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- Father and son Marines headed to Iraq together
- Ex-KU student, dad will serve in same unit
- January 2, 2005
- Kendall Phelps had trouble sleeping during his oldest son’s first four-month tour in Iraq, when he accompanied a Marine Corps division into combat at the war’s start.
- Conflicting news creates dilemma over painkillers
- Many patients question whether to continue taking COX-2 inhibitors
- January 2, 2005
- The confusion that began three months ago when Vioxx was withdrawn from the market intensified during the past weeks with the halting of studies involving two other widely used painkillers — Celebrex and Aleve. Federal regulators said the drugs showed an increased risk of heart problems.
- What, me worry? Absolutely!
- Learning to live with neurotic behaviors is a good thing
- January 2, 2005
- If you worry about being neurotic, you are. Worry is the very essence of neurosis, that insidious chronic anxiety that has nothing to do with anybody’s reality but your own.
- Uneasy wait
- As they await the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling, state officials already are staking out the political battle lines on school finance
- January 2, 2005
- State government and education officials are not-so-patiently awaiting Monday’s promised ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the state’s school finance law.
- Education focus falls on U.S. high schools
- January 2, 2005
- Much work remains to be done to bring schools across America to the point where all their students can reach the goals set forth in the No Child Left Behind education reform act of 2002. That law focused on elementary schools. But this year, attention is shifting to that backwater of learning known as high school.
- Utes prove to be worthy of BCS
- January 2, 2005
- Unpredictable, unstoppable, and unbeaten. Oh yes, Utah deserved to play in a Bowl Championship Series bowl.
- Ross lifts Tech from long range
- Red Raider sinks four three-pointers, scores 30 in rout of San Francisco
- January 2, 2005
- Ronald Ross was trying to distance himself and his Texas Tech teammates from recent back-to-back losses.
- ‘NOVA’ follows rovers around Mars
- January 2, 2005
- When scientists wanted to explore what kind of life might exist on Mars, public television’s “NOVA” recorded the building and launch of the rovers sent to the planet.
- Starters likely to sit for playoff-bound Chargers
- January 2, 2005
- Except for the sellout crowd, the San Diego Chargers’ game today against the Kansas City Chiefs will have all the charm of an exhibition on a hot August night.
- Halstead couple keeps store stocked with Kansas history
- Old Hardware Store reflects owners’ passion of preserving past
- January 2, 2005
- Caution: Walking into the Old Hardware Store can lead to momentary confusion about what year it is.
- The Motley Fool
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Last week’s question and answer ¢ Multiples demystified ¢ Trex all decked out ¢ Your broker, not your friend
- Area briefs
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Area graduate wins state teaching award ¢ Incentives offered for immunizations ¢ Grant program aims to enhance learning ¢ Lawmakers to meet with advocacy groups
- Corrections
- January 2, 2005
- New York (ap) — In a story in Satuday’s Journal-World about the top 10 news stories of 2004 as selected by AP members, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of homes destroyed by hurricanes in Florida. The four major storms of 2004 destroyed 25,000 homes, not 2,500.
- Woodling: Jayhawks display mental toughness
- January 2, 2005
- For a while, Kansas University and Georgia Tech seemed to be engaged in an eerie dejvu dance all over again. Just like in March in St. Louis, Tech bolted to a sizable early lead over the Jayhawks, Kansas rallied to forge a tie at the end of regulation and Geor- … oops, change the script.
- Briefly
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ President declares state of emergency ¢ Army to resume war on northern rebels ¢ President suggests talks on power-sharing ¢ Opposition supporters rally against Musharraf ¢ New currency signals progress on inflation
- Briefly
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Several questioned on aircraft laser beams ¢ Bush opponents plan inaugural events ¢ Rabies survivor out of hospital ¢ Rep. Patrick Kennedy rules out Senate run
- Greene adds to legacy as NCAA’s winningest QB
- January 2, 2005
- As the winningest quarterback in NCAA history, Georgia’s David Greene leaves behind quite a legacy.
- Making science sexy should be goal in ‘05
- January 2, 2005
- I have some New Year’s resolutions to suggest. They’re not for myself but for the nation — pardon the grandiosity.
- Embrace winter weather
- Children’s snow books can be enjoyed from comfort of a warm bed
- January 2, 2005
- It’s a wintertime fantasy of many children to build the perfect snowman. But sometimes conditions don’t cooperate: It might be too cold outside or there might not be enough snow. On the pages of children’s picture books, however, the snowmen and everything around them seem to be just right.
- Readers urged to submit photos
- Behind the Lens
- January 2, 2005
- When I conceived this feature last year, I figured our photo staff’s wealth of images would give us plenty of things to write about. For the most part we have succeeded.
- Good bye, ‘Miami,’ hello theater
- With the end his run on NBC Matt Letscher joins ‘The Rivals’
- January 2, 2005
- The trajectory of Matt Letscher’s recent acting career might seem a tad strange on the surface: In one year, he has gone from “Must See TV” to classical theater at Lincoln Center.
- Heat stretch streak to 14
- January 2, 2005
- Eddie Jones called it “Jordanique,” some sort of morphing of Michael Jordan and Dominque Wilkins highlights.
- Olathe prep picks Kansas
- January 2, 2005
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team secured its first commitment for the 2006-07 season Saturday when Olathe East standout Danielle McCray told KU coach Bonnie Hendrickson she would play for KU.
- Briefcase
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Internet virtual tours draw adult interest ¢ Survey finds gender pay gap widening ¢ Name that company
- Faces and places
- January 2, 2005
- Frank S. Reed
- January 2, 2005
- Research on resolutions shows brains have minds of their owns
- January 2, 2005
- Making a New Year’s resolution may be putting your dukes up against evolution and your brain’s own programming.
- Vols save best for last
- Fulmer calls convincing victory ‘best effort of year’
- January 2, 2005
- Rick Clausen hardly looked like a third-stringer.
- Instant classic
- KU rallies from 16 down to sting Yellow Jackets
- January 2, 2005
- The Cotton, Outback, Gator, Rose, Fiesta and Capital One bowl games might have provided entertaining holiday fare on New Year’s Day. But with all due respect to those football extravaganzas, college sports’ finest offering just might have been played with a round — not oblong — ball Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Poet’s Showcase
- January 2, 2005
- Enzyme production at heart of concerns
- January 2, 2005
- The COX-2 inhibitors Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra were specifically developed to minimize the risk of stomach bleeding and ulcers associated with traditional drugs in the same NSAID family (e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen).
- Party bills
- January 2, 2005
- The way we were
- From over-emphasized campaign issues to a breast exposure blown out of proportion, 2004 should embarrass us all a little
- January 2, 2005
- Reflecting on 2004, we have to conclude that it could have been worse. “HOW??” you ask, spitting out your coffee. Well, OK, a giant asteroid could have smashed into the earth and destroyed all human life except Paris Hilton and William Hung. Or Florida could have been hit by 20 hurricanes, instead of just 17.
- What are you reading?
- January 2, 2005
- Best Sellers
- January 2, 2005
- Not all fat is all bad
- January 2, 2005
- Webster’s must be mistaken. Isn’t fat a four-letter word? The mere mention of it makes most of us malcontent. It is the one thing in life we prefer to lose forever.
- Best Bets
- January 2, 2005
- Arts notes
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Comedy series to look back at 2004 events ¢ Area business gives gift to Dana College ¢ Theater director to receive medallion
- Latin America demands attention
- January 2, 2005
- What should Latin America and the Caribbean expect from the United States in round two of the Bush administration? A whole lot more than they received in round one — and, yes, I’m taking into consideration the overwhelming, agenda-changing developments of Sept. 11, 2001.
- Crop clarification
- January 2, 2005
- Brave Iraqis risk lives to rebuild country
- January 2, 2005
- The Iraq story has always had a very personal dimension for this columnist. Having covered the story since the first Gulf War, I’ve acquired many Iraqi friends and acquaintances. Some are exiles, who gave up comfortable lives in the United States to return home to rebuild their country.
- Basement yields sweet memory of ‘best dog’
- January 2, 2005
- If you’ve been around Robin Hood’s barn a time or two, you may remember “Sixteen Tons,” sung in a booming bass voice by one Tennessee Ernie Ford. The line I have in mind goes, “St. Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store.”
- Bidding fond farewell — at least for now
- January 2, 2005
- There comes a time in the life of every writer when he asks himself — as Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Hemingway all surely asked themselves — if he has any booger jokes left in him.
- Crappie creel limit cut to 20 per day
- January 2, 2005
- New fishing regulations concerning crappie are now in effect at Clinton and Perry lakes.
- Hunter ed rules relaxed for youths under 15
- January 2, 2005
- Hunter education requirements in Kansas changed Saturday.
- Colorado officials pleased with sightings of more lynx kittens
- January 2, 2005
- State officials have confirmed there were at least six more lynx kittens born in Colorado last spring than initially thought, bringing the known total to 36.
- Wolf Creek deer hunts lure local, area youths
- January 2, 2005
- Bryce Best and Tim Malcolm of Lawrence and Anthony Ciambrone of Baldwin were among youths who participated in a deer hunt near the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant.
- Disappointing T’wolves search for consistency
- January 2, 2005
- With everyone back on a team that made the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves expected to be at least as good this season.
- Workers frustrated by slow pace of economic recovery
- January 2, 2005
- Two years after Ray Victoria lost his place in the old economy, he’s nearly finished rebuilding his career to ride out the uncertainties of the new one.
- Texas A&M will reward Franchione
- Football coach to receive raise, contract extension
- January 2, 2005
- Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione will get a contract extension and a raise after leading the Aggies to the Cotton Bowl in his second season.
- Commentary: Red Sox have ruined it for Cubs
- January 2, 2005
- The new year opens up before us, full of promise, and even though it might turn out like all the other new years, full of disappointment and excess body hair, we push on, knowing that if the Red Sox can win a World Series, then it is entirely possible for us to be bequeathed $100 million by a crazy uncle who had insisted on being referred to as “Don Corleone” and who, unbeknownst to his relatives, had invested wisely in pork-belly futures.
- Seminoles hold on against Mountaineers
- January 2, 2005
- Nice recovery, Chris Rix. Coach Bobby Bowden stuck with his struggling quarterback and Rix eventually sparked No. 17 Florida State with two long second-half touchdown drives Saturday, beating West Virginia 30-18 in the Gator Bowl.
- Hawkeyes stun Saban, LSU
- Tigers lose coach’s final game on final play
- January 2, 2005
- Time ran out on the Nick Saban era at LSU, leaving Iowa not a second to spare.
- HINU men fall in Montana
- January 2, 2005
- Buddy Windy Boy drilled eight three-point goals, leading Montana State-Billings to a 103-81 men’s basketball victory Friday over Haskell Indian Nations University.
- FSHS clinic on tap
- January 2, 2005
- Free State High’s boys basketball team will borrow a page from the Kansas University men and hold a youth clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Monday in the FSHS gym. Boys and girls in kindergarten through seventh grade are eligible. The $20 fee includes a T-shirt. Walk-ins are welcome.
- Alabama holds off pesky New Orleans
- January 2, 2005
- Alabama made quick work of New Orleans in its final tuneup for Southeastern Conference play.
- Newsletter: Trips can include healthful activities
- January 2, 2005
- Do your New Year’s resolutions include losing weight, getting in shape, learning something new, cutting back on stress or eliminating bad habits?
- Eldercare Locator service can help relatives find needed senior programs
- January 2, 2005
- The Eldercare Locator, a public service of the Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a nationwide service that connects older Americans and caregivers with information on senior services.
- Calendar
- January 2, 2005
- State’s economy faces uncertainty
- Major industries recovering as 2004 ends
- January 2, 2005
- The Kansas economy rebounded in 2004 — boosted by abundant fall crops and good cattle markets, higher prices for oil and gas producers and even modest hiring in the state’s beleaguered aviation industry.
- Lawrence endures ups, downs
- Eldridge Hotel sale, smoking ban among notable developments in 2004
- January 2, 2005
- Lawrence businesses saw plenty of change in 2004, from sales going up in smoke to new owners taking over landmark properties and millions of dollars of investments in jobs and equipment.
- Don’t make sudden changes
- January 2, 2005
- For all the angst investors suffered in 2004, it actually turned out to be a pretty good year.
- Drug industry swallows dose after dose of bad news
- Pharmaceutical industry’s outlook appears rocky
- January 2, 2005
- The pharmaceutical industry endured a disastrous 2004, and the aftermath will linger into the new year.
- Hundreds gather to remember civil rights attorney Hollowell
- January 2, 2005
- Judges, college presidents and a former United Nations ambassador were among the several hundred people who remembered Friday the contributions of Wichita native Donald L. Hollowell.
- Career assistance program also to close
- January 2, 2005
- The closing of the Mid-America All-Indian Center will affect more than the 11 people who work there and those who had hoped to view the center’s museum of artifacts.
- Lawrence commuter report
- January 2, 2005
- On the record
- January 2, 2005
- Local briefs
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Early-morning accident sends one to hospital ¢ Local elected officials to hold joint discussion ¢ New sites announced for winter sports ¢ Spitting, battery lead to arrests
- Sebelius tells Legislature to get to work
- Governor beseeches lawmakers to roll up sleeves on tough issues
- January 2, 2005
- As she prepares for the 2005 legislative session, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is urging lawmakers to get to work on school finance and defending her proposed cigarette tax increase to expand health insurance.
- Liquor store owners determined to battle allegations against them
- January 2, 2005
- The embattled owners of Lawrence’s Cork & Barrel liquor stores say they’ll fight state allegations against them to the bitter end, and that regulators are unnecessarily trying to ruin their livelihood.
- New Year’s revelers keep police busy
- Threats involving machete, gun being investigated; DUIs also reported
- January 2, 2005
- The new year literally started with a bang and plenty of rowdiness early Saturday, keeping Lawrence police on the run responding to disturbances ranging from an appetizer-preparing knifing to the arrest of a machete-wielding man who threatened a couple in North Lawrence.
- Orchestra constructor makes pitch for $1 million matched set
- January 2, 2005
- For sale: one set of 62 violins, violas, cellos and basses. The price tag is just shy of $1 million, but the results will go toward answering a riddle of music history, so the purchaser’s name will live on for years.
- Education, city growth expected to be among big stories in 2005
- January 2, 2005
- Will a new lawsuit opposing the South Lawrence Trafficway be filed in 2005? Will officials finally figure out how they want to plan for the city’s growth? Will voters approve bonds to pay for the renovation and reconstruction of aging schools?
- State puts power plant plans on hold
- Committee waiting for consortium’s proposal criteria
- January 2, 2005
- In March, state energy experts gathered in Lawrence to put together a fast-track proposal to lure a $1 billion, state-of-the-art power plant to Kansas.
- Nobel laureate Julius Axelrod dies
- January 2, 2005
- Julius Axelrod, the scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1970 for his work in explaining how brain cells communicate with each other, has died. He was 92.
- Iraqi interest in election strong, officials say
- January 2, 2005
- The number of Iraqis making sure they are properly registered to vote has surged dramatically, officials said Saturday, calling the rise evidence of enthusiasm for the Jan. 30 elections despite continuing security concerns that have blocked the process in two provinces.
- Attacks, killings mark beginning of new year
- January 2, 2005
- The new year opened in Iraq with the same death and dismay that brought 2004 to a close: Attacks on and assassinations of Iraqi security forces and civilians targeted for working with the interim government or its U.S. military backers.
- Tourists begin to return to Thai beaches
- January 2, 2005
- Six days after one of the worst natural disasters in decades, foreign tourists were back on the beaches of this Thai resort island Saturday, frolicking in the gentle waves of the Andaman Sea, riding jet skis, posing for snapshots and sunbathing topless on the sand.
- Language purists fired up over objectionable phrases
- January 2, 2005
- From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it’s been a tough year all around for the guardians of English — language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say “You’re fired!” to offensive words and phrases.
- People
- January 2, 2005
- ¢ Computer magnate pledges aid to tsunami victims ¢ Pacino only funny when he feels like it ¢ Travolta not afraid of not looking good ¢ Depp, Lohan top STARmeter
- Parades salute families, military
- January 2, 2005
- Hundreds of thousands of revelers welcomed the new year Saturday by lining the streets of Pasadena to watch the 116th Rose Parade, featuring a 45-foot-tall replica of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and a train more than 200 feet long — the longest float in parade history.
- U.S. plans for indefinite jailing of terror suspects
- January 2, 2005
- Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.
- U.S. military launches relief effort
- January 2, 2005
- Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid Saturday as the U.S. military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone.
- Heavy rains compound pain for survivors
- January 2, 2005
- After the devastation wreaked by the seas, a deluge from the skies deepened the misery for tsunami-stricken areas Saturday, triggering flash floods in Sri Lanka that sent evacuees fleeing and increasing the threat of deadly disease. U.S. forces began one of their biggest relief missions ever with the death toll likely to hit 150,000.
- Abbas vows to protect militants from Israel
- January 2, 2005
- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.
- Texas proves worthiness, 38-37
- January 2, 2005
- A winning kick put the controversy to rest. The Texas Longhorns proved they indeed did belong in the Rose Bowl.
- Jack smacks KU
- Point guard shines in Tech’s loss
- January 2, 2005
- Jarrett Jack once again was amazing for Georgia Tech, an automatic threat Saturday whether wide-open or being wrestled to the floor while taking a shot.
- Valentine honored by jersey hanging
- January 2, 2005
- Except for the day he was married and the day his daughter was born, there has been no bigger day in Darnell Valentine’s life than Saturday.
- Notebook
- January 2, 2005
- Wanting to get his players’ attention last week in practice, Kansas University coach Bill Self copied a tactic of his mentor, Eddie Sutton. He had the Jayhawks put on the football pads at a workout Wednesday.
- Overwhelmed military hospitals ask donors to give elsewhere
- January 2, 2005
- For the two principal military hospitals treating American troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been too much of a good thing this holiday season.
- Tsunami a reminder of nature’s power
- January 2, 2005
- Man can dam rivers, build skyscrapers, even go to the moon, but sometimes nature needs only a split second to remind us who’s really boss.
- Meatpacker: USDA policy on mad cow to blame for layoffs
- January 2, 2005
- Three days before Christmas, this town’s largest employer, Creekstone Farms, laid off 150 of its 800 workers.
- Resolved: Vacate the office, get outta town
- More families long for extended vacations
- January 2, 2005
- A two-week vacation? Ha!
- Horoscopes
- January 2, 2005
- Venison delicious if natural moisture preserved
- January 2, 2005
- Ask people who don’t like venison and they’ll say it is tough or that it has a gamey taste. Deer meat doesn’t have to be that way.
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