Empty chair at Oslo for jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Ambassadors and VIPs will fill Oslo City Hall for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony with Liu Xiaobo's chair left empty. Liu, a Chinese democracy activist, is jailed for 11 years on subversion charges after co authoring calls for changes to Beijing’s one party system. Chinese authorities have placed his supporters under house arrest and surrounded his Beijing home to deter prize acceptance.
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New York City Life Expectancy Edges Down in 2008
US life expectancy in New York City slipped by about one month in 2008 from a peak 77.9 years in 2007 to an estimated 77.8 years for a newborn. The decline affects both genders, with women living longer than men and the black white gap narrowing to 4.6 years as black men pass 70. The cause remains unclear and experts caution it may not signal a trend.
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San Antonio Women Skew Annual Mammogram Rates
A review of insurance claims shows only about half of women over 40 get annual mammograms, challenging prior survey claims. Dr Milayna Subar of Medco Health Solutions notes the discrepancy between stated preferences and actual behavior, based on records of over 1.5 million women presented at a breast cancer conference.
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Virginia Tech Criticized Over 2007 Shooting Warning
U.S. education officials uphold finding that Virginia Tech violated federal law by delaying campus notification when a gunman was on campus. The department rejected Tech’s claim that its response met then existing standards, noting an emailed warning arrived too late for 30 students and faculty who had already gone to class.
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Florida clemency board pardons Jim Morrison after 40 years
The Florida Clemency Board, urged by ex Governor Charlie Crist, pardoned The Doors singer Jim Morrison decades after a 1969 Miami concert controversy. Witnesses disagree on whether he exposed himself, with some saying it was a tease and others insisting it happened.
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Two dogs fall through ice. one dies near Lawrence pond
Lawrence firefighter Todd Dwyer reported his two golden retrievers, Cash and Cooper, fell through ice on a southwest Lawrence pond Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews rescued the dogs around 1:30 p.m., with Cash surviving and Cooper dying.
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Fire crews rescue dog from pond near Lawrence
Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical and Wakarusa Township firefighters rescued a dog from a pond southwest of Lawrence on Thursday. A second dog drowned in the pond.
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KUMC raises 2.7 million for Wichita campus expansion
Kansas University Medical Center has collected 2.7 million dollars toward a 5 million goal to convert a Wichita campus into a four year facility. Dean David Wilson praised donors after meetings with physicians groups and philanthropists. The Kansas Health Foundation led with an 800 thousand dollar gift as support grows for addressing local physician shortages.
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Lawrence man convicted of crime against 7 year old girl
A Douglas County jury convicted 23 year old Jose Fernandez Torres of fondling a 7 year old girl in a northern Lawrence apartment in September. He was found guilty of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and violating a protective order. Prosecutors argued the touching occurred as the girl slept in bed. The sentencing is set for February 7 with potential penalties up to 25 years to life for the indecent liberties charge and up to one year for the protective order violation.
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Oskaloosa man cited after crash near Kansas River bridge
A 21 year old Oskaloosa man was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and no proof of insurance after his 1998 Toyota Corolla left Sixth Street and toppled onto its passenger side by the east bridge barrier. A 29 year old Overland Park woman, the passenger, was arrested on an outstanding Johnson County warrant and for interfering with police. Both had minor injuries and refused treatment.
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