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- Snow in the forecast for Sunday night
- November 19, 2003
- (Updated Wednesday at 11:08 a.m.) Get set for some roller coaster weather. For the next couple of days, you can get by with wearing T-shirts, shorts and sandals. But by Sunday afternoon, you’ll have to pull out the heavy coats and scarves — the first snow of the season is heading this way along with single-digit wind chills, says Ross Janssen, 6News meteorologist.
- City takes intersection plan slowly
- Commission delays decision on Sixth, SLT proposal again
- November 19, 2003
- A long-delayed development proposal for the intersection of Sixth Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway was delayed again Tuesday. The Lawrence City Commission last week approved a “nodal plan” that designates the eastern half of the intersection for commercial development. But commissioners wouldn’t give approval Tuesday to a proposal that seemingly fits that plan.
- Texas Tech trounces Davidson
- Red Raiders win opener, 89-58, to advance in Preseason NIT
- November 19, 2003
- Bob Knight appeared to have shared his basketball mojo with a few of the seven newcomers on his Texas Tech team.
- Briefly
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ Murder trial ordered in Laci Peterson killing ¢ Victims’ families preview 9-11 memorial designs ¢ U.N. to withdraw staff
- Self still not sold on lineup
- KU coach will pick five from possible seven
- November 19, 2003
- Bill Self hasn’t tipped his hand on Kansas University’s starting lineup for Friday’s season opener against Tennessee-Chattanooga. “Not yet, not yet,” junior guard Michael Lee said of Self, KU’s first-year hoops coach, revealing his opening five for the 7:05 p.m. contest at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Whittemore wants to help
- Quarterback might play Saturday, but only if he can execute KU’s entire offense
- November 19, 2003
- Bill Whittemore isn’t afraid of taking hits, and that won’t change if Kansas University’s senior quarterback returns to the lineup for Saturday’s regular-season finale against Iowa State.
- Smithfield to keep Farmland plants open
- November 19, 2003
- Smithfield Foods Inc. plans to keep plants operated by Farmland Foods Inc.’s pork division open and bring their maintenance up to date, a Smithfield executive said Tuesday.
- City briefs
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ Digital Journalist creator to speak at Dole Institute ¢ KU SenEx to devote meeting to ticket talk ¢ State reception to honor turnpike flood rescuer ¢ KU senior class selects H.O.P.E award finalists
- Briefly
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ Lawmakers consider dropping 12th grade ¢ Sun sets on Barrow; will return in January ¢ Chess master, computer end tournament in draw
- Spice up turkey with Mexican sauce
- November 19, 2003
- Mole (molay) for the holiday does not quite rhyme, but taste-wise it’s a cheering refrain. It’s certainly in tune with current seasoning styles, given our fondness for heightened flavor, including Mexican influences.
- A-Rod’s talk of future rings hollow
- November 19, 2003
- In 1996, there was no question Alex Rodriguez deserved the league’s MVP award, despite his rookie status. His performance, then as a 21-year-old Mariners shortstop, was far superior to Juan Gonzalez’s slugging totals in Texas.
- Pistons send Lakers packing
- Detroit hands L.A. its third straight road loss
- November 19, 2003
- Detroit’s depth beat the star power of the Los Angeles Lakers. Chauncey Billups had 24 points and eight assists to lead a balanced attack for the Pistons in a 106-96 win Tuesday night over Los Angeles.
- Cowher refuses to quit
- Steelers coach won’t concede team is out of playoff picture
- November 19, 2003
- Bill Cowher held his second news conference in 12 hours on opposite coasts to discuss the same game. The Pittsburgh coach’s demeanor Tuesday nearly was identical to his team’s predicament.
- Thanksgiving favorites: Area residents share holiday recipes
- November 19, 2003
- You never know when or where you’re going to stumble upon a great Thanksgiving recipe, one for a dish that’s destined to become a family classic.
- Opponents of adult stores call in nonprofit legal aid
- November 19, 2003
- Opponents of sexually oriented businesses located along Interstate Highway 70 have scheduled two meetings next month with a representative of a nonprofit organization that offers legal support to communities concerned about the stores.
- Bucs bench Johnson for rest of season
- Tampa Bay deactivates disgruntled wide receiver for remaining six games
- November 19, 2003
- Keyshawn Johnson will get his wish to leave Tampa Bay — once the season is over. Meantime, he won’t even get to play.
- Relatives, survivors recall 1978 Jonestown tragedy
- November 19, 2003
- Twenty-five years ago, Leslie Cathey strapped her baby boy to her back and fled into the jungle of Guyana — away from Jonestown and the imminent disaster that would take more than 900 lives.
- Legislator urges tax increase to fund higher education
- November 19, 2003
- A Lawrence lawmaker on Tuesday called on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to support a tax increase for higher education early in the legislative session. Paul Davis, a Democrat, said support from Sebelius and legislative leaders would be key to passing a funding increase for universities.
- St. Patrick’s Day beneficiary chosen
- November 19, 2003
- A fishing club for children will be the beneficiary of the next St. Patrick’s Day parade. The Crown Casting Club, which teaches Lawrence youngsters how to fish and gives them the equipment to do so, will receive proceeds raised by the parade, organizers announced Wednesday morning.
- Lawrence R. Good
- November 19, 2003
- Sweet potato pie beats taste of pumpkin
- November 19, 2003
- I don’t remember the first time I ate sweet potato pie but I vividly recall the instant in which I decided that sweet potato pie was far superior to pumpkin. In one mouth-watering moment, I resolved to choose sweet potato over pumpkin every chance I got.
- Tale of 2 libraries: Lawrence vs. Topeka
- Capital city outspends university town by more than 6-to-1
- November 19, 2003
- There aren’t many things people in Lawrence envy about Topeka, but one of them is the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. “The Lawrence library ought to be like the Topeka library,” said David Leamon, executive director of the Topeka library. “A town that has a university like Kansas University, that really has a melting pot of people with a broad range of high education levels, they ought to have a library that is more like this because that is what they need.”
- Board begins study of library’s future
- November 19, 2003
- The Lawrence Public Library is ready to chart a course for its future. The library’s board of trustees is assembling a 10- or 12-member task force to sort through the issues of space, location and mission.
- Danil Eugene Findley
- November 19, 2003
- View fat as the new alcohol
- November 19, 2003
- America’s waistband is expanding to a dangerous size XXL, so, naturally, the search for a cause of this proliferation of fat is moving as quickly as a hungry teenager toward a bag of potato chips.
- Protesters question officers’ actions
- Attorney accuses police of selective enforcement
- November 19, 2003
- Police trampled protesters’ rights when arresting them this summer outside a Dole Institute of Politics dedication event, a defense attorney charged Tuesday.
- Senators seek overhaul of mutual fund industry
- Massachusetts, N.Y. regulators accuse SEC of protecting industry instead of investors
- November 19, 2003
- Senators urged the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday to end a turf war with state regulators and go after mutual fund abuses.
- Jayhawks giddy about NCAAs
- Excitement still building, but UCLA will be tough
- November 19, 2003
- Kansas University junior goalkeeper Meghan Miller claims she hasn’t stopped smiling since Sunday, when the Jayhawk soccer squad beat Missouri in the NCAA Tournament. Freshman defender Holly Gault still giggles at the thought the Jayhawks actually are going to the Sweet 16. It’s a good thing fifth-year coach Mark Francis is there to keep things on an even keel.
- Lawrence jeweler to close business
- Tallmon owner cites economy, competition
- November 19, 2003
- A Lawrence jewelry store owner plans to close the business because of increasing competition and lack of sales due to the economic slowdown. Tallmon & Tallmon Fine Jewellers, 520 W. 23rd St., will close in mid-January after eight years in business, owner Ralph Tallmon said Tuesday.
- Daily ticker
- November 19, 2003
- Judge declines to drop Stewart charges
- November 19, 2003
- A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a securities fraud charge that accuses Martha Stewart of deceiving her stockholders when she publicly declared her innocence in the insider-trading scandal.
- Commodities
- November 19, 2003
- U.S. raises tensions with China by imposing quotas on imports
- Bush administration seeks compromise with Europe to avert $2 billion in sanctions
- November 19, 2003
- The Bush administration increased trade tensions with China on Tuesday by announcing it would limit clothing imports to protect struggling U.S. companies, even as it searched for a compromise to end a bitter trade dispute with Europe over steel.
- United hopes Ted boosts profits
- Company selling tickets for flights on discount carrier
- November 19, 2003
- United Airlines began selling tickets Tuesday for its low-fare carrier Ted, a venture executives said would play a crucial role in the future of the bankrupt firm.
- High-tech job cuts slowing, report finds
- Industry to lose 234,000 workers in ‘03
- November 19, 2003
- About 12 percent of the nation’s high-tech jobs have evaporated during the past two years, but the meltdown appears to be in its final stages, according to an industry report to be released today.
- Dentist joins Jayni to make hors d’oeuvres
- November 19, 2003
- Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Holiday Hors d’oeuvres & Desserts with Theodore “Pete” Wiklund.”
- Unconscionable
- We must meet our commitments to those who went into harm’s way on our behalf.
- November 19, 2003
- It’s absolutely unacceptable, and actions need to be taken immediately to change this disconcerting scenario. The subject is the shabby treatment of veterans returning from military duty.
- Candidates playing by campaign finance rules
- November 19, 2003
- First, it was President Bush, scorning public financing of his preconvention campaign and unleashing his fund-raisers to collect something close to $200 million for a head start on his bid for a second term. Then former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, with his Internet army of small donors, opted out of the limits attached to public financing and declared he would try to match Bush dollar for dollar. And then Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, married to the wealthy heiress of the Heinz fortune, announced he would reject the taxpayer subsidies as well.
- Buying locally
- November 19, 2003
- AD funds
- November 19, 2003
- Topeka advances Sunday liquor sales
- November 19, 2003
- The City Council is moving forward with an ordinance that would finally clear the way for liquor sales on Sundays — and some holidays — in Kansas’ capital city.
- Fumes empty Baldwin High
- November 19, 2003
- The source of noxious fumes that forced evacuation Tuesday of more than 400 people from Baldwin High School and sent more than two dozen to the hospital still was unknown late Tuesday. The high school was evacuated while Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical set up a triage system to care for students and staff suffering from inhalation of the chemical. There are 440 students and 35 staff members in the school.
- Quarter design finalists submitted to Mint
- November 19, 2003
- Kansas might be best-known for two things: farmers and “The Wizard of Oz.” So it’s not surprising that designs featuring those themes were Lawrence residents’ favored choices Tuesday among the five recently submitted to become the Kansas quarter in 2005.
- Massachusetts ruling reignites gay marriage battle
- November 19, 2003
- A divided Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that same-sex couples have a right to civil marriages under the nation’s oldest state constitution, declaring that “the right to marry means little if it does not include the right to marry the person of one’s choice.”
- Storms wreak havoc across Deep South
- November 19, 2003
- A line of thunderstorms Tuesday moving across the Deep South unleashed an apparent tornado in Mississippi and roared into Alabama with enough wind to topple trees and knock out power to 50,000 customers.
- Endangered species list tops 12,000 plants, animals
- November 19, 2003
- The Galapagos snail — once collected by Charles Darwin — and South Africa’s riverine rabbit are among 12,259 known plants and animal species facing extinction, according to the 2003 Red List of Threatened Species released Tuesday.
- Chiefs know run defense must improve after subpar performances
- November 19, 2003
- A loss to Cincinnati did more than ruin the Kansas City Chiefs’ perfect record and slice its lead for home-field playoff advantage to just one game over New England, Indianapolis and Tennessee. It also highlighted a dangerously weak run defense, a season-long problem obscured by the glow of victories in the Chiefs’ first nine games.
- Woodling: Stephenson helped make KU soccer a reality
- November 19, 2003
- On an early May day in 1994 — about 9 1/2 years ago — the Kansas University Athletic Corp. board approved the addition of two new varsity sports — women’s soccer and women’s rowing. No one turned a cartwheel, as I recall, but Betsy Stephenson may have felt like kicking up her heels.
- KU hopes to keep rolling
- November 19, 2003
- Kansas University’s volleyball team will try to prolong its “November to Remember” tonight against No. 10 Nebraska.
- William Jewell upends Ottawa men
- November 19, 2003
- Brett Lickteig scored 16 points, and Kyle Zammar added 14 points and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as Ottawa University’s men’s basketball squad fell to William Jewell, 67-58, Tuesday night.
- Free State’s Brunfeldt signs with Indiana
- November 19, 2003
- With a couple of thank-yous, laughs and one quick signature, Alex Brunfeldt broke a barrier in Free State High swimming. Brunfeldt, a senior, signed a letter of intent Tuesday to swim at Indiana University. He’ll be the first-ever swimmer from Free State to compete at the Division One level.
- On the record
- November 19, 2003
- Banned book reinstated
- Censorship issues remain unresolved in Baldwin
- November 19, 2003
- A parent challenge of the controversial novel “We All Fall Down” at Baldwin High School has been resolved, with the book remaining on the approved reading list.
- Philip Marion Smith
- November 19, 2003
- Jackson’s Neverland raided
- November 19, 2003
- Officers conducting a criminal investigation on Tuesday searched Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. The purpose of the raid was not disclosed.
- Influential country songwriter dies
- November 19, 2003
- Don Gibson, an elementary school dropout who wrote and recorded country standards like “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” has died, his lawyer said. He was 75.
- Bush to defend U.S. policy on force
- November 19, 2003
- As police braced for massive demonstrations against the war in Iraq, President Bush opened a state visit with America’s staunchest ally Tuesday, arguing that the use of force sometimes is the only way to defend important values.
- ‘I intended to kill them all’
- Sniper suspect’s taped confession played in court
- November 19, 2003
- In a chilling audiotape played for the jury Tuesday, a soft-spoken Lee Boyd Malvo told police he pulled the trigger in all of the sniper attacks that terrified the Washington area last fall.
- Study: Federal program helps reduce number of smokers
- November 19, 2003
- In 17 states where the federal government spent $128 million to discourage tobacco use, smoking dropped by about 3 percentage points over eight years, just over half a point more than in states without the program.
- KU Hospital’s new cancer center opens
- Fund raising ‘chunk’ of $5 million efforts
- November 19, 2003
- Cancer patients at the University of Kansas Hospital have new treatment options, thanks to a $5 million renovated Cancer Center that opened Tuesday.
- Topekan in Air Force dies in burning car
- November 19, 2003
- A body found in a burning car was identified Tuesday as a Kansas man.
- S&P lowers credit rating for Westar’s Protection One
- Decision could affect utility’s efforts to improve finances
- November 19, 2003
- Standard and Poor’s lowered its credit rating Tuesday of Protection One Inc., the security alarm company primarily owned by Westar Energy Inc.
- Kline, Brownback vow to fight same-sex marriage
- November 19, 2003
- Two top Kansas Republican officials objected Tuesday to a ruling by Massachusetts’ highest court that declared the state’s constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.
- Saudi cleric recants calls for militancy
- November 19, 2003
- Using prime-time TV in their campaign against extremism, Saudi officials interrupted a popular comedy show to air footage of a jailed Muslim cleric renouncing his calls for militants to attack the West.
- Italy buries 19 killed in Iraq
- November 19, 2003
- Italy paid final tribute Tuesday to 19 Italians killed in Iraq, holding a wrenching state funeral on a national day of mourning — an outpouring of solidarity that underscored how a country divided by war had united in grief.
- Stadium financing OK’d
- Cardinals’ park scheduled to open in 2006
- November 19, 2003
- A state board approved a revised public financing plan Tuesday for a new St. Louis Cardinals baseball stadium, and team executives said construction could begin next month.
- Blazers’ Wells suspended for cursing at coach during game
- November 19, 2003
- Trail Blazers guard Bonzi Wells was suspended for two games without pay by the team Tuesday for cursing his coach after being taken out of a game.
- Carter has career day
- Jets wide receiver scores twice in debut
- November 19, 2003
- Santana Moss had a premonition about fellow receiver Jonathan Carter before their game against the Colts.
- 6News video: Library plots future direction
- November 19, 2003
- Officials looking to expand the Lawrence Public Library are mulling an offer from Dan Simons, part owner and managing member of Riverfront LLC, to buy half of the former mall.
- 6News video: Fumes force school evacuation
- November 19, 2003
- More than 400 people were evacuated from Baldwin High School and more than two dozen were sent to the hospital Tuesday due to noxious fumes in the school.
- 6News video: Students discuss higher-education funding
- November 19, 2003
- Student leaders at Kansas University organized a forum for students to discuss state funding of higher education with state and university officials.
- 6News video: Bar receives show of support
- November 19, 2003
- Dozens of community members attended City Commission Tuesday night in support of Rick’s Place, a bar seeking to move to a stip mall that includes a church. The bar was granted a waiver allowing it to relocate to Ninth and Illinois streets.
- 6Sports video: ‘Hawks work on high/low
- November 19, 2003
- KU’s getting a grasp of Bill Self’s offensive strategy, which puts a lot of importance on Wayne Simien.
- 6Sports video: Ailing Iowa State to face Kansas
- November 19, 2003
- The Cyclones will enter Memorial Stadium on Saturday on an eight-game losing streak.
- 6Sports video: KU buttons down to take on UCLA
- November 19, 2003
- The soccer team worked out in the Anschutz Pavilion in preparation for Friday’s match in the NCAA Tournament.
- 6Sports video: Three-week wait for Whittemore may end
- November 19, 2003
- The senior quarterback might be ready to return to the field for the regular-season ender against Iowa State.
- 6Sports video: Newly shorn coach leading Soccerhawks
- November 19, 2003
- Fifth-year coach Mark Francis made good on his promise to shave his head when the Jayhawks made the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
- Funding priorities
- November 19, 2003
- Random kindness
- November 19, 2003
- Nothing new in Bush’s Cuba policy
- November 19, 2003
- Mel Martinez floats on a cloud of political optimism. On the same day that Florida Republicans were abuzz about the Housing and Urban Development secretary’s likely entry into the U.S. Senate race, Congress handed the Cuban-American a gift wrapped in the contradictions of the 40-year-old U.S. ban on travel to the communist island.
- Death penalty weighed for teen’s killer
- Defense cites childhood abuse of convict who raped, murdered girl
- November 19, 2003
- A federal jury adjourned Tuesday after nearly four hours of deliberating whether a Kansas man deserves to die for killing an Independence, Mo., teenager in 1998.
- Stabbing victim’s mother threatened
- Topekan, in Costa Rica to witness murder trial, now under police guard
- November 19, 2003
- The mother of a slain Kansas University student who traveled to Costa Rica for the trial of the three people accused of killing her daughter has received death threats, police said Tuesday night.
- Changes to downtown tower avoid review by historic panel
- November 19, 2003
- Changes to a downtown communications tower weren’t subject to city review, officials said Tuesday, even though it sits near a historic site. SBC Communications this fall replaced metal fencing with wire mesh on the tower, which looms over downtown in the 700 block of Vermont Street.
- ‘Law & Order’ makes point on revenge
- November 19, 2003
- Tonight’s “Law & Order” (9 p.m., NBC) doesn’t just tear its story from the headlines — it tears into a disgraced headline maker. After a nightclub shooting, Briscoe and Green discover that the intended murder victim was a journalist recently expelled from Iraq for disclosing information that put troops in danger. And ballistic reports quickly link the shooting to soldiers formerly “embedded” with the chatty newshound.
- Fort Riley soldier killed
- November 19, 2003
- A Fort Riley soldier died in Iraq Monday from a nonhostile gunshot wound, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
- Just another MVP for Bonds
- San Francisco standout wins sixth NL award
- November 19, 2003
- This one was for Dad. Barry Bonds won a record sixth National League MVP award Tuesday, becoming the first player to capture the honor for three consecutive years.
- Rivers dismissed as Magic coach
- November 19, 2003
- The worst start in the 15-year history of the Orlando Magic cost Doc Rivers his job, the first coaching casualty of an NBA season that barely has begun.
- People
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ Anna Nicole’s ex convicted ¢ Liza Minnelli hits back ¢ U2’s ‘One’ truly the one ¢ Meat Loaf falls ill
- Iraq air operation biggest since war
- November 19, 2003
- U.S. jets and helicopter gunships launched the biggest air operation in central Iraq since active combat ended, blasting suspected ambush sites and hideouts with 500-pound bombs on Tuesday. Explosions rocked western Baghdad as American troops mounted fresh attacks against insurgents.
- City briefs
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ New director named for schools foundation ¢ Landscape artist visits ‘River City Weekly’ ¢ Gift packages sent to tire-slashing victims ¢ Fire damages kitchen
- Horoscopes
- November 19, 2003
- Guide on how to safely thaw turkey
- November 19, 2003
- ¢ How large of a turkey should I buy for Thanksgiving? ¢ How do I safely thaw my turkey for Thanksgiving?
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