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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2005
Page
1
Seven months after a near fatal bacterial meningitis, Mario, formerly healthy, climbs three flights of stairs in Kansas City, Kansas, using two half amputated feet. He had signed a lease for an apartment with two roommates and now faces a long recovery as doctors assess his condition.
Meningitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord lining caused by bacteria or viruses. Viral meningitis is rarely life threatening. bacterial meningitis can cause lasting disabilities. Vaccines exist, especially for college dorm residents. About 3,000 Americans get meningococcal meningitis yearly with roughly 300 deaths. campuses report 100–125 cases and 5–15 deaths annually.
Gay rights advocates cheer in Connecticut as lawmakers approve civil unions they say grant recognition without court orders. The same period sees Texas House bar gays from fostering, Washington Senate defeat of a civil rights bill, and Alabama considering keeping tolerant books out of schools. Despondent activist Patricia Todd says she feels hostility from lawmakers.
On April 5 in Kansas voters approved a state constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage and civil unions for gay people. About seventy percent supported the measure statewide while Douglas County was the sole county where it failed.
Lawrence Municipal Court reports a 47 percent rise in speeding citations, from 6,270 in 2003 to 9,215 in 2004, as officials defend the crackdown on problem drivers amid a perception of faster city streets.
Eight year old Jaslyn Lee could hardly keep her feet on the ground as she left the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium. She asked her father, Eddie Lee, if they could race to the car, and then again if they could start now after watching Maurice Greene run.
Mental health workers in Lawrence warn of an increasing number of young people, mainly junior high girls, resorting to self mutilation with razors or knives or burning themselves with cigarettes, signaling a worrying trend starting in the coming Monday report.
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