KU tickets theft scheme convicts face prison camps
Five people connected to a Kansas University ticket scam pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The scheme, spanning 2005 to 2010, stole thousands of football and basketball tickets and dumped them to brokers, costing KU at least $2 million. Rodney Jones and Kassie Liebsch are in satellite prison camps in Oklahoma and Illinois respectively, with sentences of 46 and 37 months. Charlotte Blubaugh and Thomas Blubaugh received 57 and 46 months, awaiting detainment destinations. Ben Kirtland faces sentencing May 12 in Wichita.
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KU Beats Wichita State 11-2 in Largest Margin Since 1988
The KU baseball team defeated Wichita State 11-2 in Wichita on Wednesday night, securing the second win of the two game series. The nine run victory margin was the largest KU has posted against Wichita State since 1988. The Kansas House Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to remove bonding control for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility from the Kansas Bioscience Authority.
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Ecumenical leader recalled for Peace and Justice award
The Rev Thad Holcombe, director of Ecumenical Christian Ministries and 2011 recipient of the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice Tom and Anne Moore Peace and Justice Award, says the call to do more remains. He expresses hope he is up to the challenge.
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Lawrence Business Hall of Fame 2011 inductees announced
Junior Achievement will reveal the 2011 Lawrence Business Hall of Fame inductees on Friday. The ceremony honors local business leaders and community contributors, with the event expected to draw notable executives and guests from the city and region.
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Nighttime depot caretaker part of revitalization effort
Nate Anderson mans the Lawrence Amtrak depot at 413 E Seventh St guiding the midnight Southwest Chief arrival. Since taking the role last June he endures the noise by waiting inside the door, while the depot averages 10 to 20 nightly passengers on the Chicago to Los Angeles route.
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Los Angeles
Depot to celebrate Train Day at Santa Fe Station
The Seventh and New Jersey depot hosts National Train Day events starting 1 p.m. at 413 E. Seventh St with a 1:30 p.m. Dave Gnojek jazz set and a 2:30 p.m. swing demonstration by Kaitlin Dozier and Stuart Becker. A door prize offers two round trip Amtrak tickets to Chicago or St. Louis. Depot Redux revitalization improved the station and caretakers like Anderson greet riders.
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Obama holds bin Laden death photos private from public view
President Barack Obama ordered that grisly photographs of Osama bin Laden in death be sealed, saying releasing them would not reflect who we are. He noted the raid eliminated the al Qaeda leader and warned that any release could fuel propaganda and violence.
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School budget talks keep cuts minimal for now in Lawrence
Lawrence school board plans to preserve most current positions and programs as a $3 million in cuts and spending adjustments aim to offset a $3 million state funding drop. Negotiations linger over a teacher wage request of at least $1.3 million districtwide, with May 20 contract deadlines looming and no new cuts expected.
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Vanessa Sanborn
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