News video 2008-05-16 Andanh.com

Fire Officials: Vehicle Purposely Set on Fire
Topeka firefighters found a vehicle at 1001 SE Highland Avenue Thursday night. Officials say the fire started in the passenger compartment and appears to be intentionally set.

Iraq War Vet Ready For New Beginning
A war veteran from Topeka was evicted from his home when he could not catch up on his house payments. He says an expected VA settlement would have helped a great deal. Now, that settlement has come through, and he's starting his life over down south.

Cozy Home Rental Management Cuts the Ribbon
The company leases homes and manages property and offers a future home buyers program.

Phill Kline Says AG Should Help Foot His Legal Bills
Johnson County D.A. Phill Kline is facing action from a Planned Parenthood clinic he alleges performed illegal late-term abortions. Kline says his legal bills could top $200,000 - and the AG's office should provide his defense, as it has in other, unrelated cases.

Rosa's Mexican Restaurant to Close
Rosa's Mexican Restaurant, 2025 SE California in Topeka, will close at 9 pm Saturday May 17th. Owner Ric Barron says food prices, gas prices and competition were all factors in the decision.

Gas $1.04 in Kansas City
A radio station promotion tied up traffic in Kansas City Friday.

MacVicar Closed for the Weekend Again
You might need to change your regular driving route this weekend.

Shawnee County Drug Bust
Shawnee County Deputies arrested 50-year old Fred Lehmann when deputies found evidence of a red phosphorous meth lab at 3750 Northwest 62nd street.

Harrah's Unveils $500 Million Casino Plans
The proposed casino would be located in Sumner county, but will affect the Capital City as well.

Sheriff Barta Files for Re-Election
Shawnee County's top law enforcement agent wants to keep serving the people of Shawnee County.

KCK Man to be Sentenced For Fatal Pit Bull Attack
A Kansas City, Kan., man is set to be sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal pit-bull attack on a 71-year-old woman nextdoor.

Father Jailed Over Daughter's Truancy to be Freed
A judge says he will release a man who was jailed last week for failing to make sure his daughter earned her high school equivalency diploma.

Huckabee Quips about Gun aimed at Obama during Speech to NRA
Speaking to the NRA Friday, former GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was interrupted by a loud noise offstage. He responded with a joke that it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had pointed a gun at him.

Impact of canceled oil shipments into government reserve unclear
The Bush administration says it is suspending oil deliveries into the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of the year. It's not clear what impact the move will have on oil or gasoline prices. The reserve is 97-percent full.

Saudis Rebuff Bush As Oil Hits New High
President Bush's second stab this year at getting oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production and drive down the soaring gasoline prices hurting U.S. consumers appears to have again failed.

France's Orange Signs New IPhone Deal with Apple
French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

Louisiana Teenager Accused of Poisoning Teacher
A 16-year-old student is accused of poisoning his teacher, who went to the hospital with "severe intestinal distress" after the teen spiked a soft drink with eye drops, authorities said.

Flight Attendant Accused of Setting fire on airplane
Court documents said Eder Rojas, of the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury, told authorities he was upset at the airline for making him work a route. "Rojas further stated that he was preparing his cart to serve the passengers, he set the cart up, went back to the lavatory and reached in with his right hand and lit the paper towels with the lighter," court documents said.

Nintendo's Latest Game wants You Off the Couch
Nintendo creates a game that helps keep you fit.

Russian supply ship docks to space station
Russian supply ship docks to space station

La. Officials to Take Over Katrina Collections
The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday.

Ex-Army Corps Consultant Indicted in Bribery Case
A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina.

New Storm Deepens Misery in Cyclone-Hit Myanmar
Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts.

Friday Weatherschool Question
A photometeor could be another name for a :

China's Giant Pandas Survive Earthquake
Report: Chinese authorities confirm that captive giant pandas are safe. Concerns grow over road accessibility to the reserves. Scientist: Alternative foods exist in the event of depleted bamboo stocks.

Fresh Earthquake Hits Devastated SW China
Official death toll now at 21,500, although officials warn it could top 50,000. 5.5-magnitude quake hits eastern Sichuan, triggers landslides, blocks roads. Victims continue to be pulled from rubble 96 hours after quake hit. Chinese President Hu Jintao in Sichuan to press rescue operations.

Myanmar Raises Official Cyclone Death Toll
State Television Reports More Than 43,000 Killed - Still Far Below Red Cross Estimates

A Veto-Proof Vote For Contested Farm Bill
White House Opposed Bill That Includes Big Increases For Farmer Subsidies And Food Stamps

Florida Fires "Prime Suspect" In Custody
But Search Goes On For Other Suspects, Arrested Man's Lawyer Warns Of Jumping To Conclusions

Aftershocks Spark Landslides at Quake Epicenter
A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.

Gay Marriage Opponents Vow to Fight Calif. Ruling
Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.

Oil Back Above $125 in Volatile Trading
Oil prices continued to rise Friday after a whipsaw overnight session that paired the expiration of options with a bevy of news that swung the price of oil per barrel in a $6 range.

Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi Reportedly Plan to Marry
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action — she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.

"Miracle" China Quake Survival
An American survivor of this week's earthquake in China tells of her group's three-day struggle to stay alive.

Polar Bear Now Listed as 'Threatened' Species
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that Polar Bears will now be listed as "threatened." Listing is under Endangered Species Act. USGS says two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years. Bush administration was supposed to make a decision in January.

Girl's Twin Found Inside Her Stomach
Nine-year-old girl in Greece admitted to hospital after suffering from stomach pains. A six centimeter long embryo was found in her stomach. Foetus had head, hair and eyes but lacked brain. Growth was surgically removed.

'Indiana Jones' Clashes With Independent Flicks at Cannes
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" premieres this weekend at Cannes Film Festival. The movie isn't competing for prizes at the famed film festival. Some critics gripe that Cannes has succumbed to Hollywood. Festival opens with "Blindness," a film about an epidemic that causes vision loss.

Saddling Up and Singing to Protest Gas Prices
More Americans are protesting the rising cost of gasoline, including school officials walking from Pennsylvania to D.C. to raise awareness. A Kentucky man rides his horse to town with a sign to protest diesel cost. Some protests more gory than others - a dead deer was found hanging at a gas station.

Red Cross: 128,000 May Perish In Myanmar
Aid organization predicts death toll could double unless Junta allows in more foreign aid, workers. Myanmar's junta says legal action will be taken against people who trade, hoard or misuse international aid for cyclone survivors.

Kansas Senators Vote for Farm Bill, with Objections
Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback say they're not happy with the bill's cuts to direct payments and the crop insurance program.

State Employees getting Pay Raises
State employees are going to see a little extra in their paychecks soon. Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill to begin bringing wages up to market value Friday.

Tuition Set to Rise
Regents are proposing a tuition increase of nearly nine percent at the six state universities for the fall.

Lawrence Man and Company Accused of Illegally Dumping Waste
Raymond Sawyer, 56, and his company, MagnaGro International, Inc., are charged with unlawfully discharging waste from a fertilizer manufacturing operation into the city of Lawrence's sewer system.

Elementary Students Show Support for their Terminally Ill Classmate
Students and staff members at McLouth Elementary school gathered to honor one brave boy Thursday.

Tomko helps Royals beat slumping Marlins
Brett Tomko pitched six innings Friday night for his first victory in nearly six weeks, and two unearned runs helped the Kansas City Royals extend their winning streak to five games by beating the slumping Florida Marlins 7-6.

Minnesota State wins at NCAA DII Regional in Emporia
Matt Mathiowetz for the Maverics pitched a three-hit shutout striking out eight in a complete game performance.

ESU Softball Hornets Shut Down St. Francis 1-0 at NCAAs
Miranda Campbell doubled and scored the game's only run while Samantha Sheeley tossed a three-hit shut out as #6 Emporia State defeated Francis Marion 1-0 in the NCAA Division II Softball Championship Tournament.

Review of Kansas Softball Season
For the fifth consecutive season and 24th time in program history, Kansas hit the 30-win plateau and also collected its 100th all-time Big 12 Conference victory with a 6-2 win over Iowa State on May 4.

Wildcats Complete Opening Round of NCAA West Regional Golf Tourney
Oregon led the field after the opening round with a 1-over 289 and the Wildcats were six strokes behind No. 10 Texas and the cutoff line at 11-over 299. Oregon’s Joey Benedetti was the top individual after shooting a 3-under 69 on Thursday.

Kansas State Shuts Out Rival Kansas, 5-0
Kansas State improved to 25-27 overall and 9-16 in Big 12 play, needing just one win in the next two games to qualify for the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla. Kansas fell to 30-25 overall and 9-16 in conference action.

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