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University Daily Kansan
Page 0482 from reel: NP 14269 (2008-02-18 to 2008-04-25)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/81137

Title: Rising Water Levels Threaten Midwest Towns
Summary: Coverage of severe flooding in the Midwest caused by torrential rain, resulting in 17 deaths and widespread damage to towns along rivers including the White River and Mississippi River.
Category: national news
Subjects: flooding; natural disasters; Midwest; weather; emergency management
Named Entities: Bush, George W. [President]; Medellin, Jose Ernesto [death row inmate]; Perino, Dana [White House press secretary]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Law Regulating Delayed Planes Struck Down
Summary: A federal appeals court strikes down a New York law that would have required airlines to provide food, water and clean toilets for passengers stranded on tarmac for extended periods.
Category: national news
Subjects: air travel; aviation regulations; consumer protection; federal courts; transportation policy
Named Entities: Bush, George W. [President]; Medellin, Jose Ernesto [death row inmate]; Perino, Dana [White House press secretary]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Bush's Request in Death Row Case Denied
Summary: The Supreme Court denies President Bush's request to review the case of Jose Ernesto Medellin, a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas, upholding international treaty obligations.
Category: national news
Subjects: Supreme Court; death penalty; international law; presidential power; criminal justice
Named Entities: Bush, George W. [President]; Medellin, Jose Ernesto [death row inmate]; Perino, Dana [White House press secretary]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Children Find Parachute Thought to Be Hijacker's
Summary: Children discover a parachute buried in a backyard that may be linked to the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Flight 305 by D.B. Cooper.
Category: national news
Subjects: FBI investigation; hijacking; parachute; cold case; Northwest Orient Flight 305
Named Entities: Cooper, D.B. [hijacker]; Carr, Larry [FBI agent]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Global Awareness Program (GAP); Bigg's BBQ; ZLB Plasma
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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