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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Mostly sunny and considerably warmer.
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LO: 23
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HI: 57 LO: 35 Sunny, warm and windy.
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Thursday
HI: 35
LO: 25
Partly cloudy.
Get that heavy coat back out.
Friday
HI: 43 L0:26 Partly cloudy and warmer.
A chilly start to the weekend.
Is it January or April?
Forecaster: Shawn Milrad, KU Atmospheric Science
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR
Tuesday, Jan. 17
WHAT: First day of classes
WHERE: Lawrence campus and Edwards campus
WHEN: All day
WHAT: The Civil Wars with
The Staves
WHERE: Liberty Hall,
Lawrence
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHAT: Lecture: "The Creation of West Side Story"
WHERE: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, Lawrence
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 18
WHAT: Lecture: "The Economics of Retail Markets: How Should Lawrence Protect Its Downtown?" WHERE: Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, Lawrence WHEN: 12 p.m.
WHAT: "South Pacific"
WHERE: The Lied Center of Kansas, Lawrence
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHAT: Drake Bell WHERE: The Bottleneck Lawrence WHEN: 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19
WHAT: Brad Paisley with The Band Perry and Scott McCreery
WHERE: The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHAT: Doomtree with Steady P
WHERE: The Granada, Lawrence
WHEN: 8:30 p.m.
WHAT: The Cast Pattern with Khaldera and Silent Habit
WHERE: The Replay Lounge, Lawrence
WHEN: 10 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 20
WHAT: Jack's Mannequin with Jukebox the Ghost and Allen Stone WHERE: The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, Mo. WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHAT: "Bloody Murder, presented by Theatre Lawrence WHERE: Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHAT: Blackout with Skrause WHERE: The Granada, Lawrence WHEN: 9:30 p.m.
Political Fiber
New website offers political coverage
In some newsrooms it's called "The Churn." Other places refer to it as "feeding the beast." But no matter what you call it, most daily newsrooms are slaves to the 24-hour news cycle. Quality of content often takes a backseat to quantity.
At PoliticalFiber.com, a new political news website affiliated with the KU School of Journalism, we're bowing out of the race to break scandals and tweet .027 seconds faster than our competition. Our goal is to take a slow news approach to political coverage by providing thoughtful, in-depth analysis and reporting about the political issues that most affect you.
On our site, you'll find links to
the day's top stories as well as original content produced by our team of reporters, opinion writers and multimedia designers - all with a focus on the 2012 presidential and state elections.
In partnering with the UDK, you'll find our content here every weekday, as well as on Kansan.com. Beginning Feb. 1, PoliticalFiber.com will go live. We look forward to working with you, dear reader, to build on this grand experiment and create a destination for state political coverage and a forum for informed conversation.
Brianne Pfannenstiel for PoliticalFiber.com brianne@politicalFiber.com
LEGAL
In-store alcohol tastings may pass
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA, Kan. — Some Kansas liquor store owners are hoping the Legislature makes it legal for them to hold tastings in which customers can sample certain products before buying them.
A measure introduced in the state Senate by several liquor marketing associations is the result of a controversy that emerged after retailers started arranging tastings near their liquor stores.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that because state law blocked consumption of alcoholic beverages inside stores, proprietors staged events nearby. That stopped after representatives of the Kansas Department of Revenue issued a policy memorandum in August declaring the agency's interpretation of state law prohibited samplings, whether free or not, "in, on, or about the licensed premises."
"We've talked about it," said Shawn McKeever, a liquor store clerk at Fleming Place Wine and Spirits. "We sell a lot of craft beer."
The Senate measure would
allow retailers to host in-store tastings for people interested in trying unfamiliar beers, wines or distilled spirits.
Regulators concluded no tastings would be authorized for party or smoke shops, parking lots, sidewalks or alleys adjacent to liquor store property.
R. E. "Tuck" Duncan, a Statehouse lobbyist working with organizations seeking to get the bill passed, said the intent was to establish in state law the opportunity for liquor stores to host tastings similar to those well known to wine country enthusiasts.
A Senate hearing on the bill is likely in a few weeks, and Duncan said the measure hasn't sparked an outpouring of criticism.
Lawsuit dismissed in Topeka hostage case
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Colorado man who held a couple hostage in their Kansas home then sued them for breach of contract for turning him over to police.
Jesse Dimmick contended that he had a legally binding oral contract with Jared and Lindsay Rowley that they would hide him from police in return for an unspecified amount of money.
Dimmick was a fugitive facing a murder charge on Sept. 12, 2009, when he burst into the
Rowley's Topeka-area home and confronted them at knifepoint. The Rowleys gained Dimmick's confidence and were able to escape when he fell asleep. Police stormed the home and detained Dimmick, shooting him in the back during the arrest.
Dimmick, of Denver, was convicted in May 2010 of four felonies including two counts of kidnapping and sentenced to almost 11 years in prison. He still faces murder charges in the September 2009 killing of Michael Curtis in Brighton, Colo.
The Rowleys sued Dimmick
in September seeking more than $75,000 in damages. Dimmick counter-sued for breach of contract, seeking $160,000 to cover hospital bills and $75,000 for pain and suffering. Dimmick said the Rowleys had reneged on their promise to keep him hidden from authorities in return for cash.
The Rowleys deny they ever agreed to that and their attorney, Bob Keeshan, says even if they had such an agreement, it wouldn't be considered legally binding because it would have been made under duress.
ODD NEWS
Seventeen stolen bunnies returned to their owner
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police say more than a dozen rabbits reported stolen the night before a rabbit-cooking class have been returned by bunny advocates who had been caring for them.
Members of the volunteer group Rabbit Advocates say they're trying to buy the bunnies so they can live as pets.
Police say 18 rabbits belonging to farmer Levi Cole disappeared on Jan. 7. Cole says the theft occurred the night before he taught a class on raising, slaughtering and cooking rabbits.
Cole is an instructor for the Portland Meat Collective. He believes the theft was politically motivated. Police have no suspects.
Rabbit Advocates board member Erin Ford says the bunnies were dumped anonymously at the home of a volunteer.
Police Lt. Robert King said 17 rabbits were picked up Friday from the advocates' lawyer's office. King says police are still looking for one small, gray rabbit named Roger. Ford says she believes he's still in foster care.
Trucker unknowingly creates gun arsenal
IZHEVSK, Russia — Reports say a Russian villager ended up with his own private arsenal after buying wooden containers for firewood.
The ITAR-Tass news agency
Little did he know, the crates contained 79 Kalashnikov rifles, spare parts and more than 250 cases of ammunition.
reported Friday that a truck driver had decided to make extra money by selling crates he was transporting from an arms plant in the Ural Mountains to a nearby landfill.
The report said the villager turned over the arsenal to local police, who say they are now checking the grounds of the lzhmash factory — which makes Kalashnikovs and other
weapons — for compliance with safety standards.
ITAR-Tass reported that a preliminary investigation had found the rifles were sent from the Defense Ministry to lzhmash for recycling or disposal.
Associated Press
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