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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 2011
Page
3
A RusAir Tu-134 crashed in heavy fog on a highway near Petrozavodsk in Karelia, killing 44 aboard and leaving eight survivors. The plane was en route from Moscow, and eight people were hospitalized in critical condition.
Arizona Senator John McCain defended his weekend remark that substantial evidence ties some border crossers to wildfires in the state. Two fellow Republicans stood with him as authorities report human-caused origins for the major blazes while noting limited details. A Monument fire near Sierra Vista burned 14 homes and four businesses Sunday, with about 10,000 residents evacuated and containment at 27 percent as crews assess damage.
In a rare public appearance Bashar Assad proposed a national dialogue on reforms, yet protesters in Beirut and other cities shouted liar and urged his departure. He blamed saboteurs and offered limited reforms while vowing to weather the uprising, as opposition maintains a resolve for regime change amid one of the Arab Spring's deadliest battles.
Tunisia's former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi were sentenced to 35 years each in prison in absentia on embezzlement and misappropriation charges. They were fined tens of millions after $27 million in jewels and public funds were found at one palace.
Mubarak, 83, hospitalized since April, may have cancer recurrence in stomach per defense lawyer who cites prior gallbladder and pancreas cancer treatment. Two senior medical officials deny disease, as he faces August trial on protester killings with possible death penalty and amnesty speculation.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment allegedly let Sunflower Electric answer public questions meant to shape a 275 page permit for the Holcomb coal plant and pass those replies off as its own The Star reports KDHE says comments blocked due to Sierra Club appeal Sunflower defends actions citing ongoing litigation Opponents warn of pollution water use and excess supply for Colorado residents construction stalled in 2007
Gov Sam Brownback tapped five businessmen to join a 13 member Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Study Commission. He pressed for a move toward a 401(k) style plan for all new state workers, while preserving current benefits. The commission will review alternative and hybrid retirement options to restore balance and security for Kansans.
Lawrence and 15 Kansas communities have pursued energy saving actions five months in. Two film crews will document the Take Charge Challenge, including a PBS crew for Earth: The Operators Manual, with Baldwin City events and Kansas energy efforts highlighted.
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