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- Transcript of chat with Doug Holiday, city commission candidate
- February 24, 2005
- (Web Posted Thursday at 3:15 p.m.) Welcome to our online chat with Doug Holiday, candidate for Lawrence City Commission. The chat took place on Thursday, February 24, at 2:00 PM and is now closed, but you can read the full transcript on this page.
- Detectives testify about Murray interrogation
- February 24, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 12:31 p.m.) Testimony resumed this morning in the murder trial of Tom Murray, the Kansas State University English professor accused of killing his ex-wife in her home northwest of Lawrence in 2003.
- Kline searching medical records on late-term abortions for evidence of crimes
- February 24, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 11:54 a.m.) Attorney General Phill Kline is seeking the complete medical records of nearly 90 women who received late-term abortions to search for evidence of crimes, according to court documents.
- House sends bill about breast-feeding to Senate
- February 24, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 11:41 a.m.) The Kansas House gave its final approval Thursday to a bill that would allow mothers to breast-feed in public.
- Governor signs bill repealing ‘clunker bill’
- February 24, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 9:50 a.m.) Gov. Kathleen Sebelius today signed into law a repeal of the “clunker bill.”
- Lawrence soaking up some sun today
- February 24, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 12:37 p.m.) The Lawrence area has finally emerged from the cloudy weather, bringing clear skies and plenty of sunshine today, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. The high will be 49 today.
- 6News: Attorneys have verbal scuffle about evidence
- February 24, 2005
- Defense attorney Pedro Irigonegaray and prosecutor Tom Bath exchange words after detective Pat Pollock tells Irigonegaray he’s ‘not aware’ of any conclusive proof Murray was at Ross’ home the day of the killing.
- Briefly
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Domestic dispute leads to arrest
- KU swimming in third place
- February 24, 2005
- Kansas University’s swimming and diving team was in third place of six team after Wednesday’s first day of the Big 12 Conference Championships.
- Wildcats cruise to easy victory
- February 24, 2005
- Kansas State coach Deb Patterson had few complaints following the No. 17 Wildcats’ 94-69 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday. Five of her starters scored in double figures, and her team shot 59 percent from the field for the game.
- Eugene T. ‘Gene’ Comeau, Lawrence
- February 24, 2005
- Programs challenge dropouts to succeed
- February 24, 2005
- The assigned readings for Aurora del Val’s students last week were sections of the writings of Greek philosopher Plato and black nationalist Malcolm X. For 90 minutes, her 14 young scholars wrestled verbally with twin paradoxes: Plato’s insistence that prisoners in a cave might find the shadows on the wall more real than the outside world, and Malcolm’s declaration that his intellectual freedom began when he entered prison.
- Fair taxation
- February 24, 2005
- Breast-feeding bill advances, but changes unwelcome
- February 24, 2005
- Mothers can breast-feed in public, under a bill advanced Wednesday by the Kansas House. But they have to breast-feed “discreetly.” That change made to House Bill 2284 on the House floor angered Lawrence breast-feeding advocates, who were instrumental in getting the issue before the Legislature.
- Around the World
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Death toll in quake rises to at least 500 ¢ Clinton signs agreement on pediatric AIDS drugs ¢ British soldiers guilty of abusing Iraqis ¢ Michelin’s guide to rate New York restaurants
- Sympathy for Harvard pres?
- February 24, 2005
- Is it possible that I’m beginning to feel sorry for Larry Summers? Do I need an intervention? No, it isn’t his opponents who have dredged up my soupcon of sympathy for the president of Harvard University. It’s his defenders.
- Eva Francis Crawford, Lawrence
- February 24, 2005
- Effort to identify remains of 9-11 victims in N.Y. ends
- Forensics at impasse on World Trade Center bodies
- February 24, 2005
- The city medical examiner’s office says it has exhausted all efforts to identify the remains of those killed at the World Trade Center, confirming the heartbreaking truth for the many Sept. 11 families who wanted something, anything, to bury.
- Briefly
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Holiday to chat online ¢ Haskell assured of 10-year accreditation ¢ NAACP, library to host empowerment seminar
- Our town sports
- February 24, 2005
- Most candidates oppose gay marriage ban, vow it won’t affect city law
- February 24, 2005
- A Lawrence ordinance that bans most discrimination against homosexuals won’t be changed even if a statewide constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages is approved, eight of nine City Commission candidates vowed Wednesday.
- Hack touts her professional, political experience
- February 24, 2005
- City Commissioner Sue Hack, a former school teacher, admits that there are times during a Tuesday night commission meeting that she is reminded of a junior high seating chart. Hack, a social studies teacher for 31 years in Lawrence junior highs, says it happens when she sees a former student step to the podium to address the commission.
- More input sought on housing plan
- February 24, 2005
- Planning commissioners are asking for the Lawrence City Commission’s guidance on a proposed affordable housing development west of Lawrence. Developers with Windover Community asked the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission to annex 54 acres of land north of Clinton Lake, to make way for a 250-unit development they said would be affordable for police officers, teachers, nurses and other modest-wage workers.
- ‘Huckabees’ DVD as wild as the film
- February 24, 2005
- Movies don’t come much loopier than David O. Russell’s “I (Heart) Huckabees.” With a plot that involves existential detectives and Eastern philosophy, “Huckabees” whirls wildly in comedic circles that can either frustrate or fascinate, depending on your perspective.
- Legislator, telephone service provider trade barbs
- February 24, 2005
- A lawmaker on Wednesday was accused of pushing for legislation that would benefit his rural telephone company, but Rep. Carl Krehbiel, R-Moundridge, said he was watching out for what was best for Kansas and accused his detractors of character assassination.
- Calendar
- February 24, 2005
- Iraqi interim PM to fight to keep job
- February 24, 2005
- Ayad Allawi, the secular interim prime minister, said Wednesday he was putting together a coalition to try to hold onto the job in the next government and block the candidate of the dominant Shiite political alliance. Kurdish parties also weighed in with demands for top posts, setting up a possible showdown over the role of religion in a new Iraq.
- Board offers to increase salaries at a cost of $1 million to district
- If money doesn’t come from Legislature, it’ll have to come from next year’s budget
- February 24, 2005
- Lawrence school board members offered the district’s 850 teachers a modest raise in pay Wednesday. Teachers weren’t sure what to make of the offer. “We are very happy about the board’s commitment” to increase salaries, said Al Gyles, a math teacher at Free State High School. “Now, the questions become, ‘When and with what money?’”
- 6News: Neighbor says Murray remarked about ex-wife’s death
- February 24, 2005
- Murray’s neighbor, Kathy Love, describes a conversation several weeks before Carmin Ross’ death in which Murray said it would be better if his ex-wife weren’t alive.
- Horoscopes
- February 24, 2005
- States seeking education changes
- Legislative group issues scathing report on ‘No Child Left Behind’
- February 24, 2005
- State lawmakers issued a sharp rebuke of President Bush’s education overhaul on Wednesday, calling it a coercive, unconstitutional act that sets an unreachable goal of getting every child up to par in reading and math.
- Around the Nation
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Judge extends stay on removing feeding tube ¢ Author says he regrets publishing Bush tapes ¢ U.S. arrests suspect in Honduras massacre
- Lighting, patience essential to growing plants from seed
- February 24, 2005
- Spring flowering bulbs will soon start to push their heads through the thawing soil. Longer days and warmer nights mean it is once again time to turn our attention toward gardening. With so many plant varieties to choose from, it can be difficult to find what you want at garden centers and hardware stores.
- Briefly
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Disaster status declared for six more counties
- Protection One expands BellSouth deal
- February 24, 2005
- Protection One Inc. wants to build its business by doing business with one of the country’s biggest communications businesses. Their collective target: more businesses. Protection One, a Lawrence-based provider of monitored security services, announced Wednesday that it had expanded an existing agreement with BellSouth Corp.
- A new world view: Designers import ethnic flair
- February 24, 2005
- If you’re looking to spark your surroundings with style, start thinking globally. Ethnic design — one of the hottest trends in interior decor — features an exotic array of colors, textures and accents from around the world.
- Wichita aviation industry weighs sale
- February 24, 2005
- In the city’s beleaguered aviation community, the decision by Boeing Co.’s commercial airplane business to get out of town could be just the thing to keep the industry’s slow recovery moving along. Aviation workers across Wichita were still digesting Wednesday the news that Chicago-based Boeing, following through on plans announced more than a year ago, had sold its commercial aviation plants in Kansas and Oklahoma to Onex Corp.
- Luxury condo projects come, go
- Bella Sera eyes West Lawrence market previously sought by Villaniche
- February 24, 2005
- A planned $35 million luxury condo project for western Lawrence has been called off, just as a larger condo project is preparing to hit the market. Villaniche, a project spearheaded by former Oread Laboratories CEO David Kimbrell, has been halted, officials working on the project said Wednesday.
- Running in the rain
- New material aims to keep outdoor enthusiasts dry
- February 24, 2005
- My dog just stared at me from inside her house. “Yeah, I know. It’s raining,” I told her as I passed by the backyard fence. But I had been running indoors most of the winter. And rain or no rain, with the temperature finally climbing above freezing last Saturday morning, I was eager to get outside for a long run.
- Wooden toys popular with collectors
- February 24, 2005
- The name Crandall is associated with many early wooden toys. The company made horses, sleds, velocipedes and many other toys in the 19th century. It became more famous for its wooden blocks. Some had designs of letters, while others had figures in costume. They also made building blocks. Wooden figures of animals and people were made to set up a small scene.
- Program helps landowners lure wildlife
- February 24, 2005
- Gary Carter is cashing in on the natural look. By converting his three-acre property into wildlife habitat, he turns camera-carrying visitors into paying customers while beefing up his own photo stocks. Not a bad return for providing food, water, shelter and a place for a colorful array of birds, butterflies and animals to raise their young.
- House panel endorses $102M school finance plan
- February 24, 2005
- A House committee approved a plan Wednesday to boost annual state spending on education by $102 million — without saying where the money will come from. The vote came less than 24 hours after the Senate Education Committee endorsed its own plan to raise annual education spending by $455 million.
- Capitol Briefing
- News from the Kansas Statehouse
- February 24, 2005
- Committee endorses confirmation for state Supreme Court justices
- February 24, 2005
- A proposal requiring Senate confirmation of appointments to the Kansas Supreme Court, drafted in response to the court’s ruling striking down the state’s death penalty law, was endorsed Wednesday by a legislative committee.
- U.S. prepares to test vaccines as bird flu warnings spread
- February 24, 2005
- Amid dire warnings of an Asian pandemic, the government is preparing to test an experimental bird flu vaccine and is increasing disease surveillance in hopes of reducing the toll from any eventual American outbreak. Antiviral drugs are being stockpiled, and 2 million doses of vaccine are being stored in bulk form for possible emergency use and to test whether they maintain their potency.
- Crews begin cleanup work in soggy Southern California
- February 24, 2005
- The sun began poking through the clouds Wednesday as California emergency crews shifted into cleanup mode after a six-day drenching that killed at least nine people, destroyed dozens of houses and flooded roads and airports.
- U.S. says detainee accused in plot to kill Bush was not tortured
- February 24, 2005
- A Virginia man accused of plotting with al-Qaida to kill President Bush should be held indefinitely, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in court filings that also rejected his contention that he was tortured while held in Saudi Arabia.
- Senate approves bill to fight racial profiling
- February 24, 2005
- A bill attacking racial profiling received Senate approval Wednesday. The measure declares it illegal for law enforcement officers to profile suspects based only on their race, ethnicity, nationality, gender or religious dress.
- U.S., Germany find some accord on Iran
- Bush to meet Putin today
- February 24, 2005
- President Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder agreed Wednesday to turn down the volume on arguments about Iraq and Iran, demanding in unison that Tehran abandon its nuclear ambitions and exploring whether allies should use rewards or punishment to achieve that goal.
- Behind the scenes
- A local KU alumnus deserves much credit for his efforts to make a new addition to Allen Fieldhouse a reality.
- February 24, 2005
- Considerable attention is being given to an addition planned for the east side of Allen Fieldhouse. Recent stories have reported that Kansas University officials plan to move ahead on the project sooner than expected and have it completed by the start of the 2005-06 basketball season.
- More teachings
- February 24, 2005
- Margaret Ann ‘Maggie’ Reeves, Oskaloosa
- February 24, 2005
- GOP ‘values’
- February 24, 2005
- Times change
- February 24, 2005
- Wrong approach
- February 24, 2005
- Empowerment
- February 24, 2005
- Former LHS band teacher to be honored
- Retired music educator selected for state group’s Hall of Fame
- February 24, 2005
- Ed Bartley will be inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Assn. Hall of Fame tonight. But Bartley says the real honor goes to those associated with Lawrence High School, where he taught band from 1970 to 1984.
- Interchange plan divisive issue in Tonganoxie
- February 24, 2005
- For the past 35 years, Kelly Fowler has lived in Tonganoxie without easy access to Interstate 70. Now, with talk of a possible interchange coming to town, she couldn’t be happier.
- Neighbors question changes for County Road 1055
- February 24, 2005
- A road project along County Road 1055 that would allow vehicles to take some curves comfortably at 55 mph rather than 40 mph had area property owners questioning why.
- Pete H. Cale, DeSoto
- February 24, 2005
- Evelyn Belle LeGrand Saler, Lawrence
- February 24, 2005
- Eunice E. ‘Judy’ Calovich, Tonganoxie
- February 24, 2005
- Richard Lewis Barlow, Avilla, Ind.
- February 24, 2005
- Grace Russell, Topeka
- February 24, 2005
- David F. Hanson, Lawrence
- February 24, 2005
- Lawrence Datebook
- February 24, 2005
- On the record
- February 24, 2005
- Bond issue endorsed
- Chamber supports spending $63M on improvements
- February 24, 2005
- Lawrence Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors on Wednesday endorsed a pair of bond issues aimed at improving the city’s schools. “Support was unanimous,” said Chamber president and CEO Lavern Squires.
- Jurors see Murray changing alibis, doubting evidence
- February 24, 2005
- He changed his alibi and gave police detailed descriptions of where his blood would be at the crime scene. But jurors saw Wednesday that at the end of a nine-hour videotaped statement to detectives, Kansas State University professor Thomas E. Murray walked out of the interrogation room a free man.
- Some merchants upset with early school bell
- Downtown becomes student hangout on Wednesday afternoons
- February 24, 2005
- Joseph Vannicola, 14, said he knew Wednesday that once school let out he was going to walk downtown from Central Junior High School to hang out with friends. That’s typical for Vannicola and many other junior high students released early from school on Wednesdays.
- Power outage had much of KU in dark
- Squirrel knocks out electricity
- February 24, 2005
- Here’s a new excuse Kansas University faculty might soon hear: A squirrel ruined my homework. “I was making progress on an assignment that’s due tomorrow, and the computer just switched off,” said KU freshman Kim Carmichael, who was working in a lab in Stauffer-Flint Hall on Wednesday morning when the power went out. “I really hope I haven’t lost all my work.”
- Spring enrollment breaks record
- February 24, 2005
- Kansas University set another enrollment record this spring, university officials announced Wednesday. There are 27,890 students enrolled on KU’s campuses, up 0.4 percent from last year. “Our objective isn’t to grow,” said David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor. “It’s to remain about the same as we have been.”
- KU scares Bears
- Jayhawks put up fight on Senior Night
- February 24, 2005
- Even after the Kansas University women’s basketball team’s 70-60 loss to No. 6 Baylor on Wednesday night, coach Bonnie Henrickson had plenty of reasons to feel like, ultimately, she won. One was that her defensive game plan flustered the Bears. A gutsy performance on Senior Night also gave Henrickson reason to smile.
- Kansas players zip lips
- KU men won’t talk to media until after Sunday’s OSU game
- February 24, 2005
- Kansas University’s senior men’s basketball players have decided that actions will speak louder than words — at least for the rest of the week. Riding a three-game losing streak, the Jayhawks have decided to decline all media interview requests leading up to Sunday’s Big 12 Conference showdown against Oklahoma State, which will tip off at 3 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Sideline
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Moss traded to Oakland ¢ Weighted RPI system to help set NCAA field ¢ Chaney suspended ¢ Tigers’ Urbina relieved
- Jayhawks’ McMillan hopes to boost stock at NFL combine
- February 24, 2005
- Apparently, Victor Sesay should have given his Missouri University teammates some advice last year. The former MU tight end and NFL hopeful answered questions for a football Web site recently and listed former Kansas University defensive end David McMillan as one of the three toughest players he faced in college, along with Oklahoma’s Dan Cody and Troy’s DeMarcus Ware.
- Report: Raiders land Moss
- Agent says receiver will play for Oakland
- February 24, 2005
- Randy Moss’ electrifying talent no longer was enough for the Minnesota Vikings to put up with his distracting antics. Dante DiTrapano, Moss’ agent, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the Vikings and the Oakland Raiders had “come to an agreement on Randy playing for Oakland next year.”
- McDonald’s taps 3 KU signees
- February 24, 2005
- For the first time in history, Kansas University will have three representatives in the McDonald’s All-America basketball game. Incoming Jayhawks Mario Chalmers, Micah Downs and Julian Wright have accepted invitations to play for the West team in the annual hamburger game, set for March 30 at the Joyce Center on Notre Dame’s campus in South Bend, Ind.
- K-State halts Baylor rally
- February 24, 2005
- Just four days after blowing a 16-point lead in a loss to Oklahoma, Kansas State appeared on the verge of another second-half collapse. But Clent Stewart knocked down his only three-point attempt to end Baylor’s comeback bid, and after squandering an 18-point lead, the Wildcats hung on for an 80-69 victory Wednesday night.
- No sweat: Illinois now 28-0
- February 24, 2005
- Dee Brown said draining three-pointers against Northwestern on Wednesday night was like playing a game of “H-O-R-S-E.” “I hit my first two, and that confidence just kept building. I felt like I could shoot anywhere,” Brown said after he dropped six threes and finished with 20 points to lead top-ranked and unbeaten Illinois to an 84-48 victory that clinched a share of the Big Ten title.
- Gonzalez on accusations: No way, Jose
- Juan Gone says he feels sorry for Canseco, won’t read book
- February 24, 2005
- Juan Gonzalez hasn’t read Jose Canseco’s book and doesn’t want to. The Cleveland slugger became the latest player to refute allegations made by his former teammate, saying Wednesday he had never used performance-enhancing drugs and that Canseco lied about introducing the two-time AL MVP to steroids in the early 1990s.
- Red Sox to receive rings with Yankees present
- February 24, 2005
- The Boston Red Sox will get their World Series rings at their home opener April 11 before a full house of 35,000 fans — and the New York Yankees. The jewelry symbolizing the team’s first championship in 86 years will be handed out in a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park.
- Sweeney says back fine now
- February 24, 2005
- Mike Sweeney, whose back problems caused him to miss 146 games over the last three seasons, reported to spring training Wednesday, expressing optimism that he can play a full season. Sweeney, who reported two days before the Kansas City Royals’ first full-squad workout, ran and played toss before pronouncing that his back is fine.
- Sosa starts anew with Orioles
- Slugger puts on power show for his new teammates
- February 24, 2005
- As a way of introducing himself to his new teammates, Sammy Sosa slammed about two dozen baseballs far over the center-field wall during his first workout with the Baltimore Orioles. Before he was done, nearly half the squad interrupted their drills to watch the show.
- Duo dynamic for Cavaliers
- James, Ilgauskas propel Cleveland past Bulls
- February 24, 2005
- The Cavaliers’ All-Star twosome refuse to take any break. Zydrunas Ilgauskas and LeBron James scored 41 of Cleveland’s 57 points in the second half as the Cavaliers came back from a few days off with a 100-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
- Sixers acquire Webber in six-player trade
- February 24, 2005
- All-Star Chris Webber was traded from Sacramento to the Philadelphia 76ers late Wednesday night as part of a six-player deal.
- Is combine tainted?
- Colts’ Polian says prospects ‘trained’
- February 24, 2005
- Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian will spend hours questioning draft prospects starting today at the NFL combine. Sometimes, frustratingly, he already knows the answers. The combine, which runs through Monday in Indianapolis, once was an opportunity for league scouts and decision-makers to see whether players could withstand the rigors of playing in the NFL on and off the field.
- Briefcase
- February 24, 2005
- ¢ Apple adds iPods ¢ Merger talk drives rise of Yellow shares ¢ Cablevision earnings drop on write-off
- Three months in the garden
- February 24, 2005
- The official start of spring is less than a month away, and yards seem to be beckoning gardeners to come out and play. But there are a few tasks to complete before the growing season hits full steam.
- 6Sports video: Local wrestlers headed to state tournament
- February 24, 2005
- Between the two city high schools, 22 prep wrestlers are headed to the state tournamet. 12 of those will be representing Free State.
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