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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ERIDAY JANUARY 23, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
Martin Luther King Jr.
When a vulture's dinner has a hide too thick for his beak to open, he waits for a larger scavenger to eat first.
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL 1. UN will move quickly to help fund Gaza repairs
2. Two men executed in tainted milk case
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The United Nations will quickly raise money for emergency repairs in the Gaza Strip, the world's humanitarian chief promised Thursday after witnessing what he called shocking destruction from the three-week war between Israel and Hamas.
But U.N. aid chief John Holmes and another senior U.N. official acknowledged they have no fallback plan if reconstruction is snagged by the power struggle between Gaza's militant Hamas rulers and their moderate Palestinian rivals in the West Bank.
SHUJAZHUANG, China — A Chinese court sentenced two men to death and a dairy boss to life in prison Thursday for their roles in producing and selling infant formula tainted with melamine, a deadly industrial chemical added to watered-
The swift trial and harsh sentences show Beijing's resolve in tackling the country's stubborn food safety problems and an aegement by the communist leadership to move past the embarrassing scandal.
3. Slumping oil prices force Iraq to cut budget
down milk in order to fool inspectors and increase profits
BAGHDAD — Iraq's government will have dramatically less money to spend this yeartan expected because of plunging oil prices — a dire economic situation that's already forced the country to slash rebuilding plans by 40 percent. The Associated Press has learned. Asthe U.S. seeks a timetable for withdrawal, cutbacks on spending and jobs could trigger heightened violence.
NATIONAL
4. Teen to plead guilty in murder of mother
U. S. commanders have repeatedly warned that without speedy economic development and reconstruction, the sharp improvements in security since the U.S.troop surge of 2007 could be at risk.
BALTIMORE — A Maryland teenager plans to plead guilty to bludgeoning his mother to death after an argument over his grades at a prestigious private school, attorneys for both sides said Thursday.
Lewin C. Powell III, 16, will plead guilty to first-degree murder at a hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday, the lawyers said. A statement of facts to be read in court by prosecutors will include Powell's detailed explanation of how and why he killed his mother, assistant state's attorney Charles R. Gayle said.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The state's attorney general agreed Wednesday to investigate claims made by the mayor of Portland that he lied to cover up a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old boy.
5. Mayor investigated for sex with teen, male intern
Portland Mayor Sam Adams
admitted this week that he lied to cover up his relationship with a teenage legislative intern because a potential mayoral can didate had spread rumors that Adams had sex with a minor.
Adams, who is 45, said the teen was 17 when they met in 2005, and that the relationship did not turn sexual until the boy turned 18. He said he lied because he was afraid voters wouldn't believe that his young lover had turned 18 before they started having sex.
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. will make the first mass layoffs in its 34-year history, cutting 5,000 jobs as demand for personal computers falls and even one of the world's richest companies gets burned by the recession.
6. Microsoft lays off 5,000 because of bad economy
The company announced the cuts Thursday as it reported an 11 percent drop in second-quarter profit, which fell short of Wall Street's expectations.
Associated Press
What do you think?
BY BARBARA PLATTS
DOYOU THINK CELL PHONES ARE GOING TO REPLACE LAND LINES?
TORI BERROTH
Topeka freshman
RACHEL ALLEN
Hutchinson junior
"Yes. My parents pay my cell phone bill and I don't think they would do that for a land line. There are no family plans for land lines."
TOMMY WATGEN
Lawrence freshman
"Yes, I do, because now you can use your cell phone even at home. And you don't need an answering machine with a cell phone."
"No, I don't think so. You don't have to charge your home phones and you can't lose a connection with landlines as easily."
ALEX HERRON San Antonio senio
"I think they already have. Most of the people I know who live in apartments don't even bother with landlines."
ODD NEWS
Animal cruelty charges filed for 'gothic kittens'
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A woman who marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet has been charged with animal cruelty and
Dog groomer Holly Crawford,
34, was charged Tuesday by humane officers. Her home outside Wilkes-Barre was raided Dec.17 after the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County received a tip from PETA that she was marketing the
conspiracy.
Crawford told The Associated Press on Thursday that she didn't see any difference between piercing a cat and piercing a human. She said she used sterile needles and surgical soap and that she checked the kittens several times a day to make sure they were healing properly.
"When I did it, it wasn't with any cruel intentions," said Crawford, of rural Ross Township. "They were definitely loved, well-fed, no fleas, clipped nails. And they were happy."
Crawford has said she will plead innocent.
Crawford, who sports her own body piercings, said she decided on a whim to pierce the ears and neck of a stray kitten she took in last fall and named Snarley Monster.
She said she docked the cat's tail because it was badly damaged and that the animal was not intended for sale.
animals online for hundreds of dollars.
"There's no excuse for inflicting such pain on an animal that's the size of your palm," she said.
Morrison charged Crawford and William Blansett, 37, of Sweet Valley, each with three misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, three summary counts of cruelty and three counts of conspiracy.
Daphna Nachminovitch, a vice president for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, called the piercings "barbaric."
Crawford said Blansett helped take calls about the kittens but that he had nothing to do with the piercings.
piercings through their ears and submission rings at the napes of their necks. One kitten's tail was docked.
SPCA Officer Carol Morrison said the kittens had 14-gauge
A number for Blansett could not be located.
Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
The Blackboard Strategies and Tools workshop will begin at 9 a.m. in 6 Budig Hall.
The Second Life Overview lecture will begin at noon in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
EN S r
The EndNote I in 60 Minutes workshop will begin at noon in the library computer lab on the Edwards Campus.
EN
The "Utopia 2012 Mayanism and the Long Count in Popular Imagination" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The TGIF social event will begin at 4 p.m. in the Adams Alumni Center.
The "Time Travel: Fact or Fiction" lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in 2001 Malott.
"The Meeting Place Can't Be Changed" will be shown at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall.
The SUA Feature Film "High School Musical 3" will begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium.
ON THE RECORD
On Monday, a KU student reported criminal trespassing
On Thursday, a KU student reported damage to a double pane window.
On Jan. 10, a KU student reported a $4.50 six-pack of beer stolen.
On Wednesday, the Lawrence Police Department reported that:
On Sunday, two KU students reported battery at separate locations and another student reported a handicap placard stolen from a vehicle.
Mike Bontrager
Police were called to a dormitory at East Carolina University three times Tuesday as hundreds of students pelted each other with snow, The Daily Reflector of Greenville reported. The college is in a part of the state which doesn't get snow often, but a rare storm dropped several inches on campus that day.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. — Authorities at a North Carolina college say a huge snowball fight got out of control, forcing campus police to use pepper spray on some students to contain the rowdy crowd.
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