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Western Carolinian Volume 73 Number 04

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  • Top 10 Current and World Events By: Amanda Peralta Editor In Chief 10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his: _ only boy, 21- year-old senior Daniel Kim, committed suicide only eight months after the tragic massacre at Virginia Tech. Kim had fallen into deep depression af- ter the shootings because he feared his life at Tech. He had often been compared to the shooter Seung- Hui Cho. Kim had been acting suicidal lately when recently he purchased a $200 pistol claming he would go through with it. 9. WASHINGTON (AP) A federal jury convicted a woman Tuesday of running a prostitution ser- vice that catered to members of Washington's political elite. D.C. Madam. Deborah Jeane Palfery was charged for running prostitu- tion, but she still denies all charges. She was convicted on all counts she faced which were: money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes and racketeer- ing. 8. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) A wave of bombings blamed three provincial capitals Tuesday, kil than 100 across northth iraq! The bomb had wounded 12 and it was known as a double car bombing in Mosul. There was another bomb that hit a local restaurant killing 15 in Anbar province and killed 40 near government offices in Baquba. There was a roadside bomb that killed five in Baghdad. mice 7. KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) At least 19 schoolgirls died when fire erupted in their dormitory west of the capital, Kampala, late Monday, say police and school officials. Two adults were also found in the primary school dormitory fire. The school denies the clams students made when saying that the door was locked from the outside making it hard for anyone to escape the flames. Police say the investigation will continue until finding the reasons. 6. LOS ANGELES, California (AP) Walt Disney Studios says legendary animator Ollie Johnston has died at age 95. The animator of Disney worked on Fantasia, Pinocchio, Song of the South," "Cinderella" and "Alice in Wonderland." Johnston was one of Dis- neys Nine Old Men who created famous works. Al Storage Insulated Units 3418 10216 10220 10456 al Qaeda ae shook Baghdad and aura 6 SOFT wu vice TAA ean LORE DT eople and woundine m j P yi Bt aut hi : 5. (CNN) Last year Sen. Barack Obama, submitted a laundry list of federal fund- ing requests, known as earmarks, to the Senate Appropriations Committee: 112 . earmarks totaling more than $330 million in taxpayer funds. Sen. Obamas staff says he wont ask for any federal funding requests in 09. He submitted a laundry list of funding requests in his first year in office. Obama states that, the entire earmark process need to be re-examined and re- formed. 4. ANGOLA, Louisiana (CNN) He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute Pat- rick Kennedy for his crime. The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Loui- siana's maximum-security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana - State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River. Unlike the 3,300 inmates awaiting execution nationwide -- including the 94 other men at Angola -- Kennedy, 43, is a convicted rapist. The victim was his 8-year-old stepdaughter. For the first time in 44 years, a state is preparing to execute a man for a felony other than.murder. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Louisiana can use capital punishment in child rape cases. 3. WASHINGTON (CNN) | A smiling Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the,United: States on
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