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Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas has been dealing with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius  for a while now regarding her scandalous and unrepentant support, as a Catholic, of abortion. He has now taken further action. The Kansas City Star reports: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius should stop taking Communion until she repudiates her support for the “serious moral evil” of abortion, the Catholic archbishop for northeast Kansas says. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, also criticized the governor Friday for her recent veto of a bill imposing new restrictions on abortion providers. The...

Topeka — Agreements with Mexico and Canada are setting the stage for construction of a huge highway that will gobble up Kansans’ property and jeopardize U.S. security, representatives from a wide range of groups said Monday. “Through incrementalism, apathy and inattention, our national sovereignty is being sacrificed on a cross of greed, socialism and globalism,� said state Rep. Judy Morrison, R-Shawnee. Morrison has introduced House Concurrent Resolution 5033 urging Congress to withdraw from further participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement and Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. At a hearing before the House Federal and State Affairs...

'5-9-07 - President George W. Bush arrived in Wichita at 9am Wednesday. Air Force One landed at McConnell AFB and then boarded Marine'

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has extended for two more years the imprisonment of a terror suspect linked to al-Qaeda's attempts to produce chemical and biological weapons, saying he has more information about terrorist operations. Yazid Sufaat, a U.S.-trained biochemist and former Malaysian army captain, was arrested in late 2001 as he returned home from Afghanistan, where officials say he was working on a biological and chemical weapons program for al-Qaeda that was ended by the U.S.-led war. Since then, he has been held without trial under Malaysia's Internal Security Act on accusations of being a member of Jemaah...

The Archdiocese of Kansas diocesan newspaper the Leaven carries the following commentary by Archbishop Joseph Naumann. On May 19, Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoed Senate Bill 528. This bill passed by the Kansas Legislature required abortion clinics to provide information documenting the reasons for late term abortions. Gov. Sebelius in her veto message stated: “Abortion is an important moral concern to all Kansans. My Catholic faith teaches me that life is sacred. Personally, I believe abortion is wrong.� I received several letters by individuals who disagreed with the governor’s veto. They objected in part because they were convinced, as was I,...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Democratic congressional challenger Nancy Boyda repeated concerns Wednesday about a proposed multilane superhighway that eventually could span the United States from Mexico to Canada, calling it a threat to Kansans. "There seems to be a plan to blur the border with the United States and Mexico," Boyda said, referring to a proposed 10-lane corridor parallel to Interstate 35 in Texas. Boyda has made the highway an issue in her effort to defeat incumbent Republican Jim Ryun in a rematch of their 2nd District race two years ago. While Ryun says immigration is the top issue on his...

The list is long: Fire, storms, urban renewal, interstate construction — not to mention the ravages of time.All have threatened Old St. Patrick’s Church at 806 Cherry St. It even lost its parish when the downtown area, which it had served since 1875, was taken over by office buildings.The Roman Catholic diocese had shuttered the church by 1959, after which it was used only occasionally. Now the building, thought to be the oldest church in the city limits of Kansas City, is on track to reopen next year.The sanctuary will again hear the solemn and majestic tones of the Latin...

We used to fingerprint felons -- now, we're "inking" traffic scofflaws. Run a couple of mph over the speed limit in the state of Kansas (or even fail to "buckle up for safety") and you'll be duly entered into the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's electronic fingerprint database -- a privilege once reserved for actual criminals, not ordinary citizens who commit minor violations of the motor vehicle code. KBI, authorized by the state government, will be "testing out" 60 automated fingerprint readers throughout the state beginning this month -- all of it funded by a $3.6 million grant from the Department...

Legislative Policy Forum When: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Where: Electric Cooperatives Building 1 Cooperative Way Arkansas Who: Jennifer Crawley (501) 372-7301 Legislative Candidate Reception When: Monday, March 20, 2006 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Where: Little Rock Club 400 W Capitol Ave # 2435 Arkansas Who: Jennifer Crawley (501) 372-7301 http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_mar06nl13&JServSessionIdr010=8mn39cqen1.app6a Immigration Conference Coming to Kansas City The Impact of Illegal Immigration on State and Local Governments Source: Immigration Report FAIR’s highly successful series of regional immigration reform conferences is coming to Missouri. State and local law enforcement, and elected officials from across the region...

Four States Holding to 'No Issue' Handgun Laws 6/28/2004 Feature Story by Dick Dahl With the recent passage of a "shall issue" handgun law in Ohio, the number of states that have eased restrictions on concealed gun carrying has risen to 35. But in the face of this onslaught, four heartland states are holding fast to their long-time laws that prohibit the carrying of concealed guns by people other than police officers. Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin thus far have withstood the gun lobby's efforts to enact shall-issue laws. (They're commonly called "shall issue" laws because they say that the...

This week, trouble is coming to Tennessee, New York State and Oklahoma, courtesy of deranged cult leader Fred Phelps and his Westboro group from Topeka, KS. From their website, this is the list of soldier funerals they plan to ruin: August 11, 2005 (Tomorrow) 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm McKenzie, TN McKenzie Funeral Home, 1749 E. Cedar Ave., for funeral of Army Spc. James Dustin "Dusty" Carroll August 12, 2005 10:30 am - 11:00 am Ronkonkoma, NY St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Fag (Phelps' words, not mine) Church, 800 Portion Rd., for funeral of Army Staff Sgt. James D. McNaughton...

TOPEKA, Kan. - A federal judge heard arguments challenging a Kansas law that grants tuition breaks to some illegal immigrants - a case closely watched by eight other states with similar laws. Lawyers for six parents and 18 students argued Tuesday that the Kansas statute violates federal immigration laws designed to prevent states from giving such tuition breaks.

Ann Coulter causes stir at KU Heckling, standing ovations interrupt right-wing commentator By Mike Belt, Journal-World Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter was greeted with a mixture of standing ovations and heckling after she took center stage Tuesday night at Kansas University's Lied Center. As soon as she stepped up to the microphone, Coulter fired off one zinger after another about liberalism while promising to answer questions from left-wing members in the audience who could "thrash their way to a coherent thought." "I've come to find I like liberals a lot more," Coulter said early in...

MILFORD, Kan. - Geary County Sheriff Jim Jensen is again concerned after a deputy discovered a pair of smoke-grenade launchers in the same area near Milford Lake where five military machine guns turned up two weeks ago. ... "These weapons may appear unserviceable, but if a proper gunsmith gets a hold of them or if somebody else wants to they could probably put them back to working condition," Jensen said.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Foes by tradition, some students at the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas are joining forces to oppose their schools' decision to drop the name "Border War" from a sponsored athletic rivalry. The schools issued a joint announcement Oct. 4 saying the two-year-old trophy contest, decided by Jayhawk-Tiger competition in common sports during an academic year, would be renamed the "Border Showdown."The competition is sponsored by Midwest Ford Dealers, which has agreed to sponsor it through the 2006-2007 year.Athletic Directors Lew Perkins of Kansas and Mike Alden of Missouri said applying the term "war" to...

Government abuse on the Home front... On tape! Hear it for yourself (Originally sent as an email to the country: Monday, September 01, 2003 8:28 PM) Hi, How would you react if a government official called you at work, from your basement, and no one let him in? How would you react if they calmly told you that if you wanted to be there you better "drop what you are doing and get over here?" When you complained at the next city commission meeting, they couldn't even seem to understand what you were upset about, wouldn't you think you were...

Source: Sandia National Laboratories Date: 2004-02-05 Sandia-developed Foam Likely Would Stop SARS Virus Quickly, Sandia/Kansas State Team Shows ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Researchers at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories and Kansas State University have shown that chemical formulations previously developed at Sandia to decontaminate chemical and biological warfare agents are likely effective at killing the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Cecilia Williams (left) and Jill Bieker, two members of the Sandia/K-State research team, inject Sandia’s decontamination formulation into a flask containing a surrogate of the SARS virus. The team has demonstrated the formulation’s ability...

Priest leads other Episcopalians to join Orthodox Church BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle About 40 members of an Episcopal church in east Wichita have established a new congregation within the Orthodox Church, citing their disapproval of the "decidedly liberal drift" of the Episcopal Church in recent years. The Rev. John Flora, 57, retired rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, will lead the new congregation, which will begin worshipping at St. George's Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Flora said he and the group of former St. Stephen's parishioners have grown frustrated with the Episcopal...

Woman testifies that Carrs killed her friends in a soccer fieldAn inexpensive hair clip may have deflected the bullet that was intended to kill her. Thu, Oct. 10, 2002 - BY RON SYLVESTER - The Wichita Eagle A 25-cent plastic hair clip may be responsible for pulling together the capital murder case against Jonathan and Reginald Carr. The hair clip helped save the life of a woman who on Wednesday identified the Carr brothers as the men who raped and robbed her and four friends before shooting them and leaving them for dead in a snowy soccer field. Investigators...

'08 Jockeying Already For those who believe it is a bit too early to talk about the 2004 presidential race, click away now, because this week we're devoting space to the very early jockeying that's already taking place for the 2008 presidential race. We'd pick Frist above the rest of these folks as the most likely Cheney replacement in '04. Believe it or not, there is maneuvering, especially among Republicans, for 2008. This activity is not overt, and the candidates would steadfastly deny their current actions have anything to do with future White House aspirations. But it's there. For instance,...