Exonered Kansas Man Wins $7.5 Million Settlement
Eddie Lowery, once imprisoned for a rape he says he did not commit, spent 10 years in a Kansas prison before being exonerated. After decades of struggle, he reached a $7.5 million settlement with Riley County officials as his case closes toward justice.
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Exoneration a passion and landmark for Kansas lawyer
Manhattan attorney Barry Clark spent a decade fighting to clear Eddie Lowery’s name with the Innocence Project, leading to Lowery’s 2003 DNA exoneration for an Ogden woman’s rape. Clark calls the case the high water mark of his career and hopes it spurs justice-system reforms.
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Donations help Lawrence schools face 5 million budget gap
Lawrence Schools Foundation begins accepting donations to ease the district budget crisis as leaders seek to protect general operations amid a projected five million dollars shortfall next year. Donors cannot designate a specific use, with funds supporting districtwide needs or potential reinstatements.
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Local education fund aims to boost district support
Reporter George Diepenbrock notes contact at 832-7144 and urges readers to follow LJWorld.com education news. Public may donate to the budget assistance fund via the Lawrence Schools Foundation site lawrenceschoolsfoundation.org for district support.
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Sebelius Probes Insurer Over Premium Hikes
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requests an explanation from a health insurance company regarding a 39 percent premium increase while WellPoint Inc reported a $2.7 billion quarterly profit in late 2009. The inquiry highlights tensions over rising costs and profits in the health insurance sector.
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Fossil spider fossil helps KU researcher map evolution of species
KU geologist Paul Selden uses a 165 million year old spider fossil from Daohugou China to trace the lineage of the plecteurid family. The well preserved Eoplectreurus gertschi shows features of modern relatives and suggests spiders of this primitive group persisted into the middle Jurassic.
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