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#10: Missouri settles with college students
According to report from ksdk.com, Missouri law from 1872 said "youths, resident of the state of Missouri," should be admitted to the states university "without payment of tuition.". Suit results in $500 from state to each of almost 5,000 University of Missouri students. Oops.

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#10: The Loch Lloyd Monster
OK, it wasn't a monster, but it was an 8-foot-long alligator, found in a suburban Kansas City gated community. Sadly, no pictures--it was a biiiiiiiigggggg gator.

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Men's Basketball
Nov 13-14, Guardians Classic, Lexington, KY
Nov 13 @ Kentucky, TBA
Nov 14 vs. Wofford/Lipscomb, TBA
Nov 18 @ Illinois, 7 pm
Nov 21-22, Guardians Classic, Kansas City (if qualified)
Nov 24, Southeast Missouri State, 7 pm
Nov 28, Cal-State Fullerton, 7 pm
Dec 6, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 7 pm
Dec 8, @ Nebraska, 7 pm
Dec 10, Denver, 7 pm
Dec 12, UMKC, 7 pm
Dec 20, Manhattan, @ Sioux Falls, 7 pm
Dec 23, @ Minnesota, TBA
Dec 28, Butler, 7 pm
Jan 2, @ Montana State, TBA
Jan 7, Utah Valley State, 7 pm
Jan 14, @NDSU, 7 pm
Jan 16, SW Minnesota State, TBA
Jan 25, @ Idaho State, TBA
Jan 28, @ Utah State, 8 pm
Feb 2, @ Utah Valley State, TBA
Feb 6, IPFW, TBA
Feb 11, Texas-Pan American, 7 pm
Feb 13, @ Middle Tennessee St., TBA
Feb 18, NDSU, TBA
Feb 22, @IPFW, TBA
Mar 3, @ San Diego State, TBA
Mar 5, @ Cal State Fullerton, TBA
Remainder of schedule to be determined

Women's Basketball
Nov 4, Minnesota-Crookston, 7 pm (exh)
Nov 11, Upper Iowa, 7 pm (exh)
Nov 19, @ Nebraska, 2 pm
Nov 20, @ Drake, 2:05 pm
Nov 20-27 @ Colorado State tournament
Dec 2, Middle Tennessee St., TBA
Dec 4, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, TBA
Dec 8, @ Wisconsin, 7 pm
Dec 10, @ Southern Illinois, 2 pm
Dec 16, Texas State, 7 pm
Dec 18, Alabama, 2 pm
Dec 21, @ Marquette, 7 pm
Dec 28, @ Colorado, 8 pm
Dec 30, @ Long Beach State, TBA
Jan 2, @ Idaho State, TBA
Jan 10, Kennesaw State, 7 pm
Jan 14, @ San Jose State, 9 pm
Jan 19, IPFW, TBA
Jan 26, TAMU-Corpus Christi, TBA
Jan 28, @ Florida International, 6 pm
Feb 1, Southwest Minnesota State, TBA
Feb 4, NDSU, TBA
Feb 11, @ Texas-Pan American, TBA
Feb 13, @ TAMU-Corpus Christi, TBA
Feb 18, @ NDSU, TBA
Feb 24, @ IPFW, TBA
Feb 28, @ UC Riverside, 9 pm

I was thinking about some conversations I've seen on the Net regarding militant Islam's intent to impose by force Sharia (Islamic law) on everyone in the world. I wondered--wouldn't that be illegal in the U.S.?

Words like "treason" and "sedition" are appearing more and more often. What do they mean in the actual law? Now, I'm not a lawyer, and don't know how courts have interpreted these laws, or if a case has come up pitting the First Amendment religious freedom for Islam against these sections of the U.S. Code. Are we in danger, as Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson warned, of turning the Bill of Rights into a suicide pact?

So with that, here's the U.S. Code, Title 18, Part I, Chapter 115 - Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities. (Text included in the full article--click the article name or "read more" below).

Our subdivision has lost power! Hopefully Aquila (our power company) will effect quick repairs. It's 100 degrees here in the K.C. metro, and I'm not sure how long my UPS powering my Internet equipment (or my laptop battery for that matter) will hold out.

Will Medary.com need to take it on the road to a Starbucks? Stay tuned. . .

UPDATE: That didn't really take very long. All I had to do is post about it and five minutes later wham! our power was back.

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#10: Bears stop at New Mexico motel, don't find pick-a-nick baskets
Via Yahoo News.
"He walked in, went to the pay phones, then straight toward the pool," said desk clerk Kimbra Pacheco.
Wanted to call Boo-boo but didn't have change? Who knows--it was a bear.

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#10: Shuttle launch planned for Tuesday
Combination of wire grounding and electromagnetic interference thought by NASA engineers to be source of sensor problems.

Thanks to Iowahawk, anyone can now protest any future Supreme Court nominee, no matter what name, gender, or ethnic affiliation that nominee may have. A true public service.

Hat tip: Little Green Footballs.

Not sure why I haven't posted this before now. ESPN is running a poll of the best sports teams/events/players of all 50 states. Here is the poll for South Dakota. Vote Jackrabbit, vote often!

Here's the Missouri poll (go Royals!)

the Kansas poll (rock chalk);

and the Tennessee poll (go Lady Vols!)

Reading Victor Davis Hanson is the intellectual equivalent of splashing very cold water on your face.

In his article titled Elegant Nonsense, this quote regarding the generally prevalent view in the entertainment industry of George W. Bush's intellectual capacity:

In fact, what do a talented Richard Gere, Robert Redford and Madonna all have in common besides loudly blasting the current administration? They either dropped out of, or never started, college. Cher may think George Bush is "stupid," but she — not he — didn't finish high school.