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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
"Eighty percent of success is showing up."
— Woody Allen
In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving people slipping on skins.
FACT OF THE DAY
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INTERNATIONAL
1. At least 24 people die in Amazon plane crash
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Four people at the rear of a plane that crashed in a muddy Amazon river managed to open an emergency door and swim to safety as the aircraft sank, dragging at least 24 others to their death.
Most victims were members of a single family that chartered the plane to travel to a birthday party, authorities said Sunday.
Divers recovered two dozen bodies from the twin turboprop plane that plunged into the Manacapuru river in a heavy rain-storm Saturday afternoon.
Authorities said they would investigate whether the plane, with a capacity of 21, had too many passengers.
2. New Zealand takes light pollution initiative
TEKAPO, New Zealand — Where other places greet the night by lighting up their streets, this one goes the other way — low-energy sodium lamps are
shielded from above, and household lights must face down, not up.
The town of 830 people on New Zealand's South Island is on a mission to protect the sight of the night sky, even as it disappears behind light and haze in many parts of the world.
HEALESVILLE, Australia — The landscape was blackened as far as the eye could see by the deadliest wildfires in Australia's history.
The ultimate prize would be UNESCO's approval for the first "starlight reserve."
It's estimated that about one fifth of the world's population and more than two-thirds in the U.S. cannot see the Milky Way from their homes.
Marysville was one of several towns in the country's Victoria state devastated by the inferno, which destroyed 700 homes. Some victims were burned in their homes, others died in their cars as they fled.
3. Australia's landscape blackened by wildfires
NATIONAL
LINCOLN, Neb. — Lawmakers in 12 states are considering bills that would offer or require ultrasounds before a woman gets an abortion;
NATIONAL
4. Changes considered for abortion laws in 12 states
— Kansas: A doctor would have to tell a woman at least 30 minutes before performing an abortion that she has the right to view an ultrasound image and listen to the heartbeat.
— Missouri: A doctor or other "qualified professional" would have to offer the woman the chance to see an ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. They'd also have to provide a list of services that perform ultrasounds free.
5. Sales of pills increase after awareness efforts
WASHINGTON — Two drug-makers spent millions of dollars last year to raise awareness of a murky illness, helping boost sales of pills recently approved as treatments. Key components of the industry-funded buzz over
the pain-and-fatigue ailment fibromyalgia are grants — more than 56 million donated by drugmakers Eli Lilly and Pfizer in the first three quarters of 2008 — to nonprofit groups for medical conferences and educational campaigns, an Associated Press analysis found.
Fibromyalgia draws skepticism because the cause is unknown and there are no tests to confirm a diagnosis.
6. Organ recipients meet family of shooting victim
CLIFTON, N.J. — Five fortunate organ recipients are meeting the New Jersey family whose loss became their gain.
They were attending a memorial service Sunday for 25-year-old Dennis John Mallosseri. He died in a shooting in Clifton last November.
His heart, liver, both kidneys, pancreas and lungs were donated. The five recipients attended the memorial.
Associated Press
What do you think? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR IDEAL VALENTINE'S DAY DATE?
BY CLAYTON ASHLEY
EMILY MAJERLE Olathe freshman "Just the two of us, eating Chinese food and staying home."
ASHLEY PETITJEAN
Arcaria junior
"The heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's!"
ANDY ROMAN
Olathe sophomore
"A nice dinner at a fancy restaurant and then a nice romantic movie, and a nice suite in a hotel room."
TYLER ROBERTS
Larned sophomore
"A nice dinner at home and just a nice romantic evening after that."
to the ground outside the judge's car.
ODD NEWS
Escapee hides in sheriff's trunk for about an hour
A deputy checked the car and found the boy in the trunk.
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — A Michigan judge says he's learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle's
trunk.
Sheriff's deputies searched for about an hour until a security officer became suspicious when he saw a picture that had fallen
The Macomb Daily reports the teen had vanished Friday after appearing in juvenile court in Mount Clemens on a probation violation.
and cannibals to hoffles LONDON — A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well
Milkman delivers milk
as bottles of milk
Robert Holding, 72, delivered marijuana as he made his daily rounds in the town of Burnely, in northwestern England.
Prosecutor Sarah Statham said Friday that Holding offered drugs to elderly customers suffering from aches and pain.
ON CAMPUS
The New Staff Orientation workshop will begin at 8 a.m. in 204 JRP Hall
The SUA Valentine's Day Open House will begin at 11 a.m. in the Kansas Union Lobby.
The Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series public event will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The "Encouraging Student Contributions to Wikipedia" workshop will begin at 12 p.m. in 135 Budig Hall.
The Judicial Appointments student group event will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 104 Hall.
The "Supersstrings, Supersymmetry, and the Fate of the Universe" lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in 2074 Malot Hall.
The Research and Graduate Studies Convocation public event will begin at 3 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium.
The Research and Graduate Studies Reception will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Traditions Area in the Kansas Union.
The "Eurydice" performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall.
Students interested in contributing to an improved bus system can weigh on issues today at 3 p.m. in the McCook room in the Union. This meeting will discuss routes and schedules. The city and KU are working to coordinate efforts between the Lawrence Transit system and KU on Wheels and are looking for input from students who use the bus system.
BUSES KU on Wheels and city to hold meeting
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In the mid-1900s, there was a seven hole golf course on campus, right next to Potter Lake. Check out www.kuhistory com for other interesting historical tidbits.
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