Governor proposes special session over school funding stalemate
Legislators adjourned after a 89th day without approving an $82 million elementary and secondary school funding plan using transportation funds. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius criticized the move, noting a pending Kansas Supreme Court challenge and signaling a possible special session to restore education funding.
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John Milburn
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Senate
House
Doug Mays
R-Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Highway Patrol
Division of Vehicles
Ottawa school site surveyed for title transfer deal
Taylor Design Group of Ottawa surveyed the old middle school at Fifth and Main to clarify boundaries as part of a title transfer to Steve Foutch who agreed to buy the property for 100000 dollars from the Ottawa school board. He expects no refurbishment before August after city rezoning hearings.
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Taylor Design Group
Ottawa
Fifth
Main Streets
Steve Foutch
Ottawa School Board
Success not always significant speaker tells OU grads
Mitch Barnhart told Ottawa University graduates that success and significance differ. He cited elders who enjoyed success but felt they had not made a meaningful impact on others. His mother Suzanne Gibbs, a councilwoman and retiree, earned a degree at 50 after starting college long ago.
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Cleon Rickel
Mitch Barnhart
Ottawa University
Suzanne Gibbs
Gibbs
Mission City
Johnson County
Barnhart
University of Kentucky
Courts martial start amid Red Cross abuse findings
The first Abu Ghraib courts martial begins next week as trials may reveal if mistreatment was systemic or isolated. The Red Cross confir mation of routine abuse by U.S. officers during October interrogations is detailed in a confidential report.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Baghdad
Iraq
Abu Ghraib
Geneva
Switzerland
International Committee of the Red Cross
U.S
Red Cross
Bush
ICRC
Spe
Jeremy C. Smits
Hyndman
372Nd Military Police Company
Mark Kimmitt
Iraqi Freedom Opens Trial Date In Baghdad Center
Pentagon and White House officials outlined an open hearing for Sivits at the Baghdad Convention Center. Media access will mirror open court martial norms, with no show trial. The case involves seven soldiers, some facing general court martial, as authorities pursue full facts and accountability.
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Baghdad Convention Center
Kimmitt
NBC
Bush
Sivus
Sivits
Thomas) Metz
Bush backs Rumsfeld amid abuse images fallout
President Bush remains supportive of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as anticipated Abu Ghraib abuses resurface. Key officials briefed at the Pentagon include Powell Tenet Myers Pace Abizaid while debate grows over release of new images and possible resignations.
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Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Abu Ghraib
War Council
Rumsfeld
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CIA
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Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Joint Chiefs
John Abizaid
Middle East
U.S
White House
Scott McClellan
McClellan
Pentagon
Armed Forces
Rums
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ABC
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