Parkinsons plan aims to elevate Kansas higher education
Governor Mark Parkinson urges the Kansas Board of Regents to adopt a bold strategic plan to raise university rankings nationwide. He argues for focusing on academics over athletics, setting tangible goals, and seeking funding to boost one or two institutions while strengthening the entire system.
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Mark Parkinson
Kansas
Parkinson
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Kansas University
Kansas State
S.S. Kresge plans 10 million Lawrence warehouse
A Lawrence report states S.S. Kresge intends a 10 million warehouse project but no construction or operation start date has been set. The plan was announced about a year earlier, marking a major expansion for the chain in the area.
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S.S. Kresge
Lawrence
Megrahi release tied to Libyan oil blackmail and politics
Trudy Rubin argues the Megrahi release from a Scottish prison serves Libyan oil and gas interests and political pressure, not compassion. She cites Gaddafi’s bargaining power, Libyan reprisals against Switzerland, and U S reluctance, with Cannistraro backing Libyan responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing.
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Abdelbaset Ali Mehmed al-Megrahi
Libya
London Times
Robert Black
Lockerbie
Megrahi
Gordon Brown
Saif Gaddafi
Britain
Muammar
Brown
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Andrew
Gadhafi
Hannibal
Geneva
Gaddafi
Switzerland
Tripoli
Iran
Vincent Cannistraro
CLA
Cannistraro
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine — General Command
Pflp-Gc
Tehran
U.S
Persian Gulf
Pflpgc
Frankfurt
Cannistrato
Obama
Eric Holder
Moammar Gaddafi
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
FBI action dents Obama pledge over Azar rendition claim
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that the April seizure of Raymond Azar from Afghanistan resembles extraordinary rendition despite DOJ and FBI denials. Azar, a Lebanese contractor, pleaded guilty to inflated invoicing and kickbacks linked to Pentagon reconstructions. The piece questions moral accountability and Obama’s promised shift from Bush-era practices.
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U.S
Raymond Azar
Afghanistan
United States
Azar
FBI
Justice Department
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Osama bin Laden
Hannibal Lecter
Department of Justice
Tracy Schmaler
DOJ
America
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
MiamiHerald
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W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Chris Bell
al Bonner
D Clambrone
Ann Gardner
Caroline Trowbridge
Tony Berg
Lawrence Journal-World
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
P.O
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
HE World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Patrick Knorr
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Ralph Gage
Journal-World
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