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- Van crashes on I-70; at least three passengers killed
- Vehicle was carrying 15 people, Kansas Highway Patrol reports
- August 8, 2000
- A van packed with 15 people crashed Monday on Interstate 70, killing three people and seriously injuring several others, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
- Storms sweep across Kansas
- August 8, 2000
- Thunderstorms on Monday rolled across Kansas, spawning high winds and raking some areas with hail more than 1 inch in diameter.
- Robert Engle
- August 8, 2000
- Tom Mayhew
- August 8, 2000
- Marian Regler
- August 8, 2000
- Guenther Services
- August 8, 2000
- Sharral Andrews
- August 8, 2000
- KUMC, former director settle defamation suit
- August 8, 2000
- The former director of the Kansas University Medical Center’s heart transplant program has settled a defamation lawsuit in which he accused the hospital of blaming him unfairly for problems in the program.
- Lawrence coalition vows to work for living wage
- August 8, 2000
- By Erwin Seba Journal-World Writer The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce opposes a mandatory wage for companies receiving economic development funds. The Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice seeks support for its fledgling campaign to require some businesses to pay a “living wage.”
- GOP convention gives boost to Kline
- August 8, 2000
- Closing ranks in the GOP could mean trouble for incumbent Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore. The biggest bounce from the Republican National Convention may have gone to Phill Kline.
- Patient’s death spurs lawsuit against facility
- August 8, 2000
- By Joel Mathis Journal-World Writer The plaintiffs say Colonial Manor could have prevented a series of falls that led to a former resident’s death. A Lawrence nursing home has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of a former resident.
- U.S. gives Kenya aid on embassy anniversary
- August 8, 2000
- The United States marked the anniversary of the bombing of its embassy in Kenya on Monday by providing a grant to replace a bank destroyed by the blast two years ago.
- German prince loses appeal for castles
- August 8, 2000
- At least there’s still his in-laws’ palace in Monaco.
- Navy arrests 32 Vieques activists
- August 8, 2000
- Puerto Rican protesters chased a U.S. Navy bus and scuffled with riot police Monday as authorities arrested 32 women for trying to stop bombing exercises on the outlying island of Vieques.
- Philippines rebels paid $5.5 million in ransom
- August 8, 2000
- Muslim rebels who kidnapped Westerners and Asians have received $5.5 million in ransom payments, military chief Angelo Reyes said Monday.
- Pingpong gets new bounce in Chicago
- August 8, 2000
- Trying to build on the success of last year’s “Cows on Parade,” Chicago is hoping that table tennis will prove to be a tourist attraction.
- Press under renewed attack in Iran
- August 8, 2000
- While hard-liners rallied outside Parliament, a reformist writer was detained and a newspaper closed on Monday.
- Conference aims to unify global anti-smoking efforts
- August 8, 2000
- The World Conference on Tobacco examines what deterrents are most effective in different parts of the world.
- Cattle ranchers still battling rustlers
- August 8, 2000
- Cattle rustlers are getting more sophisticated on the West’s open range.
- ‘Last of the Yahi’ finally returning home
- August 8, 2000
- The brain of an Indian named Ishi will be returned to his native California for reburial.
- Iraq-sanctions protest brings mass arrests
- August 8, 2000
- Police arrested 104 people Monday as they sat down in front of the White House while protesting the crippling decade-old international sanctions against Iraq.
- Missile defense action delayed
- August 8, 2000
- The Pentagon’s assessment of how and when to move forward with a national missile defense will take several weeks longer than planned, Defense Secretary William Cohen said Monday.
- Kansas City rallies past Blue Jays, 8-7
- August 8, 2000
- Todd Dunwoody went 4-for-4 and drove in three runs and Johnny Damon had four hits and two RBIs as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-7, Monday night.
- Report has grim nuclear outlook
- August 8, 2000
- Many nuclear sites never will be free of contamination, a new report says.
- Lieberman doesn’t toe party line
- August 8, 2000
- While President Clinton says he regards Joseph Lieberman as a friend, the senator has never shied from criticism of White House scandals.
- Phone negotiations continue third day
- August 8, 2000
- Talks between Verizon Communications, the Northeast’s leading local telephone company, and striking union members hit a snag Monday over several issues, including the shifting of work to areas that are not as heavily unionized or where the pay scale is lower.
- Planetary discoveries highlight conference
- August 8, 2000
- The discoveries of nine new planets were announced at the International Astronomical Union conference in Manchester, England. Scientists trying to connect the dots that make up the universe filled in key pieces of the puzzle Monday, announcing the discovery of nine new planets that orbit stars outside our solar system.
- LMH mental unit may win reprieve
- August 8, 2000
- By Tom Meagher Journal-World Writer Without overnight hospital services, some psychiatrists would be more likely to take chances with potentially violent patients, a Topeka psychiatrist said. After hearing from more than a dozen psychiatric professionals and people with mental illness and their family members Monday night, the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees suggested it hopes to keep its struggling mental health unit.
- Ninth-graders to stay put, district leader says
- Interim superintendent’s announcement comes on opening day of junior high summit
- August 8, 2000
- By Tim Carpenter Journal-World Writer Dealing with crowding at Lawrence junior highs by constructing additions or building a new school is more likely now that the interim superintendent vowed to oppose moving ninth-graders to high schools.
- Historic home makes move to Hobbs Park
- Officials hope house wasn’t damaged
- August 8, 2000
- By Joy Ludwig Journal-World Writer Though an axle broke on the semi-trailer transporting it Monday morning, by afternoon a Civil War-era house made it safely to its new location in a Lawrence park.
- Trail keeps history alive
- Wagons’ crossing intrigues tourists
- August 8, 2000
- By Kendrick Blackwood Journal-World Writer An Oregon Trail river crossing drew visitors to Douglas County interested in learning. Though it pained her to say it, Edna Kennell was a little disappointed by the Oregon Trail’s Blue Jacket crossing.
- Local Briefs
- August 8, 2000
- MLB Briefs
- August 8, 2000
- Misleading study
- August 8, 2000
- Eagle Bend praise
- August 8, 2000
- Thank you, Bob
- August 8, 2000
- Appalling ‘stunt’
- August 8, 2000
- Jayhawks pursuing 4 Kansans
- August 8, 2000
- By Gary Bedore Journal-World Assistant Sports Editor Sunflower Staters Wayne Simien, Dennis Latimore, Jeff Hawkins and Jamar Howard plan to make official visits to KU.
- An inconvenient focus on the Cheney family portrait
- August 8, 2000
- Over and out. The Republican convention is over, and a daughter of the GOP’s number two guy is out. It seems that Mary Cheney, daughter of vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney, is gay.
- Lieberman’s forte: Telling it like it is
- August 8, 2000
- The focus on the religious background of Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the surprise choice for the second spot on the Democratic ticket, is both predictable and superficial.
- Business briefcase
- August 8, 2000
- Arbitrator settles feud at Andersen Worldwide Computer Associates’ founder done as CEO
- Early corn harvest expected in Kansas
- August 8, 2000
- More than 3 million acres of corn ripening across Kansas promise an early harvest this year, but heat has taken its toll on what could be one of the most abundant crops produced in the state.
- Avionics venture approved
- August 8, 2000
- The European Commission gave the go-ahead Monday for the creation of the MyAircraft.com joint venture, the first business-to-business (B2B) Internet marketplace to be approved by the EU’s competition watchdog.
- Consumer spending slows, government says
- August 8, 2000
- Borrowing by Americans, both on credit cards and to finance auto and other personal loans, slowed only slightly in June from May’s torrid pace. The Federal Reserve said Monday that consumer credit increased by $12 billion in June, or 9.9 percent at an annual rate, while the category that includes auto loans rose by the largest amount since January 1999.
- Freshmen ready to run
- August 8, 2000
- By Andrew Hartsock Journal-World Sports Writer The Kansas football team’s freshman class which reported Sunday includes the two fastest sprinters in the state of Texas. Given his experience and position, J.T. Thompson well could be tailor-made for a red shirt.
- State Republican Party continues moderate tone
- August 8, 2000
- Moderates still control the Kansas Republican Party following last week’s primary elections, state GOP Chairman Mark Parkinson said.
- Utah smokestacks bite the dust
- August 8, 2000
- Two landmark towers that had marked the small town of Murray, Utah, for most of a century came tumbling down over the weekend.
- Reports of tire accidents increase
- August 8, 2000
- The number of deaths linked to Firestone tires has more than doubled since last week.
- Passengers are losers in United’s fight with pilots
- August 8, 2000
- More than 200 flights were canceled Monday because of a pilot shortage; some passengers have been trying for days to book a flight. Flight cancellations and delays are becoming routine for United Airlines this summer, a result of stormy weather and stormier relations between the world’s largest airline and its pilots.
- Gore gives Connecticut senator nod
- August 8, 2000
- The selection of Joseph Lieberman brings strong moral and religious values to the ticket, Democrats say. Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore will make history today by formally naming Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, making the Connecticut senator and outspoken moralist the first Jew ever chosen for a major party presidential ticket.
- Warped liberalism
- August 8, 2000
- Students set to hit stores
- August 8, 2000
- By Tim Carpenter Journal-World Writer U.S. parents and teen-agers this year will spend $548 on back-to-school shopping 20 percent more than in 1999, an American Express survey says. Sarah Hickert and Jessi Streff made a sweep through Lawrence’s retail clothing stores. According to plan, they bought nothing.
- Cunningham’s edict: Make plays or pack
- August 8, 2000
- Kansas City Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham’s message at Monday’s practice was clear: Do your job or you’re gone. Cunningham put his team through a pair of full-pad workouts two days after the first preseason game, intent on correcting the mistakes the Chiefs made in their 14-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
- Osborne tackling politics
- August 8, 2000
- Howard Johnson that’s his real name, honest to Pete watched bemusedly as Tom Osborne stepped gingerly into the show ring at the 125th annual Fillmore County Fair.
- WNBA Roundup
- August 8, 2000
- NFL Camp Roundup
- August 8, 2000
- Area briefs
- August 8, 2000
- United Way kicks off drive in Franklin County Separate suspects lead authorities on chases
- Russia tries to avert demographic decline
- August 8, 2000
- Fertility problems and abortions are causing a dramatic plunge in Russia’s population.
- Minus McGwire, Clark muscles up for Cardinals
- August 8, 2000
- Clark, 36, had a pinch-hit double in his first at-bat after being acquired from Baltimore at the July 31 trade deadline. Then he homered in each of his first four starts, connecting on the first pitch to him both Friday and Saturday.
- Longtime Laker bids farewell
- August 8, 2000
- Los Angeles’ Jerry West said stress was the biggest factor in his retiring from Lakers after 40 years.
- Thank heavens for first ladies
- August 8, 2000
- My, but it’s dicey being a presidential candidate’s wife today.
- Dear Linda
- August 8, 2000
- Bump in the night
- August 8, 2000
- The Danforth probe makes things clear, but it won’t satisfy some paranoiacs.
- Daily ticker
- August 8, 2000
- Suspended Beltran working out in KC
- August 8, 2000
- Outfielder Carlos Beltran has begun working out in Kansas City and remains suspended without pay for refusing to go to Florida on a rehab assignment.
- People
- August 8, 2000
- Activists share message with Lawrence
- Group members say big corporations own politics
- August 8, 2000
- By Kendrick Blackwood Journal-World Writer A group of activists passed through Lawrence with a bus and a cause.
- Stuck trucks removed from precarious perch
- August 8, 2000
- Two Texans had to abandon their vehicles on a Colorado mountainside when they couldn’t navigate the steep terrain.
- Indian city raises bounty on rodents
- August 8, 2000
- Bombay is recruiting rat catchers in its battle against a deadly disease.
- U.S. soldier testifies in killing of ethnic Albanian
- August 8, 2000
- A sergeant’s testimony that he returned fire from a sniper may clear three Serbs accused of the death.
- Hackers poke hole in Netscape security
- August 8, 2000
- Security experts were warning Internet users Monday about a security hole in Netscape’s Web browser that has already infected almost 1,000 computers.
- Montana officials consider do-or-die evacuations
- August 8, 2000
- Homes, livestock and ancient artifacts are all imperiled by spreading wildfires.
- Equipment check-out looms for city schools
- August 8, 2000
- Football hopefuls at Lawrence and Free State high schools will check out equipment this week prior to the start of preseason drills next Monday.
- World briefs
- August 8, 2000
- Authorities seize animal skins Experts finish Concorde IDs
- News briefs
- August 8, 2000
- Officer was shot by another officer Serial killer given life sentence
- Cuban defectors from medical mission arrive in Miami
- August 8, 2000
- Two doctors have been granted temporary asylum in the United States.
- Cornerback Bryant stands out in newcomer testing
- August 8, 2000
- By Andrew Hartsock Journal-World Sports Writer It would be foolhardy, Matt Link knows, to predict a recruiting class’ future football contributions by its first-day performance in the weight room.
- AL Roundup
- August 8, 2000
- NL Roundup
- August 8, 2000
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