Southwest Junior High ready for addition ending portable classrooms
Snowy day at Lawrence Southwest Junior High shows portable classrooms being phased out as a $6.9 million expansion adds 16 classrooms and four offices, with a new gym, conference room, hallways and three courtyards. Principal Bransky says movement begins Friday. by Monday most rooms are ready.
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Higher toll plan to fund state university repairs
Gov Kathleen Sebelius proposed a 575 million plan to raise Turnpike tolls to pay for deferred maintenance at Kansas universities. The proposal drew opposition from lawmakers who labeled it a traveler’s tax while the governor defended it as strengthening the academic mission.
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Sewage Leak Delays KU Chemistry Class
Kansas University maintenance trouble interrupts an organic chemistry lecture in Malott Hall when a burst pipe releases human waste from a sewer line. Professor Richard Givens experiences a drop on his hand as the room fills with a strong odor.
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Bush urges curbs on lavish executive pay on Wall Street
President Bush challenged corporate leaders on Wall Street to tie chief executive compensation to shareholder value. He urged boards to assume responsibility and demonstrate transparency and good governance amid public outrage over large pay packages. The remarks followed recent headlines about extravagant executive pay.
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Nine terror suspects arrested in Birmingham plot foil
British police halted a major kidnapping scheme in Birmingham after a six month anti-terror operation. Nin e suspects, mostly Pakistani, were seized in pre dawn raids as plots to torture and behead a British Muslim soldier and broadcast the killing online were cited by media. Authorities cautioned the threat remained real though not confirming reports of the intended Iraqi style execution.
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Lawrence hopefuls land spots on American Idol this Friday
Local competitors from Lawrence prepare for televised auditions as American Idol returns this Friday. Aspiring performers seek prime moments on the season premiere with hopes of advancing in the televised singing contest.
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