Authorities don’t know the motive in Tuesday’s rampage of carjackings and shootings across California’s Orange County. Three people were killed before the gunman ended the rampage by taking his own life.
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The Obama administration says the U.S. will continue to strengthen its defenses and discuss cyber theft with top Chinese officials following a security report that blamed China’s military for recent cyberattacks on key industries.
It was a day of reviewing goals from the past year and looking toward the coming year for the Riley County Law Board Tuesday. Progress indicators in 2012 were basically met, according to Riley County Police Director Brad Schoen, who went over the approximate half dozen goals. Some of those are improving traffic safety, reducing crime, increasing public satisfaction, and making use of available technological advances. One particular goal that created discussion involved mental health housing needs, with an ad hoc working group discussing the matter. Board member Wynn Butler indicates he wants to see something concrete and less talk. Director Schoen…
A horse with a knack for opening stall doors at a Michigan farm is getting attention after a video of her escape-artist antics was posted online.
President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight.
Will Spradling scored a season-high 19 points, and K-State easily spoiled Bob Huggins’ return to Manhattan in a 71-61 over West Virginia on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Cats jumped out to an 18-4 lead thanks to a 12-0 run, and held a 33-20 edge at halftime. The lead stretched to as many as 21 points in the second half, both shortly after Mountaineer technical fouls, one on Huggins and the other on guard Eron Harris. K-State (21-5, 10-3) had four other players in double figures, Nino Williams scored 13 points, Angel Rodriguez and Thomas Gipson had 11, and…
Cathy has returned from her vacation and sits down to talk with Linda Knupp, Director of the Manhattan Public Library Book Sale, Heather Lansdowne, Library Association President, and Gary Jeffrey, MLA book sale chair, followed by C.Clyde Jones, Diana Chapel, and Beverly Olson, with Shepherd’s Crossing, on today’s InFocus. [mp3-jplayer]
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas high school cheerleader is expected to undergo at least two more surgeries after her team’s van rolled off an icy road and into a ditch. WIBW-TV reports Christa Merriman already has had surgery to reconstruct her nose after the accident Friday night as she and fellow Holton cheerleaders were coming home from a game. The van carrying Christa, three teammates and their supervisor hit black ice on a bridge just north of Topeka and went into the ditch. Christa says everyone had their seatbelts on but she somehow ended up in a storage part…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director has apologized publicly for supplying him with an incorrect figure that led the Republican governor to make erroneous claims about his Democratic predecessor. Budget Director Steve Anderson said in a statement Monday the mistake occurred in entering data on an internal administration spreadsheet tracking total state spending. The error showed total state spending peaking at $16 billion during the state’s 2010 fiscal year, under Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson. The actual spending for fiscal 2010 was about $14 billion. In recent presentations to groups, Brownback has contrasted the purported $16 billion figure…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new cafe in Topeka is serving breakfast and lunch to the public while providing valuable experiences for Topeka students and those who haven’t graduated. The Kanza Cafe opened last month in a building owned by the Topeka School district. The cafe’s food serving manager, Jake Taylor, says adult staff operates the cafe, with volunteer high school students helping out. Volunteers also include students in the Next Step program, which teaches job and life skills to 18- to 21-year-old who haven’t graduated from high school. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Taylor said the students learn such skills as…