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THE UNIVERSITY JANRY KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009
Dr. Smiley Blanton
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ODD NEWS Police embarrassed by burglary at station
NORTH BEND, Ore. — A brazen burglar picked the wrong place to target: a police station.
Police Chief Steve Scibelli said it was pretty embarrassing to have a hit hit his downtown station last week, stealing a radio, two stun guns and a Crown Victoria patrol car. The one saving grace is that police made a quick arrest.
"I'm so upset about it, I can't even find any humor in it," Scibelli told The Register-Guard newspaper. "It's pretty embarrassing."
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1. Protestor compares President with Hitler
DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Rep. Barney Frank lashed out at protester who held a poster depicting President Barack Obama with a Hitler-style mustache during a heated town hall meeting on federal health care reform.
"On what planet do you spend most of your time?" Frank asked the woman, who had stepped up to the podium at a southeastern Massachusetts senior center to ask why Frank supports what she called a Nazi policy.
2. Life expectancy rises to new high of about 78 years
ATLANTA — U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government said Wednesday.
The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all
the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.
The new U.S. data is a preliminary report based on about 90 percent of the death certificates collected in 2007. It comes from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3. Funeral home brings wrong body to viewing
PHILADELPHIA — The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man.
After a two-hour viewing Tuesday, the funeral home came clean: it had brought in the wrong casket to the church.
Some friends and family members kissed the body, despite whispers that something was off
After the revelation, neither Kenneth "Tex" Roberts' family nor the body were in any shape for a final farewell, so the service was postponed.
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4. Death toll in Russian power plant accident at 14
MOSCOW — Rescue workers found two bodies Wednesday in the destroyed turbine room of the massive Sayano-Shushenskaya power station in southern Siberia, raising the confirmed death toll to 14, officials said.
Sixty other workers are missing and feared dead after an explosion Monday during repairs caused the plant's turbine room to flood. Three of the plant's 10 turbines were destroyed and three others were damaged, plant owner Rus Hydro said.
The giant power station has been idle since.
5. Jury convicts club owner in deaths four years ago
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A nightclub owner has been convicted in the fire that killed 193 fans of the Callejeros band in Argentina four years ago. But the judges found the band members innocent of criminal charges.
prompted an uproar in the courtroom and outside the justice building, where family members and followers of the band punched each other and police struggled to keep them apart.
Concert promoter Omar Chaban will stay free while he appeals the 20-year sentence for bribery and causing the fire.
The long-awaited verdict
6. Sunnis blamed for wave of recent bombings
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister has blamed Sunni insurgents for a wave of deadly bombings in Baghdad and says the Iraq government must reevaluate security to confront the challenge.
Nouri al-Maliki's statement is the first government acknowledgment of security failings following an increase of attacks since the June 30 withdrawal of U.S. forces from cities.
Wednesday's bombings killed at least 95 people and wounded more than 400.
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BY WILL TRAMP
wtramp@kansu
Barbecues, family time at the pool and, for some, kickball filled the summer of 2009 in Lawrence.
As KU students begin their fall semester, the Kaw Valley Kickball League is finishing its summer season. KVKL is a non-profit, volunteer-supported organization based in Lawrence. Thirty teams, many representing local businesses, compete for bragging rights. The culmination of months of hard work, a championship tournament began Sunday and continues for the next two weekends.
While all teams involved are eager for competition, bunting to buy some time and running their hearts out for the bases, kickball is not just about the rivalry. Involvement in the league is not limited to local businesses, but sharing a similar outlook on the sport with an existing team is important.
"I want to play a game of kickball that's more fun, more camaraderie, and more exercise," said Joel Pfannenstiel, owner of Astrokitty
Comics & More and co-captain of the store's kickball team. "There are a lot of people that play for the same reason."
When the Red Lyon Tavern's team took on its neighbor from across the street, the Mad Greek kickball team, the energy from the players was palpable as they cheered their teammates on.
Elliot Beall, catcher for the Mad Greek, cheered not only for his teammates, but also people he considered close friends.
Chase Ownby, KU freshman and member of the Open Sky Landscaping kickball team, became involved in the KVKI earlier this year. His brother Adam, a long time member of the Sacred Sword kickball team, introduced him to the sport. While planning on majoring in accounting, Ownby confessed that he doesn't find the ability to crunch numbers much a boon on the field.
"I'll admit," Beall said, "I've met a lot of good friends, people I didn't know four years ago, through kickball."
A local player participates in a game hosted by Kaw Valley Kickball League. This weekend, local teams will vv for first place in the championship tournament
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As involvement with the league
builds, so does the KVKL's part in the Lawrence community. Commissioner Deron Belt and other members of the KVKL board implemented a recycling program this season. The program is in association with Cans for Community and is aimed at keeping Lawrence'
parks clean. Belt said that each team is responsible for collecting cans around the park area that they are playing in.
"I just think we could do more than what we have done," Belt said. "We can do well for the community."
ON CAMPUS
The Greening the Crimson and Blue social event will begin 2 p.m. at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
The Hawk Week Film "I Shot Andy Warhol" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
Welcome Week at KU Edwards Campus will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the Edwards Campus.
But the resounding theme was optimism about the new journey that she and all the new students at the University began today.
"Let's take the first steps together," Gray-Little said.
CAMPUS New chancellor speaks about new journey
-Taylor Bern
Gray-Little, the 17th chancellor in school history, emphasized her plans to promote undergraduate research and make the University more prominent. She also joked about her history at the University of North Carolina, noting that she needed to go out shopping for a darker shade of blue.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little spoke about being on the eve of a journey at the 144th Opening Convocation in University of Kansas history.
Her words were aimed at the crowd dominated by freshmen that packed the Lied Center Wednesday night, but the sentiment applied to her as well.
CRIME
Reality show contestant wanted for questioning
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BUENA PARK, Calif. — Police said Wednesday they want to question a reality show contestant about the death of a former swimmur model after a stormy relationship with the man.
Lisa Lepore says her daughter Fiore married Jenkins in Las Vegas in March but had the marriage annuled in May. However, she said Jenkins convinced Fiore to take him back.
Police said Ryan Jenkins may be heading to his native Canada
after reporting 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore missing Saturday night. Jenkins, 32, appeared on the reality TV show "Megan Wants a Millionaire."
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stuffed in a suitcase in a Buena Park trash bin on Saturday. Officials said she may have been strangled. Fiore was last seen alive with Jenkins in San Diego.
Fiore's nude body was found
"At this point, he's merely a person of interest, simply because of the suspiciousness of his disappearance. We can't find him," Lt. Gary Worral said.
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