====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0534_1 from reel: NP 14929 (2009-08-17 to 2009-11-13) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/45886 Title: Funeral Home Makes Use of Billboards Summary: Iles Funeral Home in Des Moines uses electronic billboards to display funeral service announcements, a modern approach to traditional funeral notifications. Category: national news Subjects: funeral services; advertising; billboards; death industry Named Entities: Baker, Dwight Leroy; Iles Funeral Homes Confidence: 0.85 Title: Ex-Judge Charged in Sex Abuse Case Summary: Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas charged with sex abuse and kidnapping, resigned in 2007 amid allegations. Category: national news Subjects: legal proceedings; sexual abuse; judicial ethics; criminal justice Named Entities: Thomas, Herman [former judge]; Johnson, Maria [student body president] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Police Shoot Man in California Dorm Fight Summary: Police at California State University shot a man during a dormitory fight, with three campus officers responding to the incident. Category: national news Subjects: campus safety; police use of force; student housing; criminal incidents Named Entities: California State University Confidence: 0.8 Title: Halloween Costumes Getting Gory Summary: Article discusses the trend of increasingly violent and gory Halloween costumes for children, with perspectives from parents and industry experts. Category: features/profiles Subjects: holiday traditions; halloween costumes; consumer culture; parenting Named Entities: Schwartzberg, Joel; Chapman, Cindy Confidence: 0.8 Title: What's That Smell? Summary: Public safety advisory about natural gas leaks, including detection methods, emergency procedures, and contact information for Black Hills Energy. Category: informational content Subjects: natural gas safety; public safety; energy utilities Named Entities: Black Hills Energy Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Black Hills Energy; KU Continuing Education Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.