Conroy wins sparse Kansas Senate primary without campaigning
In the Democratic U S Senate primary in Kansas 76 year old Robert Conroy won 56 percent in Cherokee County with 1 542 votes and took Shawnee County 10 360 to 2 676 while Lee Jones led Franklin County 51 6 to 48 4 Conroy aged 76 from Shawnee did not campaign and acknowledged surprise from observers and party leaders who backed Jones Experts attributed the win to unfamiliarity with the two candidates and ballot order highlighting Kansas Democrats weak bench and the unlikely path against Republican front runner Sam Brownback.
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Topeka
Robert Conroy
Cherokee County
U.S. Senate
Conroy Trall
Shawnee County
Lee Jones
Conroy
Jones
Sam Brownback
Franklin County
Kansas
Kansas Senate
Anthony Hensley
Brownback
Joe Aistrup
Kansas State University
Aistrup
Burdett Loomis
University of Kansas
Dan Glickman
U.S. Agriculture
Kathleen Sebelius
Johnson County
Joan Ruff
Ruff
Democratic Party
Sebelius
Basra battle, Mahdi Army clash disrupts southern Iraq
Iraqi insurgents fight British forces in Basra while Mahdi Army militants clash with police and attack government buildings in Amarah and Mahawil. U S forces near Najaf shrines avoid damage amid rising sectarian tensions as raids detain suspects in Samarra during Operation Cajun Mousetrap I.
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Iraq
Basra
Imam Ali
U.S
Najaf
al-Sadr
Baghdad
Sadr City
Philip Smith
Al-Daraji
Amarah
Mahdirmy
Milir
Mahdi Army
Ian Clooney
Assad al-Basri
Mahawil
Interior Ministry
Sabah Hadbie
Zayd Hadi
Samarra
FBI
Pomona Lake shows busier waters and higher level this summer
Knapp notes Pomona Lake is busier with more boats and beaches while water stands near 975 feet, four feet higher than last July due to heavy rains. Green says El Nino/La Nina shifts affect fall weather and predicts varied rainfall and temperatures, with soybeans needing rain in August. It's been a more positive year overall.
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Pomona Lake
Dave Green
Green
Knapp
Kansas
Pacific
la Nita
Lane Fair Schedule of Events and Contests
Lane hosts a day of old fashion games at 12 30 p m a truck and quilt show at 1 p m a Longaberger Baskets show at 2 30 p m with The Fiddlers and Pickers performing 4 00 to 6 30 p m A barbecue dinner by the Pottawatomie Raritans 5 to 7 p m winners of colt and quilt drawings at 6 30 p m exhibit trophies at 7 p m and Western Sunshine closes with a concert at 8 00 p m
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Fiddlers and Pickers
Pottawatomie Raritans
Western Sunshine
Testimony disputes Lynndie England abuse claims at Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib witness Edward Rivas testified by telephone from Iraq that humiliation tactics were not authorized or effective for intelligence work and that detainees did not endure such treatment as standard practice. He described rules against using prisoners for interrogation and noted England's supervisor said she rarely worked in the hard site.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
Abu Ghraib
Pfc
Lynndie England
Iraq
Edward Rivas
England
Rivas
Spc
Matthew Bolinger
Bolinger
Charles A. Graner Jr
Spe
Matthew Wisdom
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