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- New image costing Kansas $1.7 million
- Boosters say money is well spent
- January 7, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 12:46 p.m.) The state’s new image brand — “Kansas: As big as you think” — is more expensive than once thought. The $1.7 million advertising campaign to present a positive image of Kansas was unveiled today in simultaneous news conferences across the state.
- Warmer weather heading in Saturday afternoon
- January 7, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 12:19 p.m.) One more day. That’s all the time that’s left before the Lawrence area will finally be free of a mid-week winter storm that turned much of the Great Plains into a frozen tundra. “Tomorrow we finally break through from our chains,” said Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist. “We’ll be above freezing and that will let us get rid of that ice.”
- Today’s school closings
- January 7, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 6:15 a.m.) Oskaloosa schools have canceled classes for Friday.
- Unreasonable stand
- Kansas meatpackers should be allowed to add value to their product by voluntarily testing for mad cow disease
- January 7, 2005
- So much for building a better mousetrap. To make a product more attractive to Japanese consumers, a Kansas beef processor wants to voluntarily test its meat for mad cow disease, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture says no, because the tests are unreliable and unnecessary. Never mind that doing the tests make the beef more marketable in Japan.
- Global observation system could save lives
- January 7, 2005
- The world’s immediate response to the horrific human tragedy of the Indian Ocean tsunami can be measured in dollars of emergency aid, military rescue missions and humanitarian relief efforts.
- Briefcase
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Microsoft offers free anti-infection fighters ¢ Mortgage rates drop ¢ Same-store sales slip at Payless ShoeSource ¢ Longtime Cessna chair retires after 30 years ¢ K.C. Fed president foresees 2005 growth
- Kids’ stuff
- The Get Up Kids return to record live album in Lawrence
- January 7, 2005
- When Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids needs advice on how to keep his band intact, he simply looks to the most illustriously unstable rocker of all time.
- Nightlife Calendar
- January 7, 2005
- This Weekend’s Highlights
- January 7, 2005
- Tsunami death toll nears 160,000
- January 7, 2005
- The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that hit Asia and Africa soared to about 160,000 early Friday after Indonesia announced almost 20,000 new deaths.
- Photo: Bad Boys (and girl)
- January 7, 2005
- Photo: Clearing the way
- January 7, 2005
- Horoscopes
- January 7, 2005
- Topeka revved up for races
- Lawrence officials also hope to benefit from national car event
- January 7, 2005
- This city got a turbo-charged boost in the world of auto racing, and Lawrence is hoping to go along for the ride. State and city of Topeka officials Thursday made an announcement that the Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs would be moving from Ohio to Heartland Park Topeka in 2006.
- Best Bets
- January 7, 2005
- Briefly - World
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ China greets newborn as 1.3 billionth citizen ¢ Guantanamo detainee alleges torture in Egypt ¢ Supreme Court rejects election appeal ¢ Mandela announces son died of AIDS ¢ Abbas suggests peace talks with Israel
- Clearer skies give time to clean up
- Still much work to be done removing debris after the winter storm
- January 7, 2005
- The county’s battle with a torrid ice storm looked to be ending Thursday as the sun made a brief appearance and began melting away some ice. But snow-removal efforts at the city’s recreation facilities hardly have started, said Fred DeVictor, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.
- For some exercisers, going downhill may be uplifting
- January 7, 2005
- If exercise is too much of an uphill battle, you may want to try the downside. A novel study of hikers in the Alps made the intriguing discovery that different types of exercise had different effects on fats and sugars in the blood.
- Volunteers help beat snow
- January 7, 2005
- Most people consider snow shoveling a tiresome chore, but Wendy Leedy found a spark of pleasure in it this week.
- Photo: New pal
- January 7, 2005
- Mideast has opportunity
- January 7, 2005
- The tragedies and crimes of the past 10 wasted years between Israelis and Palestinians will not be erased even by a sudden outbreak of common sense and humanity along the Green Line. But the next few weeks do offer both sides a shining opportunity to make progress by going backward.
- People
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Last of ‘The Osbournes’ ¢ ‘Godfather of Soul’ accused of rape ¢ Hooked on books ¢ Best guitar face ¢ Queen meets volunteers for tsunami disaster victims ¢ Death knell for ‘Crossfire’ ¢ Birthdays
- Senior year dynamite for Wright
- Phenom, unflappable after making early college decision, trying to be more assertive on court
- January 7, 2005
- Typically, for a high school basketball player regarded as one of the top 10 prospects in the country, winter is a stressful time. There are phone calls, endless mail from every school imaginable and countless scouts ogling from the seats.
- Photo: Hard-core cold
- January 7, 2005
- Fine service
- January 7, 2005
- Reaching out
- January 7, 2005
- Part of story
- January 7, 2005
- Quick response
- January 7, 2005
- State at forefront
- January 7, 2005
- Briefly - Nation
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Justice Dept. criticized for rape information ¢ Two challenges filed in governor’s race ¢ Dentist indicted in second death ¢ Klansman suspect arrested for ‘64 deaths ¢ Victim identification at stake in priest’s trial ¢ Democrats regroup to recruit for 2006 ¢ White House criticized for creating fake news ¢ Top officials blamed for pre-9-11 lapses ¢ Education nominee outlines promises ¢ Shuttle team welcomes redesigned fuel tank
- Airlines lower fares to rival Delta
- Analysts praise moves as smart long-term strategy
- January 7, 2005
- Fare cuts aimed at business travelers spread through the airline industry Thursday, with American Airlines, the nation’s largest carrier, imitating Delta Air Lines’ decision to sharply reduce the price of tickets booked at the last minute.
- Tyson plans to temporarily trim beef operations
- Company blames tight cattle supplies, lower demand
- January 7, 2005
- Tyson Foods Inc. said Thursday it temporarily would cut operations at four beef plants and scale back production at another because of tight cattle supplies, low demand and a reduction in the number of its overseas markets.
- Hill’s Pet Nutrition seeks to expand
- January 7, 2005
- Hill’s Pet Nutrition, which expanded Topeka operations in 2002, is planning to spend $30 million on another project.
- Commodities
- January 7, 2005
- The Lazer switches to older, community-based audience
- January 7, 2005
- It’s been more than five years since The Lazer 105.9 FM switched its format from a mix of modern rock and regional artists to unabashed Top 40, following a transition from local ownership to corporate ownership.
- ‘White Noise’ lacks spirit
- January 7, 2005
- The dead no longer speak through such antiquated items as a Ouija board. Nowadays, the spirits from beyond are traveling more high-tech paths, using HDTVs, cell phones and computers.
- Hollywood accesses ghostly buzz
- January 7, 2005
- Do not adjust your TV set — it might be tuned in to another dimension. That’s the premise of the thriller “White Noise,” opening today, about an architect (Michael Keaton) who is contacted by his murdered wife through a process called electronic voice phenomenon (EVP).
- Reader Review: Closer
- January 7, 2005
- ‘The Sea Inside’ actor offers stellar performance
- January 7, 2005
- To portray a real-life quadriplegic in “The Sea Inside,” Javier Bardem decided to focus on “the voice and the eyes.”
- ‘60 Minutes’ has become a show enamored with celebrities
- January 7, 2005
- What happened to my “60 Minutes”? This crown jewel of CBS News programming used to be essential television. It broke news and uncovered scandals with a tenacity that bordered on abusive, but almost always in service to a vital story.
- New ‘24’ season offers fresh characters, usual surprises
- January 7, 2005
- Surprise is what makes “24” tick, and there should be plenty of it as Jack Bauer embarks on a fourth season of saving the world from terrorists. Or maybe this time he won’t. With Agent Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland, you can never be sure.
- The mysterious mystery of Hallmark’s ‘Mystery’
- January 7, 2005
- What if Nancy Drew ran a bookstore — and a mystery bookstore, to boot? This is the premise of “Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend” (8 p.m., Hallmark), the first in a series of whodunit movies on the Hallmark Channel.
- ‘Real World’ may never end
- January 7, 2005
- Just weeks after MTV announced that its venerable “Real World” franchise will shoot its 16th season in Austin, Texas, the cable network and Bunim-Murray Productions have reached an agreement for at least five more seasons of the reality show.
- Arts Notes
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Local artist named finalist for program ¢ Lied Center receives award for programming ¢ Gallery accepting entries for valentine’s
- Sebelius seeks Legislature’s lead on school funding
- January 7, 2005
- Don’t expect a school finance plan from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, at least for now. Asked if she would propose a plan to the Legislature, Sebelius on Thursday said it was time for lawmakers to try to fix school finance.
- Area briefs
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Senators introduce bill to curb meth production ¢ Clergy plan to pray for BTK killer’s capture ¢ Rodeo pioneer dies
- Groups plan rival rallies on same-sex marriage
- January 7, 2005
- Supporters and opponents of adding a ban on same-sex marriage to the Kansas Constitution expect hundreds of people to converge Monday on the Statehouse for rival rallies, as legislators open their annual session.
- Nine U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
- Interim leaders extend state of emergency as attacks continue
- January 7, 2005
- A roadside bomb killed seven U.S. soldiers in northwest Baghdad, and two Marines were killed in western Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest day for American forces since a suicide attack on a U.S. base last month.
- Manning unanimous All-Pro pick
- Colts QB receives all 48 votes; K.C.’s Roaf, Waters tapped
- January 7, 2005
- Peyton Manning was unstoppable on the field this season, and in the All-Pro voting, too.
- Mallory West heads all-state selections
- January 7, 2005
- Lawrence High and Free State each placed three girls on the Kansas Gymnastics Assn. all-state team, and five of those athletes are expected to return next season.
- Free State girls falter against SM South
- January 7, 2005
- Free State High’s girls basketball team helplessly watched a five-point halftime lead slip away in the third quarter, and Shawnee Mission South went on to win, 47-34, Thursday night.
- City capsules
- January 7, 2005
- KU soccer players earn all-region nod
- January 7, 2005
- Five Kansas University soccer players were named Thursday to the All-Central Region squad by SoccerBuzz magazine.
- Weather halts events
- January 7, 2005
- The swimming meet scheduled for Thursday at Lawrence High was rescheduled for 3:30 p.m. today because of icy weather.
- Kids day scheduled at KU women’s game
- January 7, 2005
- All youths ages 13 and under or those in the eighth grade and lower will be admitted free to Saturday’s Kansas-Kansas State women’s basketball game in Allen Fieldhouse.
- A&M snuck up on KU
- Big 12 loss would have been costly
- January 7, 2005
- As one of Kansas University’s senior leaders, Keith Langford is free to speak his mind. He did before Wednesday’s men’s basketball game against Texas A&M — the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.
- Woodling: Indeed, crowd was loud
- January 7, 2005
- Notes and quotes while wondering if any mothballs will fall out of Kansas University’s men’s basketball blue road uniforms at Kentucky. … How loud was it during Saturday’s Kansas-Georgia Tech basketball game in Allen Fieldhouse? A decibel meter brought by Jonathan Kealing, a reporter for the University Daily Kansan, registered a high of 119.9.
- Final foe getting tougher to find
- January 7, 2005
- At this point, finding one more opponent for Kansas University’s fall football schedule is about as much fun as scraping three inches of ice off a windshield. That’s been the task of senior associate athletic director Larry Keating, and time really isn’t on his side.
- Handshy, Weinmaster selected for East squad
- January 7, 2005
- Three Kansas University football recruits and two city standouts have been selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Lawrence High linebacker/running back Ian Handshy and Free State lineman Philip Weinmaster — both All-Sunflower League selections — were named to the East roster for the July 30 game at KSU Stadium in Manhattan.
- Kansas high school gymnastics scores from Dec. 6
- January 7, 2005
- Grizzlies post fifth straight win
- In NBA first, Pistons’ top scorer held without field goal
- January 7, 2005
- The Detroit Pistons were so inept that their leading scorer didn’t even make a field goal — a first in NBA history. Bonzi Wells scored 23 points to help the Memphis Grizzlies beat Detroit, 101-79, Thursday night, extending their season-high winning streak to five games.
- Fans shunning once-popular Bryant jersey
- Lakers guard’s No. 8 drops out of top 50 after being one of world’s best sellers
- January 7, 2005
- Kobe Bryant is no longer a fashion icon. For the last month, Bryant’s No. 8 Lakers jersey — previously one of the best sellers in the world — has fallen out of the top 50, according to point-of-sale data tabulated by a Florida market research firm.
- Judge gives Cosby life sentence
- Convicted of fatal shooting, defendant eligible for parole in 25 years
- January 7, 2005
- A sentencing hearing Thursday didn’t shed any light on why a Lawrence man walked up to an acquaintance last spring and shot and killed him at close range.
- Paul F. Wasson
- January 7, 2005
- Local briefs
- January 7, 2005
- ¢ Former representative takes Tafanelli’s seat ¢ Parks and recreation South Park center to stay closed ¢ Positions available on city advisory boards
- Teachers’ union missing funds
- Police investigate theft of $97,000 in dues; inside job suspected
- January 7, 2005
- Lawrence Police are looking for $97,000 in union dues deducted from schoolteachers’ paychecks that didn’t reach the Kansas-National Education Assn. from its Lawrence affiliate. Police suspect theft and forgery and that it was an inside job.
- Photo: Jayhawk sighting in Iraq
- January 7, 2005
- Homeless task force hears ideas, frustrations
- Some seek better services; others say city a ‘destination’
- January 7, 2005
- In Lawrence’s sometimes-contentious discussion about what services it should provide its homeless, everyone agrees on one thing: There’s plenty of frustration.
- Gonzales condemns torture
- A.G. nominee reveals discussion of Geneva Conventions changes
- January 7, 2005
- Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales, under scorching criticism from senators, condemned torture as an interrogation tactic Thursday and promised to prosecute abusers of terror suspects. He also disclosed the White House was looking at trying to change the Geneva Conventions that protect prisoner rights.
- 21-year sentence given in rape case
- January 7, 2005
- A judge on Thursday denied a request for a lighter sentence and ordered a Lawrence man to 21 years in prison for having sex with his children’s 13-year-old baby sitter.
- Many in state still without power
- One death reported from storm; two others missing
- January 7, 2005
- The wide swath of Missouri and Kansas battered by an icy storm struggled to return to normal Thursday although tens of thousands were still without power, many schools remained shuttered and drivers edged cautiously on roads that remained slick in frosty temperatures.
- Texas powers past Memphis
- Longhorns win rough game with Tigers, 74-67
- January 7, 2005
- If Texas wanted a rough-and-tumble game before heading into Big 12 Conference play, the Longhorns got it. Beefy sophomore forward P.J. Tucker scored four points in the final 42 seconds, including a fast-break dunk after a turnover, and No. 15 Texas powered past Memphis for a rugged 74-67 victory Thursday night.
- Bynum helps Georgia Tech forget
- Yellow Jackets put loss to Jayhawks behind them, win without Elder, 80-69
- January 7, 2005
- Will Bynum made sure Georgia Tech didn’t miss B.J. Elder too much. Bynum scored 21 points while his injured teammate watched from the bench, and the ninth-ranked Yellow Jackets ruined Miami’s Atlantic Coast Conference debut with an 80-69 victory Thursday night.
- Bush re-election certified despite Democratic challenge
- January 7, 2005
- Two Democratic lawmakers raised a rarely used objection Thursday to delay Congress’ certification of the 2004 presidential election results, but they ultimately succumbed to a bipartisan tide eager to put the election behind them.
- Eight killed in gas leak from freight train crash
- January 7, 2005
- A freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train early Thursday, killing eight people and injuring more than 240 others, nearly all of them sickened by a toxic cloud that persisted over this small textile town at nightfall.
- Mother’s murder conviction overturned
- January 7, 2005
- The capital murder convictions of Andrea Yates were thrown out by an appeals court Thursday, 3 1/2 years after she told investigators that she had methodically drowned her five children in the bathtub to spare them from eternal damnation and to punish herself for being a bad mother.
- General says temporary troops in Iraq may not be leaving
- January 7, 2005
- The Army is likely to make a temporary 30,000 increase in troop numbers permanent as it struggles to ease the burden on forces strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior Army general said Thursday.
- Lawrence Datebook
- January 7, 2005
- On the record
- January 7, 2005
- Dorothy Elizabeth von Achen
- January 7, 2005
- Thomas F. Reilly
- January 7, 2005
- Mary Margaret Nevins
- January 7, 2005
- Suspect arrested in theft of retired judge’s savings
- January 7, 2005
- Police on Thursday arrested a caregiver suspected of bilking a retired Lawrence judge and his wife of more than $115,000.
- USC, not Southern Cal, gridiron king
- January 7, 2005
- Sure enough, there it was. I picked up my morning paper, looked at the sports page and there it was. “Orange Bowl: Southern Cal 55, Oklahoma 19,” read the headline.
- Will elections be turning point?
- January 7, 2005
- This week I’ll be leaving for the Middle East to take a first-hand look at Palestinian and Iraqi elections. President Bush has made the promotion of Mideast democracy the rhetorical centerpiece of his foreign policy. So it’s important to assess whether these elections will advance the development of an ostensible democracy among Palestinians (who have no state) or a democratic Iraq.
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