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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 2012
Page
1
Lawrence High volleyball finally defeats cross-town rival Free State High School on Senior Night, spoiling the Firebirds’ celebration after two earlier losses. The article notes a decisive win at the home court.
Democrats including House Minority Leader Paul Davis criticize Gov. Sam Brownback’s website allowing anonymous tips about public school waste. Davis urges restoring funding rather than demonizing schools or finding excuses to cut more. Page 3A.
Files released Thursday reveal a 1972 Pennsylvania Scout memo urging dismissal of a case against a suspected child molester to protect Scouting’s reputation. The documents cover numerous undirected molestation cases from 1959 to 1985.
Preliminary figures show voters in Douglas County at 78,402, down from 84,440 in 2008. Mail in and DMV registrations next week may raise the total but not to 2008 levels. Advance voting runs through Nov. 5 with Election Day on Nov. 6.
Shawnee County prosecutors drop a rape charge against Joel Russell after DNA-identified suspect status and a 2001 Kansas law, despite a wrongful conviction in the linked 1985 Topeka kidnapping and rape case. The statute of limitations had expired for Russell by 1992, ending the prosecution.
Kansas economists warn energy will steer the state’s economy in the coming year with gasoline around four dollars a gallon acting as a limiter. Political energy from Topeka and Washington adds uncertainty about tax cuts’ job impact, as Brownback’s measures promise money but not guaranteed Kansas job growth.
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