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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 2009
"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."
FACT OF THE DAY
Sharon Gold
One-third of the U.S. population makes New Year's resolutions to begin stress management programs.
Prudential Healthcare Survey
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INTERNATIONAL 1.US calls for more effort in fighting recent piracy
U. S. deputy ambassador Rosemary DICarlo expressed concern that ransom payments have contributed to the recent increase in piracy.
UNITED NATIONS — The United States is calling for intensified efforts to combat piracy and warning against paying roo
She said the United States was encouraging all countries to adopt a policy of "no concessions" when dealing with pirates
DICarlo spoke at an open meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday on the fight against piracy.
2. Sweden returns Maori remains to burial grounds
STOCKHOLM — Swedish museum officials returned the remains of five indigenous Maori people to New Zealand on Wednesday as part of a broader move in Europe to repatriate remains taken from burial grounds.
Museum officials said they handed over three skeleton parts,
a near complete skeleton and a skull to visiting delegates from the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.
The ceremony was held at the Natural History Museum in southwestern Goteborg, and included songs and prayers.
On Saturday, Sweden also returned 22 skills taken from a native Hawaiian community.
MILAN — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but it won't be running for another office.
3.Schwarzenegger says he won't run for re-election
Schwarzenegger said he will spend the next year trying to solve problems including a projected multibillion dollar shortfall in next year's budget.
Schwarzenegger stopped by Milan en route from visiting troops in Iraq.
He also visited his native Austria, where he saw the grave of his parents and ate a typical Austrian dinner that included Wienernitzel.
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4. Convicted former lawyer ordered to
ordered to serve sentence
NEW YORK — A disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case has been ordered to report to prison after a New York appeals court upheld her conviction.
Judge John Koeltt ordered 70-year-old Lynne Stewart on Wednesday to report to prison by 5 p.m. Thursday to serve her sentence of two years and four months.
A federal appeals court upheld her conviction Tuesday, saying she should begin serving her sentence. Koellg gave her another day so she can ask the appeals court to reconsider her immediate incarceration.
She was convicted in 2005 of charges that she let a Muslim extremist client communicate with followers after he was convicted in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks.
5.Two men sentenced in Sears Tower, bombing plot
MIAMI — Two Miami men cast as role players in a plot to destroy
Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have been sentenced to prison.
U. S. District Judge Joan Lenard on Wednesday sentenced 24-year-old Burson Augustin to six years. His older brother, 26-year-old Rotschild Augustine, was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
Prosecutors sought maximum 30-year sentences for both men, but Lenard found they were not major players in the plot.
Three other men will be sentenced later this week.
6. Mail carrier found on floor in stranger's kitchen
MARION, Iowa — Police in Marion and postal authorities are investigating the case of a mail carrier who was allegedly found drunk inside a residence while on the job. Police said the postal worker, 46, was charged with public intoxication Nov. 3 after she was found sitting on the kitchen floor of 95-year-old woman's house, eating leftover noodles from her refrigerator.
Associated Press
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid has sought the support of moderate Democrats and independents to pass the health care reform bill.
Reid seeks support for health care reform bill
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Revealing the bill's details signals the beginning of an intense struggle on the Senate floor, where Republicans have vowed to block the legislation atop President Barack Obama's domestic agenda.
WASHINGTON — The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid briefed crucial moderate Democrats before unveiling long-awaited legislation Wednesday to remake the nation's health care system.
The bill would set up new insurance marketplaces — called exchanges — primarily for those who now have a hard time getting or keeping coverage. Subsidies would be available to help defray the cost of coverage for people with lower incomes.
Officials have said the legislation would require most Americans to carry health
insurance and mandate large companies to provide coverage to their workers, as well as ban insurance company practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.
Reid announced two weeks ago it would also include an option for consumers to purchase government-sold
Reid, D-Nev, summoned members of the Democratic rank and file to a late-affternoon closed-door caucus to show the bill he has spent weeks writing and rewriting.
insurance, with states permitted to drop out of the system.
H meet in advance with Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Democratic moderates who have expressed reservations about the bill.
With the support of two independents, Democrates have 60 seats, the number needed to choke off any Republican delaying tactics.
"Animal Legal Defense Presents: From Investigation to Prosecution" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 107 Green Hall
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Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
World at KU will begin at 4 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The School of Music Student Recital Series will begin at 7:30 p.m.in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
"The Glass Menagerie" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Prey Theater in murphy Hall.
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The University Dance Company Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo say it can be tough to establish the sex of a giant Aldabra tortoise because the reproductive organs normally aren't visible. Mary's maleness was unexpectedly revealed earlier this month.
Zoo Director Steve Taylor is considering whether the senior citizen deserves a new name.
About 8 p.m. Saturday near 11th and Mississippi streets, a University student reported an assault.
About 1:30 a.m. Wednesday near 6th St. and Lawrence Ave., a University student reported criminal damage to his vehicle, totaling $400.
CLEVELAND — A tortoise's zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they've discovered "Mary" is actually a male.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS Tortoise identified as male after 50 years
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