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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."
— Shania Twain
FACT OF THE DAY
Shania Twain's "Come on Over" was the best selling album of the 90s with 22 million albums sold.
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL 1. China censors violent video game advertising
BEIJING China has banned Web sites from advertising or linking to games that glamorize violence, another step in China's censorship campaign aimed at ensuring social stability ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist rule on Oct.1.
A notice posted on the Culture Ministry Web site on Monday said games that promoted drug use, obscenities, gambling, or crimes such as rape, vandalism and theft were "against public morality and the nation's fine cultural traditions"
China has the world's largest population of Internet users, more than 298 million,and the world's most extensive system of Web monitoring and censorship.
NATIONAL
4. Taxi driver blamed for a child forgotten in his cab
BOSTON — A Boston taxi driver faces a possible suspension after unwittingly driving off with a sleeping 7-year-old girl in the back of his cab, but his supporters say the fault lies with the child's family, not the driver.
The Boston Police Hackney Division which regulates taxis cited Joseph Cohen for violating rules requiring drivers to inspect their cabs for forgotten items after dropping off a fare.
Cohen, 66, faces a 3-day suspension, but has appealed the violation and can continue to drive his cab until a hearing is held. Zanoli said.
A union representing cabbies said the punishment would be unfair and said family members were to blame.
2. Somalis flee fighting in capital city of Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Thousands of Somalis fleeing fighting around the capital have massed in a northern town, trying to cross the Gulf of Aden and sneak into Yemen, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
The exodus comes as the country's beleaguered president prepares for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton next week.
The UNHCR said nearly a quarter of a million Somalis had fled their homes since May 7, when newly unified Islamist insurgents launched a concerted attack on Mogadishu, the capital. The U.S. State Department said some of the insurgent leaders had links to al-Qaida.
WICHITA. — An usher at the church where abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot to death testified Tuesday that he and the doctor were chatting when a man walked through the door, put a gun to Tiller's head and shot him.
5. First witness testifies in abortion provider's murder
Gary Hoepner was the first witness called at a preliminary hearing for Scott Roeder, a Kansas City, Mo., man charged with murdering Tiller on May 31 at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, where Tiller volunteered as an usher.
Hoepnner, who testified for about 90 minutes, said he wasn't sure if the weapon used to kill Tiller was real until he saw Tiller fall to the ground. He said he followed the shooter, who he identified as Roeder, out of the church but stopped after Roeder warned him.
3. Radical militants launch attacks in northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities imposed curfews and security forces poured onto the streets of several northern towns Tuesday after a two-day wave of Islamic militant attacks against police killed dozens of people.
Sporadic gunfire was reported in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, where some of the worst violence occurred Monday.
Violence erupted in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday and spread the next day to three other predominantly Muslim northern states, as radical militants seeking to impose a Taliban-style regime in northern Nigeria launched a coordinated wave of assaults on police and police stations in the region.
6. Obama threatens to stop spending bill for weapons
WASHINGTON — The White House threatened Tuesday to veto a $636 billion spending bill for the Pentagon, citing funding for F-22 fighters and a much-criticized replacement presidential helicopter. President Barack Obama wants to terminate both programs.
The White House also objected to plans by lawmakers to continue to fund an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but didn't seem to explicitly threaten a veto over the $560 million provision.
The vetot threats come as the White House and its Democratic allies in control of Congress wrestle over his demands to shut down weapons programs and other Pentagon procurement.
Associated Press
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ODD NEWS
Driver blames snakes for his crash with parked cars
HARTFORD, Conn. — Police said a driver blamed a car crash in Hartford, Conn., on two pet baby snakes that he said escaped from his pants pockets as he was driving.
Hartford police Sgt. Christene Mertes said animal control officers never found the snakes and police have been unable to confirm his story.
Associated Press
CLARIFICATION
Wednesday's article "White Owl claims to be banned from campus" should have stated Curtis Marsh, program director for KU Info, was skeptical that the administration would ban White Owl from campus.
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