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QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants."
— A. Whitney Brown, comedian
FACT OF THE DAY
Ancient Egyptians used garlic not only for cooking but also for embalming.
—wisconsinfreshproduce.org
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1. To hell and back
2. Exhibit displays senators' friendship
3. Xavier Henry adapts to life in Lawrence
4. Boulevard Brewery releases Pilsner lager
5. City debates approving a lawto liberalize downtown's alcohol policy
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Gunmen slay eight in northwestern Mexico
CULIACAN, Sinaloa — Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people, an official said Sunday.
A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were among the victims of the shooting Saturday night in Navolato, a Pacific coast town in Sinaloa state, said Martin Robles, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office. Another was the 20-year-old daughter of a local policeman.
Police had no information on a possible motive.
2. Tightrope walker climbs Germany's highest slope
BERLIN — A Swiss tightrope walker has staged a spectacular climb up a steep cable on the slopes of Germany's highest mountain.
Freddy Nock scaled the 3,264 foot (995-meter)-long cable car line on the Zuspizite mountain
Sunday, using only a balancing pole.
Nock gained 1,141 feet (348 meters) in altitude during the climb, which took him 50 minutes.
He was watched by some 1,800 spectators. He finished his climb at 9.655 feet (2.943 meters).
Nock used the climb to raise more than €13,300 ($19,000) for charity.
3. Opposition party wins historic election in Japan
TOKYO — Japan's opposition swept to a historic victory in elections Sunday, crushing the ruling conservative party that has run the country for most of the postwar era and assuming the daunting task of pulling the economy out of its worst slump since World War II.
A grim-looking Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat just a couple hours after polls had closed, suggesting he would quit as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for all but 11 months since 1955.
NATIONAL
4. N.M. police to charge
10-year-old in murder
BELEN, N.M. — Police in New Mexico say a 10-year-old-boy will be charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father.
Belen Police say the boy called authorities, who arrived at the family's home Thursday to find 42-year-old Byron Hilburn shot once in the head.
Police say the boy used his own rifle to shoot his father.
Police say the boy told them he thought his father was disciplining him too harshly.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A sheriff's deputy said in an e-mail that he made the right decision when he zapped a woman with a stun gun during a traffic stop in a Syracuse suburb this year, a newspaper reported Sunday.
5. Deputy doesn't regret using stun gun on woman
Sean Andrews, in a message obtained by the Post-Standard and published Sunday on its Web
site, said the video taken from the dashboard of the Onondaga County officer's car "alone does not look good to the public because the general public have difficulty putting themselves in a cop's position." But he says he was justified in using the Taser on her.
6. Financial analyst finds new work as custodian
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A year's worth of failed job leads prepared Richard Briggs for anything, including night shifts as a Minnesota State Fair custodian.
For $8.50 an hour, the out-of-work financial analyst vacuums and cleans bathrooms in fairground buildings. Briggs, 38, said he's "something of a curiosity" among his co-workers.
A crippled economy has sent droves of unemployed and underemployed people to fairs nationwide.
"You know, they don't hire financial analysts to clean the sidewalks." Briggs said.
Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
"The Beautiful Necessity": Emerson and the Stoic Tradition" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The KU Department of Design-Hallmark Design Symposium Series will begin at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe Hall.
ODD NEWS Sometimes it takes a village to raise a cat
MANHATTAN, Kan. — How many people does it take to raise a cat? At a church in Manhattan, a whole church is pitching in.
That's because Sedalia keeps returning to Sedalia Community Church even when families take him home.
So churchgoers started bringing the amenities to Sedalia. The cat now has a heated water dish, an insulated dog house and a heating pad. All keep Sedalia warm in the water.
Pastor Kevin Larson says the cat has no reason to leave.
Associated Press
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He's got the beat
Greg Enemy, a Lawrence rappers, performs in front of the Kansas Union Friday for the Student Activity's "Tunes at Noon" event, which is held every Friday from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Samples of Enemy's songs can be found at http://myspace.org/argenemv.
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
ODD NEWS Florida police using stimulus money as bait
MIAMI — Police in Florida are using the promise of a stimulus check to make some arrests.
Authorities in Fort Lauderdale say they sent letters to fugitives offering them stimulus money. The suspects were asked to call a hot line and set up an appointment to pick up a check from an auditorium where "South Florida Stimulus Coalition" banners hung.
When the fugitives arrived, they were identified and about 75 were arrested on offenses ranging from grand theft to fraud to attempted murder.
Police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa says the two-day sting was dubbed "Operation Show Me The Money." Sousa says the sting saved man hours and allowed police to make arrests in a controlled environment.
First date in Michigan ends with a stolen car
FERNDALE, Mich. — Police in Michigan say a first date went from bad to worse when a Detroit man skipped out on the restaurant bill, then stole his date's car.
Police say 23-year-old Terrance Dejuan McCoy had dinner with a woman April 24 at Buffalo Wild Wings in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale. The woman says the two met a week earlier at aDetroit casino and she knew McCoy only as "Chris"
The woman told police that McCoy said he left his wallet in her car and asked for keys. He then sped away in the 2000 Chevrolet impala.
Associated Press
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