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- Yulich supports bond, but doesn’t want one-issue candidate label
- February 21, 2003
- (Web Posted Friday at 3:51 p.m.) Cindy Yulich wants to be more than a one-issue candidate. No easy task in a Lawrence school board primary dominated by debate about the $59 million bond for school construction and elementary school consolidation.
- Schauner using ‘promise card’ in city commission bid
- February 21, 2003
- (Updated Friday at 12:33 p.m.) Lawrence city commission campaigns are usually filled with cliches, platitudes and the kind of talk that makes everybody happy. David Schauner hates cliches, platitudes and the kind of talk that makes everybody happy. And he makes little attempt to hide it.
- Incumbent Rundle touts experience and pro-neighborhood stance
- February 21, 2003
- (Web Posted Friday at 11:59 a.m.) Mike Rundle has spent eight of the last 16 years on the Lawrence City Commission, but he has more that he wants to accomplish.
- Parks won’t attend KU event held in his honor
- February 21, 2003
- (Web Posted Friday at 11:01 a.m.) Renaissance man Gordon Parks will not travel to Lawrence Saturday for an event honoring him, Kansas University officials announced Friday.
- World Online Arts & Entertainment Calendar
- February 21, 2003
- Chat with school board candidate Rich Minder
- February 21, 2003
- Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Rich Minder.
- Wake-up, indeed
- ‘Miracle’ substances can pose a danger to anyone, not just promising, high-paid athletes.
- February 21, 2003
- The headline on the sports news dispatch read: “Bechler’s death should be a wake-up call for baseball.” Truth is, the fatality should provide a jolt to anyone who is overweight and chooses to try some “miracle” substance to take off pounds quickly.
- Unjustified report
- February 21, 2003
- Abortion clinic regulations proposed
- Opponents of bill say law would restrict access
- February 21, 2003
- Supporters of a bill that would regulate Kansas’ abortion clinics say it will protect women’s safety, but opponents argue the measure is an attempt to limit access to the procedure. “Abortion is an invasive procedure and things happen that can cause crisis quickly,” said Rep. Peggy Long, R-Hamilton, on Thursday as she testified before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee.
- Former mother-in-law gets life for murder
- February 21, 2003
- A Liberty woman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for her role in the shooting death of her former son-in-law.
- Jayhawks want to maintain high-intensity play
- February 21, 2003
- Kansas University baseball players are trying hard to keep last weekend’s sweep at No. 6-ranked Louisiana State in perspective. “We want that to be A highlight of the season, not THE highlight of the season,” coach Ritch Price said.
- Practice makes perfect
- February 21, 2003
- Friends and neighbors
- February 21, 2003
- Davis - Tax amnesty proponents say it would bring in $10 million
- February 21, 2003
- The following is a column by Rep. Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, for the week ending Feb. 21.
- River City Weekly video: “C.S.A.— The Confederate States of America” Part 3
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott speaks about his new feature “C.S.A. — The Confederate States of America,” a mock documentary in which the South won the Civil War.
- River City Weekly video: “C.S.A.— The Confederate States of America” Part 1
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott speaks about his new feature “C.S.A. — The Confederate States of America,” a mock documentary in which the South won the Civil War.
- 6Sports video: Simien says he and his shoulder are ready to go
- February 21, 2003
- Forward Wayne Simien says his ailing right shoulder is much better following his pain-filled effort against Colorado in which he still managed to score 21 points and grab 13 rebounds.
- Team questions Graves’ behavior
- February 21, 2003
- Jeff Graves has been doing extra running of late — sprints and treadmill laps that have nothing to do with the 6-foot-9, 250-pounder’s battle of the bulge. Graves, Kansas University’s junior center from Lee’s Summit, Mo., has been penalized by coach Roy Williams for arriving late for one workout and skipping one class — infractions that haven’t made Graves’ coaches and teammates happy.
- Allen swapped for Payton
- February 21, 2003
- In a blockbuster five-player deal Thursday at the NBA trading deadline, Ray Allen was sent from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Seattle SuperSonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason.
- FCC overhauls competition rules
- Internet, phone changes draw praise in Kansas
- February 21, 2003
- Kansas policy-makers agree the Federal Communications Commission made a decision Thursday that is important to the state’s consumers and their high-speed Internet and telephone services. But it likely will be weeks or months before the full impact of the decision and its consequences are understood, the policy-makers said.
- Protest balance
- February 21, 2003
- Briefly
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ U.S. troops to attack Muslim rebel group ¢ Explosion, fire at factory injures 26 employees ¢ Human error likely boosted death toll in subway fire ¢ Archdiocese, lawyers agree to moratorium in lawsuits
- What if the South had won?
- Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott premieres faux documentary ‘C.S.A.’
- February 21, 2003
- “Slavery is the deep, dark family secret in America,” says writer-director Kevin Willmott. “We all participated in it; we all evolved from it in some way or another, so we don’t like to speak about it. The movie hopes to break that open to where we can say, ‘Hey, we can actually talk about this. Slavery WAS a reality.’” Willmott’s “C.S.A. — The Confederate States of America” envisions that reality through rewriting the outcome of the Civil War, from the South’s “victory” at Gettysburg all the way to slavery-permitted modern times.
- Leap of faith
- February 21, 2003
- Baseball briefs
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Baltimore manager says team not at fault ¢ Jailed Canseco worried about custody battle ¢ Rose won’t partake in stadium ceremonies ¢ Boston outfielder signs for two years ¢ Steinbrenner explains Jeter comments
- Ferrell gets fully enrolled in ‘Old School’
- February 21, 2003
- The very sight of Will Ferrell is funny. With his frazzled hair and vacuous stare, the towering comedian always looks like he just finished speaking in tongues … and he’s about ready to tackle you.
- Horoscopes
- February 21, 2003
- Chat with school board candidate Mary Loveland
- February 21, 2003
- Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Mary Loveland.
- Bucks deal Allen to Sonics for Payton
- February 21, 2003
- \In a blockbuster five-player deal Thursday at the NBA trading deadline, Ray Allen was sent from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Seattle SuperSonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason.
- Simien downplays Colorado effort
- February 21, 2003
- Kansas University forward Wayne Simien’s pain-filled 20-minute effort Wednesday against Colorado at Allen Fieldhouse has been described as “courageous” and “heroic.”
- Circus atmosphere abounds at Tyson news conference
- Harding, Iron Mike’s new face tattoo focus of pre-fight media throng
- February 21, 2003
- Mike Tyson playfully nibbled on the arm of his baby boy, who didn’t seem all that interested in the new tattoo on his father’s face. For those who were, a university instructor was on hand to explain its significance.
- Daily ticker
- February 21, 2003
- People
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Carter tours portraits ¢ Morrison delves into opera ¢ Anthony becoming father again ¢ Tutu recalls U.S. inspiration
- Area counties prepare for Tuesday primaries
- February 21, 2003
- Voters will report to the polls Tuesday for primaries to whittle the fields of candidates for city councils and schools boards in several area counties.
- Pump patrol tracks down lowest prices in Lawrence
- February 21, 2003
- The Journal-World has found a Lawrence-area gasoline price as low as $1.56 a gallon at Citgo at Ninth and Iowa streets.
- Victim of transplant mix-up receives new set of organs
- Teenager remains critical, but family expresses hope
- February 21, 2003
- With perhaps only hours left to live, the 17-year-old girl mistakenly given a heart and lungs with the wrong blood type was handed an extraordinary second chance Thursday after doctors — against all odds — located another set of organs.
- Firebirds fantastic: Wooden nets 900th point in 67-44 win
- February 21, 2003
- Free State High’s Keith Wooden needed five points to become the second city player to score 900 career points. But the Arizona State signee played like he might go over the 1,000-point plane Thursday, especially in the first quarter of the Firebirds’ 67-44 victory over Shawnee Mission Northwest.
- Not the Bulldogs’ night
- February 21, 2003
- Wilson would trade points for victories
- February 21, 2003
- Perry-Lecompton High senior Shannon Wilson has put up some gaudy numbers during her career.
- Financial security sought for abused
- Measure would protect victims of domestic violence who are forced to quit jobs
- February 21, 2003
- Harassing phone calls, threats, even physical attacks — domestic abuse doesn’t stop at home. When victims leave, their batterers know where they can find them — at work.
- River City Weekly video: “C.S.A.— The Confederate States of America” Part 2
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott speaks about his new feature “C.S.A. — The Confederate States of America,” a mock documentary in which the South won the Civil War.
- Airlines fight for survival
- February 21, 2003
- America’s airline industry, which has not netted a nickel since Kitty Hawk, has never been sicker. United Airlines, the second-largest carrier, lost $3.2 billion last year ($1.47 billion in the fourth quarter — $16.3 million a day) and is in bankruptcy, as the largest carrier, American, may soon be, having lost $3.5 billion last year, the worst loss in aviation history. Shares of US Airways, the seventh-largest, which entered bankruptcy last August, trade over the counter for 20 cents.
- A break from the humdrum
- February 21, 2003
- In better times, Michael Jackson would simply be regarded as pathetic and kooky. But even among those who are not Jacksonphiles, his 10-hour appearance on four television channels in the last week provided America with a measure of well-needed diversion.
- U.S. freedom attacked on two fronts
- February 21, 2003
- This winter we have learned there are no safe rooms. For generations, Americans have lived with the conviction that wars were fought elsewhere, that civilian casualties happened to foreigners, that geopolitical tensions were for us to think about in our wood-paneled seminar rooms, not in our carpeted family rooms. Blessed with friendly neighbors and big oceans, we were powerful — and part of our power came from the knowledge that we were safe.
- Watch out!
- February 21, 2003
- For the children
- February 21, 2003
- U.S. egotism
- February 21, 2003
- City reports strong start in ‘03 construction
- $3.2 million expansion at NCS Pearson is January’s largest project
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence builders started 2003 on a stronger note than 2002, according to a recent report by city officials. City building inspectors issued permits for $10.8 million worth of projects in January, up from the $6.8 million issued in January 2002. The number, however, was down from the $15.2 million in projects started in December.
- U.S. trade deficit reaches record in 2002
- February 21, 2003
- The United States recorded a $435.2 billion trade deficit for 2002, the largest imbalance in history, as the weak global economy set back American exports while imports of autos and other consumer goods were hitting all-time highs.
- Mortgage rates drop to new lows
- February 21, 2003
- Mortgage rates this week set new lows, and economists said that is good for the housing industry.
- Briefcase
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Questions arise about gasoline price increase ¢ Corn crop predicted to set record yield ¢ Sprint, BellSouth suit assigned to new court
- Advocates for elderly unsuccessful in Topeka
- Effort to win back money cut from budgets falls on deaf ears for now
- February 21, 2003
- Advocates for services to low-income, elderly Kansans on Thursday patrolled the Capitol lobbying for more money but came up empty-handed.
- Broken Arrow chalks up 35 years
- Longevity of staff credited to positive environment
- February 21, 2003
- There’s something about Broken Arrow School. People come, and then find that they never want to leave. In 35 years, the school at 2704 La. has had just two principals.
- Local briefs
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Six Free State seniors National Merit finalists ¢ West student suspended for drink, food tampering ¢ Troops called to duty
- State briefs
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Senator urges caution as war with Iraq nears ¢ Governor makes ag, aging appointments
- KU student finalist for Truman award
- February 21, 2003
- A Kansas University junior is a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. Travis Weller, Garden City, is one of 212 finalists for the scholarships, which provide up to $30,000 for undergraduate and graduate study. About 75 scholarships will be awarded next month.
- KBI: Meth lab seizures down
- February 21, 2003
- Enforcement efforts are beginning to pay off in Kansas’ war on methamphetamine makers, Kansas Bureau of Investigation officials said.
- Carl A. Warta
- February 21, 2003
- Florence Melland
- February 21, 2003
- Billings services
- February 21, 2003
- Vernon C. Shelton
- February 21, 2003
- Regents change tuition stance
- Board says schools can use increase to cover budget shortfalls
- February 21, 2003
- Forget new programs. Just stop the bleeding. That was the message the Kansas Board of Regents sent Thursday to leaders of state universities, telling them money from increased tuition may be used to cover shortfalls left by cuts in state funding. But the move raised the ire of Kansas University’s student body president, Jonathan Ng, because students were told their higher tuition bills would lead to “enhancements” in their education.
- Florida professor charged with supporting terror group
- February 21, 2003
- A Florida computer engineering professor and seven other men were charged Thursday with overseeing and financing the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, which has been blamed for killing more than 100 people in Israel and adjacent territories.
- Dole Institute’s opening celebration schedule takes shape
- Veterans at heart of KU dedication; president, Hanks, Brokaw among celebrity invitees
- February 21, 2003
- Big names such as President Bush, Tom Brokaw and Tom Hanks may steal the show in July at the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics building at Kansas University. But Richard Norton Smith, the institute’s director, wants to keep the focus on the thousands of World War II veterans expected to converge on Lawrence for the events. “We want everyone to come, and we want everyone to have a good time,” Smith said. “But more than anything else, we want veterans to be here. This is really their show. We want to say thanks.”
- Monarch butterflies rebound after devastating freeze
- February 21, 2003
- Scientists are marveling at the impressive comeback of Monarch butterflies, which once again are carpeting the fir trees of central Mexico with orange and black wings — despite a deadly freeze last year that killed hundreds of millions.
- Coffee linked to stillbirths
- February 21, 2003
- Pregnant women who drink eight or more cups of coffee a day could double their risk of stillbirth compared with pregnant women who do not drink coffee, new research suggests.
- R&B Foundation honors pioneers of musical genre
- February 21, 2003
- When George Clinton started his band decades ago, he hadn’t yet come up with the wild costumes or tripped-out funk grooves that define it today.
- Artist proposes statue of Dole in Wichita
- February 21, 2003
- A former resident of Moscow, who was touched by former Sen. Bob Dole’s work after a 1988 earthquake in Armenia, wants to create a sculpture of the Republican leader and place it downtown.
- Ex-Air Force sergeant convicted of espionage
- February 21, 2003
- Former Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Patrick Regan was convicted Thursday of offering to sell U.S. intelligence information to Iraq and China but acquitted of attempted spying for Libya. The jury now must decide whether he can be executed.
- Tougher criminal sentences urged
- Kline, Sebelius want especially strong rules in sex crimes
- February 21, 2003
- Atty. Gen. Phill Kline and the chief counsel for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius advocated proposals Thursday that would strengthen criminal sentencing laws, particularly for sex offenders.
- Sentence reduction sought in cancer drug dilution case
- February 21, 2003
- Robert Courtney has asked a federal appeals court to reduce his 30-year prison sentence for diluting chemotherapy drugs.
- Auto body company reaches deal on overtime
- February 21, 2003
- A St. Louis-area auto body repair company has reached an overtime pay settlement with the Department of Labor that will pay 969 employees in Missouri, Kansas and 18 other states $1.7 million in back wages.
- U.S. ready to present new U.N. resolution
- Negotiations continue with Turkey; Rumsfeld says troops are prepared for war
- February 21, 2003
- The Bush administration and its closest ally, Britain, are planning to present a new resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Monday in a bid for support to use force to disarm Iraq.
- Gene helps determine how much you hurt
- February 21, 2003
- When it comes to pain, people can be wimps, stoics or somewhere in between. Now scientists have found one reason — a variation in a single gene that shows stoics really can tolerate more pain.
- Venezuela arrests opposition leader
- February 21, 2003
- Thousands of angry government opponents chanting “This is a dictatorship!” rallied in the capital’s streets Thursday, protesting the midnight arrest of a strike leader by secret police.
- 6News video: KU professor to premiere alternate history film
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence-based director Kevin Willmott is set to air his film “C.S.A.,” which offers a view of America in which the Confederacy won the Civil War, for the first time.
- 6News video: Loveland and Powell speak with voters in online chat
- February 21, 2003
- The candidates answered questions on staffing concerns, consolidation and the bond issue. Loveland said savings from consolidation would likely go to cover operational costs, while Powell said cleaning out the school district office would save money.
- 6News video: School board profile - Ron Powell
- February 21, 2003
- Powell wants to bring a view of the “whole picture” to the school board.
- 6News video: City commission profile - Mike Rundle
- February 21, 2003
- Rundle wants to use his leadership skills to continue to serve the city of Lawrence.
- 6Sports video: Wooden leads Firebirds to victory over Cougars
- February 21, 2003
- Keith Wooden takes charge for Free State with 17 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks to help defeat Shawnee Mission Northwest.
- 6Sports video: ‘Hawks baseball coming on strong
- February 21, 2003
- Kansas has been named the college baseball team of the week after sweeping No. 6 Louisiana State.
- Falcons too much for Lions
- February 21, 2003
- Lawrence High’s boys basketball team needed a near-perfect game to knock off top-ranked Olathe South. But the Falcons remained perfect thanks to one poor LHS quarter, taking a 60-46 victory Thursday at South.
- KU going back to Cali
- February 21, 2003
- Last weekend San Diego. This weekend Santa Barbara. Kansas University’s softball team is spending plenty of preseason time in Southern California.
- Bianchi: Orlando stole Gooden from Memphis
- Hall-of-Fame general manager West gave up too much to acquire Miller from Magic
- February 21, 2003
- This can’t be true, can it? Jerry West, perhaps the greatest talent evaluator in NBA history, getting bilked and bamboozled by the Orlando Magic? Or maybe he just felt he owed one to O-Town as a makeup call for the Great Shaq Robbery. West, of course, was the general manager for the Lakers when they pulled off the grandest NBA heist of all time, convincing Shaquille O’Neal to leave Orlando and head for Hollywood.
- Riley returns to Oregon State
- Beavers bring back Saints’ defensive backs coach
- February 21, 2003
- Mike Riley was introduced Thursday for the second time as Oregon State’s football coach — four years after he left the Beavers for the NFL.
- Seahawks will savor home dates
- February 21, 2003
- Seabury Academy will play host to first-round Class 1A regional basketball games next Monday and Tuesday.
- Firebirds, Lions set for state swim meet
- Free State hoping for best finish ever; LHS has high hopes for pair of divers
- February 21, 2003
- Free State High swimming coach Annette McDonald doesn’t see why her boys team’s record-breaking season has to stop this weekend at the state meet.
- Jayhawks swimming and diving team in fourth at league
- February 21, 2003
- Kansas University’s swimming and diving team was in fourth place Thursday after the second day of the four-day Big 12 Conference championships.
- Two Firebirds sign with Saint Mary
- February 21, 2003
- Free State High seniors Leroy Goodman and Cole Cruse signed letters of intent Thursday to play football at Saint Mary College in Leavenworth.
- Athletes of the week
- February 21, 2003
- Mavs stop Spurs
- Dallas halts 9-game win streak, 95-87
- February 21, 2003
- The Mavericks did exactly what they had to do Thursday night in what Dallas coach Don Nelson considered the most important game of the season.
- Judge issues warrant for Robinson’s arrest
- February 21, 2003
- Atlanta Hawks forward Glenn Robinson failed to appear in court on misdemeanor charges Thursday and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.
- L.A.’s O’Neal says he’ll play tonight
- February 21, 2003
- Shaquille O’Neal expects to return to the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers.
- UCLA sneaks past California in OT
- February 21, 2003
- Dijon Thompson rebounded his own missed shot and scored with 6 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting UCLA over No. 18 California 76-75 Thursday night and snapping the Bruins’ 10-game Pac-10 losing streak.
- Royals ‘prepared to win’
- Skipper inspires troops as camp officially opens
- February 21, 2003
- The Kansas City Royals, who are coming off a franchise-record 100-loss season, were full of optimism Thursday in their first full-squad spring training workout.
- On the record
- February 21, 2003
- Mike Finnigan looks forward to homecoming
- February 21, 2003
- It’s hard to imagine someone who was young, hip and living in Lawrence in, say, 1968 who doesn’t have a dozen or so fond memories of Mike Finnigan and his band The Serfs.
- Briefly
- February 21, 2003
- ¢ Two officers killed, 3 wounded in shootout ¢ CDC: Stroke deaths vary by race, geography ¢ Judge releases records for teen sniper suspect ¢ Israeli troops kill three; diplomacy continues ¢ Air force chief among plane crash victims ¢ N. Korean fighter jet crosses South border ¢ Cuba confirms Castro’s departure for Asia
- Chat with school board candidate Ron Powell
- February 21, 2003
- Welcome to our online chat with school board candidate Ron Powell.
- Yet another special examines Jackson
- February 21, 2003
- Michael Jackson’s ex-wife says she bore him two children as a present and “if he called me tonight and said let’s have five more, I’d do it in a heartbeat.”
- This ‘Ali’ is anything but the greatest
- February 21, 2003
- The imported British comedy “Da Ali G Show” (11:30 p.m., HBO) does the near-impossible: It actually makes me feel sorry for Ronald Reagan’s attorney general, Ed Meese. Ali G is the comic persona of performer Sacha Baron Cohen. Dressed in a gaudy yellow outfit, Ali acts like a brain-addled “hip-hop journalist” who “interviews” former public officials in the hopes of tricking them into saying silly or stupid things.
- Charles J. Baer
- February 21, 2003
- Czeslaw J. Doktor
- February 21, 2003
- House rejects religious freedom law
- Measure wins majority but falls short of 63 votes needed for passage
- February 21, 2003
- Panel OKs $2.3 billion schools budget
- GOP committee members decline offer to second motion on education cuts
- February 21, 2003
- A budget that allocates $2.3 billion in state revenue to elementary and secondary education received a committee’s endorsement Thursday.
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