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- KU jumps to 16th in AP, 18th in Coaches
- February 20, 2006
- KU jumped into the polls for the first time this season last week at the 22nd slot in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. On Monday the Jayhawks (19-6, 10-2 Big 12) hopped up six spots to No. 16. Kansas, which was also ranked 22nd in the ESPN/USA Today Poll last week, moved to 18th in the Coaches Poll. Texas — which lost 81-60 at Oklahoma State on Sunday, and who KU will face on Saturday — dropped one spot to seventh, in both polls.
- United Way names county co-chairs
- February 20, 2006
- The United Way of Douglas County today announced that Debbie and Richard Konzem will be the 2006-2007 campaign co-chairs.
- Kline faces ethics probe
- February 20, 2006
- The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission is investigating a fund-raising solicitation by Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, it was confirmed today.
- Warmer weather moving in
- Temperatures headed up to the 50s on Wednesday
- 08:46 a.m., February 20, 2006 Updated 11:58 a.m.
- Tired of cloudy skies and arctic-like cold temperatures? Sunny skies return this afternoon, with temperatures climbing into the 40s, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- KU women allowed back in locker room
- February 20, 2006
- They’re back. Kansas University’s women basketball players have been granted access to their locker room again.
- Falling equipment costs could open door to more house arrests
- February 20, 2006
- It costs $90 a day to house a criminal in jail. It costs roughly $20 to put him on house arrest.
- Students to honor Thurgood Marshall
- February 20, 2006
- Kansas University’s Black Law Students Assn. will host Thurgood Marshall Law Day on Friday at the law school.
- Showing their stories
- Junior high students learn to tell personal tales with cameras
- February 20, 2006
- How do you encourage a group of junior high school students to express themselves? Some might suggest you teach them to use a camera. Community members, local artists and regional businesses have collaborated to make it possible for area students to explore the art of photography.
- Security forces seal capital to quell protests of cartoons
- February 20, 2006
- Pakistani security forces arrested hundreds of Islamic hard-liners, virtually sealed off the capital and used gunfire and tear gas Sunday to quell protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- February 20, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.07 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Native plants seen as new tool in taming stormwater problems
- Rain gardens to the rescue
- February 20, 2006
- Flower power is back. At least in Kansas City, Mo., it is. Leaders in the neighboring metropolitan area are spending a lot of time these days growing an idea that uses flowers to combat the oftentimes expensive problems related to stormwater flooding.
- Candy makers try to cater to the health-conscious
- February 20, 2006
- It’s every chocolate lover’s wish that their favorite indulgence could somehow be healthy for them. Now, chocolate makers claim they have granted that wish.
- Redick finally a career man
- Sharpshooter tops Duke charts; USC upends UCLA
- February 20, 2006
- J.J. Redick lost a defender around a screen, took a pass in front of the Duke bench and launched a three-pointer that had an entire arena holding its breath.
- Guiel to play in WBC
- February 20, 2006
- Although he is not assured of a spot on the Kansas City Royals’ roster, Aaron Guiel has decided to leave spring training in early March to play for Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
- Falls help U.S. skaters
- Men’s curling team advances to semis
- February 20, 2006
- Fiesta time on ice turned into an Olympic fallfest, with only the Russians and Americans avoiding real calamity.
- Oklahoma State stuns Longhorns
- February 20, 2006
- Coach Eddie Sutton called the Oklahoma State locker room Sunday afternoon and offered words of praise to his team.
- Lawrence datebook
- February 20, 2006
- Funding for research to aid women’s health
- February 20, 2006
- Four KU Medical Center researchers have been chosen to receive funding to further research that benefits women’s health.
- Israel cuts off critical funds to Palestinians
- February 20, 2006
- Israel branded the Palestinian government a “terrorist authority” Sunday and halted the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax money after Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament.
- Powerball winner lies low in Nebraska
- February 20, 2006
- The sole winning ticket for the biggest jackpot in Powerball history was purchased at a Nebraska convenience store, lottery officials said Sunday, as they patiently waited for someone to step forward and claim the $365 million prize.
- Schools divided on repair proposals
- Community, technical colleges excluded from regents funding plan
- February 20, 2006
- A debate in the Statehouse over how to pay for hundreds of millions of dollars of repairs at public colleges also has revealed a fracture between regents universities and the rest of higher education.
- Dogs have their day in Mardi Gras parade
- February 20, 2006
- Sadi and Stella sat demurely in a corner of Louis Armstrong Park, a pair of perfect canine ladies waiting for their annual walk with the Mystic Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade.
- People in the news
- February 20, 2006
- ¢ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ tops at British Academy Film Awards ¢ ‘Godfather’ actor killed by bus in Manhattan ¢ Clash of the ‘Apprentices’ ¢ Ready for critics
- Capitol Briefing
- News from the Kansas Statehouse
- February 20, 2006
- ¢ Hangin’ with coach ¢ Barnett changes position ¢ Higher ed reforms ¢ Deadline looming ¢ Quote of the week ¢ Things to watch
- Big 12 up for grabs
- Kansas focuses on Bears
- February 20, 2006
- Bill Self watched Oklahoma State’s dismantling of Texas on TV on Sunday from his Parrott Athletic Center office.
- Horoscopes
- February 20, 2006
- For Monday, Feb. 20
- Keegan’s report: college basketball
- February 20, 2006
- J-W sports editor Tom Keegan each week will observe and analyze the national college basketball scene.
- Senate leader comfortable with wiretap laws
- In contrast, Roberts seeking new legislation
- February 20, 2006
- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, standing firmly with the White House on the administration’s eavesdropping program, said Sunday he doesn’t think new or updated legislation is needed to govern domestic surveillance to foil terrorists.
- Tenant behavior
- February 20, 2006
- To the editor: It is unfortunate that the Feb. 5 interview with landlord Serina Hearn regarding off-campus disorderly behavior left so much out.
- Mudslide victims buried; few left to mourn them
- February 20, 2006
- Standing in a light drizzle, the handful of mourners didn’t know any of the 30 people laid side by side in a mass grave Sunday as workers began burying the few victims recovered since a mudslide wiped out this farming village.
- Blast traps dozens of Mexican miners
- February 20, 2006
- A gas buildup in a northern Mexico coal mine triggered a pre-dawn explosion Sunday, trapping at least 65 coal miners underground with a limited supply of oxygen. Emergency officials were tunneling through the debris to rescue them.
- Two killed in bus crash
- February 20, 2006
- A charter bus carrying 45 passengers overturned along an icy interstate Saturday, killing a woman and an 8-year-old boy and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.
- Volunteers needed to read to children
- February 20, 2006
- The 2006 Read Across America after-school reading event on March 2 needs volunteers. Read Across America engages adults in encouraging children to read by sharing storybooks together. Volunteers will read stories to children, help the children read and discuss the stories
- Bin Laden vows never to be captured alive
- February 20, 2006
- Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the U.S. had resorted to the same “repressive” tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audiotape purportedly by the al-Qaida leader that was posted today on a militant Web site.
- FEMA to sponsor housing for New Orleans police
- February 20, 2006
- The city’s police officers and other first responders will continue to have federally sponsored housing after they vacate the cruise ships they’ve called home since Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday.
- Worth a study
- February 20, 2006
- Mail carrier helps police end 36-hour hunt for N.D. couple
- February 20, 2006
- Police in Kansas have arrested a couple previously convicted of conspiring to rob a bank in North Dakota.
- Offices announce Presidents Day closings
- February 20, 2006
- Some government offices and public services in Lawrence and Douglas County will be closed today in observance of Presidents Day.
- Indictments expected in body parts scheme
- February 20, 2006
- Indictments of the alleged leaders of a lucrative stolen body parts ring are being prepared as a Brooklyn grand jury completes its investigation, the New York Daily News has learned.
- Young powers Baylor past Texas Tech, 73-60
- February 20, 2006
- Sophia Young scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead No. 12 Baylor to a 73-60 victory Sunday over Texas Tech.
- Staff, volunteers’ favorite artifacts now on display
- February 20, 2006
- A yearlong exhibit called “A Few of Our Favorite Things” is being featured at Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The exhibit is in conjunction with a celebration of the Year of the Museum.
- Great-grandmother becomes mother again
- February 20, 2006
- A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy in Redding, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child.
- ‘Flipping Good Time’ to benefit LINK
- February 20, 2006
- Benefit organizers hope that catching a flying pancake, listening to cowboy poetry and playing games will make for a fun time at “A Flipping Good Time Benefit.”
- Thousands still lack power after storms
- February 20, 2006
- Utility crews worked Sunday to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses from Michigan to Maine following a weekend winter storm.
- KU softball falls to Rebs
- February 20, 2006
- Serena Settlemier hit two home runs and six RBIs, but Kansas University’s softball team fell, 9-8, in eight innings Sunday to host UNLV on the final day of the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic.
- Kansas baseball wins in 11
- February 20, 2006
- Run-scoring singles by Ritchie Price and Jared Schweitzer capped a three-run 11th inning that carried Kansas University to a 5-2 baseball victory Sunday over Vanderbilt in the Public Storage Classic.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- February 20, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 20, 1906: “The city council last night took steps for improvement of Oread Avenue and Hancock Street on Mount Oread in the neighborhood of the university. About $1,300 will be spent and the Oread paving will be 30 feet wide.”
- Sleep walking? My problem’s sleep eating
- February 20, 2006
- That big low-fat diet study that was front-page news a week ago has blown over now, and people are back to spreading butter on their bread and still feeling good about themselves. What the study said (in case you’ve forgotten) is that grandmas who eat fudge sundaes don’t face significantly greater risks than grandmas who eat parsnips. For this the government paid $415 million. Meanwhile, the male urinary tract remains a dark mystery, like the upper Amazon or Northwest Passage, and psoriasis breaks the hearts of thousands, and my sinuses are a ticking time bomb. Where is the justice here?
- On the record
- February 20, 2006
- One killed, two injured in early morning stabbing
- February 20, 2006
- One woman was killed and her husband and grandson were injured in a stabbing early Sunday at a Haysville mobile home park, police said.
- Girl Scouts to deliver cookies this week
- February 20, 2006
- Almost 90,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies are scheduled to be delivered to the horse arena of the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds this morning. The scouts will begin delivering them on Saturday.
- Losing, winning, in ‘Big Game’
- February 20, 2006
- In October and November I began making forays into the “Big Game” at the Bellagio, a high-stakes affair seemingly always in progress. The first four of these occasions I won almost $500,000 without a single loss. Then, in December, I played three more times over a weekend and lost $176,000. After arriving in Vegas that Friday night, I should have gone straight to bed, but instead lost $80,000. Saturday, still tired and off my game, I lost another $43,000, and finally, on Sunday, I risked all the remaining cash I had in town, about $53,000 or so, and lost that. My thinking on risking the last $53,000 was that I didn’t want to have a losing trip in the Big Game! Tough weekend, but it was fun. And bad as it was, it didn’t wipe out the $500,000 I had won earlier.
- Kansas should proudly support immigrants’ educational dreams
- February 20, 2006
- Living in our nation’s capital has reinforced my belief that Kansas is a special place where helping your neighbor comes as naturally as breathing. And regardless of where I make my home, I still live by the Kansas values so ingrained in me since childhood. These have served me well in life, as has the fine education I received from the Kansas public education system, from kindergarten through college.
- Ohio race may have national impact
- February 20, 2006
- Maryland borders Pennsylvania, which borders Ohio, which borders Michigan. In that swath of America, extending 950 miles from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay to the shores of Lake Superior, this year’s politics could produce a remarkable quartet of Republican victories - black U.S. senators from Maryland (Michael Steele, who now is lieutenant governor) and Michigan (Keith Butler, a former Detroit city councilman, currently pastor of a suburban church with a congregation of 21,000), and black governors in Pennsylvania (Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steeler) and Ohio (Ken Blackwell, currently secretary of state).
- How to approach interviews after being fired from previous job
- February 20, 2006
- I had a good job with good pay for six years. I just could never get into the politics and gossip that came with it. As a matter of fact, I tried to get myself fired by calling in sick a lot, being late and leaving boxes in my delivery truck for days and days. I finally figured out they weren’t going to do anything, so I fired myself. My problem now is that my ex-boss is not exactly saying nice things about me when prospective employers call him.
- Fire damages home in Douglas County
- February 20, 2006
- A fire in Douglas County drove a family of five out of their home late Saturday night.
- Interview appointments available for career fair
- February 20, 2006
- Kansas University will host the 25th Annual Education Interview Day on March 7.
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- February 20, 2006
- The Lawrence-Douglas County planning staff was recommending strongly that planning commissioners vote against rezoning for a regional shopping mall in southwest Lawrence.
- KU women’s lacrosse upends Gophers in OT
- February 20, 2006
- Lisa Allen had three goals and three assists, and Crystal Thomas had three goals as Kansas University’s women’s lacrosse team opened its spring season with a dramatic 8-7 overtime victory Saturday over Minnesota.
- Teacher honored as substitute of month
- February 20, 2006
- Kelli Brahler received a Substitute Teacher of the Month Award on Thursday from the Lawrence public schools and the KU Credit Union.
- Commissioners to OK Kasold design
- Lawrence City Commission agenda highlights ¢ 6:35 p.m. Tuesday ¢ City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets ¢ Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 ¢ Meeting documents online at www.lawrenceks.org
- February 20, 2006
- City commissioners are set to finalize the design for the rebuilding of Kasold Drive from Bob Billings Parkway to 22nd Street. Commissioners also will have to approve an increase in the estimated cost of the project. Cost estimates have increased to about $4.6 million, up from just under $4 million previously.
- Designing policy
- The Ohio school board is the latest to separate church and state in the teaching of science.
- February 20, 2006
- The Ohio Board of Education has joined with Pennsylvania in dropping any requirement that students be taught about alternatives to the theory of evolution. We can hope this seeps through to Kansas and that November elections will alter the makeup of the Kansas Board of Education, which has supported the teaching of evolution options such as intelligent design.
- Often-overlooked ways to cut tax bill
- February 20, 2006
- You could fill a fat book with often-overlooked tax breaks - in fact, many such guides are jockeying for shelf space at bookstores throughout the tax season. These books, plus sources sold to professional tax preparers, helped identify dozens of federal and state deductions, credits and other tax-saving ideas.
- City cyclist Jensen 67th in time trial
- February 20, 2006
- Lawrence’s Brian Jensen made his professional cycling debut Sunday and placed 67th of 127 riders in the prologue time trial of the Amgen Tour of California.
- Experts: Bird flu not only disease that could imperil humans
- February 20, 2006
- Humans risk being overrun by diseases from the animal world, according to researchers who have documented 38 illnesses that have made that jump over the past 25 years.
- Analysis: Debate shows intent to single out abortion
- February 20, 2006
- For abortion opponents, regulating clinics performing the procedure isn’t enough. Those clinics need to be singled out for special treatment, isolated both in regulation and in the public mind.
- Rah rah sis boom bad
- Olympic cheerleaders have heart, not much else
- February 20, 2006
- The Dutch oom-pah band had just finished Queen’s ubiquitous rock anthem “We Will Rock You,” and the crowd was on its feet Sunday night, stamping and clapping. Then the Olympic cheerleaders ran onto the skating oval.
- Jimmie Johnson wins Daytona 500
- Driver shrugs off criticism, roars past teammate Vickers late
- February 20, 2006
- Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart were surrounded by controversy throughout the buildup to the Daytona 500 - Johnson for his team’s latest cheating scandal and Stewart for speaking his mind.
- Commentary: American hockey losses won’t stop advancement
- February 20, 2006
- For Team USA, as a classic literary work once said - actually, it was the movie “Slap Shot” - it’s time to put on the foil and forget about Toe Blake.
- Charging e-mail users can slice spam, professor says
- February 20, 2006
- They are a digital plague of locusts. Unsolicited e-mails, also known as spam, clog e-mail boxes and remain one of the biggest headaches for Internet users.
- Diagnosis of PTSD improves, treatment still evolving
- February 20, 2006
- During the Civil War it was called “soldier’s heart” or “nostalgia.” During the wars of the 20th century from World War I through Vietnam it was called “shell shock.”
- Bonds done at season’s end - or not
- Giants slugger says this year will be his last, then says he’ll play in 2007 if his knee is OK
- February 20, 2006
- Barry Bonds is talking about retirement. It’s just hard to tell what his plans are.
- Pub Quiz anything but trivial for area charities
- February 20, 2006
- The crowd at the 75th Street Brewery, 3512 Clinton Parkway, stewed Sunday night, contemplating a difficult question: What movie used the slogan “A different set of jaws”?
- Keegan: Hoops trumps Games
- February 20, 2006
- I wanted to make sure my preference for clicking back and forth between college basketball games over watching the Winter Olympics didn’t make me out of touch with the community.
- League gambles on 2007 game
- February 20, 2006
- The curtain hadn’t dropped on All-Star weekend in Houston, and already players were thinking about next year’s game.
- Wade’s putback caps East’s comeback
- February 20, 2006
- Even down by 21 points, the Detroit Pistons’ Fab Four plus LeBron James were still in the game.
- Vietnam-era Marine seeks compensation
- Overdue medals awarded; V.A. care being arranged
- February 20, 2006
- Artie Ramirez served his country nearly 40 years ago fighting as a Marine in South Vietnam.
- Tax breaks under scrutiny
- Officials study whether credits help economy
- February 20, 2006
- It’s a question that has nagged state legislators and taxpayers for a long time.
- Veteran fights for help as he copes with stress
- February 20, 2006
- The war in Iraq was too much for Brandon Price to cope with. Now the former Army reservist is fighting new battles here at home.
- Dean gets mixed reviews from Democrats
- February 20, 2006
- A year after becoming Democratic Party chair, Howard Dean remains controversial.
- Presidents Day a good day for monkey business
- February 20, 2006
- Go ahead: Indulge your inner child. Spend your Presidents Day watching cartoons.
- Pulse calendar
- February 20, 2006
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