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NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 2005
What do you THINK?
BY HALEY TRAVIS
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORSPONDENCE
"I use Facebook all the time to keep in contact with all my friends."
♦ Heather Lamberty, Plymouth, Minn., freshman.
"I use Facebook, probably like, at least five to 10 times a day. I use it to keep in contact with my friends in high school, meet friends here, keep in touch with people in classes, figure out homework and just to meet random people."
- Anny Culnane, St. Louis Park, Minn., freshman.
"I've never used Facebook. I didn't even know it existed until a couple of months ago. I never used it the entire time I've been here, and I'm graduating in December so I probably never will."
♦ Summer Moore, Leavenworth senior.
"I don't use it anymore. I had a moment of drunken clarity last semester. I went home and I realized, 'Oh man, I'm putting all my information into a giant database,' and I killed it that night. I figured, if people want to figure out what my 10 favorite movies are, they can ask me."
Jerry Koukol, Overland Park junior
Brad Nading/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"I use it probably two to three times a week. It's normally to talk to people I don't actually go to school with. I've got some friends in Missouri that I keep in touch with through Facebook."
Josh Winegarner, Winfield senior.
WORLD
Suicide bomber kills five in open-air market
HADERA, Israel — A 20-year-old Palestinian blacksmith blew himself up at a falafel stand in an open-air market Wednesday, killing five Israelis and wounding more than 30 in the deadliest attack in the country in more than three months.
The bombing stifled faint peace hopes following Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip. The blast also embarrassed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who had scolded militant groups only hours earlier for repeatedly violating the truce.
The Islamic Jihad, a militant group whose goal is the "liberation" of historical Palestine, claimed responsibility, saying the attack was to avenge the killing of its West Bank leader by Israeli forces this week.
The bomber struck while the market in the central town of Hadera was bustling a day after being closed for the Jewish holiday of Simhat Torah.
The face of concentration
The Associated Press
Ty Wyckoff, 10, works diligently with his saw while carving a pumpkin into a jack-o-'lantern during a class Tuesday in Garden City.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Groups deny state use of material
BY JOHN HANNA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Two national groups say the state can't use their copyrighted material in proposed science standards that critics contend promote creationism, a religious theory of human origins.
The National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association notified the Department of Education in writing, the groups and state officials confirmed Wednesday to The Associated Press.
The department had sought permission to use material from each group's standards to include in its revision.
The State Board of Education is expected to vote next month on the proposed standards, which incorporate language sought by intelligent-design advocates expressing skepticism about evolution.
jority contends it wanted only to give students a complete and balanced view of evolution, but critics said they're promoting intelligent design, which detractors have described as a repackaged form of creationism.
The standards, which must be updated periodically under Kansas law, are used to develop student achievement tests for measuring how well schools are performing.
Kansas officials had expected the groups to deny permission because the proposed standards represent a shift from treating evolution as a well-established theory crucial for students in understanding science.
However, they don't mandate how science is taught in the 300 school districts.
The board's conservative ma-
"They are such adamant evolutionists," said board Chairman Steve Abrams, of Arkansas City, who favors the proposed standards. "I'm surprised they haven't done it already. Everybody knew it was coming."
BTK
Lawsuit filed against killer
Psychologists sued over use of interviews
BY ROXANA HEGEMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA — Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline on Tuesday sued two Massachusetts psychologists hired by a state agency to interview BTK serial killer Dennis Rader before his sentencing, accusing the psychologists and their company of
profiting from a videotape of a session with the man who terrorized Wichita for decades.
Segments of the psychologists' interview conducted with Rader on June 27, the day he pleaded guilty, were broadcast by "Dateline NBC" five days before his sentencing in August to consecutive life sentences for
It is unthinkable that anyone would attempt to profit off of the victims of these heinous acts. We will do everything within our authority and the power of this office to protect the victims from further
Kline also wants the court to order the return of all materials, including notes, memoranda, analysis, research and tapes. He also is asking for an injunction to prohibit any further use of property belonging to the indigent defense board that was obtained through the contract with the state and contact with
exploitation." Phill Kline Kansas Attorney General
Kline said the Board of Indigent Defense Services, which is a state-paid agency that represented Rader, had paid the company $57,314 for its services. The suit seeks a refund along with damages in excess of $75,000.
10 killings between 1974 and 1991.
Kline filed the lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court against Robert Mendoza, a forensic neuropsychologist; Tali Walters, a forensic psychologist; and their company, Cambridge Forensic Consultants, of Chestnut Hill, Mass. Days after Rader's arrest, the company offered its service to the defense team representing Rader.
The psychologists obtained a release from Rader to allow them to benefit financially from their involvement in his defense. Kline said that arrangement breached a contract with the state, violated the privacy rights of victims and jeopardized the prosecution.
The lawsuit did not make clear how the psychologists allegedly profited from the videotape, nor did it suggest that "Dateline" had paid the pair for the tape. A spokeswoman for "Dateline" declined to comment.
ing his sentencing hearing.
In the tape aired by "Dateline," Rader talked about how he felt like a "star" when he pleaded guilty — a statement that prosecutors pointed to dur-
Rader.
"It is unthinkable that anyone would attempt to profit off of the victims of these heinous acts," Kline said. "We will do everything within our authority and the power of this office to protect the victims from further exploitation."
In the taped interview
broadcast on the NBC program, Rader talked about sexual fantasies that he said motivated him to kill.
Walters and Mendoza referred calls for comment to Topeka attorney Steve Cavanaugh.
Cavanaugh said it would be premature for him to comment on specific allegations in Kline's petition.
"We don't believe all the allegations are accurate, and my clients will be filing an appropriate response." he said.
Kline told reporters Mendoza sent two letters to the Board of Indigent Defense Services in which he indicated he would respect the privacy of all involved and acknowledged resources obtained through their efforts were state property.
Asked why he was filing a lawsuit rather than criminal charges, Kline said that the evidence supported that approach.
He declined to comment on the possibility of any future charges, saying the investigation is ongoing. He also wouldn't say whether he thought defense attorneys had done anything wrong.
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