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Japan braces for possible radiation catastrophe
Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km of the facility - a population of 140 000 - to remain indoors amid the world's most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. Officials in Tokyo - 240 km to the south of
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:03A
Expert minimizes long-term health effects in Japan
Royal spent time in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1990 as part of an International Atomic Energy Agency team measuring the results of the 1986 nuclear power plant accident there. He answered questions Tuesday about the effects of radiation exposure.
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:03A
Knicks' losing skid extends to three
In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Minneapolis, veteran NBA referee William Spooner claimed AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski defamed him in the Twitter message, sent while he was covering the Jan. 24 Rockets-Timberwolves game. In the second period,
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Judge dismisses parents' lawsuit
In the months since its filing, the lawsuit has attracted national attention from media and those who follow both education and constitutional law. Duncan said Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law scholar at Harvard University who argued the Supreme
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Information session for voters set for March 16
The session is free and open to the public. Kansas Equality Coalition-Topeka Chapter, League of Women Voters-Topeka, Topeka Center for Peace and Justice and Social Justice League at Washburn are sponsoring the event.
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
For live-in lovers, breaking up can be worse than a divorce
Neither Illinois nor Missouri recognizes common law marriages, in which a couple who have been living together for an extended period of time are granted certain legal rights. So, a live-in girlfriend or boyfriend cannot sue for financial support after
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Watch the herd when markets panic
The sure sign of what we might call a 'crash', 'rout' or 'slump' in finance journalist parlance is panic. There's always debate (at least at the ABC) as to when something is entitled to the term 'crash' - we don't want to sensationalise the relatively
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Warson Woods police report
Groves man mistook the gas pedal for the brake and lost control of his car. Besides injuring the woman, five cars were damaged. The Missouri Department of Revenue was notified of the accident for driver's license evaluation purposes, police said.
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Single-car accident on US 54
Area firefighters and Bourbon County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Feagins responded to an accident call at US 54 and Kansas Highway 7 about four miles west of Fort Scott shortly after 5 pm Tuesday. Feagins said the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
Tragedy averted in Coalhurst crash
Kary Moore noted the teen driver and his 17-year-old female passenger were "very lucky" to escape uninjured, given the fact a very similar crash Feb. 10 claimed the life of a 51-year-old Coalhurst woman. It's just the latest collision at the
Updated: 03/16/2011 01:02A
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