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Nation Briefs
May 12, 2001
Arkansas: Court: Fetus a ‘person’ Washington, D.C.: MADD wants anti-alcohol ads
National briefs
May 12, 2001
Congressman pleads innocent, represents self U.S. warns of terrorist threat
5-12 fire ants
May 12, 2001
Fire ants came to the United States by mistake. The pesky pests were brought to Alabama from South America in 1918, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since then they have migrated across the nation and built their homes in the southern United States and now in southwest Lawrence.
National briefs
May 12, 2001
Death sentence given for shooting spree Wild hotel shootout ends fugitive’s life Co-author of ‘Rock Around the Clock’ dies Drug trafficker next up on federal death row
Students urge Kerrey to resign
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
A group of graduate students at New School University are calling for former Sen. Bob Kerrey to resign as president of the university. About 80 students out of 1,000 enrolled at the school attended a meeting of the Graduate Faculty Student Union to debate the resolution, which says Kerrey’s explanations for the killing of civilians during a mission he led in Vietnam show a lack of understanding of what the school represents.
Friends and neighbors
May 12, 2001
FSHS girls to play host; LHS headed to Topeka
May 12, 2001
Being the city’s first girls soccer team ever to finish with a winning record has resulted in a home Class 6A regional game for Free State High. The No. 4-seeded Firebirds (9-7) will play host to No. 5 Emporia (8-7) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the FSHS fiel
Lena Barnhart
May 12, 2001
NBA Playoff Roundup: Carter takes charge, propels Raptors
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
As each successive three-pointer hit nothing but the bottom of the net, it was becoming abundantly clear that Vince Carter was having a special night. So special, in fact, that it earned him a place in the playoff record book.
GOP lets Democrats take heat for California’s power crisis
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Republicans are standing back in California as Democratic leaders sweat out the power crisis. But in Washington, the GOP is feeling the heat. State GOP lawmakers have repeatedly voted against Democratic Gov. Gray Davis’ energy proposals and have refused to offer their own solutions. Neither President Bush nor Vice President Dick Cheney has visited the nation’s largest state since taking office.
Senators unveil bipartisan plan
The Washington Post
May 12, 2001
After weeks of negotiations, the chairman and senior Democrat of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a bipartisan tax-cut plan Friday that broadly cuts income tax rates and provides significant new benefits for the working poor.
Bush seeks quick action on tax cut
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
President Bush says the best way to help Americans cope with soaring energy prices is to cut federal income taxes by Memorial Day. Capping a week in which Congress passed his budget blueprint, Bush used the 25-minute news conference to warn congressional Democrats not to stall his 10-year tax-cut proposal.
Congresswoman puts out contract on ‘Sopranos’
The Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2001
“The Sopranos” may be the most popular show on cable television, but try telling that to Rep. Marge Roukema, R-N.J., who plans to introduce a resolution this month officially condemning the HBO series as an affront to Italian Americans.
Invasion of the fire ants
May 12, 2001
Fire ants came to the United States by mistake. The pesky pests were brought to Alabama from South America in 1918, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since then they have migrated across the nation and built their homes in the southern United States and now in southwest Lawrence.
Transplant studies rely on cloned pigs
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
In a nursery pen at a secret location not far from here, a dozen piglets scamper around, cute and oblivious to their status as pioneers in modern medicine. Not only are these little porkers some of the world’s first cloned pigs, but they also have a human gene inserted in their DNA, making them transgenic.
Saving neighborhood schools
By David Shribman, The Boston Globe
May 12, 2001
By David Shribman The Boston Globe Today the Shaw neighborhood of Washington is known as the Black Broadway. More than a half-century ago, during the most wretched years of segregation, the 900 block of S Street contained perhaps the greatest concentration of black teachers, principals, college professors and doctors in the nation.
Road solution?
May 12, 2001
Much to offer
May 12, 2001
Brother says files won’t help Nichols
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
Taking a break from his farm work Friday, James Nichols was fatalistic about what effect, if any, the belated release of FBI documents would have on the fate of his brother, Terry Nichols.
Delays not unusual on death row
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Throughout history and especially now, death-row cases have come with wrenching twists in the last weeks, days, hours, minutes. Even last meals don’t mean it’s over. The postponement Friday of Timothy McVeigh’s execution date was extraordinary in that it was motivated not by the condemned man, who seems detached about his fate, but by the government on the basis of a blunder.
Legislators remember moms with bills on breast-feeding
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
In a nation that values motherhood even ahead of apple pie, politicians have found a way to show they’re pro-mom passing bill after bill defending and promoting breast-feeding.
Forum only closed first chapter on ‘Lawrence is Growing’ project
By Dolph C. Simons, Jr.
May 12, 2001
By Dolph Simons Jr. Lawrence is growing and will continue to grow. The question, or challenge, is how to accommodate this growth and still maintain the many features that make Lawrence so attractive and special. For the past several months, the Journal-World, Sunflower Cablevision Channel 6 and World Online have joined forces in a project titled, “Lawrence is Growing/Finding Common Ground.”
Fire ant worries justified, Texan says
May 12, 2001
By Joy Ludwig One need only look to Texas to see why Kansas agriculture officials are so anxious to eradicate the red imported fire ants found recently in Lawrence. In the Lone Star State, fire ants are as common as bluebonnets along the highway. But unlike the flowers, the ants are harmful, causing millions of dollars in crop damage and danger to humans.
There’s no reason lesbian can’t be a devoted mother
Ann Landers
May 12, 2001
KU baseball to end with weekend set
May 12, 2001
Kansas University’s baseball season will end this weekend with a three-game series against Texas-Pan American at Hoglund Ballpark. KU (23-30) and UTPA (12-37) will play a doubleheader starting at noon today, and a single game at noon Sunday.
Huskers eliminate Jayhawks in Big 12
Three-run home run dooms KU softball team
J-W Staff Reports
May 12, 2001
Nebraska took advantage of a two-out error in the sixth inning on Friday and eliminated Kansas from the Big 12 Conference softball tournament with a 3-0 victory. Kansas (32-27) played the league’s regular-season champions even until the sixth inning when the Cornhuskers (49-12) scored three unearned runs off Kirsten Milhoan.
Future teachers getting jump on high-tech classroom hurdles
By Tim Carpenter
May 12, 2001
By Tim Carpenter Every teacher in the Lawrence school district has a computer on the desk. But that doesn’t mean they all know how to use the machines. Some are technophobes. “About 5 percent go kicking and screaming,” said Mike Eltschinger, the Lawrence district’s director of instructional computing. “You concentrate on those really interested in moving forward.
Around and about
May 12, 2001
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
May 12, 2001
Sophomore is crowned Miss Haskell
J-W Staff Reports
May 12, 2001
A Haskell Indian Nations University sophomore will reign as Miss Haskell. Carla Feathers was announced Friday night as the new title-holder during the annual powwow at Haskell.
KU recruits sizzle
Langford scores 32; Hawkins adds 10 assists in win
By Gary Bedore
May 12, 2001
By Gary Bedore Kansas basketball signee Keith Langford couldn’t wait to step on the Allen Fieldhouse hardwood Friday night. “I’ve got goose pimples,” Langford, a 6-foot-5, 202-pound high school senior from Crowley, Texas, said, minutes before his Sport2Sport team’s tipoff at the Jayhawk Invitational 17&under tournament. His 32-point, six-rebound effort in his fieldhouse debut gave goose bumps to about 300 fans who watched a Langford-led 82-63 victory over Colorado Joint Effort.
Briefcase
May 12, 2001
Kid ‘auctions’ mom on ‘Net Upcoming Windows features worry rivals, government State’s grazing pastures struggling to recover American International to buy American General
Panel sneezes at allergy prescription rules
FDA group recommends Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec to be made available without doctor’s permission
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Three popular allergy medications are safe enough to be sold without prescription, a federal advisory panel ruled Friday in an unprecedented case that could save the health insurance industry billions of dollars but increase costs for consumers. Acting on a petition by WellPoint Health Networks of Thousand Oaks, Calif., the Food and Drug Administration panel recommended that Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec be made available over the counter, without supervision by a doctor.
Daily Ticker
May 12, 2001
Yoga helps participants find balance amid hectic lifestyles
By Kim Hall
May 12, 2001
By Kim Hall More than 15 years ago, Margaret Carr was working long hours in the corporate world. Deadlines and stress started to get her down, and her workouts were getting a bit tiresome. “I’d done lots of physical exercise, but they just became repetitious,” said Carr, who had switched from running to swimming to ease the stress on her joints.
Dire wage predictions fall flat
By Mark Shields, Creators Syndicate
May 12, 2001
By Mark Shields Creators Syndicate Like all fallible human beings, Rep. Dick Armey, R-Tex., the House majority leader, can occasionally be wrong. But understand this: Dick Armey is never in doubt. The House, four years ago this week over the strenuous objections of Armey, voted to meddle with the economic gods by raising the federal minimum wage from $4.25 to its present $5.15 an hour.
Postponement disappoints victims’ relatives
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
Even though she opposes the death penalty, Marsha Kight has spent the last few months making peace with the fact that Timothy McVeigh the man convicted of killing Kight’s daughter and 167 other people in the Oklahoma City bombing would be executed next week. Then Kight got word that the execution, at least for now, is off. All of her carefully constructed emotional defenses collapsed.
Oklahoma city bombing McVeigh execution delayed
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Timothy McVeigh’s countdown to execution was suddenly interrupted Friday, five days before he was to die, as Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft ordered an investigation into the FBI’s bungling of records in the Oklahoma City bombing. President Bush said he was sure of McVeigh’s guilt but did not want the government “rushing his fate.” McVeigh, on death row in Terre Haute, Ind., is now scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 11.
Briefly____________________
May 12, 2001
Artists finish work on Van Go mural A 10-week collaborative effort was capped Friday with the dedication of a mural at the Van Go Mobile Arts Inc. headquarters, 715 N.J. The 115-foot mural was created by 14 apprentice-artists, like Eric Fabac, 16, above at right, and three professional artists. The teens are participants in JAMS. JAMS is the arts-based employment program at the Van Go center. Also pictured at Friday’s dedication are, from left, Katie, Steve and Becky Fabac. __________________________ Food: Contestants get cooking for barbecue competition The aroma of smoke and barbecue began to fill the air Friday at Broken Arrow Park as about 40 teams of outdoor chefs fired up their cookers for today’s Sertoma Barbecue Cook-off. Mostly sunny skies and pleasant temperatures in the 70s should greet visitors of the cook-off, which begins at 7 a.m. with a two-hour pancake and sausage feed. Eat all you want for $4.50. The barbecue cook-off sampling will be from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at $4 per person. The Sertoma Club-sponsored event will raise money for speech- and hearing-impaired residents. Other activities today will include backyard barbecue lessons, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., $4 per person; and the Wind Wizards precision kite show, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. __________________________ Alternative energy: Topeka contest to feature solar-powered vehicles Nearly 50 sun-powered electric bicycles and mini cars built by high school students will line up Sunday for a race at Heartland Park, Topeka. The purpose of the race, known as the Solar BikeRayce, is to promote and celebrate educational and technical excellence. It begins at 10 a.m. Kansas Corporation Commission Energy Programs is one of the sponsors of the race. The race will cover 100 kilometers, or about 62 miles. There are five teams participating from Kansas, none from Lawrence. Some of the participants will follow up Tuesday with a cross-country race between Topeka and Jefferson City, Mo. __________________________ Suspect sentenced for indecent liberties A Eudora man was sentenced Friday to almost five years in prison for molesting two girls. Charles M. Scouten, 66, was sentenced to 59 months for two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The victims were 6 and 9 years old. Scouten pleaded no contest to the charges last month in Douglas County District Court. __________________________ Eudora apartments to play host to arts and crafts sale Eudora Pinecrest Apartments will play host to an arts and crafts sale today featuring many handmade items. The sale will feature gifts for Mothers’ Day, graduations and summer weddings, including quilts, paintings, jewelry, aprons and handpainted towels. It will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the apartments’ clubhouse I, 939 Pine, and clubhouse II, 929 Walnut.
National League Roundup: Kile, Drew lead Cards past Cubs
St. Louis claims fifth consecutive victory, 7-2
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Darryl Kile, the St. Louis Cardinals’ ace, kept up a stretch of dominant pitching for his staff. Kile beat the Chicago Cubs for the fourth straight time and J.D. Drew hit his team-leading 12th homer as the Cardinals won, 7-2, for their fifth straight victory Friday night.
Disney markets violent video game
Computer weapon ‘not glorified,’ studio executive says
By Gary Gentile, AP Business Writer
May 12, 2001
The Walt Disney Co. has had enormous success marketing video games based on its popular storybook characters and hit television show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” Now, the company hopes to extend its success by adding a very un-Disney-like element violence. Not blood and guts, limbs flying, people screaming in agony.
Mother’s Day candy is bittersweet
By Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe
May 12, 2001
By Ellen Goodman The Boston Globe It’s almost Mother’s Day. There are presents to buy, flowers to deliver, and I am sitting at my desk with a candy box of stories that I have saved for this Sunday. Call it a Whitman’s sampler, or a Goodman’s sampler if you prefer. But which one shall I pick? How about the story of a young doctor and mother who was told by her managed-care bosses to choose: 24/7 or Else? She is now officially Dr. Mom and her patients have lost their physician.
Nation Briefs
May 12, 2001
Pittsburgh: Death sentence given for shooting spree New York City: Wild hotel shootout ends fugitive’s life Florida: Co-author of ‘Rock Around the Clock’ dies Indiana: Drug trafficker next up on federal death row
Texas governor signs hate-crimes bill
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
After refusing for months to say where he stood, Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a hate-crimes bill Friday that strengthens the penalties for offenses against minorities, gays and others.
Priest pleads guilty to three counts of indecent liberties with a child
Original allegations raised by former prep school student
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
A Roman Catholic priest on Friday pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent liberties with a child. The charges stemmed from the accusation by a former student at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School. The student accused the Rev. Ron S. Gilardi, 53, of molesting him during the 14 months he was a boarding student at the school in 1993 and 1994. The boy was 14 years old when the molestation began.
World Briefs
May 12, 2001
Germany: Airline cancels flights in strike aftermath Spain: Pacifists rally before Basque vote Italy: Election may be referendum on tycoon
World Briefs
May 12, 2001
Belgium: Problems expected making change Russia: Shipping company to rescue baby seals Slovakia: U.S. Steel gambles millions on metalworks
Thomas cries about grandnephew
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke down in tears Friday while speaking to a group of lawyers about the legal fight to take custody of his grandnephew. Thomas, who grew up in Savannah, paused during his speech to the Savannah Bar Assn. to thank the lawyer who handled the 1997 custody case of the then 6-year-old boy the grandson of Thomas’ only sister.
Students urge Kerrey to resign
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
A group of graduate students at New School University are calling for former Sen. Bob Kerrey to resign as president of the university. About 80 students out of 1,000 enrolled at the school attended a meeting of the Graduate Faculty Student Union to debate the resolution, which says Kerrey’s explanations for the killing of civilians during a mission he led in Vietnam show a lack of understanding of what the school represents.
Puerto Rican beauty named Miss Universe
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Denise Quinones August of Puerto Rico, who told judges she wouldn’t change anything about her life, won the 50th Miss Universe pageant Friday. The pageant took place in Puerto Rico. In second place was Miss Greece, 22-year-old Evelina Papantoniou and in third place was Miss USA, 24-year-old Kandace Krueger.
People
May 12, 2001
Redford rebuffs condor release Supermodel wins libel case Kid Rock sues rap rocker New ‘Marilyn’ is a Monroe fan Citadel critic returns
Area briefs
May 12, 2001
Department hog roast Perry-Lecompton High plans alumni banquet
Parents see kidnapped daughter
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
An 11-year-old girl saw her parents for the first time Friday since she was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a former Baptist school principal. A Family Court judge on Friday released the girl to the custody of Indiana Child Protective Services and ordered supervised visits with her parents.
Regional briefs
May 12, 2001
Sales tax proposed for light rail system Crash kills 16-year-old Bare protest leads to four arrests
New murder trial ordered
Appeals court finds prosecutor lied in 1999 case tied to death of 2-year-old
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
A mother convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter must have a new trial, the Court of Appeals ruled in finding that a prosecutor lied as part of a “winning at all costs” strategy.
American League Roundup: Mussina stops O’s again
Yankees give ex-Baltimore pitcher big cushion
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
For once, the New York Yankees made it real easy for Mike Mussina. Mussina defeated his former team for the second time in six days and the Yankees, led by Alfonso Soriano’s bat, beat Baltimore, 14-5, Friday night.
Mary Martin
May 12, 2001
NBA Briefs
May 12, 2001
Hearing delayed for Sonics’ Patterson Chinese player won’t join draft Sabonis rips Blazers, departed coach Dunleavy
Bert Nash forum seeks to build on summit
Officials hope momentum continues for creating a closer-knit community
By Joel Mathis
May 12, 2001
By Joel Mathis Ever since January’s Bert Nash Community Summit, people around Lawrence have been asking “What’s next?” Now they’ll get a chance to help decide. Monday night, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will play host to a community forum on how to use the summit’s momentum to create a more close-knit community.
Arbitrator orders rehiring of nine of 22 umpires
May 12, 2001
Nine of the 22 umpires terminated by baseball two years ago following a failed mass resignation were given their jobs back Friday by an arbitrator. Major league baseball was ordered to rehire Drew Coble, Gary Darling, Bill Hohn, Greg Kosc, Larry Poncino, Larry Vanover and Joe West.
Area briefs
May 12, 2001
Carnival kicks off summer youth series Montessori School to have auction, carnival Authorities warn of telemarketing scam Chess players honored KU faculty to tour Kansas KU alumni receive engineering award
Cardinals demote Ankiel
May 12, 2001
The St. Louis Cardinals are hoping Rick Ankiel can cure his control woes out of the media spotlight, optioning the 21-year-old left-hander to Triple-A Memphis on Friday.
Firebirds dominate relays, 800
By Steve Rottinghaus
May 12, 2001
By Steve Rottinghaus Free State High can rely on its relays. The Firebirds dominated the boys and girls 4x800 relays Friday at the Sunflower League track and field meet at Shawnee Mission North. The FSHS boys relay, ranked No. 1 in the state, won in 8:04.89.
KC bullpen wastes Suppan’s effort - Twins 5, Royals 4
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
The Minnesota Twins have won with good pitching, defense and timely hitting. They are figuring out how to win ugly, too. The Twins were headed for defeat on a couple of occasions before rallying to defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 in 11 innings Friday as Luis Rivas singled home the winning run. Minnesota rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the eighth on consecutive solo homers by Corey Koskie and Doug Mientkiewicz off Tony Cogan. The Twins were down 4-3 in the 10th when Matt Lawton hit an upper-deck homer off Roberto Hernandez (0-3).
On the record
May 12, 2001
Macedonia forms new government
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Macedonia’s disparate political parties forged a new coalition government Friday, offering a measure of stability to a country struggling to quell an ethnic Albanian insurgency. The so-called national unity government emerged after a key ethnic Albanian party dropped its objections to joining.
China launches crackdown on political dissidents
May 12, 2001
Chinese police and security services have launched a major crackdown on political and ethnic dissidents as the government prepares for a major leadership change. The clampdown is the most severe since controls on free speech were tightened after the repression of the China Democracy Party in 1998.
Harvey celebrates 25 years in broadcasting
By Kristina Buchthal, Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2001
On the 25th anniversary of his popular radio series, broadcaster Paul Harvey wasn’t behind the microphone to tell “The Rest of the Story.” He was in bed. The man with one of the nation’s most familiar voices is recovering from laryngitis, but he hopes to hit the airwaves again Monday.
Stocks fall on fears Fed won’t cut rates
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Stocks slid Friday after a new batch of data showing resilience in the economy cast doubt over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will continue to cut rates. Trading was light and choppy throughout the session, the slowest of the year on the New York Stock Exchange and among the slowest on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Sportvision makes cuts in Olathe
Former Coach’s Edge stung by dot-com slide
By Mark Fagan
May 12, 2001
By Mark Fagan After leaving Lawrence earlier this year to move into bigger offices, a branch of Sportvision has cut its work force nearly in half. The sports media company’s Kansas City division, now in Olathe, last month slashed its payroll by 10 employees. It now has a staff of 15.
Retooling a market
Competition hammers Roach hardware
By Mark Fagan
May 12, 2001
By Mark Fagan Lawrence’s hardware business is changing again. During a week in which city officials slammed the door on initial plans for a new Home Depot, the biggest home-improvement retailer in town is retooling and a smaller store is closing. Plans for an unnamed “big-box” retailer and garden center in northwest Lawrence also are pending at City Hall.
McLouth Honors
May 12, 2001
Military news
May 12, 2001
Club news
May 12, 2001
Scouting news
May 12, 2001
Engagements
May 12, 2001
‘Smart drugs’ still elusive
May 12, 2001
Will some drugs smarten you up? The claims are plentiful, the scientific studies few, according to the Higuchi Biosciences Center and the Drug Information Center at Kansas University. “Smart drugs” are sold at hundreds of Internet sites.
Help pet enjoy golden years
May 12, 2001
As the recent census attests, Americans are living longer than ever before, and pets are too. According to the recent “State of the American Pet” survey by the Purina Pet Institute, 35 percent of dog and cat owners share their lives with a pet in its senior years 7 years of age or older.
Science Briefs
May 12, 2001
London: Blood tests negative in foot-and-mouth cases Tokyo: Leprosy victims win landmark lawsuit
‘Calle 54’ takes a look at Latin jazz
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press Music Writer
May 12, 2001
It’s inevitable that the new Latin jazz documentary “Calle 54” will be compared to the Academy Award-nominated “Buena Vista Social Club,” the 1999 film that profiled the rich legacy of Cuba’s forgotten musicians.
Nashville nuns put sister through Vanderbilt medical school
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Sister Mary Diana once nicknamed “Sister M.D.” by high school students received her medical degree Friday after her fellow nuns put her through Vanderbilt University on the condition she return to care for them.
Catalytic converter affected suicide rate
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
The engineers and chemists who gave us the catalytic converter, more fuel-efficient cars and reformulated gasoline were looking to save the environment. But their work also has wrought an unforeseen benefit it’s saving lives.
Cad has it bad for a good girl
Kevin McDonough
May 12, 2001
Who knew virginity could be so funny? Or sexy? Set in 1959, the British comedy “Take a Girl Like You” on “Masterpiece Theatre” (8 p.m., Sunday, PBS, check local listings, concludes next Sunday) recalls the days before the sexual revolution when good girls defended their chastity and cads considered conquest as part of a “great game.”
Solar-powered house gives back energy
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
A telling moment in Andrew Rudin’s life was when he put an electric meter on his fish-tank heater. After all, he’d metered everything else fridge, TV, stereo, computer so why not that?
Court reverses ruling on transsexual marriage
Appeals panel judgment puts ‘Kansas to the left of Vermont,’ petitioner’s attorney claims
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
A marriage between a man and a person who became a woman through sexual reassignment surgery may be valid under Kansas law, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Attorneys involved in the case and those with groups watching it, said the ruling could have broad legal ramifications, even nationally. The decision is counter to a Texas ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court let stand last year.
Mexican economy runs into trouble
The Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2001
The Mexican government Friday slashed its projection for economic growth this year because of the impact of the U.S. slowdown, the latest in a flurry of setbacks for the 5-month-old presidency of Vicente Fox.
Punctuation squad tries to ‘save’ the apostrophe
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
It’s more than a grammarian could bear. “Apple’s and pear’s for sale,” read greengrocers’ signs in towns and cities across the land. “Chip’s and pea’s” offered menu boards in countless pubs. One day, retired copy editor John Richard had seen enough. He would not suffer this apostrophe atrocity in silence.
Churches protest benefits for same-sex partners
Knight Ridder Newspapers
May 12, 2001
A proposal to grant same-sex partners in Brazil legal benefits similar to those enjoyed by heterosexual partners is drawing fire from the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant evangelicals, who fear the measure effectively would recognize homosexual marriages.
Ghana mourns for 126 dead in soccer stampede
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Hundreds of youths returning from a funeral for Muslims killed in Africa’s worst soccer disaster vented their anger Friday, attacking a police station and destroying kiosks in a working class neighborhood.
Rite of spring
J-W Editorials
May 12, 2001
J-W Editorials It’s time to welcome back the Lawrence Farmers’ Market. Today marks the opening of another season for the Lawrence Farmers’ Market in the 1000 block of Vermont Street. In the last 25 years, the market has grown into one of the city’s most enjoyable traditions.
Bridging the gap
J-W Editorials
May 12, 2001
J-W Editorials Plans to replace the Kansas Turnpike bridge over the Kansas River in Lawrence add urgency to discussions about linking Kansas Highway 10. Kansas Department of Transportation officials have made no secret of their concern over replacement of the Kansas Turnpike bridges over the Kansas River near Lawrence.
Trial opens in NY murder of former KU student
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
A prosecutor’s graphic description of how an 8-inch knife ended Amy Watkins’ life and emotional testimony by her father opened the trial of a man accused of killing the Kansas native more than two years ago.
New local phone company proposes franchise agreement with city
By Joel Mathis
May 12, 2001
By Joel Mathis A new local phone company is about to take a step closer to starting service. Lawrence city commissioners will consider Tuesday a proposed franchise agreement between the city and WorldNet LLC, a company designed to provide phone service to customers in the Lawrence area.
Lawyer accused of smuggling cigars
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Richard “Mick” Connors says he has just finished writing an adventure novel he calls “Cigar Runner: Sex, Cigars and Con Men in Castro’s Cuba.” Federal prosecutors, though, say he crossed the line between fiction and reality.
Autopsy points to suicide
By Kevin Bates
May 12, 2001
By Kevin Bates Kansas University police on Friday released autopsy results that indicate Manish Prasad, a 20-year-old junior, killed himself Tuesday in his room at Ellsworth Residence Hall. Prasad apparently died early Tuesday morning, the day before final exams began at KU. KU police ruled the death an apparent suicide a day after an autopsy was completed by the Shawnee County coroner.
Thomas cries about grandnephew
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke down in tears Friday while speaking to a group of lawyers about the legal fight to take custody of his grandnephew. Thomas, who grew up in Savannah, paused during his speech to the Savannah Bar Assn. to thank the lawyer who handled the 1997 custody case of the then 6-year-old boy the grandson of Thomas’ only sister.
Puerto Rican beauty named Miss Universe
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
Denise Quinones August of Puerto Rico, who told judges she wouldn’t change anything about her life, won the 50th Miss Universe pageant Friday. The pageant took place in Puerto Rico.
Baby sitter pleads no contest
No prison time likely for teen who took Lawrence children
By Kevin Bates
May 12, 2001
By Kevin Bates The teen-ager accused of kidnapping two young Lawrence children left in her care entered pleas Friday to reduced charges that likely will spare her going to prison. Natasha Helm, 17, pleaded no contest Friday morning to taking Chauncey Oatis, 2, and James Barbee, then 4 months, on Feb. 20 from their west Lawrence home. Helm was arrested three days later after police from Lawrence and Kansas City, Mo., found her and the two children.
Health U.S. to give millions to AIDS trust fund
The Washington Post
May 12, 2001
President Bush on Friday pledged an initial $200 million to a new global trust fund to combat AIDS, saying it was “almost beyond comprehension” that 36 million people around the world, most of them in Africa, are believed infected with the virus that causes the disease.
Haskell’s grads honor past, future
139 students awarded degrees in ceremony celebrating diverse heritage
By Terry Rombeck
May 12, 2001
By Terry Rombeck With a mix of pomp and tribal flair, a record 139 graduates were awarded degrees Friday from Haskell Indian Nations University. The ceremony honored new graduates while keeping an eye on Haskell’s heritage. “Today these young people carry the songs of our ancestors, the prayers of our ancestors,” said Judy DeHose, new Haskell regents president.
Domestic-abuse summit examines victims’ needs
By Joel Mathis
May 12, 2001
By Joel Mathis Even before Gary Davis shot to death his wife, then himself, Lawrence authorities planned a domestic violence summit aimed at bringing together some 50 agencies. The week’s events, they say, are but a stark reminder that domestic violence must be confronted head-on. “It made it more imperative that we look as quickly as possible at the community response to domestic violence,” said Sarah Terwelp, executive director of the Lawrence-based Women’s Transitional Care Services.
New Kansas AD will face challenges
Struggling football program biggest problem for KU athletics department
By Bill Mayer
May 12, 2001
By Bill Mayer About a year ago, the Kansas University athletics program seemed to have a pretty good show going. Now, though, the crowd is restless and the tent is starting to burn. Put another way, the outlook doesn’t seem too brilliant for the Mudville Nine these days. Who’s gonna be the heroic fireman to squelch the flames and repair the damage? Would you like to be the new athletics director for the troubled Jayhawks?
XFL: Bad idea never had chance
Inferior league couldn’t appeal to football or WWF fans
The Associated Press
May 12, 2001
On the day the XFL disappeared, its stunningly successful debut already was long forgotten, overshadowed by low ratings, mediocre football and little credibility. One season was all the World Wrestling Federation and NBC could afford to give the new football league. Maybe even that was too long.
Duval, Verplank tied
Woods five shots back at Nelson Classic
May 12, 2001
David Duval has dealt with distractions off the course and a few setbacks on it. He now believes he’s at a point where he can tee it up and win. It looked that way Friday, when Duval saved a tough par out of the bunker on the 18th hole for a 5-under 65 to pull into a share of the lead with Scott Verplank in the Byron Nelson Classic.
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