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- Kemper clunker
- Jayhawks uninspired in arena finale
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University’s basketball players did not wave goodbye to Kemper Arena at midday Saturday as the team bus pulled out of the parking lot one final time.
- What were the top stories of 2006?
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The year has been one of surprises and heartache, triumph and defeat.
- Fraternity builds gift of access
- Ramp installed as part of philanthropy project
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- An elderly Lawrence resident will have an easier way to get around on Christmas, thanks to a Kansas University fraternity.
- Bill would ban ‘mercury vaccine’
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The first bill in the legislative hopper for the 2007 session is one near and dear to Lawrence’s Linda Weinmaster and a number of parents across the state.
- Wildlife and Parks eye deer health
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Wildlife and Parks officials are working with dozens of individuals and organizations around the state to collect tissue samples from deer harvested this fall.
- Spearfisherman goes deep for record-setting tuna
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Craig Petersen, spear gun in his hands, took a deep breath and descended into the blue water off Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta. His target was big tuna.
- Minnesota hunter bags three deer with one shot
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Minnesota’s firearms deer season was almost over, and Chris Olsen of Two Harbors needed to get his venison. One shot changed his season in a big way.
- Hunters can take high or low road
- High-rise blinds not only way to have success with deer
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Just as I was beginning to think the afternoon photo session would be a bust, a yearling buck walked past the blind, no more than 10 yards away.
- Huskers blast Michigan
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C9
- After losing to Minnesota on Tuesday night, the No. 25 Cornhusker women stepped up their game Saturday, rolling over Michigan, 85-45, to take their third 40-point win of the season.
- Car bomb explodes; Sunnis protest attack
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A4
- An Iraqi scholars groups and the country’s largest Sunni Arab political party on Saturday condemned a U.S. military attack they say killed women and children.
- Board to consider capital projects
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence’s school board will consider spending up to about $10 million on capital projects during the next five years.
- Shockers top Wyoming
- Wichita State withstands another second-half comeback
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C8
- A week ago, Wichita State almost blew a 19-point lead at Syracuse, playing conservatively while the Orange made a late run that fell short.
- Williams wins 500th game, thanks former AD
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C8
- No Div. I coach reached the 500-win mark faster than Roy Williams. Fittingly, North Carolina used a quick start to give him that meaningful milestone.
- ‘Trees’ trouble Toledo
- Rockets find it hard to finish inside
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C7
- With no one on his team standing over 6-foot-7, Toledo basketball coach Stan Joplin should’ve seen this coming long ago.
- Fishing industry legislation passes
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A12
- Congress on Saturday passed the broadest overhaul of the rules that govern the U.S. fishing industry in a decade, with provisions instructing fishery managers to adhere strictly to scientific advice so as not to deplete the ocean.
- Gas explosions destroy three homes
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A12
- Natural gas explosions at Mohawk and S. Delaware streets in Allentown on Saturday afternoon leveled three homes, likely destroyed another and caused $1 million in damage.
- DNA tests prove Diana’s driver was drunk
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A12
- New DNA evidence proves the driver of Princess Diana’s car was drunk on the night of her fatal crash in a Paris underpass in 1997, British Broadcasting Corp. said Saturday.
- Jay Williams resumes comeback in NBA’s development league
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Jay Williams is on the road again and this time probably pretty close to Willie Nelson.
- Coach: Iverson not 76ers’ focus
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C10
- When the subject turned to Allen Iverson, Maurice Cheeks refused to budge.
- Cast your vote for top stories of 2006
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The 2006 year has been packed with thrills and spills supplied by local athletes and their teams.
- City trio qualifies for state
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Free State’s Julian Spangler and Blaine Juhl and Lawrence High’s Skyler Criswell qualified for state Saturday at the Olathe swimming and diving invitational.
- Golden Bears next on heavyweight slate
- KU women to entertain No. 16 California
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Nobody can accuse Bonnie Henrickson of watering down her schedule.
- Chiefs happy to be home during December
- Kansas City looking to continue 12th-month success against Baltimore
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Every year it happens, almost without fail. First, the Midwestern air turns frosty and brisk, and seasonal music fills the airwaves. Excited children clamber onto the laps of department-store Santas.
- Thousands evacuate as another typhoon hits
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Thousands of people in an area devastated by a powerful typhoon last week in the eastern Philippines were told to evacuate Saturday after another storm slammed into the central part of the country.
- Baby taken as payment for human smugglers
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A missing month-old boy kidnapped at knifepoint was taken as payment because his parents failed to pay human smugglers, police said Saturday.
- Abbas threatens early elections, but leaves door open to compromise
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Saturday to call early elections to end an impasse with Hamas but set no date for the vote, signaling he has not given up on forming a unity government with the Islamic militant group.
- Iran offers to help U.S. withdraw from Iraq
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Iran’s foreign minister delivered a blunt challenge to the United States on Saturday, saying Tehran is willing to help U.S. troops withdraw from neighboring Iraq but only if Washington makes some tough policy changes.
- Discovery lifts off, heads to space station
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Discovery lit up the sky late Saturday, blazing off for the first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years - the latest step in NASA’s ambitious schedule to complete the international space station.
- Pinning for attention
- Firebirds pleased with tournament performance
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Free State High senior wrestler Marc Somers felt like his team proved something Saturday at the 24-team Eudora Tournament of Champions.
- Shooting struggles snag LHS
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C4
- To the very end, the Lawrence High boys basketball team kept firing away, but the Lions’ shots rarely entered the hoop.
- Defensive switch keys Firebirds
- Free State shuts down big point guard, finishes fifth at Leavenworth tourney
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Before the Free State High boys basketball team faced Kansas City (Mo.) Hogan Prep on Saturday, the coaching staff didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary about Hogan Prep’s Terrance Hill, who stands 6-foot-4.
- Would Minnesota make Knight run?
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C2
- There is one Minnesota men’s basketball coach who would fill Williams Arena immediately, win games and graduate players. That would be Bobby Knight, currently in his sixth season at Texas Tech.
- Erickson to coach Arizona State
- Two-time title winner tells AD he’ll join Sun Devils
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Dennis Erickson has accepted the head-coaching job at Arizona State, Idaho athletic director Rob Spear said Saturday night.
- Police: Chicago gunman felt cheated over invention
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A11
- The gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree in a downtown high-rise law office went to the building in search of an attorney because he felt cheated over an invention, authorities said Saturday.
- Flamingo missing from Sedgwick County Zoo found 600 miles away
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B5
- A flamingo that escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo has turned up 600 miles away at a national wildlife refuge on the Texas coast and apparently has found a friend.
- Bank goes above and beyond to help worker serving in Iraq
- Employer paid difference between regular salary, National Guard check
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B5
- Jacques Smith was out of the sight of his colleagues at M&I Bank during his National Guard stint in Iraq, but he was never far from their minds.
- Fatigued Firebirds fall in final, 44-39
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C1
- It wasn’t stone, and it wasn’t brick, but it was there nonetheless. And Free State High’s girls basketball players hit it.
- Keegan: Kansas needs nasty
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Wanted: The meanest, nastiest, most sadistic student at Kansas University, a male version of Tonya Harding. Please report to the basketball office and get fitted for a uniform. Immediately.
- Farmers market gets festive for holidays
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Lawrence Farmers Market vendors for several months of the year see one another’s tables stacked with vegetables and meats.
- Children spend breakfast with Santa
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Dozens of area children got the chance to spend some quality time with Santa Claus on Saturday morning.
- No. 1 Bruins fend off Aggies
- Mizzou takes first loss; Kansas State wins narrowly
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C9
- The last time the rest of the country looked in on UCLA, the Bruins played their way into the national championship game with defense. They needed a big dose of it Saturday.
- UAB coach resigns to take job at Tennessee Tech
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Watson Brown, the coach who oversaw UAB’s move to Division I-A during 12 seasons but suffered through a disappointing 3-9 year, resigned and was introduced as the coach at Tennessee Tech hours later Saturday.
- Mount Union, Wisconsin-Whitewater reach Division III final
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Nate Kmic ran for a career-high 371 yards and three touchdowns to lead defending champion Mount Union to a 26-14 victory over St. John Fisher in the NCAA Division III semifinals Saturday.
- Shannon takes over at Miami
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Once surrounded by bad examples and now surrounded by cameras and microphones, new Miami Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon politely declines to talk about the worst trouble he ever got into.
- Alabama carries on without coach
- Crimson Tide players preparing for Independence Bowl
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Wallace Gilberry finds some solace by pointing to Alabama’s tradition, always a favorite pastime around these parts. Only he’s thinking of coaching changes, not championships.
- Mistaken death leads to dropped coverage
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B10
- Margaret C. Morris and her insurance company now agree: She’s alive.
- Taco Bell: Tests rule out E. coli in everything but scallions
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Taco Bell announced Saturday that tests have ruled out all its ingredients except one - scallions - as a possible source of a harsh strain of E. coli that has sickened more than 60 people in the Northeast.
- People in the news
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Cage to explore opportunities outside acting ¢ Alec Baldwin moderates nuclear plant discussion
- ‘NoTORIous’ yard sale draws scores seeking slice of fame
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Only in Hollywood can a yard sale for a minor celebrity escalate into a hyperventilated national entertainment event.
- Rumsfeld pays final visit to troops in Iraq
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Iraq on Saturday, just days after a bipartisan commission called the situation there “grave and deteriorating” and said the administration’s policy wasn’t working.
- White House debating if new troop strategy is needed
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A5
- In a rush to chart a new course for the Iraq war, President Bush’s national security team is debating whether additional troops are needed to secure Baghdad - a short-term force increase that could be made up of all Americans, a combination of U.S. and Iraqi forces, or all Iraqis, a senior administration official said Saturday.
- Online offer turns KU student into Lawrence’s Santa Claus
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Case Bruyr chugged down Iowa Street on Friday afternoon in his 1976 Lincoln Continental, which he calls Dolores. In his back seat, he carried an assortment of holiday items, including an artificial Christmas tree in a box, a stuffed Spider-Man toy, board games and a princess castle.
- Senator calls for religion in prisons
- Brownback takes campaign to jail
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Sen. Sam Brownback took his budding presidential campaign to prison this weekend, spent a restless night among inmates and pressed his message that faith can work even to improve the lives of hardened criminals.
- Health quandary
- Legislators concerned Kansas money will flow into Missouri
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Everyone wants to provide the best health care for the region and to make Kansas City a leader in life science research.
- Architecture students from KU win awards
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University architecture and urban design students received Merit Awards in the AIA Kansas City Design Awards program in November.
- Safety concerns delay opening
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The opening of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum again will be delayed while emergency equipment is installed at the 650-foot-deep museum.
- S. Korea resorts to TV writers to boost birthrates
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A9
- Faced with a tumbling birthrate and women souring on the idea of marriage and family, the South Korean government is reaching out to a small group of people believed to have the power to avert a demographic catastrophe: prime-time drama writers.
- Pump patrol
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- English major receives national recognition
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- An essay on an obscure word used by William Shakespeare, “directitude,” has won a Kansas University student a national prize.
- Birthday wish list: donating to others
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- K.J. Lashley’s birthday invitations went out to his friends in November.
- Arts center sponsors children’s shop
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Woodlawn School sixth-grader Jasmine Miller, 11, darted from table to table Saturday morning, peeking at potential Christmas gifts for her entire family.
- Remember to protect your pets this holiday season
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D10
- Dangers to pets lurk throughout the house all year, but especially during the holiday season.
- Dip pens still used for calligraphy, types of illustration
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Long before the ballpoint pen and the fountain pen, letters were written by dip pens or nib pens. Early pens were simple. They were just a holder and a point.
- Modern fashions key off legendary trio
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D7
- In an age when the word is grossly overused, they remain, incontrovertibly, icons: elegance embodied, high fashion at the dawn of the television era, with charmed lives and striking beauty.
- Lawrence orchestra to stage benefit
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D6
- The Elaris Duo - Steven and Larisa Elisha - will join Kansas University oboe faculty Margaret Marco and guitarist Beau Bledsoe on Friday for the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra’s annual “‘Twas the Night” benefit concert.
- Museum plans winter program
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D6
- Baby it’s cold outside, and the Watkins Community Museum of History on Saturday will play host to “W is for Winter.”
- Mag teaches art of surprise
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D6
- Show your wife how much you care with a carefully planned surprise. The December/January issue of Best Life urges men to get creative when thinking of something special for their spouse.
- Ghosts of Christmas presents past
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D6
- Christmas is just around the corner, and young and old are thinking of only one thing: PRESENTS! What am I going to get? What am I going to give? Pretty much in that order.
- Best-sellers
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Poet’s Showcase
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Forsaken
- Plan proposes nifty post-50 birthday bashes
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D1
- I’m suffering from a birthday hangover. Not the kind caused by too many flutes of champagne over a steak and lobster dinner. This case of the blahs is of the Peggy Lee, “Is That All There Is?” variety.
- Three times the love
- Couple juggles long commute, sleepless nights to raise triplets
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Christy Kilpatrick is performing an amazing feat.Her triplets are lined up on the couch. It’s midway through feeding time.
- Bankruptcy
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on E1
- One Douglas County resident filed for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:
- Employees add expertise, hours
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Images Salon & Day Spa announces changes for two employees at the business, 511 W. Ninth St.
- Art therapist attends conference
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Libby Schmanke, a board-certified art therapist, attended the annual conference of the American Art Therapy Association, conducted Nov. 15-19 in New Orleans.
- Consider new ways to save on federal taxes
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on E1
- Year-end tax strategies can make the eyes glaze over in the fall - and make the heart go pitter-patter when you reap the benefits in the spring.
- Pay to stay
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B9
- To the editor: Bill Wagnon suggests all-day kindergarten at the taxpayers’ expense, including the senior citizens. I don’t think that’s fair or considerate.
- The coal rush
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B9
- To the editor: Why are we allowing new coal plants when we know they are bad for our health and the long-term economy? It’s the coal rush.
- Presidential field crowded at starting line
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B9
- Just how many presidential candidates can you shove into one tiny state?
- Report, response set up key foreign policy debate
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B9
- On the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the pieces moved into place for a foreign policy-national security debate as consequential as any this nation and its allies have faced since the start of World War II.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B8
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 10, 1906: “The Nobel Peace Prize with an award of $40,000 today was conferred on President Theodore Roosevelt by the Norwegian parliament.
- Miracle of democracy
- The future of America’s precious democracy depends on participation and understanding “by the people.”
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Amid the mass of celebrity gossip and scandal, actor Richard Dreyfuss, has a message worthy of some attention.
- By Dr. Barbara Atkinson
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Editorials have appeared recently in this paper questioning the merits of the discussions currently under way involving the Kansas University Medical Center.
- Bush has last chance to salvage Iraq policy
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B8
- President Bush has finally heard some realistic, even brutal, ideas about finding a path out of Iraq that he should seriously consider.
- QB shortage killing fantasy playoff bids
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C8
- The riveting round of dueling blunders between Chicago’s Rex Grossman and Minnesota’s Brad Johnson was much more than just a heinous display of football.
- Bush finally breaks out
- Rookie back wondered, ‘Am I built for this game?’
- December 10, 2006
- Reggie Bush never seemed phased by the wise cracks that he was the highest-paid decoy in the NFL.
- Toplikar: Blue battle - Blu-ray, HD DVD fight for video supremacy
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on E1
- I was reading up on the difference between the next generation of DVD formats when Katy brought in her tiny new dog.
- Iraq report puts spotlight on less obvious toll war has taken on U.S. military
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Beyond its prescriptions for fixing Iraq, the special commission that studied a new approach to the war also spotlighted less obvious military ills that have deepened as fighting has dragging on.
- Horoscopes
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D8
- For Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006:
- On the record
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Datebook
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Kansas basketball notebook
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C7
- The crowd was announced as 16,488 in a building that seats 17,818 for basketball.
- Kaun finds groove
- KU big man feasts on Rockets
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C6
- For the first time this season, Sasha Kaun looked completely relaxed in a game setting on the basketball court.
- Ottawa’s Ojeleye erupts for 31 in tourney loss
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Victor Ojeleye scored 31 points, but the Ottawa High boys basketball team fell to host Goodland, 64-62, on Saturday in the championship game of the Topside Tip-off.
- Smith wins Heisman, loses cool
- Emotional Ohio State quarterback takes trophy in landslide
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Ohio State senior quarterback Troy Smith tried not to lose his poise during his first trip to the Big Apple. But it was hard to disguise the emotion that swept over him when he became the sixth player from that storied Big Ten program to win the Heisman Trophy.
- Toy drive’s big push a success
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Douglas County Toys for Tots volunteers made their final push Saturday at collecting 6,100 toys to give for Christmas to youngsters in need.
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Wade Stinson, Kansas University athletics director, said a search was on to find a successor to Jack Mitchell as KU football coach.
- Book delves into ‘Wonderful Life’
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” has certainly had a wonderful life. The beloved film - which was a flop on its initial release - turns 60 this year.
- Police story
- Wambaugh continues to draw thin blue lines
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Like a ghost returning to the scene of the crime, Joseph Wambaugh was back on the streets of Hollywood. Nearly 40 years ago he had patrolled the fabled, sleazy boulevards as a Juvenile cop with the Los Angeles Police Department - long before he became a master of the modern police novel.
- Concerts, crimes, gallery closings among top A&E stories of 2006
- December 10, 2006 in print edition on D1
- There never seems to be a shortage of happenings in the Lawrence arts and entertainment scene. And 2006 was no exception.
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