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- Lawrence voters won’t cast ballots on a new library in …
- A Lawrence family gets an early morning wake up call …
- A judge sends a Gardner man to prison for killing …
- Trial is postponed for a Lawrence man in the beating …
- A man working for a local tree trimming company this …
- Students and faculty who commute to the KU campus in …
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she hasn’t yet ruled out banning …
- Eudora takes its first dip into the construction of a …
- One local elementary school students overcomes financial obstacles to help …
- Finals are over and it’s back to basketball full time …
- On Monday she was named the Big 12 Conference Rookie …
- For the next nine years the border showdown will close …
- The Eudora boys finished up their final night of games …
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- Family wakes up to fleeing man
- December 19, 2006
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, a Lawrence family woken by man running from police, city commissioners consider building the new library at the corner of 7th and New Hampshire, and education officials say that the U.S. needs to step up foreign language lessons.
- Fleeing suspect breaks down family door
- December 19, 2006
- Polce were in pursuit.
- Taking a shot among the pros
- LHS photographers have work accepted, honored in five-state competition
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on D1
- As an artist, it takes courage to create something and then let other people see it.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County wants to give “Bigs” for Christmas this year.
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on D2
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County wants to give “Bigs” for Christmas this year.
- Cell phones for all stifle in-law bonding
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Random thoughts while making my list and checking it twice …
- Burglar strikes parking lot of senior housing complex, steals Christmas gifts
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- A burglar or burglars struck the parking lot of a senior citizens’ housing complex during the weekend and stole $100 worth of Christmas presents from one resident’s car, according to police reports.
- Driver charged in hit-and-run that killed KU student appears in court
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence man charged with killing a Kansas University student in a hit-and-run wreck earlier this year made a brief first appearance Monday in Douglas County District Court.
- KU Hospital reports good fiscal year
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Quality services spurred a financially good year at the University of Kansas Hospital, officials said Monday.
- Autopsy completed in train fatality
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence resident who was struck and killed by a train earlier this year tested positive for sedatives and may have been undergoing liver failure caused by cirrhosis, according to an autopsy report filed in District Court.
- Anti-abortion group gives award to Kline
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Operation Rescue, a national anti-abortion group, on Friday gave outgoing Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline its man of the year award.
- Gates effects change of command at Defense Department
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Defense Secretary Robert Gates took the oath of office Monday, warning that the nation cannot afford failure in Iraq and promising that the war there will be his top priority.
- Dining club moves off back burner
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A1
- It was hard to say goodbye to Kansas University’s Learned Club. “It was the best place in the state of Kansas to eat, to dine, to socialize,” said Larry Welch, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and a KU graduate.
- County’s year-end bonus
- Commissioners increase salaries for themselves, elected officials
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Douglas County commissioners on Monday gave themselves and other elected officials pay raises amounting to several thousand dollars per individual. They say the move is to bring salaries in line with other Kansas counties of comparable size. Commissioners will see their annual pay increase by more than 50 percent - from $21,507 to $32,552. The median household income in Douglas County was $38,868 in 2003, the most recent year available.
- Divided loyalties
- Former Firebird finds niche at LHS
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C1
- When Lawrence High senior Hannah Somers attends local wrestling meets, she cheers for crosstown rival Free State High. “I will always root for Free State,” Somers said, “just ‘cause my brother goes there.”
- Johnson blasts K.C. offense
- Disgruntled running back says Chiefs are too predictable
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Larry Johnson’s theory for what ails Kansas City’s offense may land him in the doghouse with his coaches and probably some of his teammates, as well.
- Fuzzy math helps Jayhawks
- Creativity allows KU football to sign four juco recruits in 2006-07 class
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C1
- With four junior-college recruits set to sign Wednesday, it seems Kansas University’s football team once again blew past its self-imposed limit of three juco recruits per year for 2005-06 and 2006-07 after NCAA violations were unearthed. And that’s true - but it’s also within the rules of its own penalty.
- Woodling: Barrage no game to forget
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C1
- As sand slithers through the hourglass, memories dim. We can recall, but we don’t really remember. Specifics fade away. During a holiday party conversation the other day, the inevitable topic of Kansas University men’s basketball arose, and somehow the conversation led to me mentioning how the Jayhawks once scored 150 points in a game against Kentucky. Jaws dropped. Eyes bugged. “One hundred and 50 points???” “Against Kentucky???”
- Cartoon co-creator Barbera dies
- With Hanna, he brought Yogi Bear, Flintstones to life
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.
- Q & A with Lauren Kimball
- FSHS point guard thrives under pressure
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C8
- It’s about 5:10 p.m. on a Wednesday, and the Free State High girls basketball team is about to finish practice. The Firebirds gather near the side of the court to watch senior guard Lauren Kimball shoot a foul shot. No one is near her.
- City athletes of the week
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Prep Notebook: Veritas seeking supplemental scoring punch
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Veritas Christian girls basketball coach Kevin Shelton knows what he’s going to get out of junior Kristie Tiegreen every night. The mystery comes in finding a dependable scoring option or two to help carry the load.
- Tittrington: Tongie enjoying reversal
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Finding the silver lining in a 2-19 season is a lot like looking for the electric bill that was inadvertently tossed out with last week’s garbage. Sure, you can probably find it if you look hard enough, but you have to dig through an awful lot of foul stuff before finally getting there.
- Rams feel growing pains
- Tradition-rich WSSU 1-13 in first year in Div. I
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C7
- The transition from NCAA Div. II to Div. I has been a painful one for Winston-Salem State University’s tradition-rich basketball program. “It’s tough, very tough,” senior guard Curtis Hines told the Winston-Salem Journal. “I didn’t lose in high school, and my first three years here we were successful, so in this transition year we have to get through it as best we can.”
- Manning lights up Bengals
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Peyton Manning felt cuddly warm thanks to his favorite receiver.
- Peculiar turns in Gatlin story
- Doping case reveals underbelly of track and field
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C6
- The news that came six months ago seemed all too familiar: A champion athlete tests positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The athlete immediately professes his innocence and vows to clear his name. And one day, sprinter Justin Gatlin perhaps will be remembered as nothing more than another cheat busted in the steroid era.
- Texas Tech loses on rainy court
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Tenth-ranked Arizona State beat Texas Tech, 61-45, on Monday night when the second outdoor game in women’s college basketball history was called because of rain with 4:18 to play at Chase Field, home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Miami takes pass on Iverson
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Cross Miami off the list of potential landing spots for Allen Iverson.
- Volunteers top OSU
- Putback finishes off upset of Cowboys
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl thought about benching Dane Bradshaw late because of the senior guard’s injured right shoulder. Good thing he didn’t.
- NBA slaps brawlers
- Anthony gets longest ban: 15 games
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C4
- With its image tarnished again, the NBA on Monday responded to Saturday night’s brawl between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets by suspending seven players and fining both teams $500,000 each.
- Big 12 rewards KU freshman Kohn
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University’s Kelly Kohn has been named Big 12 Conference women’s basketball rookie of the week.
- Cardinals fall at home
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Eudora High girls basketball team struggled to find consistent offense Monday night, falling to Gardner-Edgerton, 46-30, in a Frontier League contest.
- Commentary: NBA’s image more fragile than NFL’s
- Public, media overwhelmingly direct outrage at basketball’s bad boys, not football’s
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C2
- The guess here is David Stern weighs about 170 pounds. But he hits like a linebacker.
- Owens fined $35,000 for loogie
- Cowboys may further penalize receiver, Parcells says
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Terrell Owens has 35,000 reasons never to spit at an opponent again.
- Students learn about respect in relationships
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B2
- When people think of abusive relationships, they often conjure up an image of adults. But experts say teenagers get caught in similar situations.
- On the record
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Datebook
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B2
- B-29 bomber to move to aviation museum
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A historic bomber that has been undergoing restoration for seven years will be moved to the Kansas Aviation Museum next month.
- Litvinenko case witness gives further testimony
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A key witness in the poisoning death of former Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko said Monday that he had been questioned again by investigators probing the case.
- Women’s service receives $2,500 grant
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Women’s Transitional Care Services has received a $2,500 grant from Verizon Wireless, the company announced this month.
- Province leader ousted
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The Afghan government has fired the governor of its biggest drug-producing province, a center of Taliban resistance that has seen some of the country’s heaviest fighting this year, officials said Monday.
- Fishing boat carrying migrants capsized twice
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A fishing boat crowded with more than 100 African migrants capsized at least twice while sailing to Spain’s Canary Islands, spilling passengers and leaving scores dead as survivors drifted for about 10 days without food or water, officials said Monday.
- U.S. lawmakers promote agriculture trade on trip
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Reps. Jerry Moran and Jo Ann Emerson, back from a weekend visit to Cuba, said Monday the U.S. government should ease travel restrictions and expand agricultural trade with the communist nation.
- President’s opponents lead local elections
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results Monday, in voting viewed as a sign of public discontent with his hard-line stance.
- British police arrest suspect in deaths of five prostitutes
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Police on Monday arrested a 37-year-old grocery store clerk on suspicion of killing five prostitutes - slayings that struck terror in this quiet English community.
- Abbas pushes elections
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he will push ahead with new elections despite a wave of factional fighting between his Fatah party and the rival Islamic group Hamas.
- Kansas basketball notebook
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C7
- U.S. sees little progress with N. Korea
- Six-nation talks in China aim to halt nuclear arms program
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The chief U.S. negotiator said today there had been no progress yet during renewed six-nation talks aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms program in exchange for economic aid and security guarantees.
- Bush touts new nuclear legislation on India
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- President Bush signed legislation Monday to let America share its nuclear know-how and fuel with India even though New Delhi refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Carbon monoxide eyed at house where 7 died
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Investigators said Monday they were looking at the possibility that seven people found dead in an apartment were killed by carbon monoxide.
- Laura Bush had skin cancer tumor removed
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- First lady Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin in early November. The procedure was not disclosed until Monday night.
- Rescuers say climbers may have been blown over cliff
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.
- Violent crime rates up, FBI says
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Murders and robberies continued to rise across the country during the first six months of 2006, preliminary FBI data released Monday show, indicating that the lull in crime between 2001 and 2004 appears to be over.
- Study cool to black cohosh as relief from menopause symptoms
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.
- Ex-Fannie Mae leaders face federal charges
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A8
- The government Monday filed civil charges against former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines and two other top executives, accusing them of misconduct costing shareholders billions of dollars.
- People in the news
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Voters put Spears in doghouse as bad celebrity pet owner ¢ No-name to win Grammy duet with Timberlake ¢ Early Garland recordings get little interest at auction ¢ ‘Apprentice’ winner Rancic engaged to E!’s DePandi
- The art of regifting
- If done right, offering an old gift can be beneficial
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C10
- What a minefield giving can be. And it can be particularly complicated when you’re a regifter, which involves giving someone something that you had received as a gift (or an item that you have stashed in the back of your closet). I remember one regift I received that I didn’t appreciate - at the time.
- African Adorned: Mother giving gift of business
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Elizabeth Kurata didn’t get a chance to exchange gifts with her world-traveling daughter last year - being separated by four states and the world’s largest ocean will do that - so this season she’s more than making up for it. Kurata’s giving her the family business.
- Commodities
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Ex-Iraqi minister charged with corruption escapes
- ‘Foreign’ security agents aid Green Zone plot
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Private guards in SUVs helped Iraq’s former electricity minister escape from a police station just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone where the dual U.S.-Iraqi citizen was being held on corruption charges, officials said Monday.
- Powell questions U.S. troop increase in Iraq
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The U.S. Army is “about broken.”
- Documents link Saddam to chemical attack on Kurds
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Prosecutors charging former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with genocide presented potentially damning documents Monday in his trial showing his government used banned chemical weapons in a late 1980s counterinsurgency operation against rebellious Iraqi Kurds.
- Report estimates cash value of marijuana crop
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A4
- For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America’s biggest cash crop. Now they’re citing government statistics to prove it.
- More colleges help students make that major decision
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Colleges around the country are devoting more time, money and staff power to students who can’t decide on a major, concerned that many of them will leave school without graduating or will prolong their college careers and take up precious spots for prospective students.
- Democrats pledge to reduce interest rate on student loans
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Alarmed by a rapid rise in student debt, Democratic leaders in the coming Congress are promising to lower payments on new college loans by cutting the interest rate in half.
- S.D. senator passes postsurgery benchmark
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Sen. Tim Johnson has been conscious at times since his emergency brain surgery last week, his spokeswoman said Monday. But he is being sedated so he can rest.
- Repeats not ruled out at this ‘House’
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A2
- I don’t know whether viewers know or care, but there is a grand experiment under way that may determine the future of TV drama.
- Several states sue EPA to reduce soot levels
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A5
- More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
- WWF finds more species on island of Borneo
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.
- Families seek funds for memorial to high school drowning victims
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Friends and family of a Labette County High School teacher and three students who drowned in Costa Rica are seeking funds for a memorial garden to be dedicated to them.
- Does new Mideast demand new strategy?
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice obviously thinks that former Secretary of State James Baker just doesn’t get how the Mideast has changed since he last plied the peacemaking shuttle 15 years ago. That’s one thing that becomes clear when you listen to her talk for any length of time, as she did during a visit to The Post last week. Of course she makes it clear in characteristic Rice fashion: polite, correct, not personal - but also forceful and eloquent and unmistakable.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Cruel and unusual for whom?
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Which of the following scenarios constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution: (1) aborting a baby with a fully developed nervous system and probably inflicting great pain; (2) murdering a nightclub manager in cold blood; (3) taking 34 minutes - twice the normal time - to execute the murderer of the nightclub manager?
- Letters reflect glow of season
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B7
- I love reading Christmas newsletters in which the writer bursts the bonds of modesty and comes forth with one gilt-edged paragraph after another: “Tara was top scorer on the Lady Cougars soccer team and won the lead role in the college production of ‘Antigone,’ which by the way they are performing in the original Greek. Her essay on chaos theory as an investment strategy will be in the next issue of Fortune magazine, the same week she’ll appear as a model in Vogue. How she does what she does and still makes Phi Beta Kappa is a wonderment to us all. And, yes, she is still volunteering at the homeless shelter.”
- Horoscopes
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B5
- Dear Dr. Wes and John: I have a bad temper, and when I get mad I take my anger out on my family. What do I do?
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Dear Dr. Wes and John: I have a bad temper, and when I get mad I take my anger out on my family. What do I do?
- Simien takes on teaching duties
- Self turns to former KU star’s game film to educate, inspire current roster
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Saddled with a case of salmonella, former Kansas University forward Wayne Simien hasn’t been able to help his current team - the Miami Heat - the past three weeks. He has remained productive, however, assisting his alma mater in an indirect way.
- Shuttle spacewalkers repair jammed solar array
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding a stubborn, accordionlike solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery’s otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
- Badgers leap to 4th in poll
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on C5
- An eight-day run that Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan called a “huge week” has the Badgers at their highest ranking ever.
- Salary sense
- The differences in salaries paid to elected city and county commissioners and school board members may be justifiable, but are they sensible?
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Salaries for elected officials in Lawrence and Douglas County seem out of whack. Douglas County commissioners’ decision Monday to raise their salaries by $11,000 apiece next year drew attention to the wide disparity between salaries paid to county commissioners, city commissioners and school board members.
- Obama not as unseasoned as critics contend
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B6
- So why not Barack Obama?
- Race organizers seek city support
- Group to ask commissioners to waive charges for benefit run
- December 19, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Organizers of the Lawrence Half Marathon will ask city commissioners at their meeting tonight to approve closing city streets and to waive charging for support during the April 15 race.
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