in other words "It was really freaky, actually. He was smiling." Lynda Satelmajer, of Brampton, Ontario, on watching Kirk Jones float by on his back in the Niagara River on his way over Niagara Falls Monday
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Correction
wednesday, October 22, 2003
Wednesday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, Weblogs connect University groups, stated that Justin McFarland is a senior from Lawrence. McFarland is a junior from Lenexa.
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Kansas City man found dead after standoff with police
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man was found dead in his Kansas City home yesterday after a standoff with police.
Authorities were called around 3 a.m. yesterday after the man became upset and shot at his brother and nephew inside the home. The man continued to shoot at the brother and nephew as they fled. They were not injured.
Authorities did not release the man's name, pending notification of relatives but he would have been 26 on Friday. The cause of death also was not released
When officers arrived, they heard a gunshot from inside the home. Officers weren't sure if the man had shot himself or if he was shooting at them.
The officers called in a tactical team and about five hours later, those officers went into the home where they found the man dead.
Jeff Jacobsen, University of Kansas Athletics photographer, right, shot a photo of the softball team on the lawn in front of Allen Fieldhouse. Jacobsen photographs all Kansas varsity sports teams.
Ordnance Detachment examined the item and discovered there was nothing inside the pipe, Berges said.
Sheriff Cpt. Rudy Goetsch was on routine patrol when he spotted the item at the side of the road around noon.
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Suspicious PVC pipe stops traffic on part of Interstate 70
Traffic headed in both directions was detoured through Junction City and along a frontage road for about an hour.
Fairgrounds to change with renovation and construction
JUNCTION CITY — Authorities closed a one-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in eastern Kansas for about an hour yesterday after finding a suspicious piece of PVC pipe on a westbound ramp.
New restrooms and a cooling system will be added to the Pride of Kansas Building under a $1.2 million renovation project.
HUTCHINSON — Renovations and construction to the Kansas fairgrounds are under way, with plans to add a new livestock arena and cooling system to another building at the fair.
The Cattleman's Steakhouse, dairy pavilion and birthing center were demolished for a new 95,000-square-foot Multipurpose Livestock Arena.
Garry Berges, Geary County emergency management director, said the pipe had duct tape wrapped around both ends.
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The $2.9 million metal building will include two show arenas for beef cattle and dairy cows, and will also house the Cattleman's Steakhouse restaurant.
The birthing center will move to the rabbit barn, with more space for people to watch farm animals giving birth.
A new $100,000 public water fountain also is being built, as well as a $900,000 maintenance shop.
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Man survives fall over Niagara Falls, may be fined
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — A man who went over Niagara Falls with only the clothes on his back and survived will be charged with illegally performing a stunt, park police said yesterday.
Kirk Jones, 40, of Canton, Mich., is the first person known to have gone over
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“Our people went down in the gorge and got him,” Merrett said. “That’s why we don't condone this. It puts all of our people — the fire department, the paramedics, everyone — at risk to do the rescues. That's why we are so adamant
Niagara Falls without safety devices and lived. He could be fined $10,000.
Stunned tourists described seeing Jones float by on his back Monday in the swift Niagara River, go headfirst over the churning 180-foot waterfall and then pull himself out of the water onto the rocks below.
"He just looked calm. He just was gliding by so fast. I was in shock really that I saw a person go by," Brenda McMullen told WIVB-TV in Buffalo.
Jones was not seriously injured and was hospitalized in Niagara Falls in stable condition.
Brian Merrett, chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission, called the stunt "stupid."
about stunting."
Police said they were ruling out the possibility of a suicide attempt.
"We're investigating it as an intentional act," Niagara Parks Police Inspector Paul Fortier said. He said psychological tests were being conducted at the hospital.
Efforts to reach Jones by telephone at the hospital were unsuccessful. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer.
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