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- Former KU football player to be sentenced on battery charge
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 2:31 p.m.) A former Kansas University football player will be sentenced in February for his role in a fight outside of a Lawrence bar earlier this year.
- Police have suspects in check-passing scheme
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 2:14 p.m.) Lawrence Police said Friday they were investigating two suspects accused of forging checks from a local business and passing them all over town.
- Sebelius releases revenue-saving proposals
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 12:38 p.m.) Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius on Friday released a list of more than 100 proposals aimed at saving tax dollars and making government more efficient.
- Two KU administrators honored by American Psychological Assn.
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 11:58 a.m.) Two Kansas University administrators, including an associate dean, have been elected fellows of the American Psychological Assn.
- Winter officially begins Sunday
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 12:55 p.m.) Winter officially comes to Lawrence early Sunday morning. But don’t pull out your snow shovel, sled and heavy arctic coat, scarf and gloves just yet.
- KU libraries get grant for scholarly religious diversity material
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 10:16 a.m.) Kansas University libraries have received a $4,000 grant to buy scholarly materials on religious diversity in Kansas and in the United States.
- budget request, concerns
- December 20, 2002
- Members of a joint legislative committee on education are bracing for criticism over the Kansas Board of Regents’ request for a 15 percent increase in financing this year.
- Wellsville boys fall to Spring Hill
- December 20, 2002
- Ryan Oshel scored 15 points but it wasn’t enough, as the Wellsville high boys basketball team fell, 69-53, to Spring Hill on Thursday.
- Late drought dooms Cardinal girls
- December 20, 2002
- It wasn’t a pretty game, but the Eudora High girls basketball team’s fourth-quarter funk made it uglier.
- Howell taps Tampa
- December 20, 2002
- Free State High soccer player Justin Howell has orally committed to the University of Tampa. Howell, a goalkeeper, chose the 2001 Division II national champions over South Carolina, Coastal Carolina and the Naval Academy.
- Plenty to do during musical dead zone
- December 20, 2002
- Now is the time of year that most journalists dread. Bands aren’t touring; albums aren’t being released; and the live music scene goes into hibernation. This aural dead zone — which annually spans from the third week of December to the second week of January — is just the type of occasion to give us ample opportunities for sitting in front of the computer and playing the latest video game purchase until carpal tunnel sets in.
- Kansas basketball signee Giddens arrested
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University basketball signee J.R. Giddens and three other individuals were arrested early Thursday on a variety of complaints stemming from a plot to defraud a Wal-Mart store, police told the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Giddens, 17, of Oklahoma City’s John Marshall High, was arrested on felony complaints of conspiracacy to commit grand larceny, grand larceny from a retailer, concealing stolen property and obtaining property by false pretense.
- Huge Buffalo rally trips Cardinal boys
- December 20, 2002
- The Eudora High boys basketball squad liked its chances on Thursday, especially after Prairie View scored a whopping three points in the first quarter.
- Winter officially begins Sunday
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 12:55 p.m.) Winter officially comes to Lawrence early Sunday morning. But don’t pull out your snow shovel, sled and heavy arctic coat, scarf and gloves just yet.
- Two KU administrators honored by American Psychological Assn.
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 11:58 a.m.) Two Kansas University administrators, including an associate dean, have been elected fellows of the American Psychological Assn.
- Sebelius releases revenue-saving proposals
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 12:38 p.m.) Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius on Friday released a list of more than 100 proposals aimed at saving tax dollars and making government more efficient.
- Former KU football player to be sentenced on battery charge
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 2:31 p.m.) A former Kansas University football player will be sentenced in February for his role in a fight outside of a Lawrence bar earlier this year.
- Howell taps Tampa
- December 20, 2002
- Free State High soccer player Justin Howell has orally committed to the University of Tampa. Howell, a goalkeeper, chose the 2001 Division II national champions over South Carolina, Coastal Carolina and the Naval Academy.
- Briefly
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Blast at bomb factory kills terror suspect ¢ Rebels seize city ¢ Man detonates grenade at peacekeeper base
- People
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ It’s destiny: Pepsi spikes Spears ¢ Sorkin’s drug charges dropped ¢ Hamilton takes spin down aisle ¢ J.Lo can keep her Glow — for now
- Marion Baugher
- December 20, 2002
- Services for Marion Baugher, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mr. Baugher died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002.
- Sound off
- December 20, 2002
- Is it true that the tax on cigarettes is going up again on New Year’s Day? It’s true. During the past legislative session, state lawmakers approved increasing the state tax on a pack of cigarettes by 46 cents, from 24 cents per pack to 70 cents per pack. But the law also kicked in an additional 9 cents per pack on Jan. 1, 2003, bringing the total state tax on cigarettes to 79 cents per pack.
- Entertainment Calendar
- December 20, 2002
- NIGHTLIFE | Music | Theater | Misc. | Museums | Galleries FRIDAY
- Cottonwood Inc. plans to reduce pay raises, staff hours, facilities
- December 20, 2002
- Forced to carve more than $300,000 from its budget, Cottonwood Inc. on Thursday announced plans to give up one of its homes, cut staff hours, reduce and postpone pay raises and scrimp on overhead. “These things don’t add up to $300,000, but they’re what we feel like we can handle for now,” said Sharon Spratt, executive director at Cottonwood, a Lawrence program that helps people with developmental disabilities live and work in the community. “In the meantime, we’re hoping for relief.”
- Broncos must stop Raiders’ Gannon
- December 20, 2002
- Denver was 6-2 when Oakland came to town for a Monday night showcase Nov. 11. The Raiders won 34-10, and the Broncos also lost three of their next four games before rebounding to beat Kansas City last week.
- 6News video: SRS cuts close to home for local family
- December 20, 2002
- A mother in need learns that she will no longer receive financial assistance from the state.
- Fricke third Republican to gain high position in governor-elect’s staff
- December 20, 2002
- Howard Fricke, the next secretary of administration, is a registered Republican — the third to snag choice assignments in Democrat Kathleen Sebelius’ administration. Sebelius picked Lt. Gov. John Moore as her running mate and secretary of commerce. Moore switched to the Democratic Party when Sebelius selected him. Sebelius also has hired Duane Goossen, Republican Gov. Bill Graves’ budget director, as her budget director.
- Esther I. Spencer
- December 20, 2002
- Marion Baugher
- December 20, 2002
- Iraqi lies raise risk of war, Powell warns
- Bush administration delaying, for now, decision to use force
- December 20, 2002
- After completing a review of Iraq’s report on its weapons programs, the Bush administration Thursday declared Iraq to be in “material breach” of a United Nations resolution ordering it to disarm, but the White House is putting off for several weeks a decision on whether to push for the use of military force. U.N. weapons inspectors said Iraq’s 12,000-page report on its weapons programs included little new information and no proof that it destroyed the chemical and biological agents that U.N. inspectors had confirmed it possessed before leaving Iraq under duress in 1998.
- Paul McCartney tops concert tours
- December 20, 2002
- The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
- Fancier heart defibrillators may have higher death risks, study suggests
- December 20, 2002
- A new study has linked widely used, more sophisticated heart defibrillators with a slightly increased risk of hospitalization and death.
- Police say Ohio mother faked child’s cancer to raise money
- December 20, 2002
- Police say a woman tried to trick her daughter and community into thinking the girl had cancer so she could raise money, even going so far as to shave the 7-year-old’s head, give her sleeping pills and put her in counseling to prepare to die.
- Pension plans under attack
- December 20, 2002
- It’s the holiday season, boom time for pickpockets. We’re busy, we’re distracted and we’re in a mood to think about fellowship, not felonies. Everything’s right for Light-Fingered Louie making his move in Washington. We barely notice until later that we’ve been robbed.
- Majority not convinced about Iraq war
- December 20, 2002
- In the 1970s, when Vietnam had become a synonym for quagmire, there was a repeated exchange between the supporters and protesters of the war. The hawks would ask rhetorically, “How can we get out of Vietnam?” The doves would answer directly, “In boats.” The response was glib, satisfying and, in the end, right. We just got out, although the most remembered mode of transportation was a helicopter over Saigon, not a boat.
- Extra caution
- December 20, 2002
- To the editor: A little reminder and a request for those people traveling by car, truck, minivan, SUV, or whatever other mechanized means of land transportation over the upcoming busy holiday season: Please, for the love of humanity, do drive patiently, attentively, and carefully to your destinations. In the last few years, typically around 40,000 Americans per year have perished as a result of motor vehicle accidents on our nation’s roadways.
- Kansas schools still admitting too many students, senator says
- December 20, 2002
- State universities’ qualified admissions standards aren’t working, a top Senate education official said. “Before qualified admissions, we were admitting everyone who applied,” said John Vratil, R-Leawood, vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee. “After implementation, we’re still admitting almost everyone who has applied. What have we accomplished?”
- On the street
- December 20, 2002
- Asked at Lawrence post office, 645 Vt. How do you think the Lawrence Public Library could improve itself?
- John E. Melvin III
- December 20, 2002
- Services for John E. Melvin III, 31, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Oklahoma City. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City. Mr. Melvin died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, in Lawrence.
- Athletes of the Week
- December 20, 2002
- Bijai Jones Free State High
- Williams Fund hits 4,000
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University’s Williams Educational Fund reached the 4,000-member plateau this week.
- USA Track and Field names runner its 70-74 age group athlete of the year
- December 20, 2002
- Durability apparently plays at least a partial role when it comes to winning prizes. Paul Heitzman, for example, was stunned when he learned this week that USA Track and Field, the national governing body of the sport, had selected him its track athlete of the year in the 70-74 age group.
- coach joins U.S. Olympic staff
- December 20, 2002
- One of Roy Williams’s lifelong dreams is a reality. Kansas University’s 15th-year men’s basketball coach will represent his country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
- Lawrence-Free State rivalry to be renewed tonight
- December 20, 2002
- Kristin Mallory knows what she wants for Christmas — especially since she didn’t get it last year. The second-year Lawrence High girls basketball coach had to endure a 44-41 loss to rival Free State last season in the teams’ pre-holiday meeting.
- s future role
- December 20, 2002
- Sen. Sam Brownback said Thursday that he hadn’t decided whether Trent Lott should step down as majority leader in the U.S. Senate. Brownback told reporters Lott’s comments in support of Strom Thurman’s 1948 presidency — in which Thurman ran on a segregationist platform — were “wrong.”
- Governor-elect softens on earlier pledge to regents
- December 20, 2002
- Two months after she promised an “absolute commitment” to education, Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius isn’t sure she can avoid proposing cuts in spending on universities, community colleges and technical schools. Sebelius said Thursday that it was too early for her to know what she would propose for higher education — or other parts of state government. She said most of her time recently had been spent on fiscal issues.
- Lawrence stacks up poorly in spending on materials, regional group says
- December 20, 2002
- Linda Slimmer explored the shelves of the Lawrence Public Library Thursday afternoon, searching — but not finding — a book on weightlifting for women. So she wasn’t surprised to learn the library doesn’t meet Northeast Kansas Library System standards for spending on books and other materials.
- Olive Macfarlane
- December 20, 2002
- Memorial services for Olive Macfarlane, 79, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Macfarlane died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.
- Kinsey makes debut
- December 20, 2002
- Former Kansas University football and basketball player Mario Kinsey played 23 minutes off the bench in his debut for Sam Houston State on Wednesday night.
- Credit due
- December 20, 2002
- To the editor: I am the proud parent of Jordan Brown, a second-grade student at Sunset Hill. Jordan currently attends the Boys’ and Girls’ Club after-school program at the main site on Haskell and has previously attended another program at Langston Hughes. I would like to thank all the staff at the various Boys’ and Girls’ Club sites and all of the community members who support them. To live in a community that is so giving to its children is an honor.
- Spartans select Louisville’s Smith
- December 20, 2002
- Michigan State has led the Big Ten in one category during the past three decades: coaching turnover.
- NFL briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Lightning strike halts Raiders’ practice ¢ Tackle Jansen will stay with Washington ¢ Patriots place Smith on injured reserve
- Area briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Topeka driver injured swerving to avoid dog ¢ KU faculty members named research fellows ¢ KU professor promoted to vice provost position ¢ KDOT, Highway Patrol put on headlights for life
- It’s so sensible
- December 20, 2002
- Los Angeles’ experience with high-speed chases may lead to some common sense approaches. How long does it take for the word to get out that high-speed vehicle chases in urban settings often create far more harm than good?
- KU libraries get grant for scholarly religious diversity material
- December 20, 2002
- (Web Posted Friday at 10:16 a.m.) Kansas University libraries have received a $4,000 grant to buy scholarly materials on religious diversity in Kansas and in the United States.
- College briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ East Carolina taps Florida assistant ¢ Bowling Green promotes aide ¢ Maine standout pleads guilty to possession ¢ Officials: FSU probe centers on McPherson
- New UCLA coach Dorrell credits mentor Donahue
- December 20, 2002
- Karl Dorrell has turned Terry Donahue into a prophet.
- Williams’ appointment ‘dream’
- Jayhawks’ coach joins U.S. Olympic staff
- December 20, 2002
- One of Roy Williams’s lifelong dreams is a reality. Kansas University’s 15th-year men’s basketball coach will represent his country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
- More U.S. troops headed to Persian Gulf
- December 20, 2002
- The United States is planning to accelerate the flow of U.S. forces into the Persian Gulf region to prepare for a possible invasion of Iraq, according to senior U.S. officials.
- Friends and neighbors
- December 20, 2002
- Simien relishes reputation for dunks
- December 20, 2002
- Powerful Wayne Simien has yet to shatter a backboard at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Police have suspects in check-passing scheme
- December 20, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 2:14 p.m.) Lawrence Police said Friday they were investigating two suspects accused of forging checks from a local business and passing them all over town.
- Briefly
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Teacher: ‘No contest’ in bomb threat case ¢ Lawrence attorney tapped for state board ¢ Mayor charged with domestic abuse ¢ Leno gives money for car restoration
- Briefly
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Judge overturns convictions in Central Park rape case ¢ Democrats prepare proposal for unemployment benefits ¢ West Nile virus infects fetus ¢ Israelis expel Jewish settlers
- Late drought dooms Cardinal girls
- December 20, 2002
- It wasn’t a pretty game, but the Eudora High girls basketball team’s fourth-quarter funk made it uglier.
- Putting some bounce in the day
- December 20, 2002
- Agency critical of library’s collection
- Lawrence stacks up poorly in spending on materials, regional group says
- December 20, 2002
- Linda Slimmer explored the shelves of the Lawrence Public Library Thursday afternoon, searching — but not finding — a book on weightlifting for women. So she wasn’t surprised to learn the library doesn’t meet Northeast Kansas Library System standards for spending on books and other materials.
- Briefcase
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Economic indicators rise ¢ Bankrupt Vanguard moves toward liquidation ¢ Technology chairman charged with fraud ¢ Del Monte, Heinz deal OK’d by shareholders
- Businessman named to Cabinet post
- Administration Department appointee tied to controversial sale
- December 20, 2002
- Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday appointed as her secretary of administration Howard R. Fricke, a business leader and political insider who three years ago sold a building to the state for $18.5 million in a deal that continues to stir controversy. Fricke, 66, is former chief executive officer and current chairman of the board of Security Benefit Group of Insurance Cos., a high-profile Topeka business with reported assets of more than $10 billion.
- Administration Department appointee tied to controversial sale
- December 20, 2002
- Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday appointed as her secretary of administration Howard R. Fricke, a business leader and political insider who three years ago sold a building to the state for $18.5 million in a deal that continues to stir controversy. Fricke, 66, is former chief executive officer and current chairman of the board of Security Benefit Group of Insurance Cos., a high-profile Topeka business with reported assets of more than $10 billion.
- Lawrence-Free State rivalry to be renewed tonight
- December 20, 2002
- Kristin Mallory knows what she wants for Christmas — especially since she didn’t get it last year. The second-year Lawrence High girls basketball coach had to endure a 44-41 loss to rival Free State last season in the teams’ pre-holiday meeting.
- Eudora’s Heitzman honored
- USA Track and Field names runner its 70-74 age group athlete of the year
- December 20, 2002
- Durability apparently plays at least a partial role when it comes to winning prizes. Paul Heitzman, for example, was stunned when he learned this week that USA Track and Field, the national governing body of the sport, had selected him its track athlete of the year in the 70-74 age group.
- Fate of ‘Providence’ up in air
- December 20, 2002
- What’s ahead for “Providence” (7 p.m., NBC)? Last fall, NBC announced that tonight’s two-hour episode would be the last. Fans of the family-friendly drama-fantasy were miffed and some media watchers were puzzled. “Providence” had a loyal following. While its audience was not as young as advertisers like, it frequently came in at No. 1 in its time slot. Last month NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker stated that he was having second thoughts about pulling the plug. “I’m not afraid to admit I may have made a mistake, and we’ll see,” he said. The network will make a final decision on the series next year.
- University admission standards criticized
- Kansas schools still admitting too many students, senator says
- December 20, 2002
- State universities’ qualified admissions standards aren’t working, a top Senate education official said. “Before qualified admissions, we were admitting everyone who applied,” said John Vratil, R-Leawood, vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee. “After implementation, we’re still admitting almost everyone who has applied. What have we accomplished?”
- Mangino confirms 2 signings
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University’s football season ended 34 days ago, but Mark Mangino’s coaching staff hasn’t taken a break. Wednesday was the first day junior-college players could sign national letters of intent, and KU landed two recruits Mangino says should make an impact in 2003.
- Zero Titans selected
- AFC South leaders shunned; seven Eagles honored
- December 20, 2002
- The Tennessee Titans just got new incentive in their quest for an NFL title.
- Florida hoops bouncing back
- Victory against Maryland may help Gators’ confidence after disappointing 2001-02 campaign
- December 20, 2002
- Of all the teams that lost in the opening round of last season’s NCAA tournament, none was more disappointing than Florida.
- High-stakes decision on Lott
- December 20, 2002
- Circumstances have changed since Republican senators elected Sen. Trent Lott as their majority leader 10 days after the November congressional elections. Lott’s seemingly nostalgic remarks about Sen. Strom Thurmond’s days as a segregationist 1948 presidential candidate have created a political predicament that has yet be resolved, despite Lott’s repeated apologies and contrition.
- s so sensible
- December 20, 2002
- Los Angeles’ experience with high-speed chases may lead to some common sense approaches. How long does it take for the word to get out that high-speed vehicle chases in urban settings often create far more harm than good?
- World Online Arts & Entertainment Calendar
- December 20, 2002
- Nets slam Lakers, 98-71
- Kidd scores 27 points, dishes eight assists
- December 20, 2002
- A rematch of the NBA Finals was nothing like the original.
- 6Sports video: Jacque Vaughn’s jersey will be retired
- December 20, 2002
- The former Jayhawk will be honored at the upcoming game against UCLA.
- 6Sports video: Future Jayhawk in juvenile detention
- December 20, 2002
- J.R. Giddens has been arrested on fraud charges.
- 6Sports video: Coach Williams goes to the Olympics
- December 20, 2002
- The coach will be able to fulfill his dream of being part of the Olympic games.
- Mangino confirms 2 signings
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University’s football season ended 34 days ago, but Mark Mangino’s coaching staff hasn’t taken a break. Wednesday was the first day junior-college players could sign national letters of intent, and KU landed two recruits Mangino says should make an impact in 2003.
- Kansas basketball signee Giddens arrested
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University basketball signee J.R. Giddens and three other individuals were arrested early Thursday on a variety of complaints stemming from a plot to defraud a Wal-Mart store, police told the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Giddens, 17, of Oklahoma City’s John Marshall High, was arrested on felony complaints of conspiracacy to commit grand larceny, grand larceny from a retailer, concealing stolen property and obtaining property by false pretense.
- Simien relishes reputation for dunks
- December 20, 2002
- Powerful Wayne Simien has yet to shatter a backboard at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Williams Fund hits 4,000
- December 20, 2002
- Kansas University’s Williams Educational Fund reached the 4,000-member plateau this week.
- Kinsey makes debut
- December 20, 2002
- Former Kansas University football and basketball player Mario Kinsey played 23 minutes off the bench in his debut for Sam Houston State on Wednesday night.
- Thomas services
- December 20, 2002
- Services for Mary S. Thomas, 85, Lawrence, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be in Clinton Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Thomas services
- December 20, 2002
- Sommer services
- December 20, 2002
- Sommer services
- December 20, 2002
- Mass of Christian Burial for Paul C. Sommer, 92, Eudora, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow in Holy Family Cemetery, Eudora. Mr. Sommer died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Same principle
- December 20, 2002
- To the editor: I’m writing about Ellen Goodman’s Dec, 15 column regarding Sen. Trent Lott. In her piece, Ms. Goodman said, “Lott said he was âÂÂ’trying to honor the man, not the policies’ — as if you could separate the two.”
- Other options
- December 20, 2002
- Other options
- December 20, 2002
- To the editor: It is disappointing to see that a school principal has made cheap shot remarks (“political pandering at its best”) about board member Jack Davidson for his lone dissenting vote on the controversial school bond issue. What does Mick Lowe want? The recent school board vote was decisively in favor of the position he holds.
- Local briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ State ordered to respond to cities/counties lawsuit ¢ Weseman, KU professor to discuss school funding ¢ KU women visit LMH
- Local briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ⢠State ordered to respond to cities/counties lawsuit ⢠Weseman, KU professor to discuss school funding ⢠KU women visit LMH
- Esther I. Spencer
- December 20, 2002
- Services for Esther I. Spencer, 97, Topeka, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Penwell-Gable Highland Chapel in Topeka. Burial will follow in Eastview Cemetery in Big Springs. Ms. Spencer died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at a Topeka retirement center.
- Edwards services
- December 20, 2002
- Edwards services
- December 20, 2002
- Graveside services for C. Kenneth Edwards, 75, Ottawa, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Richmond Cemetery. Mr. Edwards died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa.
- Nebraska’s Dukes likely out through spring
- December 20, 2002
- Nebraska quarterback Curt Dukes probably will miss spring football practice after undergoing surgery recently to alleviate a chronic knee problem, coach Frank Solich announced Thursday at his news conference.
- Husker fans shun bowl
- NU players excited about Independence berth
- December 20, 2002
- The Nebraska football players and coaches apparently are more excited about participating in the Independence Bowl than their fans are about watching it.
- NBA briefs
- December 20, 2002
- ¢ Pacers’ forward O’Neal doubtful for tonight ¢ Artest fined $10,000 for shoving Mavs’ Bell ¢ Money stolen from bus belonging to Raptors
- O’Neal leads Ming by just 10,000 votes
- Rookie vies for starting berth in star game
- December 20, 2002
- Yao Ming is in the running to be an All-Star starter, trailing Shaquille O’Neal by fewer than 10,000 votes to be the starting center in the Western Conference.
- Texas A&M women fall; Baylor wins
- December 20, 2002
- Tamara James scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Miami beat Texas A&M 84-58 Thursday night.
- Tulsa muscles past ORU
- December 20, 2002
- Tulsa finally found an opponent it can bully inside.
- Texas gets back on track
- December 20, 2002
- After three weeks on the road and two straight losses, No. 10 Texas got back on track with another blowout victory at home.
- Yanks acquire slugger
- Japan’s Matsui agrees to three-year deal
- December 20, 2002
- Hideki Matsui is coming from Japan, Ivan Rodriguez may be going there and Greg Maddux is staying at home in Atlanta.
- Eudora boys, girls each collapse
- Huge Buffalo rally trips Cardinal boys
- December 20, 2002
- The Eudora High boys basketball squad liked its chances on Thursday, especially after Prairie View scored a whopping three points in the first quarter.
- Athletes of the Week
- December 20, 2002
- Wellsville boys fall to Spring Hill
- December 20, 2002
- Ryan Oshel scored 15 points but it wasn’t enough, as the Wellsville high boys basketball team fell, 69-53, to Spring Hill on Thursday.
- KC’s Hall, Shields, Roaf, Gonzalez, Holmes tapped for Pro Bowl
- December 20, 2002
- Dante Hall reported to training camp worried about getting cut. Now, he’s headed for the Pro Bowl.
- 6News video: Library agency criticizes Lawrence Public Library
- December 20, 2002
- The agency says that the library spends only 13% of its budget on new materials.
- 6Sports video: Lawrence and Free State match up
- December 20, 2002
- The girls’ teams are focusing on their upcoming showdown.
- 6Sports video: KU women’s team visits patients
- December 20, 2002
- Coach Marian Washington, the Lady Jayhawks and Chancellor Hemenway spread cheer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Survey finds misconceptions about smallpox
- December 20, 2002
- Americans are so ill-informed about smallpox that a majority believe the deadly disease still breaks out naturally throughout the world and can be cured, a Harvard survey found.
- Tornado causes ‘major damage’ in Mississippi town
- December 20, 2002
- A tornado smashed into stores jammed with holiday shoppers and flipped trucks Thursday, injuring about 50 people, at least two critically, authorities said.
- New S. Korean leader vows to work with U.S.
- December 20, 2002
- South Korea’s president-elect, who has said he would be more assertive in relations with the United States, promised today to work with Washington to resolve concerns about North Korea’s nuclear weapons development.
- Tenn. senator moves to replace Lott
- December 20, 2002
- Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist stepped forward Thursday as a potential replacement for Senate Republican leader Trent Lott, delivering a fresh blow to the Mississippian’s precarious hold on his post. In a statement, Frist said several senators had approached him Thursday and asked him to seek the job. He said he agreed to let them gauge support from all 51 GOP senators who will serve in the Congress that convenes next month.
- On the record
- December 20, 2002
- Blood-taking pharmacist gets license back
- December 20, 2002
- A pharmacist who drew blood from dozens of people for a bogus study was cleared to practice again by the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy on Thursday.
- John E. Melvin III
- December 20, 2002
- Olive Macfarlane
- December 20, 2002
- Salesman-actor wins ‘Survivor: Thailand’
- December 20, 2002
- Brian Heidik has cashed in as the latest “Survivor” millionaire.
- Government suggests new way for travelers to bag it
- Regulations allow for security inspections of checked luggage — even when the passenger isn’t present
- December 20, 2002
- The government has some advice for packing that bag you plan to check at the airport: No cheese. No chocolate. Shoes on top. And by all means leave it unlocked. Federal transportation officials announced new guidelines on Thursday because they’re ramping up luggage screening during the holiday season.
- Arsenio plays host to new ‘Star Search’
- December 20, 2002
- As a late-night talk show host, Arsenio Hall was criticized for gushing over his guests.
- Insurer to pay $160 million in soldier case
- December 20, 2002
- A company that sold life insurance to thousands of U.S. soldiers has agreed to pay $160 million to settle accusations that its salesmen posed as recruiters for the Non Commissioned Officers Assn. and paid kickbacks to use the name, prosecutors said Thursday.
- Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders halt to oil strike
- December 20, 2002
- Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt Thursday to an oil industry strike that has crippled exports from the world’s fifth-largest petroleum producer and strangled domestic gasoline supplies. The court issued the order while it considers the legality of the work stoppage, which is part of an 18-day-old general strike against President Hugo Chavez. The strike has stopped oil exports from this key U.S. supplier and sent global prices above $30 a barrel.
- Boeing expected to scrap high-speed cruiser
- December 20, 2002
- For the second time in less than two years, Boeing plans to radically alter its product development efforts as it struggles to come up with a new jet that will appeal to the world’s airlines and slow the growth of rival Airbus. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Alan Mulally is expected to announce today that Boeing will cease work on its proposed high-speed Sonic Cruiser and instead develop a conventional airplane that will use lightweight materials and other technologies to operate at significantly lower costs than today’s commercial jets.
- Wal-Mart loses overtime lawsuit
- Jury finds world’s largest retailer violated federal, state wage laws
- December 20, 2002
- Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, forced employees in Oregon to work unpaid overtime between 1994 and 1999, a federal jury found Thursday in the first of dozens of such lawsuits across the country to come to trial. A separate trial will be held to decide how much Wal-Mart should pay in damages.
- Daily ticker
- December 20, 2002
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- December 20, 2002
- Brownback undecided about Lott’s future role
- December 20, 2002
- Sen. Sam Brownback said Thursday that he hadn’t decided whether Trent Lott should step down as majority leader in the U.S. Senate. Brownback told reporters Lott’s comments in support of Strom Thurman’s 1948 presidency — in which Thurman ran on a segregationist platform — were “wrong.”
- Budget forces agency cutbacks
- Cottonwood Inc. plans to reduce pay raises, staff hours, facilities
- December 20, 2002
- Forced to carve more than $300,000 from its budget, Cottonwood Inc. on Thursday announced plans to give up one of its homes, cut staff hours, reduce and postpone pay raises and scrimp on overhead. “These things don’t add up to $300,000, but they’re what we feel like we can handle for now,” said Sharon Spratt, executive director at Cottonwood, a Lawrence program that helps people with developmental disabilities live and work in the community. “In the meantime, we’re hoping for relief.”
- Plenty to do during musical dead zone
- December 20, 2002
- Now is the time of year that most journalists dread. Bands aren’t touring; albums aren’t being released; and the live music scene goes into hibernation. This aural dead zone — which annually spans from the third week of December to the second week of January — is just the type of occasion to give us ample opportunities for sitting in front of the computer and playing the latest video game purchase until carpal tunnel sets in.
- ‘Gangs of New York’ disbands at end
- December 20, 2002
- “Gangs of New York” starts out an epic and ends up an epic mess. Director Martin Scorsese’s intricate portrait of a buried, bygone era is often riveting. The set design, costumes, weaponry and general aura of the project represent Hollywood skill at its finest.
- The best and worst moments in music
- December 20, 2002
- R. Kelly and Christina Aguilera without clothes, Michael Jackson’s dwindling nose and Axl Rose’s no-shows. Surely we didn’t wait a lifetime for the moments we endured in 2002. Here’s a sampling of the people and events in music that had us buzzing, for all the wrong reasons.
- Suspect in drug ring bound for Kansas
- December 20, 2002
- The suspected leader of an interstate cocaine and methamphetamine ring that funneled drugs through Wichita is on his way back to Kansas for prosecution.
- Farm rules don’t protect groundwater, official says
- December 20, 2002
- New controls on factory-style farms do nothing to protect the drinking water supply for the city, the state’s chief health officer says.
- Ex-officer pleads guilty in fatal crash
- December 20, 2002
- The same risk-taking that earned Michael Cruse awards for valor and courage blinded him to the danger at which he placed innocent citizens, a judge told the former police officer. Cruse, 31, of Topeka, pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor vehicular homicide in an on-duty collision that killed Leonard “Butch” Porter, 61. Cruse also pleaded guilty to speeding and failing to stop at stop sign in the April 30 accident.
- Study reveals Playboy centerfolds leaving curves behind
- December 20, 2002
- The curves of Playboy centerfold models have gradually flattened over the last 50 years, giving way to a more androgynous look, European researchers suggest.
- ‘Chicago,’ ‘The Hours’ lead Globe nominations
- December 20, 2002
- The brassy old-fashioned musical “Chicago” and the literary drama “The Hours” earned the most Golden Globe nominations Thursday, marking them as early favorites for Oscar contention, with the long-delayed, extravagant Martin Scorsese 19th-century epic “Gangs of New York” close behind.
- Poll: U.S. values religion
- December 20, 2002
- Religion is much more important to Americans than people in other wealthy countries, according to an international poll released Thursday that found the United States is more spiritually akin to many developing nations.
- Same principle
- December 20, 2002
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- December 20, 2002
- Extra caution
- December 20, 2002
- Friends and neighbors
- December 20, 2002
- The littlest Jayhawk. Laurann Snow Scarlett, 15-month-old daughter of Robyn and Chad Scarlett of Kansas City, Mo., practices her Kansas University cheers before trick-or-treating. Laurann is the granddaughter of Kathy Saving, Lawrence, Robert Saving, Topeka, and Terry and Debbie Scarlett, Valley Falls. Kathy submitted the photo.
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