Daily Archives: July 7, 2007

Open thread 7/7

July 7, 20071:05 a.m.

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Bush leaving legal legacy

July 7, 20071:03 a.m.

By commuting Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s 30-month prison sentence rather than pardoning him, President Bush has opened up a can of worms about federal sentencing, criminal law professors and attorneys told the New York Times. They said that the “Libby motion” will be cited by others claiming that they, too, received excessive sentences. “What you’re going to see is people like me quoting President Bush in every pleading that comes across every federal judge’s desk,” one defense attorney said.
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Museum belongs in Wichita

July 7, 20071:02 a.m.

The Museum of World Treasures in Old Town began signaling last year that it might leave Wichita, after butting heads with city officials over the issues of rent and grant funding. Now it’s being mentioned as part of a proposed 100-acre Olathe project, making the risk that Wichita might lose this crowd-pleasing attraction suddenly more real and serious. City Council members are right to step up efforts to keep the museum — if not in Old Town, where it draws thousands of people each year, at least in its hometown.
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Spreading good news about breast-feeding

July 7, 20071:01 a.m.

Congratulations to Wichita State University professor Janice Riordan, a pioneer in breast-feeding education for women, who was honored with an anonymous $1.6 million gift to the university that will fund a distinguished professorship in her name.
Riordan, 72, told The Eagle that when she had her first child, few American mothers were breast-feeding and nurses received no training in it.
Her lifetime work has been to raise awareness about the many nutritional benefits of breast-feeding and to help mothers overcome lactation problems.
The new professorship will ensure that her important work continues into the future and will have an international impact: One plan is to develop online lactation training for health care workers in developing nations, where breast-feeding advocacy is still in its infancy.
Posted by Randy Scholfield

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