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— Tait Sye, a spokesman for Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards, on campaigning in New Hampshire after this weekend's heavy snowfall
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Local communities dispute Clinton Lake water rights
The state is being asked to consider taking some of Lawrence's future water rights to Clinton Lake away from the city and giving the water to burgeoning northwest Duglas County.
The conflict could become the first in Kansas to pit two entities against each other for water rights that the state has already given away. Lawrence officials say the city's growth would be curtailed if it lost the water rights. Officials of Rural Water District No. 3, which serves customers west of Lecompton, say the district needs more water from the reservoir.
Northwest Douglas County also needs the water to meet its future demands, said Cheryl Buttenhoff, public service administrator for the Kansas Water Office.
Lawrence has state-granted rights to 4.86 billion gallons of water a year from Clinton Lake, plus an additional 8.15 billion gallons from the Kansas River.
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State Cell phone use makes it hard for dispatchers to locate calls
WICHITA - The growth of cell phone use in homes is causing concern at the state's 911 centers, most of which do not have the technology to track the location of a cell phone caller.
That has long been a concern for motorists and is growing now that consumers can switch their land-line phone numbers to cell phones.
Sedgwick County will have technology soon to pinpoint home callers, but it will work only with cell phones manufactured in the last year or so.
But officials in other counties say it could be years before they can afford to
upgrade their equipment, unless the Legislature approves a 911 fee for cell phones similar to the fee on landlines..
Nation Ohio mayor makes request: $1 million for new stun guns
CINCINNATI—Cincinnati's mayor urged the city yesterday to buy stun guns for its police force in response to the death of a man following a struggle with six officers a week ago.
"I am looking for any avenue to avoid another struggle," Mayor Charlie Luken wrote in an e-mail to City Council members yesterday that asked them to find $1 million in the 2004 budget to pay for the non-lethal weapons.
"While it is unclear whether the incident would have changed if our officers had the latest technology in Tasers, I believe we must equip our police with the very best equipment," Luken wrote.
Nathaniel Jones, 41, died Nov.30 after the scuffle in a restaurant parking lot. A police cruiser videotape showed the 350-pound man lunging at one officer before he was brought down and struck repeatedly with metal nightsticks.
The coroner ruled Jones' death a homicide but cautioned that the designation did not imply police used excessive force. The direct cause of death was the struggle, the autopsy showed, but Jones also had an enlarged heart and had drugs in his blood.
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CROOKSTON, Minn. — The sister of the suspect in the case of a missing University of North Dakota student pleaded
Sister of kidnapping suspect asked police to watch him
A common gray squirrel begins digging a hole to bury the nut held in its mouth. A squirrel will break the shell of a nut with its teeth, then clean the nut by licking it or rubbing it on its face before it is buried. This action applies a scent to the nut which helps the squirrel find it later, even under a foot of snow.
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Moreno told The Forum of Fargo, N.D., that he wasn't in a position to help her.
"Once a person does their time, they have no ties to probation," Moreno said in yesterday's edition of the newspaper.
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man parking for hr granddson kyla Rodriguez's sister, ileana, called Sgt. Gerry Moreno several times following her brother's completion of a 23-year prison term for stabbing and trying to kidnap a woman. She asked Moreno to keep her brother, who had previously pleaded guilty to rape, locked up or away from the community.
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with a local police officer to keep tabs on her brother after his release from prison in May because she feared he might strike again.
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Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., 50, has been charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of Dru Sjodin, 22. The student has been missing since Nov. 22, when police believe she was abducted from a
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- Center for Russian and East European Studies is having its weekly Laird Brown Bag from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at room 318 in Bailey Hall. The topic is *The U.S. and Eurasia: 2003 with Paul D'Anier*, director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies and associate professor of political science.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars are meeting at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
about the derivation and creation of unique speech and narration in his work.
The Ecumenical Christian Ministries in sponsoring a University Forum from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. The title of the forum is *The Many Choices of Tom Averill*. As a fiction writer, teacher and commentator for KANU, Averill uses many styles and voices. Averill will talk
University Christian Fellowship is having a Bible study at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 or at www.cfu.caU.
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OAKS is having a brown bag lunch for non-traditional students from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Alcove B, Level 3 in the Kansas Union.
KU Ballroom Dance Club is having Latin dancing lessons at 7 p.m. Thursday in the dance studio on the fourth floor of Hashinger Hall. No partner or experience required.
KU Greens is having a meeting at 8 p.m. today at the International Room on Level 5 in the Kansas Union. Contact Amanda Harrison
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship is sponsoring The Gathering, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Courtside Room of the Burge Union. Everyone is welcome to attend these gatherings. For more information, please call Steve at 542-1101 or go to www.chialpha.org.
- Ecumenical Ministries is sponsoring a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM building. 1204 Oread Ave.
at 841-7511 or at amandaha@ku.edu.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring the Concerts at the Lied Center featuring the KU Symphonic Band at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Lied Center. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased via the Lied Center at 864-2787.
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