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- Federal judge in Pennsylvania rules ‘intelligent design’ can’t be taught in schools
- 11:12 a.m., December 20, 2005 Updated 11:43 a.m.
- “Intelligent design” cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said today, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since the 1925 Scopes trial.
- Shortest day also one of the dimmest
- Temperatures to climb to mid 30s
- December 20, 2005
- This is the shortest day of the year - the last day of autumn and the eve of the winter solstice. And thanks to overcast skies, Lawrence will have one of its dimmest days of the year. “We’re not going to see a lot of sunshine this morning. It’s kind of dark out there. We will keep the clouds around,” Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist said.
- Inspections find food code violations
- December 20, 2005
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has taken action against five area restaurants, including three in Lawrence, for state food code violations. Businesses can appeal the fines.
- Lawrencians won’t be seeing snow on Christmas morning
- Meteorologist says temperature will be in 40s during weekend
- December 20, 2005
- The weather outside won’t be very frightful this weekend, so forget about any dreams of white Christmases.
- Waves’ Henry has homecoming
- December 20, 2005
- There’s nothing like the pressure of returning home to play in front of family and friends — especially when the opponent happens to be Kansas University.
- Officials expect thousands of Kansas fans
- December 20, 2005
- By week’s end, Fort Worth is going to look a lot like game-day Lawrence. “I think we’ll have 10,000 people down there,” predicted Jim Marchiony, associate athletic director at Kansas University.
- Ravens roll as QBs trade roles
- December 20, 2005
- Years from now, Kyle Boller won’t care that the game meant nothing. The oft-criticized quarterback will remember that he outplayed Brett Favre.
- Unsung heroes 2005
- December 20, 2005
- Green Day, U2, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, The White Stripes and Foo Fighters enjoyed a strong 2005, riding a wave of popularity for their latest releases. Collectively, these groups scooped up an impressive 16 nominations in various rock and pop categories for the upcoming Grammy Awards.
- Strike deadline passes in N.Y. transit talks
- Millions of commuters could be stranded today
- December 20, 2005
- A strike deadline came and went early today with no word of a walkout, but prospects remained dim that negotiators would reach a deal to avert a crippling shutdown of the city’s subway and bus system.
- Smoking down, prescription-drug abuse up among teens
- December 20, 2005
- Teenagers are saying “no” to cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs of abuse, according to a survey, which also found that misuse of prescription pain medication remained high.
- Celebrity birthdays
- December 20, 2005
- Rock singer Chris Robinson is 39. Actor John Hillerman is 73. Rock musician Peter Criss is 60. Psychic Uri Geller is 59. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt is 48.
- Cruise groomed to highest level of Scientology
- December 20, 2005
- Tom Cruise’s faith in Scientology was nurtured at a secretive Southern California desert compound that catered to his needs around the clock, it was reported Saturday.
- Former Boeing employees sue for alleged age discrimination
- December 20, 2005
- Dozens of former Boeing Co. employees filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the aerospace giant and the buyers of its commercial aircraft operations in Kansas and Oklahoma, alleging age discrimination against employees in the sale.
- Federal survey shows rise in unwanted pregnancies
- December 20, 2005
- More American women are having babies they didn’t want, a survey indicates, but federal researchers say they don’t know if that means attitudes about abortion are changing.
- Iran’s president bans Western music
- December 20, 2005
- Hip-hop blares from car radios in the streets of the Iranian capital, and Eric Clapton’s “Rush” and the Eagles’ “Hotel California” regularly accompany Iranian news broadcasts.
- Treaty must cover China, India
- December 20, 2005
- The key issue blocking American cooperation with international efforts to deal with climate change is a global affirmative-action philosophy that penalizes the U.S. economy.
- Horoscopes
- December 20, 2005
- FPL Group buys Constellation Energy
- December 20, 2005
- FPL Group Inc.’s purchase of Constellation Energy Group Inc., in an $11 billion stock deal announced Monday, creates one of the nation’s biggest energy companies.
- City shifts traffic plans
- Roundabout removed from design for 19th, Louisiana intersection
- December 20, 2005
- When it comes to a roundabout at 19th and Louisiana streets, Chuck Soules is in no mood to experiment.
- KU football team lands two more commitments
- December 20, 2005
- Kansas University has picked up two more football commitments.
- Tittrington: Hoop fans bring buzz in big way
- December 20, 2005
- During my six-plus years as a sports journalist, I often have been asked by readers and colleagues which sport is my favorite to cover.
- Pump patrol
- December 20, 2005
- Can Iraqis tame stubborn pony?
- December 20, 2005
- Watching Iraqis lining up to vote on Thursday, I had a familiar feeling. It took a while to pin it down.
- Sugar-free treats
- December 20, 2005
- To the editor: ‘Tis the season to be jolly and to share all kinds of treats with co-workers, friends and family. I would just like to remind everyone to please keep in mind diabetics.
- Odd donations found in Salvation Army kettles
- December 20, 2005
- Most people drop spare change into those red Salvation Army kettles. Some people put in dollar bills or checks. Now someone has apparently dropped some gold teeth in.
- Chamber taps new leader
- New vice president comes from Rice County
- December 20, 2005
- Beth Johnson will put her political education and governmental experience to work next month when she starts as the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce’s new vice president for economic development.
- Study of sewer system on schedule
- Future development in northwest area could hinge on results
- December 20, 2005
- A key report that should shed light on whether the city’s sewer system in the northwest area is overloaded is still on track to be completed by the end of this month.
- Reduced bail keeps homeless sex offender in Lawrence
- December 20, 2005
- A pending case in Douglas County court has had the unusual result of bringing a homeless sex offender back to town to face a charge that he never told anyone he’d moved away.
- Arizona drops out of poll for first time since 1987-88
- December 20, 2005
- Only UCLA has had a better run than Duke in the Associated Press college basketball poll.
- First gay couples tie the knot in United Kingdom
- December 20, 2005
- Two lesbians became the first gay couple in the United Kingdom to win legal recognition under a civil partnership Monday, a ceremony that attracted scorn from evangelical Christian protesters but praise from gay rights activists.
- Stores shop for sales via cell phone
- December 20, 2005
- Everyone knows cell phones are good for communicating. But shopping?
- Renewed glow for Senate chamber
- Cost of Capitol renovations rises to $162 million with visitor center, garage
- December 20, 2005
- With the 2006 legislative session only three weeks away, workers Monday put the finishing touches on the ornately restored Senate chamber, while lawmakers upped the original price tag of the Capitol renovation project.
- Law students honored for committee work
- December 20, 2005
- Several Kansas University law students were honored last week by the Kansas Criminal Justice Committee.
- Jayni to prepare New Year’s Eve menu
- December 20, 2005
- Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Celebrate the Big Night: A Menu for New Year’s Eve.” Host Jayni Carey will prepare the following recipes in this repeat presentation.
- Money matters of 2005
- New bankruptcy laws prompt rise in filings
- December 20, 2005
- Can it be another year is nearly over? Typically in the last weeks of December, I like to reflect on my personal financial life. I take stock (sorry, just like that pun) of whether I followed all the advice I got during the year from my financial adviser. (I did.)
- Nursing numbers
- Additional support for Kansas nursing programs is an investment in the state’s future.
- December 20, 2005
- When it comes to a community’s quality of life, there are few things more important than the availability of health care.
- Notebook
- December 20, 2005
- Retiree claims privacy invasion
- ‘Border Protection’ opened letter to KU professor
- December 20, 2005
- A retired Kansas University professor says the federal government has been poking into the mail he receives from abroad.
- About $8,500 missing from Liberty Hall
- December 20, 2005
- Internal theft is suspected in the disappearance of more than $8,500 in bank deposits from a downtown entertainment landmark.
- Tulane freshman prepares for return to New Orleans
- Lawrence teen hopes to help with rebuilding effort
- December 20, 2005
- Jennifer Raney’s dreams, temporarily derailed, may now come true. After Hurricane Katrina’s devastation forced Raney to delay her freshman year at Tulane University, the Lawrence teen is planning once again to take on New Orleans - starting with the spring semester.
- State-of-the-art research building opens
- December 20, 2005
- Kansas University’s $40 million Multidisciplinary Research Building, designed to foster collaboration among researchers in various areas, is officially open.
- Unusual cold snap greets Kansas in Texas
- December 20, 2005
- Kansas University coach Mark Mangino watched over the Jayhawks’ football practice Monday wearing shorts. That observation can be interpreted two different ways: 1. He has an uncanny tolerance for blustery weather, or 2. He didn’t catch word of a forecast for Fort Worth when packing.
- Keegan: Big men save day for KU
- December 20, 2005
- They couldn’t make their free throws and layups. They responded to a scoring drought by resorting to the playground, which — surprise, surprise — extended the drought. And their fans filed into the cold night talking about exactly when it was they last saw such an ugly game.
- Freshmen Wright, Downs pine away
- December 20, 2005
- Freshmen Julian Wright and Micah Downs, who had been playing well in the games leading up to the longest idle period on the Kansas University basketball schedule, spent most of Monday night watching teammates grind their way to a 63-43 victory over Pepperdine at the Fieldhouse.
- Indiana shooters deadly
- Hoosiers conquer Charlotte; ‘Zags win
- December 20, 2005
- Coach Mike Davis has a goal each game for Indiana: take no more than a total of three contested shots. If the Hoosiers follow through, he figures they stand a good chance of making at least as many as they miss. The latest evidence came Monday night at the expense of the Charlotte 49ers.
- Nebraska roughs up A&T
- December 20, 2005
- Scoring more than 100 points will do a lot for a team’s confidence. That was Nebraska guard Marcus Walker’s assessment Monday after the Cornhuskers rolled over North Carolina A&T, 107-57.
- Kansas high school swimming scores for Dec. 19
- December 20, 2005
- Billups beats buzzer
- Piston’s bucket ends 2OT thriller
- December 20, 2005
- Chauncey Billups scored 30 points, including a 15-footer with 0.3 seconds left in the second overtime Monday night, as the Detroit Pistons beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 106-104.
- City Athletes of the Week
- December 20, 2005
- High school sports notebook
- December 20, 2005
- Question and answer with … Kyle Wright
- Wellsville senior makes smooth transition from home-schooling to Eagles’ leading scorer
- December 20, 2005
- Curtis Wright has become a familiar face for many of the kids who have enrolled in the Wellsville Unified School District the last two decades.
- Commentary: Playoff road not exactly Colts’ ally
- New England likely will have something to say about Indy’s plans for a spot In Super Bowl XL
- December 20, 2005
- Here is the worst possible scenario for the Indianapolis Colts: The New England Patriots, getting healthier, win their first-round playoff game and arrive at the RCA Dome primed to do just what they’ve done for the past two seasons - bounce the Colts out of the playoffs.
- USC’s Bush bags another award
- Running back selected as AP Player of the Year
- December 20, 2005
- Reggie Bush loves roller coasters - and it makes perfect sense. Both bring thrills with breathtaking bursts of zigzag speed.
- Brittany Snow knows identity of ‘Nip/Tuck’s’ Carver
- December 20, 2005
- Brittany Snow knows what lies behind the mask of the infamous assailant known as “The Carver” on FX’s plastic-surgery melodrama “Nip/Tuck,” whose identity will be revealed in the show’s two-hour finale, airing at 9 p.m. today on Sunflower Broadband channel 56. But she’s not telling.
- U.S. greenhouse gases up 2 percent in 2004
- December 20, 2005
- Emissions of gases blamed for warming the atmosphere grew by 2 percent in the United States last year, the Energy Department reported Monday.
- U.S. ordered to pay $7 million in Indian case
- December 20, 2005
- The federal government has to pay up to $7 million on behalf of half a million American Indians.
- Hundreds pay respects to Tookie Williams
- December 20, 2005
- Hundreds of people gathered Monday in South Los Angeles to pay respects to Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founder of the Crips who was executed last week.
- Seaplane crash kills 20 off Florida
- December 20, 2005
- A seaplane crashed just off Miami Beach within sight of the city’s high-rises Monday, killing all 20 people aboard. Witnesses said the aircraft exploded in flames as it came down, and the FBI joined the investigation.
- What’s in a name?
- December 20, 2005
- Was the name of a swanky bar in downtown Greensboro inspired by a literary giant or a pet bulldog? It may take a court decision to settle the dispute.
- Ailing Bo Bice cancels show
- December 20, 2005
- “American Idol” runner-up Bo Bice was rushed to a hospital with complications from recent intestinal surgery, a publicist for his record label said Monday.
- Court appearance postponed
- December 20, 2005
- A Manhattan judge has adjourned a court appearance by Boy George on narcotics charges until next year. The singer was said to be in England.
- NBC has no plan yet on how to deal with ‘West Wing’ actor’s death
- December 20, 2005
- Writers on “The West Wing” aren’t expected to begin grappling with how to deal with actor John Spencer’s death until after the holidays - and the production and program schedule affords them extra time to do so.
- Murder rate up in 2005 but other crimes decline
- December 20, 2005
- The nation’s murder rate jumped 2 percent during the first six months of this year, with the biggest increases reported by small towns and in the Midwest, the FBI said Monday. The number of rapes, arsons and assaults fell during the same period.
- New poll gives Bush better numbers
- December 20, 2005
- President Bush’s approval rating has surged in the wake of last week’s elections in Iraq, reversing what had been an extended period of decline, with Americans now expressing renewed optimism about the future of democracy in Iraq, the campaign against terrorism, and the U.S. economy, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll.
- Budget cuts, oil drilling end House session
- December 20, 2005
- The House voted to cut a thin slice off federal deficits and sink oil drills into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge early Monday, quelling Democratic opposition in a marathon struggle ending near dawn.
- Bush defends spying program
- Critics say president overstepped authority
- December 20, 2005
- Accused of acting above the law, President Bush on Monday forcefully defended a domestic spying program as an effective tool in disrupting terrorists and insisted it was not an abuse of Americans’ civil liberties.
- Kansas senator says wiretaps ‘consistent with U.S. law’
- December 20, 2005
- The Kansas senator who oversees the nation’s intelligence-gathering on Monday defended a secret wiretapping program authorized by President Bush, even as experts back home expressed alarm.
- You be the star
- Handmade decorations dress up homes for the holidays
- December 20, 2005
- Students give readers tips on how to make homemade decorations.
- Long John Silver’s, A&W to open Jan. 2
- December 20, 2005
- Just because signs are up, the lights are on and the building’s finished doesn’t mean a new combination Long John Silver’s and A&W will be serving customers any day now.
- In the Halls: What are your favorite holiday decorations?
- December 20, 2005
- What are your favorite holiday decorations?
- Picturing survival
- Exhibit features drawings by Katrina refugee kids
- December 20, 2005
- The drawings, done mostly in crayon and marker, are full of bleak images - bodies floating, floodwaters ripping loved ones away, children crying red tears. But often they contain glimmers of hope, too, such as a blue sky, a shining sun, a rainbow.
- Afghan parliament opens after 30 years
- December 20, 2005
- Afghanistan marked another milestone in its march to democracy, inaugurating its first popularly elected parliament in three decades Monday in an emotional ceremony that brought the country’s president to tears.
- In Alaska, solstice starts countdown to sunshine
- December 20, 2005
- Lloyd Leavitt shrugs off the subzero freeze that blankets the Arctic town of Barrow each winter. It’s the weeks of endless night that get to him, filling him with insatiable cravings for carbohydrates, sleep and natural light.
- Building wooden toys helps father cope with grief, aid cancer patients
- December 20, 2005
- A bookcase filled with handmade wooden toys is tucked in the corner of the small shop called Missys’ Mirror.
- New city law bans protests at funerals
- December 20, 2005
- New city law bans protests at funerals
- City hires director of human resources
- December 20, 2005
- The City of Ottawa announced it has hired Melissa Fairbanks as its new director of human resources.
- Professor will speak on intelligence education
- December 20, 2005
- Kansas University anthropology professor Felix Moos in February will speak at a conference of the International Association for Intelligence Education in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Students let freedom ring with war scraps
- December 20, 2005
- Metal rods used in Operation Iraqi Freedom are being cast into miniature Liberty Bells by Pittsburg State University metal casting students.
- Corrections
- December 20, 2005
- On the record
- December 20, 2005
- Lawrence Datebook
- December 20, 2005
- County commissioner, wife face trials stemming from domestic disturbance
- December 20, 2005
- A Douglas County commissioner and his wife will be tried next month on charges stemming from a domestic disturbance more than a week ago at their rural home.
- Mayors release annual hunger survey
- December 20, 2005
- Americans needed more emergency food and shelter last year than the year before, according to a 24-city survey released Monday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
- Insurgents say video shows murder of American
- December 20, 2005
- An Iraqi insurgent group Monday posted a video on the Internet showing what it said was the execution of an American contractor abducted earlier this month.
- Shiite alliance takes commanding lead
- December 20, 2005
- Preliminary election returns Monday showed Iraqi voters divided along ethnic and religious lines with a commanding lead held by the religious Shiite coalition that dominates the current government.
- Six bars searched in gambling raid
- December 20, 2005
- Authorities have seized 24 electronic slot and poker machines they say were illegally installed at six Topeka bars.
- Country singer Martina McBride selected as Kansan of the Year
- December 20, 2005
- Country singer Martina McBride has been named Kansan of the Year by a group that promotes the state’s heritage.
- Kids books recast for today’s readers
- December 20, 2005
- Kids, meet Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes, Anne of Green Gables and Black Beauty.
- Shaq keeps shoe price affordable
- December 20, 2005
- Sneakers created with top NBA talent are known to reach sky-high prices, but Shaquille O’Neal - one of basketball’s biggest stars - brought things back to earth with his Dunkman Game Shoe.
- Photography sought for Hays exhibit
- December 20, 2005
- The Hays Arts Council is accepting entries for the 22nd annual Five State Photography Competition and Exhibition.
- Food allergies: Better safe than sorry
- December 20, 2005
- What if you couldn’t eat a Hershey’s bar, a frozen yogurt cone, a fried shrimp or a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich?
- Christmas crafts keep kids busy, add sparkle to home
- December 20, 2005
- There’s no need to run out and buy Christmas decorations this year! Cynthia MacGregor, author of “Mommy’s Little Helper Christmas Crafts” (Meadowbrook Press), offers some fun and inexpensive ways to spend time with your children and decorate your home.
- Double Take: Parents, schools can be allies for students dealing with bullies
- December 20, 2005
- In the past few years, the problem of bullying has been getting greater attention in the media. This seems to have grown out of the school shooting incidents that became all too familiar in the mid- to late-‘90s.
- Book dangers
- December 20, 2005
- To the editor: I would just like to say how much it scared and upset me to see the call for book banning in Kansas schools. I am currently studying at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
- Science definition
- December 20, 2005
- To the editor: I would like to invite Paul Atchley (Public Forum, Dec. 16) to do some open-minded consideration of the old definition of science that governed the teaching of science until recently.
- Heed warnings
- December 20, 2005
- To the editor: I encourage the progressive citizens of Lawrence to vote with their dollars by seeing George Clooney’s movie “Syriana.”
- Warm response
- December 20, 2005
- To the editor: Whew! Now that the worst is over, the staff, volunteers and board members of the Lawrence Humane Society want to offer our sincerest gratitude to the Lawrence community for pitching in to help.
- Bush seeks to justify surveillance mistake
- December 20, 2005
- The president’s authorization of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency contravened a statute’s clear language. Assuming that urgent facts convinced him that he should proceed anyway and on his own, what argument convinced him that he lawfully could?
- Legislators reject Democrat’s travel expenses to Oxford meeting
- December 20, 2005
- Republican legislative leaders Monday rejected allowing travel expenses for a Democratic legislator to attend a prestigious meeting. State Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-Kansas City, Kan., said because of the decision she was going to investigate what expenses Republicans have allowed.
- The Hawk to receive state report on underage drinking violations
- December 20, 2005
- A busy and historic campus-area bar will learn what case Kansas has against it today after the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s months-long investigation of 11 alleged underage drinking violations.
- Missouri governor asks corps to forgo spring rise on river
- December 20, 2005
- Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt said Monday the Army Corps of Engineers should abandon plans for a spring rise on the Missouri River next year or face legal action from the state.
- Katrina ‘refugees’ were really fugitives
- December 20, 2005
- Thirteen fugitives wanted for violent crimes in Louisiana have been captured in Texas after applying for federal aid as refugees from Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Monday.
- Schwarzenegger cuts ties to hometown
- December 20, 2005
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants his hometown in Austria to remove his name from a sports stadium and stop using him to promote the city.
- Winning lottery ticket that was lost is found
- December 20, 2005
- A man who lost a winning lottery ticket and recovered it five days later got a $25,000 check from the Texas Lottery on Monday, just in time for some last-minute Christmas shopping.
- Wal-Mart helps bankroll boosters
- December 20, 2005
- A committee of 16 people, partially financed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has organized Working Families for Wal-Mart, whose job will be to talk about what they see as Wal-Mart’s positive contributions.
- Stern’s ex-accountant guilty of insider trading
- December 20, 2005
- The former president of an accounting firm used by Howard Stern pleaded guilty Monday to charges of insider trading in shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. before the announcement of the shock jock’s move to the network.
- Commodities
- December 20, 2005
- 30 migrants killed when boat capsizes
- December 20, 2005
- A boat carrying Africans illegally trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands capsized off Mauritania’s coast, killing 30 people, an official said Monday.
- Probe of race riots turns up weapons
- December 20, 2005
- Detectives investigating race riots that rocked Sydney last week seized a pistol, ammunition, knives and smoke bombs in a series of raids Monday.
- Six indicted in thefts of Munch masterpieces
- December 20, 2005
- Six people were indicted Monday for their alleged roles in the brazen daylight theft of the still-missing Edvard Munch masterpieces “The Scream” and “Madonna,” a prosecutor said.
- China sharply raises economic figures
- December 20, 2005
- China’s government sharply increased the official size of its economy in a report Tuesday that said output grew by 16.8 percent last year - nearly twice the figure reported earlier.
- Full Sharon recovery expected; Netanyahu takes over Likud
- December 20, 2005
- Doctors expect Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to recover fully from a mild stroke and leave the hospital today, but his illness raised questions about his long-term health and ability to lead Israel if he wins a third term next year.
- Ho-ho-horrible
- Kansas ‘miserable’ in win over Waves
- December 20, 2005
- Santa Claus might fall asleep at the wheel of his sleigh Saturday night if forced to watch a replay of Kansas University’s sluggish 63-43 men’s basketball victory over Pepperdine on Monday in Allen Fieldhouse.
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