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- Man injured in fall arrested
- January 28, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 2:34 p.m.) Police said today that a man found injured Thursday morning in a downtown alley has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill a coffee-shop worker — something police say he did shortly before he accidentally fell and injured his head.
- KU featured on ESPN broadcast
- January 28, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 10:37 a.m.) Lawrence and Allen Fieldhouse were in the national limelight this morning as ESPN started two days of broadcasts at Kansas University.
- Snow moving in this evening
- January 28, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 5:06 p.m.) You might want to work sledding into your weekend plans — Lawrence could get anywhere between a trace of snow and two inches of the white stuff by early Saturday morning, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Still searching
- A year after their daughter’s disappearance, a Lawrence couple hopes to untangle mystery
- January 28, 2005
- Marilyn Anderson celebrated her daughter’s 39th birthday Jan. 23 by buying her daughter’s favorite ice cream cake, though she knew Lesley Smith would not be home to enjoy it. “It was a tough day, but it was a good day,” Anderson said. “I know that she’s out there somewhere.”
- Business owner takes over as chairwoman
- January 28, 2005
- She’s started her own business, served as mayor and led the state’s largest business organization as it became the fastest-growing organization of its kind in the country.
- Has ‘freedom’ been hijacked by the right?
- January 28, 2005
- This is for everyone who has ever heard a rival doing their act. It’s for everyone who has heard an opponent saying exactly what they think.
- Many Iraqis want U.S. to stay
- January 28, 2005
- As the Bush administration looks for an exit strategy from this beleaguered country, key Iraqi leaders are growing reluctant to see the Americans leave.
- Meth migrates to urban areas
- Rehab counselors warn of ‘new major drug threat’
- January 28, 2005
- Already known as a rural scourge, methamphetamine is becoming a problem in a number of U.S. cities. Meetings of the 12-step group Crystal Meth Anonymous have increased in Chicago from one night a week a few years ago to five a week.
- Briefly - Nation
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Murder charges filed in deadly train crash ¢ FCC won’t appeal media ownership rules ¢ Lawyer says reservist will plead in abuse case ¢ Accuser breaks down in church abuse trial ¢ NASA honors victims of spacecraft accidents ¢ Ford recalls nearly 800,000 pickups, SUVs ¢ CDC makes stockpile of flu vaccine available ¢ Plan would raise airline ticket security fee ¢ Democrats’ study: Bush doubled P.R. spending ¢ Report: More deaths, injuries linked to ATVs ¢ Planned Parenthood president resigns
- Real estate agent named Athena winner
- January 28, 2005
- Marilyn Bittenbender credits two women for her accomplishments in the professional and community world: her mother and the late Barbara Reavis, former director of the United Way of Douglas County.
- Free State’s threes great
- Long-range shooting key to 52-32 first-round victory
- January 28, 2005
- Topeka Hayden wasn’t too worried about Free State High’s three-point shooters Thursday night in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic. Big mistake.
- Lions bothered by turnovers, Tigers
- January 28, 2005
- Lawrence High was within one point of Blue Valley after Lacey Elmore’s basket with 7:22 remaining Thursday night in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic at Free State High.
- Woodling: KU men can take advantage of ‘Feeble Five’ on schedule
- January 28, 2005
- Once upon a time, pundits jocularly labeled Big Eight Conference football as Oklahoma and the Seven Dwarfs. But that was more than four decades ago. Today, the Big 12 Conference, the enhanced-revenue offspring of the Big Eight, doesn’t have a single school that dominates like OU did in football in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Threat to Upward Bound ‘disturbs’ educators
- Bush administration may cut program that some consider crucial to first-generation college students
- January 28, 2005
- Taylor Wooten wants to be a U.S. ambassador to a Spanish-speaking country. A few years ago, she didn’t even know how to sign up for the ACT Assessment exam or apply to colleges. No one in her family had ever attended college.
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- January 28, 2005
- Lawrence Datebook
- January 28, 2005
- State officials, associations push for greater access to records
- January 28, 2005
- The unsuccessful fight waged by the University of Kansas to keep secret its athletic director’s pay package could earn the Jayhawks a new place in state law.
- Chamber moves up date of annual meeting
- January 28, 2005
- The 127-year-old Lawrence Chamber of Commerce has set a new date for its annual meeting.
- Business expansions highlight 2004
- January 28, 2005
- Lawrence had a great — if not record — year in terms of overall economic development, said Lynn Parman, vice president for economic development at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
- Secure income
- January 28, 2005
- Shrinking AT&T business a plum for others
- January 28, 2005
- AT&T Corp. can’t say when it might stop losing subscribers and revenues, and yet it seems the company’s national network and customer base remain hard to resist for SBC Communications Inc.
- This Weekend’s Highlights
- January 28, 2005
- Bars, not smokers, punished by ban
- Enforcement of law should also target violators, owner says
- January 28, 2005
- Smokers, even when they’re caught red-handed by fire department officials, are almost never issued a ticket as part of the city’s smoking ban, court testimony revealed Thursday.
- Bush has much to gain, lose in Iraqi election
- January 28, 2005
- President Bush will be on the ballot, at least in the realm of public opinion, when Iraq holds its first democratic election in nearly half a century. Sunday’s vote provides the world a chance to measure the results of a U.S.-led war that has killed more than 1,400 Americans — and thousands more Iraqis — and is costing more than $1 billion a week.
- A.G., press team up to ensure openness
- Amendment would guarantee public access
- January 28, 2005
- State officials and media representatives Thursday joined forces to launch a proposed constitutional amendment and laws to ensure better access to public records and meetings.
- Jayhawks eager for ‘05 opener
- Kansas baseball squad will make its official debut Feb. 4 in Hilo, Hawaii
- January 28, 2005
- Kansas University’s baseball team might have been the only one in the Midwest practicing outside Thursday afternoon, but not even the cold weather could dash the smiles several Jayhawks flashed while talking about their season-opener Feb. 4 in sunny Hilo, Hawaii.
- Lucille Sacquat-Cadue-Dyer, Horton
- January 28, 2005
- Pistons too tough for Pacers
- In their second meeting since brawl, Detroit takes 88-76 victory at Indiana
- January 28, 2005
- Rasheed Wallace walked to the bench for the last time Thursday night and delivered a blunt statement to the Indiana Pacers and their fans.
- Chamber adds eight to board
- January 28, 2005
- Eight new members — two executive officers and six directors — joined the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
- Chamber directory
- January 28, 2005
- Chamber, United Way co-sponsor awards
- January 28, 2005
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Douglas County are co-sponsors of the Spirit of Caring Awards, which recognize local business that are leaders in strengthening the community through charitable giving and the promotion of volunteerism.
- Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
- January 28, 2005
- Interest in small businesses picks up
- January 28, 2005
- Small businesses are the key to more local jobs and a better economy.
- Program promotes leadership skills
- January 28, 2005
- Twenty-five area residents were selected in September to participate in the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lawrence program
- Sports corporation lures events to city
- January 28, 2005
- When it comes to bringing visitors to town, the Lawrence Sports Corp. is playing to win.
- New home sales dipped in 2004
- January 28, 2005
- The number of homes sold in Lawrence and Douglas County dipped in 2004, as the pace of new-home construction helped keep potential buyers out of the market.
- Sales tax revenue reaches $11.43 million
- Growth rate of 4.7 percent outpaced inflation, finance director says
- January 28, 2005
- After four straight years of struggling to keep up with inflation, Lawrence’s sales tax collections showed solid signs of a turnaround in 2004.
- Tourism officials hoping for better numbers in 2005
- January 28, 2005
- Officials with the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau expect the city’s tourism industry to be healthier — and better informed — in 2005.
- Golf tournament set for Feb. 25
- January 28, 2005
- The 2005 Big Chill golf tournament is Feb. 25 at Alvamar Country Club. Registration begins at 11 a.m., and the tournament starts at 1 p.m.
- Horoscopes
- January 28, 2005
- Belts and bags
- Save 25,000 lives per year? Seat belts, air bags and other safety measures DO work.
- January 28, 2005
- Time was when American motor vehicle accidents claimed in excess of 50,000 lives each year. That figure now is under 35,000 despite the fact more people and equipment are jamming overcrowded roads.
- Exiting official lauds ‘medical diplomacy’
- January 28, 2005
- No secretary of health and human services ever feels the job is finished when his or her time is up. Tommy Thompson, the latest in the generally distinguished line of leaders of the Cabinet department closest to the everyday needs of millions of Americans, is no different from his predecessors.
- Research is key
- January 28, 2005
- 3 guilty in military drug ring
- Insulin-selling conspiracy targeted Army pharmacies nationwide
- January 28, 2005
- Three people have pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to steal drugs from Army pharmacies across the country to resell on the Internet.
- Wichita Police find missing communication linked to BTK
- January 28, 2005
- Investigators have tracked down a missing communication that may have come from the BTK serial killer, leading police to again appeal to the public for help in solving the case.
- Area briefs
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Two sentenced for role in overdose death
- Foster care agency loses contract
- Kansas Children’s Service League questions loss
- January 28, 2005
- These aren’t the best of times for Kansas Children’s Service League. Last week, the 112-year-old charity learned it had lost its $15 million foster care contract with the state and that its $33.6 million adoption contract would be reduced to $3.5 million.
- Lawmakers look to tax facelifts
- Several states seeking financial injections
- January 28, 2005
- Nip, tuck and … tax? Lawmakers trying to plump up the bottom line are considering a “vanity tax” on cosmetic surgery and Botox injections in Washington, Illinois and other states.
- Study: Tax law changes could raise billions
- January 28, 2005
- Abusive tax shelters, inflated deductions and other misdeeds cost the U.S. Treasury little when compared with money lost because some employee benefits and wages escape taxation.
- Agriculture secretary presses Japan to resume beef trade
- January 28, 2005
- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns pressed the Japanese ambassador to the United States Thursday to set a date for Japan to resume buying U.S. beef.
- Briefcase
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ UPS profits slim on drop in volume ¢ World Online sites finalists for ‘Edgies’ ¢ Microsoft earnings up on server sales
- Commodities
- January 28, 2005
- Cinema with soul
- New group shares enthusiasm for spirituality in film
- January 28, 2005
- Nearly everyone who loves movies knows what it’s like to discover a treasure of a film — one that’s so good, so mind-expanding, so heart-stirring, it comes across as a revelation. Those are the kind of films that capture the attention of C. Shaffia Laue, a holistic psychiatrist based in Lawrence.
- Eastwood’s Oscar contender doesn’t pull any punches
- January 28, 2005
- “It’s the latest freak show out there,” explains Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood), for why he refuses to train a female boxer and why she shouldn’t have any trouble finding someone else who will. The fact that he believes the 31-year-old Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) is too old for the sport doesn’t help matters.
- Arts Notes
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Chuck Pyle ¢ Gallery Walk tonight
- Scares rare in ‘Hide and Seek’
- Thriller fails to deliver the ‘gotchas’ it promises
- January 28, 2005
- Mustn’t say which Stephen King novel and movie “Hide and Seek” rips off, because that would give too much away. And really, the scares are rare enough in this ho-hum, little-girl-and-her-ghost thriller. No sense ruining any of them with a silly old movie review.
- ‘Grounded’ grounded by vulgar TV stereotypes
- January 28, 2005
- Claudia goes into labor at Lily’s graduation on the series finale of “Grounded for Life” (7:30 p.m., WB). Originally broadcast on Fox, this comedy debuted in January 2001. Its rough sensibilities seemed more appropriate to that network.
- Best Bets
- January 28, 2005
- Calendar
- January 28, 2005
- After ‘Blue,’ Steven Bochco will try NYPD ‘Blind’
- January 28, 2005
- When “NYPD Blue” ends its 12-year run in March, creator Steven Bochco will put a new cop on the beat. A blind one.
- Capitol Briefing
- January 28, 2005
- Topeka to vote March 1 on blocking gay anti-discrimination ordinances
- January 28, 2005
- Voters in the state capital will decide March 1 whether to repeal a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation in municipal employment and whether to prevent the city from extending other protections to gays and lesbians.
- Survivors, world leaders mark Auschwitz liberation
- January 28, 2005
- As Nazi death doctor Josef Mengele drained her left arm of blood while filling her right with poisons and germs — sending her into the hospital and what Mengele told her would be certain death — Eva Mozes Kor vowed to survive. That was 1944.
- Evolution teaching changes rejected
- Committee rebuffs proposals on creationism, intelligent design
- January 28, 2005
- Efforts to expose students to stronger criticisms of evolution were rebuffed Thursday by a committee rewriting the state’s science education standards. The move potentially sets up a confrontation with the conservative-controlled State Board of Education.
- Schoolchildren served a ‘Slice of Agriculture’
- A day in the life on the farm
- January 28, 2005
- They rattled off facts about two pigs in a pen behind them and told the children that the gigantic John Deere tractor they were looking at cost $112,000. But the schoolchildren still had questions for their guides to agriculture.
- Report: State not spending enough to meet needs
- Study tells lawmakers funding is 25 percent less than what is needed, a gap that grows for bilingual and ‘at-risk’ children
- January 28, 2005
- A much-anticipated report on the cost of education produced an expensive bottom line: Kansas spends about 25 percent less on most students than what educators said was needed. The gap becomes greater when teaching bilingual and at-risk students, according to the report.
- Water officials lukewarm on Kansas River study
- January 28, 2005
- State water officials Thursday declined to dive into a comprehensive study of the Kansas River. They opted instead to stick a toe in those controversial waters and decide later whether to take a swim.
- NFL dream coming true — again — for Thomason
- January 28, 2005
- Jeff Thomason awoke and shook his wife. “Hon,” he said, “I had an incredible dream last night.” “You’re not dreaming,” his wife, Blake, said. “It’s really happening.” Most days, Thomason worked 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., sitting at his desk, talking on the phone, meeting with subcontractors, going over the thousands of details involved in building and marketing a community of homes.
- Belichick just your everyday genius
- Nondescript Patriots coach quickly can command attention when it comes to football
- January 28, 2005
- Matt Light was trying to explain to a faceful of microphones what it was like to play for coach Bill Belichick. “We just do what we’re told, basically,” the Patriots’ left tackle said.
- Oglivie fires 63, leads Hope
- Mickelson, Jacobson trail by three strokes
- January 28, 2005
- Joe Ogilvie figured there would be some awfully low scores in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
- Delgado plans to maintain war protest
- January 28, 2005
- Carlos Delgado is taking his anti-war protest to Florida. While Delgado finalized his $52 million, four-year deal with the Marlins on Thursday, Magglio Ordonez made a counteroffer to the Detroit Tigers and Barry Larkin said he was leaning toward retirement.
- Iraqi security considered unreliable
- January 28, 2005
- Three days before Sunday’s historic balloting in Iraq, there’s widespread agreement that Iraq’s security forces are incapable of stopping election day violence. Instead, American forces will be called in to respond to any efforts to derail the election with attacks on polling places and voters.
- U.S. warning angers officials
- January 28, 2005
- A U.S. alert about violence along the border in Mexico created unexpected friction with a crucial neighbor Thursday, just as new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other new members of President Bush’s team are starting to take office.
- Briefly - World
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Judge set to hear evidence on ‘Baby 81’ ¢ U.N. peacekeepers secure neighborhood ¢ Afghan elections might be delayed ¢ Palestinian leaders issue weapons ban
- Networks send top anchors to report on Iraqi elections
- January 28, 2005
- American television networks have sent their top anchors to Iraq this week to cover Sunday’s elections, using them as a news hook to update viewers about what’s going on in the war zone.
- People
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Clark released from hospital ¢ Here’s the story of a man named Brady: divorce No. 2 ¢ Ringo cartoon will unveil Beatle’s secret superpowers ¢ Kidman gets restraining order against photographers ¢ Birthdays
- Sporting sacrifice sought: tickets to KU game
- Would you give up your seats for the sake of civic pride?
- January 28, 2005
- Lynn Parman is looking to score 15 of the hottest tickets in town. Parman, vice president for economic development at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, is asking business leaders to part with tickets to the Kansas-Oklahoma State men’s basketball game Feb. 27.
- Robinson pleased following meeting
- KU freshman guard determined to improve after confab with Self
- January 28, 2005
- Russell Robinson had a two-hour, heart-to-heart chat with his boss Wednesday night. “It was a man-to-man talk, not really coach-to-player. It seemed more like man-to-man,” Robinson stressed of his sit-down with Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self.
- Online degree programs on accreditation agenda
- January 28, 2005
- The future of online education at Kansas University will be among the issues discussed next week as the university plays host to a 12-member team from its accrediting council, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
- Top diplomat Rice plans trip to Europe, Middle East
- January 28, 2005
- Condoleezza Rice worked the phones on her first day on the job as America’s top diplomat Thursday, reaching out to European allies and partners in the war on terrorism and echoing President Bush’s inaugural charge to promote liberty across the globe.
- Nuclear threat still weighs on Ashcroft
- January 28, 2005
- The possibility that al-Qaida or its sympathizers could gain access to a nuclear bomb is the greatest danger facing the United States in the war on terrorism, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft said Thursday.
- Study: Fidgeting may be natural key to fitness
- January 28, 2005
- Strolling to the bus stop, fidgeting during a meeting, standing up to stretch, jumping off the couch to change channels and other seemingly minor physical activity can make the difference between being lean and obese, researchers reported Thursday.
- On the record
- January 28, 2005
- Shirley E. DeMarais, Wichita
- January 28, 2005
- Rufus A. Bailey, Kansas City, Mo.
- January 28, 2005
- Lorraine Violet Mater, Wichita
- January 28, 2005
- Nancy Denman, Nevada, Mo.
- January 28, 2005
- Mary Louise Boggs, Lawrence
- January 28, 2005
- Firms move forward on Sunflower site
- January 28, 2005
- The Johnson County Commission agreed Thursday to formally recognize partners Kessinger/Hunter and Co. and International Risk Group as developers of the defunct Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near De Soto.
- Free State boys topple O-Northwest
- January 28, 2005
- Free State’s boys bowling team defeated Olathe Northwest, 2,669-2,616, Thursday.
- Seahawks falter late
- January 28, 2005
- Adam Davis scored 15 points and helped Seabury Academy’s boys basketball squad to a two-point lead after three quarters against Colony-Crest.
- Eudora shocks Baldwin
- Cardinals upend defending champs
- January 28, 2005
- The Top Gun Tournament will crown a champion other than Baldwin High for the first time since 2001. Eudora erased a five-point deficit late to defeat the three-time defending champion, 40-35, in high school girls basketball Thursday night.
- Ottawa 50, Spring Hill 39
- January 28, 2005
- The game was tied at 26 at halftime, but perimeter shooting allowed Ottawa to slowly pull away.
- Wellsville 37, Piper 32
- January 28, 2005
- Erica Patton scored six of her 23 points in the fourth quarter, leading Wellsville.
- Eagles win OT thriller
- January 28, 2005
- Mark Randtke scored 41 points for Veritas Christian’s boys basketball squad Thursday night, and, believe it or not, he wasn’t the hero.
- City basketball capsule
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ Kansas City Christian at Lawrence High boys
- Colony-Crest too solid early
- January 28, 2005
- It wasn’t hard to figure why Seabury Academy dropped a 47-28 high school girls basketball decision Thursday to Colony-Crest.
- Georgia Tech stuns Wake Forest
- Jack’s free throws decisive in Yellow Jackets’ 102-101 overtime win
- January 28, 2005
- Jarrett Jack walked toward the opposite end of the court, struggling to catch his breath. The Georgia Tech guard remembered his two missed free throws in overtime, along with a critical turnover, that allowed Wake Forest to tie it in regulation.
- Jayhawk Invite on tap today
- January 28, 2005
- While cold temperatures persist, the Kansas University track and field team is looking for a winter warm-up in the Jayhawk Invitational.
- Kansas high school basketball scores from Jan. 27
- January 28, 2005
- Karl returning to NBA as Nuggets’ new coach
- January 28, 2005
- George Karl had been involved with basketball since the seventh grade, so not having it in his life for nearly two years left him feeling empty.
- William Albert Breshears, Lawrence
- January 28, 2005
- LHS boys, girls good enough to beat Olathe East
- January 28, 2005
- The thrills that come with a grand opening are over for the Lawrence High bowling team — those jitters left after the Lions’ first home triangular Tuesday. Now, it’s time to bowl, and bowl well.
- Correction
- January 28, 2005
- Local briefs
- January 28, 2005
- ¢ SpaceShipOne engineer to speak at KU Expo ¢ Tiahrt appointed to Intelligence Committee ¢ Health Department offering flu shots ¢ Woman dies in house fire ¢ Man hospitalized, jailed ¢ Rep. Ryun reintroduces heritage bill in House
- Expatriate Iraqis head to polls in Australia
- January 28, 2005
- Iraqi expatriates began casting ballots today in Sydney, several jostling to be among the first to vote in Iraq’s first independent elections in more than 50 years.
- Gay marriage ban advances; debate scheduled
- January 28, 2005
- House debate is expected early next week on a proposed state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, following a committee’s endorsement of the measure.
- Anything But Joey enjoys a last waltz
- January 28, 2005
- During a recent three-month tour that brought Anything But Joey to Washington D.C., the band experienced another in a string of motorized failures. Seems the fan clutch on the group’s van busted.
- Retired banker nabs Citizen of the Years
- January 28, 2005
- Bob Georgeson doesn’t have much free time.
- Optimism starts here
- Rising membership, increased jobs create positive atmosphere
- January 28, 2005
- Leaders at Lawrence Chamber of Commerce see plenty of reason for positive thinking in the year ahead.
- 6Sports video: Free State tops Topeka Hayden
- January 28, 2005
- The Firebirds won the first-round of the Firebird Winter Classic, 52-32, against Topeka Hayden on Thursday night at Free State High.
- 6Sports video: Scholar Athlete of the Month
- January 28, 2005
- Tonganoxie senior Kirk Rodell is this month’s High School Scholar Athlete.
- 6Sports video: Lions fall to Tigers
- January 28, 2005
- The Lions lost, 62-41, to the Tigers in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic on Thursday night at Free State High.
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