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"Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
— Sharon Gold
FACT OF THE DAY
One-third of the U.S. population makes New Year's resolutions to begin stress management programs.
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1. Investigation not a surprise to many Jayhawks
2. Sesame Street' celebrates 40 years
3. Championship, recruits link Kansas to Memphis
4. Athletes' graduation rate at 63 percent
5. Wheeler: Kansas player statistics overlooked
Yesterday's story "English Alternative Theater to stage final performance" misidentified Benjamin Smith. He is a graduate student from Rose Hill.
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Soccer game causes diplomatic problems
CAIRO — Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans.
Egyptian fans were attacked after Algeria won a make-or-break World Cup qualifying game Wednesday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, and offices of Egyptian companies in Algeria were ransacked after a matchup in Cairo over the weekend.
2. EU countries to make punitive measures for Iran
SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the nations dealing with Iran's nuclear program will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks. The European Union said the countries would gather immediately to begin consultations.
3. Islamic nations mount anti-blasphemy campaign
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lobbying to eventually bring the proposal to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly.
GENEVA — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery.
NATIONAL
4. Two officers wounded after bank robbery, chase
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A suspect is dead and two police officers are wounded after a bank robbery and chase in suburban Denver.
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo police said a man ran over a light pole and punched a police officer in the mouth when the officer tried to arrest him. Police Sgt. Mark
The chase began after officers tried to pull over a man and woman suspected of robbing a bank. The suspects allegedly fired at police, who were able to halt them after spinning out their car about 1.5 miles away.
5. Man runs over light pole, punches police officer
Lykken said police got a report about 2 a.m. Thursday that a pickup hit a light pole and pulled into a nearby parking lot.
The driver faces charges that include drunken driving and assault against an officer.
6. Jury convicts man of shooting police officer
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia jury has convicted a confessed cop killer of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a police officer on Halloween 2007.
Twenty-three-year-old John Lewis was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Officer Chuck Cassidy. Lewis shot Cassidy in the head when the officer walked in on a robbery at a North Philadelphia doughnut shop.
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NATIONAL
Ruling vindicates victims
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Sept 1, 2005. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
NEW ORLEANS — A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.
The federal judge's harshly worded decision also served as vindication for residents of St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans who have long argued that Katrina was largely a manmade disaster, caused by the federal government's failure to maintain the levees protecting the city.
"Finally, somebody has said the truth," said Catherine Serpas, 67, whose family runs a bicycle and lawnmower store in Chalmette, La. She said the Army Corps' work on a 76-mile channel called the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet "destroyed the family life we knew. St. Bernard will never be what it used to be."
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told CNN the ruling would "open the floodgates" for people in the Lower 9th Ward to seek "proper compensation."
"If this is allowed to stand, I think you will see a multitude of lawsuits, the City of New Orleans included," Nagin said.
A Corps of Engineers spokesman said the agency and the justice Department were reviewing the ruling and would not comment because issues in the case were still subject to litigation.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the corps' shoddy oversight of the channel southeast of New Orleans caused much of the flooding of St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward, two of the hardest-hit areas
after Katrina.
The decision opens the door to billions of dollars in other claims by more than 100,000 individuals, businesses and even government entities that have pending damage claims against the corps. Duval awarded $720,000 in property damages to four individuals and one business.
Storm victims said they were eager for the government to pay up.
ODD NEWS Students party and potty in lake in pregame ritual
Postdoctoral research associate Steve Goldsmith said the ammonia level surged.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Intrepid Ohio State University researchers have learned students don't just party in a campus lake during rituals before the annual Michigan game. They also potty there. Thousands of students jumped into Ohio State's Mirror Lake Thursday night, ahead of Saturday's football game between the Buckeyes and Wolverines.
Before, during and after last year's big swim, the College of Earth Sciences monitored the water quality.
He said that likely means one thing: urine.
Man accused of beating man with squeegee
Red Lyon Tavern
CONWAY, Ark. — A man is accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump. Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday on a second-degree battery charge.
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Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
ON CAMPUS
"Animal Legal Defense Presents: From Investigation to Prosecution" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 107 Green Hall.
World at KU will begin at 4 p.m. in the ballroom in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
About 3 a.m. Thursday near 14th and Ohio streets, a University student reported a case of battery.
"The Glass Menagerie" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The KU School of Music Student Recital Series will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
About 5 p.m. Wednesday, a University student reported an identity theft and the theft of $4,970.
About 2 p.m. Tuesday near Eighth and Maine streets, a University student reported an aggravated burglary and the theft of a set of keys at a loss of $10.
Shortly after midnight Wednesday at Oliver Hall, someone reported criminal damage to a ceiling tile at a loss of 550.
About 1 p.m. Tuesday near Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive, a University student reported a burglary and the theft of four bottles of prescription medications at a loss of $83.
DAILY KU INFO
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Forty-two years ago today, the University unveiled its preliminary plans for the construction of Wescoe Hall. It was to be a 25-story skyscraper complete with a parking garage. It would have been the tallest building in Kansas and the third-tallest education building in the country.
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