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- Organizing garage or workshop begins with tools
- April 25, 2004
- When it comes to organizing your garage and workshop, easy access to tools is a necessity - and having items hanging on a pegboard where they’re easy to grab is a luxury, says Jay Baker.
- Test your mold knowledge - for your health
- April 25, 2004
- When it comes to mold, all kinds of health issues can spring up when it comes to your health. Allergies can surface, and then there’s the costly cleanup. Test your knowledge about mold in the home.
- The right building inspector gets you off and running
- April 25, 2004
- If you hear the term “smart house” and think of a James Bond-like, gadget-laden space with exploding pens and a rolling bar, think again, 007.
- Duct tape rules the world!
- April 25, 2004
- Use duct tape to keep a bag of chips closed or to tape up the bag inside a box of cereal or crackers that rips down the side when you try to open it at the top.
- Authorities study Hamas link in Kosovo prison gunbattle
- April 25, 2004
- Authorities are investigating whether a Jordanian U.N. policeman who killed three American corrections officers in a gunbattle at a Kosovo prison had links to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a senior NATO official said.
- How to install an extra phone line
- April 25, 2004
- Need to install an extra phone line? With help from the DIY — Do It Yourself Network program “Home Repair & Remodeling,” you can put one in on your own.
- Motley Fool
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Last week’s answer ¢ Indexes galore
- Horoscopes
- April 25, 2004
- ‘Smoking’ Beltran has birthday bash
- April 25, 2004
- Carlos Beltran had a birthday party at the Minnesota Twins’ expense.
- KU theater closes season with farce
- April 25, 2004
- A new adaptation of Moliere’s dark comedy, “George Dandin,” will close out the University Theatre’s 2003-04 William Inge Memorial Theatre Series.
- Family briefs
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Pitch in, Dad ¢ The games they play ¢ Dealing with dawdlers
- Education best weapon against racism
- April 25, 2004
- People keep asking what I think of David Williams’ column. That’s because his column, published recently in the student newspaper of Oregon State University, was inspired by one of mine. Also because his hacked a lot of people off.
- On the record
- April 25, 2004
- Grassroots guru
- Nationally acclaimed baseball expert loves life in Lawrence
- April 25, 2004
- An hour from the nearest major-league team wouldn’t appear the ideal environment for a baseball writer, but it suits Bill James perfectly.
- Mayer: 50 years ago, Santee’s 14-mile challenge proved his greatness
- April 25, 2004
- Who’d be nutty enough to challenge 28 half-milers to a 14-mile run along a busy highway? And boast that he’d win in a breeze? Which he did during the glory days of Kansas University track.
- Jayhawk briefs
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Jones not yet chosen ¢ Hansbrough to visit KU ¢ KU-Baylor postponed ¢ Women’s golf eighth ¢ Minnesota sweeps rowing ¢ A&M routs tennis ¢ Soccer tops Drake
- Commentary: Draft day for NFL vastly overrated
- April 25, 2004
- Forgive me Lord (and Trey Wingo), for I have sinned.
- Youth event draws 500
- April 25, 2004
- Rain might have kept potential participants from attending a youth golf clinic Saturday at Twin Oaks Golf Complex, but it wasn’t a total washout.
- Exhibit challenges notion of art as purely decorative
- April 25, 2004
- What’s over your sofa? That’s an easy question to answer. Why is it there? That’s a tougher question and the one being asked by a new exhibit, “A Painting for Over the Sofa (That’s Not Necessarily a Painting),” at the Spencer Museum of Art.
- Plant closing unleashes army of Barbie dolls
- April 25, 2004
- Every now and then, on this crazy planet we call “Earth,” you come across a story so darned heartwarming that you need to take a prescription antacid.
- Lawrence commuter report
- April 25, 2004
- The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week
- Nine unearned runs help Sooners roll, 10-1
- April 25, 2004
- Oklahoma scored nine unearned runs en route to a 10-1, five-inning victory over Kansas University on Saturday at OU Softball Complex.
- Do-it-yourself work saves money, but be careful
- April 25, 2004
- “It can get very involved, but I saved a lot of money.”
- Media, Jackson want gag order lifted
- April 25, 2004
- The secrecy shrouding last week’s grand jury indictment of Michael Jackson was one reason a coalition of news organizations, joined by Jackson’s attorney, are petitioning the California Supreme Court to rescind a gag order.
- Briefly
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Fans honor football player killed in Afghanistan ¢ Kerry takes communion day after Vatican comments ¢ Priest charged in nun’s death always suspect, police say
- Briefly
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Low-carb dieters told to leave restaurant ¢ Station fined $4,000 for airing Castro prank ¢ Former sex slave to be deported to Mexico
- Business briefs
- April 25, 2004
- Poet’s showcase
- April 25, 2004
- People
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ TBS into funny business ¢ Could have been a ‘Contender’ ¢ Actress: Playboy getting cheesy ¢ Queens taps poet over rapper
- Book notes
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Area readings ¢ ‘Star Trek’ authors to appear at Oread Books ¢ Noted travel journalist to appear at Oread Books
- Commentary: Unmanned space missions should be funding priority
- April 25, 2004
- As a boy, I read “Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space,” “Tom Swift and His Giant Robot.” I’m the kind of nerd who should favor the political drift these days toward putting people on planets. But I’m not getting liftoff from the idea of putting people on Mars.
- Girls over 50 just wanna have fun
- Red Hat Society tallies eight Lawrence chapters
- April 25, 2004
- Biting back a mischievous grin, Connie Sue Patterson leans forward and puts on her best conspiratorial face. “I tell you, I have THE secret to combat aging,” the 53-year-old Prairie Patches employee says, pausing for dramatic effect.
- Powell’s role in war still in question
- April 25, 2004
- What did the secretary of state know about the decision to go to war in Iraq and when did he know it?
- Diary reveals new side to Einstein
- April 25, 2004
- In the last years of Albert Einstein’s life, he amused himself by telling jokes to his parrot and avoided visitors by feigning illness, according to a newly discovered diary written by the woman known around Princeton as his last girlfriend.
- Be your own boss, but answer some questions first
- April 25, 2004
- Here are some tips before you swing the hammer
- Briefly
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ At least four die in plastics plant blast ¢ Slain N.D. student mourned at service ¢ KKK joke angers Colorado Democrats ¢ City officials drop Pledge of Allegiance ¢ Reunification fails in split referendum ¢ Two U.S. oil workers killed in boat attack
- Manning tapped first, traded to Giants
- Chargers get Rivers in swap; Gallery, Fitzgerald go 2-3; Miami has big day
- April 25, 2004
- After a tense hour in which Eli Manning was a prospective law student, the NFL’s first family of quarterbacks got what it wanted.
- Cheney’s due
- April 25, 2004
- Chiefs’ top pick a big one
- K.C. selects 344-pound defensive tackle Siavii
- April 25, 2004
- The Kansas City Chiefs’ biggest player just became No. 2.
- Museum features works reflecting racial stereotypes
- April 25, 2004
- It all started for David Pilgrim with the “mammy” salt shaker.
- Pet post
- April 25, 2004
- Forget finesse. Lacrosse players take a beating on the field of hard knocks
- April 25, 2004
- As soon as the practice begins, so does the hitting. “Damn, C.J.!” says one frustrated player after getting knocked to the ground by a teammate at a recent afternoon practice of the Kansas University Men’s Lacrosse Club at Broken Arrow Park.
- How to install a hand-held shower adapter
- April 25, 2004
- With a hand-held shower adapter you can have the best of both worlds: a fixed showerhead and a hand-held extender that allows you to put the spray right where you want it.
- Arts notes
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Modern music headed for the Lied Center ¢ Downtown landscape to get eight new faces. ¢ KU student playwright wins national award ¢ KU student playwright wins national award ¢ KU singer advances to vocal ‘Final Four’ ¢ Prints give flavor of Mexico ¢ Spacescapes, avatars infiltrate Ad Astra ¢ Artists to perform at Olive Gallery ¢ Art in the Park only a week away ¢ KU professor displays art in Strong Hall ¢ Spend a day with J.S. Bach ¢ Sax player to join performance art event ¢ Sculpture workshop scheduled in Lawrence ¢ New exhibit features office technology ¢ Lawrence portrait artist named photographer of year ¢ Early-start music method focus of public meeting ¢ Entries sought for literary awards
- Review: University Dance Company’s new works educate, entertain
- April 25, 2004
- Seldom does an evening of new dance expand not only an audience’s aesthetic palate but its scholarly one as well. The University Dance Company’s spring concert Thursday evening was an exception.
- Haven’t got time for the pain
- New tonsil surgery lets children go home sooner
- April 25, 2004
- Two days after Abigail Carney had her tonsils out, the 3-year-old ate a grilled-cheese sandwich. Her doctor credits a new, gentler surgical technique for Abigail’s comparatively speedy recovery.
- Overland Park author (barely) lives to tell hitchhiking tales
- April 25, 2004
- There was a soothing irony, Bryce Yarborough thought, about his last moments of life. The recent University of Missouri graduate had looked down the barrel of a gun in Oregon, narrowly escaped being raped by a man in Los Angeles and somehow avoided plummeting off a cliff while catching a ride from a drunk stranger in Montana.
- Agony of defeat as important as jubilation of win
- April 25, 2004
- One constant at athletic events is one team wins and the other loses. While covering these events, photographers are always looking for pictures that tell the story of the game. Sometimes it’s the jubilation of the win, other times it’s the agony of defeat.
- Poets hope interest doesn’t peter out when series ends
- April 25, 2004
- Poetic awareness in Lawrence has bloomed with the tulips and daffodils the past two years. That’s because during April — National Poetry Month — area wordsmiths have offered language bouquets in the form of spoken verse each Friday throughout the Lawrence Poetry Series.
- Designer gear complements room’s decor
- April 25, 2004
- After an evening watching MTV with his pup, Enzo, Dan Schneider can’t imagine putting the little guy to bed in a typical dog crate.
- Tips make moving day easier for dog
- April 25, 2004
- So you’ve finally saved enough money to buy that house at 2222 Dream St. Or maybe you’ve just had it with your always-dank English basement. Either way, moving can mean big things for you — new space to decorate, a proper pedestal for your PlayStation 2, no more roommate.
- Mousetraps known to bait collectors
- April 25, 2004
- Attempts to build a better mousetrap have created some unusual, amusing and sometimes inefficient traps. In the 19th century, traps were made to snap shut on the mouse’s neck, to shoot it with an arrow, to toss it in the water where it would drown, to hit it on the head or to catch it alive.
- Check stations to return
- April 25, 2004
- For the first time in about 25 years, western Kansas deer hunters will be visiting check stations this fall.
- Fishing report
- April 25, 2004
- Knot tying made easier with latest innovation
- April 25, 2004
- He scrunched his nose, adjusted his reading glasses and peered at the lime-green fishing line as he twisted it around the pen-sized brass tool. Looping the line on the end, he pulled it taut and looked at the small knot.
- Fishing briefs
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Free fishing June 5-6 ¢ Women’s event May 8 ¢ Some crappie worth $100
- G-7 pledges funds for war on terror
- IMF leaders say economy improving
- April 25, 2004
- The world’s wealthy nations promised Saturday to take new steps to promote growth in the global economy, while protesters banged pots and pans to try to focus their attention on the poor.
- Healthy change
- April 25, 2004
- Arafat dismisses new Sharon threat
- Leader says Israel wouldn’t kill him
- April 25, 2004
- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday brushed off new Israeli threats, telling several thousand supporters that Israel would never get rid of him.
- Hitting home
- The current conflict in Iraq may not be another Vietnam, but talk of renewing a military draft stirs some painful memories of that era.
- April 25, 2004
- Nothing will test this nation’s resolve to pursue the war on terrorism more than talk of reinstating a military draft.
- Dodging answers cost Kerry in polls
- April 25, 2004
- When Matthew Dowd, a senior strategist for the Bush campaign, was asked in a conference call with reporters last week why the president had gained strength in two of the latest national surveys despite the worst month of bloodshed in Iraq, the headlined investigation of pre-9-11 intelligence failures and Bush’s rocky prime-time televised news conference, he had a ready answer.
- Show initiative
- April 25, 2004
- Bad investment
- April 25, 2004
- Protest duty
- April 25, 2004
- Termites begin yearly attack
- April 25, 2004
- I jokingly like to start talks about termites with the thought that there are two types of homes in Kansas: those that have termites and those that are going to get them. Unfortunately, termites are no joking matter. As the warm days heat the soil while rain increases soil moisture, termites are spreading their wings and taking flight to find new habitats. Often the winged reproductive termites are the only evidence of the wood-destroying insects. So, if you are finding winged termites, you may have the bugs eating you out of house and home and not even know it. Here are some tips to help you identify and control wood-destroying termites.
- Bob Gelain Surber
- April 25, 2004
- Lawrence W. Mages
- April 25, 2004
- Ralph W. Schrant
- April 25, 2004
- Environmental award goes to KU student
- April 25, 2004
- A Kansas University junior from Overland Park has been selected for a $5,000 Morris K. Udall scholarship.
- Sylvia Lea Reynolds
- April 25, 2004
- Vote on Kansas quarter design surprises high school officials
- April 25, 2004
- Some high school administrators said they were caught by surprise when they found out their students were supposed to vote this week on the design for the new state quarter.
- Wichita has flight plan for AirTran
- April 25, 2004
- AirTran Airways could get a one-year extension of financial assistance from the city of Wichita if it adds two flights a day from the city’s airport.
- Field in D.A.’s race grows to 3
- April 25, 2004
- Eudora city prosecutor Charles Branson will officially announce his candidacy Tuesday for Douglas County district attorney.
- Lawrence briefs
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Steady rain adds up to less than half an inch ¢ Presentation looks at historic Kansas ¢ EU expansion subject of KU conference
- Sewage treatment limits may stop up growth
- April 25, 2004
- Bill Newsome looks at 135 acres of farm fields southeast of Lawrence and sees vacant land thirsting for development.
- Kansas School for the Deaf teachers launch raft on Kaw for novel lesson
- April 25, 2004
- They didn’t expect to meet any con artists or lynch mobs, and they certainly weren’t expecting to crash into a steamboat.
- New battlefield monument honors Confederate soldiers
- April 25, 2004
- Nearly 140 years ago, Union and Confederate soldiers clashed in Linn County during the only major Civil War battle in Kansas.
- Patriot Act stirs chamber meeting debate
- Kansas senator defends law as necessary tool
- April 25, 2004
- The Patriot Act was created to give federal authorities better tools to deal with the threat of terrorism, America’s top general says, but concerns about the act should be taken seriously.
- Pump Patrol seeks deals
- April 25, 2004
- City briefs
- April 25, 2004
- ¢ Hundreds volunteer for Day of Caring ¢ Teachers union gets new president ¢ Meeting scheduled to plan mural project
- River City Festival washed
- April 25, 2004
- The last day of the River City Baseball Festival was a wash, with Hoglund Ballpark, Ice Field and the Free State field too wet to play.
- Klitschko claims WBC crown
- Sanders stopped in eighth round of heavyweight bout
- April 25, 2004
- Vitali Klitschko staked his claim to the heavyweight title and avenged his brother’s defeat Saturday in a dominating performance that left Corrie Sanders battered, bloodied and unable to fight back in the eighth round.
- Schwehr wins 1,500
- Sophomore triumphs at Drake Relays
- April 25, 2004
- Kansas University sophomore Cameron Schwehr won the 1,500-meter championship Saturday on the final day of the 95th annual Drake Relays.
- Jeter admits he’s pressing
- April 25, 2004
- Derek Jeter can’t help but peek at the scoreboard when he heads to the plate and see his average plunging.
- Less prolific, more popular
- April 25, 2004
- Bill James publishes far less often now than he did in his writing prime 20 years ago, but his fame is peaking.
- DeJesus gets call
- Closer MacDougal rejoins K.C.
- April 25, 2004
- The reeling Kansas City Royals placed pitcher Kevin Appier on the disabled list because of a sore elbow, one of six roster moves Saturday.
- Davis helps Hornets put heat on Miami
- April 25, 2004
- The New Orleans Hornets relied on defense and inspired play by their banged-up All-Star guard to get back into their first-round playoff series.
- White’s blast propels Tigers
- Detroit improves to 11-7 with victory over Indians
- April 25, 2004
- Rondell White had been waiting for a chance to make a good impression at Comerica Park.
- Clemens ties Perry on victory list
- Rocket earns fourth win of season, 314th of career in triumph over Rockies
- April 25, 2004
- In a matchup of old guys, Roger Clemens tied another of baseball’s Hall of Famers.
- Smoking ban may go to voters, despite city
- Petitions may render official decision on referendum moot
- April 25, 2004
- Former Mayor Marty Kennedy is delighted the Lawrence City Commission is contemplating direct democracy. He just wishes it had happened sooner.
- What’s the matter with Kansas?
- Corporate conservatism has consumed state’s proud populist past, writer argues
- April 25, 2004
- Lawrence newsstands have sold out of the April issue of Harper’s Magazine. “It flew out of here so fast, I didn’t even get to see it,” said John Fackler, manager at Borders, 700 N.H.
- 6-year-old awaiting ‘miracle’ jumps for joy on her new trampoline
- April 25, 2004
- Paulina Cooper isn’t sure where she got her interest in trampolines. The 6-year-old Lawrence girl just knew she liked them.
- Six U.S. troops killed in Iraq
- Maritime suicide bombing likened to attack on USS Cole; at least 33 Iraqis die
- April 25, 2004
- Suicide attackers detonated explosive-laden boats near oil facilities in the Persian Gulf on Saturday, killing two U.S. Navy sailors in a new tactic against Iraq’s vital oil industry. Elsewhere, violence across Iraq killed at least 33 Iraqis and four American soldiers.
- Salina offers lesson on referendum
- April 25, 2004
- Salina’s referendum in 2002 on a partial smoking ban provides Lawrence voters a glimpse of what such a campaign here might look like.
- Scientists tackle stumper: How tall can trees grow?
- April 25, 2004
- It’s the kind of question a chronically curious kid might pester a parent with: Daddy, how tall can a tree grow?
- Dole institute program examines Iraq situation
- April 25, 2004
- Several scholars, journalists and government officials will come next month to the Dole Institute of Politics on Kansas University’s west campus to discuss the situation in Iraq.
- In rural communities, elderly populations rely on other seniors to act as caregivers
- April 25, 2004
- Despite the challenges the elderly face in rural towns across America, there is no overlooking the value of neighbor helping neighbor.
- Let yourself go when designing water fountains
- April 25, 2004
- When it comes to designing water fountains, says Heidi Robinson, homeowners shouldn’t be afraid to let their imaginations go wild.
- Cleaning out clutter can be an utter joy
- April 25, 2004
- Spring is right around the corner, and it’s just about time to clean the house the way you’ve always wanted to do.
- Get crafty with duct tape
- April 25, 2004
- Duct tape gives artists and crafters a whole new medium to use for their creative projects.
- Duct tape facts and tips
- April 25, 2004
- Facts and tips on duct tape.
- Report: Saudis aided U.S. invasion of Iraq
- April 25, 2004
- During the Iraq war, Saudi Arabia secretly helped the United States far more than has been acknowledged, allowing operations from at least three air bases, permitting special forces to stage attacks from Saudi soil and providing cheap fuel, U.S. and Saudi officials say.
- Report: N. Korea first suspected blast was U.S. attack
- April 25, 2004
- The blast was so big that some North Koreans thought a nuclear war had erupted.
- Top brass defends conduct of troops
- April 25, 2004
- According to some reports, hundreds of civilians, including women and children, have been killed in the U.S. military’s siege of Fallujah, Iraq. But Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says U.S. troops are conducting a “humane operation” to the point of increasing their owns risks.
- John ‘Jack’ Shepard
- April 25, 2004
- Smoky Mountain home influenced by Southwest
- April 25, 2004
- Maggie Erickson’s home is a showplace of the Southwest. But she lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
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