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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL 1. Politician allowed to campaign while detained
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian election officials say a jailed opposition politician can campaign for vice president from behind bars.
2. Military ruler agrees to cooperate in investigation
Former Pando state Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez is being held without charges while authorities investigate a clash that killed at least 15 people on his government's watch.
Bolivia's National Electoral Court announced Tuesday that Fernandez can campaign from a La Paz jail because he is detained as a precautionary measure and has not been charged.
UNITED NATIONS — Guinea's military ruler has promised to cooperate with an international commission to investigate last month's attack on unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators
that left dozens dead and many injured, according to a senior U.N. official.
Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara has written a letter promising the government will cooperate with the commission, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios said Wednesday.
3. Police in contact with armed gunman in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta — Police are negotiating with a gunman reported to be holding as many as nine hostages in a building close to the Alberta legislature.
"We do believe there are hostages," Wuite said. "Our officers are speaking with the man and working very diligently to bring this to a peaceful conclusion."
close to the federal legislature.
Edmonton police spokesman
Jeff Wuite said they received a report Wednesday of a man armed with a hunting rifle inside the Workers' Compensation Board building in downtown Edmonton in the western Canadian province of Alberta.
NATIONAL
4. Thunderstorms force plane to reroute landing
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Firefighters had to raise a ladder to help passengers off a Continental Express commuter flight that was diverted to a small New Mexico airport because of bad weather.
SEATTLE — A second trial has begun to determine whether a mentally ill man who stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others, was legally insane at the time.
Flight 2025 from Houston's intercontinental airport was bound Tuesday for Albuquerque. Because of violent thunderstorms, the aircraft initially was diverted to Santa Fe but couldn't land there because of high winds and was rerouted to Los Alamos. The airport there has no equipment to serve commercial flights.
5. Second trial in progress to determine mental state
Naveed Haq's first trial ended
with jurors deadlocked on that issue.
Deputy King County prosecutor Don Raz began his opening statement Wednesday by detailing the preparations Haq made for the shooting spree at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, including several trips to gun stores and two documents he wrote criticizing Israel and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
6. Security guard arrested for threat against Obama
NEWARK, N.J. — A private security guard at Newark airport in New Jersey has been arrested on charges of threatening President Barack Obama.
Obama is scheduled to land at Newark Liberty International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is campaigning for Gov. Jon Corzine.
Port Authority spokesman John Kelly says 55-year-old John Breck allowed police to search his Linden home. He says of officers found 43 firearms.
Associated Press
NATURE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blue whale makes rare appearance on shore
SANFRANCISCO — A 70-foot female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The whale was first spotted on shore near Fort Braggin Mendocino County Monday night, hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few miles away, said Joe Cordaro, a wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's marine fisheries service.
A 70-foot female blue whale, that officials believe was struck by a ship, is shown in this photo provided by Larry R. Wagner. The whale washed ashore on the Northern California coast Tuesday近 Fort Bragg, Calif., and has a hash on its back estimated to be more than 8 feet long.
Blue whales are the world's largest mammals.
Students from California State University, Humboldt, examined the whale's massive body Tuesday as it lay on its side in a rocky cove.
"I was personally jazzed just to see the animal," said Thor Holmes, a lecturer in mammology at the school. He has examined other whale species that washed ashore but never a blue whale.
The whale had two gashes on its back — at least one of which was deep enough to cut through the blubber down to the vertebral column, Holmes said.
It otherwise appeared to be in good health.
It's unusual for blue whales to wash ashore, Cordara said. Last week, another blue whale washed up in Monterey-County after being hit by a ship.
Before that, the last time a blue whale washed onto a California beach was 2007.
The whales are "usually far offshore, deep water animals,"
Cordaro said.
Although blue whales are considered endangered, experts say they have recently made a comeback and now number several thousand.
Some blue whales feed in the waters off Central and Northern California this time of year then migrate elsewhere to breed, said
Dawn Goley, an associate professor of zoology at the Humboldt campus.
Researchers have taken skin and blubber samples from the beached animal to see what contaminants it may have been exposed to and what population group it comes from.
The Kansas Economic Policy Conference will be held all day at the Kansas Union.
ON CAMPUS
The KU School of Music REC 100 Recital will begin at 10 a.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The "Ethnography and the Study of Culture in Action" lecture will begin at noon in 706 Fraser.
The "Gulf Citizens: Mexican Petroleum Workers at Home and Abroad" lecture will beg at noon in 318 Bailey.
Coffee with the Dean will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 425 in Watson Library.
Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union lobby.
"The Politics of Piracy in Somalia" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the English Room in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
About 4 a.m. Monday near 7th and Florida streets, a University student reported a burglary and the theft of a laptop, at a loss of $2,000.
About 4 a.m. Monday near Crestline and University drives, a University student reported an auto burglary and theft of a GPS, at a total loss of $350.
About 3 p.m. Monday near 13th street and Sunnyside Avenue, someone reported criminal damage to his or her vehicle, at a loss of $700.
At 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Underground at Wescoe Hall, someone reported the theft of a $10 bill.
About 9 a.m. Tuesday near the Jayhawker Towers Apartments, someone was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
About 10 a.m. Tuesday near Watson Library, someone reported an assault.
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ANITIES LECTURE SERIES 2009-2010
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.
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We're Number 37! Why Other Countries Have Better, Fairer,and Cheaper Health Care than the USA
T. R. REID
October 22, 2009 | 7:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
T. R. Reid has become one of the nation's best-known correspondents through his coverage of global affairs for The Washington Post, his books and documentaries, and his light-hearted commentaries on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. In this presentation Reid will draw from his 2009 book, The Healing of America, to explore a variety of models that other countries use to provide reliable, affordable healthcare to their populations.
This series is co-sponsored by Kansas Public Radio. Partial funding for the Humanites Lecture Series is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities 2000 Challenge Grant.
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