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- Man dies of injuries from head-on collision
- September 24, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 3:42 p.m.) A Lawrence man died Thursday evening after being seriously injured in a head-on collision on Monday. Roger A. Thomas Jr., 22, died at 11:02 p.m. at the University of Kansas Hospital, said his wife, Mandy Thomas.
- KU to release information on Perkins’ contract
- September 24, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 4:40 p.m.) Kansas University officials will release the contract of Athletic Director Lew Perkins during a press conference Friday evening.
- KU sets fall enrollment record
- September 24, 2004
- (Updated Thursday at 11:38 p.m.) Enrollment at Kansas University again reached record levels this fall, university officials announced Thursday.
- Pleasant weekend ahead
- September 24, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 10:38 a.m.) If you’re heading outside this morning, you might want to take along a jacket. “That cold front came through this morning, really dropping off temperatures,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. At 8:15 a.m., the temperature had fallen to 48, making Lawrence one of the coolest areas in northeast Kansas, Schack said.
- 2004 District Assignments
- September 24, 2004
- Games to watch in 2004
- September 24, 2004
- Split Lip Rayfield converts frenzied live show to studio
- September 24, 2004
- After seeing Split Lip Rayfield live, it’s hard to imagine that a CD could be anything BUT a disappointment.
- Candidates offer clear foreign policy choice
- September 24, 2004
- John Kerry would change the situation. George W. Bush would change the world. The electoral choice in 2004 is a stark and consequential one. These two candidates are night and day — more precisely, they are emotion vs. reason, instinct vs. intellect. A contest of innate spirits will animate and perhaps be decisive in their three televised debates.
- LHS football featured in 1960 issue of Life magazine
- Articles, photos put national spotlight on local team
- September 24, 2004
- Life Magazine used six pages of its Nov. 7, 1960, issue to cover Lawrence High School and its 45-game winning streak, the longest in high school football at the time.
- Credibility gap
- A mistake like the one for which CBS News apologized this week hurts not only CBS but all of the nation’s news media
- September 24, 2004
- In our media-saturated society, there are thousands of sources for “news.” Some are good sources; some are not. CBS News wants to be known as a reliable, credible source of news, but in the case of the Bush National Guard documents it publicized last week, it fell short of that goal.
- Bush makes compelling case
- September 24, 2004
- Classmates find coping with 6-year-old’s death difficult, principal says
- September 24, 2004
- Fellow first-graders launched balloons Thursday morning at Cordley School in memory of 6-year-old Paulina Cooper.
- Leader of Iraq thanks U.S.
- Despite violence, Allawi sees democracy emerging in nation
- September 24, 2004
- Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday thanked Americans for their sacrifices in Iraq and promised that violence would not stop planned elections in January.
- Society seeks funds to keep Douglas County history alive
- September 24, 2004
- The Douglas County Historical Society is looking for more financial help, and its representatives soon will be fanning out across the area to ask for support.
- Home win sweet for Tongie boys
- September 24, 2004
- Tonganoxie High cross country coach Pat Williams didn’t want to call it revenge. But whatever it was, it was off and running as the Chieftain varsity boys edged De Soto by nine points, 61 to 70, to win the team title at the Tonganoxie Invitational on Thursday.
- Briefcase
- September 24, 2004
- ¢ Offer to tap reserves doesn’t slow oil prices ¢ Economic report signals slackening in recovery ¢ Trump bailout plan fails ¢ Sauer boosts dividend
- KU sets record with 29,590 enrolled
- September 24, 2004
- Kansas University has set a record for fall enrollment, university officials announced Thursday.
- Anime gains audience in Lawrence and abroad
- September 24, 2004
- As a half-Norwegian who grew up on a Native American reservation, Bryna Lawrence isn’t exactly the target audience for “Ninja Scroll,” an animated Japanese tale of a swordsman who fights eight demonic henchmen in his quest to stop an evil autocrat.
- Voice lessons
- K.C. native Kevin Mahogany returns to open Jazz at the Arts Center series
- September 24, 2004
- Early in his career, Newsweek christened Kevin Mahogany “the standout jazz vocalist of his generation.” That’s the kind of all-encompassing statement that can raise expectations for a new performer to a level he may not be able to meet.
- Members bring wealth of experience to Authority
- September 24, 2004
- Here’s a look at the nine members confirmed Thursday to the board of the Kansas Bioscience Authority:
- FSHS must curb mental errors
- September 24, 2004
- Physical mistakes often are caused by mental breakdowns, so Free State High’s players are trying not to think too much on the football field.
- No. 4 Miami turns back Houston
- Hurricanes claim 38-13 victory in spite of lackluster passing attack
- September 24, 2004
- Brock Berlin was pretty much the only thing keeping Miami from a lopsided victory. His coach noticed, too.
- Riley helps LHS rally for split
- September 24, 2004
- Lawrence High senior volleyball player Bobi Riley’s emotions quickly moved from frustration to jubilation.
- Mill Valley will test Tongie defense
- Staunch Chieftains give up little on ground, but rushing the ball is Jaguars’ forte
- September 24, 2004
- In most high school football games, the winner usually is the team that either is best at rushing or stopping the run. When Tonganoxie (3-0) squares off tonight against Mill Valley (2-1), the game won’t be that simple.
- KU preparing for Nebraska, Big 12
- September 24, 2004
- Caroline Smith scored a record-setting 19 goals for Kansas University’s soccer team last season. Yet Smith has only three goals this fall. Is KU coach Mark Francis worried? Not at all.
- Nine Players to Watch in 2004
- September 24, 2004
- Calendar
- September 24, 2004
- Jury awards $5 million in gas geysers lawsuit
- September 24, 2004
- After more than three years of litigation, the last major lawsuit stemming from the deadly eruption of gas geysers in Hutchinson has been decided.
- Jazz at the Arts Center series to offer diverse pool of talent
- September 24, 2004
- Lawrence isn’t exactly known for its jazz scene. But for the next several months the style will find a home in one of the city’s more nontraditional music venues.
- Olathe arena project faces funding dilemma
- Commerce secretary approves $50 million in sales-tax revenue
- September 24, 2004
- Kansas’ secretary of commerce has approved $50 million in special financing for the first phase of Olathe’s arena project, less than a third of what the city requested.
- Glacial melt alarms scientists
- KU researcher co-authors study, warns of potential devastation
- September 24, 2004
- Antarctica’s ice sheets are melting much faster than they did in the past decade, raising concerns that global warming may be contributing more to sea-level rise than previously thought.
- Lawrence air among cleanest, K.C. dirtiest
- Report ranks 82 small metropolitan areas
- September 24, 2004
- Go ahead, Lawrence residents, take a deep breath. But if you’re traveling to Kansas City — well, you might want to hold that breath.
- People
- September 24, 2004
- ¢ Salsa queen was blacklisted ¢ Olivier alive in ‘World of Tomorrow’ ¢ ‘View’ co-host expecting first child ¢ More SpongeBob in store
- State nonresident enrollment jumps
- September 24, 2004
- Higher tuition rates in other states may be pushing more students to state universities in Kansas.
- Lions run wild
- Colter, Kellerman lead LHS ground attack in season’s first win
- September 24, 2004
- He’s just getting over extreme fatigue, bad seasonal allergies and a possible case of strep throat.
- Senior Night can’t faze FSHS
- September 24, 2004
- Senior Night can be dangerous to even the best of volleyball teams because of the hoopla and emotions surrounding the event.
- Horoscopes
- September 24, 2004
- ‘First Daughter’ launches conservative campaign
- September 24, 2004
- There’s a scene in 1953’s “Roman Holiday” where Audrey Hepburn’s princess is stuck at another obligatory state function, and she’s forced to politely dance for hours with one decrepit geezer after another.
- Better grammar
- September 24, 2004
- Truth surfaces
- September 24, 2004
- Report disputed
- September 24, 2004
- Cycling weather
- September 24, 2004
- Good qualities
- September 24, 2004
- Regents pan plan for benefit to adjunct professors
- September 24, 2004
- A Lawrence legislator has a proposal to provide health insurance benefits to so-called adjunct professors who teach a full academic load at state universities.
- Filmmakers’ cross-country trip employs two-wheelers
- Group stops in city
- September 24, 2004
- It’s a long journey from Seattle to Boston, about 2,500 miles as the crow flies. It’s even longer when you do the whole trip at 10 mph winding through the backroads of America. But that’s exactly what a documentary film group calling itself “America at 10mph” wanted — to slow down, see America, meet people and here their inspiring stories along the way.
- Nader option
- September 24, 2004
- Double insult
- September 24, 2004
- Focus on faces
- September 24, 2004
- Bakery wins OK for loan
- Twinkies maker gets $50 million to keep operating
- September 24, 2004
- A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $50 million loan to Interstate Bakeries Corp. so that it could continue operating for another month.
- Construction begins on ethanol plant in Garnett
- September 24, 2004
- Three years after Anderson County farmers and business people first embraced the concept of building an ethanol plant, construction has begun — at nearly twice the scale initially proposed.
- Commodities
- September 24, 2004
- Soldiers facing murder charge in Iraq were on second tour
- September 24, 2004
- Two Fort Riley soldiers charged with murder in Iraq were serving their second tour of duty there, post officials said Thursday.
- Sheriff says train-death investigation continues
- September 24, 2004
- More than two months after an Argonia teenager was hit by a train, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said it was “actively pursuing” its investigation.
- Suspect in porn, drug raid says incident overblown
- Computer equipment, marijuana among items seized by police
- September 24, 2004
- Lawrence Police, looking for drugs and child pornography, are scrutinizing the contents of computer hard drives they seized Thursday in an apartment raid in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane.
- Lawrence briefs
- September 24, 2004
- ¢ Police seek suspects in pizza delivery attack ¢ Former KU prof to give address to alliance ¢ Driver pulls over, truck rolls into buffalo statue ¢ Lawrence resident’s son found dead ¢ KU graduate now university president ¢ Series to feature Brando
- Wichita State receives grant to start nonprofits
- September 24, 2004
- Wichita State University will use a $1.2 million federal grant to help start faith- and community-based nonprofit groups in Kansas.
- John calls Taiwanese photographers ‘vile pigs’
- September 24, 2004
- Sir Elton John warmed up his vocal chords for a concert Thursday in Taiwan by telling photographers they were a bunch of “rude, vile pigs.”
- BBC pulls cartoon about pogo pope
- September 24, 2004
- The British Broadcasting Corp. has scrapped a cartoon featuring Pope John Paul II on a pogo stick, after a wave of protests by Roman Catholics.
- New sitcom lacks class, but not class loathing
- September 24, 2004
- In “Complete Savages” (7:30 p.m., ABC), Keith Carradine plays Nick Savage, a single dad and firefighter raising five boys. But he’s really a comedy stereotype sharing the screen with five poorly developed young characters. There’s a nerdy genius, a stupid jock and three ciphers in between. They all behave like frat boys. There are several jokes about armpits. They like to throw trash around and speak in one-liners.
- Dinosaur called first stealth hunter
- September 24, 2004
- The strike would have come out of nowhere: One second the fish was swimming placidly, no danger in sight, a moment later it was lunch.
- Research shows canines can sniff out cancer
- September 24, 2004
- It has long been suspected that man’s best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
- Patient gives birth after ovarian tissue transplant
- September 24, 2004
- Briefly
- September 24, 2004
- ¢ Women’s sex patch coming to U.S. market ¢ CDC: Too many people not getting flu shots ¢ Plane crash survivors huddled together in cold ¢ Stations get e-mails seeking Rather ouster ¢ Fire kills five in home with windows boarded ¢ Justice Department steps up vigilance amid fears of attack ¢ $20 million in aid still yet to reach school siege victims ¢ Bush policies add $1.3 trillion to 10-year deficit, study says ¢ Ivan’s remnants return ¢ Darfur rebels favor U.N. sanctions against Sudan ¢ Singer vows to find out why U.S. banned him ¢ U.S. soldier wounded in rocket attack on base
- U.S. airstrikes blast insurgent positions in Sadr City
- September 24, 2004
- U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S. Shiite cleric.
- Lawrence Datebook
- September 24, 2004
- On the Record
- September 24, 2004
- Corrections
- September 24, 2004
- John Golden was incorrectly identified in the caption that appeared with a photograph of an apple picker published on page 1B of the Thursday Journal-World.
- James V. Spotts III
- September 24, 2004
- M. John Carpenter
- September 24, 2004
- Bioscience Authority goes to work
- September 24, 2004
- A Senate committee on Thursday confirmed the nine members of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, leaving the authority board to begin its work.
- Area briefs
- September 24, 2004
- ¢ Murder charge upgraded ¢ Bus crash injures six ¢ Walleye tournament coming to Milford Lake
- FSHS soccer ties SM East
- September 24, 2004
- Free State goalkeeper Aaron Williams shut down Shawnee Mission East on Thursday, and the Firebird soccer team remained unbeaten with a 0-0 double-overtime tie.
- Yanks clinch playoff spot
- New York reaches postseason for 10th straight year
- September 24, 2004
- After clinching another postseason trip, there were no high-fives or celebratory handshakes in the New York Yankees’ clubhouse. It was business as usual — except for all the rookies dressed in Elvis outfits.
- Senators to tee it up in GOP fund-raiser
- September 24, 2004
- If you want to reserve an entire golf course for several hours, it helps to be somebody important or a friend of somebody important.
- House votes to keep courts from Pledge
- September 24, 2004
- The House, in an emotionally and politically charged debate six weeks before the election, voted Thursday to protect the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance from further court challenges.
- Congress extends Bush’s tax cuts
- September 24, 2004
- A bill extending three of President Bush’s popular tax cuts sailed through Congress on Thursday, underscoring the political maxim that nothing can move legislative machinery like reducing taxes during an election year.
- Court strikes down law in right-to-die case
- September 24, 2004
- Dealing a defeat to Gov. Jeb Bush, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube.
- Reunion slated this weekend for 1975 Sun Bowl squad
- September 24, 2004
- Members of Kansas University’s 1975 Sun Bowl team — the most prolific rushing team in Jayhawk football history — will hold a reunion this weekend in conjunction with K-Club Weekend.
- Hamilton to keep medal
- Cyclist’s backup drug test inconclusive
- September 24, 2004
- Tyler Hamilton will keep his Olympic cycling gold medal because a backup drug test was inconclusive, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
- Lawrence rolls past Manhattan
- September 24, 2004
- Before taking the court Thursday against Manhattan’s Nikki DePaola, Lawrence High senior tennis player Amy Bullerman told her coach she was born ready.
- Athletes of the week
- September 24, 2004
- Maddux reaches 15-win plateau
- Cubs hurler accomplishes feat for 17th consecutive season
- September 24, 2004
- Greg Maddux reached 15 wins for a record 17th consecutive season. Getting to 200 innings made him just as happy,
- Crede shot lifts Chisox past Royals
- September 24, 2004
- Despite struggling with the bat for most of the season, Joe Crede showed again why the White Sox have faith in him.
- Homecoming to honor seven athletes
- September 24, 2004
- Seven former standout athletes will be recognized during homecoming festivities at Haskell Indian Nations University.
- Kansas high school scores from Sept. 23
- September 24, 2004
- Gunmen sneak into Gaza base, kill three soldiers
- September 24, 2004
- Palestinian gunmen made their way into a heavily fortified Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip under cover of morning fog Thursday and started shooting, killing three Israeli soldiers in a 45-minute firefight.
- Whitaker: Line that eats together, blocks together
- September 24, 2004
- Bob Whitaker has seen the scene enough to know when he and his Kansas University football teammates will get “the look.”
- Nice week to practice whacking
- September 24, 2004
- Hey, where did everybody go? Eight Big 12 Conference football teams are taking a siesta Saturday. Welcome to the Big Four Conference. Actually, only Baylor and Texas originally were scheduled, but Kansas and Texas Tech agreed to move their Oct. 16 meeting to Saturday.
- Forbes U.S. billionaire list fattens
- Gates tops magazine’s ranking with $48B, Google founders make debut
- September 24, 2004
- It looks like the U.S. billionaire’s club isn’t quite as exclusive as it once was. There are now 313 billionaires in the United States, the largest number ever and a huge jump past the 262 counted last year, according to Forbes magazine, which Thursday released its annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans.
- 6Sports video: FSHS sweeps Olathe North
- September 24, 2004
- Olathe North posed little threat to the Free State High’s volleyball team. The Firebirds beat the Eagles, 2-0.
- 6Sports video: LHS wins first game
- September 24, 2004
- Lawrence High’s football team beat Shawnee Mission East making it their first victory in four tries this season.
- 6Sports video: LHS volleyball wins one, loses one
- September 24, 2004
- The Lions were 1-1 at a triangular Thursday at Lawrence High School. LHS beat SM South but lost to Olathe Northwest.
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