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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 2011
Page
3
The federal deficit is on pace to exceed $1 trillion for the third straight year, with $971 billion spent in the first nine months. The Treasury reported the figure as lawmakers face pressure to curb spending, with the year ending September 30.
Obama and the Democratic Party report raising more than 86 million in the latest three months, aiming to top 750 million and possibly reach 1 billion overall. The campaign says over 47 million and the DNC over 38 million were raised by June, exceeding a 60 million goal.
Coordinated blasts ripped through three Mumbai neighborhoods during rush hour, killing 21 and wounding 141. Police set up checkpoints as investigators describe improvised devices hidden in an umbrella, a bus stop meter, and a car in crowded markets and business districts.
Rupert Murdoch abandons his plan to control BSkyB as part of a broad fallout from the phone hacking scandal. Prime Minister David Cameron names a senior judge to head an inquiry into the scandal touching Murdoch’s papers and potential access to victims’ phone numbers.
President Hamid Karzai wept at the grave of Ahmed Wali Karzai, Kandahar provincial leader and top southern emissary, after his assassination. The funeral drew thousands as Karzai vowed to stop killings and named a brother to succeed him. Separately a Taliban attack blamed for five French troops deaths followed.
Two Africa based studies show Truvada, an AIDS drug already used to treat HIV, also prevents transmission among heterosexual men and women. Experts call it a breakthrough for a continent hardest hit by AIDS. UN AIDS chief Michael Sidibe hailed the results as a step toward tipping the epidemic.
Kansas government retains Foulston Siefkin LLP to defend a federal lawsuit over a state provision that denied Planned Parenthood federal family planning funds. The move comes as Brownback pushes office closures, including the Lawrence welfare office, to cut costs. Attorneys cost from 115 to 300 dollars per hour.
Kansas University graduate Rebecca Cremer and 32 Bike and Build cyclists trek across the nation this summer. They began at 4:30 a.m. and ride dozens of miles daily to aid communities. In Lawrence they helped construct a Habitat for Humanity home, expressing pride in giving back to the community they grew up with.
The Kansas Bioscience Authority recommended several investments at its Wednesday meeting. A new recruit for the EU Cancer Center would join through the Rising Star program with a $1 million plus commitment. Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in Lawrence seeks a nearly $1.6 million research grant. Other proposals include a $98,980 brain injury project with Phlogistics, a $140,000 bioplastics project with Green Dot Holdings, a $600,000 equity stake in Novita Therapeutics, and a $400,000 expansion proposal to attract a company to Kansas. All require full board approval except the proof-of-concept investments.
Disruptive repaving on Sixth Street between Massachusetts and Missouri was delayed by overnight rain and is now slated to proceed today barring further storms. City urges avoiding downtown bridges, prohibits left turns onto Tennessee, and closes Massachusetts at Seventh to limit downtown access while paving runs through August 12 and shifts to Kentucky to Missouri streets thereafter.
City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362 and follows on Twitter at clawhorn ljw.
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