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- Raiders going to state
- July 18, 2005
- Lawrence’s Raiders are headed to the state American Legion baseball tournament.
- Baldwin man injured in turnpike accident
- July 18, 2005
- A Baldwin man was injured in a one-car accident this morning on the Kansas Turnpike south of Emporia.
- Legislators to study Medicaid, gay adoption
- Lawmakers to also study restricting courts’ actions on legislative appropriations
- July 18, 2005
- A review of Medicaid expenses, restricting courts and whether to allow gay people to adopt are among the issues that lawmakers will study over the next few months.
- Police respond to robbery call at doughnut shop
- July 18, 2005
- Lawrence Police responded late Sunday night to a robbery call at a Lawrence doughnut shop.
- Showers bypass Lawrence
- 08:21 a.m., July 18, 2005 Updated 03:14 p.m.
- If your lawn is looking parched and thirsty, you’ll have to turn on the sprinklers — Lawrence won’t get any more rain this week, says Matt Sayers, 6News meteorologist.
- Lawrence datebook
- July 18, 2005
- Carpenter wins clash of mighty arms
- St. Louis hurler outpitches Clemens, earns 14th victory after three-hit shutout
- July 18, 2005
- Chris Carpenter started ahead of Roger Clemens in the All-Star game, then topped him again a few days later.
- Garland continues to cruise
- White Sox roll behind AL’s first 14-game winner
- July 18, 2005
- The Chicago White Sox shocked even their manager, Ozzie Guillen, with their first four-game sweep in Cleveland in 42 years.
- Sunni group condemns London bombings
- July 18, 2005
- Ten days after Islamic radicals carried out deadly attacks on the London transport system, Britain’s largest Sunni Muslim group on Sunday issued a binding religious edict, a fatwa, condemning the July 7 suicide bombings as the work of a “perverted ideology.”
- On the record
- July 18, 2005
- BTK memorabilia expected to sell
- July 18, 2005
- The sale of memorabilia from notorious murderers is a growing industry, and items from BTK killer Dennis Rader are likely to become popular, said a man who monitors such Internet auction sites.
- Briefly
- July 18, 2005
- ¢ Stroller may have saved baby during demolition ¢ Victims to confront bomber at sentencing ¢ Ruling: Military lawyer must represent detainee ¢ FBI says it has files on ACLU, other groups
- Coaching may help workers find career instead of just another job
- July 18, 2005
- I cannot get any jobs except working in nursing homes. I am 45, and the work is taking its toll. I know a little about a lot of things, but not a lot about one thing. I’ve applied for jobs, but I hardly ever get an interview, and when I do, I don’t get called back.
- ‘Potter’ breaks sales record
- Book sells 6.9 million copies in first 24 hours
- July 18, 2005
- The new Harry Potter book sold an astonishing 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours, smashing the record held by the previous Potter release. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” averaged better than 250,000 sales per hour, more than the vast majority of books sell in a lifetime.
- Police are silent about Boose clues
- Questions linger around Lecompton killing
- July 18, 2005
- Whenever sheriff’s deputies stop by Gary Kroeger’s store in Lecompton for a sandwich or snack, they don’t let on what they know about the unsolved killing a few miles away.
- Horoscopes
- July 18, 2005
- For Monday, July 18
- Washington vehement in denial
- Ex-women’s coach calls report ‘personal attack’
- July 18, 2005
- Former Kansas University women’s basketball coach Marian Washington is incensed over any implication she and assistant coach Lynette Woodard committed NCAA violations at KU.
- Rules surprise venerable Waugh
- July 18, 2005
- Former Kansas University men’s basketball coach Roy Williams on Sunday said a call from former KU basketball player and assistant coach Jerry Waugh boosted his spirits after another trying day.
- Briefly
- July 18, 2005
- ¢ Women, children among 17 killed as combatants ¢ Number of casualties in plane crash unknown ¢ Indonesia, Aceh rebels to sign peace agreement ¢ Camilla receives coat of arms for her birthday ¢ Chavez stokes political tensions with U.S.
- Sidewalk dining issues on table
- Commissioners to consider new set of guidelines
- July 18, 2005
- When it comes to sidewalk seating areas for downtown bars and restaurants, Jerry Neverve said he is convinced city commissioners are just thinking too hard.
- First criminal charges filed against Saddam
- July 18, 2005
- As the weekend death toll from a blitz of suicide bombings rose to more than 130, the first criminal charges against Saddam Hussein were filed Sunday, raising the prospect that his much-awaited trial could begin in September.
- Area briefs
- July 18, 2005
- ¢ Downtown art piece slated for unveiling ¢ Sculpture project may progress quickly ¢ LHS student shines in French competition ¢ Lawrence High student wins state honor
- Gifts from the heart
- Leavenworth women ‘adopt’ soldiers in Iraq
- July 18, 2005
- Imagine being an unofficial stepmom to nearly 130 soldiers stationed in a war zone.
- No fail-safe
- Alert people may be far more effective in combating terrorism than are billion-dollar security programs.
- July 18, 2005
- Terrorist cowards struck mass transit sites in London causing death and destruction. And after “the usual sources” had dispensed with their rounds of blaming the United States, as so many do in matters of tragedy anywhere on the globe, there were expected calls for vast enhancement of public transport security.
- Commentary: Victory proves Tiger still golf’s dominator
- July 18, 2005
- So much for all that talk about a “Big Five” in golf. It’s still Tiger Woods and everyone else.
- Confident Woods basks in another title
- July 18, 2005
- For Tiger Woods, there was no time to pause and pose Sunday when he reached the top of Swilcan Bridge. A second British Open title awaited.
- Softball nationals return
- Lawrence tourney will welcome 120 teams
- July 18, 2005
- A year ago, the Tonganoxie Braves thumped through the 14-and-under division at the American Fastpitch Assn. Girls’ B Fastpitch National Tournament and took home first place.
- Commentary: Second place sweet for Monty
- July 18, 2005
- There’s nothing like a good song to cheer you up when you’re being trampled by Tiger Woods. They sang one to Colin Montgomerie on the 18th tee Sunday, and it seemed to have the desired effect.
- Woodland back in action today
- July 18, 2005
- Kansas Amateur champion Gary Woodland won’t be taking a respite from golf today.
- KU’s Woodland wins on final hole
- July 18, 2005
- Gary Woodland of Berryton sank that winning putt every golfer dreams about.
- Big brawl in Motown
- Hernandez beanball incites fight; K.C. prevails
- July 18, 2005
- Runelvys Hernandez said he was not trying to hit anybody. The Detroit Tigers did not believe him. Hernandez allowed two hits through five innings before he was ejected after triggering a bench-clearing brawl in the sixth, and the Kansas City Royals beat Detroit, 5-0, Sunday.
- Wells honored by Hall
- LHS legend inducted into coaches’ shrine
- July 18, 2005
- Lawrence High volleyball coaching legend Joan Wells, who in 2003 was recognized as one of the top coaches in Kansas prep history, has been accorded an even greater honor.
- Fever again beat struggling Shock
- July 18, 2005
- Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer has seen the same pattern develop with his struggling team.
- Legge pulls away in Edmonton
- July 18, 2005
- Look out Danica Patrick, Katherine Legge is on your heels.
- Stewart dominates to win third race in four tries
- July 18, 2005
- Tony Stewart climbed the fence in front of the grandstand in what has become his trademark victory celebration.
- Hincapie’s win ‘a dream’; Armstrong still leads
- July 18, 2005
- Lance Armstrong kept his overall lead and teammate George Hincapie won the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, the hardest day of climbing in the Pyrenees.
- Israel threatens to invade Gaza Strip
- July 18, 2005
- Israel threatened Sunday to invade Gaza if Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas does not control militants who have stepped up rocket and mortar attacks ahead of Israel’s planned pullout from the coastal strip next month.
- Customs clash, arrest of fishermen fuel border crisis
- July 18, 2005
- Lebanese police traded gunfire with smugglers on the border, while Syria arrested Lebanese fishermen Sunday in new tensions that reflect increasing acrimony between the countries since Damascus was forced to end its domination of its neighbor.
- Hurricane Emily pounds Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula
- July 18, 2005
- Hurricane Emily lashed the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday, hours after thousands of jittery tourists streamed out of their waterfront hotels and fled inland to shelter in schools and gymnasiums.
- Shiite cleric: Iraqis should use self-restraint
- July 18, 2005
- A radical Shiite cleric who led two major uprisings against American forces in Iraq last year called for his countrymen to exercise self-restraint and avoid violence, according to a BBC interview to be broadcast today.
- Smoking ban changes to be considered
- Lawrence City Commission agenda highlights ¢ 6:35 p.m. Tuesday ¢ City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets ¢ Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 ¢ Meeting documents online at www.lawrenceks.org
- July 18, 2005
- City commissioners will consider changes to the city’s ban on workplace smoking. Specifically, commissioners will consider rewriting parts of the ordinance to more clearly define what business owners must do if they see someone smoking in their establishments.
- Audio Reader needs garden caretakers
- July 18, 2005
- Several garden volunteers are needed to assist with maintenance of the Sensory Garden at Audio Reader. The goal of the garden is to provide an outdoor environment that is fully accessible to the blind and visually impaired. Volunteers will help with watering and tending the garden as needed Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A brief training session will be provided.
- Wind farm construction generates controversy in Butler County
- July 18, 2005
- Construction work has begun on one of the state’s first wind farms and Butler County residents are wondering whether the project will help save area ranches, or be an environmental and financial disaster.
- History repeated
- Photos put focus on progress
- July 18, 2005
- The places look familiar, yet unfamiliar. There’s Mount Oread, but without most of the buildings and trees. There’s the Kansas River bridge, built with wood instead of concrete. There’s Massachusetts Street, with cows roaming where cars now drive.
- Gas prices not siphoning funds from vacations
- July 18, 2005
- Washington - Vacationers coping with surgi
- Police find ingredients to make ricin in cabin
- July 18, 2005
- Investigators found ingredients that could be used to make the deadly poison ricin in a cabin owned by a man accused of having explosives, the Vilas County sheriff said Sunday.
- Sporting a milk mustache may not help dieters shed extra pounds
- July 18, 2005
- Got milk? And high hopes it will help you shed a few pounds? The dairy industry is counting on it, thanks in part to a $200 million ad campaign that confidently touts studies suggesting a connection between consuming dairy products and losing weight.
- More than money needed to retain, attract good teachers around country
- July 18, 2005
- Higher salaries and other financial incentives are key in recruiting good teachers, but the nation’s governors were told Sunday that more can be done to prevent teachers from leaving the classroom. Mentoring, professional development, finding ways to boost confidence and school-day schedule changes to provide more contact with colleagues are just as critical.
- Former police officer convicted
- July 18, 2005
- A former Topeka police officer faces sentencing in September after pleading no contest to 50 felony counts of taking money intended for undercover drug buys.
- People in the news
- July 18, 2005
- ¢ Sandra Bullock weds biker Jesse James ¢ ‘Desperate Housewives’ creator to add dastardly deeds ¢ Carrie Underwood tapped for Sketchers ad campaign
- Commentary: Williams’ wrongdoing at KU minor
- Read the report closely, and one can conclude this is mere ‘ding’ in life of North Carolina mentor
- July 18, 2005
- Seeing the words “Roy Williams” and “NCAA violations” in the same sentence is shocking.
- LPGA rookie wins Canadian Open
- South Korea’s Lee clips Hull by one stroke in Nova Scotia
- July 18, 2005
- Meena Lee patiently waited on the ninth tee when play was held up for several minutes while four ducks slowly waddled across the fairway to one of the large lakes on the picturesque Glen Arbour course.
- Reporter: Cheney aide also served as source
- Republicans say media told Rove CIA agent’s name
- July 18, 2005
- The vice president’s chief of staff, Lewis Libby, was a source along with the president’s chief political adviser for a Time story that identified a CIA officer, the magazine reporter said Sunday, further countering White House claims that neither aide was involved in the leak.
- In-flight cell phone use may take off
- July 18, 2005
- You ease your seat back as the airplane lifts off, anticipating stress-free hours en route to your destination.
- Basketball arena renovated into ‘Texas-sized’ church
- July 18, 2005
- America’s largest church celebrated its move into the former arena for the Houston Rockets with a capacity crowd of 16,000, an upbeat sermon from its televangelist pastor and a spirited welcome from the governor of Texas.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- July 18, 2005
- The Journal-World has found a gas price as low as $2.23 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Traveling tribute due to hit town
- July 18, 2005
- A military Jeep circa 1956 and a Civil War-vintage cannon will make their way to Lawrence in upcoming days as part of a traveling tribute to the Kansas National Guard.
- Idea of sin tax on pornography intrigues some state legislators
- July 18, 2005
- In an ongoing campaign against stores selling explicit DVDs, sex toys, reading material and novelties, Phillip Cosby is advocating a new tactic - imposing a special state tax on such businesses.
- The week ahead
- July 18, 2005
- When rock meets reality, life imitates ‘Spinal Tap’
- July 18, 2005
- As a TV critic, you learn to be philosophical about shows good, bad and ugly. Good shows offer entertainment. Bad shows give you something to think about. What can we learn from the misbegotten talent showcase “Rock Star: INXS” (8:30 p.m., CBS)? At least three things come to mind.
- Liberal bias
- July 18, 2005
- Despite exposure of the claim’s fallacy, many Americans continue to believe that today’s media reflect a liberal bias. Such belief ignores several obvious facts.
- Pool party
- July 18, 2005
- Sunscreen, tan lines, children splashing and the chirp of the lifeguard’s whistle all mean one thing: Summer is in full swing at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center. Journal-World photographer Nick Krug gives us a taste.
- Evolution
- July 18, 2005
- I was amazed at Lawrence lately, since I thought that materialistic evolution was the standard. However, a child molester wanted to move here and a basketball player was in an altercation and outcries erupted. When is acting like an animal wrong for an animal? Lawrence needs to be more tolerant and forgiving, just like Christians are told to be. People just don’t practice what they preach.
- Useful lesson
- July 18, 2005
- My father has macular degeneration and we join a small support group once a month which meets at Babcock Place and is sponsored by our Senior Center. We often have help come from the Kansas Area Blind Services.
- AIDS safety net within reach
- July 18, 2005
- In my nightmares, I see the women we have failed to protect from AIDS.
- Abuse story hits close to home
- July 18, 2005
- Ronnie Paris and I had the same father. At least, that’s the way it felt reading the news reports out of Tampa last week. They told of how Ronnie’s dad - his name is also Ronnie Paris - used to hit the boy, throw him around, bang him up. According to testimony from the man’s wife and sister-in-law, he did this to toughen the boy up, make a man out of him. Paris’ fear was that otherwise, his son would grow up to be “soft,” a “sissy.”
- U.S. role in Mideast no longer optional
- July 18, 2005
- Americans felt free to debate whether they wanted to be directly involved in the conflicts of the greater Middle East as recently as 1967. Talk about the good old days.
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