Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Surges Amid Mass Graves
In Titanyen and Port au Prince survivors describe gruesome mass graves as workers rush to bury thousands of bodies after a 7.0 earthquake. Rescue teams search rubble using dogs and sonar while aid ships bring water and medical supplies. UN and US troops help maintain order as aftershocks worsen the crisis.
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Titanyen
Port-au-Prince
Foultone Fequiert
Fequiert
Luckner Clerzier
Associated Press
Clerzier
Los Angeles County
Petionville
Port Au Prince
Steven Chin
International Medical Corps
Margaret Aguirre
IMC
Haiti
Netherlands
Mission Baptiste Hospital
Port-au- Prince
U.S Army
82Nd Airborne Division
John Angus
U.N
U.S
Bellmaire Laneau
Comfort
Port-au- Prince Harbor
Elder
Doctors Without Borders
United Nations
New York
John Holmes
Joseph St. Juste
Jessica
St. Juste
FCEDC outlines plans and board changes for 2011
FCEDC plans for 2011 include $3.6 billion in potential capital investments and about 600 primary plus 200 non primary jobs, led by Sunflower Electric Power’s expansion. Dwane Roth resigns as Holcomb representative. city to appoint a replacement if funding continues. FCEDC aims to improve information sharing while maintaining an open door policy. 2009-2010 activity and 2010 site updates discussed.
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Dwane Roth
Holcomb
Schwartz
Roth
FCEDC
Eric Dopperschmidt
Busi
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Dopperschmidt
Depperschmidt
Dangerous Intersection Crashes Prompt Inquiry by Troopers
Troopers report spurts of crashes at the Third Street and US 50 intersection. Guyer, 84, failed to stop at a stop sign, colliding with an westbound van on US 50. A Dec 17 2009 crash involved Laurie Howland and a semitrailer from Austin. Traffic was blocked for about two hours.
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Guyer
Third Street
Laurie R. Howland
Garden City
Drew D. Youngblood
Austin
Texas
KHP
St. Catherine Hospital
Bascue
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Missionaries Return Home After Haiti Earthquake Work
Local residents describe relief as members of a 10 person mission team from the Independent Christian Alliance Ministries return to Kansas. They planned to aid Haiti after the January 12 earthquake but faced safety uncertainty. Family members received text updates indicating the team was OK shortly after the disaster.
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Martha Major
Haiti
Independent Christian Alliance Ministries
Carrefour
Port-au-Prince
Maples
Natalie Briscoe
McGraw and Love
Jeff McGraw
Doug McGraw
Denver
Abengoa to sell fuel to utility to reach renewables goals
Abengoa will supply fuel to a utility as part of a plan to reach 10 percent renewable energy by 2010 and 20 percent by 2016. The deal supports Sunflower’s expansion needs while not replacing the Holcomb coal project, which its CEO calls essential to its generation mix. The project will create about 100 construction jobs, 90 permanent roles, and 13 million dollars in biomass purchases, with 88 million gallons of grain ethanol plus cellulose ethanol yearly.
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Gustin
Jeffery Energy Center
Sunflower
Earl Watkins Jr
Holcomb
Ately
Kansas
Abengon
Abengoa
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