE ON THE CITIES MAIN STREET AND SPREAD TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 5 AM. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
A GARDEN CITY TEACHER WAS TICKETED FOR FALSY REPORTING A CRIME. BACK ON AUGUST 9TH MICHAEL BLANKS TOLD POLICE HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED IN THE LEG BY TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL. GARDEN CITY POLIEC SARGEANT MICHAEL REAGLE SAYS POLICE NOW BELIEVE BLANKS FELL OFF HIS DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO A CLASSROOM WALL AND WAS INJURED. THEY AREN’T SURE WHY HE MADE UP THE STORY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TAKEN NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.
THE UNEMLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 10% AND IS EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. EVEN THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED, NEARLY 16,000,000 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE JOBS. 190,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE 22ND STRAIGHT MONTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOSING THEIR JOBS, THE LONGEST ON RECORD.
BRITNEY SPEARS IS UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIA FOR LIP-SYNCING PARTS OF HER CONCERT. THE MINISTER FOR FAIR TRADIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES VIRGINIA JUDGE WANTS TO BRING THIS UP SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE MISLED WHEN THEY BUY CONCERT TICKETS. JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLAIMER SAYING PART OF THE SHOW IS PRE-RECORDED. DESPITE THIS, MANY OF THE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SOLD OUT.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
News 11-5-09
K-STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A SKID LOADER THAT WENT MISSING ON OCTOBER 30TH. THE CAT SKID LOADER WAS TAKEN FROM THE KSU BEEF STOCK UNIT. IT WAS LATER FOUND AT A CAR WASH IN TOPEKA. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YOU CAN CALL CAPTAIN STUBBINGS AT 785-532-6412.
THE SUSPECT IN A RILEY COUNTY DOUBLE HOMICIDE WILL BE SENT TO RILEY COUNTY JAIL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE IS IN A TEXAS JAIL RIGHT NOW. AGUIRRE IS THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATHS OF 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALONADO AND HER 15 MONTH OLD SON JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. A HUNTER FOUND THEIR BODIES BACK ON OCTOBER 25TH.
A COLORADO MAN HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF BEING THE SERIAL RAPIST THAT HAS HIT MANHATTAN AND LAWRENCE. 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT BRUCE IS SUSPECTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN IN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. LAWRENCE POLICE CALLED COLORADO POLICE TO SEE IF ANY DNA MATCHED UP AFTER HE TRIED TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER IN PUEBLO COLORADO. THEY DETERMINED NO CONNECTIONS AROUND HERE BUT IT DID PROMPT INVESTIGATIONS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
AN EMPORIA STATE STUDENT WHO HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE SUNDAY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. POLICE SAY 24 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JACOB WILLIAMS’ MOTORCYCLE LOST CONTROL IN LYONS COUNTY AND HE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILLIAMS WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE AT EMPORIA STATE. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL, BEING HELD BY THE TRACK TEAM, WILL BE TONIGHT AT WELSH STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS.
MIKE HUCKABEE WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN KANSAS DURING HIS BOOK TOUR. HUCKABEE’S BOOK, A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS: TWELVE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT, IS A BOOK ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, TIME AS A MINISTER, AND HIS MARRIAGE. THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE AT WATERMARK BOOKS AND CAFÉ IN WICHITA AT 10:30 ON MONDAY. OF HIS 60 CITY TOUR…THIS IS HIS ONLY STOP IN KANSAS.
A 7 MONTH OLD BABY IN FLORIDA THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER THE BABY SITTER’S BED. FLORIDA AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PLAN ON CHARGING THE BABY SITTER, HER HUSBAND, AND THE CHILD’S MOTHER. THE BABY’S PARENTS REPORTED HER MISSING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED SOON.
THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE THEIR 27TH WORLD SERIES TITLE AFTER WINNING LAST NIGHT’S GAME. THEY BEAT THE PHILLIES 7–3 TO CLINCH THE TITLE. HIDEKI MATSUI, THE WORLD SERIES M-V-P, TIED BOBBY RICHARDSON’S 49 YEAR OLD RECORD OF SIX RBI’S IN A WORLD SERIES GAME BY HITTING A TWO RUN HOME RUN, A DOUBLE, AND A SINGLE. THIS WAS ALSO THE YANKEE’S FIRST SEASON AT THEIR NEW $1.5BILLION STADIUM.
KIRSTIE ALLEY, WHO’S WEIGHT STRUGGLES ARE NO SECRET TO ANYONE, HAS SIGNED ON TO A NEW REALITY SERIES ON A&E WHERE SHE WILL BE GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE. ALLIE HAS BEEN A JENNIE CRAIG SPOKESPERSON AND AFTER GETTING DOWN TO 145 POUNDS, SHE GAINED 83 POUNDS BACK. VP FOR A&E ROBERT SHARENOW SAYS “HER PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE MEDIA FOR YEARS, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SHE’LL BE OPENING UP TO REVEAL HER REAL LIFE FOR THE CAMERAS.”
THE SUSPECT IN A RILEY COUNTY DOUBLE HOMICIDE WILL BE SENT TO RILEY COUNTY JAIL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE IS IN A TEXAS JAIL RIGHT NOW. AGUIRRE IS THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATHS OF 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALONADO AND HER 15 MONTH OLD SON JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. A HUNTER FOUND THEIR BODIES BACK ON OCTOBER 25TH.
A COLORADO MAN HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF BEING THE SERIAL RAPIST THAT HAS HIT MANHATTAN AND LAWRENCE. 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT BRUCE IS SUSPECTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN IN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. LAWRENCE POLICE CALLED COLORADO POLICE TO SEE IF ANY DNA MATCHED UP AFTER HE TRIED TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER IN PUEBLO COLORADO. THEY DETERMINED NO CONNECTIONS AROUND HERE BUT IT DID PROMPT INVESTIGATIONS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
AN EMPORIA STATE STUDENT WHO HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE SUNDAY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. POLICE SAY 24 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JACOB WILLIAMS’ MOTORCYCLE LOST CONTROL IN LYONS COUNTY AND HE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILLIAMS WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE AT EMPORIA STATE. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL, BEING HELD BY THE TRACK TEAM, WILL BE TONIGHT AT WELSH STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS.
MIKE HUCKABEE WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN KANSAS DURING HIS BOOK TOUR. HUCKABEE’S BOOK, A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS: TWELVE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT, IS A BOOK ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, TIME AS A MINISTER, AND HIS MARRIAGE. THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE AT WATERMARK BOOKS AND CAFÉ IN WICHITA AT 10:30 ON MONDAY. OF HIS 60 CITY TOUR…THIS IS HIS ONLY STOP IN KANSAS.
A 7 MONTH OLD BABY IN FLORIDA THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER THE BABY SITTER’S BED. FLORIDA AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PLAN ON CHARGING THE BABY SITTER, HER HUSBAND, AND THE CHILD’S MOTHER. THE BABY’S PARENTS REPORTED HER MISSING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED SOON.
THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE THEIR 27TH WORLD SERIES TITLE AFTER WINNING LAST NIGHT’S GAME. THEY BEAT THE PHILLIES 7–3 TO CLINCH THE TITLE. HIDEKI MATSUI, THE WORLD SERIES M-V-P, TIED BOBBY RICHARDSON’S 49 YEAR OLD RECORD OF SIX RBI’S IN A WORLD SERIES GAME BY HITTING A TWO RUN HOME RUN, A DOUBLE, AND A SINGLE. THIS WAS ALSO THE YANKEE’S FIRST SEASON AT THEIR NEW $1.5BILLION STADIUM.
KIRSTIE ALLEY, WHO’S WEIGHT STRUGGLES ARE NO SECRET TO ANYONE, HAS SIGNED ON TO A NEW REALITY SERIES ON A&E WHERE SHE WILL BE GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE. ALLIE HAS BEEN A JENNIE CRAIG SPOKESPERSON AND AFTER GETTING DOWN TO 145 POUNDS, SHE GAINED 83 POUNDS BACK. VP FOR A&E ROBERT SHARENOW SAYS “HER PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE MEDIA FOR YEARS, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SHE’LL BE OPENING UP TO REVEAL HER REAL LIFE FOR THE CAMERAS.”
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
News 11-4-09
A SET OF BROTHERS ARE BEING CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE HOMICIDE CASES. ONE BROTHER FROM, FROM LYONS, KANSAS, IS BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. HIS BORTHER IS BEING CHARGED IN A BARTON COUNTY MURDER. ARMANDO MOSQUEDA WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER MONDAY AND HIS BROTHER ANTONIO MOSQUEDA JR. IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED THURSDAY FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
A RARE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL. THE SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED MAY HELP A 19 YEAR OLD MAN HAVE BETTER USE OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM AFTER AN ARM AMPUTATION. THE SURGERY TOOK A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS. THE SURGEONS SAVED AS MANY AS OF THE MAN’S NERVES AS POSSIBLE AND PLACED THEM IN THE MAN’S CHEST. THE SURGEONS SAY THAT THIS WILL ALLOW THE MAN TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM. THIS WAS THE 35TH TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION PROCEDURE, AND THE FIRST ON A CANCER PATIENT RATHER THAN TRAUMA PATIENT.
BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. THE COLORADO TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS SKIING VOTED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ON TUSDAY NIGHT. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 ARE NOW ALLOWED TO CARRY UP TO ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THIS IS A LARGE STEP AT A TIME WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGALIZATION TALKS.
THE SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. A SPACE ELEVATOR IS THE FUTURE GOAL OF THE ELEVATOR GAMES. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL BE BEGIN THE ELEVATOR PROCESS TODAY ON THE FRY LAKEBED NEAR NASA’S DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. THE TEAMS WILL BE TRYING TO TEST IF ROBOTIC MACHINES POWERED BY LASER BEAMS CAN CLIMB A CABLE SUSPENDED FROM A HELICOPTOR A HALF MILE IN THE AIR.
THE POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. GOOGLE IS CELEBRATING SESAME STREET’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, BY USING THE LONG LEGS OF BIG BIRD FOR ITS HOMEPAGE LOGO. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1969 AND IS THE LONGEST RUNNING CHILDRENS SHOW IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. USA TODAY SAYS THAT SESAME STREET HAS OVER EIGHT MILLION VIEWERS IN 120 COUNTRIES.
A RARE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL. THE SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED MAY HELP A 19 YEAR OLD MAN HAVE BETTER USE OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM AFTER AN ARM AMPUTATION. THE SURGERY TOOK A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS. THE SURGEONS SAVED AS MANY AS OF THE MAN’S NERVES AS POSSIBLE AND PLACED THEM IN THE MAN’S CHEST. THE SURGEONS SAY THAT THIS WILL ALLOW THE MAN TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM. THIS WAS THE 35TH TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION PROCEDURE, AND THE FIRST ON A CANCER PATIENT RATHER THAN TRAUMA PATIENT.
BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. THE COLORADO TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS SKIING VOTED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ON TUSDAY NIGHT. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 ARE NOW ALLOWED TO CARRY UP TO ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THIS IS A LARGE STEP AT A TIME WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGALIZATION TALKS.
THE SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. A SPACE ELEVATOR IS THE FUTURE GOAL OF THE ELEVATOR GAMES. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL BE BEGIN THE ELEVATOR PROCESS TODAY ON THE FRY LAKEBED NEAR NASA’S DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. THE TEAMS WILL BE TRYING TO TEST IF ROBOTIC MACHINES POWERED BY LASER BEAMS CAN CLIMB A CABLE SUSPENDED FROM A HELICOPTOR A HALF MILE IN THE AIR.
THE POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. GOOGLE IS CELEBRATING SESAME STREET’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, BY USING THE LONG LEGS OF BIG BIRD FOR ITS HOMEPAGE LOGO. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1969 AND IS THE LONGEST RUNNING CHILDRENS SHOW IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. USA TODAY SAYS THAT SESAME STREET HAS OVER EIGHT MILLION VIEWERS IN 120 COUNTRIES.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
News 11-3-09
THE TWO BODIES FOUND IN A DITCH LAST WEEK AT THE 6300 BLOCK OF SOUTH 32ND STREET HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH A SUSPECT. THE WOMAN WAS 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND THE BABY WAS 15 MONTH OLD JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. THE SUSPECT IS 22 YEAR OLD LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE WHO’S FROM AUSTIN TEXAS BUT LIVED IN OGDEN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN AUSTIN FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND IS BEING HELD ON A $2.5 MILLION BOND. POLICE SAY MALDONADO HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AGUIRRE BUT THEY AREN’T SURE IF HE’S THE FATHER OF THE BABY.
RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 1,000 MORE H1N1 VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CLINIC TODAY FROM 4:00 TO 5:30 TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 IF THEY DON’T RUN OUT. MORE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM. THOSE GROUPS ARE, PREGNANT WOMEN, PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 MONTHS AND 24 YEARS, PERSONS BETWEEN 25 AND 64 WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT PUT THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF FLU COMPLICATIONS, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND CAREGIVERS FOR AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH INFANTS UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD.
THE DEATH TOLL FOR KANSAS SWINE FLU VICTIMS HAS GONE UP TWO MORE. STATE HEALTH OFFICALS SAY NOW 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THEY WERE A 72 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 53 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA. THE KANSAS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS BOTH OF THEM HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
A FORMER LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER IS ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS FOR SELLING STOLEN VIDEO GAMES. 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT SAYLER WOULD BUY VIDEO GAMES, REMOVE THEM FROM THE BOXES AND RETURN THE BOXES FOR A REFUND. THEN HE WOULD SELL THE GAMES ON EBAY FROM $30 TO $46. SAYLER WAS FIRED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN 2008 AFTER SERVING MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.
FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE SARAH PALIN WILL BE VISITING SALINA IN FEBRUARY. SHE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET. FORMER SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, SPORTSCASTER BOB COSTAS, AND FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE BANQUET WILL BE FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE SALINA BENTENNIAL CENTER. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NONMEMBERS OF THERE ARE TICKETS LEFT AFTER CHAMBER MEMBERS BUY THEIRS.
GOOD THING THE WORLD SERIES IS HEADING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. THE SUBWAY STATION’S DOORS ARE GATED OFF AND NO BUSES ARE ON THE STREETS WHEN TRANSIT WORKERS WENT OF STRIKE AT 3 AM. THE RAIL SERVICE IS STILL OPERATING BUT THE TRAINS ARE PACKED AND THERE ARE DELAYS. LOCAL PRESIDENT WILLIE BROWN SAYS THE UNION DECIDED TO STRIKE WHEN BOTH SIDES DECIDED NEGOTIATIONS WENT AS FAR AS THEY COULD. THEY DECIDED THIS JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PHILLIES BEAT THE YANKEES EIGHT TO SIX SENDING THE WORLD SERIES TO GAME SIX IN NEW YORK.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF WARREN BUFFET’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. RIGHT NOW BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY OWNES ABOUT 22% OF THE COMPANY BUT WILL PAY %100 A SHARE FOR THE REST OF IT. THE DEAL WAS ANNOUCNED TODAY AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARDS OF BOTH COMPANIES. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST ACQUISITION EVER FOR BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.
JESSICA SIMPSON ISN’T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HER SISTER ASHLEE BEING CUT FROM THE CAST OF MELROSE PLACE. SIMPSON WROTE ON HER TWITTER.. “I HAVE HAD BAD SCRIPTS TO WORK WITH, BUT THIS? THANKS GOD MY SISTER IS AMAZING AND GOT YOU SOME PRESS.” HERS SISTER SIMPSON-WENTZ IS A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL FOR HER ROLE. AND THANKS THE CW FOR HER CHANCE TO BE ON THE SHOW AND SHE KNEW IT WOULD COME TO AN UNPREDICTABLE END. A RECENT POLL ON PEOPLE.COM ASKED READERS IF THEY WOULD MISS SIMPSON-WENTZ ON THE SHOW AND 67% SAID NO.
RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 1,000 MORE H1N1 VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CLINIC TODAY FROM 4:00 TO 5:30 TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 IF THEY DON’T RUN OUT. MORE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM. THOSE GROUPS ARE, PREGNANT WOMEN, PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 MONTHS AND 24 YEARS, PERSONS BETWEEN 25 AND 64 WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT PUT THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF FLU COMPLICATIONS, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND CAREGIVERS FOR AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH INFANTS UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD.
THE DEATH TOLL FOR KANSAS SWINE FLU VICTIMS HAS GONE UP TWO MORE. STATE HEALTH OFFICALS SAY NOW 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THEY WERE A 72 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 53 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA. THE KANSAS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS BOTH OF THEM HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
A FORMER LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER IS ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS FOR SELLING STOLEN VIDEO GAMES. 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT SAYLER WOULD BUY VIDEO GAMES, REMOVE THEM FROM THE BOXES AND RETURN THE BOXES FOR A REFUND. THEN HE WOULD SELL THE GAMES ON EBAY FROM $30 TO $46. SAYLER WAS FIRED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN 2008 AFTER SERVING MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.
FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE SARAH PALIN WILL BE VISITING SALINA IN FEBRUARY. SHE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET. FORMER SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, SPORTSCASTER BOB COSTAS, AND FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE BANQUET WILL BE FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE SALINA BENTENNIAL CENTER. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NONMEMBERS OF THERE ARE TICKETS LEFT AFTER CHAMBER MEMBERS BUY THEIRS.
GOOD THING THE WORLD SERIES IS HEADING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. THE SUBWAY STATION’S DOORS ARE GATED OFF AND NO BUSES ARE ON THE STREETS WHEN TRANSIT WORKERS WENT OF STRIKE AT 3 AM. THE RAIL SERVICE IS STILL OPERATING BUT THE TRAINS ARE PACKED AND THERE ARE DELAYS. LOCAL PRESIDENT WILLIE BROWN SAYS THE UNION DECIDED TO STRIKE WHEN BOTH SIDES DECIDED NEGOTIATIONS WENT AS FAR AS THEY COULD. THEY DECIDED THIS JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PHILLIES BEAT THE YANKEES EIGHT TO SIX SENDING THE WORLD SERIES TO GAME SIX IN NEW YORK.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF WARREN BUFFET’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. RIGHT NOW BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY OWNES ABOUT 22% OF THE COMPANY BUT WILL PAY %100 A SHARE FOR THE REST OF IT. THE DEAL WAS ANNOUCNED TODAY AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARDS OF BOTH COMPANIES. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST ACQUISITION EVER FOR BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.
JESSICA SIMPSON ISN’T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HER SISTER ASHLEE BEING CUT FROM THE CAST OF MELROSE PLACE. SIMPSON WROTE ON HER TWITTER.. “I HAVE HAD BAD SCRIPTS TO WORK WITH, BUT THIS? THANKS GOD MY SISTER IS AMAZING AND GOT YOU SOME PRESS.” HERS SISTER SIMPSON-WENTZ IS A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL FOR HER ROLE. AND THANKS THE CW FOR HER CHANCE TO BE ON THE SHOW AND SHE KNEW IT WOULD COME TO AN UNPREDICTABLE END. A RECENT POLL ON PEOPLE.COM ASKED READERS IF THEY WOULD MISS SIMPSON-WENTZ ON THE SHOW AND 67% SAID NO.
Monday, November 2, 2009
News 11-2-09
A LANDON LECTURE WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING AT MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT KANSAS STATE. CHAIR OF THE FDIC SHEILA BAIR WILL BE SPEAKING AT 10:30. CHAIR OF THE LANDON LECTURE SERIES CHARLES REAGAN SAYS ONE OF BAIR’S TOPICS WILL BE “WHO SHOULD CONTROL OUR NATION’S BIG BANKS IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BAILOUT PROGRAM.” SHE IS A KANSAS NATIVE BEING BORN AND RAISED IN INDEPENDENCE AND EARING HER BACHELOR’S AND LAW DEGREE AT KU.
GOVERNOR PARKINSON HAS NOMINATED HIS NEW COMMERCE SECRETARY. WILLIAM THORNTON WILL BE REPLACING DAVID KERR WHO SAID THURSDAY HE WAS GOING TO BECOME MISSOURI’S DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THORNTON…WHO SERVES ON THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS… WILL BE TAKING OVER NOVEMBER 9TH.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO TEENS AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT TOPEKA’S CENTRAL PARK ON OCTOBER 26TH. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.. 34-YEAR OLD MARINA MCKNIGHT WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KIDS WHEN SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AND SHE WAS KILLED. THE PERSONS OF INTEREST ARE 18-YEAR OLD GARRY WAYNE WELLS JUNIOR AND 16-YEAR OLD ANTHONY LAVERNE MARSHALL III…BOTH FROM TOPEKA. POLICE SAY MARSHALL GOES BUY THE NICKNAMES MAN AND MAYHAM AND WELLS’S NICKNAME IS NIPPY. TWO FUNDS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR MCNIGHT. ONE IS FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN AT THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CREDIT UNION AND THE OTHER IS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION AND WILL HELP WITH FUNERAL COSTS.
AN OLATHE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE STARTED WHEN HE WAS SMOKING WHILE USING OXYGEN TO HELP HIM BREATHE. THE 74-YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY WHERE HE DIED. HIS WIFE MADE IT OUT OF THE DUPLEX HERSELF AND SUFFERS FROM MINOR SMOKE INHALATION. ABOUT $5,000 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE.
THE ONLINE AUCITON TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCOTT ROEDER…THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER HAS BEEN THREATENED BY EBAY. EBAY SAYS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THEIR AUCTIONS BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE THEIR POLICIES ON OFFENSIVE MATERIALS. TWO ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE WEBSITE LAST NIGHT. ONE WAS A BIBLE THAT WAS SHELLEY SHANNON’S…A WOMAN WHO SHOT AND WOUNDED DR. TILLER IN 1993 AND THE OTHER IS CATACHISM WRITTEN BY ANTI ABORTION ACTIVIST MICHAEL BRAY. THE POSTINGS WERE STILL UP HOURS AFTER THEY WERE PUT ON THE SITE.
A SURVEY SHOWS THERE WILL BE A SLUMP OF HOLIDAY SALES IN THE MIDWEST. HOLIDAY SALES ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE 1.6% FROM LAST YEAR. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS SAYS DURING A NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON THERE IS A 6% GROWTH IN SALES. THIS MID-AMERICA SURVEY WAS TAKEN IN NINE STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE COUNCIL IN D-C WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW SAME SEX MARRAGE IN WASHINGTON. TODAY WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. LAST MONTH OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID CATANIA INTRODUCED THE MEASURE. NINE OF THE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL. OPPONENTS HAVE ASKED THE DC BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PUT THE ISSUE ON NEXT YEAR’S BALLOT.
A NEW YORK MEAT COMPANY IS RECALLING GROUND BEEF BECAUSE IT’S LINKED TO CASES OF E-COLI. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND TWO OTHERS BECAME SICK BECAUSE OF IT. FAIRBANK FARMS’S MEAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN RETAIL STORES IN MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINA. THE PACKAGES HAVE THE NUMBER EST 492 ON THE LABEL. NEARLY 546,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF HAVE BEEN RECALLED.
ELTON JOHN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING FROM E-COLI AND THE FLU. JOHN’S SPOKESMAN GARY FARROW SAYS HE HOPES TO BE RELEASED SOON BUT HAS TO CANCEL CONCERTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND THE US. JOHN IS REJOINING THE FACE2FACE TOUR WITH BILLY JOEL LATER THIS MONTH.
THE MICHAEL JACKSON FILM THIS IS IT SHOWED THIS WEEKEND IT REALLY WAS IT. DURING ITS FIRST FIVE DAYS OUT IT MADE 101 MILLION DOLLAR WORLDWIDE AND 21.3 MILLION IN THE US MAKING IT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN THE LAND. THE MOVIE’S POPULARITY WAS BIGGER OVER SEAS WHERE ABOUT 70% OF ITS STRENGTH CAME FROM. THE FILM IS ABOUT JACKSON GETTING READY FOR HIS COMBACK TOUR BEFORE HE DIED IN JUNE.
GOVERNOR PARKINSON HAS NOMINATED HIS NEW COMMERCE SECRETARY. WILLIAM THORNTON WILL BE REPLACING DAVID KERR WHO SAID THURSDAY HE WAS GOING TO BECOME MISSOURI’S DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THORNTON…WHO SERVES ON THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS… WILL BE TAKING OVER NOVEMBER 9TH.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO TEENS AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT TOPEKA’S CENTRAL PARK ON OCTOBER 26TH. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.. 34-YEAR OLD MARINA MCKNIGHT WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KIDS WHEN SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AND SHE WAS KILLED. THE PERSONS OF INTEREST ARE 18-YEAR OLD GARRY WAYNE WELLS JUNIOR AND 16-YEAR OLD ANTHONY LAVERNE MARSHALL III…BOTH FROM TOPEKA. POLICE SAY MARSHALL GOES BUY THE NICKNAMES MAN AND MAYHAM AND WELLS’S NICKNAME IS NIPPY. TWO FUNDS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR MCNIGHT. ONE IS FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN AT THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CREDIT UNION AND THE OTHER IS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION AND WILL HELP WITH FUNERAL COSTS.
AN OLATHE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE STARTED WHEN HE WAS SMOKING WHILE USING OXYGEN TO HELP HIM BREATHE. THE 74-YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY WHERE HE DIED. HIS WIFE MADE IT OUT OF THE DUPLEX HERSELF AND SUFFERS FROM MINOR SMOKE INHALATION. ABOUT $5,000 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE.
THE ONLINE AUCITON TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCOTT ROEDER…THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER HAS BEEN THREATENED BY EBAY. EBAY SAYS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THEIR AUCTIONS BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE THEIR POLICIES ON OFFENSIVE MATERIALS. TWO ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE WEBSITE LAST NIGHT. ONE WAS A BIBLE THAT WAS SHELLEY SHANNON’S…A WOMAN WHO SHOT AND WOUNDED DR. TILLER IN 1993 AND THE OTHER IS CATACHISM WRITTEN BY ANTI ABORTION ACTIVIST MICHAEL BRAY. THE POSTINGS WERE STILL UP HOURS AFTER THEY WERE PUT ON THE SITE.
A SURVEY SHOWS THERE WILL BE A SLUMP OF HOLIDAY SALES IN THE MIDWEST. HOLIDAY SALES ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE 1.6% FROM LAST YEAR. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS SAYS DURING A NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON THERE IS A 6% GROWTH IN SALES. THIS MID-AMERICA SURVEY WAS TAKEN IN NINE STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE COUNCIL IN D-C WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW SAME SEX MARRAGE IN WASHINGTON. TODAY WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. LAST MONTH OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID CATANIA INTRODUCED THE MEASURE. NINE OF THE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL. OPPONENTS HAVE ASKED THE DC BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PUT THE ISSUE ON NEXT YEAR’S BALLOT.
A NEW YORK MEAT COMPANY IS RECALLING GROUND BEEF BECAUSE IT’S LINKED TO CASES OF E-COLI. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND TWO OTHERS BECAME SICK BECAUSE OF IT. FAIRBANK FARMS’S MEAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN RETAIL STORES IN MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINA. THE PACKAGES HAVE THE NUMBER EST 492 ON THE LABEL. NEARLY 546,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF HAVE BEEN RECALLED.
ELTON JOHN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING FROM E-COLI AND THE FLU. JOHN’S SPOKESMAN GARY FARROW SAYS HE HOPES TO BE RELEASED SOON BUT HAS TO CANCEL CONCERTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND THE US. JOHN IS REJOINING THE FACE2FACE TOUR WITH BILLY JOEL LATER THIS MONTH.
THE MICHAEL JACKSON FILM THIS IS IT SHOWED THIS WEEKEND IT REALLY WAS IT. DURING ITS FIRST FIVE DAYS OUT IT MADE 101 MILLION DOLLAR WORLDWIDE AND 21.3 MILLION IN THE US MAKING IT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN THE LAND. THE MOVIE’S POPULARITY WAS BIGGER OVER SEAS WHERE ABOUT 70% OF ITS STRENGTH CAME FROM. THE FILM IS ABOUT JACKSON GETTING READY FOR HIS COMBACK TOUR BEFORE HE DIED IN JUNE.
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