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- Big-name Democrats ready to show support for Davis
- September 13, 2003
- When former President Clinton arrives Sunday in California to campaign with Gov. Gray Davis, he will be the first in a long line of Democratic heavyweights scheduled to stump for the governor between now and the Oct. 7 recall election.
- Statewide issue
- September 13, 2003
- Legislative action to boost education funding statewide is a better solution than levying local sales taxes for that purpose. Local city and county officials have expressed willingness to look at levying a half-cent sales tax to help school districts in the county. A public vote on such a measure could be on the ballot in November 2004.
- Engagement
- September 13, 2003
- Beef prices driven up by bull market
- September 13, 2003
- The price of filet mignon jumped 50 cents a pound at Glen Miller’s Western Prime Beef and Deli, and manager Frank Heffelfinger said his supplier warned him to expect further increases in coming weeks. “That’s a big jump, 50 cents a pound,” said Heffelfinger, who passed on the expense to customers of his Lemoyne butcher shop this week. “What else can you do?”
- Texas vs. Arkansas - Rivalry renewed
- September 13, 2003
- In its heyday, no rivalry was better than Texas vs. Arkansas.
- Most crypto cases at day cares
- September 13, 2003
- A “very high proportion” of the illness caused by cryptosporidium is in Lawrence day-care centers, health authorities said Friday. “I’m not telling anybody not to take their child to a day-care center — my own children have been in a day-care center,” Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, the state epidemiologist, said during a news conference. “But day-care centers can amplify the community-based outbreak we’re facing now.”
- Student killed in fall from window
- Officials say freshman likely smoking on ledge
- September 13, 2003
- An early-morning smoking break apparently led to the death of a Kansas University freshman Friday, KU officials said. Eric J. Wellhausen, of Mount Prospect, Ill., fell from his seventh-floor room at Oliver Hall after either leaning out of his window or being on a ledge outside the room, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
- City renews Wal-Mart stance
- September 13, 2003
- The city is sticking to its guns in opposition to a proposed Wal-Mart store at Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive. In documents filed Friday with the Board of Zoning Appeals, city officials said they stood by their reason for denying building permits for the project: Wal-Mart is a department store prohibited by the site’s zoning.
- Tigers tame reeling Royals - Detroit 3, Kansas City 0
- September 13, 2003
- Kansas City’s struggles to to stay in the AL Central race continued against a team that hasn’t been in it for a long time.
- Players good ambassadors for KU football program
- September 13, 2003
- Kansas University leaders continue to try to devise ways to put more paying customers into the football stadium.
- Late TD pass propels Kaws
- Tongie, SFT each rally for late wins
- September 13, 2003
- Things did not look promising for Perry-Lecompton’s football team with three minutes left in Friday’s Kaw Valley League battle against Basehor-Linwood.
- Central leaders stumble
- Boston whips White Sox; Tribe tops Twins
- September 13, 2003
- The guys working the scoreboard in Fenway Park’s Green Monster couldn’t update the out-of-town scores fast enough for White Sox manager Jerry Manuel.
- Twins coach Newman remains in hospital
- September 13, 2003
- Minnesota Twins third-base coach Al Newman was expected to remain hospitalized in Chicago for another week following a brain hemorrhage.
- Cubs waste lead but rally past Reds, 7-6
- September 13, 2003
- Tom Goodwin accepts his role as a part-time player and pinch-hitter. His time on the field might be limited, yet he still has the chance to determine an important game.
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Sniper suspect’s lawyers protest eyewitness testimony ¢ Hurricane Isabel maintains Category 5 status in Atlantic ¢ New citizenship oath delayed ¢ N. Korea rejects U.S. demand
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ KPR dedication planned ¢ Book award winner to speak at museum ¢ Engineering career fair open to all KU students ¢ University sets exams
- Sitcom star Ritter’s death shocks co-stars, friends
- September 13, 2003
- John Ritter, a master of sitcom silliness who ruled TV comedy with “Three’s Company” and then found success again 25 years later with “8 Simple Rules … For Dating My Teenage Daughter,” has died of an undetected heart problem. He was 54.
- HBO unveils banality under the big top
- September 13, 2003
- The new series “Carnivale” (8:30 p.m. Sunday, HBO) is a major departure for the premium cable channel. And that’s not a good thing. While HBO’s successful shows — “Six Feet Under,” “The Sopranos,” and even the overpraised and annoying “Sex and the City” — feature strong, identifiable characters and memorable dialogue, “Carnivale” offers a nonstop onslaught of mythical hogwash, hackneyed lines, and contrived and derivative characters.
- Israel hears criticism for Arafat threat
- September 13, 2003
- Israeli leaders shrugged off condemnation of their decision to “remove” Yasser Arafat whenever they choose, saying Friday the Palestinian leader should have been ousted long ago and the world has no right to judge a nation facing constant suicide bombings. Words of caution, regret and anger rolled in from country after country a day after Israel made the vaguely worded decision that it would act to remove Arafat. The threat sparked pro-Arafat marches by thousands of supporters in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and drew opposition from the European Union, the United Nations and Arab countries, as well as the United States.
- The Man in Black: Johnny Cash ~ 1932-2003
- Lawrence fans mourn singing legend
- September 13, 2003
- So long as it was a Johnny Cash song, you could listen to anything you wanted Friday at the Shenago Lounge, 2907 W. Sixth St. “I’ve heard Johnny Cash all day and all night,” said bartender Dianne Gil Bari. “That’s all my patrons have been playing, just about.”
- U.S. friendly fire kills 9
- 8 Iraqi police officers slain in mistaken attack
- September 13, 2003
- U.S. soldiers mistakenly opened fire on uniformed Iraqi policemen chasing highway bandits at night, killing eight officers and a Jordanian security guard and wounding nine other people Friday in this dangerous “Sunni Triangle” city near Baghdad, Iraqi police said. About an hour later and 30 miles to the west, two U.S. soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a pre-dawn raid in the town of Ramadi, the military said. The U.S. military gave no other information about the second shooting in the Fallujah region, where support for Saddam Hussein runs strong.
- Placing blame
- September 13, 2003
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Police continue search for politician’s killer ¢ Election council rejects Chavez recall petition ¢ Pope pays tribute to communism victims ¢ WTO prepares draft of agriculture accord
- Davis gains in poll
- September 13, 2003
- A Los Angeles Times poll released Thursday showed growing support for Gov. Gray Davis.
- Sunflower plant back on Johnson Co. agenda
- September 13, 2003
- Johnson County commissioners hope a study session early next month will bring them a step closer to determining the fate of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. Commission chairwoman Annabeth Surbaugh told members of the K-10 Assn. Friday that the commission would have a study session about the 9,065-acre property at 1 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe. The former plant is adjacent to the Douglas County line, about 20 miles east of Lawrence on Kansas Highway 10.
- Navarre proving skeptics wrong
- Michigan quarterback could silence detractors today with victory against Notre Dame
- September 13, 2003
- Whether John Navarre is planting his feet in the turf to make a pass or walking across concrete to answer doubters, he appears poised.
- Linebacker finds good life at Nebraska
- September 13, 2003
- Demorrio Williams used to work in the oilfields of east Texas. Now he works in the backfields of Nebraska football opponents.
- New tax cuts create new tax complications
- September 13, 2003
- Tax cuts have costs. This year’s reduction in capital gains rates may require some taxpayers to fill out 13 more lines on next year’s forms — a new level of complexity sure to be a boon for professional tax preparers but a bane for people who fill out their own returns.
- Firebirds foil Falcons - Free State 6, Olathe South 0
- September 13, 2003
- If a team is not going to score in five quarters of football, it might as well make it dramatic when it finally does reach the end zone. Free State High did just that Friday night at Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium, escaping with a 6-0, home-opening victory over Olathe South with its first touchdown in more than 60 minutes of play — dating back to a season-opening 36-15 loss last week.
- Kansas volleyball drops tourney debut
- Arkansas, UNC prevail to open Jayhawk Classic
- September 13, 2003
- To put it bluntly, Kansas University volleyball coach Ray Bechard is sick of the snoozing.
- Wyoming coach mentor to Kansas aide
- KU’s Collins played, coached for Glenn at Northern Colorado
- September 13, 2003
- Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino didn’t have to look far to get a scouting report on Wyoming coach Joe Glenn. “One of my former players and one of my former coaches are on their staff,” Glenn said of the Jayhawks. “That makes it an even more interesting challenge. Earnest Collins played for me and coached for me at Northern Colorado. He’s a great guy and great coach.
- Society calendar
- September 13, 2003
- Arts events abound this weekend
- September 13, 2003
- It’s a busy weekend for arts lovers. The Lawrence Indian Arts Show opened Friday, the Haskell Indian Art Market hits Haskell’s campus today and tomorrow, and the Spencer Museum of Art is showcasing American Indian art from its collection through mid-October. Couple these events with the Fall Arts & Crafts Festival and the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild Show, and you’ve got a scheduling dilemma.
- Popular movies discussed at sermon series
- September 13, 2003
- Hollywood puts out a lot of movies that are junk. Other films that come to your local theater are entertaining or exciting.
- Fath forum
- September 13, 2003
- How is it that religion, which has the power to inspire people to behave with love and compassion, can lead others to commit acts of terrible evil?
- On the record
- September 13, 2003
- Virgil Orval Damewood Jr.
- September 13, 2003
- Kansas soccer: Smith snags career mark
- September 13, 2003
- It could seem a bit ironic that scoring all three of Kansas University’s goals in its 3-1 victory over Florida State wasn’t good enough for Caroline Smith to win the Jayhawks’ Heart and Soul award Friday afternoon at SuperTarget Field.
- Litigation over KPERS losses ends
- State’s public pension fund recovers $69 million, lawyer reports
- September 13, 2003
- Thirteen years of litigation by the state’s public pension fund over investment losses concluded this week, the lead attorney said Friday.
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Electrical problem leads to evacuation at school ¢ High school principal charged with DUI ¢ Sentencing postponed in elder neglect case ¢ Pump Patrol seeks deals
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Nike settles commercial free speech case ¢ Beatles’ record company sues Apple Computer ¢ Five killed in robbery of convenience store ¢ Three charged in teen’s kidnapping, torture
- People
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ John says it’s time for a redo ¢ Ripa changes tune for dad ¢ Tables turn on telemarketers ¢ Rock hall nominees announced
- Club news
- September 13, 2003
- Bumper sticker value
- Pastor decodes what symbols, slogans say
- September 13, 2003
- The Rev. John McFarland takes bumper stickers seriously — even the funny ones. McFarland believes the slogans that people put on their car bumpers actually say a lot about themselves, as well as the culture we live in.
- Graves blamed for car misuse
- Former official says governor had no interest in correcting problem
- September 13, 2003
- As the state was raising taxes and cutting funds to education and social services in mid-2002, an internal report found that hundreds of state employees were improperly using state-owned vehicles to commute to work. Then-Gov. Bill Graves was aware of the problem but did nothing about it.
- Wildcats want win in home opener
- September 13, 2003
- Perhaps a change of venue will help Baker University’s football team win its first game.
- Bush praises troops for service in Iraq
- September 13, 2003
- President Bush saluted a sea of tan-clad soldiers from the division that notched some of the Iraq war’s main victories but also suffered stinging losses, telling them Friday they were helping America win the war on terror.
- Horoscopes
- September 13, 2003
- Music industry hits sour note with fans
- September 13, 2003
- I hate to say I told you so. Well, not really. Like most people, I rather enjoy it, to tell the truth.
- Fixing up a feast
- September 13, 2003
- Briefly
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Lawmakers join protest of veterans’ benefit cuts ¢ FDA approves new class of antibiotics ¢ Federal panel rejects redistricting suit ¢ Inmate suit alleges torture by prison guards
- Energy source
- September 13, 2003
- Run him out
- September 13, 2003
- Parasite peeve
- September 13, 2003
- Caller ID ends the suspense
- September 13, 2003
- Ah, sweet mystery of life, I know you’re calling. I’ve got caller ID.
- Anniversaries
- September 13, 2003
- 4-H and FCE news
- September 13, 2003
- Sales tax collections fall in Douglas County, Lawrence
- September 13, 2003
- Sales tax collections for Lawrence and Douglas County are down for August and the year, according to the Kansas Department of Revenue’s most recent report.
- Around and about
- September 13, 2003
- J-W seeks photos
- September 13, 2003
- The Journal-World is looking for photos — but not just any old posed pictures.
- Daily ticker
- September 13, 2003
- Lawrence grocers don’t escape increases
- September 13, 2003
- A bull market for cattle has created a bit of a bum steer for Lawrence beef consumers, Lawrence grocers said Friday. Shawn Brown, manager of the Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store at 4000 W. Sixth St., said the store’s beef prices had been on the rise since the beginning of summer as a result of higher cattle prices.
- Nation’s shoppers ease up after July buying binge
- September 13, 2003
- After splurging in July, America’s shoppers spent more modestly in August amid higher energy prices and job losses.
- Boeing takes action in Lockheed case
- September 13, 2003
- Boeing Co. said Friday it had taken unspecified personnel actions after conducting its own investigation into the case in which employees were alleged to have plotted to gain trade secrets from rival Lockheed Martin Co.
- Briefcase
- September 13, 2003
- ¢ Petition drive started to remove Grasso ¢ Cargill makes bid for Farmland business ¢ Stations to launch Kansas news channel
- Senators aim to delay sales tax law
- September 13, 2003
- Two state senators said Friday they would introduce a bill to give merchants more time to deal with a new Kansas sales tax law and predicted most senators would support it.
- Bulldogs’ Cooper glad he stayed
- Georgia running back to make first start
- September 13, 2003
- Michael Cooper wasn’t happy.
- Jacksonville State ready for UNA
- September 13, 2003
- Jacksonville State football coach Jack Crowe knows his team’s defense will be put to the test today when the Gamecocks face the North Alabama.
- Penn State lineman rips Cornhuskers
- September 13, 2003
- Penn State defensive lineman John Bronson started the trash talk early for tonight’s game between the Nittany Lions and No. 18 Nebraska.
- 6Sports video: Free State come out ahead
- September 13, 2003
- Firebirds defeat Olathe South, 6-0.
- McLouth product to start for KSU
- Schwinn will sub for ailing Roberson
- September 13, 2003
- From Kansas State’s point of view, Ell Roberson probably couldn’t have picked a better game to watch from the bench.
- Fresno to face big test in OU
- September 13, 2003
- From the mountains of Tennessee to California’s San Joaquin Valley and now to central Oklahoma, Fresno State is racking up plenty of frequent flier miles and nearly as many bruises.
- Beating Hawkeyes bolstered Iowa State’s recruiting efforts
- September 13, 2003
- If Iowa State was ever going to succeed in football, coach Dan McCarney knew he had to have good players from his own state.
- Baldwin school battles high waters
- Overnight water line break closes elementary building
- September 13, 2003
- A break in the main water line Friday at a Baldwin elementary school left at least 2 inches of standing water throughout the building. Supt. Jim White said staff at the school, which is used by kindergartners, first-graders and second-graders, arrived in the morning to find the building’s interior awash in water.
- Americans must accept war on terrorism won’t be short
- September 13, 2003
- This week, newspaper and television stories have recalled the horror of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the Pentagon and New York City’s World Trade Center towers. One particular three-hour television show traced the development of the twin towers project, the political and behind-the-scenes maneuvering to launch the project, the many tests to verify the buildings could be built, how they were assembled, the role of David and Nelson Rockefeller, negative comments about the architecture of the structures, their impact on the city of New York and Manhattan Island, the individuals who played major roles in the design and engineering of the buildings, the problems of attracting tenants, the importance of the Windows on the World restaurant and, finally, the terrorist attacks.
- Paralyzed resident reports robbery
- September 13, 2003
- Police are looking for a suspect in the robbery of a man who is paralyzed from the chest down.
- Letterman prepares for late-night dad duty
- September 13, 2003
- David Letterman had better start thinking up a top 10 list of baby names — he’s about to become a father.
- Report traces early blackout problems
- Task force still seeking cause of Aug. 14 incident
- September 13, 2003
- The nation’s worst blackout may have resulted from a combination of power plant shutdowns, line failures and voltage problems that were building for several hours before the final crash, according to a sequence outlined Friday by a U.S.-Canadian task force.
- Agency gives Iran October nuclear deadline
- September 13, 2003
- The U.N. atomic agency told Iran Friday to prove by the end of October that its nuclear aims are peaceful, issuing a tough resolution that Tehran’s chief delegate condemned as reflecting Washington’s appetite for “confrontation and war.”
- U.N. lifts sanctions against Libya
- September 13, 2003
- The U.N. Security Council Friday lifted 11-year-old sanctions on Libya after Moammar Gadhafi’s government took responsibility for bombing a Pan Am jet over Scotland and agreed to pay the victims’ families $2.7 billion.
- Defendant guilty of attempted murder
- 20-year-old also convicted of sexual battery, burglary, intimidation
- September 13, 2003
- A jury on Friday rejected the argument that a Lawrence man was so high on PCP that he didn’t know what he was doing when he shot a woman three times last November.
- Collision leads to fatal shooting
- September 13, 2003
- A motorist was shot to death after his car collided with another in Wyandotte County, police said.
- Indians stuff Lions, 21-19
- SM North takes lead for good on touchdown with 33 seconds remaining
- September 13, 2003
- Just when it appeared the Lawrence High football team was poised to steal the game from the state’s top-ranked team, Shawnee Mission North snatched it back at the last moment — literally. “We learned some valuable lessons tonight,” LHS coach Dirk Wedd said. “You can’t give a good football team that many opportunities.”
- Haskell striving to stay focused
- Trinity Bible fell, 105-0, last week
- September 13, 2003
- Normally, when a football team makes a 12-hour pre-game bus trip, the coach worries about his players’ physical state.
- 6News video: Art a la Carte
- September 13, 2003
- Hundreds of artists and art enthusiasts will be in Lawrence tonight for the opening of the 15th annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show. A benefit reception kicks off the juried exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center, and the show, which features more than 130 works by American Indian artists across the country, remains on view through Oct. 11.
- 6News video: Douglas County Health Department actions backed by state health official
- September 13, 2003
- Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, a state epidemiologist, says that the county alerted the public at the correct time.
- 6Sports video: Cardinals defeat Anderson Co. Bulldogs
- September 13, 2003
- Eudora has fun during their 42 - 0 victory.
- 6Sports video: KU has return match-up against Wyoming
- September 13, 2003
- The underdog Jayhawks have to face a rebuilding team who wants nothing more than to prove themselves with a victory.
- 6Sports video: Lions lose close road opener
- September 13, 2003
- Shawnee Mission North squeaks by with a late touchdown over Lawrence.
- 6News video: KU student falls to his death
- September 13, 2003
- The Oliver Hall resident fell from his seventh-story window.
- 6Sports video: Tonganoxie wins High School Game of the Week
- September 13, 2003
- The Chieftans take down Bonner Springs.
- 6News video: City maintains Wal-Mart stance
- September 13, 2003
- The city continues its anti-Wal-Mart position.
- What a rush
- September 13, 2003
- Friends and neighbors
- September 13, 2003
- People and places
- September 13, 2003
- Judge allows service providers to file lawsuit
- Groups say state owes $300M
- September 13, 2003
- Community groups fighting in court to increase state spending on services for the developmentally disabled celebrated Friday a judge’s order allowing their lawsuit to move forward.
- Daniel, Inkster take key win
- Americans trail by one in Solheim Cup
- September 13, 2003
- The only stage Beth Daniel and Juli Inkster ever shared was when they were inducted into the Hall of Fame on the same night three years ago. All they wanted was a chance to play together for the first time in the Solheim Cup.
- Newman nabs New Hampshire pole
- September 13, 2003
- Ryan Newman lived up to his billing as a great qualifier, breaking his own track record while winning the pole Friday at New Hampshire International Speedway.
- Jackson: Lakers pose immense challenge
- September 13, 2003
- Phil Jackson’s weight is down and his energy is up, which is good considering what lies ahead: coaching Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Gordon no flash in pan
- Freshman delivering big plays as wide receiver, return man
- September 13, 2003
- Charles Gordon, who had a breakthrough game last Saturday against UNLV, won’t catch Wyoming by surprise today in Laramie, Wyo. ‘“Flash’ Gordon took a punt back and set them up,” Wyoming coach Joe Glenn said, nicknaming the red-shirt freshman who raced 82 yards on a punt return in KU’s 46-24 victory against the Rebels.
- Cowboys offense struggling
- But Wyoming quarterback can be dangerous
- September 13, 2003
- For the second week in a row, Wyoming will take on a Big 12 Conference foe today. Despite suffering a 48-24 college football loss to Oklahoma State last Saturday at Stillwater, Okla., Wyoming (1-1) is the favorite in today’s game against Kansas (1-1) at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyo. today.
- Miscues doom BHS - Paola 28, Baldwin 20
- Penalties, fumbles costly for Bulldogs
- September 13, 2003
- Penalties are never good in a close game, and Baldwin High found out firsthand in a 28-20 loss Friday to Paola.
- Louise Menzies
- September 13, 2003
- County refuses records request
- Journal-World seeking dispatch recordings from fatal police chase
- September 13, 2003
- The county has joined the city in refusing access to emergency radio communications from a police pursuit that ended with the death of a 56-year-old motorist in southwest Lawrence. Craig Weinaug, county administrator, on Friday denied the Journal-World’s request for access to dispatch records from the Aug. 26 high-speed chase that ended when the fleeing suspect’s car struck another driven by Judith Vellucci, who was killed.
- High-powered Sparks silence Shock
- September 13, 2003
- The Detroit Shock couldn’t guard the Los Angeles Sparks’ All-Star trio of Lisa Leslie, DeLisha Milton and Tamecka Dixon one-on-one. So they went to a zone, and that didn’t work either.
- Religion briefs
- September 13, 2003
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