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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007
Before police officers in the KU Public Safety Office become available for general police assignments, they must complete 560 hours of basic training, 240 hours of in-house training, and 400 hours of ride-a-long training. That equals over half a year of 40-hour work weeks.
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ODD NEWS Breathlizers mandated at Catholic school dances
DUBJQUE, Iowa — Wahlert High School students are being tested to make sure they're not DUI — dancing under the influence.
Officials at the Catholic school said students will have to undergo a breath test before they are admitted to any school-sponsored dances for the rest of this school year, including the May 5 prom
"Our goal is to do what we can do to ensure that our events are alcohol-free," Principal Don Sisler said. "It's a big step, but it's a real simple one."
A consent form giving the school permission to administer the test was sent home to parents along with a letter from Sisler.
Students from other schools who attend the dance also will be required to bring a signed consent form, Sisler said.
Students who test positive will
"If there is any question about the first test, we administer a second," he said. "If it's a breath mint or some mouthwash throwing off the first reading, that tends to dissipate quickly. We'll retest them."
it gets pretty easy," said Avalon Reynolds-Brice, a sixth-grader from Portland who volunteered with her sister, Haven.
The salmon get a dose of anesthetic before the scissors-wielding volunteers clip off the tiny adipose fin, located on the fish's back just in front of the tail.
be retested,he said.
Sisler said the school previously used breath tests on an individual basis when officials suspected alcohol use at dances.
Volunteers clip salmon fins at Oregon hatchery
Bill Bakke, executive director of the Native Fish Society, said it's important that hatchery fish are marked if they are introduced into rivers, so fishermen can keep them and throw back the wild ones.
NETARTS, Ore. — When a salmon reared at the Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery grows up, fishermen will be able to distinguish it from a wild chinook by the absence of a tiny fin.
"They wake up and have no idea what's happened to them," said Jerry Dove, 68, president of Tillamook Anglers, which organized the gathering.
More than 350 volunteers turned out over the weekend for the hatchery's annual fin-clipping day, teaming up to give about 100,000 young salmon a telltale snip.
Hatchery fish can be a problem, he said, because they compete with wild fish for food and may interbreed with them, possibly creating genetically inferior offspring.
The hatchery raises 200,000 salmon a year and places them in the Wilson and Trask rivers.
"Once you get the hang of it,
Mammoth skeleton sells for record-setting amount
PARIS- If you were looking for the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth, Monday was your day to buy. Christie's auction house sold one for $421,200 — a world record
The unidentified buyer was a European who collects contemporary art and 19th century furniture, Christie's spokeswoman Capucine Millot said.
The mammoth sale was one of a dozen world records set during Monday's auction.
The 10,000-year-old skeleton of a 13.5-foot-long rhinoceros sold for a record $162,000. That of a 7.5-foot-high prehistoric cave bear sold for $63,180.
The skeletons previously were owned by private collectors.
Most were bought by individuals, although a German museum and a French museum — neither identified — purchased fossils for smaller sums. Milli said.
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Creating a buzz
Shawn Bowers, Overland Park junior, dressed as "Spellington the Spelling Bee" Monday afternoon on Wescoe Beach to promote the Student Union Activities' Spelling Bee, which will be 7 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium. Bowers caught the attention of passersby by spelling words aloud. "I'm high on life and spelling and words!" he said.
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Nor'easter leaves nine dead, devastates coast
"This one is really a horror show," Gov. Eliot Spitzer said after touring hard-hit areas north of New York City.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — A menacing spring storm punished the Northeast for a second straight day Monday, dumping more than 8 inches of rain on Central Park and sending refrigerators and pickup trucks floating down rivers in one of the region's worst storms in recent memory.
The nor'easter left a huge swath of devastation, from the beaches
of South Carolina to the mountains of Maine. It knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and was blamed for at least nine deaths nationwide, including a New Jersey man who drowned inside a car.
The storm showed no immediate sign of letting up. The National Weather Service predicted showers through Wednesday night in the New York City area, with rain mixed with snow at times.
The storm was especially harsh in the Westchester County suburbs north of New York City and in New Jersey, where the state was placed under a state of emergency and more than 1,400 residents were
evacuated many by boat
President Bush pushes again for war-funding bill
vital war". He said he's willing to discuss a way forward with Congress, but he stood firm in opposing any measure that restricts military commanders, sets a withdrawal timetable or includes billions of dollars of spending unrelated to the war.
WASHINGTON — President Bush surrounded himself with military families on Monday to push anew for a war-funding bill that isn't tied to pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.
The Senate's Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, responded that Bush must choose between holding to "discredited policies" in Iraq or working with lawmakers on a new course.
Bush, who will meet with lawmakers on Wednesday, said: "We should not legislate defeat in this
"Listen, I understand Republicans and Democrats in Washington have differences over the best course in Iraq," Bush said. "That's healthy. That's normal, and we should debate those differences. But our troops should not be caught in the middle."
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on campus
Jerry Mikkelson will present the lecture "Valentin Rasputin at 70" at noon at Room 318 in Bailey Hall.
The Runner's Clinic will start at 1 p.m. in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
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The Student Chamber Ensemble and KU Trumpet Ensemble will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m.at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
John Patrick Diggins will present the lecture "Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History" at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The film "Spell Bound" will be shown at 7 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2, or free with your SUA Card.
The Global Awareness Program forum will be held at 3:30 p.m.at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
Toilet maker to repair fire-starting units
The Peace Corps General Information Meeting and Video Showing will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Room 149 in the Burge Union.
TOKYO — Japan's leading toilet maker, Toto Ltd., is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toillets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday.
The electric bidet accessory of Toto's Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to spokeswoman Ani Tanaka. The bidet sent up smoke in 26 other incidents
The company will repair toilet units manufactured between May 1996 and December 2001.
The Z series features a pulsating massage spray, a power dryer, built-in-the-bowl deodorizing filter, the "Tornado Wash" flush and a lid that opens and closes automatically.
The model is not sold overseas.
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