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- KU eliminates 20 jobs
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 4:59 p.m.) Kansas University will close its printing services division this spring, resulting in the elimination of 20 positions, officials announced this afternoon.
- Attorney general investigating Lawrence cemetery operations
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 4:15 p.m.) A Lawrence cemetery that has been dogged by complaints of shoddy maintenance and customer service is now being investigated by the Kansas Attorney General’s office.
- Former KU alumni association director’s lawsuit halted
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 2:16 p.m.) A judge ruled Friday that ousted Kansas University Alumni Association director Fred Williams must settle a dispute with his former employer behind closed doors with an arbitrator, not in court.
- Governor’s wind policy calls for restraint in Flint Hills
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 12:31 p.m.) Gov. Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled an energy policy that calls for increased wind energy development but “restraint” on putting wind projects in the Flint Hills.
- House to consider gay marriage ban amendment next week
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 11:48 a.m.) TOPEKA — House members will likely consider a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution banning same sex-marriage next week, Speaker Doug Mays said Friday.
- Arctic conditions bringing sub-zero wind chills
- January 14, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 9:01 a.m.) If you like cold weather, you and the other polar bears will love today — arctic-like temperatures, snow flurries and sub-zero wind chills are in the forecast.
- Arraignment slated in pregnant woman’s slaying
- January 14, 2005
- The Kansas woman charged with strangling a northwest Missouri woman and cutting the unborn baby from her womb will be arraigned Thursday.
- New Fox series is more and less than ‘Zero’
- January 14, 2005
- Critiquing the plot of the new action series “Jonny Zero” (8 p.m., Fox) is a little like chastising water for being wet. “Jonny Zero” is ridiculous, and purposely so.
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- January 14, 2005
- Bryant hurt, but Lakers clip Cavs
- January 14, 2005
- Kobe Bryant went down hard and did not return, though the Los Angeles Lakers were able to defeat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers without him.
- Horoscopes
- January 14, 2005
- Lawrence filmmakers bring fresh ‘Air’ to movie musical
- January 14, 2005
- After two hours of setting up a camera, putting lights in place and otherwise getting organized, it is time to shoot the day’s first scene for the movie musical “Air.” “Roll camera,” director Jeremy Osbern murmurs. Then, over the fierce buzz of the rolling film, he calls out: “Action!”
- Only Garner elevates ‘Elektra’ above mediocrity
- January 14, 2005
- In the grand scheme of things, Elektra doesn’t rank in the top 50 Marvel Comics superheroes deserving of their own big-budget feature. She probably sits in the 100s, somewhere between Nighthawk and the Scarlet Witch.
- This Weekend’s Highlights
- January 14, 2005
- Steroid-testing agreement revealed
- January 14, 2005
- With some of its biggest names under suspicion and lawmakers demanding action, major league baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.
- Malaria threat emerges in tsunami-ravaged region
- January 14, 2005
- Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning today to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria.
- Senate adopts proposed same-sex marriage ban
- January 14, 2005
- Senators were quick to adopt a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution banning same-sex marriage, but the House may not move as fast.
- People
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Queen Latifah to preside at Grammy TV broadcast ¢ CBS reveals identities of next ‘Survivor’ castaways ¢ Dion gives some more ¢ Birthdays
- Fame at last
- The Kansas Music Hall of Fame honors its inaugural class
- January 14, 2005
- Six years ago, Bill Lee discovered that Iowa and Nebraska each had formed a hall of fame to honor its musical history. And it made him angry.
- Calendar
- January 14, 2005
- Shyamalan’s ‘Village’ hits new low of absurdity
- January 14, 2005
- The 1999 “I see dead people” thriller, “The Sixth Sense,” rightfully put its young writer/director M. Night Shyamalan on the map and turned him into a major Hollywood player. But his subsequent films have become increasingly self-important and portentous.
- Stocks fall on oil prices, jobless rate
- January 14, 2005
- Jittery investors sent stocks tumbling Thursday as Wall Street was pummeled by a sharp climb in oil prices, rising unemployment and a disappointing forecast from General Motors Corp.
- Briefcase
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Kansas Inc. president submits resignation ¢ Sprint delays plans for mobile directory ¢ US Airways lands financing extension ¢ Profits shine on Sun
- Bids for fire station alarmingly expensive
- Lowest estimate exceeds construction budget by almost a half-million
- January 14, 2005
- No elected official denied the need for a fifth fire station for Douglas County. But construction bids for the firefighting post have come in about $500,000 more than the original $4.07 million estimate, and that has created a quandary for city and county commissioners.
- Report: India, China to gain power
- Intelligence analysts anticipate diffuse terror threats by 2020
- January 14, 2005
- The world of 2020 is likely to be one in which Asia is the main engine of the global economy, India and China are major powers and al-Qaida-inspired Islamist movements have spread to Muslim communities outside the Middle East, a new U.S. intelligence report said Thursday.
- Inaugural celebration will be delicate balance for president
- January 14, 2005
- With the war in Iraq steadily claiming American lives and the world in mourning over the epic tsunami disaster, planners of the 55th presidential inauguration face an awkward challenge: how to throw the traditional four-day celebration without appearing to have too much fun.
- Snow, cold can make for memorable football
- Three games this weekend to be played in chill, but likely won’t join Ice Bowl, Freezer Bowl, Snow Plow Game among late-season gems
- January 14, 2005
- On the coldest day the NFL ever played, Packers guard Jerry Kramer took one look at Green Bay’s fabled frozen tundra, began shivering and never stopped until he was draped across the most famous yard of defended turf in football history.
- Averted gaze
- January 14, 2005
- Kansas high school basketball scores from Jan. 13
- January 14, 2005
- Free access
- Since when should news media — or anyone else — be asked to pay a fee to observe state government in action?
- January 14, 2005
- News media coverage of the legislative session is a vital link between state government and the Kansas public. The ability of news reporters to ask questions and share information with the residents of the state is a key component of open and responsive government.
- Security system calls for new cooperation
- January 14, 2005
- The consoles in the horseshoe-shaped operations center of the Department of Homeland Security are marked with the names of the agencies that man the computers and pool the information they have gathered about threats to the nation.
- Tourism support
- January 14, 2005
- Financial hindsight
- January 14, 2005
- Drug funding
- January 14, 2005
- More news, less volume
- January 14, 2005
- Hey, here’s a great idea: a 24-hour news channel. What, you say? There are already more news channels than news? Yes, and have you watched any of them lately? CNN, Fox, MSNBC — it doesn’t matter: The much-maligned Jerry Springer has become the prototype for cable broadcasting.
- Sunni fear of Shiite rule grows
- Amman, Jordan
- January 14, 2005
- “Welcome to the Berlin of the Middle East,” a senior U.N. official told me. Just as Berlin was a city where the tensions of the Cold War played out, so present-day Amman is a city where the tensions of present-day Iraqi politics are writ small.
- Briefly - Nation
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ DNA identification leads to serial rapist’s plea ¢ Cholesterol drug could be sold over the counter ¢ ATV company fined for reporting violations ¢ Bush pollution proposal labeled less effective ¢ Study: Anti-convulsant drugs may slow aging ¢ Soldier doesn’t testify in Abu Ghraib case ¢ Probe set to land on Saturn’s moon ¢ Authorities end search for mudslide victims ¢ Banks publish data on Nazi victims’ accounts ¢ Education secretary seeks payment probe ¢ Parks had dementia before lawsuit filing ¢ Mass e-mailer slapped with civil lawsuit ¢ FBI computer overhaul hits another snag ¢ Oil spotted 50 miles from wrecked freighter ¢ Lutheran report on gays suggests few changes
- Cameron resurrects ‘Battle Angel’
- January 14, 2005
- “Titanic,” “Terminator” and “Dark Angel” producer James Cameron is bringing another angel to life. The Oscar-winning filmmaker will adapt the Japanese manga “Battle Angel” for the big screen using the same digital 3-D film technology he utilized for his underwater documentary “Aliens of the Deep.”
- ‘In Good Company’ a clever social critique
- January 14, 2005
- There’s a cameo in “Ocean’s Twelve” where Topher Grace plays himself as a bratty, self-important actor apologizing to Brad Pitt for trashing his property after an all-nighter. In reference to “In Good Company,” he tells Pitt, “I totally phoned in that Dennis Quaid movie.” The real joke, however, is that that Dennis Quaid movie is way more fun than “Ocean’s Twelve.”
- Best Bets
- January 14, 2005
- Arts Note
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Theater to audition American Indian women
- Bubble burst serves as warning
- Wall Street continues wild ride
- January 14, 2005
- The millennium started with such promise. Investors began 2000 having enjoyed four years of amazing stock market gains, fueled by the rise of the Internet and explosive growth in a variety of technologies. The economy was growing at an explosive rate. Everybody was in the market.
- Wal-Mart chief executive tries to ‘set record straight’
- Discount retailer takes its message to customers
- January 14, 2005
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge Thursday to counter criticism that the world’s largest retailer is a behemoth that takes advantage of its workers and stifles competition.
- Head of Hallmark greetings unit steps down
- January 14, 2005
- The head of Hallmark Cards Inc.’s greeting cards division is stepping down after 37 years with the company.
- Vehicle sales spark surge in spending
- January 14, 2005
- Retail sales, helped by sizzling activity in auto showrooms, jumped by 1.2 percent in December, providing a solid finish to a year in which sales climbed at the fastest pace since 1999.
- Commodities
- January 14, 2005
- Roberts, advisory group discuss science goals
- Schools must figure out how to build student interest
- January 14, 2005
- Several members of a high-tech task force Thursday said the next trend of economic development may rely on strengthening science and math instruction.
- Baylor breezes past Savannah State
- January 14, 2005
- Patrick Fields scored 17 points to lead Baylor to an 86-50 men’s basketball victory over Savannah State on Thursday.
- More military weapons found near Milford Lake
- Smoke-grenade launchers sent to Fort Riley
- January 14, 2005
- Geary County Sheriff Jim Jensen is again concerned after a deputy discovered a pair of smoke-grenade launchers in the same area near Milford Lake where five military machine guns turned up two weeks ago.
- Capitol Briefing
- News from the Kansas Statehouse
- January 14, 2005
- Former LEA leader hires attorney
- Lawyer sets conditions for talking to police about missing $97,000
- January 14, 2005
- The former president of the Lawrence teachers union has retained the services of a Topeka criminal defense lawyer amid reports that thousands of dollars in union dues are missing.
- Following King’s example
- Lawrence students join together to honor civil rights icon
- January 14, 2005
- After listening to children talk about activities they did to honor Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Leo Barbee Jr. said it reminded him of something.
- Proposal would let parks grow along with city
- City considers charging developers $600 per lot to fund land purchases
- January 14, 2005
- Lawrence Parks and Recreation director Fred DeVictor said he had little doubt the rapidly growing area near Langston Hughes School would be well served by a proposed park that would feature a mile of walking trails, an outdoor classroom and plenty of space for area residents to roam.
- Floyd hired to coach USC basketball
- Former Iowa State, Bulls boss to take over Trojans post
- January 14, 2005
- Tim Floyd is being hired as Southern California basketball coach, taking the job Rick Majerus accepted then abruptly quit last month.
- Thatcher’s son pleads guilty in coup plot
- January 14, 2005
- The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty Thursday to unwittingly helping bankroll a botched coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, and in exchange he received a fine, a suspended jail sentence and the right to rejoin his family in the United States.
- Iraq security situation ‘dicey,’ Kansas senator says
- January 14, 2005
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says the current situation in Iraq is “dicey” but that he sees no need to delay national elections there.
- Insurgent ambush targets Turk businessman
- January 14, 2005
- Ten assailants sprayed gunfire Thursday at a minibus picking up a Turkish businessman from a Baghdad hotel, killing six Iraqis and kidnapping the Turk, who reportedly ran a construction company working with Americans.
- Briefly - World
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Militants kill 5 Israelis at border crossing ¢ Anti-terrorism expert to oversee U.N. security ¢ China defends raid on news conference ¢ New law allows downing of hijacked airliners ¢ Labor strikes end
- Stuffed celebrity’s move a painstaking KU affair
- Fears of disintegration accompany relocation of Little Bighorn survivor
- January 14, 2005
- Brad Kemp has been losing sleep the past few months, hoping he doesn’t beat up a dead horse. Kemp is helping devise a plan to move Comanche down a story to a new exhibit space.
- Senate votes to ban gay marriage
- If House follows suit, measure could be on April ballot
- January 14, 2005
- The Kansas Senate on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, setting the stage for a possible statewide vote on the issue in less than three months.
- Judge: Evolution disclaimers violate church-state separation
- January 14, 2005
- A federal judge Thursday ordered a suburban Atlanta school system to remove stickers from its high school biology textbooks that call evolution “a theory, not a fact,” saying the disclaimers are an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
- Prince Harry’s Nazi regalia creates uproar
- January 14, 2005
- Prince Harry, No. 3 in line to the British throne and No. 1 royal target of the country’s tabloids, has been called a lot of things in recent years: a pothead, a drunk, a brawler, a thug, a posh rebel without a clue.
- Duke’s Williams sparkles in win over N.C. State
- Fifth-ranked Blue Devils claim 12th straight victory
- January 14, 2005
- Duke’s supposed lack of depth might not matter much if Shelden Williams keeps playing this well. Williams scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half to help the fifth-ranked Blue Devils beat North Carolina State, 86-74, Thursday night.
- Vending machines to feature health info
- January 14, 2005
- The vending machine industry, taking heavy criticism as children and other Americans get fatter, is launching an anti-obesity marketing campaign to improve its image and fend off efforts to remove machines from schools.
- FSHS swimming second to fellow champs
- Firebirds can’t catch Blue Springs (Mo.) in clash of reigning state winners
- January 14, 2005
- Free State High wasn’t the only swimming and diving defending state champion Thursday afternoon at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center at FSHS. The Blue Springs (Mo.) Wildcats, Missouri’s 2004 champs, headed west as part of a five-team meet in which they showed a pool prowess that even the host school couldn’t match, topping the Firebirds’ 523 points with a score of 608.
- Actions speak volumes
- Langford’s game, teammates talking for him
- January 14, 2005
- One of the top difference-makers in Kansas University’s 71-66 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum couldn’t speak to media members afterward. Others were available to describe the heroic effort of KU senior Keith Langford, who has been muzzled temporarily for his mild criticism of the officials after the Jayhawks’ victory over Texas A&M on Jan. 5.
- Patriots pose problems for Colts
- Indy-New England one of interesting games this weekend in NFL
- January 14, 2005
- Is there any NFL playoff game this weekend other than the one in New England? You wouldn’t know it from the buzz surrounding Sunday’s contest in Foxboro featuring back-to-back MVP Peyton Manning and the Colts against the Patriots, winners of two of the last three Super Bowls and five straight games over the record-breaking quarterback.
- Kansas football aide participates in program
- January 14, 2005
- Second-year Kansas University assistant football coach Earnest Collins participated in the NCAA’s second-annual Advanced Coaching Program on Jan. 7-9 in Louisville, Ky.
- Pair of Jayhawks training with U.S. team
- January 14, 2005
- Kansas University women’s soccer players Caroline Smith and Holly Gault have been invited to training camp with the Under-21 United States women’s soccer national team.
- Big 12 Web site taps Jayhawks all-league
- January 14, 2005
- Kansas University senior catcher Sean Richardson, junior shortstop Ritchie Price and junior outfielder Matt Baty have been selected to the Big12Baseball.com Preseason All-Big 12 squad. They were named to the second team.
- Lions’ Riley named to all-state team
- January 14, 2005
- Lawrence High’s Bobi Riley, a senior outside hitter, was named to the Kansas Volleyball Assn.’s Class 6A All-State team Thursday, and teammate Abby Schwartz, a senior middle blocker, was named to the second team.
- City boys basketball
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Free State High at Olathe South ¢ Lawrence High at Olathe Northwest ¢ Seabury Academy at Barstow ¢ Flint Hills at Veritas
- Falcons clip Firebirds
- January 14, 2005
- At least Free State High’s girls basketball team started and finished fast in Thursday’s 49-35 loss to Olathe South.
- City girls basketball capsules
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Lawrence High at Olathe Northwest ¢ Seabury Academy at Barstow
- Lawrence Datebook
- January 14, 2005
- On the record
- January 14, 2005
- Pair ordered to trial in attempted poisoning case
- January 14, 2005
- A Wyandotte County couple charged with trying to kill the mayor of Edwardsville and her family with tainted cupcakes and soft drinks will stand trial after pleading not guilty.
- Hazel Marie Smith
- January 14, 2005
- Dorothy Schoenherr Strout
- January 14, 2005
- Betty Boyle
- January 14, 2005
- Gary Eugene Walker
- January 14, 2005
- Senate roll call on narrowing marriage amendment
- January 14, 2005
- The 28-11 vote Thursday by which the Senate rejected a proposal to narrow a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
- Kansas high school sports scores from Jan. 13
- January 14, 2005
- Cardinals can’t hold off Broncos
- January 14, 2005
- For the first 14 minutes of its game against Spring Hill, the Eudora High girls basketball team looked nothing like the group that entered the contest with a 2-4 record.
- Local briefs
- January 14, 2005
- ¢ Alumni donate $100,000 to KU ¢ Attorney general warns of phone scam ¢ Lawrence woman reports sexual assault ¢ Flu shots available to any residents
- 6Sports video: Falcons knock off Firebirds
- January 14, 2005
- Olathe South defeated Free State High, 49-35, on Thursday in Olathe.
- 6Sports video: Piper boys honor fallen teammate
- January 14, 2005
- Senior Doug Zimmerman suffered a stroke in the first week of practice and since then, the Pirates have dedicated their 6-1 start to him. Piper head coach David Hall says his team has even written Zimmerman’s number on their shoes. The Pirates will take on the Chargers Friday night at Piper.
- 6Sports video: LHS Huff breaks out, team still loses
- January 14, 2005
- Although the Lawrence High girl’s basketball team lost by 13 points to Shawnee Mission Northwest on Tuesday, junior Drew Huff scored a career-high 22 points for the Lions during that game.
- 6Sports video: Eudora falls to Spring Hill in OT
- January 14, 2005
- The Lady Cardinals is now 2 in 5 in the season after suffering a, 52-51 overtime loss, to the Broncos on Thursday in Eudora.
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