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- Screen Scene
- April 15, 2005
- Never trust a real estate agent who says a potential property has a “vibrant history.” Such is the case in “The Amityville Horror,” an adaptation of the best-selling horror novel from the ‘70s.
- Supreme Court demands answers on school finance
- April 15, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 12:33 p.m.) The Kansas Supreme Court today demanded answers on the school finance law that the Legislature recently approved. The court did not rule on the whether the school funding proposal was constitutional.
- Warm day for the Tax Man
- April 15, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 9:15 a.m.) If writing checks on Tax Day has you feeling a little gloomy, go outside. The sky is mostly blue and temperatures are on the upswing.
- City’s smoking ban found constitutional
- April 15, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 8:43 a.m.) This city’s smoking ban is constitutional, a municipal judge ruled this morning. But Judge Randy McGrath signaled that prosecutors will have a tough time enforcing the law — finding Lawrence club owner Dennis Steffes not guilty in four of five cases where he was charged with letting customers of Coyote’s and Last Call smoke in violation of the ban.
- Dance-fight club
- Brazilian martial art fuses music, dance and combat
- April 15, 2005
- Picture someone like Jet Li or Chuck Norris punching and kicking the bejesus out of some goon … then breaking into a lively song and dance about it. Such is the unusual mixture of art and self-defense that is called capoeira.
- ‘Gunner Palace’ documents soldiers’ experience in Iraq
- Filmmaker Michael Tucker focuses on day-to-day life, avoids politics
- April 15, 2005
- The members of the 2/3 Field Artillery were treated to quite a scene when they set up barracks in Iraq. Their ongoing residence was a pleasure palace formerly owned by Saddam Hussein’s son Uday — a bomb-riddled, garish ode to hedonism, complete with a swimming pool, putting green and fishing pond.
- Seattle sweeps Royals
- April 15, 2005
- Jamie Moyer doesn’t want his Seattle Mariners teammates getting too excited after sweeping the Kansas City Royals.
- Raintree Run shaping up to be doozy of a race
- April 15, 2005
- If you’re interested in earning up to $400, running for a good cause or decorating a Port-a-John, then Sunday’s Raintree Run is where you want to be.
- Kansas baseball to entertain No. 12 Baylor
- April 15, 2005
- Just two days after being flummoxed by Wichita State ace Mike Pelfrey and Co. to the tune of just one run on five hits in a 5-1 loss, Kansas University’s baseball team now has an even bigger puzzle to solve.
- KU softball runs win streak to 3
- April 15, 2005
- Freshman Christina Ross allowed just two hits, and Kansas University hit two home runs in a 6-0 softball rout Thursday of Southwest Missouri State, the Jayhawks’ third straight victory.
- Firebirds Wyatt, Karlin sign college letters
- April 15, 2005
- It made perfect sense that Free State High seniors Megan Wyatt and Catelin Karlin finalized their college commitments Thursday morning by each donning navy and gold.
- Take time to review paycheck withholding
- April 15, 2005
- So the dreaded tax-filing deadline’s come and gone. What’s next? The impulse is to shove the whole matter aside and lick your wounds if you had to write a check or happily await your refund.
- Federal judge strikes down FDA ban on ephedra
- April 15, 2005
- A federal judge Thursday struck down the FDA ban on supplements containing ephedra, the once-popular weight-loss aid that was yanked from the market one year ago after it was linked to dozens of deaths.
- Connecticut tribe joins casino effort in Kansas
- April 15, 2005
- The Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut, who became rich after building one of the world’s largest casinos, have been reaching out to tribes across the United States to help them develop and finance gambling ventures.
- National group won’t take part in evolution hearings
- April 15, 2005
- A national science group is avoiding the State Board of Education’s hearings on evolution next month, arguing they will confuse the debate over how the theory is taught in public schools.
- Nationals win home debut
- Washington tops Diamondbacks, 5-3
- April 15, 2005
- It didn’t take long for this troupe of ex-Expos to figure out they weren’t in Montreal anymore. There was the sellout crowd of 45,596, jumping in place to celebrate each of the Washington Nationals’ runs in a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, making ol’ RFK Stadium sway like it hadn’t for baseball in 34 years.
- House OKs tougher bankruptcy bill
- April 15, 2005
- Tens of thousands of people who want to wipe out their debts in bankruptcy court would have to work out repayment plans instead under legislation Congress approved Thursday.
- Briefcase
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Employment market set for Saturday ¢ Mortgage rates drop; fears of inflation ease ¢ Yellow Roadway, USF deal moves step closer
- FBI waited to check into tip on Nichols
- Lead initially dismissed after informant failed lie detector test
- April 15, 2005
- The FBI initially dismissed a tip that convicted bomber Terry Nichols had hidden explosives and they might be used for an attack this month coinciding with the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
- Cavs’ free fall continues
- Woeful Knicks subdue Cleveland
- April 15, 2005
- A promising season has turned into something else for the Cleveland Cavaliers: panic. Not long ago, the playoffs looked like a sure thing. Now, nothing about the Cavs’ future is certain.
- Arts & Entertainment Calendar
- April 15, 2005
- Rumors swirl as conclave nears
- April 15, 2005
- The nine-day hiatus between the burial of a pope and the shuttered silence of the conclave to elect a new one is a time of mourning and reflection for the cardinal electors of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Pope clear in anti-war stand
- April 15, 2005
- OK, I get it, the pope was a really important guy. So why, during weeks of fawning coverage of his humanity and the elaborate Vatican funeral rituals, did American journalists and politicians ignore the pontiff’s passionate opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq?
- Clinton should know better
- April 15, 2005
- When Bill Clinton starts talking politics, it usually pays to listen. But the only point he made with an outburst Monday was to prove that somebody ought to put a sock in the former First Mouth.
- Enjoy!
- Our autumn and spring scenery is a combination that should be savored to the fullest.
- April 15, 2005
- When the past autumn provided such brilliant eye candy for the Lawrence area, some might have wondered how long it might be before they were treated to a comparable display by Mother Nature.
- Weak Legislature
- April 15, 2005
- Response lacking
- April 15, 2005
- Scientific process
- April 15, 2005
- Proper response
- April 15, 2005
- Tax work adds up to 6 billion hours
- Internal Revenue Service working to reduce amount of time it takes to file
- April 15, 2005
- People scurrying to meet today’s tax deadline might consider this: It’s taking you and your fellow Americans 6.6 billion hours to do all that paperwork.
- Theft puts credit card holders at risk
- Data reportedly stolen from clothing retailer
- April 15, 2005
- Data apparently stolen from the popular clothing retailer Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is forcing banks and credit card issuers to notify thousands of consumers that their credit card information may have been exposed.
- Commodities
- April 15, 2005
- ‘Amityville Horror’ remake lacks a solid foundation
- April 15, 2005
- Never trust a real estate agent who says a potential property has a “vibrant history.” At 112 Ocean Ave. in the Amityville neighborhood of Long Island, N.Y., that description means a family was recently murdered there. Not to mention the fact it was built on the mass grave of tortured natives … blah, blah, blecch.
- Line between sad and funny thin in pretentious ‘Melinda’
- April 15, 2005
- “The world is a comedy to those who think,” Horace Walpole famously observed, “and a tragedy to those who feel.” And to Woody Allen? Forty years into his filmmaking career, and he still can’t decide. “Melinda and Melinda,” his latest, is a tragicomic treatise on syllogism, solipsism and the silly from the master.
- Series deserves a Big D for losing its place
- April 15, 2005
- Narrated by Larry Hagman, the six-part series “Sheer Dallas” (9 p.m., TLC) examines some of that city’s quirky and larger-than-life characters and their particular obsessions.
- News anchors are just human, after all
- April 15, 2005
- TV anchormen are human after all. This should come as news to no one. But lately it’s been an ongoing story at the Big Three evening newscasts.
- Area briefs
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Sixteen arrested in drug sweep
- Best Bets
- April 15, 2005
- This Weekend’s Highlights
- April 15, 2005
- Briefly - Nation
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Senate approves ban on prepackaged news ¢ Doctor gets 25 years for drug trafficking ¢ NASA fuels shuttle, tank passes test ¢ Bush orders revamp of border passport plan ¢ Teen, ex-girlfriend admit to killing grandparents ¢ White House plans to break up Amtrak ¢ Lethal injection may cause pain, study says ¢ Senate committee OKs intelligence nominees ¢ New law will make disaster grants tax-free
- 10,000 fugitives nabbed in dragnet
- 900 agencies participated in nationwide effort
- April 15, 2005
- The U.S. Marshals Service and local police agencies arrested more than 10,000 fugitives last week in an aggressive nationwide sweep that ranks as the largest single dragnet in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
- Forgotten memorial
- Thirty years after initial planning, Korean War Memorial to be dedicated at Kansas University this weekend
- April 15, 2005
- Verner Newman’s ballcap, the one proclaiming him as a Korean War veteran, usually is met with indifference. Even when he first returned to Lawrence after serving two stints in Korea in the Navy, people didn’t want to talk about the war.
- Income tax forms due at midnight
- Have you procrastinated? Consider filing an extension
- April 15, 2005
- Anyone too harried, frustrated or just plain lazy to weed through piles of paperwork and fill out their tax returns by midnight tonight can catch a filing break from Uncle Sam. He doesn’t need your paperwork yet — just your money.
- Education laws should be flexible, Sebelius tells D.C.
- April 15, 2005
- Congress should streamline education laws and give states more flexibility to better prepare students for work in a technology-driven economy, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday.
- Junior college secretary accused of altering dozens of school records
- April 15, 2005
- Authorities have discovered the grades of more than a dozen Dodge City Community College students were altered, and a former secretary has been charged.
- Wittig seeks trial delay, judge’s removal
- April 15, 2005
- David Wittig, former chief executive officer of Westar Energy Inc., filed a motion Thursday asking that his second trial on federal looting charges be put on hold while he asks an appeals court to remove the presiding judge.
- Wake Forest’s Paul leaving
- Point guard says he’ll enter NBA Draft
- April 15, 2005
- All-America point guard Chris Paul will give up his final two years of eligibility at Wake Forest and enter the NBA Draft.
- Woods, Nicklaus inextricably linked
- April 15, 2005
- One of the great things about last week was the connection between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. At almost every turn, Woods was asked questions about the best player ever. Nicklaus again was tied to Woods’ past, present and future.
- Suicide car bombings kill at least 18 in Baghdad
- April 15, 2005
- A pair of suicide car bombers struck minutes apart Thursday in Baghdad, missing most of the Interior Ministry police they aimed for but killing at least 18 people in the deadliest such attack in more than a month.
- Angolans fear virus, treatment
- April 15, 2005
- Fearful of a deadly virus that has killed at least 210 people, inhabitants of this northern Angolan town have given up their tradition of greeting friends and acquaintances with a hug.
- Briefly - World
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Astronauts, cosmonaut head to space station ¢ U.N. peacekeeper killed ¢ U.N. agency condemns Cuba on human rights ¢ Chirac urges support for EU constitution ¢ Abbas seeks unification of security services ¢ U.S. seeks action to end Darfur crisis ¢ Deadly fire strikes central Paris hotel
- Rural population in decline
- Future of small farms in doubt
- April 15, 2005
- Rural Kansas, once the backbone of the state economy, is going through a series of painful changes, expert panelists told a Kansas University audience Thursday.
- Parishioners recognized for their volunteer work
- April 15, 2005
- Plymouth Congregational Church members wanted a way to connect with fellow churchgoers and make a difference in the community. So they organized the congregation’s first-ever community work day, fanning out across Lawrence on Oct. 23, 2004, to help those in need.
- National Guardsmen recruit in KU Union amid ‘de-cruiters’
- April 15, 2005
- For Tim Brundage and Fernando Porras, it was a far cry from a typical recruiting trip to a high school, aviation club or car show. The two Kansas Army National Guardsmen set up a table in the Kansas Union this week as a way to attract would-be helicopter crews to the Guard’s dwindling ranks.
- Local briefs
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Probation hearing scheduled for rapist ¢ Kansas Press Assn., ex-director settle suit ¢ Boat ramp scheduled to be finished by summer ¢ KPR raises nearly $208,000 in drive ¢ Gore strategist to speak ¢ Hearing waived in sex crimes case
- Social service costs put further strain on state budget
- April 15, 2005
- A tight state budget just got tighter. State fiscal experts Thursday projected caseload costs for social services to increase $58 million for the remaining months of the current fiscal year and for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
- Conference puts focus on women and heart disease
- April 15, 2005
- One in five women in the United States have some form of heart disease, and it’s the No. 1 killer of American women, according to the American Heart Assn.
- Gathering looks to preserve past
- April 15, 2005
- Visiting American Indian students watched as history was resurrected Thursday at Kansas University. “Each of these lines represents different mountains,” Ruben Little Head said as he pointed to a pattern decorating a cradle. “I was told this by a Kiowa elder.”
- Mayor calls for probe of Schauner mailings
- Highberger says spurious postcard needs investigating
- April 15, 2005
- Douglas County’s district attorney should formally investigate a spurious election postcard mailing that went out the weekend before this month’s city election, Lawrence Mayor Boog Highberger said Thursday.
- Lawrence Datebook
- April 15, 2005
- On the record
- April 15, 2005
- Fire in Eudora destroys house
- April 15, 2005
- An evening fire Thursday gutted a Eudora rental home where three people lived. Fire officials found no one home at the time of the fire.
- 4 charged in oil-for-food scandal
- U.N. officials may have role in illegal money-skimming
- April 15, 2005
- Four more people were charged Thursday in the scandal in the U.N. oil-for-food program, including a Texas oil executive and a South Korean businessman who was at the center of a 1970s corruption case involving Congress.
- Oregon Supreme Court voids gay marriage licenses
- April 15, 2005
- The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday nullified nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year ago by Portland’s Multnomah County, saying a county cannot go against state matrimonial law.
- Group calls for funds to collect cord blood
- April 15, 2005
- A treatment for more than 45 disorders, including sickle-cell anemia and some types of leukemia, can be found in an unlikely place: hospital trash containers.
- Free State pitchers shut down O-South
- April 15, 2005
- Travis Blankenship and Jake Hoover combined on a three-hit shutout to lead Free State to an 8-0 high school baseball victory Thursday over Olathe South.
- Lions show ‘fire’ in loss
- April 15, 2005
- Lawrence High’s girls soccer team played a full 80 minutes Thursday evening at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Fans a no-show
- Jayhawks’ hoops celebration sparsely attended
- April 15, 2005
- Keith Langford, who as a senior member of Kansas University’s basketball team is used to seeing a mob of fans wherever he goes, was a bit surprised Thursday night upon walking into the Lied Center.
- KU to spend $100,000 to lure Relays athletes
- April 15, 2005
- Kansas University officials have dubbed the featured portion of the Kansas Relays the Gold Zone.
- Qualifier deadline today
- April 15, 2005
- Odds are a Kansas University or a Kansas State golfer will fill the lone amateur berth in the Lawrence Futures Tour Classic on May 6-8 at Eagle Bend Golf Course.
- Lions’ bats wake up
- April 15, 2005
- It took roughly three innings for the engine to warm up Thursday for the Lawrence High baseball team, but once it did, the Lions blazed the basepaths to the tune of 12 runs on 13 hits.
- Firebirds 2nd at Emporia
- April 15, 2005
- Nick Burkart shot a 79 to place fifth overall, and Free State High’s golf team was second in the team standings Thursday at the Emporia Invitational.
- De Soto slams Seabury
- April 15, 2005
- In its first year of existence as a program, the De Soto girls soccer team executed — and scored — like seasoned veterans Thursday, pounding Seabury Academy, 6-0.
- LHS pair to sign
- April 15, 2005
- Lawrence High’s Katie Robertson and Shannon Wanna each will sign a letter of intent today to play tennis at Bethel College. The signing will take place at 3:15 p.m. in the LHS library.
- Sheffield squabbles with fans
- Yankees’ right fielder ‘felt something hit me’
- April 15, 2005
- The New York Yankees got into another scuffle with fans on a testy night at Fenway Park. This time, Gary Sheffield was in the middle of it.
- Officials: Social services will cost more than expected
- April 15, 2005
- State government will have to pay $58 million more than previously expected over the next 15 months to preserve existing programs for poor, disabled and elderly Kansans, officials said Thursday.
- Kansas high school sports scores from April 14
- April 15, 2005
- KU football keys on turnovers
- April 15, 2005
- Takeaways are the ultimate pick-me-up for a college football team, and no squad in the Big 12 Conference knows it quite like Kansas University.
- City’s police put spotlight on noise complaints
- April 15, 2005
- Noisy tenants beware: Four months after the Lawrence Police Department adopted new guidelines for addressing noise complaints, the number of noise citations issued by the department has increased dramatically.
- Accuser’s mother testifies Jackson aides threatened her
- April 15, 2005
- The mother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation testified Thursday that the star’s aides threatened her family unless she portrayed the singer in a positive light on the video made to defuse the growing threat of bad publicity.
- People
- April 15, 2005
- ¢ Caroline Kennedy awarded for living up to last name ¢ Ready for more ‘reality’? ¢ ‘Webster’ star smiles, signs way out of speeding ticket ¢ Willis a ‘force’ in France ¢ Birthdays
- Horoscopes
- April 15, 2005
- Gaza a tenuous pivot point for peace
- April 15, 2005
- The Gaza Strip is now the pivot for the hopes of a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, President Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared in unison the other day. But to say this is to ask an elephant to balance on a peanut.
- 6Sports video: Firebirds sign college letters
- April 15, 2005
- Free State high seniors Megan Wyatt and Catelin Karlin each signed a letter of intent to play college volleyball Thursday. Wyatt will attend Northern Arizona while Karlin will attend George Washington.
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