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6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15.2006
NEWS
The trial continues
Sgt. Michael J. Smith, right,
gets into a car after the second
day of his trial Tuesday in Fort
Meade, Md.
Smith, 24, of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., is accused of
using his dog to harass,
threaten and assault de-
tainees in Abu Ghraib prison in
Iraq in 2003 and
2004.
Matthew S. Gunby/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A majority of the debris has been cleared from the street, but the city will continue today until everything is cleared.
Storm
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everything is secured Lisa Patterson, Lawrence communications coordinator, said the state assessment team sent out Monday to measure the damage didn't provide any information on Tuesday regarding its evaluation.
Gina Penzig, spokeswoman for Westar Energy, said that almost everyone had power restored after Sunday's storm damage. However, when Westar crew members went out Tuesday to follow up their work, they discovered power lines down and houses without power that they were not aware of.
Cost and assessment of the damage will come from the Adjutant General's Office when the assessment team's information becomes available. Any federal aid the city could receive would be determined by the damage assessment.
they were not that hard."
"In storm situations, power outages can affect one single home, so it's harder to tell sometimes who has power and who does not," she said.
"This is why we're asking people to call our 800-number and let us know. Even if it's one or two people, we want them to call."
Westar electrical outage reporting line is 1-800-544-4857.
Penzig offered no specifics on any particular region in Lawrence where residents were still without power. The areas are pretty scattered, she said.
The East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St., was one of a few businesses that didn't regain power until Tuesday. The business opened back up after its power came back mid-morning.
"I commend all the city employees for their hard work and dedication." Highberger said. "Our thanks goes out."
Mayor Dennis "Boog" Highberger and other city commissioners were pleased with the city crew's responsiveness.
— Edited by James Foley
Mass graves uncovered
BY STEVEN R. HURST
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities discovered at least 87 corpses — men shot to death execution-style — as Iraq edged closer to open civil warfare. Twenty-nine of the bodies, dressed only in underwear, were dug out of a single grave Tuesday in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad.
Some of the bloodshed appeared to be retaliation for a bomb and mortar attack in the
Sadr City slum that killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 200 two days earlier.
Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, meanwhile, told The Associated Press security officials had foiled a plot that would have put hundreds of al-Qaida men at critical guard posts around Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. and other foreign embassies, as well as the Iraqi government.
A senior Defense Ministry official said the 421 al-Qaida fighters
were recruited to storm the U.S. and British embassies and take hostages.
Several ranking Defense Ministry officials have been jailed in the plot, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday that he had not received anything definitive on the report, but cautioned that earlier accounts are often adjusted later on.
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