KDOT stands by eastern U.S. 59 alignment plan
Kansas Department of Transportation will proceed with a new eastern alignment for U S Highway 59 despite opposition from Lawrence and Douglas County officials. Baldwin supports the plan while Ottawa requests reconsideration. The agency says no near term change is planned and will review concerns.
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KDOT
Ron Kaufman
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lawrence City Commission
Douglas County Commission
Ottawa City Commission
Baldwin City
Kaufman
State audit of contracts may not be dead yet
Rep. Kenny Wilk chairs the Legislative Post Audit Committee and says he will back a motion to reconsider the decision to delay an audit of state contracts. The panel met and postponed the audit until after the Kansas Performance Review Board completes its review, which could take three to six months. Senate and House Democrats who supported the audit were absent.
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Kenny Wilk
Lansing
Legislative Post
Wilk
Kansas Performance Review Board
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Chris Steineger
Kansas City
Performance Review Board
Hensley
Violent WTO protests disrupt Seattle opening ceremony
Seattle faced clashes as WTO protests forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies. Mayor Schell declared a civil emergency and curfew while 200 unarmed National Guard personnel were mobilized. Police reported 22 arrests as demonstrators blocked streets and damaged property ahead of President Clinton’s planned address.
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United States
National Guard
Paul Schell
Clinton
World Trade Organization
Washington
Gary Locke
Pacific Northwest
Locke
Schell
WTO
White House
U.N
Kofi Annan
Madeleine Albright
Norm Stamper
Grisly search for bodies continues near border
Mexican federal police and FBI agents pushed a cross border body hunt near Ciudad Juarez with four search sites. Authorities say scores of people vanished in the region amid drug violence and may include informants and cartel associates. Two ranches were swept as the inquiry broadened to include more sites and possible human remains.
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U.S
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
AUS
el Paso-Juarez
United States
Amado Carrillo Fuentés
Cartel
FBI
Juarez
Jose Larrieta Carrasco
Attorney General’s Office
el Paso
Carrasco
Brain scans tie Gulf War illness to brain damage claims
Researchers report magnetic resonance spectroscopy found Gulf War veterans who report illness have 10 to 25 percent lower levels of the brain chemical N acetyl aspartate in the brain stem and basal ganglia, suggesting neuron loss. The study, blinded and presented at a radiology meeting, notes a genetic vulnerability to chemicals used during the war may underlie symptoms.
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James L. Fleckenstein
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Penitagon
Craig Quigley
Quigley
Radiological Society of North America
Fleckenstein
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