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- Wittig, Lake plead innocent in Westar case
- December 30, 2003
- (Web Posted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.) David Wittig and another former Westar Energy Inc. executive pleaded innocent in federal court Tuesday to every charge in a 40-count indictment that accuses the two men with trying to loot the state’s largest electric company while its stock sank and its debt soared.
- Commission approves North Lawrence flooding study
- December 30, 2003
- (Updated Tuesday at 11:17 a.m.) The Lawrence City Commission met briefly this morning in a year-end wrapup session to deal with an issue on the minds of North Lawrence residents every time there’s a prolonged period of rain — flooding. The commission approved a $282,000 study of North Lawrence, to determine which areas are most prone to flooding, why and what to do about it.
- Replay owner to open new bar in former La Tasca
- December 30, 2003
- The volume of music venues may be turning up in downtown Lawrence. Lawrence bar owner Nick Carroll recently confirmed that he had plans to open a bar and music venue at the former La Tasca location at 943 Mass.
- Mad cow hits state economy
- Kansas beef industry bemoans reversal of fortune
- December 30, 2003
- What’s next, locusts? The Kansas economy has been hit hard the past few years by the national economic downturn, drought and the 9-11 terrorist attacks that crippled the aircraft industry in Wichita, the state’s largest city. But recently, a change of fortune seemed to be taking hold, at least in feedlots across the state, as cattle prices started to climb like never before. Then, wham! Mad cow.
- Democratic rivals attack Dean’s secret task force
- December 30, 2003
- Casting aside Howard Dean’s plea to tone down their criticisms, the other Democratic presidential candidates said Monday that revelations the former Vermont governor had an energy task force that met in secret like the Bush administration is further proof he is ill-suited to challenge the president next fall.
- Future uncertain for Forbes Field refueling wing
- Federal commission to study military base closings in 2005
- December 30, 2003
- With military base closings possible in 2005, a Pentagon official and a consultant are questioning whether a Kansas Air National Guard unit will remain based at Topeka’s Forbes Field.
- Vermeil mulls future with Chiefs, vows to decide soon
- December 30, 2003
- Will 67-year-old Dick Vermeil, the oldest head coach in the NFL, be back for another season? It’s a question that is certain to add intrigue to the postseason for Kansas City, one that day-by-day is putting fans, players and assistant coaches closer to the edge of their seats.
- Bears management defies common sense
- Chicago fires coach, but gives general manager, president contract extensions
- December 30, 2003
- It’s tradition that football is a team effort until things go poorly. Then it’s the head coach’s fault. But even as the head coach’s head was rolling down the stairs Monday at Halas Hall, Dick Jauron was thanking everyone and blaming no one, classy to the end.
- Ailing youngster motivates KU’s Graves
- December 30, 2003
- Jeff Graves realizes his problems are minuscule compared to those of a youngster he and his Kansas University basketball teammates befriended Monday.
- Briefly
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Mars crater may be blocking transmission from Beagle 2 ¢ Gunmen kill Vatican envoy
- FBI warns almanacs may be used as terrorist tool
- December 30, 2003
- Amid heightened indications that al-Qaida operatives may be planning catastrophic attacks in the United States, the FBI is warning police about a new potential tool for terrorism: almanacs.
- Defying odds, rescuers find Iran quake survivors
- December 30, 2003
- As search crews despaired of finding more survivors from Iran’s devastating earthquake, Monday brought moments of hope: Rescuers pulled a girl out alive from the rubble of her caved-in house, and three men believed dead stirred in their white burial shrouds.
- Antidepressants ease withdrawal from hormone therapy
- December 30, 2003
- About a quarter of women who stop taking hormone replacement therapy because of its risks wind up resuming the pills because of menopause misery, says the first research to explore how easy it is to quit.
- Libya’s nuclear program detailed
- U.N. inspector says weapons work not advanced
- December 30, 2003
- Libya received its nuclear technology from a “sophisticated” international network but not necessarily with the knowledge of any government, the U.N. nuclear chief said after touring four atomic sites and meeting Monday with the country’s leader, Moammar Gadhafi.
- Sarah Elbayoumy
- December 30, 2003
- Flossie Marie Bowen
- December 30, 2003
- KU researchers win grant to help deaf-blind children communicate
- December 30, 2003
- Researchers at Kansas University have been given $1.25 million to find ways to help some of the nation’s most isolated children communicate better with those around them.
- Rams’ Smith hot commodity
- St. Louis defensive coordinator likely will land head-coaching job
- December 30, 2003
- With the NFL coaching carousel in full swing, at least two teams already circling for new head coaches are looking at St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Lovie Smith.
- Three more firings liven league’s coaching carousel
- Bears, Bills, Cardinals each fed up with leadership
- December 30, 2003
- Dave McGinnis, Gregg Williams and Dick Jauron learned Monday the precariousness of NFL head-coaching positions. All three were fired the day after disappointing seasons ended with losing records. McGinnis was released by the Arizona Cardinals after going 4-12. The Buffalo Bills let go of Williams after a 6-10 record, while the Chicago Bears dismissed Jauron, who was 7-9 this season.
- Briefly
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Crews free hundreds of stranded drivers ¢ Searchers recover another flood victim ¢ Plea deal likely in wrestling death case
- Convincing Japanese to lift ban on U.S. beef imports will be tough
- Country spent millions on tougher regulations after its mad cow case in 2001
- December 30, 2003
- Stunned by its first case of mad cow disease two years ago, Japan spent tens of millions of dollars winning back consumer confidence with a system to test every cow for the brain-wasting illness before slaughter. Now, Japanese people may hold U.S. beef producers to a similar standard.
- Political unrest mars Haitian preparations for bicentennial
- December 30, 2003
- Thousands of supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide converged Monday in Haiti’s capital, voicing their support for their embattled president as the country prepared for its historic bicentennial.
- Cornhuskers pass way to 17-3 win over MSU
- December 30, 2003
- Bo Pelini tried something a little different in his one-game audition to become Nebraska’s next head coach. Jammal Lord threw for a career-best 160 yards and ran for 79 more Monday night, leading the Cornhuskers to a 17-3 win over Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl.
- Livestock dealer says U.S. began ‘just a damn panic’
- December 30, 2003
- The federal government needlessly created panic with its handling of the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States, according to many in the Lawrence area whose livelihoods are tied to the beef industry.
- Link to infected Canadian cow probed
- December 30, 2003
- Authorities said Monday they were looking for links between the Holstein infected with mad cow disease and a Canadian cow that was diagnosed with the deadly illness in May.
- Year to end on warm note, forecast says
- December 30, 2003
- It was easy to be underdressed Monday in Lawrence. A clear, blue sky lured people out of their homes and into the warmer-than-usual weather, but some people thought they could get away with fewer clothing layers than they should have attempted.
- KU administrator still in intensive care after wreck
- December 30, 2003
- Kansas University Associate Vice Provost Richard Morrell remained in intensive care Monday in an Overland Park hospital, five days after suffering injuries in a Christmas Eve car collision. “He’s stable but critical,” said Morrell’s wife, Kerry Morrell. “Everyone should keep saying their prayers.”
- Dean, Clark lead candidates in fourth-quarter fund raising
- December 30, 2003
- Aided by aggressive Internet campaigns, Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and Wesley Clark raised the most money in the final quarter of 2003, according to preliminary estimates.
- Wilkes happy to help
- Freshman gets 9 points in 9 minutes for KU
- December 30, 2003
- Omar Wilkes was a shot-maker Monday night. Wilkes, a 6-foot-4 freshman, played only nine minutes, but contributed nine points as Kansas University’s men’s basketball team bashed Binghamton, 78-46, in Allen Fieldhouse.
- Tucker powers Longhorns
- Freshman scores 27 as UT routs George Washington
- December 30, 2003
- Texas coach Rick Barnes shuffled his starting lineup and came up with a winner Monday night.
- Flight lesson enlivens history
- Emporia students mark Wright brothers’ anniversary
- December 30, 2003
- Daniel Page reached back and threw his glider. It flew high and long, sailing 10, 20, 30 … 34 feet and 7 inches before finally coming to rest.
- Briefly
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Seven teens killed during police chase ¢ Parental notification law ruled unconstitutional ¢ Rising ocean salinity omen of climate change ¢ Wind blamed in crash of motor home
- Briefly
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Milosevic wins parliament seat ¢ Parliament approves deal for Musharraf ¢ Election results likely to please U.S.
- 2 charged in restaurant robbery
- December 30, 2003
- Employees at a Lawrence fast-food restaurant are breathing easier now that charges have been filed against two men who allegedly robbed them last week.
- U.S. calls for worldwide use of air marshals
- If terrorism is suspected, Homeland Security will require armed guards on inbound flights
- December 30, 2003
- The United States will ensure that other governments enforce a new American requirement placing armed law enforcement officers on some flights to prevent hijackings, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday as the nation headed into the New Year’s holiday with terror threats high.
- 511 line to make driving easier
- December 30, 2003
- Getting the 411 on Kansas road conditions soon could be as easy as dialing 511. The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to launch its statewide travel information service next month.
- Volunteers seek funds for village school
- Peace Corps worker from Tonganoxie says $5,000 could make world of difference
- December 30, 2003
- For nearly three years, Renee Low has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Previle, a small village on the southwestern tip of Haiti. And now Low, of Tonganoxie, and fellow volunteer Corey Lewis have made it their mission to replace the village’s primitive schoolhouse.
- Fantasy game takes strategy
- It must be Magic: The Gathering
- December 30, 2003
- Children find Magic: The Gathering exciting to play because they use mana, or power, to cast spells. It’s fun and challenging to build decks. It’s better than other card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh. With simple game play and cheap cards, children and adults can become addicted to the game.
- Start dooms Binghamton
- Bearcats can’t battle back from 21-2 deficit, get ‘waxed’
- December 30, 2003
- Binghamton men’s basketball coach Al Walker did a pretty good job of summing up his Bearcats’ 78-46 loss Monday to No. 13 Kansas University. “Anytime you play the best,” Walker said, “you have the possibility of getting waxed.”
- Texas motivated for Holiday Bowl
- Longhorns hope to finish strong after being left out of Bowl Championship Series
- December 30, 2003
- Motivational ploys come in all forms. Texas players and coaches plan to use lots of ploys today in the Holiday Bowl, where the fifth-ranked Longhorns (10-2) seek to wrap up another top-10 finish in the postseason polls while operating outside the glitz and glamour of the Bowl Championship Series.
- Ivalee Isabell McCreary
- December 30, 2003
- Horoscopes
- December 30, 2003
- People
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Rocker recalls rock bottom ¢ Angelina faces adoption scandal ¢ Back in a big way
- City briefs
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Basement fire damages community theater ¢ Volunteers needed to distribute posters ¢ Society selling birdseed
- City briefs
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Forum to discuss tax increase opposition ¢ Officer confiscates bullets at traffic stop ¢ Sales tax collections sufficient to meet goal
- Funding oversight
- December 30, 2003
- Daily ticker
- December 30, 2003
- Prospective temple buyers seek OK to serve alcohol
- December 30, 2003
- The fate of downtown Lawrence’s Scottish Rite Temple likely will be determined next week. On Jan. 6, Lawrence city commissioners are scheduled to hear a variance request that would allow the serving of alcoholic beverages in the building. A variance is needed because the building is within 400 feet of two churches, First United Methodist Church and Trinity Episcopal Church.
- Late shopping surge ‘enough to save season’
- December 30, 2003
- A late spending surge helped boost sales last week for many merchants, according to data released Monday, offering relief to retailers in a holiday season that is still projected to be only modestly better than a year ago.
- Briefcase
- December 30, 2003
- ¢ Chicago beef futures take another pounding ¢ Eli Lilly wins approval for new bipolar drug ¢ May to buy tuxedo chain ¢ Boeing wins Navy deal
- FSHS student killed in wreck
- Scholar removed seat belt on way to visit colleges
- December 30, 2003
- Sarah Elbayoumy almost always got straight A’s. She excelled in music, won spelling bees and wasn’t afraid to challenge a textbook in class when she thought it was inaccurate. “She was a perfectionist, to some extent,” said her father, Moussa Elbayoumy. “She liked to do the right thing.” In addition, the 16-year-old Free State High School junior almost always wore her seat belt, her father said. But in a momentary lapse Sunday — as she was headed to St. Louis for a college-visit trip with her mother and younger sister — she took off the seat belt and climbed into the back seat to have a snack with her sister.
- Dolphins will stick with Wannstedt
- December 30, 2003
- Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt received a reprieve Monday. And an extension. And a demotion.
- On the record
- December 30, 2003
- Elizabeth S. Adams
- December 30, 2003
- Helen E. Jenkins Lantis
- December 30, 2003
- Galaxy of stars dimmed greatly in ‘03
- December 30, 2003
- They made the stages and screens of the 20th century shine. Their music burned with the heat of love or plumbed the soul of the common man. Their writings took us to faraway worlds, or deep within our hearts. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were country music royalty. Bob Hope made us laugh and warmed the hearts of lonely servicemen. Katharine Hepburn showed us elegance and pride in every role she played. Fred Rogers became a fatherly television friend to generations of youngsters.
- Reality shows offer complex, simpleton sides of rich girls
- December 30, 2003
- The slice-of-(very highly subsidized)-life series “Rich Girls” (9:30 p.m., MTV) wraps up its first (can there possibly be another?) season. Once you look past the servants, the mansions, the private jets, the expensive restaurants, the trust funds and the endless label name-dropping, “Girls” was really not about money at all. At its core, it followed two very self-conscious women making that painful transition from child to adult.
- Phone book ad leads to fine against naturopathic doctor
- December 30, 2003
- The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts fined a practitioner of naturopathic medicine for promoting his practice before the state approved his registration.
- Former Westar executives to be in court today
- Wittig, Lake face charges including conspiracy, fraud
- December 30, 2003
- Accused of trying to plunder the state’s largest electric company, former Westar Energy Inc. chief executive David Wittig and another former executive are schedule to make their first appearances today on a 40-count federal indictment.
- Jewish outpost settlers warn of fight to death
- December 30, 2003
- Insisting they are bound to the land, Jewish settlers living in this tiny cluster of trailers said Monday the government would have to forcibly remove them from their homes if it carried out a decision to tear down their outpost.
- Rebels linked to al-Qaida killed in Iraq
- Saddam Hussein talks about money in interrogation
- December 30, 2003
- American soldiers killed three suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked Islamic militant group during a firefight in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said Monday. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded.
- Double standards
- City and county differences on even a few commercial planning points will only detract from the orderly growth of Lawrence.
- December 30, 2003
- Two recent Journal-World stories on growth issues point out the importance of city and county officials working together to plan for the continuing expansion of Lawrence.
- New year needs more gear, less Osama
- December 30, 2003
- Here are some New Year’s wishes for a group of folks who will have a big impact on your safety in 2004. As we know from the Christmas terror alerts, the threat of plane bombs and dirty bombs is still with us. The future of Iraq remains uncertain. We don’t know whether the Iraq war will fuel the terror threat or reduce it. So let us all hope that the following people get what they deserve next year.
- Poor choice
- December 30, 2003
- Protected unions
- December 30, 2003
- Risk exaggerated
- December 30, 2003
- Clark first to promote Clinton connection
- December 30, 2003
- Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark includes a clip of Bill Clinton in a new television commercial, attempting to align himself with a popular former president and fellow Arkansan.
- Kansas to receive additional flu vaccine
- December 30, 2003
- State officials said Monday that 5,400 doses of flu vaccine would be available for doctors and local health departments within the next couple of weeks.
- Commodities
- December 30, 2003
- Euro hits high against dollar
- European officials wary currency could affect economic recovery
- December 30, 2003
- The euro kept on rolling against the U.S. dollar on Monday, climbing above $1.25 for the first time in its five-year history.
- Kansas smothers Bearcats
- Jayhawks bounce back convincingly
- December 30, 2003
- The Nevada trip officially has been erased from the memory banks of Kansas University’s men’s basketball players. “Those weren’t the real Jayhawks out in Nevada. Tonight we showed the way the Jayhawks can play,” KU freshman guard J.R. Giddens said after the No. 13-ranked Jayhawks’ 78-46 bounce-back victory over Binghamton University Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
- KU women fall to Dartmouth
- December 30, 2003
- Dartmouth squandered a 13-point halftime lead, but hit 10 of 11 free throws in overtime to edge Kansas University, 86-78, in women’s college basketball Monday.
- Sorenstam top female athlete
- Swede won two majors, Solheim Cup in addition to PGA stop
- December 30, 2003
- Annika Sorenstam started the year just like any other, focusing on the major championships. That turned out to be only one part of a grandiose year.
- UConn still atop AP poll
- December 30, 2003
- At least for now, Connecticut put an end to all that switching at No. 1.
- Georgia Tech improves to 12-0
- Yellow Jackets easily drub Virginia Commonwealth
- December 30, 2003
- Marvin Lewis clanged his first three-pointer off the rim, then made his next two. At that point, he felt as if he couldn’t miss.
- Midshipmen thrilled to reach postseason
- December 30, 2003
- Craig Candeto and his fellow Midshipmen truly are happy to be here. The senior quarterback doesn’t care that the 4-year-old Houston Bowl isn’t one of the most esteemed postseason destinations, a fact borne out by today’s afternoon kickoff.
- Sooners, Tigers hope to get off on right foot
- Superdome’s new turf could play factor in national championship game
- December 30, 2003
- Matt Mauck, Trey DiCarlo and everyone else playing in the Sugar Bowl hope to have a field day in the big game. Whether they do might depend on one thing — the field itself.
- Arkansas aims to slow down Smith
- Missouri’s sophomore quarterback has chance to make NCAA history
- December 30, 2003
- Arkansas sees a dual-threat every day in practice from its own Matt Jones, who this year set the school’s rushing mark by a quarterback for the third straight season.
- Billups survives flu, Hornets
- Detroit standout scores 31 in win over New Orleans
- December 30, 2003
- Chauncey Billups enjoyed Monday evening tremendously. He could have done without the rest of the day. Fighting the flu, Billups scored 31 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 108-99 win over the New Orleans Hornets.
- New Year’s fireworks cause estimated 400 injuries
- December 30, 2003
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that about 400 revelers hoping to start 2004 off with a bang will be injured by fireworks at backyard parties and other New Year’s gatherings.
- 6News video: Today’s forecast
- December 30, 2003
- A look at the weather expected today and into the New Year.
- 6News video: Peace Corps worker seeks donations for school
- December 30, 2003
- Renee Low has been working as a Peace Corps volunteer for three years in a village in Haiti. Now she’s seeking the funds to replace the village’s schoolhouse.
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks defeat Binghamton
- December 30, 2003
- The holiday break ended on a high note for Kansas, who earned a decisive victory over the Bearcats.
- 6Sports video: Lee expected to return soon
- December 30, 2003
- KU junior guard Michael Lee reiterated his hope to play in Monday’s game at Colorado. Lee, who has missed seven games since suffering a broken right collarbone, said he would have another round of X-rays Friday and hoped to be cleared to practice during the weekend.
- 6News video: Associate vice provost in critical, yet stable, condition
- December 30, 2003
- Richard Morrell, Kansas University associate vice provost, remains in intensive care five days after a car collision.
- Capitol visitor’s information
- December 30, 2003
- Mary I. Drake
- December 30, 2003
- Chenhall services
- December 30, 2003
- Davis services
- December 30, 2003
- Fire strikes community theater
- December 30, 2003
- Nebraska may cut tuition to lure out-of-state students
- December 30, 2003
- A University of Nebraska regent says cutting out-of-state tuition may be a way to attract more students and more money to offset state aid declines for the NU system.
- Church abuse lawsuit deadline approaches
- December 30, 2003
- Californians are rushing to file hundreds of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church before the year-end deadline established under a state law that opened a window for old molestation claims.
- Nuclear control still possible
- December 30, 2003
- Is the United States safer from nuclear attack on the eve of 2004 than it was a year ago?
- Pollutants pose health risk
- December 30, 2003
- They’re in the air we breathe, the fish we eat, the clothes we dry-clean. Toxic emissions from power plants and other industries can cause all sorts of human maladies if left unregulated: asthma, heart problems, cancer, brain defects in babies, even death.
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