Partisan bickering marks Kansas legislative aftermath
Kansas lawmakers trade blame after the longest session in state history. Senate President Dave Kerr and House Speaker Kent Glasscock fault Democrats and accuse the other side of blocking progress while Republicans defend their agenda and face a tough August primary and November election. Kathleen Sebelius is cited as a Democratic rival in the coming battle.
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Wichita
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Netanya bombing hints at prior warnings by authorities
Moa CEO cited a warning with authorities aware of a planned attack in the Netanya area after a bomber in an Israeli army uniform entered a produce market and killed two Israelis while injuring around fifty.
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Shira Lieberman
May 20 History Highlights Across Centuries
May 20 marks events from 1506 Columbo died in poverty in Spain to 1942 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recording in Hollywood. Notable milestones include Cuba’s 1902 shift to republic under Tomas Estrada Palma and Lindbergh’s 1927 Spirit of St Louis flight from Roosevelt Field. Amelia Earhart's 1932 solo Atlantic flight and 1939 transatlantic service debut also noted.
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Attorney General Stovall weighs option to settle or keep fighting Microsoft case
Lawmakers cut funding for the state's legal battle against Microsoft, with Attorney General Carla Stovall vowing to continue until funds run out. Readers are invited to vote or comment by email on whether to settle and exit or keep pursuing the case.
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Stovall
Garden City High School class of 1952 plans 50th reunion weekend
Garden City High School’s 1952 alumni plan a weekend reunion with a Friday picnic at Cliff Mayo’s home and a Saturday open house for 1951 and 1953 grads at Richard Henkle’s home. John Nanninga will MC the dinner Saturday at Southwind Country Club. Sunday brunch hosts are Bill and Nita Stephens at 902 N Sixth St. About 91 attendees, including spouses, are signed up.
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Pat Mayo
GCHS
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Karin Henkle
John Nanninga
Florida
Southwind Country Club
Bill
Nita Stephens
Sixth St
Louise Nichols
Dixie Burton Baker
Kansas legislature ends explosive session with bipartisanship
Kansas lawmakers wrap a tense session balancing a nearly $425 million revenue hole and redrawing districts. Gov Graves urges nonpartisanship while leaders from both parties back a tax-increase compromise to close a $300 million gap for 2008. Kerr Glasscock Loomis comment on politics.
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Graves
Dave Kerr
Kent Glasscock
GOP
Nuclear bunker busters offer no real value argues analyst
Steve LaMontagne of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation warns that paying bomb designers to pursue crude underground targets would ignore the limits of weapon depth penetration and the risk of massive civilian harm. He cites Libya, Afghanistan and NATO strikes as examples of misfires, stresses treaty violations, and recommends pursuing nonnuclear options and precision delivery instead.
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