AT&T leaves SBC merger talks after breakdown claims
AT&T ends talks to merge with SBC Communications amid SBC reluctance to open local markets. Analysts cite potential partners like a Baby Bell or GTE as AT&T eyes broad local access while preparing a lobbying push in Washington. SBC dominance in the Southwest and West Coast helped end the deal.
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Reed Hundt
Lawmaker's Part Time Job Ties To Adoption Work
In Kansas Lathe, Rep. Phyllis Gilmore blends politics with adoption advocacy as a licensed clinical social worker guiding families. She consults on up to a dozen cases yearly, supports birth and adoptive families, and even acts as a letter and gift clearinghouse while balancing her Topeka duties. Ayden Elisabeth Fog le joined Kristi and Glenn Fogles, who discovered Gilmore’s involvement only after selecting her as their adoption contact.
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Kansas
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KU leads state in granting professor tenure
The University of Kansas tops public universities in granting tenure with four of five eligible faculty protected from dismissal. 769 of 967 eligible professors, about 80 percent, earned tenure, the Kansas Board of Regents data show. Wichita State 73.1 percent and Emporia State 52.8 percent followed.
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Miracle Dalmatian Rescued From Culvert After 24 Hours
In Rice County a Dalmatian named Madison was trapped in a culvert for about a day. Fire chief Jim Miller said rescuers used Jaws of Life and a backhoe to free her. Madison survived but has a crushed pelvis and faces an uncertain prognosis after returning home from the vet Friday.
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Quilts Earn Kansas Native a Global Spotlight
Tipton seamstress Jeanne Arnoldy rose from a Kansas life to international attention when her handmade quilts were gifted to first ladies from eight nations at the Summit of the Eight in Denver. Her wall quilts impressed Bea Romer and Hillary Rodham Clinton was chosen a U.S. flag design. Arnoldy, now in Colorado,quit a sales post to run a six year old business making formal wear and quilts.
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Slavery's horror fuels lifelong scholar's work in Kansas
Richard Sheridan of Lawrence, a 50 year slavery expert, argues Clinton's race discussions are a feeble gesture. He details the brutal slave trade, his Quaker roots, and his books Sugar and Slavery and Doctors and Slaves. He links slavery to ongoing racism and the Missouri-Kansas border era.
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