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A 21-year-old KU student was victim of criminal damage. The damage was to a car door lock valued at $100.The incident took place at the 2700 block of Crestline Drive Tuesday, Oct. 5, between the hours of 1 a.m. and 9:25 a.m. the next day.
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A 18-year-old KU student reported the burglary of a car passenger door lock and Panasonic stereo with the total value of $450. The crime took place Tuesday between 3 and 6 a.m.
Suspects deny murder charges
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Three suspects have pleaded innocent in the shooting deaths of a St. Joseph couple.
In three separate arraignments, Buchanan County Judge Ronald Taylor read each man the charges against him, while family members of the victims listened and wiped away tears.
Terrell Eugene Dawson, 24, and Javanty R. Steward, 22, pleaded innocent Friday to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in the April 25 shooting deaths of Danny Watson Jr. and Dawn Thornton.
Kenderal Rogers, 19, pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for his role in the homicides.
Bond was denied for Dawson and Steward; a $500,000 bond had already been set for Rogers.
"It's the first time we've seen them, and it won't be the last," said Gloria Watson, Watson's mother.
The three remain in custody, where they face charges of kidnapping, armed criminal action and robbery in the first degree.
"It's just heartbreaking."
The three were named as suspects in May after they were charged in Jackson County with kidnapping a St. Joseph man the night before the victims' bodies were found by their children.
Let all the hoop-la begin
Fans storm Allen Fieldhouse as the doors open for Late Night in the Phog. Fans were eager to take their first looks at second-year coach Bill Self's basketball team at the Friday night event.
Hispanic HIV numbers rising
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WICHITA — Hispanics in Kansas have the fastest-growing number of new HIV infections and could eclipse blacks as the group with the highest HIV rate. health officials say.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported last week that new HIV cases among Hispanics are being diagnosed at twice the rate of blacks and more than four times that of Caucasians.
Blacks in Kansas still have the highest rate of HIV cases, with about 66 of every 100,000 infected, the health department said. About 44 of every 100,000 Hispanics and 10 out of every 100,000 Caucasians are infected.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said denial, poverty and substance abuse are among the risk factors.
"We don't acknowledge it even exists," said registered nurse Patty Larrega, who is certified to do HIV testing and works with Latino clients in Wichita. "In our culture, it's comparable to mental health. Families shun it."
to pay, see more than 10,000 patients a year.
While part of the reason for the rising number of HIV cases among Hispanics is the state's rapidly growing Hispanic population, experts say other factors also contribute to the increase.
The clinic also has an outreach program that provides HIV/AIDS information at such places as fiestas, general health fairs, gay bars and drug rehabilitation centers.
The Hunter Health Clinic in Wichita says about 2,400 Hispanics are tested annually for the virus that causes AIDS. The clinic, which offers health care for people regardless of their abili-
"We work so diligently because the problem is so great," said Pam Harjo, director of community services who also works in the clinic's HIV/AIDS department.
To slow the spread of the disease, local and national health organizations encourage Hispanics to practice safer sex, take precautions when handling blood and bodily fluids, avoid sharing needles or syringes and get regular testing.
big material was valued by Henry arrived in Deb Faulk's third-grade class ready to read "S is for Sooner," but Sebelius stopped him.
But Henry's original choice of reading material was vetoed by Sebelius.
So on Friday, Henry, wearing a Kansas State jersey, read a book to students at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Manhattan.
Kathleen Sebelius over last December's Big 12 championship foot ball game between the Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas State, which the Wildcats won 35-7.
At a pre-storytime school assembly, Henry did manage to get in a plug for Oklahoma, which played Kansas State on Saturday in Manhattan.
Settling up politically: storytime for young Catfans
'Super Size Me's screening director to speak tonight
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After two women tried to sue McDonalds for making them obese, Morgan Spurlock got an idea for a documentary.
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MANHATTAN — Ten months later, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry finally paid up.
Spurlock, a healthy male with 11 percent body fat at the time, decided to perform an experiment on himself.
He would eat nothing but McDonald's extra value meals three times a day for a month.
The results are central to his newly released documentary.
The documentary won Spurlock the Best Director Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
He enlisted the help of three doctors and a nutritionist to track his progress.
Super Size Me focuses on the American fast food obsession and takes a look at what children today are being served in lunchtrooms across America.
Spurlock will speak at 7 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. He will screen his documentary then recount the toll the experience took on his body, mind and wallet.
— Austin Caster
Safety forum for social work highlights cautionary advice
Henry lost a bet with Kansas Gov.
More than 200 people are expected to attend a social worker safety forum tonight at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus, Matt Zenner, said.
Zenner, who will be one of more than four speakers tonight, has been a social worker safety advocate since the murder of his wife, KU graduate student, Teri Lea Zenner in August.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 tonight in Reigner Hall. An open forum will follow panel speakers.
U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan) is hosting the event and speakers will include David Wiebe, director of Johnson County Mental Health, Catherine Crisp, assistant professor of social welfare, Tonja Spear, Wyandotte Center for Community Behavioral Health Care and Walter Way, Johnson County Sheriff's office.
Zenner said the panel would discuss the physical dangers social workers face as well as options workers have to protect themselves.
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Some of the options that will be discussed are items Zenner has been advocating such as a cell phone with an outside button to contact health care authorities and more self-defense training.
Zenner will team with Moore and address Congress about safety issues concerning social work around either the end of this year or the beginning of next year, he said.
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