Gates Buffett pledge huge wealth to global health fund
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett announce they will funnel the majority of their combined fortunes to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates plans to reduce day to day Microsoft duties to focus on the foundation while Buffett supports directing billions toward health and education worldwide.
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U S House Passes Panama Canal Bill Without Debate
The U S House approved the Senate bill to build a Panama lock canal and sent it to President Roosevelt for signature. Kansas Republicans show unusual harmony this year as earlier political feuds fade. A local 15 year old girl who disappeared with a circus is now the focus of parental intervention.
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Politics colors debate on Iraq deadline
The Senate debate last week over Iraq exit timing devolved into a partisan show rather than policy. Democrats appeared hapless and Republicans were stretched to dishonest claims. The piece criticizes Sen. Rick Santorum for devious rhetoric amid election year politics.
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Debating Iraq and WMDs A column by Trudy Rubin
Trudy Rubin argues against the premise of Iraqi WMDs being a current threat. She notes degraded munitions dating to the 1980s and cites David Kay on their reduced toxicity, while criticizing Santorum's insistence on WMD links to terrorists. Rubin shifts to troop withdrawal, urging competence over timetables and forecasting gradual U.S. pullback by 2007.
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Public Forum Letters on ACS Fundraising and Local Issues
Readers praise Lawrence Relay for Life for boosting American Cancer Society research funds. Letters discuss Kansas image in Times Square, traffic light timing on Sixth Street, safety at WMF, and festival security concerns.
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Letter to driver after cat death urges responsible pet ownership
Marg Hadl writes to the unidentified woman who struck a gray and white cat on Sunday morning, urging her not to blame herself and urging owners to keep pets leashed or indoors. The note stresses that the fault lies with the pet owner and that the cat did not have to die.
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