Weekend Forecast Bright with Wind and Storm Chance
The forecast notes tonight is partly cloudy with wind and a 20 percent storm risk. Lows around 52. Saturday brings sunny morning then clouds with a high near 71. Saturday night cool and clear with mid 40s lows. Page 14.
Courts duel Congress over federal do not call list
Washington battles over a national do not call registry unfold as Congress rallies to authorize FTC enforcement while a Colorado court blocks the rollout. President Bush supports the bill, but a Denver judge later halts the plan, keeping telemarketing calls in limbo.
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Congress
Washington
Free Government Service
Ken Johnson
Rep
Billy Tauzin
R-Law
House Energy and Commerce Committee
John McCain
R-Ariz
House
Senate
Bush
U.S
Edward W. Nottingham
Denver
Schools alert parents to scares near Garfield and Hawthorne
Notes issued at Garfield and Hawthorne elementary schools say students were followed by a stranger on way to or from school. Police reported no immediate threat, but district and police officials stress protecting children during transit and timely parent information.
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Garfield Elementary School
Michael Conner
Garfield
Hawthorne
USD 290
Bob
Soldiers Welcome 15 Day Home Leave for Iraq Troops
The largest home leave program since Vietnam is set for soldiers in Iraq and supporters. More than 130000 troops on 12 month tours may take 15 days of leave with crews flown from the region to Germany and the United States. Families express mixed feelings about the goodbye. Lt Col Gene King and Spec Scott Jansen are named as relatives awaiting word on leave.
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Washington
Iraq
Baltimore
Germany
United States
Michelle Jansen
Spec
Scott Jansen
Army
101St Airborne Division
Donabelle King
Beatrice, Neb
Gene King
101St
Judge astonished by Kansas school budget processes
In Shawnee County District Court Judge Terry Bullock, hearing parents and school leaders’ suit against the state, expressed astonishment at how state officials gather district cost data. He pressed Education Commissioner Andy Tompkins on district budget proposals and the 2002 Augenblick & Myers study calling for $852 million more spending to provide a suitable education for all students.
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Salina
Dodge City
Shawnee
Terry Bullock
Bullock
Andy Tompkins
Tompkins
State Board of Education
Kansas
Denver
Augenblick & Myers
Local police offer public safety training sessions
Police Capt Randy Allan and Sheriff Craig Davis say they schedule training on identity theft child abuse defensive driving self defense and home and business security for civic groups fire departments schools and agencies. Ottawa police broadcast safety tips on the city channel as part of ongoing education for neighbors banks liquor stores and employees. City employees will spend five hours on safety topics during City Employee Safety Day on Oct 13.
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Onewe
Randy Allan
Franklin County
Craig Davis
Ottawa Police Department
Allan
Rick Geist
Ottawa
Sheriff's Department
Davis
Ottawa City
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