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A service truck burns Tuesday morning near the Leavenworth-Douglas
County line

Houston Astros second baseman Jeff Kent stands with his children
Hunter, 6, right, and Colton, 5, middle, during All-Star workouts.
The Kent kids hung out with their dad Monday in Houston

Houston pitcher and NL starter Roger Clemens, right, greets
Colorado infielder Todd Helton during All-Star workouts. Clemens,
shown Monday in Houston, will pitch to longtime nemesis Mike
Piazza, the NL catcher, in tonight's All-Star game

Boston's David Ortiz, left, and Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa chat during
All-Star workouts. The two sluggers failed to advance past the
first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night in Houston

Baltimore's Miguel Tejada celebrates winning the All-Star Home Run
Derby. Tejada beat Astros slugger Lance Berkman for the title
Monday in Houston

Junior-college transfer Jason Swanson, left, and sophomore Adam
Barmann will compete for the quarterback job for Kansas University
this fall

Swimmer Aaron Peirsol celebrates his world-record finish in the
men's 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic swim trials. Peirsol
finished in a time of 1:54.74 on Monday in Long Beach, Calif

Marion Jones lands after her first jump in the women's long-jump
qualifying round at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. Jones
on Monday advanced to Thursday's finals in the event in Sacramento,
Calif

AIDS activists throw paint on a poster of President Bush during a
demonstration at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok,
Thailand. Several U.S. policies on the world fight against AIDS
drew criticism Monday at the conference

The device detonated Monday by the Overland Park bomb squad is
shown on a bench in the Japanese Friendship Garden in the 1000
block of Massachusetts Street

From left, Berlinda Tolbert, Damon Evans and Isabel Sanford listen
to Sherman Hemsley in a special hourlong broadcast of CBS' "The
Jeffersons" in this Sept. 24, 1977, file photo

Allison Schieffelin rejoices after leaving federal court in New
York. She will receive a $12 million award as part of a settlement
between Morgan Stanley and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission

Rob Gloss works during a sale at the Overbrook Livestock
Commission. Gloss, who was working on Monday, is purchasing the
business from John and Joyce Dillon, who have owned it for the past
19 years

Bruce Martin, at far left, registers to vote as Willie Moore, top,
Jeannie New Moon, center, and Linda Porter pass the time on a
church stoop

The midway at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln, Neb., is
virtually deserted. This 2003 fair ended $650,000 over budget

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Tanker truck destroyed in fire northeast of Lawrence: By Lindsay Hanson; July 13, 2004; (Updated Tuesday at 1:05 p.m.) Black smoke plumes billowed hundreds of feet this morning northeast of Lawrence as a tanker truck carrying 1,700 gallons of diesel fuel and oil burned in the 1700 block of North 1800 Road, which is just east of the Kansas Highway 32 and U.S. Highway 24-40 intersection near the Douglas-Leavenworth County line.
Accident restricts turnpike traffic in Lawrence: J-W Staff Reports; July 13, 2004; (Updated Tuesday at 9:43 a.m.) A tractor-trailer hit a section of road barrier on the Kansas Turnpike early today, producing no injuries but snarling traffic just east of the West Lawrence tollbooth.
Heat index soars past 110: Heat advisory issued for two area counties; By Dave Toplikar; July 13, 2004; (Updated Wednesday at 1:54 p.m.) It’s going to be another hot day, with temperatures in the upper 90s, plus a heat index that had soared to 111 by mid afternoon. “If you have to be outside today, make sure you wear light clothing and drink plenty of water,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. Schack also suggested checking on children, elderly friends and relatives and making sure pets kept outside have water.
Briefly: July 13, 2004; ¢ Sharon seeks alliance with moderate Labor Party ¢ Kerry targets minorities with $3 million ad buys
Briefly: July 13, 2004; ¢ Suspect pleads not guilty in antifreeze slaying ¢ Immigrant ship docks, but arrests made ¢ More injuries reported during running of bulls
Briefly: July 13, 2004; ¢ Prison inmate shot after taking hostage ¢ Tougher cholesterol standards advocated
Menefee 14th in 5,000: J-W Staff Reports; July 13, 2004; Former Kansas University runner Mark Menefee placed seventh in his heat and 14th overall in the 5,000-meter semifinal race Monday at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials after posting a time of 13:47.02.
Lights out in Athens: The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; The worst blackout in more than a decade hit Athens and southern Greece on Monday, leaving millions sweltering and raising concerns about whether the lights will go out at next month’s Olympics.
Broadway producers, actors reach agreement: By Michael Kuchwara - Associated Press Writer; July 13, 2004; Broadway lights will continue to shine.
People: July 13, 2004; ¢ Captain Fantastic planning fund-raising performance ¢ Imelda Marcos loses lawsuit ¢ ESPN, Espen to meet ¢ Eastwood, Spielberg to make film
Congress trying to pass buck: By Cal Thomas; July 13, 2004; The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has found that bad information was provided to the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war. Some members of Congress claim that had they known then what they now know they would have not voted to authorize force to topple Saddam Hussein.
One year in France: A Lawrence teen finds Europeans saddened about 9-11, angry with President Bush and fond of Woody Allen movies; By Beth Ruhl - J-W Teen Advisory Board; July 13, 2004; Coming back to America after a year in France is like going into culture shock all over again. Some things have changed and others not at all. There are many people and things I miss about France, but at the same time I am glad to be back. The year went by quickly, but there are many things I have learned not only about myself, but also my country.
County weighs proposed design for four-land freeway to Ottawa: By Mark Fagan; July 13, 2004; State engineers will have to wait at least another month before getting Douglas County commissioners’ advice for designing a new freeway alongside U.S. Highway 59.
Foes Clemens, Piazza unlikely battery mates: By Ben Walker - Associated Press Baseball Writer; July 13, 2004; At least Mike Piazza will be wearing a mask, shinguards and a chest protector when Roger Clemens throws at him tonight.
Raiders sweep twinbill: J-W Staff Reports; July 13, 2004; Lawrence’s Raiders swept Salina, 12-6 and 13-3, in an American Legion baseball doubleheader on Monday.
Horoscopes: By Jacqueline Bigar; July 13, 2004
Questions to ask: July 13, 2004
Nightmare repairs needed for designer dream home: K.C. homeowner faces expensive maintenance on historical house by architect Frank Lloyd Wright; The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; The good news is that Homer Williams lives in a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the world’s best-known architects. That’s the bad news, too, as the unique characteristics of the 40-year-old house have made a much-needed repair and renovation project extraordinarily expensive.
Dawn Marie Beck: July 13, 2004
Daily ticker: July 13, 2004
Couple sell Overbrook sale barn: Longtime owners take advantage of hot market; By Chad Lawhorn; July 13, 2004; As owners of the Overbrook Livestock Commission for the past 19 years, John and Joyce Dillon know the concept of “buy low, sell high.”
Briefcase: July 13, 2004; ¢ MCI may become target of telecom bidding battle ¢ Fate of Boeing tankers to be decided in spring ¢ Google taps Nasdaq ¢ Tech sector takes hit ¢ Visa launches campaign
Plan would open forests to logging: The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; The Bush administration Monday proposed lifting a national rule that closed remote areas of national forests to logging, instead saying states should decide whether to keep a ban on road-building in those areas.
Members discuss new alignment operations: By Chuck Woodling; July 13, 2004; For years, Kansas University athletics was governed by a 24-member board.
Two cyclists ejected from race: Casagranda of Saeco team and Hvastija of Alessio no longer welcome heading into ninth stage; The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; Two cyclists being investigated in doping cases were ejected from the Tour de France on Monday.
Who’s the man at QB?: Barmann, Swanson early favorites to replace Whittemore; By David Mitchell; July 13, 2004; Kansas University’s football team set school records for single-season points (384) and total yards (5,479) during the 2003 season.
Snowballing debt: In 1992, Kansas owed $195 in debt for every resident; by 2002 the per capita debt was more than four times that amount. Where will it stop?; J-W Editorials; July 13, 2004; It’s still nowhere near the size of the national debt, but the rapid rate at which Kansas state government is increasing what it owes demands some attention.
Study: Fewer people reading literature: Library reports lower circulation of books; By Alicia Henrikson; July 13, 2004; Fewer books are circulating at the Lawrence Public Library and fewer Americans are reading literature, according to Lawrence library officials and a new national study.
Suspected identity theft sends wrong man to jail on charges in three Kansas counties: Fiance misses wedding during 12-day incarceration; By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press Writer; July 13, 2004; Prosecutors in three Kansas counties admit they likely erred in arresting and jailing a Missouri man for 12 days in a burglary scheme, but said Monday he might not be too far removed from the actual criminal.
Jones struggles, advances: The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; Marion Jones, her vulnerability seeming to grow with each event, finished a shocking seventh but managed to advance to the final of the long jump at the U.S. Olympic trials.
Briefly: July 13, 2004; ¢ First lady rules out run for presidency ¢ Police can’t verify anti-Semitic attack
Not all technology is an advancement: By Leonard Pitts Jr.; July 13, 2004; Do you remember the future? Chances are you remember it well if you came of age in the ‘50s or ‘60s, that era when everything was “modern,” “space age” or “new and improved” and we looked forward with awe. The future was where people would zoom around on jet packs and plan weekend getaways by lunar lakes. The future was where everything would be made better.
Take a stand: VNA financially sound: By Jan Jenkins, Patrick Donahue and Patricia Webb - Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn.; July 13, 2004; We would like to assure the community of the financial soundness of the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn. and our commitment and ability to continue to provide home care services to the residents of Douglas County.
Good moves: July 13, 2004
New sandals hot for summer, but flip-flops still work: By Laura Parkinson - J-W Teen Advisory Board; July 13, 2004; Fun, quirky, shoes are hitting the sidewalks this summer, and many wonder how to get the same look. Flip-flops will continue to be popular during the summer, but more sophisticated sandals have been making appearances.
In the halls: July 13, 2004; Where would you go if you could travel abroad?
J-W teen advisory board will meet Thursday: J-W Staff Reports; July 13, 2004; The teen advisory board meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the News Center, 645 N.H. (We’ll have a sign on the correct entrance.) Are you interested in joining? We’re looking for aspiring writers entering sixth through 12th grades.
Eight plead not guilty in insulin thefts: The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; Eight of the 11 people charged in an alleged scheme to steal insulin and insulin test strips from U.S. Army pharmacies pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court.
Lawrence High School honor roll: July 13, 2004; Lawrence High School has announced its spring 2004 honor roll students.
Free State High School honor roll: July 13, 2004; Free State High School has announced its spring 2004 honor roll students.
Families drifting away from faltering Nebraska State Fair: By Scott Bauer - Associated Press Writer; July 13, 2004; Becky Ferguson and her husband used to take their three children to the Nebraska State Fair every year to eat deep-fried candy bars, ride the Ferris wheel and look at the 4-H exhibits.
State may expand prenatal care: By Scott Rothschild; July 13, 2004; A state lawmaker Monday said she would push to expand taxpayer-funded prenatal care, an idea that was killed last year in a dispute between opponents and supporters of abortion rights.
Voter registration campaign focuses on Lawrence’s homeless population: By Dave Ranney; July 13, 2004; Score one for John Kerry. “George Bush is nothing but his father’s pantywaist,” said Bruce Martin, a 52-year-old who’s been homeless on and off for several years.
Theresa E. ‘Pat’ Boudreau: July 13, 2004
Robert Lewis Carlson: July 13, 2004
Morgan Stanley settles lawsuit: Broker agrees to enhance women’s roles as part of $54 million settlement; The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; Wall Street brokerage Morgan Stanley on Monday settled a sex discrimination suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $54 million.
Government predicts U.S. to produce record corn crop: Soybean-harvest forecast lowered to 2.9B bushels; The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; U.S. farmers could produce a record corn crop this year of 10.6 billion bushels, the Agriculture Department said Monday.
Commodities: July 13, 2004
‘Weezie’ of ‘Jeffersons’ fame dies: Isabel Sanford won Emmy in 1981; By Ryan Pearson - Associated Press Writer; July 13, 2004; Actress Isabel Sanford, best known as “Weezie,” Louise Jefferson on the television sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died of natural causes, her publicist said Monday. She was 86.
Fox offers ‘people’s choice’ baseball fare: Kevin McDonough; July 13, 2004; Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the 75th Baseball All-Star Game (7 p.m., Fox) at Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field) in Houston. Am I just getting crabby, or do these spectacles mean less every summer?
Phelps denied in 200 backstroke: Peirsol defeats world’s greatest swimmer at trials; The Associated Press; July 13, 2004; Not so fast on those seven gold medals for Michael Phelps.
Bomb scare snarls downtown traffic: By Eric Weslander; July 13, 2004; An explosion shook a usually serene downtown Japanese garden Monday as police destroyed a suspicious device that they say a man falsely claimed was a bomb while trying to rob a nearby business.
Call center to add jobs: Affinitas to hire 100, move to Riverfront Plaza; By Chad Lawhorn; July 13, 2004; So much for the national Do Not Call Registry ruining the call center industry. A Lawrence call center announced Monday it would begin adding 100 new jobs to its operations later this month by expanding into vacant space at the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza.
Funding equation creates division: Analysts argue whether more money actually needed for public schools; By Scott Rothschild; July 13, 2004; On one side are Kansas school districts under siege, cutting programs and personnel and increasing fees to stay afloat while policymakers demand better student performance. On the other side are conservative critics who say school budgets are top-heavy with administrative expenses and frills.
Bush defends invasion of Iraq: By Amy Goldstein - The Washington Post; July 13, 2004; President Bush asserted Monday that the war against Iraq has made America safer as he sought to counteract the findings in a Senate report late last week that the U.S. intelligence community distorted and exaggerated the weapons threat posed by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Kansas not alone in legal challenge: By Scott Rothschild; July 13, 2004; “The legislature shall make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state.” — Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution. Those 15 words from the Kansas Constitution, and similar provisions in other states’ constitutions, have prompted a series of lawsuits that is shaking the foundation of public school funding in the United States.
U.S. policies cited as danger to fight against spread of AIDS: J-W Wire Reports; July 13, 2004; A potential trade agreement between Thailand and the United States could derail this country’s production of inexpensive AIDS drugs and imperil the future of an anti-HIV program that is widely considered a model for countries throughout Asia, the group Doctors Without Borders said Monday.
Report: Philippines will meet captors’ demands: By Danica Kirka - Associated Press Writer; July 13, 2004; Philippine official Rafael Seguis said his country would withdraw its troops from Iraq “as soon as possible” in response to kidnappers’ demands. But it was unclear if any pullout would be ahead of its scheduled Aug. 20 departure.
KU hires Theisen as new media liaison: By Gary Bedore; July 13, 2004; Chris Theisen has worked closely with every men’s basketball coach in the Big 12 Conference the past six years. Starting in August, the league’s associate media-relations director will assist just one. On Monday, Theisen accepted a position as Kansas University’s assistant athletic director for media relations.
Tejada too tough: Orioles shortstop beats Astros’ Berkman in final; By Ronald Blum - Associated Press Sports Writer; July 13, 2004; Miguel Tejada walked on the field, gazed at Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds and Willie Mays and felt very out of place in the All-Star Home Run Derby.
On the record: July 13, 2004
Lawrence briefs: July 13, 2004; ¢ Journal-World editors win national awards ¢ KPR to feature finalists from piano competition ¢ KU’s Gunn Center gives science fiction awards
Brownback speech stuns local gay-rights advocates: By Brooke Wehner; July 13, 2004; Members of a Lawrence gay and lesbian organization were taken aback by U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback’s speech Monday proposing that gay marriages be outlawed.
9-11 panel expected to target Congress: Final report planned July 22; By Chris Mondics - Knight Ridder Newspapers; July 13, 2004; It’s gone after the CIA, lax border controls and gaps in the nation’s air-defense system. Now the independent commission that’s investigating the 9-11 attacks is readying what’s likely to be a harsh assessment of Congress for failing to grasp the threat that al-Qaida and other terrorist groups posed.
Conspiracy theories not helpful: By Myriam Marquez - The Orlando Sentinel; July 13, 2004; With controversial CIA Director George Tenet’s departure as a backdrop, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warns that terrorists linked to al-Qaida might be plotting attacks to mess with U.S. elections.

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