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How would you rate Boog Highberger's performance as Lawrence's mayor in the last year?

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Who will win tonight's NCAA title game?

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UCLA
 
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Wittig sentenced to 18 years for looting Westar
David Twiddy, Associated Press
02:33 p.m., April 3, 2006 Updated 03:36 p.m.
A federal judge today sentenced former Westar Energy Inc. head David Wittig to 18 years in prison for looting the company.
Sunny skies ahead for afternoon
By Dave Toplikar
April 3, 2006
Lawrence was starting out cloudy this morning. But eventually you’ll need some sunglasses.
‘Ice Age’ sequel rings up $70.5 million in cold cash
By David Germain - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
“Ice Age: The Meltdown” heated up the box office with a mammoth $70.5 million weekend, while audiences gave the cold shoulder to Sharon Stone, whose “Basic Instinct 2” debuted with a paltry $3.2 million.
Professor to speak on ‘Science Under Attack’
April 3, 2006
Lawrence M. Krauss, a physics professor at Case Western Reserve University, will speak about evolution versus intelligent design and other topics at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Dole Institute of Politics.
France needs more capitalism
Cal Thomas - Tribune Media Services
April 3, 2006
What American despairs that the French are having problems with their youth? Who among us laments that the snooty French, who look down their long noses at all things American (except when they need us to liberate them from their enemies and their own unwillingness to defend themselves), are paying the price for years of socialism? Surely, they are delighting in our pro-illegal immigration demonstrations, so let us gloat over their current difficulties, as payback just for their being French.
Horoscopes
April 3, 2006
Artists take stand on sexual violence, promote healing
By Mindie Paget
April 3, 2006
How dare he steal my innocence. I haven’t been the same since. I wasn’t even half your age. For this you belong in a cage.
Freed American journalist reunited with her family
By Jay Lindsay - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Jill Carroll spent much of her seven-hour flight home Sunday staring at the blue sky, every moment a little farther away from the hiding places where her terrorizing former captors denied her even sunlight.
All-ACC showdown on tap
Duke, Maryland will meet for fourth time this season
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will end with an absolute certainty: An Atlantic Coast Conference team will win the national championship.
Savvy sophs to replace ‘Amigos’
By Ryan Wood
April 3, 2006
The losses didn’t hit harder anywhere on the Kansas University football field. They were the face of KU’s resurgent defense the last two seasons - three linebackers, overachievers, guided by intelligence and hard work. Nick Reid, Kevin Kane and Banks Floodman all ran out of eligibility, and the stinger is that they all did so at the exact same time.
Hope springs anew
Royals, Tigers, as always, find promise in change
By Doug Tucker - Associated Press Sports Writer
April 3, 2006
The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, who’ve combined to lose 589 games the past three years, will launch a new season today with the hope that accompanies new managers and different opening-day starters.
Hoglund heart-pounder
Czyz shaky, but Jayhawks hold on
By Jesse Newell
April 3, 2006
Kodiak Quick never flinched. Sure, the go-ahead run was at the plate, Kansas University closer Don Czyz suddenly was hittable, and the wind that howled toward center made every pop-up a potential base-clearer.
Lawrence datebook
April 3, 2006
Blame politics for school finance limbo
Governor’s race muddles Senate debate on spending plans
By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Politics haunted the Senate’s debate on education funding last week, contributing to senators’ failure to approve a plan for increasing aid to public schools.
Dread same old job? Put energy into interests and follow them
Kate Wendleton and Dale Dauten
April 3, 2006
Q: I’ve been at the same job for nearly 10 years. I dread going to work every morning. I need to do something - anything - else. The trouble is, I don’t know what else to do. Any suggestions? - Andrew
Walking in police officers’ shoes
Residents get glimpse of inner workings at Lawrence department
By Eric Weslander
April 3, 2006
They work for God. They’re not afraid to chase squirrels. And if they catch it, they clean it.
Hallmark’s wall of fallen cards
By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Some were sent away for being too profane, others for making snide comments at inopportune times. Now the greeting cards that never made it to the stores hang solemnly on a wall at Hallmark Cards Inc.
Flights of fancy
By Terry Rombeck
April 3, 2006
Like clockwork, when the temperatures rise and the flags begin to flutter, customers walk into Fun & Games looking for kites.
Bonds ready to go in today’s opener against San Diego
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Barry Bonds singled to left field and flied out to right Sunday in the San Francisco Giants’ 5-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics in the final game of spring training.
Thome sparks Chisox
Chicago outlasts rain, Indians, 10-4
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
The Chicago White Sox celebrated the past. Then newcomer Jim Thome showed them the promise of a new season.
Storied finalists to clash for first time
Florida, UCLA - programs on the rise with powerful histories - are testaments to dynasties of the past and parity of the present
By Eddie Pells - Associated Press National Writer
April 3, 2006
UCLA had Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and all those championship banners. Florida had Vernon Maxwell and Norm Sloan.
KU sweeps singles vs. ISU
Jayhawks extend winning streak to six; Huskers next
By Jason Elmquist
April 3, 2006
A sweep of the six singles matches by the Kansas University women’s tennis squad gave KU a 6-1 victory over Iowa State on Sunday, increasing the Jayhawks’ winning streak to six.
Funds for reconstruction running out
By Ellen Knickmeyer - The Washington Post
April 3, 2006
A reconstruction contract for the building of 142 primary health centers across Iraq has run out of money, after two years and roughly $200 million, with no more than 20 clinics now expected to be completed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says.
Highberger to end mayoral term
April 3, 2006
Mayor Boog Highberger will deliver the annual State of the City address before Tuesday evening’s City Commission meeting.
People in the news
April 3, 2006
Pulse calendar
April 3, 2006
‘Free land’ owners complain of cost
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Some people who received free land in Marquette as part of a program to spur population and economic growth contend that assessments to build gravel roads and water systems mean the land isn’t really free.
Stewart gets victory at hated track
Martinsville finally kind to defending Nextel Cup champ
April 3, 2006
Tony Stewart once got so frustrated with trying to go fast around Martinsville Speedway that he suggested it be turned into a bass fishing pond. He never would allow it now.
Heche thrives in thriller
April 3, 2006
Anne Heche appears to have found a home at Lifetime. She stars in “Fatal Desire” (8 p.m., Lifetime) with Eric Roberts. They play two lonely people who meet on the Internet and conduct a cyberflirtation leading to a torrid, destructive fling that ends in murder.
Volunteers needed for Community Resource Expo
J-W Staff Reports
April 3, 2006
How to help Volunteers needed for Community Resource Expo
Obesity epidemic hits child safety seats
By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Many young children are too heavy for standard car-safety seats, and manufacturers are starting to make heftier models to accommodate them, according to research on the obesity epidemic’s widening impact.
Lake, Wittig request Eastern prisons
Former Westar executives to be sentenced today
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Former Westar executive Douglas Lake, convicted of helping to loot the utility company, has asked a judge to allow him to be imprisoned at a minimum-security prison in the Northeast.
Capitol Briefing
By Scott Rothschild
April 3, 2006
News from the Kansas Statehouse
Here’s how senators voted
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Senators last week considered three separate school finance bills.
Wichita inmate’s death raises concerns about jail employees
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
There is “no acceptable explanation” for the recent death of an inmate at the Wichita Work Release Facility, Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Roger Werholtz said.
Plan now for next tax year
By Mark Fagan
April 3, 2006
Lawrence resident Randy Gardner says it’s time to start getting serious about preparing for filing your income taxes - and it has nothing to do with the fact that the April 17 deadline is just two weeks away.
Observations
April 3, 2006
To the editor: A few comments on recent developments in our city:
Ups and downs
Although some may try to downplay rankings, they are important to the public perceptions of a school, university or team.
April 3, 2006
Those in education like to pooh-pooh rankings. They say they don’t have much substance and that they shouldn’t be of such public interest.
U.S. criticized for cutting diplomatic ties
April 3, 2006
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh criticized the United States on Sunday for restricting diplomatic ties with the Hamas government, saying his people were being punished for electing the militant Islamic group.
Three killed in bus attack as pro-Kurdish riots spread
April 3, 2006
A group of men stopped a passenger bus and tossed gasoline bombs at it, sending the vehicle careening into pedestrians and killing three in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Sunday as pro-Kurdish riots continued to spread.
Escaped al-Qaida prisoner surrenders
April 3, 2006
One of 23 al-Qaida convicts who escaped from a Yemeni prison in February has surrendered, a news agency reported Sunday.
Iran calls test of new high-speed torpedo a success
By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Iran conducted its second major test of a new missile within days on Sunday, firing a high-speed torpedo it said no submarine or warship can escape at a time of increased tensions with the U.S. over its nuclear program.
Patrol seeks fuel deals
April 3, 2006
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.45 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
Taxidermists take pride in preservation
By Ron Knox
April 3, 2006
All of these dead animals - the duck, the timber rattlesnake, even the raccoon posed knee-deep in water - are fine works of art here.
Drug war dropout calls effort a ‘failure’
By Ron Knox
April 3, 2006
For more than 14 years, Jack Cole fought the war on drugs as a New Jersey state narcotics agent.
Kansas reports drop in number of abortions
April 3, 2006
The number of abortions performed in Kansas decreased for the fourth straight year, according to state statistics.
Black Jack cleanup on county agenda
April 3, 2006
Douglas County commissioners will discuss cleanup of dump sites at Black Jack Battlefield east of Baldwin at their meeting this morning.
Lawrence teacher named to state hall
April 3, 2006
Ray Wilbur, a longtime Lawrence educator, has been selected for induction in the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame.
Concert at extinct volcano rumbles back to life
By Alexandre da Silva - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
A crowd of mostly baby boomers rocked an otherwise silent volcano, dancing and singing to the first concert inside Diamond Head crater in nearly 30 years. “The crater is our Woodstock in Hawaii,” screamed 49-year-old Eddie Knoebel, who once joined wild teenagers for popular crater concerts in the 1960s and ‘70s. “We want this back, baby.”
In surprise visit, diplomats pressure Iraqi leader
Rice, British envoy urge progress in choosing coalition
By Anne Gearan - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Frustrated by Iraq’s failure to form a government, the chief U.S. and British diplomats told squabbling leaders Sunday that it is time to pick a governing coalition.
Airline service taking a nosedive
Customer satisfaction at lowest point since 2000, survey reveals
By Leslie Miller - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Travelers increasingly are unhappy with airlines, ranking lost luggage among their biggest complaints, according to an annual survey by university researchers that rates carriers’ quality.
Call to duty separates soldiers and families
Unit gathers in Lawrence for goodbyes
By Ron Knox
April 3, 2006
On command, the families of the brigade stood Sunday in the Free State High School auditorium and prepared to say goodbye to their soldiers.
Frist to push for Senate immigration vote this week
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday he wants a full Senate vote on an immigration bill this week and believes that urgent action is needed despite sharp divisions over whether proposed legislation would amount to amnesty.
Report lowers figures on I.D. theft
By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
An estimated 3.6 million U.S. households - or about three out of every 100 - reported being victims of identity theft, according to a government study that counted misuse of someone else’s cell phone, credit card or personal information.
Two dead, four missing after SUV plunge
April 3, 2006
Police found the bodies of two women Sunday inside a sport utility vehicle that had plunged into the Ohio River in Henderson, and were searching for four men a survivor said also were in the SUV.
Former Sen. Helms suffering dementia
April 3, 2006
Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, in increasingly poor health before and since he left office three years ago, has vascular dementia and has moved into a convalescent center near his home in Raleigh, his wife said.
Strong storms leave at least eight dead
April 3, 2006
At least eight people in western Tennessee were killed as severe storms and possible tornadoes swept across the state, emergency officials said.
Voice-command technology coming for phones
By Mark Jewell - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
For now, something like “Call Mom” is the most advanced voice command that most cell phones can handle. A maker of speech-recognition software for personal computers hopes to change that.
Lawrence company to offer Kid Safe
April 3, 2006
Premier Martial Arts, formerly New Horizons Tae Kwon Do, will present the nationally recognized Kid Safe Program for free to Douglas County children, ages 5 to 12, at 11 a.m. April 22 at 3201 Clinton Parkway Court.
Company offers DNA in a pendant
April 3, 2006
People hoping to remember deceased loved ones with something more permanent than a lock of hair or faded photo can now have a piece of their DNA saved in a pendant. Eiwa Industry Co. recently began selling pendants for preserving genetic mementos of the dead.
Value life
April 3, 2006
To the editor: In recent months, a concerning trend in public opinion toward what we should do in Iraq has developed. “Leave!” It’s what I hear on the news, in public opinion polls and on the street.
Trashy trend
April 3, 2006
To the editor: What is the city code regarding residential trash pickup? In a trash receptacle, tied up in plastic bags, stuffed in boxes, what exactly?
All Americans
April 3, 2006
To the editor: This is a subject that I hesitate to bring up, but I wish that people living in this country would call it what it is - the United States of America.
U.S. universities should remember Detroit
April 3, 2006
The evidence from the world’s campuses and common rooms could not be much clearer. America rules the academic roost. It boasts 17 of the world’s top 20 universities, employs 70 percent of the world’s Nobel prize winners and attracts the best and the brightest from just about everywhere.
Old home town - 25 years ago today
April 3, 2006
All the candidates for City Commission in the April 7 general election said they favored the commission-manager plan here and had no interest whatever in periodic efforts by a small group to return to political, geographical selection of council-commission members.
Father surrenders to feminine family
David Shribman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 3, 2006
A colleague of mine just added a daughter, his second, to his family, and I called to congratulate him on his good luck, because little Jenna, all 7 pounds 13 ounces of her, is healthy and, I am quite sure, so truly beautiful, even in her very first days. But what I really wanted to say is something maybe best said in private, and here I am telling him in public what is almost surely going to get me in trouble and is going to flood my e-mail account with angry denunciations.
Board of Healing Arts files charges against ex-member
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Dr. Howard Ellis, former president of Kansas Board of Healing Arts, faces charges brought against him by the regulatory board on which he served before resigning last year.
Ellis city councilman objects to Habitat for Humanity home
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
A city councilman up for re-election in Ellis on Tuesday is circulating a petition to prevent Habitat for Humanity from building a home in his neighborhood.
Library plans day of Dickinson poetry
By George Diepenbrock
12:00 a.m., April 3, 2006 Updated 09:21 a.m.
Volunteers will read her poems several times Tuesday over the Lawrence Public Library’s public address system, and then Emily Dickinson will make an appearance that evening to read some herself.
Duke rolls to title game
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Duke’s defense ganged up on the smoothest scorer in women’s college basketball, shutting down Seimone Augustus and blowing LSU away Sunday night to set up an all-ACC matchup for the NCAA title.
Pruning key to damaged-tree survival
Missouri Dept. of Conservation
April 3, 2006
Trees that lost limbs in recent tornadoes and thunderstorms are at high risk for decline or even death. Owners can reduce that risk substantially with careful pruning.
Saugeye give walleye boost
Wildlife and Parks
April 3, 2006
State fisheries’ biologists are embarking on a saugeye project that promises positive effects on the state walleye population, as well as other species.
Home-field edge missing at WPT
Phil Hellmuth
April 3, 2006
Not so long ago, another World Poker Tour (WPT) championship hit San Jose, right in my back yard. It was pretty nice driving just 20 minutes from my home to the Bay 101 card club to play in a WPT event. Unfortunately, I would be leaving Bay 101 on day one with a bad taste in my mouth.
This UCLA team unlike the rest
The 2006 Bruins winning with defense, and that wasn’t the case with past championship teams
By Mike Downey - Chicago Tribune
April 3, 2006
John Wooden’s teams scored 100 points or more 88 times. That could be the UCLA you know - the hook shots of Lew Alcindor (before he became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), the bank shots of Bill Walton, the silky-smooth jump shots of Keith Wilkes (later Jamaal Wilkes), the long left-handed ones of Gail Goodrich, the swoops to the hoop of Marques Johnson.
One to go for Maryland
Terps clinch berth in championship
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Maryland is playing for its first national championship, and these Terrapins are no fluke. The only team to beat top-ranked North Carolina in the regular season did it again Sunday night, outhustling and outmuscling the disjointed Tar Heels 81-70 in the NCAA women’s national semifinal.
Tigers recall Tata to replace Jones
April 3, 2006
On the eve of their opener against Kansas City, the Detroit Tigers recalled right-hander Jordan Tata from Double-A Erie on Sunday to replace reliever Todd Jones, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Baseball opens with angst
By Erin McClam - Associated Press National Writer
April 3, 2006
Baseball relies on numbers the way the Earth relies on gravity. So the conundrum facing the game at the start of its new season is awkward at best, devastating at worst: Arguably its most hallowed statistical record is under assault by a man who is - unarguably, at the moment - its most vilified player.
Tale of the tape: Florida vs. UCLA
April 3, 2006
Gators (32-6) vs. Bruins (32-6)
Americans among Sunday’s 50 dead
Helicopter pilots’ bodies recovered
By John Ward Anderson - The Washington Post
April 3, 2006
At least 50 people were killed in Iraq Sunday in a catalog of violence that that included a mortar attack, military firefights, roadside bombs and other explosions.
Ex-Colorado politician, Lawrence native dies
George Brown received KU’s Distinguished Service Citation in 2003
J-W Staff and Wire Reports
April 3, 2006
George Brown, a former Colorado lieutenant governor and a graduate of Liberty Memorial High School and Kansas University, died of cancer Thursday at his Florida home. He was 79.
On the record
April 3, 2006
Nicotine supplements shown to interfere with cancer therapy
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
Lung-cancer patients who use nicotine supplements such a patch or gum to help them quit smoking may undermine their chemotherapy.
Residents value chance to peek behind badge
J-W Staff Reports
April 3, 2006
The Lawrence Police Department’s 17th Citizens’ Academy began Feb. 28 and ended Thursday. The class included 15 people - eight women and seven men.
Warlord says Nigerians told him to flee
By Michelle Faul - Associated Press Writer
April 3, 2006
Nigerian security forces encouraged former Liberian President Charles Taylor to flee, his spiritual adviser said Sunday, calling into question Nigeria’s repeated denials that it was complicit in Taylor’s attempt to evade a war crimes trial.
Anniversary of pope’s death marked
The Associated Press
April 3, 2006
St. Peter’s Square twinkled with the lights of tens of thousands of candles and fluttered with the red and white flags of Pope John Paul II’s native Poland - then fell silent at the moment he died a year ago.
Tribesmen, militants kill 10, including cleric
April 3, 2006
Bombings and shootings killed at least nine people Sunday in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Baluchistan region, while Islamic militants gunned down a cleric near the Afghan border on suspicion he was spying for the U.S. and Britain.
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