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- East beats West in Native American All-Star game
- July 1, 2005
- The top Native American football players from across the country were in town for the Native American All-Star game Friday at Haskell Stadium. The East shut out the West, 42-0.
- Supreme Court rejects extension of school finance deadline
- July 1, 2005
- The Kansas Supreme Court today rejected a request from Atty. Gen. Phill Kline to give the Legislature more time to work on school finance during the special legislative session.
- Legislative leaders await key vote
- July 1, 2005
- A vote is scheduled today that could make or break the special legislative session.
- KU law prof helping legislators on constitutional issues
- July 1, 2005
- Kansas University law professor Richard Levy trolled the Statehouse today to provide assistance to lawmakers trying to figure out whether the State Constitution needed to be changed because of the recent school finance court order.
- Man shoots himself in ‘groin region’
- July 1, 2005
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man accidentally shot himself in the groin early Friday while playing with a gun he didn’t think was loaded.
- Mostly sunny holiday weekend ahead
- Chance of showers overnight Sunday into Monday
- July 1, 2005
- Fog was shrouding much of eastern Kansas this morning, creating some visibility problems for area commuters. “Once that morning fog burns off (by 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.), I think we see plenty of sunshine,” said Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist. “What a great way to start off the month.”
- Local briefs
- July 1, 2005
- ¢ KU flag to accompany Guardsmen to Iraq ¢ Attorney General’s Office warns of bank scam ¢ Dog attack sends boy to hospital ¢ City’s director of utilities to retire after 30 years ¢ Court hearing slated on sexual predator ¢ Traffic stop leads to marijuana bust ¢ TV channel lineup rearranged, expanded
- Briefly - Nation
- July 1, 2005
- ¢ Ethics stalemate ends ¢ Cattle confined at ranch linked to mad cow case ¢ Judge blocks abortion law from taking effect ¢ Army says it’s unlikely to meet recruiting goals
- People
- July 1, 2005
- ¢ Young to perform 3 months after brain aneurysm ¢ ‘Kong’ headed back to the Big Apple ¢ Hart expecting first child ¢ Birthdays
- Native American All-Star game will be battle of attrition
- July 1, 2005
- The way East coach Antwain Jimmerson sees it, tonight’s Native American All-Star game won’t come down to who has the better athletes. Instead, it will be all about heart.
- Venus advances to Wimbledon final
- Williams tops Sharapova; Davenport leads other semifinal
- July 1, 2005
- Venus Williams hopped for joy, punched the air and doubled over in laughter, renewing a once-familiar Centre Court ritual. The celebration came after Williams earned her sweetest victory yet in a career revival, beating 2004 champion Maria Sharapova, 7-6 (2), 6-1, Thursday in the rain-delayed Wimbledon semifinals.
- Armstrong vows he won’t lose focus
- July 1, 2005
- This ride will be different because it’s his last - and so will Lance Armstrong. For a change, he’ll savor the sights along the Tour de France route and even the strategy meetings with his Discovery Channel team. Just don’t expect his heightened awareness to distract him from focusing on winning his seventh Tour in a row.
- The FBI can’t be reformed
- July 1, 2005
- Of all the failures that allowed al-Qaida’s attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, to succeed, those of the FBI are the most egregious. Yet none of the commissions or congressional committees investigating them has proposed more than platitudes about the FBI’s reforming itself. Blistering criticism has been abundant, but not a single serious remedy has been demanded.
- Bush may be buying time for Iraq withdrawal
- July 1, 2005
- Like many predecessors, this White House seeks the most telegenic settings possible for major presidential pronouncements. So when President Bush on Tuesday night called on Americans to “stay the course” despite increasing violence and U.S. military deaths in Iraq, he spoke in front of paratroopers at Fort Bragg, N.C. In the past, he gave similar speeches from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and before military and civilian personnel at the Army War College.
- 16 troops confirmed dead in copter shot down in Afghanistan
- July 1, 2005
- All 16 U.S. troops on a special forces helicopter were killed when the chopper was shot down by insurgents, the U.S. military said Thursday after rescuers recovered the bodies from the wreckage in a mountainous ravine.
- Search called off for missing teenagers
- July 1, 2005
- Investigators concluded their search Thursday for two Oklahoma teenagers who went missing 5 1/2 years ago, after finding no evidence that their bodies had been dumped across the state line in Kansas.
- Motion to be heard on BTK mail access
- July 1, 2005
- BTK serial killer Dennis Rader has asked the judge overseeing his case to allow him to receive mail from the media at the jail. He also wants permission to resume contacts with a Topeka woman writing a book about his life, court papers show.
- Italy denies prior knowledge of CIA kidnapping
- July 1, 2005
- Italy’s government denied Thursday it had prior knowledge of the alleged CIA kidnapping of a radical Egyptian cleric and summoned the U.S. ambassador to explain the operation, which has led prosecutors to seek the arrest of 13 purported CIA officials.
- Soldiers remove Jewish militants
- July 1, 2005
- Israeli forces stormed a Gaza Strip hotel Thursday where dozens of Jewish squatters were holed up to disrupt this summer’s Israeli withdrawal, in a quick operation that could serve as a blueprint for the pullout itself.
- Death penalty will be sought for man accused of killing sheriff
- July 1, 2005
- Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of the fatal shooting of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels. U.S. Atty. Eric Melgren announced Thursday that U.S. Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales is permitting Melgren’s office to pursue capital punishment against Scott Cheever.
- Increased disclosure required by new laws
- ‘Lew Perkins Provision’ among changes
- July 1, 2005
- Kansans will find state and local governments a little more open, and a new agency overseeing health care policy will come to life today. That’s when changes in the state’s Open Meetings and Open Records act take effect, as well as a law creating an independent Kansas Health Policy Authority. It marks the beginning of the state’s new budget year and often the start of many new statutes.
- Nick at Nite turns 20
- July 1, 2005
- Happy birthday, Nick at Nite. This Nickelodeon primetime spin-off channel and home for classic sitcoms launched on July 1, 1985. Some of Nick’s current crop of retro programming didn’t even exist when it first started broadcasting and repackaged shows like “Mr. Ed” as campy nostalgia for baby boomer parents. Nick at Nite is now old enough to be recycled on Nick at Nite.
- KU, Giddens part ways
- July 1, 2005
- J.R. Giddens is no longer a Jayhawk, KU basketball coach Bill Self announced Thursday. “We met last night and came to the conclusion that it’s in his best interest and in our best interest that we part ways and go in different directions,” Self said during a noon news conference at the athletic department.
- Heir apparent
- With Get Up Kids splitting, the area music scene looks for the next big band
- July 1, 2005
- When Lawrence’s Get Up Kids ascend the stage at their final concert this weekend, it will mark the close of a decade performing together. The difference between the band’s first show and last show isn’t lost on the members.”It will actually be in a venue as opposed to a basement. And we’re all older and fatter,” says Matt Pryor, singer-guitarist for the band. “But we pretty much have the same sort of energy.”
- Kanye West joins Philly’s Live 8
- July 1, 2005
- Russell Simmons, a producer of the Live 8 concert here, is behind new names just added to Saturday’s bill, including Kanye West (“Jesus Walks”) and Rita, Ziggy and Stephen Marley, who will lend a reggae edge to Black Eyed Peas.
- ‘Mad’ dancers bust moves, stereotypes
- July 1, 2005
- The New York fifth-graders of Mad Hot Ballroom make their teachers cry. If you’re not careful, they’ll make you cry, too.
- Former players say Giddens will be missed
- July 1, 2005
- It has been rumored that J.R. Giddens and Keith Langford clashed during their two years as teammates at Kansas University. Not so, said Langford, who Thursday said he was “very surprised” Giddens had decided to transfer to a to-be-determined school in the wake of the May 19 Moon Bar melee.
- Spain legalizes gay marriage
- July 1, 2005
- Parliament legalized gay marriage Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote.
- Mayor complains about crumbling Baghdad
- July 1, 2005
- Baghdad’s mayor decried the capital’s crumbling infrastructure and its inability to supply enough clean water to residents, threatening Thursday to resign if the government won’t provide more money.
- Supporters, opponents calculate first year’s cost of smoking ban
- July 1, 2005
- More food, less drink. New sales tax numbers suggest the landscape of Lawrence’s restaurant and bar industry has shifted from alcohol to food sales since the city’s smoking ban began one year ago today.
- Candidate withdraws on commissioner job
- July 1, 2005
- One of the two finalists for the Kansas Education Commissioner’s job has withdrawn from consideration.
- Gas main break forces evacuations
- July 1, 2005
- A burst natural gas pipe Thursday night in southern Douglas County led to the evacuation of roughly half a dozen homes on the western edge of Palmyra Township, about 10 miles south of Lawrence.
- Sex offender charged with second crime
- July 1, 2005
- A Baldwin man has been charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl less than five months after he was put on probation for trying to molest a child.
- Extension of today’s deadline sought
- No one knows what court will do if school funding not increased
- July 1, 2005
- State legislators remained at odds Thursday over how much money to give schools and whether to restrict the Kansas Supreme Court’s authority - even as they hoped for more time to work out a solution.
- Fans ready to move on
- July 1, 2005
- Kansas University basketball fans view J.R. Giddens’ departure as the end of a sad chapter, and many are ready to turn the page.
- Affleck, Garner wed; baby on the way
- July 1, 2005
- After months of speculation, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have tied the knot - and she’s pregnant.
- U.S. exploring allegations against Iran president-elect
- Ex-hostages claim Tehran mayor was a captor
- July 1, 2005
- President Bush said Thursday that “many questions” have been raised by allegations of some former American hostages that Iran’s president-elect was one of their captors a quarter century ago.
- Senate passes trade deal; House increases pay for federal workers
- Proposals to ease sanctions against Cuba rejected
- July 1, 2005
- The Senate on Thursday endorsed a free trade agreement with six Latin American nations, handing a major win to President Bush, who has promoted the accord as a mark of U.S. commitment to democracy and prosperity in the hemisphere.
- Time to turn over reporter notes
- Magazine, New York Times ordered by high court to give sources on CIA leak
- July 1, 2005
- Even though he was threatened with jail, Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper said he hoped his company would not supply his notes to a prosecutor probing the leak of a CIA officer’s name.
- July launch date set for shuttle Discovery
- July 1, 2005
- After 2 1/2 two years of frustrating setbacks and delays, NASA officially set July 13 as the launch date Thursday for the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy.
- Making a rebound
- Martin Lawrence scores as coach in family comedy
- July 1, 2005
- “Rebound” is almost the same movie as “Coach Carter,” played for “Bad News Bears”/”Mighty Ducks”/”Mean Green”/”Kicking and Screaming” laughs. It’s so close it could be a parody, pointing out how worn out the formula was before “Carter” ever hit theaters.
- ‘Daily Show’ offers DVD collection full of political satire
- July 1, 2005
- The sharp, satirical minds behind “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” regularly poke fun at politicians and celebrities. So it comes as no surprise that “Indecision 2004,” the first collection of “Daily Show” episodes on DVD, takes great pleasure in mocking itself.
- Foreign fighters die for insurgency
- Most suicide bombers in Iraq recruited elsewhere
- July 1, 2005
- The vast majority of suicide attackers in Iraq are thought to be foreigners - mostly Saudis and other Gulf Arabs - and the trend has become more pronounced this year with North Africans also streaming in to carry out deadly missions, U.S. and Iraqi officials say.
- Girl bolts from bed after lightning strike
- Seven-year-old escapes unharmed after flames engulf mattress
- July 1, 2005
- Lightning accompanying the intense storms that swept through the area Thursday sent a 7-year-old Tonganoxie girl scrambling from her burning bed - and left Snow, her favorite unicorn doll, with a coat of singed white fur.
- Cyclists offer range of reasons for Raiding
- Bike tour caters to variety of interests, ages
- July 1, 2005
- Martin Allen, 76, Topeka, likes to cycle with friends to breakfast - even when it’s 30 to 40 miles one-way. He lives in Texas in the winter and three mornings a week friends arrive at his house and choose a route to a place for breakfast. Allen tracks his cycling mileage from October through September each year and he hit 5,000 miles for the current year last month while on the Bike Across Kansas.
- Grant deadline passes for Lied Center expansion
- Fate of project to be discussed in meetings today
- July 1, 2005
- Today marks the deadline for a challenge grant to expand the Lied Center, but officials with the Kansas University Endowment Assn. aren’t saying whether the target was reached.
- Score KU gear on eBay
- July 1, 2005
- Want to snag a piece of the former Allen Fieldhouse scoreboard or a genuine jersey worn by Kansas University basketball walk-on Terry Nooner? The clock is ticking.
- Self: We prepared for this
- KU coach confident program will be OK
- July 1, 2005
- Bill Self built the 2005-06 Kansas University basketball team on the assumption J.R. Giddens would not be a member of the squad. Entering last recruiting season, KU’s coach figured Giddens, a 6-foot-5 three-point specialist, would be off to the NBA after his sophomore campaign.
- Perkins supports Self, team
- July 1, 2005
- Lew Perkins says he has not lost any confidence in Kansas University’s basketball program or its coach in the wake of the Moon Bar melee.
- Texas puts on powerful show
- Rangers blast eight homers in 18-5 victory
- July 1, 2005
- Kevin Mench and his Texas teammates went to their strength Thursday: the long ball. Mench hit three homers and Mark Teixeira had two as Texas hit eight home runs in a game for the second time this season, leading the Rangers to an 18-5 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.
- Beckett’s return from DL brilliant
- Florida hurler allows just one hit in six innings of work in Marlins victory
- July 1, 2005
- Josh Beckett’s finger felt great for six innings. And in the best news of all for the Florida Marlins, it felt pretty good after the game as well. Beckett allowed only one hit in his return from the disabled list, and Miguel Cabrera and Juan Encarnacion homered to help the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-2, Thursday night in a game delayed nearly three hours by rain.
- Rangers await word on Rogers’ punishment
- Baseball expected to penalize Texas pitcher for clash with cameramen
- July 1, 2005
- Kenny Rogers’ immediate future will be determined by Major League Baseball, and the Texas Rangers expect their ace to be suspended for his angry outburst that sent a television cameraman to the hospital.
- Kline, Sheffield suspended
- July 1, 2005
- Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Kline was suspended for four games and New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield for two by the commissioner’s office on Thursday.
- Curtis hoping to find his 2003 form
- Ex-British Open champ fires 64, shares lead with Furyk, Fischer
- July 1, 2005
- Winning the British Open didn’t protect Ben Curtis from golf’s ups and downs. He’s been down for most of the last two years, struggling to make cuts let alone a run like the one that won him the Claret Jug in 2003.
- Immelman first-round leader at European Open
- July 1, 2005
- South African Trevor Immelman shot a 6-under 66 to take the lead after the first round of the European Open on Thursday, while newly crowned U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell struggled to a 74.
- Thorpe hoping to extend streak
- July 1, 2005
- It’s easy to handicap this week’s Champions Tour event: Jim Thorpe wins in a playoff.
- Make sure price is right before hiring home ‘stager’
- July 1, 2005
- We are about to put our house up for sale. Our sales agent suggested that we consider hiring a “home-staging” expert to make our house more attractive to potential buyers, but we’re not sure whether hiring such a person would be worth the extra $1,000 charge. What do you think?
- Sorenstam overcomes early deficit to edge Morley in opener, 2 and 1
- July 1, 2005
- Annika Sorenstam needed a little time to close out Joanne Morley - and adjust to Hamilton Farm’s soggy greens. Coming off a disappointing finish in the U.S. Women’s Open on Cherry Hills’ speedy greens, Sorenstam overcame an early deficit to beat Morley 2 and 1 on Thursday in the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship.
- Connecticut rolls past Minnesota
- July 1, 2005
- Nykesha Sales had 18 points and Lindsay Whalen 15 to lead the surging Connecticut Sun to a 71-56 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night.
- Boeing names 3M chief as new CEO
- July 1, 2005
- Boeing Co. turned to an aerospace veteran to help repair the company’s strained government relations and lead its market-share battle with rival Airbus SAS, naming 3M Co. Chief Executive W. James McNerney Jr. its new CEO Thursday.
- Fed boosts rates, hints more to come
- July 1, 2005
- The Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate Thursday and signaled that Americans’ borrowing costs probably will keep heading higher. Still, the economy is on firm footing despite gyrating energy prices, Fed policymakers said.
- Bank of America to acquire MBNA
- July 1, 2005
- In a bold move that reinforces Bank of America Corp.’s dominance of consumer banking in the United States, the nation’s third-largest bank said Thursday it would buy credit-card leader MBNA Corp. in a deal worth $35 billion in stock and cash.
- Briefcase
- July 1, 2005
- ¢ Morgan Stanley names former leader as CEO ¢ Mortgage rates reach 14-month low ¢ AT&T shareholders OK merger with SBC ¢ Ebbers to forfeit assets in settlement
- Bush lowers expectations for Iraq
- July 1, 2005
- President Bush shifted to a more realistic vision of what he can achieve in Iraq in deft and deniable fashion in his address to the nation Tuesday night. As Bush’s changing of gears - but not of direction - is more widely understood, it is likely to reassure Americans and deeply trouble Iraqi democrats.
- Help wanted
- State school board members should regroup and consider getting some professional help in their search for a new state commissioner of education.
- July 1, 2005
- It probably should come as no surprise that the Kansas State Board of Education couldn’t come to quick agreement on the hiring of a new state education commissioner.
- Oh-so-close Meira seeks encore
- July 1, 2005
- As if seeing the enlarged picture everyday in the Rahal Letterman Racing Shop in Hilliard, Ohio was not enough to remind Vitor Meira how unbelievably close he was to victory last season at the Kansas Speedway, a special photo session with teammate Buddy Rice Thursday afternoon at the 1.5-mile track certainly reopened Meira’s second-place wounds.
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