Prisoners freed from Guantanamo Bay detainee releases
The Pentagon said 20 prisoners were released from Guantanamo Bay on Friday after review. About 20 new suspects were moved to the facility from an undisclosed location, keeping the prison's population around 660. Officials cited that the freed individuals no longer posed a threat or required detention.
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Teacher of the Year Keil Hileman Runs Classroom Museum
Keil Hileman, a social studies teacher in the DeSoto district, has built a classroom museum at Monticello Trails Middle School in Shawnee. His Civil War and civil rights artifacts attract attention, earning him Kansas Teacher of the Year among eight finalists.
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Salina man dies after legs caught in grain auger
Salina man Dale Crown, 41, died after both legs were drawn into a thin auger while cleaning the equipment at his parents’ Ottawa County farm. Rescue crews arrived about 1 p.m. and two hours later he expired at the scene as his wife and two children watched.
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Attacks in Mosul area rise amid Iraqi tensions
In Mosul region violence against U.S. troops and Iraqi allies has increased. In Kirkuk, three Kellogg Brown & Root contractors were wounded by a bomb at an oil facility. The Palestine Hotel in Baghdad was struck injuring a civilian. In Baquba, a roadside blast killed one soldier and wounded two as a 4th Infantry Division convoy passed.
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Iraqi police chief killed near Baghdad as DHL plane struck
Gunmen killed the Iraqi police chief of Latifiya and his bodyguard and driver 20 miles south of Baghdad. The DHL cargo plane hit by a missile landed with a wing aflame, cutting commercial flights. DHL and Royal Jordanian suspended operations while U.S. officials praised coalition gains since March.
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Storm Update Reports Snow in South Dakota and Iowa
Public Safety notes continued storm coverage with four inches of snow in Iowa's northwest and 14 inches in Rapid City South Dakota, as weekend weather affected the Black Hills region.
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NABE panel predicts 2004 jobless rate near 5.8 percent
A NABE forecasting panel of 28 forecasters expects U S unemployment to average 5.8 percent in 2004, down from 6 percent, with payrolls rising about 1.1 percent or 1.3 million but still lagging the 2.3 million jobs lost since January 2001.
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