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Maryland's Ryan Randle, bottom, plays keep-away from Wake Forest's
Chris Ellis in the Terrapins' 90-67 victory. Maryland won Monday in
College Park, Md

Texas' Jason Klotz, left, shoots over Texas Tech's Robert Tomaszek
in the Longhorns' 77-65 victory. UT beat the Red Raiders Monday in
Austin, Texas

Detroit's Ben Wallace, right, grabs a first-quarter rebound from
Miami's Caron Butler. The Pistons beat the Heat, 93-62, Monday in
Auburn Hills, Mich

Baltimore Orioles minor-league coach Dave Schmidt, right, consoles
pitcher Matt Riley following the death of prospect Steve Bechler.
The rookie pitcher died of heatstroke Monday in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla

Lawrence High's Brian Seymour elevates for a shot. The Lions
defeated Shawnee Mission West 52-35 Monday at LHS

Lawrence High's Derrick Newman sneaks a shot under L.J. Brackson
(51) of Shawnee Mission West during the Lions' 52-35 victory.
Newman scored six points Monday at LHS

KU coach Roy Williams, center, defends Wayne Simien, right, to
official Steve Welmer after a skirmish with Iowa State. Big 12
Conference officials said Monday that no players would be punished
for their actions in Sunday's game

Michael Boulton, left, recently purchased Animal Crackers, 900
Ind., from his mother, Carole Boulton, right. Carole Boulton
started the business 22 years ago in her Lawrence home

Traders work the floor at the Baghdad, Iraq, stock market. The
Baghdad Stock Exchange is shrugging off fears of war, and has risen
47 percent since August

Passers-by help push a New York City yellow cab through heavy snow.
The worst blizzard in seven years dumped more than 19 inches of
snow in New York's Central Park

Evan Marriott, star of Fox's "Joe Millionaire," was surprised with
a $1 million check to split with his chosen love interest, Zora
Andrich, a 29-year-old teacher from New Jersey

A few advocates for Kansans with disabilities congregate on the
first floor of the Statehouse in Topeka

People are shown trying to exit the E2 nightclub in Chicago as
emergency rescue workers look on from the street in this image from
television taken Monday

Brett Hathaway, an admissions counselor for Kansas University,
speaks to prospective students at Garden City High School. Hathaway
takes promotional materials with him on visits to western Kansas to
encourage students to come to KU

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Deadline for comments on South Lawrence Trafficway extended: By Mark Fagan; February 18, 2003; (Web Posted Tuesday at 3:18 p.m.) There’s still time to chime in with questions, comments or concerns about plans to finish the South Lawrence Trafficway.
McRae has been building familiarity with city commission for months: By Joel Mathis; February 18, 2003; (Updated Tuesday at 2:18 p.m.) Except for incumbent Mike Rundle, Ken McRae has attended more Lawrence City Commission meetings over the past year than anybody else running for the office.
Morgan defends bond issue, school consolidation plans: By Tim Carpenter; February 18, 2003; (Updated Tuesday at 2:18 p.m.) Sue Morgan’s critics claim the Lawrence district’s $59 million bond and school consolidation plans are “knee-jerk” and “punitive” solutions worthy of nothing more than contempt.
Lawrence fertilizer plant not included in Farmland-Koch deal: By Chad Lawhorn; February 18, 2003; (Updated Tuesday at 2:03 p.m.) A deal for bankrupt Farmland Industries to sell the bulk of its nitrogen fertilizer business to Wichita-based Koch Nitrogen does not include Farmland’s Lawrence fertilizer plant.
KU recruiters take show on the road: Admissions officials make university’s case; By Terry Rombeck; February 18, 2003; Brett Hathaway stares in awe at the windmills. Besides tumbleweeds, the 170 turbines near Montezuma are the first interesting piece of landscape he’s seen in several days of crisscrossing western Kansas. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” he says. “It’s like science fiction.”
Sooners favored for title: OU’s remaining games easier than KU’s; By Chuck Woodling; February 18, 2003; After checking the logarithms, poring over the actuarial tables, crunching the rhomboids and dumping everything into the sieve of Eratosthenes, I have come to this monumental mathematical conclusion:
Tyson fight called off: February 18, 2003; Mike Tyson’s fight with Clifford Etienne was called off Monday, following a week of erratic behavior that once again raised questions about the boxing future of the 36-year-old former heavyweight champion.
KU enters baseball poll at No. 21 after LSU sweep: February 18, 2003; Kansas University’s sweep of Louisiana State last weekend vaulted the Jayhawks into this week’s Collegiate Baseball News poll.
Night huge for Houston: Knick’s 53 points against L.A. highest total in NBA this season; By John Nadel, Associated Press Sports Writer; February 18, 2003; Allan Houston took the tape off his right hand and came out shooting. The result was the game of his life.
Traders are bullish at Baghdad Stock Exchange: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; The bell rings and they’re off. Old men in tattered pinstripes bark orders to buy and sell, peering through an iron fence with opera glasses to make out the numbers. Traders in baby blue vests sprint across the floor, haggling over dinars and scribbling triumphantly on an erasable white board.
Storm paralyzes East Coast: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; The worst blizzard in seven years shut down much of the Northeast on Presidents Day with blinding, windblown snow that piled up as much as 4 feet deep and left more than a quarter of a million homes and businesses shivering without power.
Harry C. ‘Hiney’ Helmert: February 18, 2003
6Sports video: Win over Cyclones puts Hawks on top of Big 12: February 18, 2003; 6Sports reports on Sunday’s KU mens basketball game against the Iowa State Cyclones.
So much pressure: Slimming down curves can carry risks; Scripps Howard News Service; February 18, 2003; More people are beginning to wonder if an obsession with thinness is unhealthy for family members and friends, particularly young women. Any mother of a young girl can tell you: Being thin is fashionable. From Diva Starz dolls to models in magazines, the message is thinner is better.
Summit challenges youth volunteers: By Caleb Powers, Journal-World Teen Advisory Board; February 18, 2003; Playing on John F. Kennedy’s famous inaugural address, community advocate Al Hack challenged an audience of an estimated 600 community members to “Ask not what your county can do for you, but what you can do for your county.”
KU funding takes a hit: Plan falls short of amount required to maintain services; By Scott Rothschild; February 18, 2003; The House Appropriations Committee Monday approved Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ higher education spending plan, which falls short of financing the current level of services at Kansas University and other state colleges.
Board candidates offer views during online chat session: J-W Staff Reports; February 18, 2003; Here are excerpts from Monday night’s online chats with Eddie Lehman and Samuel Gould. Both are candidates for the Lawrence school board; Lehman is also running for the Lawrence City Commission.
Europe gives Iraq ‘last chance’ to disarm: The Los Angeles Times; February 18, 2003; Trying to salvage some unity at a time of deep division, European leaders told Iraq on Monday that it had a “last chance” to disarm immediately but stopped short of saying when continued noncompliance by Baghdad would lead to war.
Briefcase: February 18, 2003; ¢ Wal-Mart gender lawsuit may expand to 700,000 ¢ Food industry: Heinz outlook improves ¢ Manufacturing: Atchison Casting losses grow during past quarter
Investigation of rap record label casts convict in familiar role: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff had checked into a luxury hotel in Miami late last year when detectives showed up at his door.
Texas stops Red Raiders: Tech players vote to bench Emmett, Valdez for poor effort; The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; The reasons for this Texas win were simple: Brandon Mouton couldn’t miss, and Texas Tech’s Andre Emmett never got on the court.
Chat with school board candidate Eddie Lehman: February 18, 2003; Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Eddie Lehman.
Smart-growth candidates ahead in city fund raising: By Joel Mathis; February 18, 2003; Rundle is reaping riches. Boog is bogarting bucks. And they’re doing it at breakneck pace. Campaign finance reports filed Monday in the Lawrence City Commission race showed the three candidates backed by the smart-growth Progressive Lawrence Campaign are outraising the four candidates identified informally with the city’s business interests, by a margin of $27,933 to $19,210.
Local briefs: February 18, 2003; ¢ School board candidates participate in online chats ¢ Schools: Essay runner-up travels to D.C. for national award ¢ Legislature: Committee postpones in-state tuition vote ¢ Gasoline: Pump patrol tracks down lowest prices in Lawrence
LMH unveils renovated pediatric unit: By Jim Baker; February 18, 2003; Children who come to stay for treatment at Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s newly redecorated pediatrics unit will find a place of color, whimsy and creativity.
Pistons pummel Heat: Hamilton’s 34 help Detroit rout hapless Miami; The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Miami Heat coach Pat Riley knew he would have a matchup problem Monday night. He just didn’t realize how bad it was going to be.
Chat with school board candidate Sue Morgan: February 18, 2003; Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Sue Morgan.
Chat with school board candidate Samuel Gould: February 18, 2003; Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Samuel Gould.
Chat with school board candidate Michael Pomes: February 18, 2003; Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Michael Pomes.
Baldwin judge suspended: Mayor calls behavior ‘highly unprofessional’; By Tanya Kornelsen; February 18, 2003; Baldwin Municipal Judge John Cochran was suspended without pay pending investigation into what Mayor Ken Hayes called Cochran’s “highly unprofessional” behavior captured on tape by a Kansas City television news crew.
Blix unduly shielding Saddam: By Joel Mowbray; February 18, 2003; In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix continued his love affair with Saddam Hussein when he contorted the facts into a heart-shape note for the Butcher of Baghdad. But the real action was taking place behind the scenes — something that will carry on at least through the next week.
Alabama town tries to tame university’s ‘Animal House’ image: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; It’s easy to tell Tuscaloosa is a college town. On shady residential lanes near the University of Alabama campus, swaybacked sofas and overstuffed den chairs sit on front porches, and front yards are full of cars plastered with fraternity and sorority decals.
BU men win, women fall: February 18, 2003; Scott Johnson, Pedro Dos Santos and Brandon McDonnell scored 14 points apiece Tuesday, helping Baker University’s men’s basketball team (15-16, 8-11 HAAC) beat Graceland 79-67. Gayla Brown scored 18 but the BU women (16-13, 11-7) lost to GU, 75-68.
Big 12’s top player? Don’t ask coaches: Hinrich, Collison, Ford, Price, King among favorites for hotly contested award; By Doug Tucker, Associated Press Sports Writer; February 18, 2003; So, who’s the player of the year in the Big 12 Conference? In the past, that often was an easy call — Drew Gooden last season, who led the Big 12 in both scoring and rebounding; Marcus Fizer before that, who set a league career scoring record.
Bond opponents question district’s Web site content: By Tim Carpenter; February 18, 2003; Opponents of the Lawrence school board’s $59 million bond issue don’t think the district is playing fair.
Baltimore prospect dies from heatstroke: Newspaper reports Orioles pitcher used controversial dietary supplement; The Associated Press; February 18, 2003
People: February 18, 2003; ¢ Cash cover rocks, rocks, rocks ¢ Thornton honored for screenplay ¢ ‘Baywatch’ ladies moving on ¢ Jackson alleges forgery in suit
Briefly: February 18, 2003; ¢ South Korea: Subway arson attack kills 27 ¢ Georgia: Radioactive substance missing from military base ¢ Serbia-Montenegro: Three ethnic Albanians arrested for war crimes
Briefly: February 18, 2003; ¢ Mexico: State leaders vow to pursue death penalty ¢ Nigeria: Replacement workers dispatched in oil strike ¢ Russia: Crews finish unloading nuclear fuel from Kursk ¢ Bolivia: Thousands demand president’s resignation
6News video: Baldwin Mayor asks city to suspend judge: February 18, 2003; 6News reports on Baldwin Mayor Ken Hayes’ request to the Baldwin city council to suspend Judge Jack Cochran.
6News video: More cuts to hit Lawrence schools: February 18, 2003; 6News reports on the newest round of discussion on cuts to be made in the Lawrence school district.
6News video: School board candidates share ideas online: February 18, 2003; 6News reports on the two online chats with school board candidates Samuel Gould and Eddie Lehman.
How to tell if you’re pushing your dieting, exercise beyond what’s healthy: Scripps Howard News Service; February 18, 2003; Some people are destined to have slim builds while others try to get slim by taking weight loss too far. Because weight alone isn’t the only standard, these behavior changes may indicate greater problems.
6Sports video: LHS boys make up for low scoring loss: February 18, 2003; 6Sports reports on the Lawrence High boys basketball game against the Shawnee Mission West Vikings.
6Sports video: KU women drop 6th straight to Tigers: February 18, 2003; 6Sports reports on the KU women’s basketball game against the Missouri Tigers.
6News video: Sue Morgan - School board profile: February 18, 2003; This is one of 13 6News school board candidate profiles that will run in alphabetical order online each weekday, Monday through Friday, through Feb. 21.
6News video: Eddie Lehman - City Commission profile: February 18, 2003; This is one of 11 6News city commission candidate profiles that will run in alphabetical order online each weekday, Monday through Friday, through Feb. 21.
Model U.N. summit gives area teens taste of politics: By Caleb Powers, Journal-World Teen Advisory Board; February 18, 2003; Three dozen students from Lawrence and Free State high schools traveled Feb. 6-9 to Chicago to participate in the University of Chicago’s 15th Model United Nations.
Diversions: February 18, 2003; ¢ Tell us about school pets ¢ ‘The Sun’ ¢ Internet: And to think it’s online ¢ Update: Songwriting contest plans ¢ Coming soon: Entertain yourself
In the halls: February 18, 2003
Out west, students seek change: By Terry Rombeck; February 18, 2003; Erick Schmidt knows why he wants to come to Lawrence for college: It’s not Liberal. “Lawrence is a big town to us,” the Liberal High School senior said. “This is a cowboy town. People think I’ve got my cow parked out front.”
School programs again face cuts: District considers $5.8 million in reductions; By Tim Carpenter; February 18, 2003; Layoffs, bigger classes at secondary schools and elimination of elementary school band are among the budget-cutting ideas expected to be presented today as Lawrence schools look for ways to reduce spending.
Nightclub stampede claims 21 victims: Judge had ordered closing, citing safety violations; The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; It was a chaotic scene: Hundreds of screaming people stumbling down the darkened stairs of a crowded nightclub, gasping for air and stepping on bodies, only to find themselves trapped at the bottom trying to escape through a single exit.
Advocates for disabled stage rally at Capitol: By Scott Rothschild; February 18, 2003; About 100 people rallied Monday in the Capitol, urging lawmakers and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to restore cuts made to programs that help disabled and poor Kansans.
Langston Hughes festival features writers, filmmakers: By Terry Rombeck; February 18, 2003; Langston Hughes would have turned 101 years old this month. It might not be cause for the same type of gala the community threw last year for its native son’s 100th birthday, but some Kansas University officials have organized a series of events they say could become an annual tribute to Hughes.
‘Joe Millionaire’ walks away with Zora, check: $1 million gift sweetens close of show’s finale; The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Zora got the nod, and a diamond ring, from Evan Marriott when the “Joe Millionaire” finale aired Monday night. Then the happy couple got a million dollars to split from the show — the “shocking twist” viewers had been promised.
This ‘Guardian’ is a Tuesday-night dark horse: February 18, 2003; With all of the talk about “reality” television, the quiet sophomore success of a solid drama like “The Guardian” (8 p.m., CBS) can go unnoticed. The legal drama has made its Australian-born star Simon Baker a bit of an American idol. “The Guardian” consistently shows well against strong competition, including “Frasier” and “24.”
On the record: February 18, 2003
N. Korea threatens to withdraw from Korean War armistice: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; North Korea threatened today to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of plotting a naval blockade as a prelude to an attack over the communist state’s nuclear program.
Donald L. Burggraf: February 18, 2003
Adley Idell Soler: February 18, 2003
Principal search narrows to six: By Tim Carpenter; February 18, 2003; Four Lawrence school administrators are among six finalists for principal at West Junior High School, officials said Monday.
Military supports affirmative action: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Some of the nation’s best known retired military officers and former top Pentagon officials will file a Supreme Court brief supporting affirmative action admissions at the University of Michigan.
Turning it around: J-W Editorials; February 18, 2003; Money spent on helping inmates avoid a return trip to jail is a good investment for the community. It’s understandable that law-abiding taxpayers chafe at spending money on people housed in county jails and state prisons.
Even without Saddam, Iraq is big challenge: By Trudy Rubin, Knight Ridder Newspapers; February 18, 2003; A visit to Iraqi Kurdistan provides a sobering glimpse of what the United States may be getting into if it winds up running Iraq.
Preoccupied: February 18, 2003
Dog alert: February 18, 2003
Big 12 won’t punish Miles, Cyclones: League’s supervisor of officials says incident during Sunday’s game handled properly; By Gary Bedore; February 18, 2003; The Big 12 Conference will not suspend Kansas University sophomore guard Aaron Miles for his role in an altercation during Sunday’s basketball game against Iowa State at Allen Fieldhouse.
Lions vanquish Vikes - Lawrence 52, Shawnee Mission West 35: By Mike Miller; February 18, 2003; Once again, it was all about the start by the Lawrence High boys basketball team. The Lions jumped on Shawnee Mission West with an early 10-0 run Monday and never relented in a 52-35 victory at LHS.
Bad with good: February 18, 2003
Voice from past: February 18, 2003
Another view: February 18, 2003
Affirmative action falls short: By Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald; February 18, 2003; I don’t care much about affirmative action. About its goals of overcoming racial exclusion and fostering diversity, yes. But I have no major emotional investment in this particular means toward those particular ends.
Teen near death in botched transplant: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; A teenager from Mexico whose family moved to the United States so she could get a heart and lung transplant was near death Monday after mistakenly receiving organs from a donor with a different blood type.
Debate begins on school consolidation: February 18, 2003; Legislators opened a week of debate on school consolidation by taking a new look Monday at findings offered by consultants three years ago, when the issue seemed dead.
U.S. farmers eye Cuba hungrily: The Dallas Morning News; February 18, 2003; Long a forbidden fruit, U.S. farm exports to Cuba are ballooning into a growth industry for rural America, U.S. executives and Cuban officials said Monday.
U.S. tries to reopen Mideast peacemaking: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Keeping a promise to impatient European and Arab governments, the Bush administration sent a top American diplomat to London on Monday in a bid to get peacemaking in the Middle East rolling.
Used clothing retailer remains in family: New owner moves Animal Crackers to Ninth and Indiana; By Caroline Boyer, Special to the Journal-World; February 18, 2003; It’s a far cry from Carole Boulton’s breakfast room. Animal Crackers, the used children’s clothing store Boulton founded in 1981, has a new owner and a new location.
Golf course group puts search on ‘pause’: By Chad Lawhorn; February 18, 2003; The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America has put on pause a search that would move its headquarters and 120 jobs from Lawrence to Florida.
Troubled companies wrestle with issue of CEO pay: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; When the new chief executive of Kmart takes the company’s jet for personal trips, he will have to pay for it. His base salary is lower than that of the company’s former CEOs, and he got no signing bonus.
Report compares quality, size of TV firms: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Television stations owned by big, out-of-town companies tend to produce lower-quality newscasts than those owned by smaller groups, a study by a journalism think tank has concluded.
Columbia remembered through space projects: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Harvey Tananbaum has watched galaxies collide, peered into black holes and witnessed collapsing stars throwing off the same elements that were the seeds of life on Earth.
Space shuttle debris getting harder to find: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; As the days become weeks since Columbia’s disintegration over Texas, fewer and fewer pieces of Columbia wreckage are turning up, even though the calls keep coming in.
Former aide says Nixon made tapes for history: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; President Nixon had no sinister purpose when he made the fateful decision to have six microphones installed in his Oval Office desk, the former aide who revealed the existence of the recordings said Sunday at a conference on presidential tapes.
Center snubs Jayhawks: February 18, 2003; Steven Hill, a 6-foot-11, 240-pound junior center from Branson, Mo., has orally committed to Arkansas over Kansas and Missouri.
Emporia State coach sues school: Veteran volleyball mentor claims gender discrimination; February 18, 2003; The women’s volleyball coach at Emporia State University is suing the school for $200,000 on the grounds of gender discrimination, a hostile work environment, unequal pay and Title IX violations.
Spring training notebook: Maddux signs richest one-year deal ever: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003
Kansas women’s golf leads at Aztec Invite: February 18, 2003; Kansas University’s women’s golf team stormed to a first-round lead Monday at the 15-team Aztec Invitational.
Arizona still No. 1; MU out of poll: By Jim O'Connell, Associated Press Basketball Writer; February 18, 2003
AP women’s top 25: UConn No. 1; Texas up to No. 10: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; Connecticut led a first five that stayed the same in the AP women’s basketball poll and a new team finally broke into the Top 10.
A day late, Maryland buries Deacons: The Associated Press; February 18, 2003; A strange afternoon worked out perfectly for No. 13 Maryland, which stormed past 10th-ranked Wake Forest to take over first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Kansas basketball notebook: Simien pals with Colorado’s Harrison: By Gary Bedore; February 18, 2003; University of Colorado basketball center David Harrison and Kansas University forward Wayne Simien hung out together while serving as counselors at the Nike camp last summer in Indianapolis.
Area briefs: February 18, 2003; ¢ Eagles chapter marks 100th anniversary ¢ Health department fines three restaurants ¢ Nurses begin receiving smallpox vaccination ¢ Jobs for grad students topic of KU forum

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