Satellite photos spark Earhart crash site interest
Space Imaging photographs show rust colored spots on Nikumaroro atoll that archaeologists from the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery consider potential Earhart plane evidence. A diving team will go to the atoll next year to inspect suspected engine and landing gear remains amid broader search links to Earhart Noonan’s last radio signals.
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Thornton
Colo
Thornton Company
Elia Earhart
Hawaii
Space
Rick Gillespie
International Group For Historic Aircraft Recovery
Nikumaroro
Earhart
Frederick Noonan
Atoll
Gillespie
Nikumarora
Noonan
Fiji
Stanley Brown
Waikumaroro
Pago Pago
Space Imaging
Navy
China
Hainan Island
Court upholds juvenile murder conviction in drive by shooting
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a 1998 first degree murder conviction of 15 year old Coleman for a drive by shooting that killed Shanell Cooper. The court ordered a new sentence due to improper consideration of the victim's age and state of mind under the Hard 40 statute.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas City
Oman Lee Coleman Jr
Shanell Cooper
Coleman
Wyandotte County
Donald Allegrucci
Bec
Allegrucci
NCCC tax protest to go before Attorney General
Neosho County Community College petition protesting a mill levy will be sent to the Kansas Attorney General for an opinion on validity. The county clerk declared the document valid with 848 verified signatures. 567 were required. The board later unanimously voted to seek AG guidance on whether a special election or rescission of the capital outlay is legal.
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Chanute
Board of Trustees
Neosho County
Board of Trustrees
Mariam Mih
Bill Triplett
NCCC
Kent Pringle
the Tribune
Michael Peaster
Melissa Thiesing
Peast
Triplett
Kansas Taxpayers Organization
Wichita
Kansas Attorney General's Office
Linus Thuston
Havens Continues Stadium Work Across Multiple Projects
Bechtold notes Havens and Merrill have partnered before and will likely finish the job by 2003 with two planned pauses to avoid football season. Havens has built or contributed to Tiger Stadium Denver Coors Field Milwaukee Titans Stadium notable works. Other major tasks include Orlando convention center and projects in Washington Minneapolis Omaha Overland Park Shanghai.
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Bechtold
Havens
Merrill
Tiger Stadium
Ea Coors Field
Denver
Milwaukee
Titans Stadium
Nashville
Tenn
Lambeau Stadium
Orlando
Washington, D.C
Minneapolis
Omaha
Neb
Overland Park
Shanghai
China
IBM
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald.com
Layton's naive art gains Paris attention in Halle Saint Pierre
A Washington artist Layton receives praise from a New York critic calling her a genius. Lambert recounts Layton's surprising reception at the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris, a museum known for naive art.
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Soniam
Washington
New York
Layton
Albuquerque
Grandma Moses
Lambert
Paris
Halle Saint Pierre
Museum
Louvre
Halle Saint Pierre Museum
Hallesaintpierre.org
Gas prices vary across Kansas with Wichita as exception
A Kansas study shows gas prices rise from Kansas City to Denver, except Wichita where prices drop due to nearby refineries. Gas retailers' margins are narrow, and costs include crude, refining, taxes, distribution, and marketing. Experts note Gulf Coast proximity and transportation shape regional prices and urge fuel-saving habits.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas City
Denver
Wichita
Hays
Lee Gerhard
Kansas Geological Survey
Lawrence
Gerhard
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Rich Johnson
Pape Petroleum
Bartlesville
Plane crash near Joplin kills pilot and injures child
Johnson family traveling to Missouri to care for his wife's 7 year old daughter Krystan O Quinn, who was injured when she fell from a public pool diving board. Investigators review FAA and NTSB tapes. possible fuel issue examined. witnesses saw flames or smoke. lights at the Joplin airport questioned.
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Johnson
Missouri
Krystan O’quinn
Seaman
Kansas City International
Bowling
Joplin
NTSB
Coleman
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Ameliaearhart.com
Foia
Attorney General
Jackie Witherspoon
Chanute Tribune
Thiesing
The
Tribune
Pringle
Elizabeth
Grandma” Layton
Wellsville
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Corpetta
Sage
AAA
U.S
Harris News Service
Coral Crupper
Jasper County
Bill Pierce
Pierce
Steve Stockam
Federal Aviation Administration
Spry
Pay Renfro
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