TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten is in the hospital suffering from pneumonia. A city spokeswoman says the 79-year-old Bunten was admitted Tuesday evening to Stormont-Vail HealthCare Topeka for a rapid heart rate and pneumonia. He will remain hospitalized until his health issues are resolved, spokesman David Bevens said. It's the second time in recent years that Bunten has been hospitalized. In March 2007, a doctor performed an angioplasty to unclog a blocked artery in the Bunten's heart. Bunten was elected to his second four-year term in April. He entered office in 2005 after being elected on his 75th birthday.
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