Roberts praise of ag comments on global warming crisis
U S Senator Pat Roberts urged farmers and the agriculture sector to acknowledge global warming and act. Environmentalists praised his stance while some groups dispute the science, citing EPA projections of higher temperatures and more storms. Roberts noted Antarctic research that shaped his view.
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Kansas
U.S
Pat Roberts
House
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Roberts
Benjamin
Ing Roberts
Senator Roberts
Kevin Price
Environmental Protection Agency
KU Greek houses blocked over sprinkler deadline
Eight of 36 fraternities and sororities at Kansas University face vacate orders as fire marshal Maj Rich Barr enforces a June 1 city ordinance requiring sprinkler systems. Buildings are off limits for occupancy or visits until sprinklers are installed, with Chi Omega Phi Kappa Theta Alpha Epsilon Pi named among those without systems.
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Mike Yonen
Journal-Woap
Rich Barr
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Stewart Ave
Kansas University
Lawrence
Barr
Barry
Chi Omega
Campus
Phi Kappa Theta
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Ind
Working families squeezed by housing costs across income levels
A National Housing Conference study finds more than 3 million working families face housing costs exceeding 50 percent of income, expanding from urban to middle class suburbs. It highlights that many moderate income workers struggle as rents and prices rise while wages stagnate.
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Washington
Fonda
National Housing Conference
Jobless rate up as May payrolls drop sharply
The unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent in May with a 116,000 cut in jobs, the largest decline in nine years. Private jobs fell while government Census hiring offset losses, sparking a Wall Street rally and fueling bets the Fed may pause rate hikes. Authorities framed the slowdown as a cooling of a previously robust economy.
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Washington
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Mark Zandi
RFA Dismal Sciences
West Chester
Labor Department
Clinton
al Gore
Alexis Herman
Fed
Why candy wrappers crackle in theaters
ATLANTA AP Scientists explain that the loud pops and clicks from candy wrappers come from folding creases being pulled apart. Researchers Eric Kramer and Alexander Lobkovsky found opening speed and wrapper material affect noise, but overall candy wrappers stay noisy. Open quickly to get it over with.
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Atlanta
Eric Kramer
Simon's Rock College of Bard
Great Barrington
Fass
Barry Nicnos
Journal
Ilustraton
Acoustical Society
Kramer
Alexander Lobkovsky
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg
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