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- Space object probed in Columbia disaster
- February 9, 2003
- Forums introduce candidate positions
- City commission hopefuls discuss merits of pledge card
- February 9, 2003
- David Schauner made use of an old political tool Saturday in the race for Lawrence City Commission — the pledge card. Schauner unveiled a six-point “promise card” of actions he would take if elected to the commission and challenged his colleagues to do the same.
- Woodling: KU’s Manhattan mastery truly ‘mind-boggling’
- February 9, 2003
- Kansas State University’s Bramlage Coliseum might be the only college basketball arena in America named after one man, but with a statue of another standing outside.
- Presidential hopeful blasts Bush environmental policy
- February 9, 2003
- Sen. John Kerry accused the Bush administration of putting special interests ahead of the environment and called for a renewed national commitment to clean air, water and land.
- All-Star Game: New stars to take stage
- Yao to make first appearance; Jordan to make last
- February 9, 2003
- When the ball goes up for tipoff of the All-Star game today, Shaquille O’Neal and Michael Jordan will be watching from the bench for the very first time.
- Jordan rejects idea of ceremonial start
- February 9, 2003
- Maybe Michael Jordan is just stubborn. Or perhaps he doesn’t want the NBA All-Star game to turn into a sappy farewell.
- Collective energy drives new art space
- Grimshaw Gallery opens doors to young artists in downtown Lawrence
- February 9, 2003
- Five young artists only recently finished sorting and clearing out some of the odds and ends left behind by the previous tenant of this cavernous downtown space.
- Players ready for spring training
- February 9, 2003
- Mike Piazza stepped off the plane and shuddered. Like a lot of places, New York was in a deep freeze.
- Briefly
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Russia : Fighting in Chechnya claims lives of seven ¢ Kuwaiit: Suspect recants slaying confession ¢ Ivory Coast: Opposition march mourns slain leader
- Arts notes
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ ‘Frog and Toad’ set for Broadway opening ¢ ‘Ark’ pays tribute to Russian Museum
- Briefly
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Washington, D.C.: Plan to tie federal aid to school prayer panned ¢ New York: New transit system pegged at $5 billion ¢ Rhode Island: Ill-timed hammering causes explosion, fire ¢ Dallas: Jordanian students ordered deported ¢ South Carolina: Budgetary problems may claim ‘04 primary
- Red rooms on the rise
- February 9, 2003
- They’re rolling out the red carpet for red, a color that is popping up in home furnishings categories from room decor to appliances.
- More moisture in air provides comfort
- February 9, 2003
- Just the other day, I opened an e-mail from someone complaining, “I hate winter. My lips are chapped; my skin is dry; I’m light deprived; and my houseplants look like an extension of my pain!”
- Flowers are worth preserving
- February 9, 2003
- If you look around town, retail stores and gift shops are overflowing with heart-shaped candies and bouquets of fresh cut flowers. Both can be used to tell that certain someone just how special they are to you. Unfortunately, the flowers given by a sweetheart may not last as long as their love.
- 6News video: School board to get first look at renderings
- February 9, 2003
- 6News reports on the designs submitted by architects for some of Lawrences’ schools.
- ‘Run-A-Way Orchestra’ to feature instruments’ antics
- February 9, 2003
- When writing a play that will capture the imaginations of children, who better to tap for ideas than a child?
- Bathroom can be source of embarrassing stories
- February 9, 2003
- Forget about building a better mousetrap to get the world to beat a path to your door. All I had to do to achieve that result was write about my own humiliating bathroom experiences. I soon discovered that everyone has a once-upon-a-potty story, most of which, I regret to admit, are much funnier than mine.
- Detroit Historical Museum opens techno exhibition
- February 9, 2003
- Record cases, turntables, headphones and vinyl. The stuff of a disc jockey’s trade is on display at the Detroit Historical Museum, in the city where techno music got its start.
- Teen Vogue launches style-packed first issue
- February 9, 2003
- Move over J-Lo and Eminem. Next fall Gwen Stefani joins the growing list of performers to launch her own clothing line called L.A.M.B. (after her late Lhasa apso).
- Leftist guerrillas blamed for bombing in Colombia
- February 9, 2003
- Colombia’s government blamed leftist rebels Saturday for a car bomb that ripped through an exclusive social club, killing 32 people — including six children — and injuring 162 in the worst terrorist attack in Bogota in more than a decade.
- Fashion briefs
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ ‘Chicago’ makeup gets rave reviews from Revlon ¢ Conditioner plays key role for hair
- Diamonds are forever
- Traditional jewel remains ‘stone of choice for brides’
- February 9, 2003
- The Diamond Information Center says “a diamond is forever.” The promotional phrase is pretty darn close to the truth.
- KU track women first, men second at Illinois
- February 9, 2003
- The Kansas University women’s track and field squad finished first in the team standings Saturday at the Illini Classic, and the men’s team finished second.
- Budget widens Bush ‘credibility gap’
- February 9, 2003
- When Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle reached back a generation and revived the term “credibility gap” for a rhetorical attack on the policies of President Bush, it was not a casual or accidental choice of words.
- Potty-training is cause for rejoicing
- February 9, 2003
- We have discovered the secret of happiness. Our lives are filled with joy. We have joy morning, noon and night, so much joy that I don’t think we can take any more.
- Local briefs
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Scam warning issued for Columbia charities ¢ Courts: Trial set for suspects in death of KU student ¢ Recreation: Eudora City Council to consider pool plans
- Guest lineups for news shows announced
- February 9, 2003
- Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows.
- Lawmakers consider Congress’ role in shuttle accident investigation
- February 9, 2003
- Less than 48 hours after the shuttle Columbia disaster, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were mapping out plans for hearings into the accident and the future of the space program.
- Rice has bizarre view of sacrifice
- Former Arizona Cardinal minimizes football contribution of ex-teammate Tillman
- February 9, 2003
- You don’t have to be Dr. Doolittle to hear a jackass talk. All you had to do Friday was turn on the radio.
- Dog-shaped pitchers popular in 18th century
- February 9, 2003
- Animal-shaped pitchers and jugs have been made for centuries. English potters made jugs in the 16th century that were shaped like owls or bears. Cow-shaped creamers were popular by the 18th century.
- Arts notes
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Lawrence vocalists to sing in honors choir ¢ Music: Folk singer to present witty show at Union ¢ Alumni invited to play LHS anniversary concert
- The Motley Fool
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Name that company ¢ My luckiest investment
- Tommy Lee Jones
- February 9, 2003
- Wax museum features casts of characters
- You never know which famous folks you’ll meet at Madame Tussaud’s
- February 9, 2003
- “Are you sure that’s not the real Brad Pitt?” asks Janet Williams as she approaches an exact, life-size wax likeness of the movie star. “He looks so real,” she giggles, as she, her sister and a friend move closer to the carefully crafted figure of the celebrity.
- Arts notes
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Storyteller to perform epic for Valentine’s Day ¢ Prairie photographer to speak at KU ¢ Flute doctoral student to perform recital ¢ KU graduate student to display artwork ¢ Oboe professor to play romantic program
- Old home town - 25 and 100 years ago today
- February 9, 2003
- Connecticut’s elite enjoy ‘secret file’ lawsuits
- Newspaper uncovers separate, closed court hearings for rich, famous
- February 9, 2003
- Clarence “The Big Man” Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist in the E Street Band, was surprised when a sheriff appeared in his dressing room at the Hartford Civic Center to serve him with paternity papers moments before a show.
- Colonial graveyard to reopen for first time since bicentennial
- February 9, 2003
- Benjamin Franklin lies here. So do four other signers of the Declaration of Independence, war heroes, medical pioneers and thousands of others from all levels of Colonial and Revolution-era society.
- Spring scents can be sampled soon
- February 9, 2003
- Slowly but surely the days are getting a little bit longer, and we can almost see the first signs of spring — and thanks to some new fragrances we can already smell it.
- World-renowned choreographer returns to KU
- Bill Evans imparts decades of dance know-how to University Dance Co.
- February 9, 2003
- When Bill Evans visited Kansas University in 1985, the man who was then arts editor of the Journal-World referred to him as the Pete Rose of dance because “At 45 he dances with the vitality of a man half his age.”
- Top 25 Roundup: Tennessee slays No. 17 Georgia
- Slay scores 33 points as Volunteers earn first win against ranked team, 78-72
- February 9, 2003
- Georgia couldn’t keep Tennessee’s Ron Slay far enough away from the basket. When the 6-foot-8 forward couldn’t score inside because of the No. 17 Bulldogs’ zone defense, he popped out and hit three-pointers from the top of the key.
- Arts notes
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Kansas City Brass Works kicks of concert series ¢ K.C. Symphony offers romantic lineup ¢ Literary group wants KC voices to be heard ¢ Famed folk musician to play K.C. concert ¢ Valentine’s Day show to feature jazz trio
- Free State collects seven titles, takes third overall
- February 9, 2003
- It wasn’t a perfect day for the Free State High boys swimming and diving team, but it was close.
- Afghanistan aid agencies increasingly under attack
- February 9, 2003
- The blast came at night, as six foreigners with the French aid organization Action Against Hunger were settling down and preparing for bed. There was a bright flash, a loud explosion, and suddenly the windows were shattered, throwing glass far into the house.
- Recommendation rests on evolution stand
- February 9, 2003
- People
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ ‘Pinocchio’ re-released with original Italian track ¢ Thumbs up on recovery ¢ Britney ‘out of control,’ says Limp Bizkit’s lead singer ¢ Liberace mansion goes back on the selling block
- Blood hounds ‘volunteer’ without bow-ow
- Doggie donors help veterinary hospitals prepare for surgeries, transfusions
- February 9, 2003
- Angela Way of Crownsville, Md., is skittish about giving blood. But Cheyenne, her 3-year-old, 104-pound Rottweiler, has no such problem.
- Men’s Roundup: No. 3 Longhorns hook Aggies
- Ford drives Texas past Texas A&M with 19 points, clutch free-throw shooting
- February 9, 2003
- With a smile on his face and the game on the line, T.J. Ford went to the free-throw line again and again.
- Retro uniforms no help for ‘Cats
- February 9, 2003
- Throwback uniforms and eight three-point field goals were enough to make things interesting for Kansas State’s men’s basketball team Saturday against rival Kansas University — for about 35 minutes.
- Orchestra to woo audience with desserts, baroque music, candles
- February 9, 2003
- For the past four years, the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra has played elegant baroque music by the light of candles on an evening near Valentine’s Day.
- The beat(ing) goes on - Kansas 82, Kansas State 64
- Collison sits as Jayhawks continue to rule KSU
- February 9, 2003
- The Streak was in serious jeopardy Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum.
- Sculptor inspired by Texas woods and Colorado skies
- February 9, 2003
- James Surls drew inspiration for his wooden sculptures from the dense forests that stood sentry outside his rural cabin. But while the piney woods sheltered and infused his world, they also confined expectations of what his art could be.
- Briefly
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Pennsylvania: Bethlehem Steel agrees to buyout by Steel Group Inc. ¢ Washington, D.C.: White House operations seek 9.3 percent budget boost ¢ Turkey: U.S. closer to gaining OK for troop staging ¢ Indiana: Soldier who died in Kuwait wanted to study at Purdue
- Horoscopes
- February 9, 2003
- Briefly
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Wichita: Sheriff to notify parents of youths’ traffic stops ¢ Washington D.C.: Wichita receives aerospace-job grant
- Bookstore
- February 9, 2003
- Homeless help
- February 9, 2003
- Wrong goals
- February 9, 2003
- Who to punish?
- February 9, 2003
- That’s outrageous
- February 9, 2003
- Wrong choice
- February 9, 2003
- Health rhetoric
- February 9, 2003
- Police conduct
- February 9, 2003
- Renter responds
- February 9, 2003
- Wichita to settle with adult bookstore
- February 9, 2003
- The largest city in the state could pay the owner of an adult book and video store $62,000 to settle a federal lawsuit.
- Birthday party, gifts aid dogs at shelter
- February 9, 2003
- Carolyn Roederer just couldn’t get the dogs at the Hutchinson Humane Society off her mind. The fact that they had no home bothered her. So when it came time for the 8-year-old’s birthday party, she thought she would do it for the dogs.
- Teen sentenced to life in prison in girlfriend’s death
- 19-year-old insisted strangling was an accident during sex
- February 9, 2003
- A Johnson County teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling his 17-year-old girlfriend in April.
- Firms illustrate goals of bond
- Architects to present renderings of school projects
- February 9, 2003
- Architect John Wilkins says his firm’s design for a new South Junior High School eliminates a big mistake of the past.
- Rumsfeld: Delays increase possibility of war
- Bush says he won’t wait much longer to take action against Iraq
- February 9, 2003
- In a jab at major U.S. allies, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Saturday countries such as France and Germany that favor giving Iraq another chance to disarm are undermining what slim chance may exist to avoid war.
- NASA cuts risked lives, government auditors say
- February 9, 2003
- NASA was repeatedly warned for years by safety panels and government auditors that extensive job cuts put the shuttle program at risk and was told just three days before the Columbia disaster that its work force was understaffed and under stress.
- Fewer streams require pollution regulations
- February 9, 2003
- Creeks and streams across Kansas are disappearing from an important map, and it has nothing to do with drought. The streams still exist, but they are in line for possible removal from the state list of bodies of water that require periodic monitoring for pollution problems.
- Family warms to Russian children
- February 9, 2003
- Hundreds of orphans in Russia are better bundled against the cold this winter because of something unusual that happened in Lawrence.
- Man vs. Machine series ends 3-3
- Chess legend accepts Deep Junior’s offer for draw in final match
- February 9, 2003
- That’s one small step for a man, one giant saving of face for mankind. Chess legend Garry Kasparov, still smarting after his 1997 loss to a computer, agreed to a draw in the last game of his Man vs. Machine series with Israeli chess program Deep Junior. The six-game series, sanctioned by the sport’s governing body, finished 3-3.
- On the record
- February 9, 2003
- U.S. emotions about North bothersome to South Korea
- February 9, 2003
- South Korea’s ruling party said Saturday it feared Washington might be getting emotional in its handling of a nuclear standoff with North Korea, a day after President Bush left open the possibility of a military strike.
- Guerrillas in Iraq dispute Powell’s terror assertions
- February 9, 2003
- In a crude attempt at public relations, guerrillas draped in grenades and brandishing Kalashnikovs allowed journalists Saturday to inspect a compound in northern Iraq that U.S. Secretary of State Colin M. Powell identified in a satellite photograph before the U.N. Security Council last week as a terrorist haven for manufacturing chemical agents.
- County lacks bank balance
- Banking locations increase as deposit growth slows
- February 9, 2003
- In Lawrence, 2002 was a good year for people building banks. It was not such a good year for people putting money in them.
- Adjustable rates OK for some home buyers
- February 9, 2003
- For several years, I’ve been urging readers to avoid adjustable-rate mortgages and opt instead for fixed-rate loans with 15- or 30-year terms.
- Dot-coms turning into moneymakers
- Internet businesses becoming profitable with better ideas, cutbacks in costs
- February 9, 2003
- It’s not quite the economic revolution once envisioned by brash entrepreneurs, but a handful of Internet businesses are actually making money.
- Briefcase
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ KU center to present workshop on state taxes ¢ Forbes list: Many CEOs, politicians belonged to fraternity ¢ Motley Fool: Name that company ¢ Advice: How to cut spending
- Business briefs
- February 9, 2003
- Kansas women tumble to Texas
- February 9, 2003
- Heather Schreiber scored 14 points to help Texas, off to its best start in the Big 12 Conference, extend its home-court winning streak to 17 games with an 89-47 victory Saturday over Kansas University.
- Niemoeller services
- February 9, 2003
- Jimmie Richard Mullins
- February 9, 2003
- Lawrence Commter Report
- February 9, 2003
- Questions surround procedures in terror case
- February 9, 2003
- The Bush administration soon must decide whether it wants to move the case of Sept. 11 conspiracy suspect Zacarias Moussaoui to a military tribunal, where it would be easier to keep national security information secret.
- Stamp honors Special Olympics
- February 9, 2003
- Everyone has a chance to win. Regardless of handicaps, the competition is the thing. And the Special Olympics provide that opportunity for many to be involved in sporting events and achieve their personal best.
- Reno County GOP chairman picked to lead conservatives
- February 9, 2003
- The chairman of the Reno County Republican Party is now also the president of a conservative group at odds with the state GOP.
- Douglas County Senior Services
- February 9, 2003
- Holiday sweet for remembering loved ones
- February 9, 2003
- Valentine’s Day is coming. For those of us who have lost our partners, it is a bittersweet time.
- Free tax help available
- February 9, 2003
- AARP, cooperating with the Internal Revenue Service, will offer free tax preparation for people with low or moderate incomes, with special attention to people older than 60.
- Palestinians, Israelis resume discussions
- February 9, 2003
- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday welcomed the resumption of high-level contacts with Israel, even though he has not been allowed to take part in them.
- Venezuelans turn out for fired oil workers
- February 9, 2003
- Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched Saturday in support of 9,000 oil workers fired for leading a two-month strike against President Hugo Chavez that battered the economy of this oil-dependent nation.
- India, Pakistan trade expulsion orders
- Diplomatic tit-for-tat underscores ill will between nuclear neighbors
- February 9, 2003
- India expelled Pakistan’s acting ambassador Saturday, accusing him of funneling money to Muslim separatists in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan responded in kind, deepening an already deep freeze in relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
- Travel briefs
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ O’Hare retains title of busiest airport ¢ Town fights to save gunslinger’s grave ¢ Las Vegas expands tourist offerings
- U.S. trails Croatia, 2-1, in Davis Cup
- Ivanisevic, Ljubicic stop Blake, Fish in doubles
- February 9, 2003
- Goran Ivanisevic played through arm pain Saturday to help Croatia come back and beat the United States in doubles for a 2-1 lead in the first round of the Davis Cup.
- Kansas Softball: Jayhawks triumph twice
- February 9, 2003
- Four games played, four games won in 2003 for Kansas University’s softball squad. The Jayhawks beat Purdue twice Saturday, 8-7 and 3-1, at the Triple Crown Invitational to advance to today’s semifinal game.
- Digital projectors make sharing photos fun
- February 9, 2003
- For years, business professionals have been using digital projectors to give presentations from their laptop computers. Professional photographers and videographers, too, use digital projectors to give slide and video presentations at workshops and conventions.
- Kansas Baseball: KU splits twinbill with UALR
- February 9, 2003
- Kansas University’s baseball team split a pair of games with Arkansas-Little Rock on a frigid Saturday afternoon.
- KU Swimming: Cyclones edge Jayhawks, 126-118
- February 9, 2003
- Iowa State edged past the Kansas University swimming and diving squad, 126-118, in the Jayhawks’ final home meet of the season. The loss dropped the Jayhawks to 7-6 in duals this season.
- German shepherd takes aim as top dog
- February 9, 2003
- Magnificently groomed, perfectly posed and expertly trained, Ch. Kismet’s Sight For Sore Eyes is the absolute picture of what a show dog should look like, and he’s got ribbons galore to prove it.
- Fightin’ Indian women fall short against Peru State
- February 9, 2003
- A valiant effort by the Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team fell short Saturday in a 60-55 loss to Peru State.
- Lawrence’s Glass falls in PBA round of 16
- February 9, 2003
- Lawrence bowler Bob Glass was defeated by Hugh Miller in the round of 16 at the PBA Days Inn Championships at Don Carter’s All Star Lanes on Saturday.
- Thinking outside the box
- Lawrence life coach offers creative strategies for finding romance
- February 9, 2003
- Lynate Pettengill is Lawrence’s Miss Lonelyhearts. Pettengill, 35, is a life coach, a professional who helps clients set and achieve goals, make difficult transitions and reach their greatest potential.
- Tigers to tackle Knight, Tech
- February 9, 2003
- It doesn’t get any easier for No. 21 Missouri, going from 12th-ranked Kansas University to Bobby Knight.
- King eclipses Fizer in Big 12 scoring
- February 9, 2003
- Texas A&M senior guard Bernard King became the Big 12 Conference’s career scoring leader Saturday night.
- Notebook: Simien shooting for ISU return
- February 9, 2003
- Wayne Simien considered making a mad dash for the visitor’s locker room with 14:13 left in Saturday’s Sunflower Showdown at Bramlage Coliseum.
- Richardson repeats performance
- Warriors’ budding standout defeats Sonics’ Mason to defend crown
- February 9, 2003
- Jason Richardson won his second straight All-Star slam-dunk contest Saturday night, using a soaring between-the-legs approach on his final attempt to score a perfect 50 and beat Desmond Mason.
- Stojakovic captures three-point shootout
- February 9, 2003
- Peja Stojakovic won another three-point championship with a do-over Saturday night. The Sacramento Kings forward was given a second chance after a buzzer inadvertently went off midway through his round.
- Rookie Challenge: Sophomores rip rookies, 132-112
- February 9, 2003
- Jason Richardson bounced the ball off Carlos Boozer’s forehead, then buried a three-pointer before the clock ran out.
- Kidd bests Payton in Skills Challenge
- February 9, 2003
- New Jersey’s Jason Kidd was accurate when it counted, beating pal Gary Payton in the first All-Star Skills Challenge by making only three mistakes in the finals Saturday night.
- Giving something back
- Wally Lamb’s latest book lends voice to female inmates
- February 9, 2003
- For Wally Lamb, success as a best-selling author has meant a new home in rural eastern Connecticut and global fame. But it also has bred a keen sense of responsibility — a desire to give something back to society.
- Hunter S. Thompson still king of gonzo journalism
- February 9, 2003
- By dark of night in the early 1980s at my old journalism college, some students moved the letters around on the faculty felt board to name Hunter S. Thompson as the new dean.
- What are you reading?
- February 9, 2003
- First round of playoffs expanded
- February 9, 2003
- NBA commissioner David Stern delivered two pieces of news Saturday night, announcing that Darko Milicic of Yugoslavia will be eligible for the 2003 draft and that the first round of the playoffs will be changed from best-of-5 to best-of-7.
- NASCAR Budweiser Shootout: Junior holds off Gordon
- February 9, 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. powered past Jeff Gordon five laps from the end Saturday night and held off the four-time Winston Cup champion to win the Budweiser Shootout.
- DCAP fund-raiser goes Mardi Gras, adds reggae band to concert bill
- February 9, 2003
- You don’t have to jet to the Big Easy to enjoy a little Mardi Gras revelry. A Mardi Gras Festival in Lawrence will boast the sparkling beads, festive masks and live music of the real deal in New Orleans. But proceeds from this February party will help in the local fight against AIDS.
- LeBron returns with 52-point outburst
- February 9, 2003
- Off the court, LeBron James spoke with undisguised cynicism, the scars of the past week evident, and his words resonated with the inner city kids who shared, in their own way, his sense of struggle.
- Small depth finder deceptive
- What looks like toy is bank fisherman’s dream
- February 9, 2003
- With its bright green outer casing, some people might guess it was a crudely fashioned plastic Easter egg. Others might see its oblong submarine design and mistake it for a child’s swimming pool toy.
- GPS receivers rated most popular add-on in today’s watercraft
- Prices falling, selection increasing
- February 9, 2003
- Boating — like the automobile industry — has gone high-tech. From digitally designed composite hulls that cut the weight of the vessel and improve fuel economy, to special wave-making devices that kick up bigger wakes for skiers to jump, today’s watercraft are loaded with enough electronic gear to make a sailor sound like a geek in a computer store.
- Many boat owners settling for cheaper aluminum hulls
- February 9, 2003
- David Broyles went 10 years without owning a boat. When the Mesquite, Texas, resident decided two years ago to buy a new boat, he was shocked at the prices.
- ‘Mamma Mia!’ hits Las Vegas
- February 9, 2003
- The beach is out back by the wave pool. Sports betting and a nightclub are nearby. And in a small theater past the slot machines and gaming tables, a Broadway production of “Mamma Mia!” is trying to lure tourists away from gambling to settle in for more than two hours of ABBA tunes.
- Acting in shadows
- Actors take charge of New York stage despite blindness
- February 9, 2003
- Gary Bergman bounds onto the stage, hopping backward down a short flight of stairs — a dangerous move, even for the most agile. George Ashiotis enters more cautiously, feeling his way across a complex set that is new to him.
- Outdoors Briefs
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Lawrence’s Reber to talk at streams conference ¢ Bird workshop slated for March 4-6 in Salina ¢ Bowhunters to meet
- KU theater students honored
- February 9, 2003
- Six Kansas University theater students received awards during the recent regional festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
- Sweden, Czech Republic turn mine into art gallery
- February 9, 2003
- An underground mine in northern Sweden will be turned into an art gallery with works by 14 artists from Sweden and the Czech Republic.
- Renowned architect to design Serpentine Gallery pavilion
- February 9, 2003
- Oscar Niemeyer, widely considered one of the world’s greatest living architects, will design this year’s pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Hyde Park.
- A tale of two gifts from the heart
- Grandmothers enjoying life thanks to generosity of organ donors
- February 9, 2003
- For most of us, time rolls by unexamined, days unraveling one into another, until we bump into something — a landmark birthday, a childhood friend — and startle, wondering what happened to all those years.
- The pill can affect vitamin results
- February 9, 2003
- Can the herbal antidepressant St. John’s wort cause the birth control pill to fail, as I’ve heard?
- Selenium could improve immune, thyroid function
- February 9, 2003
- Whether you get enough of the essential trace mineral selenium may depend on where you live. Research suggests that people who live in areas with low soil selenium levels (which affect the amount that gets into plants) have higher rates of some types of cancers.
- School board candidates debate closings
- February 9, 2003
- Lawrence school board candidates chiseled battle lines deeper into the political landscape Saturday at the first major forum of the primary campaign.
- Stylewatch: Notes on what’s new in fashion
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Smells like love ¢ Best defense against dry skin ¢ Months of engagement ¢ T-shirt boasts more than attitude
- Dancers, musicians boast endurance
- February 9, 2003
- The Ahn Trio might not have gotten quite as vigorous a workout Friday night as the Parsons Dance Company. But they came darn close.
- Shaolin Monks to unleash kung fu prowess on Lied Center
- February 9, 2003
- They break iron bars over their heads and big, thick sticks over their legs, backs and stomachs. They lie on their bellies, bend their knees and pull their feet up next to their ears.
- University Theatre to stage ‘Dying Gaul’
- February 9, 2003
- At the center of University Theatre’s production of “The Dying Gaul” is Robert, a gay man forced to compromise his beliefs to succeed.
- Women’s Roundup: Wecker goes wild
- KSU standout scores 23 in win at Baylor
- February 9, 2003
- Kansas State’s Kendra Wecker warmed up just in time Saturday against Baylor. Wecker scored 14 of her 23 points in the second half — including eight during a crucial late run — as No. 5 Kansas State beat Baylor, 65-53.
- Mental errors doom Firebirds
- February 9, 2003
- Free State High boys basketball coach Jack Schreiner didn’t blame Saturday’s loss on a technical foul.
- New York pays heed to alert
- February 9, 2003
- A day after the nation was put on heightened terrorist alert, New York officials told residents to be vigilant but go about their business. Many New Yorkers did just that.
- Ex-POW sues U.S.for military’s promise of free health care
- February 9, 2003
- Area briefs
- February 9, 2003
- ¢ Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run accident ¢ Cause of fatal fire officially undetermined ¢ Passenger injured in turnpike wreck ¢ Police search for suspect in rape, kidnapping ¢ Fish kill in wetlands part of ‘SNL’ spoof
- U.N.-Iraq talks ‘not last chance’ for peace
- Disarmament officials call Saturday meetings with Iraqis ‘useful’
- February 9, 2003
- With a shadow of war on the horizon, U.N. disarmament chiefs faced their Iraqi counterparts Saturday in “useful” and “very substantial” talks to finally get answers to questions about anthrax, VX and other forbidden arms from the past.
- Adoption plea
- February 9, 2003
- Hot-button issue
- February 9, 2003
- School administrators who appeared before the Kansas Legislature last week shouldn’t apologize for their consolidation “idea.”
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- Poll: Do you support Gov. Sam Brownback's income tax cuts? May 23, 2012 · 83 comments
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- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Arlington guide unearths trove of history May 27, 2012
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012
- Remnant Rehab: Cheaply frame fabric art May 28, 2012
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- Degree in petroleum engineering becomes more sought after May 27, 2012
