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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
Benjamin Franklin
FACT OF THE DAY
Harvard and Yale universities awarded Benjamin Franklin honorary degrees. In 1762, Oxford University honored him with a doctorate.
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Floods in El Salvador lead to at least 91 deaths
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people, the government said Sunday.
Dozens are still missing, and about 7,000 are in shelters, Interior Minister Humberto Centeno told a news conference.
Authorities had to use helicopters to reach some of the most severely affected townships, Centeno added.
In the capital of San Salvador, authorities reported 61 dead including a family of four — two adults and two children — who were killed when a mudslide buried their home Sunday morning, Red Cross spokesman Carlos Lopez Mendez reported.
Central San Vicente province was also hit hard, with 23 killed there.
The rest died in other parts of the country, Vice Interior Minister Ernesto Zelayandia told The Associated Press. Most of the victims were buried by slides or carried away by raging rivers.
2. Honduran prosecutor ambushed by gunmen
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras —
Honduran police say gunmen
ambushed a convoy carrying
the country's top prosecutor, but
neither he nor his bodyguards
Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato says Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi was riding on a northern highway when assailants opened fire Saturday night
were harmed.
Cerrato says no one was hurt. One car was damaged.
3. School expels woman checkled for choice of dress
He did not give a motive Sunday but speculated that the attack could be an attempt to "provoke unease in the country."
SAO PAULO — A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short, pink dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to publicly accuse her of immorality.
The private Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Sao Paulo, said 20-year-old Geisy Arruda disrespected "ethical principles, academic dignity and morality"
Arruda made headlines last month when she had to be escorted away by police after she tried to go to class wearing the mini-dress. She put on a professor's white coat and left amid a hall of insults and curses.
Video of the Oct. 22 incident was posted on YouTube and picked up by Brazilian networks. Arruda has since appeared frequently on TV, saying she is struggling to return to normal life after being humiliated.
NATIONAL 4. Fort Hood suspect in critical. stable condition
FORT HOOD, Texas — A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition.
Spokesman Col, John Rossi told reporters on Sunday at Fort Hood that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is still hospitalized in Texas. He was taken off a ventilator on Saturday.
Hasan was shot during an exchange of gunfire during Thursday's attack. The military moved him on Friday to Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood.
PHILADELPHIA — No new talks are scheduled as the strike by Philadelphia bus drivers, subway and trolley conductors and mechanics enters its second work week following the collapse of a proposed deal.
Thirteen people were killed and 29 others wounded in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood.
5. Transportation strike continues in Philadelphia
The largest union of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority workers wants an independent audit of pension funds. The union is also rejecting language that could reopen the contract if SEPTA's costs increase due to national health care reform.
Gov. Ed Rendell had been brokering the talks until they broke off Saturday evening. He wants union members to vote on the contract proposal Monday. Transport Workers Local 234 president Willie Brown says the union's constitution will not permit that.
A 2005 SEPTA strike lasted seven days, while a 1998 transit strike lasted for 40 days.
SEPTA averages more than 928,000 trips each weekday.
6. St. Louis authorities arrest shooting suspect
EAST ST. LOUIS, III. — Investigators on Sunday captured a man they believe opened fire on a car parked at a gas station, killing three women, including an acquaintance of the suspect, state investigators said. Children inside the bullet-riddled vehicle escaped harm.
All the wounded in Saturday night's shooting outside the Crown Food Mart in East St. Louis were shot several times, mostly in the torso, and died later at a hospital, Illinois State Police Lt. James Morrissey said. At least one victim knew the gunman, Morrissey said, though the precise relationship was not clear.
Jay Makhluf, a co-owner of the convenience store, told The Associated Press he was working behind the counter when he heard what sounded like about 14 gunshots.
Associated Press
What do you think? BY ELLEN SHEETEL
What is your favorite part about Thanksgiving?
JASON ESLICK
Andover sophomore
"My grandma's desserts. They're the best."
JOESPH HATAM Park Ridge, Ill., graduate student "Family and some good food."
JOESPH HATTAM
CHET BATSON Wichita graduate student "The weather and trees."
ERIN DIEL
Overland Park sophomore
"I love having my family come over."
ERIN DIEL
ON CAMPUS
Peace and Conflict Studies "Meet and Greet" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
The Hallmark Design Symposium will begin at 6 p.m in 3139 Wescoe.
The KU School of Music Wind Ensemble concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
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Once considered the only U.S. survivor of Custer's Last Stand, a 7th Cavalry horse named Comanche died 109 years ago Saturday. The horse was then brought to KU to be preserved and is still displayed today at our Museum of Natural History.
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AWARD Graduate does not win green girl competition
Juliana Tran, who graduated from the University last May, did not come back from Los Angeles with the green "it girl" title. Tran was a finalist in Project Green Search's campaign to award the title to a woman with a background in environmentalism. Tran competed against models and environmental professionals.
Though she didn't win, she said she returned to Austin, Texas, with a few new contacts in the industry and a great time.
"It was a great experience," Tran said. "I met a lot of smart, genuine, inspirational people and networking contacts."
Rachel Avalon, of L.A., won the title Friday.
— Aly Van Dyke
NATIONAL Obama urges senators to pass health reform
WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama and his administration on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
Associated Press
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