Investors take GM stock for a joyride in Los Angeles
General Motors Co. shares rose 3.6 percent on their first trading day after a $20 billion stock offering. The robust debut cheers the Obama administration seeking to recoup nearly $50 billion lent to GM last year and signals improving investor confidence in the broader economy.
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Jobless Benefits Facing Expiration Without Congress Action
Washington DC reports that 2 million people could lose unemployment aid as Congress debates taxes for those earning over 200000. A three month extension failed in the House with 258 to 154 vote. 21 Republicans supported, 11 conservative Democrats opposed. aid currently goes to about 5 million jobless for over six months.
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Peace prize may not go out this year
Norway's Nobel official says the Peace Prize may be withheld this year as China pressures to block Liu Xiaobo's family from attending the Oslo ceremony. Beijing has clamped down on Liu's relatives and urged countries not to send reps, with ambassadors from Russia Cuba Kazakhstan Morocco and Iraq declining invitations.
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Three Victims Found in Hollow Tree in Ohio
An unemployed tree trimmer, Matthew Hoffman, led investigators to three bodies stuffed in a hollow tree after a teenage girl bound and gagged in his basement identified the killer. Authorities say the victims, her mother, brother, and another woman, disappeared from a bloodstained home over a week ago and were killed there. The sheriff said remnants required cutting away part of the tree to recover the remains.
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Downtown Lawrence gets seven story mixed use tower
Construction began Thursday on a seven story mixed use building at Ninth and New Hampshire that will rival the height of the Bank Tower. Lead developer Doug Compton expects completion by late 2011 or early 2012 with offices on lower floors and apartments on the top five floors. Downtown leaders praise the project and its residential component.
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Judge allows harsher sentence for woman in endangerment case
A Douglas County judge ruled Natasha M. Brown may face a stiffer sentence than guidelines permit after she ignored signs her husband groomed two girls, ages 9 and 11, whom they hosted over two years. Brown was convicted of two counts of aggravated child endangerment and one count of lewd behavior. her husband faces trial on multiple charges including child rape.
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KU makes legacy tuition discounts permanent for out of state students
The Kansas Board of Regents approved making the Jayhawk Generations Scholarship Program permanent at KU. The plan offers 12 percent tuition relief for ACT 26 to 29 scores and 20 percent for 30 or higher, with a 30 percent discount for ACT 34 or more starting fall 2011, after a temporary fall 2009 rollout and current 123 participants.
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