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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better ... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more."
- Woody Allen
FACT OF THE DAY
Scorpions are fluorescent under ultraviolet light.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NASSAU
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
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1. Sophomore charged with animal cruelty has been released from custody
2. Holmes: United States lacking Public Service Academy
3. Letter: 'Tip' doesn't stand for 'Thanks, I pass'
4. Dodd: That feeling comes back again
5. Students, faculty remember crash victim
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INTERNATIONAL 1.Iranian president says discussion is welcome
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said Tuesday the world was "entering an era of dialogue" and that his country would welcome talks with its longtime adversary, the United States, if they are based on mutual respect.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement during a rally celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution comes a day after President Barack Obama said his administration was looking for opportunities to engage Iran and pledged to rethink United States' relationship with Tehran.
The hard-line Iranian leader said terrorism, the elimination of nuclear weapons, restructuring the U.N. Security Council and fighting drug trafficking could be topics for the two sides to talk about.
2. Vehicle sales in China surpass those in the U.S.
SHANGHAI — China's monthly vehicle sales surpassed those in the United States for the first time in January, moving this country closer to becoming the world's biggest auto market, data released Tuesday showed.
With its growing middle class and vast potential as a consumer market, China is vital for General
Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp. as they count on demand here to offset weakness in the U.S. and elsewhere.
China's vehicle market has grown dramatically in recent years, overtaking Japan in 2006 to become the world's second-largest by annual sales. With 1.3 billion people, China will inevitably leapfrog the U.S., with a population of 300 million, into the No.1 spot, industry experts say.
3. Safety features slow startup of atom smasher
GENEVA — Additional safety features being added to the world's largest atom smasher will postpone its startup until the end of September, a year after the $10 billion machine was sidelined by a simple electrical fault, the operator said Tuesday.
The cost of the repairs and added safety features has yet to be determined, but it will be covered by the regular budget of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, spokeswoman Christine Sutton said.
The massive machine was built to smash protons from hydrogen atoms into each other at high energy and record what particles are produced by the collisions, giving scientists a better idea of the makeup of the universe and everything in it.
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4. Severe storms damage power lines, structures
OKLAHOMA CITY — Severe storms knocked down power lines and damaged structures Tuesday afternoon in central Oklahoma.
Tornado sirens were activated, and television news video appeared to show a tornado and debris in the air in a rural area. School children were being kept in locked-down schools until the storm passed.
Lara O'Leary, a spokeswoman for Emergency Management Services Authority, said one injury had been reported so far, of a person who was cut by glass.
5. Police chase ends when suspect shoots self
LOS ANGELES — An assault suspect led Los Angeles police on a chase in a luxury sedan for more than three hours before shooting himself in the head as he sat in the car surrounded by armed officers, police said. He died hours later.
The low-speed pursuit covered several Southern California freeways Monday night before the man came to a stop on a street near Universal Studios very close to where the chase began.
About 90 minutes later, television news video showed three large armored vehicles surround the car and SWAT team members
approach it with guns drawn. They broke the white sedan's pas senger window and opened the door, but the man had already shot himself.
Police said the man was suspected of assault with a deadly weapon on his girlfriend. They also suspected from the start of the chase that he was armed.
6. Army deserter returns, may face criminal charges
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sporting a dragon tattoo on his forearm and skulls on both biceps, Cliff Cornell looks tough. But he dissolves into tears as he reflects on his return to the Army four years after he fled to Canada to avoid the war in Iraq.
Cornell, 29, of Mountain Home, Ark., turned himself in to military police Tuesday afternoon at nearby Fort Stewart, where he'll likely face criminal charges for abandoning his unit before it deployed to Iraq in January 2005.
He said he fled because he doesn't think the war has improved the lives of Iraqis, and he couldn't stomach the thought of killing.
"During my training, I was ordered that, if anyone came within so many feet of my vehicle, I was to shoot to kill," said Cornell, who enlisted in 2002 but never deployed to war. "I didn't join the military to kill innocents."
Associated Press
Megan Miller, Overland Park sophomore
JayhawkShuffle
Why is it important to listen to the classics?
The first 10 songs on shuffle on her iPod:
it's tested. I like classic rock like The Stooges and Ramones, becauseuse unlike some new
bands
bands that just got together by a contract, they took their time and sent a message."
1. "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls
2. "Four Horsemen" by The Clash
3. "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles
4. "Why Can't I?" by Liz Phair
5. "L.A. Blues" by The Stooges
6. "We're Not Gonna Take It" by The Who
7. "Pinhead" by the Ramones
8. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by Panic! At The Disco
9. "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
10. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
ON CAMPUS
The "Blackboard Strategies and Tools" workshop will begin at 9 a.m. in 6 Budig.
The Ujamaa Brown Bag/Kansas African Studies Center/ Traditional Music in Modern Senegal lecture will begin at 11:30 p.m. in Alcove K in the Kansas Union.
- Alex Rothman
The "Using Internet Corpora and Search Engines in Research" workshop will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The "Representations of Women's Work in Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Madrid: Beyond Costumbrismo" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The "Access 2007: Queries" workshop will begin at 1 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The "Considering Obesity: KU Research on Brain, Body, Behavior Connections" public event will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 164 Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
The "Dreamweaver: Creating Web Pages" workshop will begin at 1 p.m. in the Instruction Center in Anschutz Library.
The "Osher Institute: Faiths of Our Founders" seminar will begin at 2 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The "Osher Institute: Peace, Prayer, Politics & Pilgrimage: Islam Behind the Headlines" seminar will begin at 2 p.m. in 151 Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
"The Dating Game Show"
student group event will
begin at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff
Auditorium.
The Immi Winds, chamber quintet concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
The "Eurydice" performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall.
The University Career Fair is today! From 2 to 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom, employers will be promoting their job openings. You don't have to be a graduating senior to attend.
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