Sears Kmart merger aims to cut costs and reshape stores
Kmart to acquire Sears with Edward Lampert set as future chair. combined firm could post 55 billion dollars in annual revenue across 3500 U.S. stores while maintaining a major Lawrence distribution center employing 500 and serving 84 Kmarts in 10 states. shares rose sharply on the news as analysts warned about integration challenges and market shifts.
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Sheriff revamps Taser policy amid safety concerns
Douglas County Sheriff Rick Trapp outlines a revised Taser policy limiting use to nonlethal force when possible and cites unique situational discretion. He notes Tasers offer a nonlethal option for subduing individuals, including cases involving children or the elderly, with decisions left to the officer on scene. Lawrence Police also seek Tasers but await funding.
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KU ushers to be replaced as event division dissolves
Kansas athletics spokesman Jim Marchiony said Manpower is exiting its event management role for KU sports. After Nov 27 Crowd Systems, based in Kansas City and in operation since 1975, will staff all KU basketball games. Crowd Systems president Jane Kincaid noted potential hiring of current ushers and ticket-takers.
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Clinton library frames White House scandals as fight for power
Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock opens a display on Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky that portrays the scandals as a fight for power and an exercise in persecution. Bruce Lindsey says the exhibit targets Republican efforts to delegitimize Clinton and the administration. The 8 by 6 foot alcove titled The Fight for Power anchors the show with sections Politics of Persecution and A New Culture of Confrontation. Clintons attend a reception and crowd exceeds 1,000, with a free concert by North Mississippi All Stars and Better Than Ezra.
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Bush pardons six, including 1963 Mississippi theft case
President Bush granted clemency Wednesday to six people, boosting his total pardons since January 2001 to 25 and commuting two sentences. Among those pardoned was Richard Arthur Morse of Rowley Mass., jailed in 1963 for interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle in Mississippi. Other recipients included Meredith Casares of Kansas City Kan for embezzling U S postal funds and Russell Donnell of Independence Mo for aiding a false credit union statement.
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