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- Firebirds to wander in search of Friday fields
- July 13, 2005
- The state’s only homeless high school football team will drift between two stadiums this fall in order to eliminate as many Thursday night games as possible.
- Man injured in off-road accident
- 02:54 p.m., July 13, 2005 Updated 05:42 p.m.
- A Lawrence man well-known for his family’s pumpkin patch east of Lawrence was injured late this morning in an off-road accident about two miles east of Lawrence near the Kansas River.
- Hot, hazy and chance for afternoon thunderstorms
- July 13, 2005
- Hurricane Dennis might yet have an effect on Lawrence’s weather — there’s a slight chance of few thunderstorms popping up today, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Lugnuts’ long day ends with win
- July 13, 2005
- Saturday was a long day at Holcom field for the Lugnuts, who played two afternoon games in 90-degree heat. First the Houk League team faced the first place Volcanoes. Then, after a short rest, the team took the field again against the Sidewinders.
- Rogers booed by fans, roughed up by Jones
- July 13, 2005
- Kenny Rogers was grilled by reporters, booed by fans and tagged by a couple of National League hitters.
- Nicklaus: ‘I’m here as a competitor’
- Retiring legend can’t get away from ceremony surrounding last tournament
- July 13, 2005
- Jack Nicklaus finally had a few minutes to himself Tuesday, and the British Open felt just like so many of the other 163 major championships he has played over the last 46 years.
- 10-U Kansas Rebels ‘do it themselves’
- Team builds its own practice field as part of super season
- July 13, 2005
- They call it the Field of Dreams.It’s actually the backyard of Mike Nieder, a friend of this year’s 10-under Kansas Rebels team.
- Lawrence datebook
- July 13, 2005
- Anticipation building over return to space
- July 13, 2005
- Erika O’Shea could sense the anticipation. O’Shea, a 14-year-old Bishop Seabury Academy student, recently visited Kenn
- Debate waged over shuttle’s longevity
- July 13, 2005
- A debate is raging over how much longer America’s workhorse of space can struggle on.
- Commissioner still hopeful for new Marlins stadium
- July 13, 2005
- The Florida Marlins remain confident they will be able to assemble financing for a new ballpark, according to baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
- Baseball won’t take break for Olympics
- Selig says sending top major-league players to Summer Games isn’t possible
- July 13, 2005
- Major League Baseball will not agree to the changes demanded by the International Olympic Committee for reinstating the sport for the 2016 Games.
- Willis unfazed by fame
- Marlins pitcher has found success quickly
- July 13, 2005
- Watching Dontrelle Willis play has, on occasion, left his catcher feeling ill and threatening bodily harm against the All-Star left-hander.
- Tejada takes home MVP
- Baltimore slugger homers in first All-Star start
- July 13, 2005
- Miguel Tejada’s 3-year-old son joined him at the podium, giggling gleefully into a microphone about daddy’s big night.
- AL shines brighter
- Despite new look, American streak lives
- July 13, 2005
- Old stars, young studs: It doesn’t make a difference. When it comes to All-Star games these days, the American League always wins.
- Katie Smith on brink of point milestone
- July 13, 2005
- Katie Smith doesn’t have Diana Taurasi’s endorsement deals. She doesn’t have Lisa Leslie’s modeling gigs or Sue Bird’s flair in the open court. Her name doesn’t roll off the tongue like Sheryl Swoopes.
- Robinson lifts Liberty in overtime, 68-65
- July 13, 2005
- Crystal Robinson made up for a missed shot at the end of regulation with her biggest shot of the game in the final seconds of overtime.
- Jayhawks Giles, Moody big gainers
- July 13, 2005
- C.J. Giles and Christian Moody are the unofficial weight-gain champions from last season to this season, according to official figures on Kansas University’s 2005-06 preseason men’s basketball roster.
- Outlaws swept
- July 13, 2005
- Lawrence’s Outlaws were swept, 5-4 and 9-1, by Topeka Post 400 in a Legion baseball doubleheader on Tuesday. Josh Moreno, Matt Ertmer and Jason Sneegas each had an RBI single in Game One, and Brian O’Toole doubled in Game Two.
- Raiders sweep Topeka Post 74
- July 13, 2005
- There were a few surprises in store for the Lawrence Raiders at Ice Field on Tuesday night, but the day’s big shocker came off the diamond.
- Simien has 13 in win
- July 13, 2005
- Former Kansas University basketball forward Wayne Simien scored 13 points off 5-of-12 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds in the Miami Heat’s 95-87 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday in the Long Beach Summer League.
- MU player dies in drills
- July 13, 2005
- A University of Missouri football player died Tuesday after collapsing during a voluntary, non-contact workout with teammates.
- AD says Sooners comply with limits
- July 13, 2005
- A day after Gene Stephenson reneged on a deal to become Oklahoma coach, school officials downplayed the coach’s concerns about “unresolvable” scholarship issues with the baseball program.
- KU’s Case will miss ex-roomie Giddens
- July 13, 2005
- Jeremy Case is slowly but surely adjusting to life without J.R. Giddens, his Kansas University roommate of two years.
- Armstrong rises to occasion
- Spaniard wins 10th stage, but Lance back in yellow
- July 13, 2005
- Two faces. One was Lance Armstrong’s, steely but almost serene as he pedaled furiously in the thin mountain air. The other was a mask of pain worn by Jan Ullrich, his great German rival trailing farther and farther behind.
- Commentary: Snow may pay price for his candor
- San Francisco first baseman says he doesn’t expect Bonds to return this season
- July 13, 2005
- J.T. Snow might want to start thinking about where he’d like to spend the second half of the season.
- Warfield suspended four games
- Chiefs cornerback’s penalty stems from DUI arrest
- July 13, 2005
- Chiefs cornerback Eric Warfield, a repeat drunken-driving offender, has been suspended for the first four games of the 2005 season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
- ‘Mantle’ paints complex portrait of baseball great
- July 13, 2005
- With its hagiographic documentary “Mantle” (8 p.m., HBO), HBO completes a trilogy of offerings (after “61” and “Nine Innings from Ground Zero”) celebrating the New York Yankees. The premium network’s obsession with the Bronx Bombers borders on religious obsession. And, like too many zealots, they seem indifferent or contemptuous of other people’s faiths. Are the high priests at HBO even aware that there are 29 other teams in the Major Leagues?
- At a key milestone, breathing easier on the ‘Today’ show
- July 13, 2005
- After a lousy spring, summer certainly is a lot brighter at NBC’s “Today” show.
- One tough birdie
- Penguins march strong through box-office slump
- July 13, 2005
- Who says there are no success stories in this summer of Hollywood’s discontent? A little documentary about migrating penguins, of all things, has emerged as an unlikely star among the high-octane explosions, sexy gunplay and over-the-top special effects now dominating the cineplexes.
- Soft jelly preparation depends on pectin style
- July 13, 2005
- Soft jelly can be successfully remade if you follow the directions that have been designed for the type of pectin that was used in the original recipe.
- Grilled to perfection
- Pizza a tasty alternative in outdoor summer cooking
- July 13, 2005
- Tired of grilling burgers and hot dogs? Maybe it’s time to put that grill to a different use and create something that will wow the guests at your next backyard barbecue. Like a grilled pizza.
- Summer brings blueberry days - and a lot of blueberry recipes
- July 13, 2005
- Recalling the New England summers of her childhood, food and travel writer Linda Dannenberg says she thinks of blueberries.
- Commercial peaches just don’t stack up
- July 13, 2005
- I was disappointed earlier this summer when rain in late May split the nearly ripe cherries on the trees in our yard. Several of us gathered under the tree, where we quickly picked the sweetest and ate them where we stood. The loss of that crop has me feeling a little anxious as I watch our peach tree, now heavy with orange and pink fruit and about two weeks from harvest.
- On the record
- July 13, 2005
- Conservatives continue to tweak science standards
- July 13, 2005
- With a final vote still months away, the State Board of Education’s conservative Republican majority continued Tuesday to tinker with proposed science standards that would expose students to more criticism of evolution.
- Animal abuse alleged at egg plant
- July 13, 2005
- A southwest Missouri egg producer that wants to add space for another 2.6 million birds in Newton County is under investigation after a man videotaped live chickens being dumped from a conveyer into a Dumpster.
- Parolee faces new sex assault charge
- Sentence was overturned by Supreme Court
- July 13, 2005
- A man whose prison sentence for attempted rape of a teenager was cut short by the Kansas Supreme Court - and who later had
- City Commission briefs
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ City to pursue grant for East Hills entrance ¢ Camping ban on private property OK’d ¢ Update given on water-line project ¢ Apartment complex gets go-ahead
- Briefly
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Rice praises energy aid proposal to North Korea ¢ Catholics attack police after Protestant marches ¢ Palestinian bomber kills three women ¢ Prince Albert takes throne ¢ Murderer confesses, says he would kill again ¢ Prosecutors seek to send two brothers back to jail ¢ Kofi Annan to have surgery on shoulder
- Three trains collide, killing more than 100
- July 13, 2005
- Three passenger trains crashed in a chain-reaction pileup in a southern Pakistan station early this morning, killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds of others, officials said.
- Explosion targets Lebanese official
- July 13, 2005
- A car bomb blasted the motorcade of Lebanon’s outgoing pro-Syrian defense minister Tuesday, wounding him and killing one person in an attack that deepened fears of increasing violence.
- London investigation evidence points to four suicide bombers
- July 13, 2005
- New evidence suggests four suicide bombers, including at least three Britons of Pakistani descent, carried out the terror attacks in London, officials said Tuesday. Surveillance cameras captured the men as they arrived in the capital just 20 minutes before the explosions began.
- Patients flee deadly hospital blaze
- July 13, 2005
- A pre-dawn fire swept the top floors of a hospital in Costa Rica’s capital Tuesday, killing at least 18 people as it engulfed the central staircase of a building without adequate fire exits or a sprinkler system.
- National Guard: Exaggerated danger hurts recruitment
- July 13, 2005
- The dangers faced by American troops in Iraq have been exaggerated, adding to the difficulty of recruiting soldiers at home, the Army general in charge of National Guard forces said Tuesday.
- Official: Iraqis ready to control some cities
- Prime Minister declines to name areas, rejects any timetable for pullout
- July 13, 2005
- Iraqi troops are ready to take control of some cities as a first step toward sending home American and other foreign soldiers, Iraq’s prime minister said Tuesday. But he rejected any timetable for a pullout.
- Briefly
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Charges for marrying gay couples dropped ¢ Commission approves grizzly boundaries ¢ Governor directs $10M for stem cell research ¢ Sikh sues restaurant, those accused of assault
- Reconciliation service attempts to atone for lynching
- July 13, 2005
- Eugene Crawford’s grandfather was killed by a mob after arguing with a white man over the price of cotton in 1916.
- Study: Contraception’s availability doesn’t change women’s behavior
- July 13, 2005
- Making emergency contraception available without a prescription in Britain did not lead women there to rely on it rather than other birth control methods or to an increase in unprotected sex, a new study has found.
- Countdown continues despite weather, damage concerns
- July 13, 2005
- With the countdown for Discovery in its final hours, NASA was dealt an embarrassing setback Tuesday when a window cover fell off the shuttle and damaged thermal tiles near the tail. But the space agency quickly fixed the problem and said it was still on track for launch today.
- Briefly
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Teen’s heart stops after Disney World ride ¢ Parolee who fatally stabbed lawyer executed ¢ White House: President has confidence in Rove ¢ Emily likely to turn into hurricane today
- Documents detail how suspect stalked Idaho home
- July 13, 2005
- A convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping and murder spent days stalking the home where three people were bludgeoned to death and two young children were abducted, according to court documents.
- Brownback tries to arrange face time with Gonzales to discuss key issues
- July 13, 2005
- Sen. Sam Brownback is trying to arrange a meeting with Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales this week to explore his views on the Constitution in the event Gonzales is nominated to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Bush solicits Senators for Supreme Court advice
- July 13, 2005
- Aiming to demonstrate an openness to all views, President Bush sought the advice of Democratic as well as Republican senators on Tuesday about whom to pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. He also got a little unsolicited advice from his wife.
- People in the news
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Brad Pitt hospitalized ¢ Actor cruises into third ‘Mission: Impossible’ ¢ Cartoon shows draw inspiration from each other ¢ Singer-songwriter headed to principal’s office ¢ INXS not looking to replace former lead singer ¢ Harry Potter sold by accident
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- July 13, 2005
- The Journal-World has found a gas price as low as $2.29 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Local briefs
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ KU tweaks its fall schedule ¢ Four administrators earn promotions ¢ University of Kansas Hospital gets gift
- Unclassified staff seeking higher profile
- July 13, 2005
- Kansas University’s unclassified staff, often looked at as behind-the-scenes workers, are hoping to become more visible and vocal.
- Board of Education argues about civility
- Members discuss way they can get along better
- July 13, 2005
- Don’t expect a chorus to “Kumbaya” to float out of the State Board of Education’s meeting room anytime soon.
- Family plans to follow Peltier
- July 13, 2005
- Marquetta Shields looks forward to the day her dad, Leonard Peltier, can join her in the park for a picnic with his grandchildren.
- Personal beliefs affecting some prescriptions
- Pharmacists’ dilemma
- July 13, 2005
- Imagine going to the local pharmacy, presenting a prescription for birth control or morning-after pills (called Plan B) and having the pharmacist refuse to dispense the medication, saying it would violate his or her conscience.
- Firefighters receive good weather, reinforcements
- July 13, 2005
- Fresh crews and more aircraft joined the battle Tuesday against a wildfire that had forced 5,000 people to flee their homes, hoping improved weather would give them an edge.
- Senate inquiry has KU professor under scrutiny
- July 13, 2005
- A U.S. Senate inquiry has put a Kansas University professor under scrutiny over his role in promoting a heartburn medication for pediatric use, despite concerns that use in children could cause serious side effects and even death.
- Judge hears arguments on relocation of molester
- SRS fighting court order blocking Hendricks’ move
- July 13, 2005
- A decision could come within a week on whether a repeat child molester is allowed to live in a group home in southwest Leavenworth County.
- There’s no place like home to accommodate special needs
- Building around disabilities
- July 13, 2005
- There have been times the past few months when Vania Bruner parked her van a short distance away and sat and looked at the house being built in the 1800 block of Haskell Avenue.
- Briefcase
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Ex-WorldCom CEO denied new trial ¢ State’s wheat totals revised downward ¢ Gulf oil platforms resume operations
- Fancy showerheads spruce up bathroom
- July 13, 2005
- Getting a new showerhead is a great way to rev up an old bathroom - especially considering how little one can cost and how easy it can be to install.
- Report: FCC to approve Sprint-Nextel deal
- July 13, 2005
- The staff of the Federal Communications Commission has recommended approval of Sprint Corp.’s $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc., according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the deliberations.
- Minuteman buys printer
- Lawrence firm adds bulk services with purchase of Kansas Key Press
- July 13, 2005
- Minuteman Press is getting bigger, just in time to work on landing some big jobs.
- Fast-food chains freshen up looks
- Taco Bell latest along Sixth Street to serve up expansion, new decor
- July 13, 2005
- Burger King put on a new roof and upgraded its fixtures. McDonald’s added a patio, expanded its drive-through and revamped its kitchen and dining room. Taco John’s is getting a new look, inside and out.
- Daily ticker
- July 13, 2005
- Eudorans’ support saves Parks & Rec official’s job
- July 13, 2005
- A newly formed Eudora concerned citizens group is vowing to keep a close watch on their elected officials.
- Guilty plea entered on sex charges
- July 13, 2005
- A former Eudora man was convicted of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child Tuesday morning in Douglas County District Court after pleading no contest to the charges against him.
- Area briefs
- July 13, 2005
- ¢ Meeting to address park weeding project ¢ Relay for Life total exceeds $133,000 ¢ Alcohol violation reported at Moon Bar ¢ Bank robber agrees to pay restitution ¢ Public input sought at forum on aging today ¢ Health Care Access expands to Eudora
- Prosecutors investigate whether Missourian wrongly put to death
- July 13, 2005
- Citing grave concerns that Missouri executed an innocent man, a coalition that includes a congressman, high-profile lawyers and even the victim’s family pointed to evidence Tuesday that they said could clear Larry Griffin’s name.
- Commodities
- July 13, 2005
- Terrorism can’t be accepted
- July 13, 2005
- People got up and went to work in London on Friday. They did the same in New York, hopping on subways and buses as always. Stock markets in both countries even climbed above where they were when Thursday’s carnage struck. In short, ordinary human beings on two continents acted with great and silent courage.
- Confirmation hearings will feature powerful struggle
- July 13, 2005
- Since Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her resignation from the Supreme Court of the United States I have found myself being asked several questions on an almost daily basis. The first is: Who will replace her? My answer is quite simple: someone the president picks.
- Fruitless fight
- July 13, 2005
- I am very saddened by the tragic London bombings, but knowing that 23,000 to 100,000 (counting them is not allowed) Iraqi citizens have been killed, this violent retaliation is not surprising. President Bush has often said, “We fight the terrorists in Iraq so we don’t have to fight ‘em here,” while Iraq becomes a recruitment and training ground for terrorists, and the population endures terrible suffering.
- Giddens gone
- July 13, 2005
- Hey there, enough is enough. Giddens is gone, so let’s get over it and get on with promoting our current Kansas University basketball team members.
- Change by design
- July 13, 2005
- Since the creationism/evolution controversy goes on with the alternative of opting for one or the other I would like to suggest an alternative approach.
- Twisted logic
- July 13, 2005
- I was appalled to read Katie Marten’s recent letter to the editor in the Journal-World claiming the U.S. Constitution forbids teaching creationism or intelligent design in the classroom because they are religious concepts.
- LINK invitation
- July 13, 2005
- I would like to cordially invite David Holroyd and all others to join me and the veterans, mentally ill, physically handicapped, poor, disabled, underemployed, unemployed, retired, college professors, profoundly depressed, engineers, musicians, bus drivers, weathermen, college students, abandoned mothers and their children, social service volunteers, Ph.D.s, homeless, teachers, lonely, artists, writers and about 10 alcoholics and drug users for an outstanding lunch at LINK.
- U.S. must show leadership on U.N. change
- July 13, 2005
- As U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for special political affairs from 1993 to 1997, I had the not-always-scintillating experience of sitting through countless meetings of what was known as the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform.
- Levy restraint
- The Lawrence school board should consider delaying increases in the district’s local option budget levy.
- July 13, 2005
- Thanks to the Kansas Legislature, Lawrence school board members have an opportunity to raise additional local property taxes to fund next year’s school district budget.
- Horoscopes
- July 13, 2005
- For Wednesday, July 13
- Warriors hold off Lancers for victory
- July 13, 2005
- Tensions were high Thursday night when the Douglas County Baseball Assn. 10-U American division championship game came down to an extra inning.The game was about 20 seconds shy of reaching the two hour time limit, but Lancers’ coach Jim Taylor wanted to give his boys one final opportunity to win the championship.
- DCABA works as team, combines avenues of revenue to thrive
- July 13, 2005
- Teamwork is an important component to the Douglas County Amateur Baseball Assn. The same holds true when it comes to sponsorship. With increasing costs to run DCABA, local sponsorship is an important part of helping the league to continue.
- LGFPA 8-U games offer excitement for spectators, playes alike
- July 13, 2005
- Anyone who has ever witnessed a game in the Lawrence Girl’s Fast Pitch Assn. 8-under league is probably familiar with the unusual and exciting play that occurs when the ninth batter in an inning puts the ball in play.
- Angels cruise to 13-3 win over Goobers
- July 13, 2005
- The Blue Angels used good pitching, great infield play and a steady torrent of clutch hits to win a 15-U Lawrence Girls Fast Pitch Assn. game against the Goobers, 13-3, Wednesday at Holcom.
- Camp, Price put ‘fun’ in fundamentals at KU baseball camp
- July 13, 2005
- Baseball is usually fun for head baseball coach Ritch Price. But during the summer camps the KU baseball program hosts, like at last weeks Super Skills camp, the young players’ raw excitement for the baseball reminds him just how fun baseball can be.
- Tournament Briefs
- July 13, 2005
- Area teams began post-season tournament play. Look at how the DCABA select team, Rebels and Hummers fared in tournament play.
- Younger coaches help make difference
- Closeness in age, experiences help players relate to coaches
- July 13, 2005
- When people think about a little league baseball coach, there’s a good chance they have a picture in their heads of a father, maybe a little frazzled, maybe too tough or too easy on his own son. But scattered throughout the Lawrence little leagues are several coaches in their 20s who, for their own reasons, devote their time and energy to helping boys develop their baseball and life skills.
- T-ballers end season with development, friendly competition
- July 13, 2005
- The kids took the field for the last game of the season, oblivious to the score and to their standing in the T-ball league. All that was on their minds was having fun on the diamond.
- Astros hold off Cardinals for 6-4 win
- July 13, 2005
- Missing two players didn’t keep the Astros from getting the early lead in their Jhawk Baseball league match-up with the Cardinals on Wednesday at Holcom. The Astros managed to hold off a late-inning comeback from the Cardinals to capture a 6-4 victory.
- Angels’ experience helps team win game
- July 13, 2005
- The Blue Angels had every facet of their game working during their 23-6 victory against the Sparks in a Jhawk softball game Thursday at Youth Sports Inc. The Angels showcased the skills they have learned by playing together as a team for several seasons.
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