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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2011
Page
3
The House voted 318 against and 97 in favor of a $2.4 trillion debt limit rise. Republicans proposed tying the increase to spending cuts, a move Democrats called political demagoguery while the Obama administration sought to avoid taking sides.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be personally sued over Abdullah al Kidd’s 2003 arrest under the material witness statute. Four justices wrote to flag questions about post nine eleven detentions, while al Kidd, never charged or called to testify, claimed motives violated his rights and accused Ashcroft of blessing the post attack enforcement.
The foodborne outbreak has hit Germany and other European nations, with 16 dead and more than 1,000 sick including nearly 400 with severe symptoms. Scientists search for the contaminated produce and country of origin as investigations span Europe. German officials initially pointed to cucumbers from Spain, but tests showed those vegetables were contaminated but not the source of the outbreak.
Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai ordered NATO to stop bombing civilian homes after a deadly Helmand airstrike killing women and children. He called the attacks unacceptable and warned it would be the last time, while NATO officials said airstrikes would continue as part of the war effort.
A respected international panel of scientists classed cellphones as possibly cancer-causing agents, joining DDT, car exhaust and coffee in this category. The assessment by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of WHO, was released in Lyon, France, and will go to WHO and national health agencies for guidance. Experts caution that this label does not prove causation or require immediate changes in use.
Charlotte Blubaugh, former associate athletic director for ticket operations at Kansas Athletics Inc., started a 57 month prison sentence in Texas for conspiring to steal and resell tickets to football and men's basketball games, a scheme costing the department at least $2 million. She is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, a facility housing about 1,600 female inmates with various units.
Lawrence public works crews replace 20 year old metal halide and high pressure sodium lamps with LED bulbs along the 800 to 1000 blocks of Massachusetts Street. The project costs 850000 from a federal energy efficiency grant covering library upgrades and a sustainability coordinator plus bulb replacements at downtown.
Gov. Sam Brownback defended his approval of a bill prohibiting abortion coverage in insurance unless necessary to save the woman's life. He noted taxpayer dollars and insurance policy concerns as factors in the Legislature’s action. The Kansas NOW plans a news conference on the Capitol south steps.
Douglas County sheriff deputies led by Chad Huggins Mike Folks Steve Buchholz and Jacob Montney ran a 20 mile leg on U S Highway 59 toward Ottawa as part of the 30th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to Wichita. The event supports the Special Olympics and runs through Friday.
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