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University predicting fewer layoffs in Wichita

Dec. 21, 2009
Wichita State University is slashing the number of layoffs it is forecasting in the region for 2010. University economists now predict the Wichita area will lose 1,650 jobs next year. That's less than half the 3,550 job losses that the university's Center for...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler