DID YOU LOSE SOMETHING? RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. RCPD HAS BEGUN POSTING FOUND PROPERTY ON THEIR WEBSITE WWW.RILEYCOUNTYPOLICE.ORG. RCPD SAYS THIS WILL HELP DETERMINE IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOCATED. YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOW SOME PROOF OF OWNERSHIP BEFORE THE ITEM IS RELEASED. THE ITEM WILL BE HELD FOR 60 DAYS AND THEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE CLAIMED AFTER THAT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL THE RCPD EVIDENCE / PROPERTY SECTION AT 785-537-2112 EXTENSION 3076.
WICHITA POLICE GOT AN INTERESTING CALL YESTERDAY. AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD MAN WAS BEARING IT ALL AT A LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS TEEN WAS NOT ONLY THAT HE WAS IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT BUT THAT HE WAS HIGH ON PILLS, COUGH SYRUP AND POT AND HE WAS ALSO BANGING ON APARTMENT WINDOWS. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE COMPLEX THE MAN REFUSED TO GET ON THE GROUND SO THE POLICE TASED THE NAKED MAN. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER WE WAS SUBDUED.
A GARDEN CITY MAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS SISTER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEFORE HE ENTERS HIS PLEA. 53-YEAR OLD LUIS MONTOYA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS SISTER MARIA MONTOYA. MONTOYA’S EVALUATION WILL BE DONE AT LARNED STATE HOSPITAL AND HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH 24TH.
SOME OF THE OIL REMANING FROM THE RIG EXPLOSION IN LOUSIANA WILL BEGIN BEING BURNED BY AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING. PETTY OFFICER PRENTICE DANNER SAYS FIRE RESISTANT CONTAINMENT BOOMS WILL BE USED TO CORRAL THE OIL THAT IS REMAINING ON THE SURFACE. ONCE THE OIL IS WITHIN THE BOOMS IT WILL BE SET ON FIRE. THIS OIL SLICK IS THE RESULT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE SITE OF LAST WEEK’S HUGE EXPLOSION OF A DEEP WATER OIL RIG THAT BURNED AND SANK. OIL CONTINUES TO SPILL UNDERSEA, WHERE ROBOT SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAP THE WELL.
SANDRA BULLOCK HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME MORE. BULLOCK HAS FILED FOR DIVORCED FROM HUSBAND JESSE JAMES AFTER AN AFFAIR SCANDAL. NOW SHE HAS A LITTLE BABY. SANDY IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A HALF MONTH OLD SON LOUIS BARDO BULLOCK. JAMES AND BULLOCK BEGAN THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO AND BROUGHT LITTLE LOUIS HOME IN JANUARY BUT PLANNED TO KEEP THE NEWS TO THEMSELVES UNTIL AFTER THE OSCARS. BULLOCK SAYS SHE’S NOW FINALIZING THE ADOPTION AS A SIGNLE PARENT.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
News 4-27-10
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK’S FUNERAL YESTERDAY. BILL SNYDER SPOKE ABOUT DYLAN MEIER AND HIS ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT SAYING HE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE AND WAS ALSO A TOUGH ATHLETE AND TEAM LEADER. MEIER PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK DURING A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS WHERE HE FELL AT WHITAKER POINT.
TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.
A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.
THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.
HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.
A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.
THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.
HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
Monday, April 26, 2010
News 4-26-10
THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK DYLAN MEIER HAS BEEN SET. THE SERVICES WILL BE THIS MORNING AT 10 AM AT THE PITTSBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. THE MEIER FAMILY IS ASKING MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE SENT TO EITHER THE KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM, PITTSBURG YMCA, OR PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK CLUB. ALL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE BRENNER FUNERAL HOME IN PITTSBURG KANSAS. MEIER DIED LAST WEEK IN A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS.
THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN. COLONEL BRAD LINK WILL BE SUCCSEEDING BRIGADE GENERAL ED FLORA WHO IS RETIRING. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN TOPEKA WITH A RECEPTION FOR FLORA’S RETIREMENT AFTERWARDS. LINK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE 1980S AND HAS FLOWN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING B-52 AND B-1 BOMBERS AND KC-135 REFUELING TANKERS.
THE SON OF TOPEKA’S CONTRAVERSIAL PASTOR FRED PHELPS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND. NATE PHELPS MADE HIS FIRST RETURN TO TOPEKA IN 20 YEARS AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE MEMBERS OF HIS FATHER’S CHURCH. HE SAID ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO ARE “STUCK IN THAT SITUATION.” THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SAYS NO ONE FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED NATE’S TALK.
FEMA WILL TAKE A LOOK TODAY AT THIS WEEKENDS TORNADO AND STORM DAMAGE IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL CONCENTRATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE 10 TO 12 FATALATIES OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY DECLARING A DISASTER. MISSISSIPPI’S GOVENOR SAYS THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH 16 COUNTIES WITH WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR AND A DESTRUCTION PATH OF AT LEAST 50 MILES.
A 16-YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAIL SOLO AROUND THE WORLD HAS ENDED HER QUEST. ABBY SUNDERLAND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE THE TRIP NON STOP WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOAT REPAIRS. SUNDERLAND BLOGGED SATURDAY THAT IT WOULD BE “FOOLISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE” TO KEEP GOING AFTER HER LOSING HER BOAT’S MAIN AUTOPILOT. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE EVEN THOUGH HER NONSTOP ATTEMPT IS OVER.
BRET MICHAELS REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. FURTHER TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO HELP LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING. THE 47-YEAR OLD ROCKER’S WEBSITE SAYS A REPORT FROM DOCTORS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ADDS “PLEASE REMEMBER BRET IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR AND IS UNDER THE BEST MEDICAL CARE POSSIBLE.” THE HOSPITAL MICHAELS IS IN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE ANIMATED FLICK HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON RE-GAINED THE TOP SPOT IN THE BOX OFFICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR A MONTH. J-LO’S “THE BACK UP PLAN” WAS A NO-GO OPENING IN SECOND FOLLOWED BY DATE NIGHT AND THE NEW RELEASE THE LOSERS.
THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN. COLONEL BRAD LINK WILL BE SUCCSEEDING BRIGADE GENERAL ED FLORA WHO IS RETIRING. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN TOPEKA WITH A RECEPTION FOR FLORA’S RETIREMENT AFTERWARDS. LINK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE 1980S AND HAS FLOWN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING B-52 AND B-1 BOMBERS AND KC-135 REFUELING TANKERS.
THE SON OF TOPEKA’S CONTRAVERSIAL PASTOR FRED PHELPS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND. NATE PHELPS MADE HIS FIRST RETURN TO TOPEKA IN 20 YEARS AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE MEMBERS OF HIS FATHER’S CHURCH. HE SAID ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO ARE “STUCK IN THAT SITUATION.” THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SAYS NO ONE FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED NATE’S TALK.
FEMA WILL TAKE A LOOK TODAY AT THIS WEEKENDS TORNADO AND STORM DAMAGE IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL CONCENTRATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE 10 TO 12 FATALATIES OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY DECLARING A DISASTER. MISSISSIPPI’S GOVENOR SAYS THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH 16 COUNTIES WITH WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR AND A DESTRUCTION PATH OF AT LEAST 50 MILES.
A 16-YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAIL SOLO AROUND THE WORLD HAS ENDED HER QUEST. ABBY SUNDERLAND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE THE TRIP NON STOP WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOAT REPAIRS. SUNDERLAND BLOGGED SATURDAY THAT IT WOULD BE “FOOLISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE” TO KEEP GOING AFTER HER LOSING HER BOAT’S MAIN AUTOPILOT. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE EVEN THOUGH HER NONSTOP ATTEMPT IS OVER.
BRET MICHAELS REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. FURTHER TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO HELP LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING. THE 47-YEAR OLD ROCKER’S WEBSITE SAYS A REPORT FROM DOCTORS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ADDS “PLEASE REMEMBER BRET IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR AND IS UNDER THE BEST MEDICAL CARE POSSIBLE.” THE HOSPITAL MICHAELS IS IN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE ANIMATED FLICK HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON RE-GAINED THE TOP SPOT IN THE BOX OFFICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR A MONTH. J-LO’S “THE BACK UP PLAN” WAS A NO-GO OPENING IN SECOND FOLLOWED BY DATE NIGHT AND THE NEW RELEASE THE LOSERS.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
News 4-20-10
FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK IS DEAD AFTER A HIKING ACCIDENT. DETAILS AREN’T AVAILABLE BUT 26-YEAR OLD DYLAN MEIER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES DURING A FAMILY HIKING TRIP IN ARKANSAS. THE PITTSBURG NATIVE PLAYED FOR THE WILDCATS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006 WHERE HE APPEARED IN 35 GAMES. MEIER GRADUATED WITH A BUSINESS FINANCE DEGREE AND PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN EUROPE. WE’LL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
AN EMPORIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST SEPTEMBER. 21-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LLAMAS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER CHARGE AND AIDING IN A SHOOTING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AFTER ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION. WITNESSES DESCRIBED ANOTHER MAN, MIKE NAVARRO, AS THE SHOOTER BUT MOVED TO MEXICO AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS LLAMAS WAS WITH NAVARRO WHEN HE SHOT OMAR FLORES AT LEAST TEN TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T PAY FOR A BAD BATCH OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
THE TWO MEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH COCAIN IN THEIR AIRPLANE HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON. 40- YEAR OLD DEAN MOYA AND 31-YEAR OLD RICHARD VICKERY, BOTH OF HEMET CALIFORNIA, WERE SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN WICHITA. MOYA WAS GIVEN FIVE YEARS AND VICKERY SIX. THE TWO PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AFTER A DRUG DOG DETECTED COCAINE WHEN THEY LANDED AT LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAS LANDED BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THE SPACE CRAFT AND SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON THE GROUND. DISCOVERY HAD BEEN ON A 6-MILLION MILE JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ALSO HAD A RARE FLYOVER OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND FLYING OVER STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE CENSUS HAS FOUND WOMEN ARE NOW JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE AS MEN AS LONG WITH BEING EQUAL IN EARNING ADVANCED DEGREES. THEIR NUMBERS SHOW 29-PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THE U-S HAVE EARNED AT LEAST A BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPARED TO 30-PERCENT OF MEN. THEY ARE ALSO 50-50 IN HAVING MASTER’S…PROFESSIONAL DEGREES…OR DOCTORATES. AT THE CURRENT TRENDS WOMEN COULD SURPASS MEN IN TOTAL ADVANCED DEGREES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEHIND IN BUSINESS…SCIENCE…AND ENGINEERING.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SANDRA BULLOCK’S LIFE LATELY, SHE’S NOW BEING ASKED TO GIVE BACK HER RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS. DON’T WORRY THOUGH – SHE ISN’T GETTING HER TITLE TAKEN, THEY JUST WANT TO SWAP TROPHIES. RAZZIE FOUNDER JOHN WILSON SAYS BULLOCK WAS GIVEN THE ORIGINAL RAZZIE BY MISTAKE AND WANTS TO GIVE HER A REPLICA. WILSON SAYS HE WAITED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND ADDS “I HARDLY THINK THE RAZZIE AWARDS SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW.”
AN EMPORIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST SEPTEMBER. 21-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LLAMAS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER CHARGE AND AIDING IN A SHOOTING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AFTER ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION. WITNESSES DESCRIBED ANOTHER MAN, MIKE NAVARRO, AS THE SHOOTER BUT MOVED TO MEXICO AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS LLAMAS WAS WITH NAVARRO WHEN HE SHOT OMAR FLORES AT LEAST TEN TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T PAY FOR A BAD BATCH OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
THE TWO MEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH COCAIN IN THEIR AIRPLANE HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON. 40- YEAR OLD DEAN MOYA AND 31-YEAR OLD RICHARD VICKERY, BOTH OF HEMET CALIFORNIA, WERE SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN WICHITA. MOYA WAS GIVEN FIVE YEARS AND VICKERY SIX. THE TWO PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AFTER A DRUG DOG DETECTED COCAINE WHEN THEY LANDED AT LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAS LANDED BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THE SPACE CRAFT AND SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON THE GROUND. DISCOVERY HAD BEEN ON A 6-MILLION MILE JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ALSO HAD A RARE FLYOVER OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND FLYING OVER STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE CENSUS HAS FOUND WOMEN ARE NOW JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE AS MEN AS LONG WITH BEING EQUAL IN EARNING ADVANCED DEGREES. THEIR NUMBERS SHOW 29-PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THE U-S HAVE EARNED AT LEAST A BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPARED TO 30-PERCENT OF MEN. THEY ARE ALSO 50-50 IN HAVING MASTER’S…PROFESSIONAL DEGREES…OR DOCTORATES. AT THE CURRENT TRENDS WOMEN COULD SURPASS MEN IN TOTAL ADVANCED DEGREES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEHIND IN BUSINESS…SCIENCE…AND ENGINEERING.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SANDRA BULLOCK’S LIFE LATELY, SHE’S NOW BEING ASKED TO GIVE BACK HER RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS. DON’T WORRY THOUGH – SHE ISN’T GETTING HER TITLE TAKEN, THEY JUST WANT TO SWAP TROPHIES. RAZZIE FOUNDER JOHN WILSON SAYS BULLOCK WAS GIVEN THE ORIGINAL RAZZIE BY MISTAKE AND WANTS TO GIVE HER A REPLICA. WILSON SAYS HE WAITED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND ADDS “I HARDLY THINK THE RAZZIE AWARDS SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW.”
Monday, April 19, 2010
News 4-19-10
A BOURBON COUNTY COAL MINE HAS BEEN SITED ON A LIST TO BE UNSAFE. A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN RELEASED A LIST OF 48 MINES WEDNESDAY THAT ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE MINE OWNED BY PHOENIX MINING HAS BEEN CITED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 162 TIMES SINCE MARCH 2008. THE PHOENIX MINING OWNER SAYS MANY OF THE CITATIONS ARE UNFAIR AND IS CHALLENGING SEVERAL OF THEM.
HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.
MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.
WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.
LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.
HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.
MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.
WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.
LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
News 4-15-10
TODAY’S APRIL 15TH, THAT MEANS TAXES ARE DUE TODAY.
AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THE AXTELL AND SABETHA SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION. THIS THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GAVE THIS THE OK YESTERDAY AT THEIR MEETING. RESIDENTS WILL NOW VOTE IN MAY ON THE CONSOLIDATION. THIS IDEA CAME UP SINCE ENROLLMENT WAS DECLINING ALONG WITH A DECLINE IN STATE FUNDING.
A TEEN WILL TAKE THE STAND IN THE DEATHS OF A WICHITA COUPLE WHO WAS FOUND DEAD LAST THANKSGIVING. SEDGWICK COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE SAYS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY 18-YEAR OLD SAM HOLTON OF MULVANE ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OEN COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. ADRIAN JACKSON AND JESSIE FOUST’S BODIES WERE FOUND WHEN JACKSON’S SISTER WENT TO THE HOUSE WHEN THEY DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOME UNHARMED. HOLTON’S TRIAL WILL BE JUNE 7TH WHERE HE IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TWO YOUNGER TEENS ARE ALSO CHARGED
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS SPECULATION AND ACCUSATIONS SWIRLING IN ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS TOWN. 18-HORSES WERE FOUND DEAD LAST MONTH ON A LOUISBURG FARM. THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS THE HORSES DIED OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. FARM OWNERS MELISSA AND JIM MCCOY TOOK THE PLACE OVER LAST AUGUST WHEN THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY. WHILE NEIGHBORS SAY THE HORSES WEREN’T FED ENOUGH DURING THE WINTER…MELISSA SAYS THE CARETAKER WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE FEED FOR THEM. SHE DOES NOT LIVE ON THE FARM AND DIDN’T LEARN OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL MARCH.
A PERSON CLOSE TO A CHICAGO SHOOTING INVESTIGATION SAYS THE SUSPECT SAYS HE WAS SORRY HE RAN OUT OF BULLETS. THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED TOLD POLICE VOICES ENCOURAGED HIM TO KILL HIS FAMILY. HE SHOT IS WIFE, SEVEN MONTH OLD SON, AND TWO NIECES. TWO MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED.
AS GLEE MADE IT’S WAY BACK TO FOX TUESDAY NIGHT AND ATTRACTED LARGE AUDIENCES, IT’S NOT THE ONLY THING STAR JANE LYNCH IS CELEBRATING. LYNCH AND HER PARTNER LARA EMBRY AND ENGAGED. NOW THAT SHE’S FOUND LOVE IN REAL LIFE, MAYBE HER CHARACTER SUE SYLVESTER WILL TOO.
AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THE AXTELL AND SABETHA SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION. THIS THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GAVE THIS THE OK YESTERDAY AT THEIR MEETING. RESIDENTS WILL NOW VOTE IN MAY ON THE CONSOLIDATION. THIS IDEA CAME UP SINCE ENROLLMENT WAS DECLINING ALONG WITH A DECLINE IN STATE FUNDING.
A TEEN WILL TAKE THE STAND IN THE DEATHS OF A WICHITA COUPLE WHO WAS FOUND DEAD LAST THANKSGIVING. SEDGWICK COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE SAYS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY 18-YEAR OLD SAM HOLTON OF MULVANE ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OEN COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. ADRIAN JACKSON AND JESSIE FOUST’S BODIES WERE FOUND WHEN JACKSON’S SISTER WENT TO THE HOUSE WHEN THEY DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOME UNHARMED. HOLTON’S TRIAL WILL BE JUNE 7TH WHERE HE IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TWO YOUNGER TEENS ARE ALSO CHARGED
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS SPECULATION AND ACCUSATIONS SWIRLING IN ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS TOWN. 18-HORSES WERE FOUND DEAD LAST MONTH ON A LOUISBURG FARM. THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS THE HORSES DIED OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. FARM OWNERS MELISSA AND JIM MCCOY TOOK THE PLACE OVER LAST AUGUST WHEN THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY. WHILE NEIGHBORS SAY THE HORSES WEREN’T FED ENOUGH DURING THE WINTER…MELISSA SAYS THE CARETAKER WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE FEED FOR THEM. SHE DOES NOT LIVE ON THE FARM AND DIDN’T LEARN OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL MARCH.
A PERSON CLOSE TO A CHICAGO SHOOTING INVESTIGATION SAYS THE SUSPECT SAYS HE WAS SORRY HE RAN OUT OF BULLETS. THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED TOLD POLICE VOICES ENCOURAGED HIM TO KILL HIS FAMILY. HE SHOT IS WIFE, SEVEN MONTH OLD SON, AND TWO NIECES. TWO MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED.
AS GLEE MADE IT’S WAY BACK TO FOX TUESDAY NIGHT AND ATTRACTED LARGE AUDIENCES, IT’S NOT THE ONLY THING STAR JANE LYNCH IS CELEBRATING. LYNCH AND HER PARTNER LARA EMBRY AND ENGAGED. NOW THAT SHE’S FOUND LOVE IN REAL LIFE, MAYBE HER CHARACTER SUE SYLVESTER WILL TOO.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
News 4-13-10
ANTI SMOKING GROUPS IN KANSAS ARE TRYING TO GET KANSAS LEGISLATORS TO RAISE THE CIGARETTE TAX BY A DOLLAR. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THREE OTHER ANTI SMOKING GROUPS PUT ADS IN SEVEN CITY’S PAPERS TODAY TO PUSH KANSANS TO CONTACT THEIR LAWMAKERS ABOUT SUPPORTING THE TAX INCREASE. THE TAX HIKE WILL RAISE AROUND 75-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STATE ALONG WITH POSSIBLY DISCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SMOKING.
TWO NORTHEAST KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PROPOSED A MERGER. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DISCUSS MERGING THE SABETHA AND ACTELL DISTRICTS TOMORROW AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING. IF THIS DOES PASS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICTS WILL VOTE MAY 25TH AND THE MERGER WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY FIRST. THE DISTRICT WILL BE BASED IN SABETHA.
A FORMER PASTOR IN LEAVENWORTH HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT ARSON AT HIS CHURCH. MARVIN CLAY HAS THREE YEARS PROBATION AFTER HE ADMITTED LYING ABOUT A FIRE AT SUNFLOWER MUSSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN 2008. CARVA LEE WHITE HAD TOLD CLAY OF HER PLANS TO BURN THE CHURCH AND THE TWO PLANNED TO MAKE MONEY BY HIRING A CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD PAY THEM KICKBACKS DURING THE RENOVATIONS.
A TOPEKA MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN ALMOST 11 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRYING TO ROB A FEDERAL AGENT. 35-YEAR OLD PHILLIP WILLIAMS PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE DRUG CHARGES. WILLIAMS WENT WITH ANOTHER MAN TO A TOPEKA HOTEL TO SELL COCAINE AND A HANDGUN. THE PERSON HE WAS SELLING TO WAS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT WITH THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES. OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB THE AGENT AND TOOK HIS GUN.
A SECOND HERING IS SCHEDULED IN THE CASE OF THE CHRISTMAS DAY UNDERWEAR BOMBER. THE COURT SPOKESMAN SAYS IT SHOULDN’T LAST LONG AND UMAR FAROUK ABDULMATALLAB ISN’T EXPECTED TO BE THERE. HE IS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN MILAN MICHIGAN.
TRANSCRIPTS OF SIX AND A HALF HOURS OF AUDIO INTERVIEW OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE OUT NEXT YEAR. THESE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE IN 1964 JUST MONTHS AFTER HER HUSTBAND WAS ASSASSINATED AND DONE BY HISTORIAN AND FAMILY FRIEND ARTHUR M SCHLESINGER JUNIOR. THE KENNEDY’S DAUGHTER CAROLINE WILL BE THE EDITOR AND WRITE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK. SHE DECIDED TO RELEASE THE INTERVIEWS SAYING “IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR HER TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HER PARENTS BY MAKING THE UNIQUE HISTORY AVAILABLE.”
CONAN O'BRIEN WILL BE BACK IN LATE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER. THE UN-NAMED SHOW WILL BE ON TBS TAKING GEORGE LOPEZ’S SPOT AT 10'O-CLOCK CENTRAL TIME AND PUSH HIM BACK TO 11. O'BRIEN HAS BEEN OFF THE AIR AFTER JAY LENO GOT HIS TONIGHT SHOW SPOT BACK ON NBC. HE WILL NOW BE COMPETING HEAD TO HEAD WITH LENO.
TWO NORTHEAST KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PROPOSED A MERGER. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DISCUSS MERGING THE SABETHA AND ACTELL DISTRICTS TOMORROW AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING. IF THIS DOES PASS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICTS WILL VOTE MAY 25TH AND THE MERGER WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY FIRST. THE DISTRICT WILL BE BASED IN SABETHA.
A FORMER PASTOR IN LEAVENWORTH HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT ARSON AT HIS CHURCH. MARVIN CLAY HAS THREE YEARS PROBATION AFTER HE ADMITTED LYING ABOUT A FIRE AT SUNFLOWER MUSSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN 2008. CARVA LEE WHITE HAD TOLD CLAY OF HER PLANS TO BURN THE CHURCH AND THE TWO PLANNED TO MAKE MONEY BY HIRING A CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD PAY THEM KICKBACKS DURING THE RENOVATIONS.
A TOPEKA MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN ALMOST 11 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRYING TO ROB A FEDERAL AGENT. 35-YEAR OLD PHILLIP WILLIAMS PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE DRUG CHARGES. WILLIAMS WENT WITH ANOTHER MAN TO A TOPEKA HOTEL TO SELL COCAINE AND A HANDGUN. THE PERSON HE WAS SELLING TO WAS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT WITH THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES. OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB THE AGENT AND TOOK HIS GUN.
A SECOND HERING IS SCHEDULED IN THE CASE OF THE CHRISTMAS DAY UNDERWEAR BOMBER. THE COURT SPOKESMAN SAYS IT SHOULDN’T LAST LONG AND UMAR FAROUK ABDULMATALLAB ISN’T EXPECTED TO BE THERE. HE IS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN MILAN MICHIGAN.
TRANSCRIPTS OF SIX AND A HALF HOURS OF AUDIO INTERVIEW OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE OUT NEXT YEAR. THESE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE IN 1964 JUST MONTHS AFTER HER HUSTBAND WAS ASSASSINATED AND DONE BY HISTORIAN AND FAMILY FRIEND ARTHUR M SCHLESINGER JUNIOR. THE KENNEDY’S DAUGHTER CAROLINE WILL BE THE EDITOR AND WRITE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK. SHE DECIDED TO RELEASE THE INTERVIEWS SAYING “IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR HER TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HER PARENTS BY MAKING THE UNIQUE HISTORY AVAILABLE.”
CONAN O'BRIEN WILL BE BACK IN LATE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER. THE UN-NAMED SHOW WILL BE ON TBS TAKING GEORGE LOPEZ’S SPOT AT 10'O-CLOCK CENTRAL TIME AND PUSH HIM BACK TO 11. O'BRIEN HAS BEEN OFF THE AIR AFTER JAY LENO GOT HIS TONIGHT SHOW SPOT BACK ON NBC. HE WILL NOW BE COMPETING HEAD TO HEAD WITH LENO.
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