Couric Debuts as CBS Evening News Anchor with Exclusive Suri Photo
Katie Couric anchors CBS Evening News in a fast paced debut featuring interviews and an appeal for sign off help. The broadcast included the first public photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with baby Suri. The Lawrence Humane Society seeks 470000 for repairs and expansion. Lenexa Spinach Festival to center spinach themed events and the world’s largest spinach salad.
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Katie Couric
Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes
Suri
Ahmadinejad calls students to curb liberal instructors
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urges university students to remove liberal and secular instructors to bolster Islamic fundamentalism in Iran. The appeal signals a fundamental shift in education policy and ideological control within the country.
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Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Calderon win affirmed as protests persist in Mexico election
Judge Alfonsina Navarro Hidalgo ruled there was no systemic fraud and upheld Felipe Calderon as president after Lopez Obrador's months long opposition. In a separate brief, Lansing prisoner John Manard, who escaped in February, faces court today on charges tied to the break with dog trainer Toby Young.
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Mexico
Federal Electoral Tribunal
Felipe Calderon
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Lansing
John Manard
Toby Young
KU engineering alum lands Ford chief executive post
Lawrence native Alan Mulally, KU and Lawrence High School alumnus, is named president and CEO of Ford Motor Co. after 37 years at Boeing. His sister Maureen jokes about a recent Ford truck purchase. The appointment places Mulally at the helm of one of the world’s oldest auto makers.
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Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Mich
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Bill Ford
Ford
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Bill Ford Jr
Mulally's Career at Boeing Noted in Resume
Alan Mulally graduated Lawrence High School in 1963 and earned a KU bachelor’s in 1968 and a KU master’s in 1969. At 61 he had spent 37 years at Boeing, most recently as executive vice president and as president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes since 2001.
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Alan Mulally
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Mulally
Boeing Co
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Deepwater oil pool could rival Alaska find
A Chevron led group reports a vast offshore petroleum pool 270 miles south of New Orleans and four miles under the sea. The zone, called the lower tertiary, spans about 300 square miles and may hold 3 to 15 billion barrels, potentially boosting U.S. reserves by up to 50 percent but with years before production and little immediate impact on imports or gas prices.
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Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Daniel Yergin
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Chevron
Morrison pledges DV unit and halting abortion clinic probes
Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison, the Democratic candidate for Kansas attorney general, says if elected he would end the abortion clinic investigations and redirect resources to domestic violence cases. He proposes a state DV unit modeled on his Johnson County program, while facing Republican Phill Kline in the November general election.
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Paul Morrison
Morrison
Phill Kline
Kline
Attorney General's Office
Johnson County
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Mistaken arrest puts bondsman on the line in Douglas County
Robert D. Davis II, a 28 year old Lawrence man, was arrested by bounty hunters who sought another man. Davis said he is not a fugitive as Judge Paula Martin admonished the bondsman, Jim Price of A 1 Bonding Co., and questioned whether Price can continue in business. The case raises questions about the arrest practices and the bondsman’s role in the incident. The next steps include legal review and possible action against the bondsman.
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Robert D. Davis II
Douglas County
Lawrence
Ball
Jim Price
Davis
Paula Martin
A- 1 Bonding Co
Martin
Mr. Price
Eric Westander
Journal-World File
A- Bonding
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