A hospital in Aurora, Colorado says it admitted patients after a shooting at a nearby movie theater. Some patients suffered from gunshot wounds and others from chemical burns caused by some sort of gas.
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Jennifer Seeger escaped a shooting at a Colorado movie theater, but says the shooter pointed a gun at her face and shot people behind her. She says she crawled toward an exit when she saw a girl about 14 years old lying ‘lifeless’ on the stairs.
In his final warmup for the London Olympics, K-State’s Erik Kynard will high jump on Friday in Monaco. The Diamond League meet has ten competitors, nine of which are Olympians including fellow Americans Jesse Williams and Jamie Nieto, who both train under Wildcat coach Cliff Rovelto. Kynard arrived in Birmingham, England to begin training on Monday. He’ll jump in the Olympic prelims on August 5th, and the finals are August 7th. Friday’s warmup event begins at 1:05pm central time.
After being to finish 8th in last season’s Big 12 preseason media poll, K-State wound in 2nd place in the league with a 10-win season and a Cotton Bowl berth. The Cats will again have to defy expectations as they were picked 6th in the 2012 survey. Oklahoma has been picked to win the Big 12, and the Sooners received 32 of a possible 41 first-place votes. West Virginia, who beat Clemson in the Orange Bowl last season, had seven first-place votes headed into their first season in the Big 12. The Longhorns were picked third, followed by defending league…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felix Hernandez won his fourth straight decision, Jesus Montero homered and drove in four runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1 Thursday. Hernandez (8-5) is 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA in his past seven starts since a loss to San Diego on June 12. While he leads the majors with 143 strikeouts, Hernandez struck out only three, tying his season low. He allowed one run and eight hits, throwing only 89 pitches in eight innings. Hernandez worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth, striking out Alcides Escobar and…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals signed 38-year-old catcher Jason Kendall to a minor league contract Thursday and assigned him to Class AA Northwest Arkansas. Kendall, a three-time National League All-Star, has had two shoulder surgeries since he last played on Aug. 30, 2010, with Kansas City. He has been working out with the Royals since spring training. Kendall, a career .288 hitter, ranks fifth all-time with 2,025 games caught.
The pedestrian bridge that will connect the Discovery Center and the Historic Train Depot has hit a turning point as the on-ramp for motorists wishing to use K-177 to 1-70 is now open. Motorists on K-18 traveling westbound and eastbound will be able to take the on-ramp to K-177 and travel south to i-70 to use the 313 exit interchange. Baril Construction Company, the primary contractor for the pedestrian project, will continue to work on the sidewalk, landscaping and other miscellaneous items for the next few weeks. Drivers are again urged to drive slowly, obey all posted traffic control signs,…
FORT RILEY, Kan. – High winds damaged six aircraft located on Fort Riley’s Marshall Army Airfield a little after 6 Wednesday evening. No personnel were hurt in this incident. The aircraft, which belong to the 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade, were in pre-flight status at the time in support of training flights scheduled for the day. In addition to the aircraft, a trailer and several buildings located on the airfield received minor damage. The battalion continued training Thursday. The incident is under investigation.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says No Child Left Behind forced many states to ‘dumb down’ educational standards. He also says many states are developing creative new approaches to education.
Police in Aurora, Colorado say a gunman opened fire in a movie theater during a showing of ‘the Dark Knight Rises.’ Police say at least 14 people were killed, and at least 50 wounded.