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Polls
This is the third anniversary of the T, Lawrence's bus system. Do you think the city is getting enough bang for its buck?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. No transit system makes a profit. At least the T helps the city’s needy find transportation to their jobs. | 55% | |
| No. We spend too many tax dollars and it’s still “M-T.” | 35% | |
| Undecided. | 8% | |
| Total | 516 | |
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- Police investigating cause of injuries to homeless man
- December 16, 2003
- (Web Posted Tuesday at 12:42 p.m.) Lawrence police were trying to find out Tuesday if an injured man found near a downtown homeless shelter was a victim of foul play.
- KU women’s soccer player wins honor
- December 16, 2003
- (Web Posted Tuesday at 11:25 a.m.) Kansas University sophomore Caroline Smith has been named a first-team All-Central Region and third-team All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, association officials announced late Monday.
- Convicted murderer up for parole
- December 16, 2003
- (Web Posted Tuesday at 11:01 a.m.) A man convicted in 1988 of murdering his wife, stashing her body in velvet-lined box and putting it in the garage, will be up for parole next month. Carl Kemp, then 40, killed his wife, Judy Kemp, then 32, in 1987. She suffered more than 200 blows to her body, according to the autopsy report. Testimony during his trial revealed Kemp had a history of brutalizing and terrorizing his wife.
- Bringing Saddam to justice
- December 16, 2003
- The capture of Saddam Hussein is a cause for rejoicing. His crimes against humanity were numerous, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims in Iraq, especially among the Shiites who dared to stand up against him, and the Kurds, against whom genocide was committed by his regime.
- Woodling: Jan. 1 slow day for Big 12
- December 16, 2003
- Remember the good old days when you could invite friends over New Year’s Day to watch football and use a Big Eight or a Big 12 Conference game as the centerpiece? You can’t do that this year. Five bowl games are scheduled New Year’s Day, but not a single one involves a Big 12 team — a curious development when you consider eight league teams haven’t put their uniforms in mothballs yet.
- Vermeil knows he’s stuck with shoddy defense
- December 16, 2003
- If the woeful Detroit Lions can hang 17 points on Kansas City’s defense, how good will Trent Green, Priest Holmes and Tony Gonzalez have to be against playoff teams?
- Five Sooners, Wildcats’ Sproles land on AP All-America first team
- December 16, 2003
- When it comes to All-Americans, Oklahoma is this year’s undisputed No. 1. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jason White was among a record-tying five Sooners on the Associated Press All-America team announced Monday.
- Briefly
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Brownback attended funeral in Azerbaijan ¢ Another Democratic senator won’t run for re-election ¢ Deadly bird flu hits nation
- Briefly
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Officer’s gun discharges, kills felony suspect ¢ City Council adopts amended smoking ban
- Stanford thumps Florida Intl.
- December 16, 2003
- Rob Little lost 30 pounds during the offseason thanks to a strict shape-up plan — and it’s doing wonders for his game.
- Dean: Saddam’s capture no deterrent to terror
- December 16, 2003
- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean on Monday brushed off the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as meaningless to the war on terrorism and insisted anew that the war to topple him was a costly mistake.
- Briefly
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Northeast digs out from new snowstorm ¢ Sex toy consultant vows to fight charges ¢ Scott Peterson seeks change of venue
- Glamour girls
- Eight’s enough to party in style
- December 16, 2003
- Ashley Hocking of Lawrence wants to be a pop star just like Jennifer Lopez. But the 8-year-old knows that she still has a long way to go. That’s why, if Ashley can’t become a pop princess now, she said she would rather look and dress like one instead.
- Honesty marked Burroughs’ work
- Letter to the editor
- December 16, 2003
- William S. Burroughs’ books are not for everyone, that’s for sure. But he and his works are known and admired the world over, by literally millions of fans.
- Faculty basketball fans face lottery
- Plan wouldn’t affect current season ticket holders
- December 16, 2003
- There’s a new wrinkle in the debate about how to distribute next year’s supply of Kansas University men’s basketball season tickets that are set aside for faculty, staff and retirees.
- Glut of college guides leaves students lost
- December 16, 2003
- Like many high school seniors, Kim Row has waded through scores of books and Internet sites this fall, assessing thousands of colleges and universities.
- Self reinstates Graves
- Senior back, but ‘there’s not much rope left’
- December 16, 2003
- A contrite Jeff Graves huddled with his Kansas University basketball teammates before Monday afternoon’s practice at Horejsi Center. Graves, a senior center who had been suspended Friday by coach Bill Self and reinstated Monday morning, apologized to his comrades for being a distraction and unavailable in Saturday’s 77-67 victory over Oregon.
- Sproles big enough for honor
- 5-foot-8 KSU back proving doubters wrong
- December 16, 2003
- So much for the “too small” tag. Coming out of Olathe North High, Darren Sproles kept hearing he wasn’t big enough to play running back at the major-college level.
- Survey upbeat about job prospects
- Lawrence employers predict better first quarter than past
- December 16, 2003
- A new survey signals a rosier Lawrence job market for the first quarter of 2004 than compared with a year ago. Manpower Inc.’s quarterly Employment Outlook Survey, which was released Monday, expects Lawrence area companies will hire employees at a faster pace during the first quarter of 2004 than 2003.
- Horoscopes
- December 16, 2003
- On the record
- December 16, 2003
- Surrender opens window of opportunity
- December 16, 2003
- The capture of Saddam Hussein will have a crucial psychological impact — on Iraqis, and on the Arab world.
- Attorney general delays appeal of school-finance ruling
- December 16, 2003
- On the eve of a court deadline, state officials Monday maneuvered legally and politically around a judge’s order that declared the state school-finance system unconstitutional.
- Cinemax documentary casts a spell
- December 16, 2003
- Films don’t come much sweeter or more inspiring than “Spellbound” (7 p.m., Cinemax), the Oscar-nominated 2002 documentary about the long road to the 1999 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. “Spellbound” offers mini profiles of eight contestants who couldn’t be from more diverse backgrounds.
- County waits to approve plan for recycling operation
- December 16, 2003
- A Lawrence paving company wants to relocate its rock-recycling operation to an 11.2-acre field at the southeastern edge of town, and Russell and Jaunita Bailey say they are willing to get out of the way. For a price.
- Capture yields intelligence rewards
- Documents found with Saddam lead to more arrests
- December 16, 2003
- The capture of Saddam Hussein is providing intelligence that has led to the arrests of key figures in the anti-U.S. insurgency and a clearer picture of what role the ousted dictator played, a U.S. general said Monday.
- Dime’s fine
- December 16, 2003
- Home-field edge could be critical
- League struggling on road this season
- December 16, 2003
- The most puzzling statistic in the NFL this season belongs to the San Francisco 49ers, who are 6-1 at home, 0-7 on the road — and out of the playoffs because of it.
- Daily ticker
- December 16, 2003
- Emma Wustefeld
- December 16, 2003
- Optimist club makes clean sweep of Christmas trees
- December 16, 2003
- Enola Gay protesters disrupt Air and Space Museum opening
- December 16, 2003
- A small group of protesters briefly disrupted the official opening of the National Air and Space Museum’s new annex at Dulles International Airport Monday, spilling a red liquid supposed to resemble blood near the Enola Gay exhibit and throwing an object that dented the airplane.
- We deliver
- The capture of Saddam Hussein sends a message from the United States about who we are and what we stand for.
- December 16, 2003
- The capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. troops Sunday represents a great victory for how the world once was and how it can be again. Even though the U.S. military is the most high-tech fighting force in the world, it is an old school institution. Old schools still have soldiers. New schools have guerrillas or terrorists. Old schools wage battles attacking military targets. New schools wage terror campaigns that target women and children. Old schools seek a military victory. New schools only seek to inflict pain.
- ‘Safe haven’ law for newborns yet to be used
- Parents haven’t abandoned infants to social workers
- December 16, 2003
- Three years after the state enacted a law allowing parents to leave unwanted newborns at safe public facilities without facing prosecution, no one has taken advantage of the law.
- People
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Ozzy off ventilator ¢ Judge lauds Ryder’s progress ¢ Vandross hopes for Grammys trip ¢ Something completely different
- In the halls
- December 16, 2003
- When did, or will, you start using makeup?
- Critics acclaim ‘Rings’ as top film
- December 16, 2003
- Normally a champion of arty, independent fare, the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday chose “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” as the top film of 2003.
- Testimony: Suspect’s prints at crime scene
- December 16, 2003
- A Lawrence man claims he is being unfairly charged with burglarizing women’s apartments, but fingerprints place him at one of the crime scenes, according to testimony Monday.
- Saddam capture came at ideal time
- December 16, 2003
- The capture of Saddam Hussein, just as opposition forces in Iraq were displaying greater sophistication, organization and inventiveness, could not have happened at a more timely juncture. With the “ace of spades” in custody, Saddam loyalists — except for a few die-hards — have little incentive to chase the shadows of the revolution that ushered their leader to power.
- Defense wants to avoid shootout
- Tangerine billed as battle between Whittemore, N.C. State’s Rivers
- December 16, 2003
- Tangerine Bowl officials are billing their Dec. 22 game in Orlando, Fla., as a high-scoring affair, pitting North Carolina State quarterback Philip Rivers against Kansas University quarterback Bill Whittemore. KU co-captain Banks Floodman wasn’t ready to concede that point after Monday night’s practice.
- Bomb attacks continue; Iraqi police targeted
- December 16, 2003
- As if to prove the capture of Saddam Hussein would not end the anti-coalition insurgency in Iraq, a suicide bomber driving a taxi attacked a police building Monday in Baghdad, killing eight policemen and wounding 10 others.
- Report urges renewed anti-terror focus
- December 16, 2003
- The effort to protect Americans from terrorism “appears to have waned” since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as both the government and its citizens worry more about the latest disaster or health crisis, a federal commission says.
- Briefly
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Retired judges to hear commandments appeal ¢ Limbaugh seeks hearing on medical records ¢ ‘Scream’ painting linked to volcanic eruption ¢ Appropriation granted for Flight 93 memorial
- Boeing still mum on 7E7 decision
- Company expected to announce ruling today
- December 16, 2003
- Boeing Co. remained tight-lipped Monday as its board of directors made the company’s most critical decision on a new airplane program in years, with all signs continuing to point toward an initial go-ahead for the 7E7 Dreamliner.
- Kauffman foundation gives $25M in grants
- December 16, 2003
- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is giving $25 million to eight U.S. universities to create interdisciplinary entrepreneurship programs at the schools.
- Dora E. Perez
- December 16, 2003
- Diversions
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Join the Journal-World Teen Advisory Board ¢ It’s time to enter ‘Rooms That Rock’ ¢ Send in your poetry
- Bush promises fair, public trial
- December 16, 2003
- President Bush on Monday bid “good riddance” to Saddam Hussein and vowed to involve Iraqis fully in a public trial that airs “all the atrocities” the former ruler is accused of committing during his 24-year reign.
- ‘Remarkable artifact’ finds new roost in Lawrence
- December 16, 2003
- It took sonar to locate it, a squad of former Navy SEALs to raise it and a team of far-flung experts nearly three years to renovate it. Now Lawrence resident Steve Craig owns it — a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter, the only one still flying among a fleet of nearly 2,000 produced for the Navy and Marine Corps during the early years of World War II.
- KDOT may start to move wetlands
- Project could begin despite funding troubles, state official says
- December 16, 2003
- A state transportation official Monday said that even though Kansas didn’t have the money to complete the South Lawrence Trafficway, it could start on preliminary work by moving parts of the wetlands that American Indians say are sacred.
- Dyche Hall marks centennial year
- KU museum offers vibrant history
- December 16, 2003
- The 100-year-old bear skulls in the Kansas University Natural History Museum might seem like archaic artifacts. But using new DNA technology, researchers are using the skulls to help determine what caused the extinction of a bear species.
- Commandments question startles judgeship applicants
- December 16, 2003
- A member of a panel interviewing applicants for a judgeship in eastern Kansas asked candidates if they believe in the Ten Commandments, surprising several lawyers who applied for the job.
- Adopt-a-family volunteers sought
- Domestic abuse victims need help with holidays
- December 16, 2003
- Some clients of Women’s Transitional Care Services are close to having less than a lump of coal this Christmas: They’ve got nothing. “It’s so difficult, holiday seasons, for domestic violence survivors especially,” said Maggie Beedles, children’s program director for the agency. “It is so much fun for these families to have a celebratory holiday season.”
- City briefs
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Women’s basketball team visits LMH patients ¢ Grant helps assure health clinic’s survival ¢ Two board members back countywide sales tax ¢ Finals week begins
- KDHE expecting flu vaccine
- High-demand doses to arrive this week in Kansas
- December 16, 2003
- Local health departments in Kansas will receive between 900 and 1,000 new doses of the flu vaccine for adults this week, the Department of Health and Environment announced Monday.
- Area briefs
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ KDOT employees testify in shooting trial ¢ Vinland Living Nativity to open for 28th year
- Late senator’s family accepts paternity claim
- December 16, 2003
- The late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s family has accepted a California woman’s claim that she is the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of the one-time segregationist.
- Secretary of State Powell recovering from surgery
- December 16, 2003
- Secretary of State Colin Powell underwent surgery Monday for the removal of a cancerous prostate, and his spokesman said Powell was doing well.
- Nurse claims dozens of killings
- December 16, 2003
- A former nurse was charged with murder Monday after telling prosecutors that he has killed 30 to 40 severely ill patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1987 by injecting them with drugs.
- Walter Seele
- December 16, 2003
- Shaver services
- December 16, 2003
- Flora Rae King
- December 16, 2003
- KU student group cancels Tangerine Bowl bus
- December 16, 2003
- Bowl apathy has claimed another victim — a bus trip to Orlando. Only 12 Kansas University students signed up to ride a chartered bus to the Tangerine Bowl organized by Student Union Activities. Leslie Heusted, program director for SUA, said 45 students were needed for the trip by Monday’s deadline for it to go on as scheduled.
- Police arrest suspect in rape, kidnapping
- December 16, 2003
- A Kansas City man was charged Monday with taking a young woman to a motel and raping her repeatedly after her car broke down.
- Justices take case on Cheney task force
- December 16, 2003
- The Supreme Court said Monday it would settle a fight stemming from Vice President Dick Cheney’s contacts with the energy industry as the Bush administration drafted its energy policy.
- ACLU mission
- December 16, 2003
- FBI reports murder rate up despite overall drop in crime
- December 16, 2003
- Murders were up slightly nationwide during the first six months of the year, with gang violence contributing to more killings in some of the nation’s largest cities, the FBI reported Monday.
- Commodities
- December 16, 2003
- Wall Street rally fades
- December 16, 2003
- Wall Street sank lower Monday as disappointing sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chilled the retailing sector and eroded early gains following the weekend capture of fallen Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
- 6News video: Iraq faces changes in the wake of Saddam’s capture
- December 16, 2003
- Escalating violence and a power struggle are among the possibilities for the country, according to a Kansas University professor.
- SBC joins Amber Alert system
- Technicians in field to keep watch
- December 16, 2003
- Technicians working for SBC Communications Inc. are now part of the Amber Alert system for finding abducted children, the company and state officials said Monday.
- Galena government may change again
- December 16, 2003
- This small city in far southeast Kansas has tried all but one of the forms of government allowed by state law.
- Radio station tries to lure Rocket
- Clemens not tempted by Houston car dealer’s offer
- December 16, 2003
- A stunt by a Houston radio station failed to drive Roger Clemens back into baseball.
- Where are they now?
- December 16, 2003
- Keith Wooden
- Bryant’s lawyers portray accuser as troubled, desperate
- December 16, 2003
- Kobe Bryant’s accuser is a troubled young woman who was seeking attention from her ex-boyfriend by accusing the Los Angeles Laker of rape, defense lawyers said in new court filings.
- Eagles win ninth straight
- December 16, 2003
- The last time the Philadelphia Eagles played so well for so long, they won the NFL championship. That was 43 years ago.
- Baylor clobbers SE Louisiana
- December 16, 2003
- Sophia Young, Emily Niemann and Steffanie Blackmon combined for 46 points Monday, leading Baylor to an easy 79-46 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
- 6News video: Airport ready for milestone
- December 16, 2003
- The Lawrence Municipal Airport will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2004.
- 6News video: Dyche Hall celebrates 100 years
- December 16, 2003
- A new exhibit and a commemorative book are helping to mark the centennial of the building that houses the KU Natural History Museum.
- 6Sports video: Graves returns; Giddens shines
- December 16, 2003
- Senior Jeff Graves has been reinstated following his suspension Friday. Graves missed the Oregon game, in which freshman J.R. Giddens rocketed to a fast start.
- Retailers hope Saddam capture improves holiday spending
- December 16, 2003
- It was a mixed weekend for businesses hoping to hear cash registers jingle, with snow hampering shoppers as retailers hoped the capture of Saddam Hussein might buoy consumer confidence.
- What U.S. found in Saddam hideout
- Rural bunker a far cry from Iraqi palaces
- December 16, 2003
- In the small hut near the hole where former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein spent his final hours of freedom, a dozen books were piled on top of a chest near the bed. There was a book on interpreting dreams, volumes of classical Arabic poetry titled “Discipline” and “Sin,” and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.”
- ‘Fearless’ Hinrich impresses Bulls
- Former Kansas University standout earning minutes in same backcourt as Crawford
- December 16, 2003
- Forget the 20.2 shots per game that Jamal Crawford is averaging since Scott Skiles took over as Bulls coach, though that certainly brings a smile to Crawford’s face.
- City notebook: It’s early, but FSHS girls enjoy best record
- December 16, 2003
- Who would’ve guessed? Going into Friday’s boys/girls doubleheader between the Lawrence High and Free State basketball teams at FSHS, only one city team hovers above the .500 mark: The 2-1 Free State girls.
- Cavaliers’ road woes continue
- December 16, 2003
- The Cleveland Cavaliers made a big trade Monday in hopes of turning around their losing ways on the road. The new additions didn’t arrive soon enough.
- Celtics acquire Davis in six-player swap
- Boston hopes enigmatic guard can takes scoring load off Pierce
- December 16, 2003
- Ricky Davis wasn’t helping rookie LeBron James or any of the young Cavaliers get any better. Worse, he couldn’t get along with coach Paul Silas.
- Analysis: U.S. has new chance to mend relations with other nations
- December 16, 2003
- Saddam Hussein’s capture offers the Bush administration a fresh chance to improve relations with the Arab world and to persuade European nations to participate in Iraq’s reconstruction.
- Marilyn Broyles
- December 16, 2003
- EPA proposes controls on mercury pollution
- December 16, 2003
- The Bush administration on Monday proposed giving power plants up to 15 years to install new technology aimed solely at reducing mercury pollution, a week after science advisers said the government should be issuing stronger mercury warnings to pregnant women.
- Briefcase
- December 16, 2003
- ¢ Kroger reopens stores ¢ IBM slated to move software jobs overseas ¢ McDonald’s to slice pizza ¢ Sprint boosts estimate
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