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- Residents deck out for Red Dog fund-raising event
- December 15, 2005
- Lawrence residents decked themselves out Thursday for the Red Dog’s annual Winter Run. The jog raised money for the Lawrence Humane Society. The Humane Society hopes the fundraiser will ease the burden of having an overcrowded facility.
- Firebirds grab first tournament title
- December 15, 2005
- Free State High School defeated Junction City 45-37 to win the Bonner Springs Metro Prep Classic. Since Free State High opened in 1997, the girl’s basketball team had yet to win a title.
- Lady Chieftains remain undefeated
- December 15, 2005
- In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the Tonganoxie girl's basketball team is still undefeated. Last year, the Lady Chieftains missed a trip to the state championship by three points.
- Police search for white-bearded, elderly bank robber
- December 15, 2005
- Lawrence Police say they are searching this afternoon for a white-bearded elderly man who robbed the US Bank at 1807 W. 23rd St.
- Two arrested in connection with planned robbery
- December 15, 2005
- Thanks to a tip, a planned robbery of a Eudora convenience store was foiled Wednesday night, Lawrence police reported today.
- Cold and breezy today
- Snow expected on Saturday evening
- December 15, 2005
- A chilly, blustery day is in store for Lawrence today, with temperatures climbing up only into the upper 30s, said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Worth doing in Fort Worth
- KU bowl game site home to arts, gourmet dining
- December 15, 2005
- Brian Fleming is tired of his hometown getting a bad rap. So Fleming, a Kansas University junior, is glad thousands of Jayhawk fans will be headed to Fort Worth next week.
- Discoveries reset timeline for humans in N. Europe
- December 15, 2005
- Ancient tools found in Britain show that humans lived in northern Europe 200,000 years earlier than was previously known, at a time when England’s climate was warm enough to be the home of lions, elephants and saber-tooth tigers, scientists announced Wednesday.
- Anti-shopping message brought to Mass. Street
- December 15, 2005
- If televangelists hated Wal-Mart, they would probably look and sound something like Bill Talen.
- Scouts sending care packages, warm wishes to soldiers in Iraq
- December 15, 2005
- Stephan Osterhaus couldn’t quite get the box up on the cookie table. The 8-year-old member of Cub Scout Troop 3013 squeezed the stuffed-full cardboard box up against the lip of the table and yelled at a group of Webelos bagging up baked goods.
- County wants city, schools to take lead on sports complex
- December 15, 2005
- Douglas County commissioners are willing to put up some money to help pay for a study to determine the need for a youth multisport complex; they just aren’t sure how much.
- Police break up bird smuggling ring
- December 15, 2005
- Brazilian authorities raided warehouses in five states Wednesday and arrested nine people accused of smuggling rare birds for sale in Europe and the United States.
- Bethlehem mayor asks pilgrims to visit
- December 15, 2005
- The mayor of Jesus’ traditional birthplace on Wednesday asked pilgrims to visit in large numbers during Christmas and help pressure Israel to dismantle the barrier that separates the city from Jerusalem.
- Premier vows to fight Islamic extremism
- December 15, 2005
- Jordan’s new prime minister vowed Wednesday to wage a “pre-emptive” war against Islamic extremists, saying his government planned to fight terrorism by reforming religious teaching and granting greater freedom.
- Probe continues in oil depot blaze
- December 15, 2005
- Investigators searched Wednesday for the cause of a massive explosion at one of Britain’s largest fuel depots — including the possibility a tanker driver accidentally sparked the blaze.
- Surfers, clerics try to ease ethnic tensions
- December 15, 2005
- A Muslim cleric in a gray robe and white skull cap sits down with a youth in a baseball cap and shorts for talks on cooling tensions. Lebanese members of a motorcycle gang and a group of surfers agree both sides need to calm down.
- DNA tests exonerate two more convicts
- December 15, 2005
- Independent DNA testing has found two men to have been wrongly convicted of sexual assault, raising to five the number of people exonerated because of forensic evidence saved by a meticulous scientist, Gov. Mark R. Warner said Wednesday in Richmond.
- Convicted hitman, 77, executed for ’85 murder
- December 15, 2005
- A 77-year-old convicted hitman was executed Wednesday in Parchman, becoming the oldest person in the nation put to death since capital punishment was reinstated nearly three decades ago.
- Federal air marshals to watch trains, buses
- December 15, 2005
- Critics of a plan to send undercover air marshals to patrol trains, buses and ferries say it will take scarce resources away from airplanes and could get in the way of local police.
- Midwest meth summit opens
- December 15, 2005
- Fewer clandestine labs are cooking methamphetamine but the nation still faces a problem from cartels that import the drug in purer form, officials at a Midwestern governors summit said Wednesday.
- U.S. charities end challenging year impressed by donors’ zeal
- December 15, 2005
- Donor fatigue? Not this year.
- Shock-talk set free
- Stern can’t wait for satellite, freedom from FCC
- December 15, 2005
- Whittle it down, and the essence of Howard Stern comes to this: a guy playing the piano with his … manhood.
- ‘Virgin’ chest waxer takes pleasure in pain
- December 15, 2005
- The chest-waxing scene in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” was one of this year’s most harrowing movie moments — made only more so with the knowledge that it was, in fact, real.
- Celebrity tell-alls make dreadful reads
- December 15, 2005
- Tired of television? Curl up with a good book. No, make that a very bad book. The one-hour special “Celebrity Autobiography: In their Own Words” (9 p.m., Bravo) presents actors and comics reading some staggeringly dreadful passages from celebrity tell-alls, confessions and memoirs.
- Offenses paying price for challenging Bailey
- December 15, 2005
- Opposing offenses used to stay away from Champ Bailey because bad things seemed to happen anytime the ball went his way.
- Chilly, windy conditions leave Carson cold
- Bengals quarterback endured his worst game of season in rugged weather
- December 15, 2005
- The wind swirled, the cold numbed and Carson Palmer looked like a transplanted Californian having no fun in the Great White North.
- Brown back headlines I-AA team
- December 15, 2005
- Nick Hartigan bulled through defenses on his way to a record-setting championship season for Brown and earned a spot on the Associated Press Div. I-AA All-America team.
- South Carolina-Mizzou not hot bowl ticket
- December 15, 2005
- With a little more than two weeks before the Independence Bowl, just over half the tickets for the Dec. 30 game have been sold.
- CU picks next coach
- December 15, 2005
- Boise State coach Dan Hawkins was close to completing a deal that would bring him to Colorado to replace Gary Barnett.
- Julius who? Wolfpack cruise
- December 15, 2005
- North Carolina State’s players knew it would take a team effort to replace first-round NBA draft pick Julius Hodge.
- Monmouth, Princeton set mark for low score
- December 15, 2005
- In the lowest-scoring Div. I game since the introduction of the three-point line, Monmouth, N.J., beat Princeton, 41-21, Wednesday night.
- Sonics believe officials are picking on Fortson
- December 15, 2005
- When Danny Fortson walks on the court, he’s almost immediately saddled with two fouls.
- KU women’s team to tour LMH Monday
- December 15, 2005
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team will make its annual visit to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Monday.
- Naismith Tour coming Sunday to Wichita
- December 15, 2005
- The Naismith History of Basketball Tour will come to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame for a limited time beginning Sunday.
- Our town sports
- December 15, 2005
- Chiefs shrug off gesture
- December 15, 2005
- Kansas City defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham declined comment Wednesday on a picture that appears to show him making an obscene gesture during the Chiefs’ game last week at Dallas.
- KU has hard time getting handle on Houston
- December 15, 2005
- The middle man is Mike Leach, head football coach at Texas Tech.
- Keegan: Mangino deserves a hand
- December 15, 2005
- The loss to Texas Tech wasn’t bad at all. The same couldn’t be said for the horrendous debacle at Kansas State. Then there was Brian Luke’s Oklahoma meltdown. The bully job Colorado pinned on Kansas University’s football team in Boulder made it an 0-4 start to the Big 12 season.
- Children’s author to give reading
- December 15, 2005
- Author L. D. Harkrader, of Tonganoxie, will present a reading from her new children’s book, “Airball: My Life in Briefs,” followed by a discussion and book signing, at Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
- ‘CBS Evening News’ showing a new energy
- Bob Schieffer raises ratings while Katie Couric courted
- December 15, 2005
- While waiting to hear from Katie Couric, the “CBS Evening News” has been showing signs of life.
- Orchestra to receive fundraising match
- December 15, 2005
- A special year-end fundraising challenge has been made to the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra by a Lawrence resident.
- ‘Mocktails’ safe bet to serve on holidays
- December 15, 2005
- Warm or cold, these delicious nonalcoholic holiday drinks from “The Mocktail Bar Guide” (Meadowbrook Press) are perfect for a party full of guests or a cozy twosome in front of the fire.
- Czech glass cut as fruit basket highly sought after
- December 15, 2005
- The glassmakers of Czechoslovakia made many types of glassware from 1918 to 1938, including candy baskets, chandeliers and lamps, jewelry, novelties, art glass, iridescent glass and colored glass, especially orange. Many of the glass pieces were copied from glass made in other countries. The variety and quality of Czech cut and pressed glass perfume bottles made them popular around the world.
- Landscape plants will suffer in cold weather
- December 15, 2005
- I’m not alone when I ask: “What happened?” I’m referring, of course, to the minus 15-degree temperatures of a few nights ago.
- O Christmas tree!
- Alternatives to evergreens help deck halls creatively
- December 15, 2005
- Every year, holiday decorations seem to be unveiled earlier and earlier. This year they went up long before Halloween.
- Transit strike threatens N.Y.
- December 15, 2005
- Here’s what it could look like: Bicyclists darting through never-ending traffic jams. Swarms of commuters trudging over the Brooklyn Bridge in their sneakers in the freezing cold. Tourists stranded during the height of the Christmas season. Broadway shows with half-empty theaters.
- Natural gas prices aren’t slowing holiday shoppers
- December 15, 2005
- Lorna Browning is resigned to the fact that high natural gas prices may leave her looking, at times, like a hypothermic track star. “This is the first year that I’ve turned the thermostat down so low that I have to wear sweats and a sweatshirt around the house,” Browning said.
- Job changers keep savings in market
- December 15, 2005
- Americans appear to be getting smarter about their retirement savings, with more rolling their retirement funds into another tax-friendly plan when they leave their job rather than spending the cash.
- New medical building opens on Sixth Street
- December 15, 2005
- Occupants of a new medical building in northwest Lawrence are scheduled to celebrate the building’s opening today.
- Re-gifts far from offensive
- December 15, 2005
- The topic of re-gifting — giving someone a gift that someone else gave you — has been getting major coverage of late. The ABC program “20/20” tackled the topic recently. But as a re-gifter, I was encouraged when Oprah Winfrey seemed to support it. On a recent program she asked a group of experts whether re-gifting is tacky or rude.
- Recycling center reopens
- Wal-Mart center ready for rush
- December 15, 2005
- Theo Hall offers some advice for folks looking to unload six months’ worth of empty beer bottles, crushed soda cans, broken-down diaper boxes and washed-out detergent containers at Wal-Mart’s new community recycling center.
- Daily ticker
- December 15, 2005
- Volunteers needed to adopt families
- December 15, 2005
- A Lawrence social service agency is asking the public to help 10 families enjoy a merry Christmas this year.
- Mapping the Future series looks at growth
- December 15, 2005
- Sunflower Broadband Channel 6News concludes its in-depth look at Lawrence planning tonight with the fifth installment in the Mapping the Future series.
- Commissioner angry about recusal request
- December 15, 2005
- Douglas County Commissioner Charles Jones is calling for Commissioner Jere McElhaney to avoid conducting county business with law enforcement and court offices.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- December 15, 2005
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.16 at Phillips, Sixth Street and Schwarz Road. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- 2 guilty of trying to kill witness
- December 15, 2005
- Two Lawrence residents were found guilty Tuesday of trying to kill a drug informant in a failed mob-style hit. A third defendant was acquitted in the case.
- Prosecutors say Wittig violated release terms
- December 15, 2005
- A federal judge will decide whether to send former Westar Energy Inc. chief David Wittig to prison after prosecutors on Wednesday claimed he has violated terms of his release.
- Commentary: Sox are playing hardball in Chicago
- December 15, 2005
- Six of the 25 White Sox who won the World Series no longer are White Sox. And that doesn’t even count Frank Thomas, who was right by their side, drenched in champagne.
- White Sox deal for Vazquez
- Trade to send Hernandez to Diamondbacks
- December 15, 2005
- Hoping to bolster their starting rotation, the World Series champion White Sox agreed to acquire right-hander Javier Vazquez from Arizona for right-hander Orlando Hernandez, reliever Luis Vizcaino and minor-league outfielder Chris Young, a baseball official said Wednesday.
- Regents approve plan to combat worsening shortage of nurses
- December 15, 2005
- State higher education officials Wednesday approved a plan aimed at easing the worsening nursing shortage.
- Reservoir collapse in the Ozarks washes away homes, injures 3 children
- December 15, 2005
- The stone retaining wall around a huge mountaintop reservoir in the Ozarks collapsed before daybreak Wednesday, releasing a billion-gallon torrent of water that swept away at least two homes and several vehicles and critically injured three children, authorities said.
- Lawrence datebook
- December 15, 2005
- Hundreds of millions of children exploited worldwide, UNICEF says
- December 15, 2005
- Hundreds of millions of children suffer exploitation and discrimination but are virtually invisible to the eyes of the world, according to a UNICEF report published Wednesday.
- Consumer advocate speaks out against Westar rate increase
- December 15, 2005
- A consumer advocate worried Wednesday that state regulators are ready to increase what consumers pay Westar Energy Inc. for electricity while decreasing the risks to the utility’s profits.
- Illegal trade in caviar booming in Europe
- December 15, 2005
- Illegal sales of caviar in Europe are endangering the survival of some sturgeon species, two conservation groups said.
- Interim dean interviews for permanent role
- December 15, 2005
- Barbara Romzek met with Kansas University faculty Wednesday in the final Q&A session for candidates interviewing for dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Health officials to monitor diabetics
- December 15, 2005
- Hoping to save hundreds of lives, New York adopted a health code regulation Wednesday that will make it the first American city to keep track of people with diabetes in much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or tuberculosis.
- CDC: 2003-04 flu killed children rapidly
- December 15, 2005
- One-third of the 153 American children killed by the flu during the 2003-04 season were dead within three days of getting sick, and many of the youngsters were perfectly healthy before they were stricken, government researchers reported.
- Donald Trump sued by real estate brokers
- December 15, 2005
- Donald Trump is being sued for $1.3 million by three real estate brokers who say he has failed to pay them in full after the profitable sale of land and apartments he owned on the former West Side Manhattan rail yards.
- Four ’missing’ in blast are found unharmed
- December 15, 2005
- Authorities who searched the rubble of a deadly apartment-complex explosion overnight for four missing tenants found them Wednesday, going about their normal business.
- Governor won’t seek state office again
- December 15, 2005
- Gov. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not seek a second term in 2006, ending months of speculation and clearing his way for a possible run for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.
- Tobacco company to end drinking promotion
- December 15, 2005
- A cigarette promotion that used coasters encouraging heavy drinking has been discontinued after three states appealed to the tobacco company to stop it.
- Social cost
- December 15, 2005
- To the editor: Of course Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito will reverse Roe v. Wade.
- Good job
- December 15, 2005
- To the editor: In regard to the Dec. 10 “On the street” comments, people who have lived in Lawrence a long time know that the city street department has stayed the same over the years, even though the city keeps getting larger.
- Soldier support
- December 15, 2005
- To the editor: My comments in the story about the custody battle involving the son of Marine Cpl. Levi Bradley (Journal-World, Dec. 12) didn’t accurately reflect the commitment of my boss, Congressman Dennis Moore, to the men and women bravely serving our country.
- Everyday angel
- December 15, 2005
- To the editor: Last Friday, I got my shopping cart stuck in the snow behind Babcock Place, where I live.
- Holiday greeting beside the point
- December 15, 2005
- The effort by some cable TV hosts and ministers to force commercial establishments into wishing everyone a “Merry Christmas” might be more objectionable to the One who is the reason for the season than the “Happy Holidays” mantra required by some store managers.
- Language education would strengthen U.S.
- December 15, 2005
- My niece, Lesly, says she prefers speaking English to Spanish. I tried explaining that she didn’t really have to choose, that being bilingual doubled her girl power and that she needed to keep up with her Spanish if she wanted to be able to talk to her grandparents.
- Season of sharing
- One sure way to get that Christmas feeling is to reach out and help someone less fortunate than yourself.
- December 15, 2005
- In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Americans are bombarded with two kinds of appeals. One is to buy items for their families and friends and the other is to give money or gifts to a number of charitable causes.
- Horoscopes
- December 15, 2005
- For Thursday, Dec. 15
- Separate ways
- As Vinson settles into role at KU, ex-Lion Watkins finds niche at Baker
- December 15, 2005
- Unlike former Lawrence High teammate Stephen Vinson, D.J. Watkins wasn’t invited by then-Kansas University coach Roy Williams to become a preferred walk-on for the Jayhawks in the fall of 2002. He had to take his chances trying out for the team.
- Legality of school vouchers in dispute
- Two former officials have said they violate state constitution
- December 15, 2005
- Supporters of private school vouchers have extolled their virtues during a debate before the Kansas State Board of Education.
- Panel to discuss school improvements
- December 15, 2005
- After getting an earful from school superintendents who oppose private school vouchers, the Kansas State Board of Education voted Wednesday to appoint a committee of superintendents to come up with other proposals to improve schools.
- Iranian president calls Holocaust ‘myth’
- December 15, 2005
- Iran’s hard-line president lashed out with a new outburst at Israel on Wednesday, calling the Nazi Holocaust a “myth” used as a pretext for carving out a Jewish state in the heart of the Muslim world.
- House extends Patriot Act, cuts social program spending
- December 15, 2005
- The Republican-controlled House approved a pair of year-end conservative priorities Wednesday, voting to extend the anti-terrorism Patriot Act and to cut spending across a wide swath of social programs.
- Celtics take advantage of Pacers
- Pierce nets 25 against short-handed Indiana
- December 15, 2005
- The Boston Celtics took advantage of the short-handed Indiana Pacers.
- Toplikar: Shopping in a printer wonderland
- December 15, 2005
- It’s still a long, long way off, at least for a Christmas procrastinator like me. But rather than wait until the last minute, I put down the eggnog and got started this week on some of the family gift-buying.
- Hot holiday toys send shoppers scurrying for gifts
- December 15, 2005
- If parents haven’t gotten their hands on some of this season’s hot holiday toys by now, they may have to give their children an IOU slip under the tree.
- Iraq war is like no other
- December 15, 2005
- More than a year before the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson delivered a remarkable speech on Capitol Hill in which he set out the contours of “peace without victory,” a notion that, if you think about human nature and human history, requires unusual magnanimity in a people. At the Versailles peace negotiations, President Wilson discovered that the French and British, after millions of deaths in a brutal war, were not quite up to the task of magnanimity.
- Saddle up for quality entertainment in Fort Worth
- December 15, 2005
- Here is a sampling of events, museums and happenings from Wednesday through Friday of next week for those making the trip to the Fort Worth Bowl.
- Troops in place, ballots ready for historic Iraqi vote
- December 15, 2005
- U.S. troops are staying a mile away from the polling stations for today’s national elections. But they’re close by — ready to back up tens of thousands of Iraqi security forces if called upon.
- Firebirds claim first girls title
- December 15, 2005
- Chalk up another Free State High first. Banaka Okwuone and Lauren Kimball were the catalysts as the Firebirds made history with a 45-37 girls basketball victory over Junction City on Wednesday night in the championship game of the Bonner Springs Metro Prep Classic.
- Free State drops wrestling dual to Olathe South, 33-31
- December 15, 2005
- Free State High’s wrestling team fell to Olathe South, 33-31, in a dual meet Wednesday night.
- Official thrilled to land cross country race
- December 15, 2005
- It seemed like a natural match for Bob Sanner, director of conventions and sports marketing for the Lawrence Convention & Visitors Bureau.
- Kansas tipoff changed
- December 15, 2005
- The game time for Monday’s Kansas University-Pepperdine men’s basketball game has been changed by ESPN.
- People in the news
- December 15, 2005
- • Royal recognition • Other side of radio • A Rockin’ role • Wonderful ‘Wunderkind’ • Tied up in traffic court • CNN host has ‘stalker’
- KU team helping to create flying car
- 9-member design group to unveil work today
- December 15, 2005
- It’s a car. No, it’s a plane. No, it’s AirCar. Kansas University students are assisting a Washington state businessman intent on creating a successful, self-contained flying automobile.
- President admits faulty intelligence
- Public opinion up, but many remain skeptical about war in Iraq
- December 15, 2005
- On the eve of the first parliamentary elections in Iraq, President Bush on Wednesday accepted full responsibility for invading the country on faulty intelligence.
- Suspect in rape said to have violated bond
- December 15, 2005
- Prosecutors allege a 26-year-old man charged with raping an acquaintance has violated conditions of his bond by repeatedly making telephone calls to the victim.
- On the record
- December 15, 2005
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