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- Police recover items from theft at church
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 5:47 p.m.) Lawrence Police said an investigation into thefts of Christmas presents from Corpus Christi Catholic Church have led to the arrest of one suspect.
- Group opposes recommended U.S. 59 alignment
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 5:11 p.m.) The Franklin-Douglas Counties Coalition of Concerned Citizens said Wednesday it opposed a recommendation to build a new four-lane freeway 300 feet east of the current U.S. Highway 59.
- Formal charges made in pit bull case
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 7:41 p.m.) A Lawrence woman was formally charged Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence Municipal Court for her two pit bulls getting loose Nov. 11 in east Lawrence and killing Lancelot, a 12-year-old Labrador.
- Fans pack local theater to see latest ‘Lord of the Rings’ film
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 12:36 p.m.) Hundreds of people stayed up late Tuesday night — to say they got the first look at the newest “Lord of the Rings” movie in Lawrence.
- Warm weather continues in Lawrence
- December 18, 2002
- (Web Posted Wednesday at 9:55 a.m.) If you like warm weather, you’ll get an early Christmas gift Wednesday — temperatures will stay in the 50s through the afternoon.
- On the street
- December 18, 2002
- Asked at Hastings Books, Music & Video Would a national missile defense system make the country safer?
- t fixed explosive possibility
- December 18, 2002
- Jeff Shultz is angry about the “disaster waiting to happen” in his farm field northeast of Lawrence. For nearly three years, Shultz said, he has been trying to get Williams Pipeline Co. to bury an exposed 3-foot section of gasoline pipeline that runs through the field.
- Planning Department reviewing proposal for Tuckaway North
- December 18, 2002
- Development plans call for the northwest corner of Kasold Drive and Peterson Road to become one of Lawrence’s largest rental communities. Lawrence-Douglas County planning staff members are reviewing a plan for Tuckaway North, a mix of 250 single-family, duplex and apartment units that would be located on about 32 acres in northwest Lawrence.
- Baldwin bummed by Hayden
- December 18, 2002
- Topeka Hayden’s Jarod Tetuan scored 23 points against Baldwin’s boys basketball team in Hayden’s 63-45 victory Tuesday at Baldwin High.
- Jayhawks snag another Kansas oral commitment
- December 18, 2002
- Nebraska football coaches showed up Monday at Schlagle High School in Kansas City, hoping to recruit defensive end Rashaad Norwood.
- Langston Hughes School students sponsor Poetry Cafe for family, friends
- December 18, 2002
- The blue-plate special Tuesday at Poetry Cafe was a heaping serving of words. Second-graders at Langston Hughes School offered service with a smile as they treated their parents, siblings and other relatives during a 33-poem buffet of verse centering on things culinary. Most of the poems were silly; others were just sweet.
- Calla McAlexander
- December 18, 2002
- Graveside services for Calla McAlexander, 83, Tonganoxie, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie. Mr. McAlexander died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Tonganoxie Nursing Center.
- Ernest C. Korb
- December 18, 2002
- Services for Ernest C. Korb, 82, Tonganoxie, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tonganoxie. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Leavenworth. Mr. Korb died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
- Warm weather continues in Lawrence
- December 18, 2002
- (Web Posted Wednesday at 9:55 a.m.) If you like warm weather, you’ll get an early Christmas gift Wednesday — temperatures will stay in the 50s through the afternoon.
- Group opposes recommended U.S. 59 alignment
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 5:11 p.m.) The Franklin-Douglas Counties Coalition of Concerned Citizens said Wednesday it opposed a recommendation to build a new four-lane freeway 300 feet east of the current U.S. Highway 59.
- World Online video: Kansas University’s facilities needs pt. 3
- December 18, 2002
- Part three of three.
- World Online video: Kansas University’s facilities needs pt. 2
- December 18, 2002
- Part two of three.
- Ernest C. Korb
- December 18, 2002
- Sound off
- December 18, 2002
- I heard about a benefit concert for Jeffrey Medis. When is it? The concert is slated for Jan. 25 at The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Bands scheduled to play are Contra Natrum, The Couch, Vibralux, Mount Joy and Pathos. Suggested donation is $10. For more information, e-mail contranaturam@hotmail.com
- s eligible ready for smallpox vaccine
- December 18, 2002
- Smallpox vaccinations for Kansas front-line health workers will be available in a few weeks, but some who qualify for the inoculation in Lawrence say they’ll think twice before baring their upper arms. About 50 people at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Douglas County emergency responders are eligible for the vaccine, which was discontinued in 1972 when smallpox was considered eradicated. The vaccine is being used and licensed again because of the potential threat of bioterrorism.
- Santa Fe Trail overcomes 36 points from Wildcat brothers
- December 18, 2002
- Santa Fe Trail High couldn’t stop DeSoto’s Brown brothers Tuesday night — and it probably was a good thing the Chargers didn’t need to.
- 6Sports video: Tonganoxie wins its first home game
- December 18, 2002
- The Chieftans come out on top of Basehor-Linwood, 50-48.
- KU student from Tonganoxie talks about Playboy, calendar experience
- December 18, 2002
- When her daughter, Carey, was 12 years old, Bev Oroke took her to a modeling agency in Kansas City.
- Attack breeds?
- December 18, 2002
- To the editor: Joe Hyde’s thoughtful letter about his hunting dog that bit several people underscores the point that responsible dog owners always stress: Any dog can be vicious depending on its heritage, training, and the particular situation it is in. Joe wonders if it would be justified to expand a pit bull ban to include all “attack breeds.” Joe, what exactly is an attack breed? And who is qualified to decide this?
- s success, focus on present
- December 18, 2002
- Armchair quarterbacks and couch potatoes all have their theories about Kansas University’s slow start in men’s basketball this year. So do the Jayhawk players.
- KU student from Tonganoxie talks about Playboy, calendar experience
- December 18, 2002
- When her daughter, Carey, was 12 years old, Bev Oroke took her to a modeling agency in Kansas City.
- 6News video: Fire officials share safety tips for Christmas
- December 18, 2002
- A fire caused by electrical overload destroyed a home in West Lawrence last week, pointing to the danger of dry Christmas trees and using too many eletrical plugs.
- 6News video: Community Blood Center celebrates opening
- December 18, 2002
- The Community Blood Center has moved to a new location to increase its visibility and hopes to attract more donors.
- Health Midwest CEO’s testimony delayed
- Attorney general’s lawsuit seeks to block proposed $1.13 billion sale of company
- December 18, 2002
- Health Midwest CEO Richard W. Brown will give testimony Dec. 30 as part of the legal proceedings over the sale of Health Midwest, a Johnson County district judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Judge Thomas E. Foster supported a motion by Brown’s legal counsel over the objection of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, which had wanted to take a deposition from Brown today.
- William R. Scott
- December 18, 2002
- Hadl services
- December 18, 2002
- KU plans faculty additions
- International education, biosciences staffs targeted for growth
- December 18, 2002
- At a time when some vacant faculty positions aren’t being filled, Kansas University officials will create 18 faculty jobs next year.
- Inspectors revisit university
- December 18, 2002
- U.N. inspectors swept Tuesday through Baghdad University, collecting names of scientists and disrupting classes to gain information about their research.
- Blood donations in short supply as holidays hit
- December 18, 2002
- The holiday season is usually a time for giving. That isn’t always the case at the Community Blood Center, where donations have dried up. “It’s usually the toughest time of year for us,” said Joey Eck, a donor recruiter for the center’s Lawrence office. “It’s human nature — people get so busy they don’t think about donating blood.
- Mexican women’s effort dries up liquor
- December 18, 2002
- As the Corona beer truck with its clinking bottles lumbered into this Indian village in the mountains of central Mexico, angry women ran out of their homes, shouting: “Get out! Get out!”
- Beatle won’t let it be
- McCartney wants more credit for his songwriting efforts
- December 18, 2002
- Paul McCartney believes the last shall be first. Yoko Ono believes he wants to rewrite history.
- U.N. report: Al-Qaida training camps reactivated in Afghanistan
- December 18, 2002
- New foot soldiers for Osama bin Laden’s holy war are streaming into al-Qaida training camps that have been recently reactivated in eastern Afghanistan, a U.N. report on the terror group said Tuesday. While Osama bin Laden’s financial network has been mostly dismantled, his terror network still enjoys significant support and has “access to substantial funding from its previously established investments,” said the report by an expert panel.
- How to add legumes to diet
- December 18, 2002
- Q: I would like to start using more legumes in my diet. Can you tell me how to prepare them?
- Jayni serves up some ideas for holiday brunch
- December 18, 2002
- Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Christmas brunch.” Host Jayni Carey will prepare breakfast treats, including the recipes below.
- BET shows Lott ‘doesn’t get it’
- December 18, 2002
- Trent Lott, still (as of this writing) the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, went on Black Entertainment Network on Monday night to explain his egregious and indefensible remarks about race.
- Lott loses his convictions
- December 18, 2002
- For years, I have used this opening line on the lecture circuit: “I’m happy to be here from Washington, D.C., where the only politicians with convictions are in prison. ” Rarely has there been an occasion to demonstrate the reality of this cheap laugh line more than in Sen. Trent Lott’s attempt to hold on to his leadership post.
- Coach’s lesson
- December 18, 2002
- Warning sign
- December 18, 2002
- The lack of support in recent years from the Kansas Legislature hasn’t given Kansas University faculty members much reason to stay on Mount Oread. A couple of news items in Tuesday’s Journal-World should catch the attention and perhaps raise the concern of people who care about the future of Kansas University or just about any other public university in the United States.
- s lesson
- December 18, 2002
- To the editor: I would like to add a personal response to Chuck Woodling’s Dec. 6 article regarding the life lessons taught by Kenny Page. As stated in the article, I did have the privilege to play on three of Mr. Page’s American Legion teams in the late â‘60s.
- Community programs would take drug offenders
- December 18, 2002
- Kansas’ top prison official Tuesday voiced skepticism about a proposal to ease prison overcrowding by diverting some drug offenders into treatment programs in local communities. “I’m just a little concerned we get too optimistic about the impact,” the plan will have, Acting-Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz told the House-Senate Committee on State Building Construction.
- Blood donations in short supply as holidays hit
- December 18, 2002
- The holiday season is usually a time for giving. That isn’t always the case at the Community Blood Center, where donations have dried up. “It’s usually the toughest time of year for us,” said Joey Eck, a donor recruiter for the center’s Lawrence office. “It’s human nature — people get so busy they don’t think about donating blood.
- Bruce C. Nilsen
- December 18, 2002
- Private graveside services for Bruce C. Nilsen, 59, Lawrence, will be later in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Nilsen died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002, at his home.
- Starting five should lead Jayhawks in minutes
- December 18, 2002
- Let’s talk minutes. No, not the minutes of the last meeting. I’m talking about Kansas University men’s basketball minutes. Minutes Played is a statistic that didn’t begin appearing in box scores until the mid-1970s so we have no idea how many minutes per game were logged by such KU standouts as Clyde Lovellette, Wilt Chamberlain, Dave Robisch and many others.
- film
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 12:36 p.m.) Hundreds of people stayed up late Tuesday night — to say they got the first look at the newest “Lord of the Rings” movie in Lawrence.
- Births
- December 18, 2002
- Chris Swalm, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday. Patrick and Nadine Peaches, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday.
- Cardinals rally past Wellsville
- December 18, 2002
- Eudora trailed, 10-8, after the first quarter, but outscored Wellsville, 18-12, in the second period and held on for a 47-43 girls basketball victory on Tuesday.
- Bulldogs pull Seahawk sweep
- December 18, 2002
- The number zero can be downright devastating sometimes.
- Charlene E. Easum
- December 18, 2002
- Services for Charlene E. Easum, 70, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mrs. Easum died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
- Lawrence whole-grain bakery continues to inspire loyal following
- December 18, 2002
- Mmm — it smells so good. That’s the first thing you think of when you open the door to Amazing Grains, a collective, whole-grain bakery at 518 E. Eighth St.
- Formal charges made in pit bull case
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 7:41 p.m.) A Lawrence woman was formally charged Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence Municipal Court for her two pit bulls getting loose Nov. 11 in east Lawrence and killing Lancelot, a 12-year-old Labrador.
- Bulldogs pull Seahawk sweep
- December 18, 2002
- The number zero can be downright devastating sometimes.
- Mavs win showdown
- Dallas tops Indiana in battle of NBA’s best
- December 18, 2002
- With a big swat of the game’s first shot, the Indiana Pacers showed they were ready to rumble.
- Byrd heads south
- Braves sign free-agent pitcher, trade for Ortiz
- December 18, 2002
- Quickly remaking their starting rotation, the Atlanta Braves acquired Russ Ortiz from San Francisco on Tuesday and signed free-agent Paul Byrd to a $10 million, two-year contract.
- Friends and neighbors
- December 18, 2002
- Local briefs
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Court hearing postponed in fatal hit-and-run case ¢ Hay bales set ablaze ¢ Limousine ride rewards students for fund-raising ¢ ‘River City Weekly’ offers holiday events, music
- Official skeptical of plan to release inmates
- Community programs would take drug offenders
- December 18, 2002
- Kansas’ top prison official Tuesday voiced skepticism about a proposal to ease prison overcrowding by diverting some drug offenders into treatment programs in local communities. “I’m just a little concerned we get too optimistic about the impact,” the plan will have, Acting-Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz told the House-Senate Committee on State Building Construction.
- Rental units planned for northwest area
- Planning Department reviewing proposal for Tuckaway North
- December 18, 2002
- Development plans call for the northwest corner of Kasold Drive and Peterson Road to become one of Lawrence’s largest rental communities. Lawrence-Douglas County planning staff members are reviewing a plan for Tuckaway North, a mix of 250 single-family, duplex and apartment units that would be located on about 32 acres in northwest Lawrence.
- Daily ticker
- December 18, 2002
- Kinsey to debut for SHSU
- December 18, 2002
- Former Kansas University football and basketball player Mario Kinsey will make his Sam Houston State debut tonight when the Bearkats tangle with Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
- Jayni serves up some ideas for holiday brunch
- December 18, 2002
- Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Christmas brunch.” Host Jayni Carey will prepare breakfast treats, including the recipes below.
- Mean Green steal show
- North Texas has five INTs in 24-19 victory over Cincinnati
- December 18, 2002
- Cincinnati’s Gino Guidugli was the headliner coming into the New Orleans Bowl, but the North Texas defense stole the show.
- Cardinals rally past Wellsville
- December 18, 2002
- Eudora trailed, 10-8, after the first quarter, but outscored Wellsville, 18-12, in the second period and held on for a 47-43 girls basketball victory on Tuesday.
- Starting five should lead Jayhawks in minutes
- December 18, 2002
- Let’s talk minutes. No, not the minutes of the last meeting. I’m talking about Kansas University men’s basketball minutes. Minutes Played is a statistic that didn’t begin appearing in box scores until the mid-1970s so we have no idea how many minutes per game were logged by such KU standouts as Clyde Lovellette, Wilt Chamberlain, Dave Robisch and many others.
- Trade center plans unveiled today
- December 18, 2002
- A floating memorial, a park with 2,800 lights and the tallest towers in the world are among the ideas that will be unveiled Wednesday for the World Trade Center site.
- People
- December 18, 2002
- Hurley turns down child support
- Exposed pipeline troubles farmer
- Company hasn’t fixed explosive possibility
- December 18, 2002
- Jeff Shultz is angry about the “disaster waiting to happen” in his farm field northeast of Lawrence. For nearly three years, Shultz said, he has been trying to get Williams Pipeline Co. to bury an exposed 3-foot section of gasoline pipeline that runs through the field.
- Fine acting saves football fantasy
- December 18, 2002
- Sports fans tired of watching worn videos of “Rocky,” “Rudy” and “The Replacements” might enjoy “Second String” (7 p.m., TNT). While this 2002 sports fantasy leaves few cliches unturned, it does feature some fine performances from Jon Voight and Gil Bellows.
- Horoscopes
- December 18, 2002
- Baked goodies
- Lawrence whole-grain bakery continues to inspire loyal following
- December 18, 2002
- Mmm — it smells so good. That’s the first thing you think of when you open the door to Amazing Grains, a collective, whole-grain bakery at 518 E. Eighth St.
- Local briefs
- December 18, 2002
- ⢠Court hearing postponed in fatal hit-and-run case ⢠Hay bales set ablaze ⢠Limousine ride rewards students for fund-raising ⢠âÂÂ’River City Weekly’ offers holiday events, music
- Safety concerns prioritized
- December 18, 2002
- At Kansas State University, it’s the “Frankenstein room” filled with old-fashioned electrical switches employees refuse to touch because they fear electrocution. At Kansas University, officials say underground utility tunnels are in dire need of repair.
- On the record
- December 18, 2002
- Chargers claim first victory
- Santa Fe Trail overcomes 36 points from Wildcat brothers
- December 18, 2002
- Santa Fe Trail High couldn’t stop DeSoto’s Brown brothers Tuesday night — and it probably was a good thing the Chargers didn’t need to.
- Average salary nearly $2.3 million
- December 18, 2002
- The average major league baseball salary rose to nearly $2.3 million this year, a 7.3 percent increase that was the smallest since 1998.
- Charlene E. Easum
- December 18, 2002
- Life sciences company asks for 80 percent abatement on property taxes
- December 18, 2002
- The biotechnology company that wants to build a manufacturing plant in Lawrence is asking the city for property tax breaks worth millions of dollars over the next decade. Serologicals Corp. of Atlanta on Tuesday submitted an application seeking forgiveness of 80 percent of taxes it would owe on about $26 million in property and equipment. The term of the tax break would be 10 years.
- Police recover items from theft at church
- December 18, 2002
- (Updated Wednesday at 5:47 p.m.) Lawrence Police said an investigation into thefts of Christmas presents from Corpus Christi Catholic Church have led to the arrest of one suspect.
- Christmas celebration requires plan
- December 18, 2002
- For those who take responsibility for orchestrating their family holiday celebrations, the 24-hour period that begins with dinnertime on Christmas Eve can be one of the most stressful times of the year unless the cook has done ample planning and cooking ahead of time. If the Olympics had a multitasking event, cooking for the holidays would be it. The three meals typically associated with Christian celebrations of the holiday — the Christmas Eve supper, Christmas morning breakfast and Christmas dinner — are no time to be cooking from scratch. For the sake of everyone’s sanity, the menu should be planned well in advance, and as many dishes as possible should be ready to pop into the oven or to go straight to the table.
- On the record
- December 18, 2002
- Law enforcement report Injury Accidents
- How to add legumes to diet
- December 18, 2002
- Q: I would like to start using more legumes in my diet. Can you tell me how to prepare them?
- Drought of 2002 likely to continue
- December 18, 2002
- Drought was a major weather story in the United States this year, and dryness is expected to persist in the Northwest at least through spring.
- ‘Two Towers’ kinetic, yet unemotional
- December 18, 2002
- In this second portion of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “The Two Towers” is more of an orphan than a middle child. The sword and sorcery epic has no beginning or end, and this condition functions as both its strength and weakness.
- Jayhawks snag another Kansas oral commitment
- December 18, 2002
- Nebraska football coaches showed up Monday at Schlagle High School in Kansas City, hoping to recruit defensive end Rashaad Norwood.
- Kinsey to debut for SHSU
- December 18, 2002
- Former Kansas University football and basketball player Mario Kinsey will make his Sam Houston State debut tonight when the Bearkats tangle with Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
- World Online video: Kansas University’s facilities needs pt. 1
- December 18, 2002
- Part one of three.
- William R. Scott
- December 18, 2002
- Memorial services for William R. Scott, 94, North Andover, Mass., will be 10 a.m. Dec. 28 at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover. Mr. Scott died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Mass.
- Warning sign
- December 18, 2002
- The lack of support in recent years from the Kansas Legislature hasn’t given Kansas University faculty members much reason to stay on Mount Oread. A couple of news items in Tuesday’s Journal-World should catch the attention and perhaps raise the concern of people who care about the future of Kansas University or just about any other public university in the United States.
- Shelter needed
- December 18, 2002
- To the editor: We heartily support Mary Siegrist in her recent letter to the editor titled “The right thing.” She recommended that a refurbished Carnegie building be used to meet the needs of homeless people of Lawrence.
- Shelter needed
- December 18, 2002
- School reality
- December 18, 2002
- To the editor: I read with dismay the proposal for additional cuts to next year’s school programs because of lack of funding and continue to listen to the no-more-tax rhetoric. I ask those who do not support the need for additional funding to answer the following questions:
- Lawrence briefs
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Police recover items from theft of church ¢ Caregiver charged with mistreatment ¢ Suspect leads police on car, foot chas
- Lawrence briefs
- December 18, 2002
- ⢠Police recover items from theft of church ⢠Caregiver charged with mistreatment ⢠Suspect leads police on car, foot chas
- Hadl services
- December 18, 2002
- Memorial services for Richard W. Hadl, 74, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be later in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hadl died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Bruce C. Nilsen
- December 18, 2002
- Attack breeds?
- December 18, 2002
- QB showdown highlight of GMAC Bowl
- December 18, 2002
- Bob Pruett is certain college football’s premier quarterbacks were missing at the Heisman Trophy ceremony
- Baldwin bummed by Hayden
- December 18, 2002
- Topeka Hayden’s Jarod Tetuan scored 23 points against Baldwin’s boys basketball team in Hayden’s 63-45 victory Tuesday at Baldwin High.
- Baseball briefs
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Cubs hurl suit at rooftop owners ¢ Former St. Louis Browns first baseman dies at 80
- Girardi joins Cardinals
- December 18, 2002
- When the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants courted him three years ago, catcher Joe Girardi instead chose the Chicago Cubs, largely citing family reasons and a desire to return home to Illinois.
- Royals lose another player
- December 18, 2002
- Paul Byrd, who managed to win 17 games for a Kansas City Royals team that lost 100 in 2002, is the latest good player to escape Kauffman Stadium.
- NBA briefs
- December 18, 2002
- Johnson wins team, will be first black owner Jordan contends woman agreed to $250,000
- Red Raiders snag fifth straight victory
- December 18, 2002
- Texas Tech’s Plenette Pierson found what she needed while sitting on the bench Tuesday night after scoring only six points and committing five turnovers while playing 17 minutes.
- Cincy crushes Ducks
- Bearcats clobber No. 5 Oregon; Stanford falls again
- December 18, 2002
- Cincinnati was the team without the high national ranking and didn’t have any players known by their first names.
- Minnesota telethon raises $670,000
- But Golden Gophers still need $500,000 to save men’s gymnastics, both golf programs
- December 18, 2002
- The attempt to save unprofitable college sports from the budget ax entered a new realm over the weekend — the domain formerly inhabited by Jerry Lewis and has-been television stars.
- AP names All-America squad
- Buckeyes place three players; Iowa, Miami, OU, USC two
- December 18, 2002
- Ohio State is No. 2 in the polls and No. 1 in AP All-Americans.
- Chiefs place kicker on IR, waiting on Holmes
- December 18, 2002
- The Kansas City Chiefs put kicker Morten Andersen, the second-leading scorer in NFL history, on injured reserve on Tuesday. Also Tuesday, three different teams of medical experts pored over the results of an MRI on NFL rushing leader Priest Holmes while coach Dick Vermeil angrily rejected any suggestion that his hip injury was similar to the one that led to the end of Bo Jackson’s career.
- Price is right for Alabama
- December 18, 2002
- Mike Price is leaving Washington State for one more coaching challenge — to restore pride at Alabama and turn the Crimson Tide into champions again.
- FSU’s Rix oversleeps, misses final, suspended
- December 18, 2002
- Florida State quarterback Chris Rix was suspended for the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday because he overslept and missed a final exam.
- Jayhawks overcoming early identity crisis
- KU sophomore Langford says squad has had to forget about last season’s success, focus on present
- December 18, 2002
- Armchair quarterbacks and couch potatoes all have their theories about Kansas University’s slow start in men’s basketball this year. So do the Jayhawk players.
- 6News video: State schools’ repair bills mount up
- December 18, 2002
- The Kansas Board of Regents estimates the repairs will cost more than $600 million.
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks buckle down for finals
- December 18, 2002
- The team takes the time to focus on the “student” part of “student-athlete.”
- 6Sports video: Jeff Hawkins improves steadily this year
- December 18, 2002
- The redshirt freshman had a strong showing against Emporia State.
- 6Sports video: Tonganoxie wins its first home game
- December 18, 2002
- The Chieftans come out on top of Basehor-Linwood, 50-48.
- Child porn conviction yields 41-month sentence
- December 18, 2002
- A Blue Springs man was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for possession of child pornography and attempted sexual activity with a minor, U.S. Atty. Todd Graves said.
- Not everyone who’s eligible ready for smallpox vaccine
- December 18, 2002
- Smallpox vaccinations for Kansas front-line health workers will be available in a few weeks, but some who qualify for the inoculation in Lawrence say they’ll think twice before baring their upper arms. About 50 people at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Douglas County emergency responders are eligible for the vaccine, which was discontinued in 1972 when smallpox was considered eradicated. The vaccine is being used and licensed again because of the potential threat of bioterrorism.
- Governor’s mansion to close for transition
- December 18, 2002
- The administration change between Gov. Bill Graves and Governor-elect Kathleen Sebelius temporarily will suspend public tours of Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence.
- Inmate sentenced for dealing drugs
- December 18, 2002
- The ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison without parole for dealing heroin, prosecutors said.
- Briefly
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Conseco bankruptcy filing third-largest in U.S. history ¢ Strike worsens oil situation ¢ Deal to end civil war signed
- U.S. among nuclear suppliers identified by Iraq
- December 18, 2002
- Dozens of suppliers, most in Europe, the United States and Japan, provided the components and know-how Saddam Hussein needed to build an atomic bomb, according to Iraq’s 1996 accounting of its nuclear program.
- U.S. military to train exiles
- December 18, 2002
- The United States has accepted 1,000 Iraqi exiles for military training as guides and go-betweens for U.S. forces in a war with Iraq, a contingent that exile leaders hope will grow into the core of a new Iraqi army after President Saddam Hussein is ousted, Iraqis familiar with the training program said Tuesday.
- Iraqi exiles tentatively agree on transitional government
- December 18, 2002
- Iraqi exiles declared they wanted to build a “new Iraq” and agreed Tuesday on a power-sharing plan that for the first time recognizes the political clout of Shiite Muslims who are a majority in a nation long controlled by Sunni Muslims such as Saddam Hussein.
- Lott vows to fight to retain leadership
- December 18, 2002
- Embattled Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott said Tuesday he believed he had the votes to survive a furor about racially insensitive remarks, despite increasingly blunt suggestions from officials close to the White House that he give way. While some Republicans said they hoped a politically damaging struggle could be resolved before the rank and file meet on Jan. 6, Lott, R-Miss., said he was digging in. “I am the son of a shipyard worker … I have had to fight all of my life. And I am not stopping now,” he said in an interview with ABC News.
- Second-graders serve up a side dish of lyrical verse
- Langston Hughes School students sponsor Poetry Cafe for family, friends
- December 18, 2002
- The blue-plate special Tuesday at Poetry Cafe was a heaping serving of words. Second-graders at Langston Hughes School offered service with a smile as they treated their parents, siblings and other relatives during a 33-poem buffet of verse centering on things culinary. Most of the poems were silly; others were just sweet.
- Serologicals files for tax break
- Life sciences company asks for 80 percent abatement on property taxes
- December 18, 2002
- The biotechnology company that wants to build a manufacturing plant in Lawrence is asking the city for property tax breaks worth millions of dollars over the next decade. Serologicals Corp. of Atlanta on Tuesday submitted an application seeking forgiveness of 80 percent of taxes it would owe on about $26 million in property and equipment. The term of the tax break would be 10 years.
- Four arrested in suspected terror plot
- December 18, 2002
- Four suspected Islamic militants who had an unidentified liquid and an anti-contamination suit were probably planning an attack, France’s interior minister said Tuesday, and media reports linked the men to a terror suspect with alleged ties to al-Qaida.
- Ex-mortgage writer gets probation for fraud
- December 18, 2002
- The former president of a Great Bend mortgage company has been sentenced to three years probation for falsifying documents at the business she co-owned.
- Union Station heralds return of rail service
- December 18, 2002
- Passenger rail service officially returned to a refurbished Union Station on Tuesday, in what local leaders view as a focal point for urban redevelopment.
- Carr victims’ families sue state
- December 18, 2002
- Families of three more victims of Jonathan and Reginald Carr have sued over a clerical error that freed the elder Carr from jail just days before the brothers began their deadly rampage.
- Roberts speaks out about meeting on Lott
- December 18, 2002
- Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts said lawmakers should resolve the Trent Lott controversy before a scheduled meeting to decide the Republican leader’s fate. Like many Republicans, Roberts did not say Tuesday whether Lott should go. But he went further than many GOP colleagues, saying “this situation should be and very well may be resolved” before a Jan. 6 meeting called to decide whether Lott should stay on as majority leader.
- Brownback likely to serve on appropriations committee
- December 18, 2002
- Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback is likely to snag a coveted seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee when Congress convenes next year. Brownback, a Republican, was on a congressional trip to China on Tuesday, but aides confirmed he would serve on the powerful spending panel unless a longer-serving senator changed his or her mind.
- Briefcase
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Ex-Tyco director pleads guilty to securities fraud ¢ Feedlot owner sues Farmland National Beef ¢ AOL wins spam suit
- Interest rate cuts fuel housing industry
- December 18, 2002
- The economy is closing out the year much as it began: The housing industry posted another strong construction gain in November while U.S. factories struggled to show a tiny increase after three months of weakness.
- McDonald’s to post first quarterly loss
- December 18, 2002
- McDonald’s Corp., struggling through a year of sluggish sales at home and abroad, said Tuesday it expected to report the first-ever quarterly loss in its 47-year history. The announcement of the expected loss for the fourth quarter sent shares in the world’s largest restaurant company down $1.76, or 10 percent to $15.62 on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s the lowest closing price, adjusting for a stock split, since Jan. 26, 1995.
- Poll: Public sees conditions for nuclear response on Iraq
- December 18, 2002
- Most Americans favor using nuclear weapons against Iraq if Saddam Hussein attacks U.S. military forces with chemical or biological weapons in a war that the public believes is virtually inevitable, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
- Study: Beer ads target youths
- December 18, 2002
- Young Americans are exposed to more television commercials for beer than for sneakers, gum or jeans, according to a study released Tuesday.
- West Coast storms kill at least 9
- December 18, 2002
- A deadly El Niño storm that brought five straight days of rain and high winds to the Pacific Coast eased up Tuesday, but more bad weather was on the way and the danger of mudslides was high.
- Minnelli, husband sue VH1 for yanking reality show
- December 18, 2002
- Liza Minnelli and her husband, David Gest, have filed a $23 million lawsuit against cable television network VH1 and others for dropping plans to air a reality show that centered on their lives.
- ‘Jackass’ death toll keeps rising
- December 18, 2002
- A teenager died while practicing what police say was a stunt he and a friend had seen in the movie “Jackass.”
- Bush orders missile defense system ready by 2004
- December 18, 2002
- President Bush on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to have ready for use within two years a bare-bones system for defending American territory, troops and allies against attack by ballistic missiles. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cautioned against viewing the plan as a foolproof means of defense. He described the planned initial capability as “better than nothing” and said it would evolve in ways that incorporate technological advances, lessons learned from testing and help from allies.
- Universities’ repair needs top $631M
- Safety concerns prioritized
- December 18, 2002
- At Kansas State University, it’s the “Frankenstein room” filled with old-fashioned electrical switches employees refuse to touch because they fear electrocution. At Kansas University, officials say underground utility tunnels are in dire need of repair.
- Safety tips for holidays
- December 18, 2002
- ConAgra Foods and the American Dietetic Assn. offer these safety tips for food preparation during the holidays.
- Sizzling gift ideas for cooks
- December 18, 2002
- Shopping for cooks sounds easier than it is. We’ve all been victims of well-meant gifts — electric appliances that aren’t worth the counter space, gadgets that solve problems we’ve never really had. There’s an awful lot of wasted opportunity in kitchen stuff.
- Raspberries can brighten holiday
- December 18, 2002
- Christmas desserts deserve to be steeped in holiday tradition, in this case visibly — with cheerful raspberry red. Raspberries are the basis of a dessert that can brighten the holiday table with its color, and whose taste will recall other seasons.
- Short & Sweet
- December 18, 2002
- ¢ Author matches wines with holiday leftovers ¢ Web site offers gift ideas
- Christmas celebration requires plan
- December 18, 2002
- For those who take responsibility for orchestrating their family holiday celebrations, the 24-hour period that begins with dinnertime on Christmas Eve can be one of the most stressful times of the year unless the cook has done ample planning and cooking ahead of time. If the Olympics had a multitasking event, cooking for the holidays would be it. The three meals typically associated with Christian celebrations of the holiday — the Christmas Eve supper, Christmas morning breakfast and Christmas dinner — are no time to be cooking from scratch. For the sake of everyone’s sanity, the menu should be planned well in advance, and as many dishes as possible should be ready to pop into the oven or to go straight to the table.
- School reality
- December 18, 2002
- Central pride
- December 18, 2002
- Gore made ‘04 race about the future
- December 18, 2002
- Now we can have an election that is about 2004, not 2000. Former Vice President Al Gore’s decision not to mount a third presidential campaign has dramatically altered the political landscape. It assures that the next election will be about the future, not the past. It means that the 2004 contest will be about the new issues of the new century, not about the old rivalries of the old dynasties. It means that the Democrats have a better chance of putting a new face forward in their effort to defeat President Bush.
- Central pride
- December 18, 2002
- To the editor: I believe that Central Junior High School is not appointed the credit it deserves. Other schools have gone so far as to nickname Central the “ghetto” school. As I am a student here, I know that this is not true. Just this week, a few students competed in the Knowledge Master Open and received the highest score in the state. Central has also graduated the most National Merit Scholars in Lawrence’s history.
- Calla McAlexander
- December 18, 2002
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