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- Storms pound California again
- February 20, 2005
- Powerful thunderstorms hammered already saturated Southern California on Saturday with soaking rain and hail, flooding roads and homes, knocking out power to thousands of customers and raising the threat of mudslides.
- TABOR tab
- February 20, 2005
- Caucus clout
- A united effort by state legislators who support higher education would be a welcome development.
- February 20, 2005
- Building a consensus in the Kansas Legislature about issues related to higher education in the state has become a daunting task, especially when it comes to providing additional funding for state universities.
- The Motley Fool
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Last week’s question and answer ¢ Kids should invest ¢ Derivative dirt
- Hawks’ Smith claims slam-dunk crown
- February 20, 2005
- Josh Smith went retro to win the NBA’s dunk contest.
- Efforts to preserve Civil War sites in Missouri on fast track
- February 20, 2005
- A local group’s vision to preserve one of the most significant Civil War battle sites in southwest Missouri is taking shape faster than it dreamed possible.
- Broadway musicals tap into girl power
- February 20, 2005
- Is girl power Broadway’s not-so-secret weapon?
- Best Sellers
- February 20, 2005
- Same-sex wedding etiquette
- February 20, 2005
- Same-sex weddings and commitment ceremonies are definitely more in the news today than a few years ago. Yet they’re still relatively new and in addition to causing political controversy, they also cause confusion regarding etiquette.
- Horoscopes
- February 20, 2005
- Briefly
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Police capture serial rape suspect ¢ USS Jimmy Carter commissioned ¢ Fired worker shoots co-workers, police say ¢ Koko’s fired caretakers sue for breast request
- Pet post
- February 20, 2005
- New fingerprint system catching thousands of criminal border-crossers
- February 20, 2005
- The U.S. Border Patrol has arrested tens of thousands of people with criminal records, including suspected murderers, rapists and child molesters, since the agency last year installed a fingerprinting system that identifies criminals among the 1 million illegal migrants apprehended annually.
- Santa Ynez Valley toasts ‘Sideways’ tourism push
- February 20, 2005
- Frank Ostini can’t seem to keep his cocktail napkins in stock.
- Artist determined to keep doll business alive and well
- February 20, 2005
- Just when the Old Cape Doll Shoppe was beginning to succeed, the landlord sold the building where it rented space.
- Briefly
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Government struggling to trace attack ¢ North Korea urged to resume nuclear talks ¢ Gunmen attack prison holding Aristide allies ¢ Police arrest 15 terror suspects ¢ Robbery cash found in police country club
- Briefcase
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Kansans urged to dish on best place for beef ¢ Employees seeking better ‘health’ care ¢ Name that company
- Faces and places
- February 20, 2005
- Higher pay luring teachers away
- Lawrence educators hate to leave, but district salaries are forcing their hands
- February 20, 2005
- Greener pastures. That’s where some Lawrence public school teachers have been going.
- All eyes on Salina as historic flight nears takeoff
- February 20, 2005
- Gerald Cook is ready for his town to soar into the global limelight. It’s bound to happen — as soon as the jet stream cooperates.
- Holroyd says city run like ‘a nickel-and-dime store’
- City Commission candidate wants more attention for older neighborhoods
- February 20, 2005
- David Holroyd has a degree in education from Kansas University, but he spent virtually his entire career as a laborer at Lawrence’s Kmart Distribution Center.
- City briefs
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Tickets for Dean rally to go on sale today ¢ Soul Food Dinner on the menu for March ¢ Another chance to meet the candidates ¢ Panel to discuss teen alcohol abuse ¢ KU seminar to explore pop culture, media law ¢ KU lecture series to look at globalization
- Local briefs
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Commission candidates continue online chats ¢ Haskell to undergo accreditation evaluation ¢ KU faculty member to appear on talk show
- People
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ She’s a survivor ¢ Congrats from the Donald ¢ The search is on ¢ Drink up ¢ Date like a pro ¢ ‘Survivor’s‘ first castoffs
- Poet’s Showcase
- February 20, 2005
- Briefly
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Supreme Court to hear eminent domain case ¢ American Indians protest fence at school ¢ Famous desegregation judge dies at 86
- Social Security reform stymied by politics
- February 20, 2005
- At this early stage of the game, Social Security reform, President Bush’s No. 1 domestic goal, is hanging by a thread. House Republican leaders are reluctant to force members to vote on the issue unless there is a clear prospect of Senate approval. And the votes to break a filibuster and pass it in the Senate are just not there at this time.
- Not in vain
- February 20, 2005
- Action justified
- February 20, 2005
- Moving evening
- February 20, 2005
- Bush’s budget-cutting is a myth
- February 20, 2005
- As part of his plan to trim some expensive Pentagon weapons projects and control the federal budget, President Bush is proposing to halt funding for the F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighter built by Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Rebuilding U.S.-Europe ties will take time
- February 20, 2005
- Halfway through a Gerhard Schroeder speech that was being scrutinized down to its last umlaut by a hall full of American diplomats, politicians and scribes, I scrawled a note to myself: Oblivious, stubborn or clairvoyant?
- Missouri cuts trout limit to four
- February 20, 2005
- Plenty of fish and less competition will greet anglers at Missouri’s annual trout opener March 1.
- Lake Henry has fresh trout supply
- February 20, 2005
- Lake Henry, a three-acre impoundment at Clinton State Park, received a stocking Thursday of 500 rainbow trout. Most of the fish measured 10 to 12 inches long, with some measuring more than 14 inches.
- Outdoors briefs
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Camp Alexander site of turkey seminar ¢ Youth essay contest has $100 top prize ¢ Neosho WA produced record duck numbers
- Wine country sees off-season buzz
- February 20, 2005
- Staring at the lush green Santa Ynez Valley lined with rows of vines, I move my hand in a circular motion, the stem of the glass between my fingers, the wine swishing around. I tilt the glass back as my eager palate awaits the oncoming rush of flavors.
- Masons display history
- February 20, 2005
- Missouri’s Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons want to shed light on the history of their fraternity with a new museum and library.
- Seniors calendar
- February 20, 2005
- Relieve the tension
- February 20, 2005
- In this stress-filled world, there’s never enough time to exercise. And if you do carve out 15 frantic minutes for a workout, it’s all about stair-stepping until your buns burn, waiting on weights and crunching until the cows come home.
- Coldness can snap thirst regulator
- Winter workouts require water, too
- February 20, 2005
- Ever wonder why an outdoor workout in cold weather doesn’t leave you gasping for the water bottle nearly as much as a similar summer exertion? Well, sidle up to the water filter and draw yourself a tall cool one, folks. It’s biology lesson time.
- Liposuction not recommended for pets
- February 20, 2005
- The Palm Beach Post reported a Chihuahua named Pumpkin lost about 12 ounces — via liposuction. On a recent visit to Boca Greens Animal Hospital in Boca Raton, Fla., Pumpkin was doing well and down from 12.1 pounds to 11.4 pounds, which still puts the small dog among the ranks of America’s obese pets (more than 20 percent over their target weight). According to the Chihuahua Club of America, Chihuahuas shouldn’t exceed 6 pounds.
- Books explore friendship and freedom
- February 20, 2005
- Readers from 7 to 17 can explore what life has been like for black Americans by turning to current books that offer both fact and fiction, presented in hard-to-put-down story lines.
- Library programs to focus on ‘Blue Horses Rush In’
- February 20, 2005
- Read Across Lawrence, in its sixth year, encourages the entire community to read and discuss the same book during February and March. The 2005 selection is “Blue Horses Rush In,” a collection of poetry and short stories by former Kansas University English professor Luci Tapahonso. Free copies of the book meant to be read and passed on are circulating around town. A select number of copies are also available for limited-time checkout at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
- Artist brings costumes to life
- Company makes mannequins of Star Wars figures
- February 20, 2005
- This must be the surface of a strange moon, sifted with pale dust. Obi-Wan Kenobi is here.
- How to pick best Section 529 plan
- Kansas among top broker-sold funds
- February 20, 2005
- On the surface, Section 529 college investment plans look like such a good deal: Put money in, watch it grow for years, then take it out to pay college or graduate school bills — without any federal tax on your profits.
- U.S. tourism becomes casualty in war on terror
- Travel industry blames intense security, lack of advertising for decline in vacationers
- February 20, 2005
- Mickey Mouse has a bone to pick with Uncle Sam. Some U.S. travel executives — including those who run Disneyland and Walt Disney World — think the government needs to do more to improve the country’s image with foreign tourists, who increasingly are choosing other places for their vacations.
- J.Lo wins over crowd at Fashion Week finale
- February 20, 2005
- Jennifer Lopez took the final bow at New York Fashion Week after debuting a collection that hit on some of the trends to look for next fall — metallics, embellishment, high waists and loose shapes.
- Arts notes
- February 20, 2005
- ¢ Kansas writers invited to enter contest ¢ ‘Rainbow Fish’ to be staged at Lied ¢ Smoky Hill exhibition accepting entries
- Evolutionary effects
- KU painting professor explores link between evolution, creationism
- February 20, 2005
- Ivan Fortushniak’s not from around here. That’s evident as soon as the Michigan native launches into an explanation of his new exhibition at the Salina Art Center.
- Japanese museums offer haven for Noguchi fans, other art buffs
- February 20, 2005
- Inside a sprawling ring built of roughhewn rocks, American sculptor Isamu Noguchi once said he “conversed with stones.”
- At home with words
- Navajo poet to return for Read Across Lawrence programs
- February 20, 2005
- Writer Luci Tapahonso has known many homes. She spent her childhood amid the regal mountains and painted deserts of Navajo country in Shiprock, N.M. A decade passed while she taught English at Kansas University, taking in Jayhawk basketball games and watching her grandbabies toddle across her front porch.
- Books offer show-and-tell of black American history
- February 20, 2005
- The history of the civil rights movement in America is seen and heard in “We Shall Overcome” (Sourcebooks, $45).
- What are you reading?
- February 20, 2005
- Enduring lessons: Kief’s owner plays to students
- February 20, 2005
- John Kiefer proves that you don’t need a college degree to make it big in the business world. But if there’s one lesson he has learned after 45 years as owner of Kief’s Audio/Video, it’s that there’s no better place to set up shop than down the hill from Mount Oread.
- Stewart survives scare, scores win
- Busch series race winner avoids crash with 25 laps left
- February 20, 2005
- Tony Stewart drove through the grass, passed his buddy Dale Earnhardt Jr. and wound up in Victory Lane.
- Earnhardt team back in business
- February 20, 2005
- A week ago, just about everybody was convinced that the Dale Earnhardt Inc. team’s Daytona dominance was done. Forget it.
- Stern says progress being made on labor agreement
- February 20, 2005
- Asked to name the specific areas where they’ve made progress on a new collective bargaining agreement, NBA commissioner David Stern and union director Billy Hunter pursed their lips and slowly turned toward each other.
- All-Star game carries no clear-cut theme
- February 20, 2005
- A mile above sea level, just a little to the left of America’s midsection, the NBA All-Star game has arrived lacking a clear-cut theme.
- Mariners’ Sexson apologizes for DUI incident
- February 20, 2005
- Richie Sexson checked into the Seattle Mariners’ spring-training camp two days early Saturday, knowing he’d have to explain a Feb. 5 drunken-driving citation.
- Report: Canseco owes thousands in taxes
- February 20, 2005
- Jose Canseco may need to use his book advance to pay back taxes.
- HINU women fall in finale
- February 20, 2005
- Haskell Indian Nations University’s women’s basketball season concluded Saturday with a 77-66 loss at York College.
- KU track completes Big 12 tuneup
- February 20, 2005
- Kansas University’s track and field team sent 11 Jayhawks to the Sooner Invitational on Saturday for one final tuneup before next week’s Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lincoln, Neb.
- Bulldogs drop KU in tennis
- February 20, 2005
- Yale University handed Kansas University a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat in tennis Saturday.
- Okie State dominates Texas Tech
- Cowboys rout Red Raiders, ascend to tie with KU for first place in Big 12 Conference
- February 20, 2005
- In one quick flurry, JamesOn Curry got hot, and No. 8 Oklahoma State put away Texas Tech.
- Eagles earn huge victory
- Victory over Syracuse bumps BC’s Big East lead
- February 20, 2005
- Jared Dudley threw the ball in the air and let out a triumphant yell. Before long, the Boston College student body would join him on the court.
- Lavender’s heroics lift OU over K-State
- February 20, 2005
- Drew Lavender was so jacked up after his improbable game-winning shot, he sprinted right past the visiting locker room at Bramlage Coliseum.
- FSHS, LHS rule regional wrestling
- Free State will send 12 to state, LHS qualifies 10
- February 20, 2005
- The city of Lawrence ganged up on the rest of the Class 6A wrestling regional at Shawnee Mission West as Free State and Lawrence High finished 1-2 in the standings, qualifying a combined 22 wrestlers for state.
- Veritas prevails, 61-54
- February 20, 2005
- Veritas Christian took another step toward clinching the second seed for next week’s boys basketball sub-state tournament.
- Tongie topples SFT
- February 20, 2005
- Ali Pistora and Heather Deaver each scored 10 points, and Tonganoxie knocked off Santa Fe Trail, 45-31, in high school girls basketball Saturday at SFT.
- How low will they go?
- Jayhawks suffer 2nd straight loss
- February 20, 2005
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self used the words pitiful, miserable, terrible, poor and out of synch to describe the Jayhawks’ offense Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Woodling: Defense confused Kansas
- February 20, 2005
- Kirk Hinrich, at liberty during the NBA All-Star break, visited Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, coincidentally with Kansas playing Iowa State.
- KU women ‘out for blood’ against Nebraska
- February 20, 2005
- Give the Kansas University women’s basketball team credit. With a roster of 10 players — only seven of whom see significant minutes — the Jayhawks have mustered four league victories while navigating the treacherous Big 12 Conference.
- Threes doom LHS to loss
- February 20, 2005
- The first quarter of Saturday’s boys basketball game between Lawrence High and Shawnee Mission North was an old-fashioned shootout between LHS guard David Freeman and SM North guard Eric Nitsche.
- Free State third at state swimming
- February 20, 2005
- Free State High senior Anthony Portela probably would have had a big smile Saturday if he could have seen Firebird coach Annette McDonald waving her arms wildly and screaming at him from the sidelines of the pool inside Ahearn Natatorium.
- Stinson shines for Cyclones
- February 20, 2005
- Iowa State coach Wayne Morgan knew all along — forced to choose, he rather would have the dinged-up Curtis Stinson finish the game than start it.
- Ailing Moody sits out loss
- February 20, 2005
- Christian Moody, who has been slowed by a left ankle injury the past month, now has a nasty left knee infection to deal with.
- Notebook
- February 20, 2005
- Former Jayhawks Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls) and Billy Thomas (New Jersey Nets) took advantage of the NBA All-Star break to attend Saturday’s game.
- Cyclones tear through KU fans’ confidence
- Insult to injury: Jayhawks lose 2nd straight in OT — this time at home
- February 20, 2005
- Like many Jayhawk fans across the country Saturday, Chris Haldin and Perry Warhurst licked their wounds and dissected Kansas University’s stunning home-court loss in overtime to Iowa State.
- 8 suicide attacks leave dozens dead in Iraq
- February 20, 2005
- Eight suicide bombers struck in quick succession Saturday in a wave of attacks that killed 55 people as Iraqi Shiites marched and lashed themselves with chains in ritual mourning of the 7th century death of a leader of their Muslim sect. Ninety-one people have been killed in violence in the past two days.
- Bush secretly recorded by old friend before he was president
- February 20, 2005
- Private conversations with George Bush secretly taped by an old friend before he was elected president foreshadow some of his political strategies and appear to reveal that he acknowledged using marijuana, The New York Times reported Saturday.
- Bush will seek to mend rifts with Europe during visit
- February 20, 2005
- President Bush is extending an olive branch to European leaders who opposed his Iraq policies. Recent international developments, plus a whirlwind charm offensive by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, have bolstered the prospects for a trans-Atlantic reconciliation.
- Disease, cold killing Afghan children
- February 20, 2005
- Disease fueled by freezing weather has killed 128 Afghan children, and desperate parents are feeding their children opium in a bid to alleviate their suffering, the health minister said Saturday.
- School plans said to be well off mark
- Attorney for plaintiffs says GOP not adhering to court’s wishes
- February 20, 2005
- Republican school finance plans are nowhere near what the Kansas Supreme Court wants, according to the plaintiff’s attorney for school districts that successfully sued the state.
- Baldwin eighth-grader wins the Douglas County Spelling Bee
- Finishing letter perfect
- February 20, 2005
- What do the words “zucchini” and “occupancy” have in common?
- Free dental clinic draws plenty of smiles
- February 20, 2005
- The numbers tell the story: 1,700 teeth pulled; 1,000 teeth filled; 320 cleanings; and 30 root canals.
- Dad sentenced in slaying of son
- Father sentenced to life in prison after shooting son during argument with wife
- February 20, 2005
- A man who shot and killed his son while arguing with his wife in a school parking lot was sentenced Friday to life in prison.
- Students welcome teacher back after a year in Iraq
- Soldier’s son filled in while he was gone
- February 20, 2005
- Steve Chamberlain received a big welcome back Friday when he returned to his teaching duties after a year in Iraq.
- Johnson County sued over tax overpayment
- Company paid $118,000 extra because of misplaced decimal
- February 20, 2005
- Johnson County officials are fighting to keep $118,800 in taxes overpaid by a Chicago company that misplaced a decimal point.
- Lawrence commuter report
- February 20, 2005
- The following construction projects and events may affect commuter traffic in the region this week
- On the record
- February 20, 2005
- Corrections
- February 20, 2005
- A story in Saturday’s Journal-World had the incorrect date for the Lawrence NAACP’s annual Soul Food Dinner. The correct date is March 19.
- Baylor survives Iowa St.
- February 20, 2005
- Iowa State had the right idea, focusing its defensive attention on Baylor’s two impressive post players and ignoring the poor-shooting guard.
- I-Do Disasters
- It can happen to you, even the nicest of brides.
- February 20, 2005
- You try so hard to think through every last detail of your big day, but I-Do Disaster strikes. For at least a minute, it seems like you should call off the wedding (or at least hide behind your veil). But fear not — as these disaster stories from real brides show, it is entirely possible that you’ll live to tell the tale, and even laugh about it later.
- Be a Great Groom from A to Z
- February 20, 2005
- Popped the question? Great! Now here’s a crash course in everything you need to know to make it to the altar in one piece, from A to Z:
- What’s new for bridesmaids?
- February 20, 2005
- Here are three trend ideas straight off the spring 2005 bridal runways.
- Destination: A Wedding
- February 20, 2005
- The trend to ditch mile-long wedding guest lists and hometown chapels in favor of faraway, sunny climes is catching on.
- Inspiring Bouquets
- February 20, 2005
- Though the style of wedding flowers has blossomed throughout history, one thing has remained the same: Flowers mean something beyond what the eye can see.
- Having fun as a host
- Mothers of the bride, take note: Here’s how to make the most of the big day
- February 20, 2005
- Once your daughter is proudly wearing that wedding band, it’s time to breathe, enjoy a glass of wine and dance like proud parents should. Remember, it will be fine if some kinks creep up throughout the wedding. We guarantee no one will even notice.
- Rousing wedding receptions
- February 20, 2005
- Sure, you go to a reception and expect some dancing, a nice meal and a few traditional gestures, but wait - there’s more.
- Find the perfect gown
- February 20, 2005
- One thing brides can agree on is that it’s all about the gown.
- Ask Carley
- Your questions answered, your problems solved.
- February 20, 2005
- Your questions answered, your problems solved.
- Former presidents tour tsunami sites
- February 20, 2005
- Former President Bill Clinton’s voice trembled with emotion as he and George H.W. Bush put aside their once-bitter political rivalry Saturday in the intense heat of a Thai fishing village where children gave the American politicians drawings of giant waves sweeping away their relatives.
- Senate to debate death penalty
- Prosecutors leery about changing law before case gets to Supreme Court
- February 20, 2005
- Prosecutors have warned Kansas legislators that tinkering with the state’s death penalty law this year could end up keeping seven convicted murderers, once condemned to die, off death row forever.
- Appier eyes spot in Royals’ rotation
- At 37, veteran is oldest player in Kansas City’s training camp
- February 20, 2005
- Kevin Appier, who turned 37 in December, is the oldest of the 61 players invited to the Kansas City Royals camp, which officially begins today with the first workout for pitchers and catchers.
- Commentary: ESPN puts Pac-10 at disadvantage
- February 20, 2005
- Need to keep a low profile? Do you: (A) Enter a witness protection program. (B) Play in the Pac-10.
- Senior firefighter looks back on 41-year career
- February 20, 2005
- For more than four decades of Allen Beck’s life, there was no such thing as a snooze button.
- Buying clothes can get trickier with age
- Clothing line caters to special needs of older population
- February 20, 2005
- If you think the biggest challenge to finding stylish duds as you get older is middle-aged spread, check again. As we age, arthritis, vision loss and other illnesses can make the simple task of getting dressed a real chore.
- Marriage of teacher, ex-student no love story
- February 20, 2005
- Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau have set a date.
- Commentary: Choppers perfect fit
- Mitts in Minnesota mandatory
- February 20, 2005
- I hated to do it. But I knew, going into this winter, that I had to replace my choppers.
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