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- Kerry train to slow in Lawrence
- August 6, 2004
- (Web Posted Friday at 10:05 p.m.) A representative of the Kerry-Edwards campaign has confirmed that John Kerry’s train will be slowing down as it passes through Lawrence tonight, and the candidates possibly will be speaking. Previously estimates had the train arriving in Lawrence about 11:30 p.m.
- Taff picks up five votes in Wyandotte County
- August 6, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 1:53 p.m.) Kris Kobach’s already tiny lead over rival Adam Taff for the Republican nomination in the 3rd Congressional District became a little narrower Friday after a review of provisional ballots in Wyandotte County.
- County canvass results announced
- August 6, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 5:35 p.m.) After voting canvasses in Wyandotte and Douglas counties today, Kris Kobach leads Adam Taff by 81 votes in the Republican primary for the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives nomination.
- Small plane crashes near Eudora
- August 6, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 1:46 p.m.) Two people flying in a small plane suffered minor injuries when the aircraft had to make an emergency landing and crashed in a field northeast of Eudora, authorities said today.
- Another cool day expected
- August 6, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 8:59 a.m.) Sunny skies and unusually cool August temperatures will probably bring more people outside today. “It would be a great day to go out for a walk or a run,” Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist said this morning, as temperatures were in the mid 60s.
- Briefly
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Suspect arrested in plot to blow up courthouse ¢ Interrogators testify they saw prison abuse ¢ Peterson trial delayed to study new evidence ¢ Officer on trial for not arresting homeless man ¢ Teen, girlfriend accused of slaying grandparents ¢ Ferry director arraigned for October wreck
- Briefly
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Author of terror surveillance among suspects detained ¢ 74-year-old inmate executed for 1977 murder, robbery ¢ Genes make it easy for some people to fight hepatitis C ¢ Agents search locations in N.Y., N.J. in anthrax probe
- Balancing liberty, security
- August 6, 2004
- HBO producing series on polygamous family
- August 6, 2004
- Think Tony Soprano, but without all the violence or swearing — and with a wife who doesn’t care if he sleeps with other women. That’s the star of HBO’s new original drama series, the Tom Hanks-produced “Big Love,” about a polygamous, fictional Utah family living in the present day.
- Sideline
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Gruber to chat today ¢ Patriots sign Stubblefield ¢ White Sox add Alomar ¢ Brown, Yankees prevail
- Horoscopes
- August 6, 2004
- Making nursing homes ‘homey’
- Conference aims to update culture of care facilities
- August 6, 2004
- Kansas nursing homes are in trouble. “I’d say that in 10 years, a third of them will be gone; that means 10 a year will go under,” said John Grace, executive director of Kansas Homes and Services for the Aging, a state association for nonprofit nursing homes.
- Attorneys try new strategy to get pay raise
- August 6, 2004
- You can’t complain about being underpaid if you don’t ask for a raise. That’s the idea behind a movement that began this week among court-appointed defense attorneys in Douglas County. Some of the attorneys plan to start billing the county $80 per hour each time they submit a voucher at the end of a misdemeanor criminal case.
- Retailers’ sales slump continues
- Thrifty shoppers boost profits at discounters
- August 6, 2004
- Consumers’ frugal spending extended into a second month during July, giving many retailers lackluster sales gains, particularly mall-based apparel chains like Gap Inc. Analysts attributed the disappointing sales to a variety of factors, including higher gasoline prices and the end of the mortgage refinancing boom. They said retailers should expect more of this downbeat trend going forward.
- Clashes with Shiite cleric’s militia break out anew in Iraq
- Al-Sadr shatters truce, calls for attacks
- August 6, 2004
- Heavy clashes erupted in this holy city Thursday between Iraqi and U.S. forces and followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, shattering a two-month cease-fire and inciting his militia to rise up in three other cities.
- Miller services
- August 6, 2004
- Dolan Services
- August 6, 2004
- Briefly
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Motorcyclist airlifted after 4-vehicle wreck ¢ Local church to mark 139th anniversary ¢ Grants to improve distance learning ¢ Historical online site receives merit award
- Sebelius civil service pay-raise plan wins praise from Republican senator
- August 6, 2004
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ administration on Thursday defended its controversial pay-raise plan for some state employees and found an ally in a Republican legislative leader. Senate President Dave Kerr, R-Hutchinson, who is often at odds with the Democratic governor, complimented Sebelius for issuing an executive order that goes around the civil service system to give raises to certain employees.
- On the Record
- August 6, 2004
- Briefcase
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Disney to sell computers ¢ Goodyear profits rise ¢ Aquila loss narrows ¢ Gas scheme probe nets Enron conviction
- People
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Smith and wife renew vows ¢ Arab-Americans criticize song ¢ Villians return to ‘Doctor Who’ ¢ Bono sings at Buffett funeral
- Kerry speech raises many questions
- August 6, 2004
- Mr. Kerry, in your convention speech you threw caution to the wind and endorsed what you called “one of the oldest Commandments: ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.”’ Oldest? Were they not all published together?
- Narrow vision
- The ‘vision’ current city commissioners espoused for Lawrence is being clouded by a fog of tangential issues.
- August 6, 2004
- Whether you liked it or hated it, there’s little doubt that the current crop of “smart growth” city commissioners seemed to have a vision for Lawrence when they were elected last year. The vision, to put it charitably, was to find a way to make sure Lawrence’s growth conforms to their view of Lawrence’s values.
- Alerts put New York on edge
- August 6, 2004
- I write to you under a terror alert issued Sunday by the Department of Homeland Security. The most difficult part of such an alert is not knowing precisely how to respond. We are told of intelligence concerning al-Qaida plans for terrorist attacks against government and financial centers on U.S. soil: the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in the District of Columbia, Prudential Financial in Newark and Citigroup Center and the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan.
- Bush flip-flops
- August 6, 2004
- Young Kerry earned respect
- August 6, 2004
- The Republicans have tried to turn John Kerry’s military service against him with repeated derogatory references to his 1971 testimony on behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
- Dow drops triple digits on oil fears
- Rising prices create widespread selloff
- August 6, 2004
- Another surge in oil prices sent stocks plummeting Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average shedding more than 160 points and the Nasdaq composite index and Standard & Poor’s 500 recording new lows for the year.
- Ford rolls out first hybrid SUV
- Company unveils gas-electric powered vehicle at plant in suburban Kansas City
- August 6, 2004
- The Ford Motor Co. officially kicked off production Thursday of a hybrid version of its Escape SUV, the world’s first gas-electric hybrid sports utility vehicle and the first hybrid vehicle produced by an American automaker.
- Special enrollment session welcomes international students
- August 6, 2004
- Being new to a community can make any parents anxious about their child’s school. But the transition can be even more nerve wracking when the family has arrived from a foreign country. “In Amsterdam, there is a big difference between a good school and a bad school,” Margot Versteeg said Thursday while enrolling her 9-year-old son, Ruben.
- Screen dreams
- Midway Drive-In endures time, industry challenges with grace
- August 6, 2004
- As the floodlights dim for showtime at the Midway Drive-In Theater in Osawatomie, a cannon-like boom signals the beginning of “Spiderman 2.” But as anyone familiar with the timeworn outdoor theater could guess, this particular explosion is far too resonant to emanate from the theater’s tinny, time-addled, car-side speakers.
- Drakkar Sauna basks in sticky musical perfume
- August 6, 2004
- More than likely, everything Drakkar Sauna says is a lie. If it isn’t, you’ll sure as heck think it is. Band members Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stolz spin cock-and-bull stories like they’re outcasts from some Mark Twain Academy, only they’re a little under-rehearsed.
- Foxx, Cruise carry one long night in gripping ‘Collateral’
- August 6, 2004
- Tom Cruise has had a knack for picking good projects lately. There were Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai” and Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report.” In “Vanilla Sky” and “Mission Impossible II,” he collaborated with celebrated directors Cameron Crowe and John Woo.
- Topekan who died mysteriously at mother’s home laid to rest
- Parent who lied about march kept body in house for months
- August 6, 2004
- More than four months after she died in the home she shared with her elderly mother, Mary Shannon Smith has been buried in a Topeka cemetery. But many questions about the two women remain, including how Smith died and why her mother kept the body in the house for so long.
- Kerry train to pass through town today
- Lawrence law enforcement preparing for Democrats’ arrival
- August 6, 2004
- A train carrying presidential candidate John Kerry will roll through Lawrence late tonight after a day of campaigning in Kansas City. Whether Kerry stops here — even for a few minutes — is an open question.
- Mercury levels raise alarm
- State’s fish may be too tainted to eat
- August 6, 2004
- Fish at Lone Star Lake exceed federal standards for safe consumption by young children and mothers, reflecting a trend of rising contamination levels in lakes across Kansas, home to one of the biggest mercury polluters in the nation.
- Ultraviolet device enlisted in crypto fight
- New system for indoor pool ‘better’ than chlorine
- August 6, 2004
- Cryptosporidium is going to have a tougher time living in the tepid water of the city’s Indoor Aquatic Center. When the competition pool reopens Monday after two weeks of maintenance, a new water-cleaning system — using ultraviolet light — will be in place to help kill bacteria and disease.
- Academy picks city as poetry landmark
- August 6, 2004
- Key West, Lawrence, San Francisco. The three cities were among 31 locations named Thursday as national poetry landmarks by the Academy of American Poets. Lawrence made the list because it was the boyhood home of poet Langston Hughes.
- Paper questions timing of Garciaparra’s injury
- August 6, 2004
- Nomar Garciaparra has come under renewed scrutiny after a published report raised questions about when the recently traded Boston shortstop hurt his right Achilles’ tendon. Garciaparra has never wavered, saying he was injured when struck by a ball in batting practice before an exhibition game March 5 against Northeastern at Fort Myers, Fla.
- Briefs
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Clemens given apology for ‘unjustly’ ejection ¢ Burrell put on 15-day DL
- Yanks’ Brown back to form
- Athletics held scoreless for eight innings
- August 6, 2004
- Kevin Brown thought he might be nearing the end of his career. He spent the first two months of the season battling his body, perplexed by his performance. Then he spent seven weeks on the disabled list because of back spasms and an intestinal parasite that weakened him.
- Prior pitches Cubs past Rockies
- Chicago ace earns his first victory in more than a month
- August 6, 2004
- Mark Prior is back on track, and the Chicago Cubs are rolling at exactly the right time. Prior pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in more than a month, and the Cubs won their fourth straight by completing a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 5-1 victory Thursday.
- Detainees appeal for freedom
- First Guantanamo hearings open to media
- August 6, 2004
- Two Afghan prisoners, their hands bound and feet chained to the floor, pleaded for their freedom Thursday before U.S. military tribunals, their first hearings since they’ve been held at Guantanamo Bay and the first open to observers.
- Readers return to old favorites
- ‘Lord of Rings,’ ‘Gatsby’ among most reread books
- August 6, 2004
- Lisa Clemmer, a 37-year-old bibliophile from Richmond, Va., remembers the first time she read Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” She was in college, at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Walker’s novel introduced her to a world she knew nothing about.
- Oprah signs on for three more years
- August 6, 2004
- Oprah Winfrey can start making big anniversary plans. Winfrey signed with King World Productions to continue her top-rated “The Oprah Winfrey Show” through the 2010-11 television season, which would be its 25th year in syndication.
- Michael Jackson biopic fails to take gloves off
- August 6, 2004
- Cheaply made and frequently ridiculous, the 2004 biopic “Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story” (8 p.m., VH1) makes little effort to make sense or tell a story. The producers simply assume that the film’s potential audience is already well acquainted with the music superstar’s tabloid-worthy stunts, exploits and scandals.
- Kerry questions Bush’s first responses to 9-11
- August 6, 2004
- John Kerry said Thursday he would have jumped into action more quickly than President Bush did on Sept. 11, 2001, raising the stakes in the political fight over terrorism as Bush warned that the United States can’t afford to “grow timid and weary and afraid” in Iraq or elsewhere.
- Two arrested in raid on mosque
- August 6, 2004
- An Albany imam and a pizza man helped launder money in a purported plot to sell a shoulder-fired missile to terrorists, prosecutors charged Thursday. The duo thought they were helping a man buy a missile to kill the Pakistani ambassador in New York City.
- Bush calls for time off in lieu of overtime
- August 6, 2004
- President Bush on Thursday called on Congress to pass legislation making it easier for employers to offer workers time off instead of overtime pay — an idea that Republicans hope will appeal both to Bush’s core business supporters and to swing voters juggling home and work responsibilities.
- Advocates for disabled students support ruling
- August 6, 2004
- Groups representing 65,000 Kansas students with disabilities filed legal briefs Thursday supporting a court order that declared the current school finance system discriminatory and unconstitutional. “Underfunding of special education by the state for students with disabilities is just one more example of continuing systematic discrimination against people with disabilities,” said Kirk Lowry, litigation director for Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services.
- Lawrence Datebook
- August 6, 2004
- Democratic nominee who didn’t campaign ‘still in wonderment’
- August 6, 2004
- Nobody saw Robert Conroy on the campaign trail, but 1,542 people in Cherokee County voted for him anyway in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Nor did Conroy troll for support in Shawnee County, but he still trounced Lee Jones there with 10,860 votes to 2,676.
- Political briefs
- August 6, 2004
- ¢ Attorneys argue about opening GOP primary ¢ Thornburgh surprised by primary turnout
- Joe Edmond Swadley
- August 6, 2004
- Baylor Lafayette Parsons
- August 6, 2004
- William Lester Herd
- August 6, 2004
- Kids of the bike boom
- Armstrong’s success has piqued interest of area youth
- August 6, 2004
- Jim Whittaker has three simple rules he teaches up-and-coming cyclists: have fun, be safe and ride fast. At Thursday night’s Cycle Works Twilight Bicycle Race at Haskell Indian Nations University, one young rider suggested a fourth. A small girl in the middle of the pack of at least 50 riders eagerly quipped, “Don’t bump into anyone.”
- Price spending summer scouting sons
- August 6, 2004
- What do college baseball coaches do in the summer? Recruit, of course. And try to keep abreast of what their players are doing. For Kansas University coach Ritch Price, that also includes keeping track of two-thirds of his sons.
- Barmann still top rung on quarterback ladder
- August 6, 2004
- Adam Barmann has not been named Kansas University’s starting quarterback, but it sounds as if the job is his to lose. “We want to get everybody a look early on,” Kansas offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Nick Quartaro said.
- Success hasn’t spoiled Hall
- K.C. kick returner ‘delight’ to coaches, teammates
- August 6, 2004
- Not even his Kansas City teammates are safe from Dante Hall’s slick moves. Consider the case of R-Kal Truluck. The big defensive end had been standing in line for more than 20 minutes, waiting to have his picture taken for Monday Night Football.
- K.C. silences Chicago again
- Greinke brilliant in win marred by power outage
- August 6, 2004
- Zack Greinke pitched lights-out for the Kansas City Royals. Greinke (4-8) allowed one run in seven innings, and Matt Stairs homered twice in the Kansas City Royals’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night in a game that was delayed 24 minutes by a power outage in the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium.
- Bill C. Chrisman
- August 6, 2004
- Study: Eating high-carb diet may increase risk of breast cancer
- August 6, 2004
- High-carb diets may increase more than just waistlines. New research suggests they might raise the risk of breast cancer. Women in Mexico who ate a lot of carbohydrates were more than twice as likely to get breast cancer than those who ate less starch and sugar, scientists found.
- Canvassers to certify 3rd District
- Douglas County may provide swing vote in narrow Republican race
- August 6, 2004
- Kris Kobach and Adam Taff, locked in a statistical tie in a race for their political lives, will be counting on three Douglas County residents for help this morning. Jere McElhaney, Dean Nieder and Sue Neustifter are scheduled to convene at 9 a.m. as the county’s Board of Canvassers.
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