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Police checking for drunk drivers tonight
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 4:11 p.m.) Extra Lawrence police officers will hit the streets tonight as part of a “saturation patrol” to stop drunk drivers.
Legislature wants voice at school finance hearing
John Milburn, Associated Press
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 3:33 p.m.) Legislators took the extraordinary step today of asking the Kansas Supreme Court for permission to answer questions and defend their school finance package.
Colorado to pay Kansas $34 million for taking Arkansas River water
Longtime water dispute dates back to 1984 lawsuit
John Hanna, Associated Press
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 3:22 p.m.) Colorado has agreed to pay a $34.7 million debt to Kansas for taking too much water out of the Arkansas River, settling a 21-year-old dispute.
Same-sex marriage ballot results verified
By Scott Rothschild
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 10:49 a.m.) A state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. The State Board of Canvassers today approved the results of the April 5 election. The amendment was approved 70 percent to 30 percent. Douglas County was the only county in the state to vote against the proposal.
Downtown gas leak leads to brief evacuations
By Alicia Henrikson
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 2:31 p.m.) A natural gas leak caused some employees and customers in downtown Lawrence to be temporarily evacuated from buildings this morning.
Wet, ‘unbelievably chilly’ conditions hit Lawrence
By Dave Toplikar
April 29, 2005
(Updated Friday at 8:46 a.m.) The last of the April showers are falling today. But the cool weather that’s coming with it might keep you from singing in the rain. “Weather wise, it’s not going to be a very nice day, ” says Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist. “We see the chance for off-and-on rain showers as we go through the day. I think most of the rainfall should be out of here by the mid-afternoon hours.”
Religion, science
April 29, 2005
Retailer redesigns pill bottles
Lawrence store among Targets selling ‘easier-to-read’ medications
By Joshua Freed - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
Target Corp. is turning the old pill bottle design on its head — literally. Target pharmacies this month rolled out a flattened bottle with easier-to-read labels and plastic rings that can be color-coded for each family member.
‘Sex Album’ instruments may surprise listeners
By David Hiltbrand - The Philadelphia Inquirer
April 29, 2005
You may get an overpowering urge to smoke a cigarette after listening to “The Sex Album” by Jessica Vale. That’s because, according to the liner notes, every note on the CD, other than Vale’s voice, is created by manipulating the sounds of couples making love.
Honoring history
Composer to unveil ‘Phoenix of the Plains’
By Jim Baker
April 29, 2005
When Geoffrey Wilcken accepted a commission from the Lawrence Civic Choir in 2003 to create a musical composition in honor of Lawrence’s sesquicentennial, he knew he had a big job ahead of him.
Gas costs steer study into hybrids
Officials balking at car’s price tag
By Chad Lawhorn
April 29, 2005
It’s still not easy — let alone cheap — to be green. A new city report has found that now isn’t financially the right time to switch the majority of the city’s vehicles to more environmentally friendly gas/electric hybrids. But with rising gasoline prices, the time is inching nearer.
Measure would ‘privatize’ information
Bill would limit National Weather Service
By Joel Mathis
April 29, 2005
Before Lloyd Hetrick gets into the pilot’s seat of an airplane, he takes a few minutes to get on the Internet and check out the National Weather Service forecasts. Not a good idea, he said, to leave the ground without knowing what’s going on in the air.
Chiefs giving OU’s White a chance
Former Heisman winner invited to Kansas City’s minicamp
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Jason White, who won the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma but was snubbed in the NFL Draft, is being given a chance by the Kansas City Chiefs.
LHS tennis seventh at own invitational
By Ryan Greene
April 29, 2005
After fighting through what their coach called the “blah” stage, Lawrence High’s No. 1 doubles tennis team of Tommy Johnson and Rahul Gogineni provided a bright spot on a rather dreary day at the Lawrence Invitational.
Seabury golf 2nd
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Matt Parker shot a 46 to place fourth, and Seabury Academy was second in the team race Thursday at the Council Grove Golf Invitational.
Kansas high school sports scores from April 28
April 29, 2005
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
April 29, 2005
Horoscopes
By Jacqueline Bigar
April 29, 2005
Briefcase
April 29, 2005
¢ Spitzer sues Intermix ¢ Mortgage rates dip ¢ Nextel profit declines ¢ KCP&L energy plan wins staff support
Congress OKs $2.6 trillion budget
By Mary Dalrymple - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
Congress narrowly passed a $2.6 trillion budget Thursday that would cut spending on the Medicaid health care program for the first time since 1997 in a step toward trimming federal deficits.
Heat win in double OT
Miami takes 3-0 series lead against Nets
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
One of the luckiest bounces of Vince Carter’s career — five or six bounces, actually — couldn’t keep the New Jersey Nets from falling behind, 3-0, to the Miami Heat.
Sebelius veto of clinic bill sustained in House
By Carl Manning - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
House members who oppose abortion failed Thursday to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of a bill imposing additional regulations on abortion clinics.
No threat here
April 29, 2005
‘Millions’ banks on quirkiness and youthful cast
By Jon Niccum
April 29, 2005
Like salmon that swim upstream to spawn, there must be some innate quality in young boys that causes them to build forts in their back yards out of old boxes. According to “Millions,” it’s seemingly as common a practice in Britain as it is in America.
Senior pranks part of end-of-year traditions
By Deanna Richards & Eric Weslander
April 29, 2005
Lawrence High School employees found a giant heap of grass clippings piled on the concrete outside the school earlier this week.
Blair draws heat for Iraq document
By Ed Johnson - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
In an embarrassing about-face ahead of elections, Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday released a secret memo warning of the legal consequences of invading Iraq without a second U.N. resolution.
Sunflower showdown ‘humongous’ for KU
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
As if there already wasn’t enough pressure with recruiting rights and bragging battles between Kansas University and Kansas State University.
Defendant captured after fleeing from court
By Janet Reid
April 29, 2005
A man being taken into custody this morning at Douglas County District Court, bolted from officers and ran outside the building, only to be captured less than a block away.
Briefly - World
April 29, 2005
¢ Italy may reject findings on agent’s death ¢ Moves clear mayor’s presidential bi ¢ Putin warns Iranians on nuclear weapons ¢ More peacekeepers approved for Darfur ¢ Palestinian to enforce truce with ‘iron fist’
Alonso loosens Ferrari’s stranglehold
Spaniard wins third straight race, keeps mighty Schumacher winless
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Fernando Alonso has rescued Formula One from five years of dominance by Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. The Spaniard captured his third straight checkered flag in last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix by holding off Schumacher in a wheel-to-wheel duel over the final 12 laps.
Briefly - Nation
April 29, 2005
¢ Military releases photos of soldiers’ coffins ¢ NASA managers may delay shuttle launch ¢ Recalled kids’ chairs can cause finger injuries ¢ CDC endorses new mosquito repellents ¢ Schwarzenegger’s popularity tumbles ¢ Hundreds search for missing bride-to-be ¢ Arson suspect pleads guilty to conspiracy ¢ Report seeks updates to crash test program ¢ Jury convicts suspect in 5-year-old’s death ¢ Official says N. Korea has nuclear missile ¢ Study links middle-age obesity, dementia ¢ Researchers find signs of global warming
Differences
Many Europeans have a vastly different view of events leading up to May 1945.
J-W Editorials
April 29, 2005
For millions, many of them Americans, May 8, 1945, is an overwhelmingly vital date. It was the occasion for the unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II and set the stage for the capitulation of Japan less than five months later. This year is triggering many 60th anniversary celebrations regarding the ending of the war.
Filibuster fight puts Constitution on the line
Carl P. Leubsdorf - Dallas Morning News
April 29, 2005
Along with the pollen, hypocrisy is filling the air these days as Washington girds for a potentially titanic Senate vote over whether rules should be relaxed to make it easier to confirm federal judges.
Schools, religion
April 29, 2005
Good approach
April 29, 2005
Ugly reflections
April 29, 2005
A weighty health debate
Ellen Goodman - Washington Post Writers Group
April 29, 2005
This is probably as good a moment as any to rewrite the definition of Schadenfreude. It’s not just the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. It’s the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others who are thinner than you are.
Does militarism predict a fall?
By Robert Scheer - Special to the Los Angeles Times
April 29, 2005
Notice the price of gasoline lately? Isn’t it great that we have secured Iraq’s oil? And as Congress signs off on yet another huge supplementary grant to supposedly protect U.S. interests in the Mideast, our president pathetically begs his Saudi buddies for a price break. As the fall of Rome showed, imperialism never pays.
Serologicals upbeat despite sales slide
Company expects Lawrence plant to be operating in first quarter of ‘06
By Mark Fagan
April 29, 2005
Even as sales of its cell-growth product sagged during the first quarter, Serologicals Corp. officials still wish their new plant in Lawrence was operating.
Economy reaches ‘soft patch’
First-quarter’s growth slowest in two years
By Jeannine Aversa - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
Buffeted by rising energy prices and weakened consumer and business spending, the economy grew at an annual rate of just 3.1 percent in the first quarter. The slowest pace of expansion in two years was evidence of a new “soft patch.”
Commodities
April 29, 2005
Two jurors dismissed for sleeping
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Two jurors at the second trial of former Pratt County Atty. Tom Black have been dismissed for falling asleep.
Smith & Wesson settles gun suit
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
The family of a brain-damaged former Wichita boy shot in the face seven years ago has reached a settlement with gun maker Smith & Wesson.
Thought to be extinct, woodpecker seen in Arkansas
By Seth Borenstein - Knight Ridder Newspapers
April 29, 2005
Not seen for 60 years, the ivory-billed woodpecker — called “the flagship of American extinction” — is alive and soaring through Arkansas’ ancient cypress swamps.
Assembly approves partial Cabinet
By Alexandra Zavis - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
Iraq’s National Assembly on Thursday approved the country’s first democratically elected government, a Shiite-dominated body that excludes the Sunni minority from meaningful positions and could hamper efforts to dampen the deadly insurgency.
Playing in a travelin’ band
Lawrence musicians, road managers and promoters reveal do’s and dont’s of taking an act on the road
By Jon Niccum
April 29, 2005
Plane flights and stadium gigs are rare luxuries for most Lawrence bands. But local acts trying to make a name for themselves nationally are equally familiar with the frenetic world of touring. The casual music fan might be shocked to learn just how many area bands go on the road, how frequently they travel and what exotic locales they visit.
‘JAG’ finale tonight
Kevin McDonough
April 29, 2005
It’s taken 10 years and 227 episodes, but Harm and Mac finally get around to owning up to their feelings for each other on tonight’s “JAG” (8 p.m., CBS) series finale.
Best Bets
April 29, 2005
Board of ed meeting to discuss lawsuit
Executive session underscores gap between moderates, conservatives
By Dave Ranney
April 29, 2005
The Kansas Board of Education will have an emergency meeting Sunday to talk about the school finance lawsuit now being weighed by the state Supreme Court.
Artist encouraged by effort to bridge cultural gap
By Mindie Paget
April 29, 2005
Though there is room for improving relations between the native and nonnative people in Lawrence, New York-based artist Ping Chong said he was encouraged by efforts here to foster better communication.
Local briefs
April 29, 2005
¢ 6News broadcast time bumped up for baseball ¢ Officials search for possible gun at LHS ¢ Library chief appointed to Information Network ¢ Doping to be discussed at Dole Institute ¢ Land transfer paves way for U.S. 69 road work
Taiwanese opposition leader reaches out to China
April 29, 2005
Taiwan’s opposition leader called for closer cooperation between Beijing and Taipei today as he prepared to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, capping a historic reconciliation between his party and mainland communists whose civil war split China in 1949.
Lawrence school district announces hiring of new principals
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Administrators from Lawrence, Leavenworth and Dallas will fill principal vacancies in an early-childhood center, an elementary school and a junior high school, Lawrence school district officials have announced.
Lower Social Security proposed for some
Bush suggests middle- and high-income retirees accept smaller checks
By Glen Johnson - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
President Bush, trying to set off a depth charge under Social Security negotiations, on Thursday proposed asking future middle and higher-income retirees to accept smaller benefit checks than they’re currently slated to receive.
U.S. sees growing use of wiretaps
By Devlin Barrett - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
The number of court-authorized wiretaps jumped 19 percent last year as investigators pursued drug and other cases against increasingly tech-savvy suspects. Every surveillance request made by authorities was granted.
Soldier gets death sentence for attack
Sergeant who killed two comrades says he ‘had no other options’
By Estes Thompson - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
A military jury sentenced a soldier to death Thursday for a grenade and rifle attack on his own comrades during the opening days of the Iraq invasion, a barrage that killed two officers and that prosecutors said was driven by religious extremism.
Wheldon eager for Japan
IRL driver among favorites to win Saturday
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Dan Wheldon’s first IndyCar Series win came last year in Japan — and it was a great relief for host Honda.
DiMarco, Atwal tied at top
Singh two strokes back at Zurich Classic
April 29, 2005
Chris DiMarco got off to a fast start in his first event since losing the Masters in a playoff, shooting a season-best 7-under 65 Thursday for a share of the first-round lead in the Zurich Classic.
State pay raise debate revived; Senate OKs higher judges’ salaries
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Senators revived a debate Thursday over Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ proposal to increase state workers’ salaries by 2.5 percent, and they approved a $9,000 raise for every Kansas judge.
Gorbachev to visit Kansas to play chess with Karpov
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has agreed to visit Lindsborg later this year to play chess against former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who helped turn the small central Kansas community into something of a chess Mecca.
During testimony, ex-wife calls Jackson a ‘great father’
By Linda Deutsch - Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005
The mother of two of Michael Jackson’s children described the pop star as a “good father, great with kids” Thursday during tearful testimony in his child molestation trial that again turned the tables on prosecutors who called her to the stand.
Lawrence Datebook
April 29, 2005
On the record
April 29, 2005
Correction
April 29, 2005
The woman seated in the center of the stage in a photo that appeared on page 1B of Thursday’s Journal-World is named Dianne Yeahquo Reyner. She was incorrectly identified in the caption that ran with the picture.
Lions snap skid
LHS defense helps deny SM South, 4-3
By Andy Samuelson
April 29, 2005
Lawrence High’s baseball team broke its four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Shawnee Mission South on Thursday at Ice Field. Almost more importantly, though, the Lions did so without committing an error.
Royals rally, but fall in 11th
By Doug Tucker - Associated Press Sports Writer
April 29, 2005
After losing 104 games last year, the Kansas City Royals might be even worse this season. Lew Ford singled home the tiebreaking run off Mike Wood in the 11th inning Thursday, lifting Minnesota to a 6-5 victory and handing the Royals their eighth loss in a row.
Lawrence Classic field filled with former Futures Tour winners
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Five winners from last season are scheduled to be in the field at the Lawrence Futures Tour Classic next week at Eagle Bend. Among them is a golfer who has competed at Eagle Bend before.
Kansas giddy about rulings
NCAA decides to add 12th game every year, count I-AA victories toward bowl eligibility
By Ryan Wood
April 29, 2005
An eventful day in NCAA Division One football received thumbs-up across the board at Kansas University. Two significant proposals with huge impacts on the KU football program were approved Thursday in Indianapolis by the NCAA Board of Directors — one allowing a 12th regular-season game to be played every year beginning in 2006, and another allowing games against I-AA opponents to count toward bowl eligibility every year beginning this fall.
Woodling: Kansas committed to baseball program
By Chuck Woodling
April 29, 2005
Those were halcyon days in the mid-1990s when the old Big Eight Conference joined four Southwest Conference schools to form a new major player on the college scene. Well versed in addition, league officials dubbed it the Big 12 Conference.
SM West drops Free State soccer, 4-0
Firebirds take to defensive, find plenty of positives in narrow setback to regionally ranked Vikings
By Steve Vockrodt
April 29, 2005
As far as defeats go, Free State’s 4-0 soccer setback to Shawnee Mission West wasn’t bad. It could have been worse for the Firebirds. They only managed two meek shots on goal and spent most of the game trying to keep the ball out of the defensive zone.
FSHS 2nd, Lions 4th in swimming
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Ashley Robinson won two events, Ashley Jackson earned a second-place finish, and Free State High picked up a second-place relay finish as the Firebirds placed second in the team race at a four-team swimming and diving meet Thursday at Olathe South.
Ex-Kaw Amerine signs
April 29, 2005
Jamie Amerine, a former Perry-Lecompton High softball standout who has spent the last two seasons at Cowley County CC in Arkansas City, has signed a letter of intent with South Carolina-Upstate, an NCAA Div. II school.
Brewers slip past Cardinals
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
A pitcher who had been winless since August helped the Milwaukee Brewers find a way to beat the St. Louis Cardinals.
Tigers reach .500, aim higher
Maroth effective in Tigers’ 3-2 victory over Indians
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
The losing streak is behind them, and the Detroit Tigers’ bullpen problems soon could be in the past, too. Mike Maroth made just two bad pitches in six innings, and Detroit’s trio of relievers made a one-run lead stand up as the Tigers won their fourth straight, 3-2 over the Indians on Thursday night.
Jayhawks blast Bison
KU uses home runs for 3-2, 1-0 sweep
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Kansas University used four solo home runs to sweep a nonconference doubleheader, 3-2 and 1-0, with North Dakota State on Thursday at Arrocha Ballpark.
Men’s golf headed to Texas for Big 12 meet
April 29, 2005
Kansas University’s men’s golf team will take a No. 35 national ranking into the Big 12 Conference tournament today through Sunday at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Trinity, Texas.
Jayhawks eliminated at Big 12 tennis event
April 29, 2005
Kansas University’s tennis team fell to Colorado, 4-2, Thursday in a first-round Big 12 tournament match at the University of Texas courts.
Chesang wins 5,000 at Penn Relays
April 29, 2005
Kansas University junior Benson Chesang won the 5,000-meter run at the Penn Relays on Thursday in Philadelphia.
NCAA still staying clear of playoff fray
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
The NCAA will allow football teams to play 12 games per year, but it won’t enter the postseason-playoff fray.
Hoover stifles SMNW
Firebird pitcher dominant in 2-1 victory
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
Jake Hoover fired a two-hitter and struck out 11, leading Free State High to a 2-1 baseball victory Thursday over Shawnee Mission Northwest.
Free State solid in sweep of ONW
J-W Staff Reports
April 29, 2005
A doubleheader against Olathe Northwest was just what Free State High’s girls softball team needed, as the Firebirds collected a two-game sweep of the Ravens, 12-5 and 7-5, Thursday.
Pacers post 2-1 edge
Miller propels Indiana past Boston
By Steve Herman - Associated Press Sports Writer
April 29, 2005
Reggie Miller had no sympathy for the Boston Celtics. He didn’t need any favorable treatment from the officials, either.
Mavs stop Houston, trail, 2-1
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Playing with the desperation of a team facing elimination, even though they weren’t, the Dallas Mavericks clawed their way back into their first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.
Officials search for possible gun at LHS
April 29, 2005
Lawrence High School officials searched the building Thursday morning after getting a tip that a student may have brought a gun to school.
Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
April 29, 2005
Lions all-around dandy in sweep
Lawrence bats, defense hot in run-rule victories
By Steve Schmidt
April 29, 2005
Lawrence High second baseman Erin Miller arrived Thursday at Holcom Sports Complex with a container of eye black despite the obvious lack of sun before a hot-chocolate special of a softball doubleheader against Leavenworth.
People
April 29, 2005
¢ McBride to help construct good times in hometown ¢ Florida court refuses to hear Limbaugh appeal on records ¢ CNN losing anchor Woodruff ¢ Birthdays
Bulls’ Hinrich finds taste of success
By K.C. Johnson - Chicago Tribune
April 29, 2005
Less than six hours after flying back from watching his son tie his career high with 34 points in a Bulls playoff victory, Jim Hinrich walked into a North Kansas City (Mo.) High classroom at 7:25 a.m. Thursday.
Abortion veto override fails; minister vows Sebelius will pay
Measure would have regulated some clinic procedures, but not others
By Scott Rothschild
April 29, 2005
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of an abortion clinic regulation bill survived an override attempt Thursday, but supporters of the legislation said they would continue the fight in the political arena.
No changes planned where injury accidents occurred on K-10
By Eric Weslander
April 29, 2005
The state has no plans to add a traffic light or lower the speed limit at the entrance to the East Hills Business Park, the scene of several injury accidents in recent years. In fact, the state says faster, nonstop traffic can be safer.
This Weekend’s Highlights
April 29, 2005
Too many gadgets inundate ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’
By Christy Lemire - Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Surely “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” would seem sufficiently well-known and have a large enough cult following for its various incarnations that comparing it to something else — another book, another TV series, another movie, whatever — would be pointless. You know it or you don’t. You love it or you don’t.
Former Cosmosphere chief pleads not guilty to charges
The Associated Press
April 29, 2005
Former Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center president Max Ary said Wednesday he looked forward to clearing his name when he goes on trial on federal charges of fraud, theft and transporting stolen goods involving the museum he helped create.
6Sports video: Chieftains shut out Lady Kaws
April 29, 2005
The Tonganoxie’s softball team took out the Perry-Lecompton Lady Kaws, 3-0, Thursday at Tonganoxie.
6Sports video: LHS place 7th at Invitational
April 29, 2005
The Lawrence High’s tennis team placed seventh in its annual Invitational on Thursday.
6Sports video: Scholar Athlete of the Month
April 29, 2005
Lawrence High’s Chelsey Ornburn is this month’s High School Scholar Athlete.
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