1. WKNJ Newscast
April 3, 2013
Good afternoon, it’s Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at _____________ o’clock and
you’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and I’m _____________
with the news.
Local news
A Deming man has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to
illegally transport several people into the U.S. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old
Steven Kasey Dupree must also serve three years of supervised release for his
conviction. He pleaded guilty last year. Prosecutors say Dupree and a co-
conspirator worked with others to transport seven people across the U.S.-Mexico
border and into Southern New Mexico. Border Patrol agents went to Dupree’s
home Feb. 7, 2012, and found three people who were in the country illegally. Two
of them reported paying $1,800 each to be smuggled across the border and
transported to Albuquerque. The agents also learned that Dupree had left earlier
that day to transport four more from his home to Phoenix.
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2. A 20-year-old man accused of driving drunk and killing a resident of the Navajo
Nation has been sentenced to 37 months in prison.Federal prosecutors say Jervis
Wilson of Cudi must also serve three years of supervised release for his conviction
of involuntary manslaughter. Wilson was sentenced Thursday. Authorities say
Wilson was driving drunk on U.S. 64 outside of Shiprock on the Navajo
reservation when he tried to pass other vehicles. He was speeding and hit an SUV.
He continued on and side-swiped another car before crashing into a pickup driven
by 52-year-old Herman Willeto. The crash happened March 2, 2012. Prosecutors
say Wilson’s blood alcohol level was 0.23 when blood was drawn within three
hours of the crash. The legal limit in New Mexico is 0.08.
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3. Moving alone to National News……..
Royalties from oil and natural gas production on state trust lands and various types
of leases netted more than $44 million in revenue for the State Land Office in
March. New Mexico Land Commissioner Ray Powell says his office is working
with tribes, local and federal agencies and the private sector to ensure that revenues
from activities on trust lands are being optimized. He says the goal is to create jobs
while protecting the state’s working lands. The revenue coming into the Land
Office from royalties and leases each month goes to support public schools,
universities and hospitals. In March, more than $40.5 million went to public
schools alone. Nearly $2 million went to special schools, such as the School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired in Alamogordo and the School for the Deaf in Santa
Fe.
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4. A horse rescue operation in San Juan County is seeking help after taking in three
emaciated mares and a filly from the State Livestock Board. The animals were
among a group rounded up two weeks ago on U.S. Forest Service land near Cuba.
Some of the horses had identifiable branding marks and their owners were located,
but the mares and filly went unclaimed. The director of the Four Corners Equine
Rescue, Debbie Coburn, told The Daily Times in Farmington that the organization
needs help paying for vaccinations feed and hoof care for the horses. Two of them
are pregnant. Coburn says their sunken faces and protruding ribs are indications of
starvation and stress. Last year, Equine Rescue found homes for 30 horses, a
record high in the nine years since Coburn founded the organization.
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5. International new….
An Australian university has been granted an extra $30 million (£20.3 million) by
the federal government to build a campus just two days after Canberra announced
countrywide cuts of $2.3 billion to university budgets and student support. The
University of Newcastle will use the cash to help build a city campus for its law
and business students. But Caroline McMillen, vice-chancellor of the institution,
pointed out that the government’s “efficiency dividend” budget cuts will take
between an $8 million and $9 million from the university by 2015, making paying
for the building difficult, The Australian reported. Newcastle will contribute $40
million to the project, while the New South Wales government will provide $25
million. The campus, which is viewed as an intrinsic part of urban renewal in
inner-city Newcastle, will bring 3,000 students and 1,200 staff to the city centre
each day, Professor McMillen said.
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6. India’s human resource development minister has called for closer partnerships
between academia and industry. Speaking at a two-day international workshop in
New Delhi focused on greater national productivity, Pallam Raju said that
employability in India would be improved if the two worked more closely together.
He also announced that his ministry would set up an incubation fund for 100
institutions, the aim of which would be to provide money for student ideas that
could then be turned into businesses. Mr Raju added that the government planned
to identify 10 research institutes with the greatest potential to house research parks,
depending on their current level of industrial engagement, The Times of
India reported.
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7. In Sports…….
The Floyds Knobs Community Club non-profit baseball and softball program will
be holding its League Day Celebration on Saturday, May 11. The celebration will
be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the FKCC, 4032 Weber Lane, and Floyds Knobs.
The purpose of the celebration is to raise funds that will help with maintenance and
improvements on the ballpark. The day will consist of games and activities for all
ages, specifically the following: home run derby and base running contests,
inflatable’s, helmet airbrush art, dunk tank, cupcake wheel, silent auction. Plus
Louisville Bats’ mascot Buddy Bat and the 100.5-FM Radio GenX truck will be
there as well. FKCC supporters who cannot attend the event can make donations to
league president Kevin Hensley at 4176 Andrew Dr., Floyds Knobs, IN 47119.
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8. Jeff High wrestling team planning trip to New Zealand
Wrestlers on the Jeffersonville High School wrestling team and Team Jeff
Wrestling Club who are interested in going on the Indiana State Wrestling
Association’s trip to New Zealand must see Red Devils’ coach Danny Struck to fill
out an application.
ISWA members ages 12-19 are invited to apply. The trip is scheduled to start on
Sunday, July 21, and wrestlers are expected to return on Thursday, Aug. 8. Dates
may change a few days either way depending on flight availability, cost, and host
request.
The cost of the trip is estimated to be approximately $2,500 per wrestler.
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9. Entertainment ……..
Science fiction fans and movie-goers might be counting down the days until the 3D
re-release of Jurassic Park hits theaters on April 5th, but scientists and
conservationists are now counting the ways that they could make the movie’s
premise – in which the DNA of dinosaurs’ blood is preserved in a mosquito
fossilized in amber – come to life.
It’s called “de-extinction,” and it already happened for the first time ten years ago.
When the last bucardo, a subspecies of the Spanish Ibex, died in 2000, it would be
natural to believe that this was the end of the species. But thanks to an intrepid
group of wildlife veterinarians, the DNA from the last remaining burcado, a female
named Celia, had already been preserved.
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