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- Lois Jones
- April 6, 2003
- J-W Editorial - Bigger issues
- April 6, 2003
- A complaint about the content of a Kansas University class has gotten way more attention than it deserves.
- You just can’t trust those lying eyes
- April 6, 2003
- I’ve been looking for a suitable quote to anchor this column about truth, lies and the Information Ministry of Iraq.
- Battle only a fantasy for 8-year-old
- April 6, 2003
- When my grandson was about to go into surgery a few months ago, he quizzed the doctor. Was it going to hurt? Would the anesthetic affect his brain? Would he lose his “files?” (His memory, in other words.)
- Microchipping helps ID pets
- April 6, 2003
- Installing microchips has become vogue for pet identification. The microchip may be implanted during an outpatient visit or while a pet is sedated for a spay/neuter procedure.
- Briefs
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Encyclopedia profiles aquarium plants ¢ Merchandise suited for small breeds
- Mexican spa provides plenty of pampering
- April 6, 2003
- It was pure bliss: I was in a Jacuzzi, gazing at the Caribbean sea at sunset, having my head gently massaged as gentle music played in a room set with scented candles.
- Free State tennis squad rules Emporia meet
- April 6, 2003
- The Free State High boys tennis squad won five matches and tied a sixth Saturday at the Emporia Tournament.
- Club builds camaraderie
- Members come to ski, compete, socialize with group
- April 6, 2003
- Family history starts with personal story written for posterity
- April 6, 2003
- I’ve made a New Year’s resolution to write my family history. But where do I start, and how?
- Arts Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Scottish musician to play at Arts Center ¢ Lawrence artist’s work chosen for Kentucky Derby ¢ Astronomy, art merge in Russell Crotty show
- Rattlesnakes unpredictable force
- Though not particularly aggressive, rattlers sometimes bite, sometimes hide
- April 6, 2003
- Tommy Curtis was hunting quail on the King Ranch in December, hustling after two hunting companions in hot pursuit of a covey. Curtis’ partners were walking in ranch road ruts. Curtis was a few steps behind, walking on the grassy area between the bare ruts.
- American League Roundup: Sox keep Tigers winless
- Detroit has scored just four runs in five games
- April 6, 2003
- Mark Buehrle works quickly on warm days. When it’s freezing, his rapid-fire pace makes teammates even happier.
- National League Roundup: Cincinnati loses game, Griffey
- Reds’ center fielder suffers dislocated right shoulder
- April 6, 2003
- No matter how hard he tried, Ken Griffey Jr. couldn’t stay healthy for more than a few games.
- Arts Note
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Auditions set for ‘Kiss Me Kate’
- Baldwin photographer strives for subtlety
- April 6, 2003
- Summer vacations groomed Baldwin artist Michael Johnston’s interest in photography. His father was a professor, which opened summers for traveling. And Johnston never left town without a camera — and lots of film.
- Multimedia performance salutes Muhammad Ali
- April 6, 2003
- A project that celebrates the essence and spirit of Muhammad Ali through contemporary music and dance in the context of groundbreaking multimedia technology is coming to the Lied Center.
- Clothing company goes to work for its community
- April 6, 2003
- Many conservation groups criticize consumers as the problem, but Wildlife Works sees shoppers as part of the solution in making the Earth a more environmentally friendly place.
- Across Latin America and the Caribbean, many young people turning backs on salsa
- April 6, 2003
- Bobbing to hip-hop and reggae beats, Latinos in baggy jeans and oversized shirts pack a San Juan outdoor disco, hungry for the newest grooves.
- Bookstore
- April 6, 2003
- What are you reading?
- April 6, 2003
- Collegium Musicum concert explores Virgin Mary theme
- April 6, 2003
- The Kansas University Collegium Musicum will present a concert titled “Music for the Blessed Virgin Mary” at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 1234 Ky.
- An artistic evolution
- Exhibit explores changing definition of craft, craftsmanship
- April 6, 2003
- Three gently sloping curves converge and extend upward into a wishbone shape from which four rib-like wooden bars float. This is where the sheet music would sit if one were to use this one-of-a-kind, handcrafted wooden music stand with its function in mind.
- Family-centered comedy aims to brighten somber times
- April 6, 2003
- Watching Lawrence Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “Over the River and Through the Woods” will be “just like going back to grandma’s house,” says director Jeanne Chinn.
- Let the bidding wars begin
- Lawrence Art Auction set for Saturday; record number of artists donate work
- April 6, 2003
- If you’ve meandered through the galleries at the Lawrence Arts Center during the past year and soaked up works by artists like Colette Bangert, Robert Sudlow and Nick Vaccaro, then you’ve benefited from the Lawrence Art Auction.
- ‘Over the River’
- April 6, 2003
- Watching Lawrence Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “Over the River and Through the Woods” will be “just like going back to grandma’s house,” says director Jeanne Chinn.
- Lawrence woman’s first book heralds power of guardian angels
- April 6, 2003
- Christine Riley never met her grandmother. She died before Riley was even a glimmer in her mother’s eye.
- Soldier reunites with family as rescue details released
- April 6, 2003
- “Jessica Lynch,” a U.S. soldier called out. “We are United States soldiers, and we’re here to protect you and take you home.”
- Arts Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ KPR comedy show wins national award ¢ KU professor’s artwork part of ‘Heaven and Hell’ ¢ Artist Tom Friedman to discuss work with KU ¢ April Brown Bag Classics a smorgasbord of sounds
- Arts Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ CornerBank sponsors coloring contest ¢ Acting spots open at Perry summer theater ¢ Music teachers present student recital ¢ Folkster Beth Amsel to play at Hawk’s Nest ¢ KU Men’s Glee Club performs spring concert
- People
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Designer seeks drug treatment ¢ AFI honors Eastwood, new locale ¢ Model Dahl makes like grandpa ¢ Paxton takes to ocean bottom
- Briefly
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ KU alumnus to sign copies of his novel
- Students in KU sex class ready to lobby for veto
- April 6, 2003
- Jen Hein was in the classroom where a Kansas University professor allegedly reacted to a student’s leaving to use the restroom by giving her “the finger” and wisecracking about the benefits of masturbating on an empty bladder.
- Breakfast cafe for homeless feels squeeze in funding
- April 6, 2003
- Roy Mathias sat in the basement of First United Methodist Church Friday morning, a breakfast fit for a king before him.
- Gasoline: Pump Patrol tracks down lowest prices in Lawrence
- April 6, 2003
- The Journal-World has found a Lawrence-area gasoline price as low as $1.44 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa Streets.
- Kansas basketball family mourns Allen’s death
- April 6, 2003
- Friends and family members of Bob Allen like to think there was one more spirit from Kansas University’s historic basketball past standing courtside Saturday night in the Louisiana Superdome.
- NBA Roundup: Suns help playoff cause
- Fighting for final spot, Phoenix rips Minnesota
- April 6, 2003
- Bo Outlaw always brings energy off the bench. In this game, he brought plenty of points and rebounds, too.
- U.S. tank attack stuns capital
- April 6, 2003
- If the boldness of Saturday’s armored column attack deep into Baghdad stunned the city’s defenders, the very idea of such a daylight dash left the American tank commanders a bit slack-jawed.
- On the web
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Company offers ‘living legacy’
- Panera sales, expectations on the rise
- Company finds success with food, service
- April 6, 2003
- The economy is slow and retail sales are lagging, but Panera Bread Co. has managed to catch Wall Street’s notice with its rapid growth of restaurants that offer an antidote to fast food.
- Woodling: Jayhawks focused on championship run
- April 6, 2003
- Perhaps as difficult as squeezing blood from a turnip or ink from a stone is eliciting a personal pronoun from Kansas All-American Nick Collison.
- KU title could be going-away present
- For one night, at least, North Carolina coaching job not topic of discussion
- April 6, 2003
- There was never really a need for Roy Williams to give North Carolina his resume last week, but if the Tar Heels wanted one, Kansas University’s 94-61 win Saturday against Marquette should do nicely.
- Duathlon field expands
- 159 athletes participate in second-annual God’s Country event
- April 6, 2003
- Last year, only 35 people participated in the inaugural God’s Country Off-Road Duathlon at Clinton Lake after a hard rain on the eve of the race.
- Stadium watch party draws 1,500
- April 6, 2003
- Memorial Stadium was a fitting locale Saturday for more than 1,500 Jayhawk fans to watch KU’s blowout victory over Marquette.
- Fans glued to television during Jayhawks game
- April 6, 2003
- Their party was small and maybe on the quiet side, but the six women watching the Jayhawks at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community had their beads and knew their basketball.
- Castro has mixed feelings for U.S. diplomat
- April 6, 2003
- Fidel Castro said Saturday he was pleased the top American diplomat here tried to defuse a plane hijacking in recent days, but still accused U.S. Interests Section chief James Cason of encouraging dissidents now on trial for state security crimes.
- Jayhawks split with Huskers
- April 6, 2003
- The Kansas University baseball team managed a split of Saturday’s doubleheader with No. 11 Nebraska, losing the three-game series.
- Collectors favor iron coffee grinders
- April 6, 2003
- Some people like to use instant coffee, while others buy ground coffee beans and brew a cup for breakfast.
- Cantus audience in for double treat at today’s show
- Lied Center to unveil its 10th anniversary season after concert
- April 6, 2003
- Ticketholders for today’s Cantus performance at the Lied Center are in for a double treat.
- Owens familiar with Marquette
- April 6, 2003
- It had to seem oddly familiar to Ted Owens: Kansas. Marquette. Final Four. Owens had seen this before.
- Arts Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ UCLA professor to give Murphy Lectures in Art ¢ Ron Hinton to give gallery talk
- One to go!
- Jayhawks dispatch Marquette, face Syracuse for title
- April 6, 2003
- David Wescoe heard it all week at work: Marquette’s too strong, too fast, too destined to defeat the Kansas Jayhawks in the Final Four.
- Downtown erupts into Mass. party
- April 6, 2003
- With 60 seconds left in the Jayhawks’ 94-61 victory over Marquette, the capacity crowd at Abe & Jake’s Landing went crazy.
- Human shields return from Iraq disillusioned
- April 6, 2003
- When tour bus owner Joe Letts was asked if he wanted to go to Iraq to be a human shield, he hardly hesitated.
- Old home town - 40 and 100 years ago today
- April 6, 2003
- Governor hatches plan to keep Williams at Kansas
- April 6, 2003
- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius doesn’t intend on letting Kansas University lose coach Roy Williams — and she’s willing to take prisoners.
- ‘Celebrate power of gardening’
- Patients seek comfort in ‘nature’s health plan’
- April 6, 2003
- Ask landscape designer Nicole Kistler of Seattle about the power of gardening and she’ll tell you how it can give new hope and purpose to cancer patients and others dealing with stress.
- Plan, motivation sets tone for garden season
- April 6, 2003
- Planning is one of the best tips for creating a great garden. For some gardeners, this involves studying the angle of the sun to maximize the sun’s effect.
- Annuities have a lot to prove as investment
- April 6, 2003
- Does a variable annuity belong in your portfolio? Given the stock-market losses many investors have suffered over the past few years, one feature of variable annuities may seem especially attractive: a “death benefit” that guarantees your heirs will get all the money you invested, even if the annuity has lost value.
- A big, easy blowout
- Kansas routs Eagles to roll into finals
- April 6, 2003
- It looked easy, so easy, in the Big Easy. But Kansas University’s basketball players insisted it was anything but simple after they treated Marquette like Emporia State, UNC Asheville, UMKC or any cream puff on the Jayhawks’ regular-season schedule, annihilating the Golden Eagles, 94-61, in Saturday’s Final Four national semifinal at the Superdome.
- Eagles very, very, very impressed
- April 6, 2003
- So impressive was Kansas University that Marquette coach Tom Crean couldn’t help but toss the Jayhawks a triple modifier.
- Tennessee adjusting to life at Final Four
- Vols to face Duke in national semifinal
- April 6, 2003
- Maybe it was the bus ride. Or maybe it’s because she has done it all before. Whatever the reason, Tennessee’s Kara Lawson was a little confused Saturday, even as she took in the vastness of the Georgia Dome.
- Briefly
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Virginia: Lincoln statue unveiled amid praise, protest ¢ Michigan: Illegal castration leads to jury conviction ¢ Massachusetts: Small plane crashes into metal shop ¢ Pennsylvania: Two fatal wrecks close 60 miles of turnpike
- Arts Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Losses of war focus of Washburn talk ¢ Congolese-American sculptor to discuss work ¢ Topeka Symphony presents season finale ¢ KC radio program features Poet Laureate
- Briefly
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Washington, D.C.: U.S. warns of possible attacks in Uzbekistan ¢ Honolulu: Jupiter moon total hits 58 ¢ Florida: Bill would ban student aid to citizens of terror nations ¢ Washington, D.C.: Delaware governor calls for more antiterror money
- Briefly
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Iraq: U.S. takes headquarters of Republican Guard unit ¢ Kansas: Fort Riley soldier fixes sand-clogging problems ¢ Australia: Australians still without casualties ¢ Washington: Postal Service sees mail to war zone skyrocket ¢ Egypt: Powell says Iraq will be ruled by its people
- WIBW video: ‘Hawks not celebrating yet
- April 6, 2003
- WIBW reports on the mood of KU players after their national semi final win over the Marquette Golden Eagles.
- Book Notes
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Nuclear engineer, KU alum to read, sign suspense novel ¢ Hall Center awards book subvention award
- Prosecutors challenge diluted-drug appeal
- Ex-pharmacist says sentence falls outside guidelines
- April 6, 2003
- Federal prosecutors say Robert Courtney’s 30-year sentence for diluting chemotherapy drugs was “more than warranted.”
- Local Briefs
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Crime: Jeep strikes 5 vehicles; driver arrested, jailed ¢ Health: Professor to speak on state’s uninsured
- Woolf manuscripts to shed light on Bloomsbury group
- April 6, 2003
- The British Library has bought an unpublished series of mock newspaper articles handwritten by author Virginia Woolf and discovered in an old tin trunk.
- Elizabeth Smart movie still possible, family says
- April 6, 2003
- Meetings are still under way about a possible deal to sell TV movie story rights for the family of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart, a representative for the family said Thursday.
- Fern G. Shoemaker
- April 6, 2003
- Ronald Dean West
- April 6, 2003
- Robert Earl Allen
- April 6, 2003
- Lawrence Commuter Report
- April 6, 2003
- Murder-suicide planned, police say
- April 6, 2003
- Before Eric Leckenby killed his girlfriend’s ex-husband and them himself, he sent a letter to The Wichita Eagle describing his rage over a child custody dispute.
- First female casualty of conflict mourned
- Slain American Indian soldier was friends with rescued POW
- April 6, 2003
- A photo shows Pfcs. Lori Piestewa and Jessica Lynch in February, the day before they were deployed to the Middle East: roommates, good friends, smiling in their Army fatigues.
- Doctor: Baghdad bereft of medical necessities
- April 6, 2003
- Baghdad’s hard-pressed surgeons, flooded with war-wounded, are amputating the limbs of children and adults with too few anesthetics to block the pain and too few antibiotics to protect the patients, a Greek doctor newly arrived from Iraq reported Saturday.
- Terrorism tie?
- April 6, 2003
- U.S. yet to find banned weapons
- April 6, 2003
- A war President Bush launched expressly to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction has yet to uncover any of them, and with each passing day the question grows more acute: Where are the huge caches of chemical, biological and nuclear materials Saddam Hussein is supposed to possess?
- Soldiers killed in Iraq laid to rest back in U.S.
- April 6, 2003
- The wife of slain Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, cradling her 4-month-old son in her arms, followed her husband’s flag-draped casket to his funeral Saturday as 1,000 mourners gathered to honor one of the earliest victims of the war in Iraq.
- Free to protest
- April 6, 2003
- Positive tone
- April 6, 2003
- War justified
- April 6, 2003
- Nebraskans divided over tax on sweets
- April 6, 2003
- Don’t tell Rebecca Rogers that a sales tax on soft drinks is no big deal. The 30-year-old Lincoln restaurant manager routinely drinks five to 10 cans of pop a day, she said.
- Question of the day
- April 6, 2003
- American Muslims struggle to rebuild image of Islam
- April 6, 2003
- Mahdi Bray paced the floor, hands in motion, preaching with righteous fervor. “We have nothing to be ashamed of,” he thundered. “All our religion has to offer America is good — our ethics, our values, our beliefs.”
- One-on-one politicking still valued in N.H.
- April 6, 2003
- Magic the dog is dead, but first-person presidential politics lives on.
- Avalanche dogs revel in ‘boot camp’
- April 6, 2003
- As the helicopter landed, the dogs stared intently at the craft while blinking back the bits of snow propelled through the air.
- Troupe to premiere new children’s play
- April 6, 2003
- The Seem-To-Be Players, Lawrence’s professional children’s theater, will stage the premiere of Ric Averill’s “Tales from the Mesquite and Sage” next weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
- Syracuse orchestra plays Carnegie Hall
- Group rebounds from financial woes
- April 6, 2003
- The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra played Carnegie Hall this weekend for the first time in 15 years, marking its journey back from financial problems that nearly shut it down a decade ago.
- WIBW video: Thousands show for pregame pep rally
- April 6, 2003
- WIBW reports on the pregame pep rally held in New Orleans before the Jayhawks met up with the Marquette Golden Eagles in their national semi final game.
- New film perfect for nature
- April 6, 2003
- At the recent Photo Marketing Assn. International (PMAI) show in Las Vegas, new digital cameras took center stage. But the major players in the 35-mm film arena also showed products that illustrate film and film cameras are still in demand.
- WIBW video: Players think experience helped
- April 6, 2003
- WIBW reports on the thoughts of some KU players after their national semi final win over the Marquette Golden Eagles.
- WIBW video: ‘Hawks hammer Golden Eagles
- April 6, 2003
- WIBW recaps the action from Saturday nights KU mens basketball win over the Marquette Golden Eagles in New Orleans.
- Herbicides necessary to control weeds early
- April 6, 2003
- The weather has finally turned nice and many gardeners have been out planting vegetables.
- Business Briefcase
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Employees get creative when tardy to workplace ¢ Motley Fool: Name that company
- Travel Briefs
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Art deco exhibit opens at London museum ¢ Grand Canyon institute begins 10th season ¢ Write answer will win a bed-and-breakfast
- Janzen holds BellSouth top spot
- Leader fires third-round 67; Tway two back
- April 6, 2003
- Lee Janzen surged into the lead in the third round of the BellSouth Classic, shooting a 5-under 31 on the final nine holes Saturday for a two-stroke advantage over Bob Tway.
- Firebirds finally beaten
- Coronado Heights (Colo.) upends FSHS soccer, 1-0
- April 6, 2003
- Coronado Heights’ girls soccer team traveled eight hours to Lawrence from Colorado Springs, Colo., but it needed just more than a minute Saturday to defeat Free State High.
- FSHS baseball wins again
- April 6, 2003
- Free State High pounded out 15 hits in a convincing 15-2, run-rule shortened baseball victory Saturday over Springfield (Mo.) Glendale High.
- On the record
- April 6, 2003
- Infectious patients key to ending SARS
- WHO investigators studying cases of ‘super spreaders’
- April 6, 2003
- The key to controlling the fast-spreading respiratory illness known as SARS could lie in identifying highly infectious people, a World Health Organization official said Saturday.
- Hundreds of civilians killed in Congo
- April 6, 2003
- A Congolese rebel leaders said Saturday that rival Ugandan troops and tribal fighters killed nearly 1,000 civilians in raids on three towns in northeastern Congo.
- American peace activist shot in West Bank Israeli raid
- April 6, 2003
- An American peace activist volunteering as a human shield in the West Bank was seriously wounded on Saturday when Israeli troops allegedly opened fire on him.
- British forces discover boxes of human remains
- April 6, 2003
- British forces in southern Iraq have found hundreds of boxes containing human remains in a warehouse near Zubayr and are investigating how they got there, military officials said Saturday.
- Iraqis show thanks, ask for water
- April 6, 2003
- A thirsty Iraqi mimed drinking from a bottle. A U.S. Marine shook his canteen to show it was empty.
- Eight Austrian tourists disappear in Algeria
- April 6, 2003
- Eight more tourists have disappeared in Algeria, bringing to 29 the number of foreigners who have recently vanished while on vacation in the north African country.
- Chechen rebels attack Russian outposts
- April 6, 2003
- Rebels sprayed gunfire at Russian outposts across Chechnya, killing three soldiers and wounding four more in the past 24 hours, an official in the pro-Moscow Chechen administration said Saturday.
- Afghan presidential ally gunned down
- April 6, 2003
- A close ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was gunned down in southern Afghanistan in an attack provincial officials Saturday blamed on the Taliban.
- Radical cleric loses British citizenship
- April 6, 2003
- The British government has revoked the citizenship of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was ejected from a London mosque for his radical sermons and is wanted in Yemen on terrorism charges.
- K.C. shuts down Tribe, improves to 5-0
- April 6, 2003
- They had the best record in spring training and are tied for the best in the regular season.
- Fierros’ late homer helps Jayhawks rally
- April 6, 2003
- Freshman Nettie Fierros blasted a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning, helping the Kansas University softball team beat Texas Tech, 7-6, Saturday at Rocky Johnson Field.
- KU’s Jackson qualifies for NCAA Regional
- April 6, 2003
- Kansas University senior runner Anson Jackson placed 10th Friday in the 110-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays, qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Regionals.
- KU soccer tourney today
- April 6, 2003
- The Kansas University soccer team is playing host to the four-team KU Spring Tournament today at SuperTarget Field.
- Syracuse has had its way with Big 12
- April 6, 2003
- Syracuse defeated three of the top four teams in the Big 12 Conference during its run to the NCAA Tournament final.
- KU coach Williams: ‘I hope there’s some left in us’
- April 6, 2003
- Marquette played perhaps its best game in an 83-69 NCAA Midwest Regional final victory against top-seeded Kentucky March 29 at Minneapolis.
- Notebook: Jayhawks ‘businesslike’ after blowout
- April 6, 2003
- No loud music blared in Kansas University’s locker room after Saturday’s 94-61 massacre of Marquette in the Final Four semifinals at the Superdome.
- Huskies to face ‘Horns
- April 6, 2003
- Diana Taurasi took awhile to fit in at Connecticut. She was a free-spirited Californian with a heavy dose of swagger. Did what she wanted. Said what she pleased. Wasn’t scared of anything.
- Grizzlies’ Miller to miss final five games
- April 6, 2003
- Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Miller will miss the last five games of the season with an injured back.
- Piniella addresses pitching woes
- April 6, 2003
- Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella wants his young pitchers to stop throwing and start pitching.
- AARON’S 312: Earnhardt’s fuel lasts long enough for victory
- April 6, 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. had just enough gas to wiggle across the finish line Saturday and win the Busch Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Busch claims first IROC race triumph
- April 6, 2003
- Kurt Busch proved Saturday he’s a quick study, winning his first International Race of Champions Series race in only his second try.
- Fishing Report
- April 6, 2003
- Baseball Briefs
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ D’Alessandro joins Red Sox partners ¢ Mets’ Vaughn leaves because of hip injury
- Douglas County Senior Services
- April 6, 2003
- Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vt., offers activities for Douglas County residents age 55 and older.
- Sosa puts 500 behind, thinks bigger numbers
- April 6, 2003
- George W. Bush’s worst moment in his old job was a doozy.
- AARON’S 499: Talladega record could topple today
- April 6, 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. goes for an unprecedented fourth straight Talladega Superspeedway victory today, and nobody would be happier for him than former driving star Buddy Baker.
- Lions take pair from LS North
- April 6, 2003
- Aaron Madill is used to holding leads in difficult situations for Lawrence High’s baseball team.
- Orangemen humble ‘Horns - Syracuse 95, Texas 84
- Super freshman Anthony scores 33 for Syracuse
- April 6, 2003
- Carmelo Anthony twisted, turned and dunked all over Texas, stealing the show and giving Syracuse another chance to win the national championship in the Superdome — of all places.
- UT flounders against zone
- April 6, 2003
- Texas thought it had the tools to break down the vaunted Syracuse zone: penetration, rebounding and outside shooting.
- Honduras prison riot kills 86; injures dozens
- April 6, 2003
- A fistfight at a prison in northern Honduras escalated into a riot Saturday that left 86 inmates dead and dozens of prisoners and guards injured after the prisoners set fire to their mattresses and furniture, authorities said.
- Acid attack victim demands husband’s arrest
- April 6, 2003
- A Pakistani woman made a public appeal Saturday for her husband to be arrested for scarring her face with acid, a plea for justice that is becoming more common as a growing number of South Asians speak out against the rarely punished practice of violence against women.
- Israel won’t compromise for peace plan
- April 6, 2003
- Israel will reject a U.S.-backed “road map” to Palestinian statehood if it is asked to compromise on security issues, such as the elimination and disarmament of what it calls Palestinian terrorist groups, a senior Israeli official said Saturday.
- Mayer: You gotta play by the rules … here they are
- April 6, 2003
- You think you know college basketball? If you can stand a little humbling, review some of the rules that have been installed since inventor James Naismith cranked out the 13 originals in 1891 at Springfield, Mass. Boy, did I feel inadequate.
- Uncertainty pulls on markets
- War in Iraq bears down on economy
- April 6, 2003
- In the stock market, the first quarter started much the same as it ended — with a star-spangled stock market rally that fizzled.
- Kewpie dolls were cute sensation
- April 6, 2003
- In 1947 I received three porcelain cupid dolls. They are in excellent condition. Are these of any value?
- Review: Novel explores complexities of an American world
- April 6, 2003
- Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Americans have been subjected to a barrage of books purporting to reveal the spirit of their country, whether transformed or simply reaffirmed.
- Tax time a mystery to Americans
- April 6, 2003
- It’s tax time. I know this because I’m staring at documents that make no sense to me, no matter how many beers I drink.
- Affirmative action case may affect public schools
- April 6, 2003
- The Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on affirmative action in college admissions has the potential to subtly or significantly affect the nation’s 15,000 school districts, many of which have long considered race in shaping student enrollment plans.
- Affirmative action benefits are apparent
- April 6, 2003
- The numbers were unprecedented. Before last week’s Supreme Court hearing on the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admissions policy, about 300 organizations, including five dozen major corporations, many unions, other universities and student groups, asked the court not to bar all consideration of race in recruiting for such institutions.
- Famous favor ‘tried and true’ books
- Librarian likes to list ‘Who Reads What’
- April 6, 2003
- Works by Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway are among the most popular books with celebrities queried by a retired Maine librarian for her annual “Who Reads What?” list. But there are also a few surprise entries.
- Humanitarian project on global display
- KU architecture students design award-winning AIDS treatment station
- April 6, 2003
- The work of three Kansas University architecture students is touring the world, spreading the word about the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
- Briefly
- April 6, 2003
- ¢ Afghanistan: Five Afghan soldiers injured in bomb blast ¢ Pakistan: Building collapse kills at least five people ¢ Mexico City: Rescue workers search for survivors of collapse ¢ Philippines: Southern mayor hurt in bus terminal blast ¢ Moscow: Foreign Ministry pans State Department claim
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