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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 2004
Page
4
Guadalupe Lopez, mother of Jennifer Lopez, wins 2.4 million dollars on a $3 spin at Borgata Atlantic City after a brief play. She attributes the divine intervention and says Our Lady of Guadalupe guided the fortune after a short prayer.
NASA rover teams require one rover to cover at least 1980 feet with Spirit exceeding that distance on Saturday. The pair must capture stereo and color panoramas, visit eight locations, and operate together for at least 30 days to complete the mission objectives.
Five people died Monday in Reeves County on a two lane road used as an eastbound detour for a washed out bridge on Interstate 20. The fatal wreck followed heavy rains from a slow moving storm that pounded the region with up to four inches. Nearby Piedras Negras saw flood deaths climb to at least 25 with dozens missing. The Salt Draw bridge washout prompted the detour as authorities warned of continued flood risk. In other news, the USS Oriskany will be sunk off Florida this summer to form an artificial reef and military memorial, with 24 more ships to follow.
A schoolteacher admitted at a news conference that she was the driver in a fatal hit-and-run while four children crossed a street. Two boys died. Porter apologized to the mother and said she was scared to stop after the Wednesday incident. No charges were filed yet.
The FBI provided 797 of 812 pages from the Leonard Peltier investigation to his lawyers under FOIA, withholding 15 pages for national security and agent privacy. The material details informants, sightings, and lead checks including Seneca Nation sources and a Buffalo hotel convention sighting in 1975. Peltier, 59, was convicted for the 1975 Pine Ridge stand off that killed two FBI agents.
The investigation blamed disregard for voluntary power flow rules for last summer’s outage across eight states and Canada. It urged mandatory standards with teeth, noting Ohio region vulnerability and seven rule violations tied to the blackout. FirstEnergy lacked proper planning and safeguards, the task force said. Congress has not enacted mandatory reliability rules amid energy legislation fights.
Westar Energy, Kansas largest electric utility, plans to restore its dividend as it sheds noncore assets and reduces debt. The firm cut the 2002 dividend to 76 cents to fund debt reduction and seeks to raise the payout to 90 cents to $1.20 per share over several years, with 2004 earnings seen at $1.50 to $1.60. Westar sold 12 million shares to raise $240 million for debt payoff, and stock rose 20 cents to $21.25 on the NYSE.
Lawrence business Perrin plans to salvage used computers with an administrative fee to cover salaries and set up to two record-keeping positions. He aims to start selling to residents in about two weeks as Ballard Center and UNI Computers note rising demand. UNI reports about 100 area businesses have dropped off machines with a typical $7 monitor recycling fee.
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