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Polls
Are you having trouble getting around Lawrence, with all the construction projects?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. I’m having trouble with the limited access available on West Sixth Street. | 29% | |
| No, I don’t drive in the construction areas. | 23% | |
| No. I’ve adjusted by making more time or changing my route. | 19% | |
| Yes, I’m having problems because of the construction on Clinton Parkway west of Wakarusa Drive. | 13% | |
| Yes. I’m having problems with lane closures on Wakarusa Drive. | 8% | |
| Yes. I’m having trouble coming in from the west because County Road 458 is blocked off to traffic north of Clinton Parkway. | 5% | |
| Total | 541 | |
What is your favorite post game snack?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Crackers/chips | 41% | |
| Ice cream/popcicles | 23% | |
| Cookies/candy | 17% | |
| Fruit | 17% | |
| Total | 34 | |
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- Lawrence conservative among finalists for education commissioner
- September 14, 2005
- The State Board of Education today announced the names of five finalists for the position of education commissioner, including a Lawrence resident who has been a champion of conservative causes.
- Fall-like weather cools off Lawrence
- September 14, 2005
- You can leave your umbrella at home today. But you might want to break out some long sleeves, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “It’s a dry start, with clouds thickening up,” Schack said. “It feels kind of cool out there… . It’s a very fall-like day.”
- ‘Mommie & Me’ playgroup launched
- September 14, 2005
- Stay-at-home mothers looking for friendship and support are invited to join the Lawrence Mommie & Me Playgroup.
- Douglas County commissioners to review rural rezoning request
- September 14, 2005
- Douglas County resident Cindy Nau isn’t against development or building in rural portions of the county, but she’s growing tired of new subdivisions going in with what she views as very little foresight.
- Horoscopes
- September 14, 2005
- For Wednesday, Sept. 14
- Grom perfect for Lightning in 18-9 win
- September 14, 2005
- Nine batters up, nine batters down. Matt Grom, pitcher for the Lawrence Lightning, recorded a perfect three innings of work Friday against the Giants at Youth Sports Inc. fields. The 11-year-old Lightning pitcher avoided walking any Giant batters and recorded five strikeouts, leading the Lightning to an 18-9 victory.
- Islanders flee as Hurricane Ophelia approaches Southeast coastline
- September 14, 2005
- Vulnerable islands were evacuated and mainland schools were closed Tuesday as Ophelia strengthened to a hurricane and wobbled closer to land with a threat of flooding rain.
- Wal-Mart accused of having sweatshop conditions overseas
- September 14, 2005
- A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of failing to monitor labor conditions at overseas factories that allegedly maintained sweatshop conditions.
- Baldwin district praised in report
- Standard & Poor gives it top rating for putting taxpayer money to good use
- September 14, 2005
- A preliminary report from Standard & Poor analysts gave 16 Kansas school districts a top rating when it came to using taxpayer money to reach academic goals.
- Honors under way for Constitution Day
- September 14, 2005
- This week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings make Friday’s Constitution Day celebration a fitting event, Kansas University officials say.
- Keegan: Show up for guys like this
- September 14, 2005
- If you don’t go to Kansas University’s football game Saturday at Memorial Stadium, it will be another six weeks before you can see the Jayhawks wear home jerseys in Kansas.
- Decision on Superdome on hold
- Stadium must be cleaned, decontaminated before officials can assess future
- September 14, 2005
- Experts will have to clean and decontaminate the Louisiana Superdome before the stadium’s future can be determined.
- Senate to consider Brownback’s marriage bonus plan for nation’s capital
- September 14, 2005
- More than half the children in the nation’s capital are raised by single parents and, in response, Congress is considering a controversial plan to pay a marriage bonus for low-income couples who tie the knot.
- Question remains: How much should Wittig forfeit?
- Federal jurors called upon to settle final charge
- September 14, 2005
- A day after convicting two former Westar Energy Inc. executives of looting the Topeka-based utility, a federal jury was asked Tuesday to force the men to turn over millions of dollars in assets and salary.
- Childhood classics book group offered
- September 14, 2005
- The Lawrence Public Library is offering a free, four-session book discussion group on childhood literary classics.
- Egypt-Gaza border opens up smuggling, family reunions
- September 14, 2005
- The Egypt-Gaza border was open for business Tuesday: cheap cigarettes, live goats and Egyptian tourists flooded into Gaza, and Gazans celebrating their new freedom rushed to Egyptian seaside resorts.
- Gotcha!
- David Wittig and Douglas Lake are now officially branded for the crooks
- September 14, 2005
- David Wittig and his “chief strategy officer” finally will have to face the music after their lengthy legal dancing to dodge charges that they looted Wester Energy Inc. of millions of dollars. Which they did.
- Coach begins 10th season with victory
- September 14, 2005
- The 10th season-opener was a charm for South Junior High coach Willie Brown. “This is a great way to start off my 10th season with a strong victory by such a good squad,” said Brown, whose South Eagles defeated the Central Colts 21-6 Sunday at Youth Sports Inc.
- Football Tournament a success for LYF
- September 14, 2005
- Over the Labor Day weekend 28 teams from around the Midwest braved the heat to kick off the start of the National Youth Sports Sanctioning Organization football tournament schedule. The five football fields at Youth Sports Inc. hosted the Tournament of Champions.
- U.N. General Assembly agrees on document
- Diplomats say they lowered expectations
- September 14, 2005
- The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a watered-down document on poverty, human rights and U.N. reform for world leaders to approve at a summit this week, after shedding many of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s most ambitious goals during weeks of bitter debate.
- Test your food safety IQ
- September 14, 2005
- September is Food Safety Education Month. Even though food safety errors that occur during processing and marketing make front page news, food safety is really a responsibility that we all share.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- September 14, 2005
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.69 at Citgo at Ninth and Iowa. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Board deadlocked on sexual education issue
- Tie shelves advisory policy for now
- September 14, 2005
- The State Board of Education failed to reach a decision Tuesday about sex education.
- City hopes to curb crumbling concrete
- September 14, 2005
- In Lawrence, CSI doesn’t just refer to the crime scene investigators who have become the rage on television shows these days.
- Stoops: Peterson’s status to be determined
- Oklahoma tailback likely to play but not start as penalty for missing classes
- September 14, 2005
- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says he’ll decide later this week whether suspended tailback Adrian Peterson will start Saturday against UCLA.
- Cards survive Pirates
- Carpenter shaky, but St. Louis rallies
- September 14, 2005
- Chris Carpenter blew a four-run lead in his worst outing since his 13-game winning streak began in mid-June, but St. Louis rallied on David Eckstein’s ninth-inning RBI single for a 5-4 victory Tuesday over Pittsburgh.
- Nursing home owners face negligent homicide charges for patients’ deaths
- September 14, 2005
- In a day of reckoning across battered New Orleans, the owners of a nursing home were charged in the deaths of dozens of patients killed by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters, the death toll in Louisiana jumped to 423, and the mayor warned that the city is broke.
- Author to speak at Woodruff today
- September 14, 2005
- Author Deborah Lipstadt will speak on “History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving” at 7:30 p.m. today in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union at Kansas University.
- Lawrence ArtMarket Saturday last of season
- September 14, 2005
- The last in a new series of art fairs will be Saturday at the Lawrence Visitor Center, 402 N. Second St.
- Essay contest offered to Kansas students
- September 14, 2005
- September has been proclaimed “College Savings Month” in Kansas in conjunction with Learning Quest, a state-created program to help families invest in postsecondary education.
- Law and disorder in Fox sitcom
- September 14, 2005
- Beware of a show with a pun in the title. The new comedy-drama “Head Cases” (8 p.m., Fox) concerns two lawyers suffering from mental disorders who form a law practice and defend clients too zany to appeal to the madcap litigators from “Boston Legal” and “Ally McBeal.”
- Television viewers: Stop with the reality shows, already!
- September 14, 2005
- In the eyes of viewers, reality television is not only a misnamed genre. It’s a format wearing out its welcome.
- Legend rears ‘Brave Face’
- September 14, 2005
- It sounds cruel, but let’s face it: Except for the occasional highlight like “Vanilla Sky” or “My Brave Face,” for the past 20 years, Paul McCartney’s catalog has been pretty barren.
- Commodities
- September 14, 2005
- Kansas City Southern settles tax dispute
- September 14, 2005
- Shares of Kansas City Southern rose sharply Tuesday after the railroad company said it had settled a tax dispute with the Mexican government over a railway KCS bought earlier this year.
- Ford, Visteon agree on plant transfers
- September 14, 2005
- Ford Motor Co. will take unprofitable plants back from parts maker Visteon Corp. under definitive agreements announced Tuesday.
- Officials fear uncertain natural gas supplies
- September 14, 2005
- Senior Bush administration officials touring the Gulf Coast area devastated by Hurricane Katrina expressed concern Tuesday about possible shortages of natural gas, saying that the region’s production may not recover for months.
- Video game tourneys draw big-time sponsors
- E-sports attracting spectators, advertising
- September 14, 2005
- Is “frags per round” going to be the batting average of the 21st century?
- Old-item quandary: Repair or replace?
- September 14, 2005
- Although hardly an age-old question, many consumers nonetheless puzzle over what to do with broken, sometimes old-age products: When, goes the dilemma, does it become more economical to replace a product whose warranty has expired than to repair it?
- Health care costs shifting to workers
- September 14, 2005
- The nation’s employers are struggling with close to double-digit increases in health care costs in 2006, and consequently will be shifting more of that burden to their employees, according to a new survey of more than 1,800 firms.
- Daily ticker
- September 14, 2005
- Afghan president urges citizens to vote for honest candidates
- September 14, 2005
- Afghanistan’s president urged voters Tuesday to support honest candidates in landmark legislative elections this weekend amid concerns that warlords and others with violent backgrounds are on the ballot.
- Bush woes
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: Can we see now that President Bush has no clothes?
- Argument amiss
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: Wednesday’s (Sept. 7) editorial and the recent creation-evolution polls are framed in a way that completely misses the central points of the argument.
- Wake-up call
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: Ninety-thousand square miles of the Gulf Coast were erased.
- Roberts qualified to serve as Supreme Court chief justice
- September 14, 2005
- Every so often I do a column comprised of a variety of unrelated comments, each of which alone is too short to justify a column by itself. This is one of those columns.
- Blame game
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: I do not know what is more disturbing, the devastation from Katrina, looting and shooting by some in New Orleans or the behavior of those participating in the blame game.
- Role reversal
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: In the Monday, Aug. 29, issue of the Lawrence Journal-World, an article about an Iraqi Fullbright Scholar who is in Kansas to study and teach appeared next to a story about Kansas Guardsmen who are being sent to Iraq.
- Marketing ploy
- September 14, 2005
- To the editor: With respect to the megachurch article (“Big stakes in Lawrence,” Sept. 3), I would ask the Rev. Jerry Johnston to please stay in Overland Park.
- U.S. official on mission impossible
- September 14, 2005
- President Bush might as well have asked Karen Hughes - his friend and longtime political adviser - to hold back Hurricane Katrina, because he has assigned her an equally impossible task. In naming Hughes undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, President Bush wants her to improve America’s image abroad and specifically in the Muslim world.
- 10U Funky Monkeys edge Diamonds
- September 14, 2005
- Taryn Dreed scored two goals and added an assist, but it wasn’t enough as the Funky Monkey’s 10U girl’s soccer team defeated the Diamonds 6-3 Saturday at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Heat, fast play drains Bulldogs and Wizards in season opener
- September 14, 2005
- One thing was clear after the Wizards and Bulldogs 10U co-ed soccer match at Youth Sports Inc. fields on Saturday. “These kids are going to sleep well tonight, and I don’t think the parents are going to mind,” said onlooker Boe Keasling of the draining match characterized by both teams’ wide-open and fast-paced play.
- Bench sparks victory for Darth Griffens
- September 14, 2005
- Jack Clark remains cool and calm under pressure in his soccer games. He can finish plays with ease, even with multiple defenders around him. Clark scored the first two goals of the season Saturday to help the 10U Darth Griffens beat the Eagles, 4-0, at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Huston puts on show; Tigers win 9-7
- September 14, 2005
- When Sampson Huston has the ball at his feet and the goal in front of him, he knows what to do. Huston scored seven goals Saturday to help the 6U Coed White Tigers defeat the Hawks, 9-7, at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Friendly rivarly results in braggin rights for member of Team 6
- September 14, 2005
- Minutes before the match started, Jared Bennett of Team Four and Alex Craig of Team Six both informed each other of their plans. “You’re going down,” Craig said. “No, you’re going down, you’re going way down,” Bennett said, motioning to the ground. They may only be 7 years old, but these two teams had plenty of reason to look forward to the match. After being teammates in previous years, Saturday marked the first time that friends faced off against one another at Youth Sports Inc. Fields.
- Cooper carries Cougars to 19-0 victory over Chops
- September 14, 2005
- Austin Downing mimics the Cougars mascot quite effectively, prowling the field before swiftly and strongly attacking the opposing team’s ball carrier. The C-team linebacker’s efforts Sunday - a two-sack, 10-tackle performance - greatly aided the Cougars 19-0 victory over the Chops at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Hurricanes offense overpowers Gorillas
- September 14, 2005
- Keith Loneker Jr. showed his pedigree as he made plays all over the field Sunday in his Hurricanes B-team 41-6 victory over the Gorillas at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Bulldogs’ back too much for Cardinals
- September 14, 2005
- The ground-pounding combination of Jesse LaMay and Asher Hannon was too much for the Cardinals defense to handle as the Bulldogs ran over the Cardinals 27-0 in the sixth grade match-up Sunday at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Newspaper seeks school shooters’ videos, writings
- September 14, 2005
- Attorneys for a newspaper asked the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that videotapes and writings made by the Columbine gunmen before their bloody rampage are public records, which could clear the way for a judge to release them.
- Court: Rudolph defense cost taxpayers $4M
- September 14, 2005
- Legal fees to defend Eric Rudolph in a deadly Alabama abortion clinic blast and the Atlanta Olympics bombing cost taxpayers more than $4 million before he agreed to plead guilty in a deal that spared his life, court documents show.
- Neighbors: Children seemed to be well cared for
- Charges not yet filed against parents who kept kids in cages
- September 14, 2005
- The 11 children removed from a house where authorities say some of them slept in homemade cages are polite, well-behaved, well-dressed and appear to have been well-fed, neighbors and authorities said Tuesday.
- Chavez: U.S. has denied visas to bodyguards
- September 14, 2005
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that U.S. authorities have denied visas to his security team, forcing him to put a hold on his plans to visit New York for the U.N. summit.
- Ammunition blasts injure more than 100
- September 14, 2005
- Huge blasts at a suburban Manila police ammunition dump injured at least 107 people, damaged several buildings and homes and set off security jitters in a capital long wary of possible terror attacks or a coup, officials said. Police ruled out sabotage or terrorism.
- Police arrest protesters demanding democracy
- September 14, 2005
- Riot police wielding bamboo batons beat and arrested hundreds of protesters marching through Katmandu on Tuesday demanding the restoration of democracy in this Himalayan kingdom.
- Six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program resume after recess
- September 14, 2005
- North Korea insisted Tuesday it will not give up its right to civilian nuclear programs, raising questions about the possibility of a breakthrough as six-nation talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to abandon its atomic weapons resumed after a five-week recess.
- Britain rules outlawed Protestant group’s truce is over
- September 14, 2005
- A major outlawed Protestant group in Northern Ireland has abandoned its 11-year-old truce and is an enemy of the peace once again, Britain declared today in a long-expected verdict against the Ulster Volunteer Force.
- Hash browns can boost mealtimes all day long
- September 14, 2005
- People who enjoy breakfast usually have a favorite food they look forward to, something they’d happily nosh any time of day. When pressed, they might confess they do eat it any time of day.
- Summer side dishes appropriate for a fall palate
- September 14, 2005
- On the list of traditional summer side dishes, many people would put potato salad at the top of the list. No picnic table would be complete without a big Tupperware bowl of potato salad, right next to the coleslaw and baked beans.
- Star-Spangled bungles stir national anthem awareness efforts
- September 14, 2005
- You wouldn’t know it from reading people’s lips at a sporting event, but “The Star-Spangled Banner” ends with the following phrase: “O’er the land of the free / and the home of the brave.” That’s “o’er,” not “for.”
- Road work snarls west side
- Simultaneous construction projects force waits, detours
- September 14, 2005
- Tony Matalone said the timing for closing County Road 458 couldn’t be worse.
- Records case raises privacy concerns
- September 14, 2005
- The women and teen-age girls whose medical records are the subject of a once-secret inquisition by Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline have not been told their sexual histories may come under scrutiny.
- Area judges weigh in on confirmation hearings
- September 14, 2005
- Richard Rogers isn’t so sure he could be named to the federal bench these days.
- Roberts carefully noncommittal on questions relating to Roe
- September 14, 2005
- Chief Justice-nominee John Roberts repeatedly refused to answer questions about abortion and other contentious issues at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, telling frustrated Democrats he would not discuss matters that could come before the Supreme Court.
- Red Cross worker upset with efforts
- September 14, 2005
- A Lawrence Red Cross worker ordered to return home from Mississippi on Monday said she was upset because assistance wasn’t being provided to a rural area near Gulfport, Miss.
- Relief workers victims of job mix-up
- Would-be humanitarians sent to clean up casino
- September 14, 2005
- What was envisioned as a mission of mercy to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina ended in anger and disillusionment for two Lawrence residents.
- On the record
- September 14, 2005
- Lawrence datebook
- September 14, 2005
- National Merit semifinalists from area are announced
- September 14, 2005
- Eleven high school seniors from Lawrence public schools have been named National Merit Semifinalists.
- Housing sought for Asian families
- September 14, 2005
- A Lawrence Catholic priest is seeking housing for at least five Asian families who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
- Ridership rising on city’s bus system
- September 14, 2005
- Higher gasoline prices may be increasing the number of riders using the city’s public transportation system.
- County reports two new West Nile cases
- September 14, 2005
- Two Douglas County residents were added as the fourth and fifth Kansas human West Nile Virus cases in 2005, state health officials announced Tuesday.
- Area food pantries in need of supplies
- September 14, 2005
- Relief agencies such as the Red Cross are being inundated with offers from people interested in helping victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Development approved near Mary’s Lake
- September 14, 2005
- City commissioners Tuesday approved plans for a new 39-home single family housing development near Mary’s Lake near 31st Street and Haskell Avenue.
- Acceptance of Sesquicentennial funds no guarantee of starting plaza project
- September 14, 2005
- The city’s Sesquicentennial Commission received praise but no hard promises from Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday night.
- Smoking ban changes approved
- September 14, 2005
- City commissioners Tuesday night moved ahead on changes to the city’s workplace smoking ban despite warnings from an attorney representing the hospitality industry that the ordinance was unconstitutional.
- Moon festival set for Sunday
- September 14, 2005
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Asian Community Center will present the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival for children at 8 p.m. Sunday at the East Lawrence Center, 1245 E. 15th St.
- Pancake fundraiser slated for shelter
- September 14, 2005
- Members of the homeless community will be serving pancakes this Saturday as part of a fundraiser for the Lawrence Community Open Shelter.
- Downtown gets into Walktober spirit
- September 14, 2005
- Wives or husbands who get dirty looks from their spouses about spending too much money shopping now have a new defense - shopping in downtown Lawrence is good for your health.
- Keegan kreamed
- September 14, 2005
- Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan was kreamed again. This week, 27 people beat Keegan, who correctly predicted seven of nine contests - missing the Iowa State and Missouri games.
- Veritas sweeps three matches
- September 14, 2005
- The Veritas Christian Academy volleyball team enjoyed a rousing start as a varsity program, sweeping its inaugural three matches Tuesday night at the East Lawrence Center.
- Woodland claims first career title
- September 14, 2005
- Kansas University junior Gary Woodland fired a final-round 69 Tuesday to win the Cleveland State Invitational at Sand Ridge Golf Club.
- LHS, Free State team for perfect 10s
- September 14, 2005
- Although the Lawrence High and Free State High gymnastics teams are separated by their school names, they view themselves as a single unit.
- Have you seen this Jayhawk?
- Don’t worry. He hasn’t yet, but you can bet Charles Gordon will make plays this year for KU
- September 14, 2005
- Looks like the expectation monster struck again. The size of this beast, though, rivals Jupiter.
- New Orleans thankful for KU game
- September 14, 2005
- University of New Orleans basketball coach Monte Towe owns a roomy house just off the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana’s historic, hurricane-ravaged city.
- Olathe Northwest shuts down Firebirds
- Previously unbeaten FSHS falls flat in 5-0 loss to Ravens
- September 14, 2005
- Reality arrived as a sledgehammer for Free State High’s boys soccer team Tuesday afternoon.
- Broussard’s blasts boost Indians
- September 14, 2005
- Ben Broussard’s second homer of the game, a tiebreaking three-run shot in the eighth inning, sent Cleveland to a 5-2 victory over Oakland that kept the Indians in control of the AL wild-card race.
- Chicago holds off K.C.
- September 14, 2005
- Jose Contreras won his fifth straight start, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals for the 13th time in 16 games this season, 6-4 on Tuesday night.
- Gamboa moving on in Arkansas
- Coach’s life less hectic as mania after attack fades
- September 14, 2005
- The questions are fewer now, the notoriety gone. Tom Gamboa is back on the baseball field, not in the majors, but managing in the minor leagues and finding peace and success away from the spotlight.
- UConn’s Williams granted probation
- Point guard given community service for role in theft
- September 14, 2005
- Connecticut point guard Marcus Williams was given 18 months probation Tuesday and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service for his role in the theft of four computers from a campus dormitory.
- Survey: Support for amendment faltering
- Coalition of lawmakers backing Mass. anti-gay marriage measure crumbling
- September 14, 2005
- A fragile coalition of lawmakers cobbled together to support an anti-gay marriage amendment is falling apart, virtually assuring that same-sex marriage will for now remain legal in Massachusetts, according to an Associated Press poll.
- People in the news
- September 14, 2005
- ¢ Chappelle admits he doesn’t know what next move will be ¢ Angelina Jolie proves she’s a proud mom of two ¢ Report: Heidi Klum gives birth to healthy baby boy ¢ Judge freezes ‘Suge’ Knight’s assets on behalf of drug dealer ¢ Former child star to receive Lifetime Achievement Award ¢ Pavarotti gets medieval award for humanitarian work
- Hong Kong Disneyland mixes Mickey with feng shui
- September 14, 2005
- When Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck landed in Paris in 1992, French officials shunned the opening of Euro Disney, intellectuals decried the invasion of American pop culture, and park workers protested the strict dress code.
- Ex-Cowboys kicker dies
- September 14, 2005
- Toni Fritsch, who went from Austrian soccer player to place-kicker for the Dallas Cowboys, died Tuesday. He was 60.
- Injury situation looking brighter for Kansas City
- Cornerback Surtain, fullback Richardson expected to play Sunday against Oakland, Vermeil says
- September 14, 2005
- The injury situation is much brighter than the Kansas City Chiefs glumly had expected after four starters went out during Sunday’s victory over the New York Jets.
- Johnson cited for domestic abuse assault
- Chiefs running back accused in altercation with girlfriend at K.C. bar
- September 14, 2005
- Chiefs running back Larry Johnson turned himself in to police Monday night after an altercation he had with his girlfriend early Saturday at a Kansas City bar.
- Indonesian president inducted into International Hall of Fame
- September 14, 2005
- Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has been honored at Fort Leavenworth, becoming the first sitting head of state inducted into the International Hall of Fame at the Command and General Staff College.
- Pocket slots planned
- September 14, 2005
- If the Kansas Lottery has its way, thousands of people soon will be carrying small electronic slot machines - in their coat or shirt pockets.
- First lady becomes president’s first defender
- September 14, 2005
- Laura Bush is reprising her role as her husband’s first defender, making several trips to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast as President Bush’s approval ratings sink to their lowest level yet.
- King of Pop may organize all-star charity benefit
- September 14, 2005
- As Michael Jackson watched the destruction of New Orleans from a palace in the distant desert kingdom of Bahrain, he saw an opportunity to help others - and has since been trying to organize an all-star charity single that just may end up helping his flagging career as well.
- Bush takes responsibility for Katrina response
- September 14, 2005
- President Bush for the first time took responsibility Tuesday for federal government mistakes in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and suggested the calamity raised broader questions about the government’s ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks.
- Iraqi committee seeks timetable for U.S. exit
- September 14, 2005
- In an attempt to lay the legal groundwork for asking the United States to withdraw its troops, an Iraqi National Assembly committee released a report Tuesday that said the presence of the American military prevents Iraq from becoming fully sovereign.
- U.S. forces widen offensive, capture al-Qaida militant
- September 14, 2005
- U.S. forces widened their operations against insurgents in northern Iraq on Tuesday, launching an attack on the Euphrates River stronghold of Haditha only days after evicting militants from Tal Afar. Residents also reported American air strikes in the same region near Qaim.
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