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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16 2009
"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."
Jane Wagner
FACT OF THE DAY
When asked to rank the elements of life that cause them the most stress, respondents placed "excessive noise in the environment" right behind "working/raising family."
National Stress Survey, Prevention Maqazine
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Sicilian authorities capture top Mafia fugitive
ROME — Italian officials say police have captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives.
Domenica Raccuglia is considered the No. 2 member of the organized crime group Cosa Nostra, and is listed as one of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni hailed his arrest Sunday as "one of the hardest blows" delivered to the Sicilian Mafia in the last few years.
Police arrested Raccuglia in an apartment in a tiny town in western Sicily near Trapani, where investigators say they believed he had his stronghold.
2. Report: British prisons fail to stop radicalization
LONDON — A British think tank said Sunday that prison policies are failing to stop Muslim inmates being radicalized, and urged the government to set up a special center to
"deprogram" extremists.
The Quilliam Foundation said extremists including imprisoned radical preachers Abu Hamza al-Masri and Abu Qatada — once described as Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe — are seeking to recruit inmates and have managed to smuggle projah propaganda out of British jails.
It said extremists radicalized in prison take five to seven years to "graduate" to violence, so jails could be breeding a new generation of terrorists.
3. Barack Obama begins three-day visit to China
SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama is in Shanghai, launching a three-day visit to an important global U.S. partner.
Obama's jet landed in Shanghai late Sunday night in a driving rain. He stopped briefly at the top of the jetway stairs to wave, then disappeared into a knot of umbrellas at the bottom, where Chinese dignitaries greeted him on his way into his limousine.
NATIONAL
4. Illinois governor lauds proposed selling of prison
CHICAGO — Gov, Pat Quinn says selling a prison in rural northwest Illinois to the federal government is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create jobs in thestruggling area.
But plans to sell the prison that would then be used to house some detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba is creating controversy because of safety concerns.
Federal officials are expected at Thomson Correctional Center on Monday to inspect the prison.
5. Mayor of Milwaukee
enters race for governor
MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was hailed as a hero this summer for confronting a metal-bar wielding man is running for governor.
Barrett made the announcement official on Sunday. He has said that he deferred his decision until he was sufficiently recovered from the attack.
6. Family of murder victim learns of tainted evidence
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Yale student found stabbed to death off campus in 1998 has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former forensic lab worker.
The family of Suzanne Jovin and investigators had been holding out hope for nearly eight years that scrapings found under a fingernail on the 21-year-old's left hand would lead to her killer.
The Hartford Courant reports that investigators recently learned the DNA belongs to the technician, who has since retired from the State Police Forensic Laboratory. He contaminated a blood sample during initial forensic tests.
The Jovin family recently wrote to Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell criticizing the state's forensic laboratory for its "short comings." The family learned of the contamination last week.
Associated Press
What do you think? BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
BRAD GIRARD Topeka freshman
"Having all of the family together, because that doesn't happen very often."
CAITLIN O'NEIL Topeka sophomore "Hanging with family and eating good food."
What is the best part of the Thanksgiving meal?
JILIAN GOSS
Overland Park sophomore "Sitting around the table, talking about people's lives because we have seen each other in a while."
WYATT MERIWETHER Burlington senior "The preparation and the cooking, because I love to cook."
ON CAMPUS
The Hunger Banquet will begin at 6 p.m. in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
The KU School of Music Jazz Ensembles I, II and III will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
About 11 a.m. Wednesday near 10th and Iowa streets, a University student reported an aggravated burglary and the theft of a motor vehicle and other items, at a loss of $10,165.
About 8 p.m. Wednesday near 23rd St. and Naismith Drive., a University student reported the theft of a debit card, at an unspecified loss.
About 11 a.m. Thursday near the Robinson Center, someone reported the theft of his or her wallet, at a loss of $185.
About 1 a.m. Thursday near 23rd and Iowa streets, a University student reported an auto burglary and the theft of a wallet and other items, at a loss of over $900.
CRIME Prosecutors not charging athletes involved in fight
City prosecutors announced there would be no charges filed against the University athletes involved in the September altercation outside the Burge Union.
Jerry Little, the supervising city prosecutor, said there was insufficient evidence to file any charges in the case.
The KU Public Safety Office completed a disorderly conduct investigation last month and sent the evidence to the city prosecutor's office to determine the charges.
Guy Lipscomb, a 19-year-old Lawrence man, has been charged in a separate, but related, criminal threat case. Police said he threatened to shoot two women outside the Burge Union shortly after the altercation between athletes. Police said they thought there was a connection between the two incidents.
Lipscomb will have a jury trial March 31, 2010, at 9 a.m.
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