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- UT blows out KU, 80-55
- ‘Horns end KU’s win streak, tie atop Big 12
- February 25, 2006
- Tonight two teams will walk into the Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as co-leaders atop the conference standings — both only one team with leave with the Big 12 lead. “I think it will be a fun game. It’s on College GameDay, so a lot of people will be watching. I came to college to play against top competition, to play in games like this,” said KU’s Brandon Rush.
- KU women defeat Mizzou in OT
- Hallman scores career-high 29 to lead Jayhawks
- February 25, 2006
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team defeated Border Showdown rival Missouri, 81-71, in overtime Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Missouri sank three free throws to tie the game at 64-64 near the end of regulation, but the Jayhawks (16-10, 5-10 Big 12) scored the first eight points in the extra frame to seal the victory.
- Kingsley, Bening star in ‘Mrs. Harris’
- February 25, 2006
- Nothing sells newspapers like a juicy murder story, particularly one with “high society” overtones. “Mrs. Harris” (7 p.m. today, HBO) recalls the story of Jean Harris (Annette Bening), a prim Philadelphia prep-school head mistress who in 1980 murdered her longtime lover, Herman “Hy” Tarnower, a famous physician and the author of the best-selling book “The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.”
- Actor trades movie scripts for guitars
- February 25, 2006
- This just might be the role actor John Corbett was born to play.
- New Orleans gives assurances it can hold safe Mardi Gras
- February 25, 2006
- Anne Greenfield, her husband and their children, ages 9 and 11, will come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras after all. So will some of the couple’s friends. But for a while, they hesitated because of the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
- ‘Oklahoma’ still doin’ fine
- February 25, 2006
- There are several reasons Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” continues to be so popular, including the beauty and genius of the songwriting and its quintessentially American character. Like “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma” depicts an America that has a small connection to historical reality but a large connection to social ideals about character, honesty, hard work and family. It’s also a ripping good show full of great tunes and clearly defined good and bad characters.
- Feds mull limitations for drug plan offerings
- February 25, 2006
- After promoting the choices available to the elderly and disabled for Medicare drug coverage, the Bush administration is considering limiting those options.
- The curse of school finance
- House speaker, schools attorney spar publicly in war of PG-13 words
- February 25, 2006
- The normally staid House Speaker Doug Mays sounded like he was auditioning for an HBO special on Friday.
- KU-Texas battle has Austin rocking
- February 25, 2006
- Dick Vitale and the ESPN GameDay crew are in town.
- Horoscopes
- February 25, 2006
- For Saturday, Feb. 25
- Doping-raid tests come up negative
- February 25, 2006
- The Austrians’ drug tests were negative. The doping probe is just beginning.
- No charges to be filed in 2-year-old’s death
- February 25, 2006
- The Jefferson County attorney will not file any charges related to a Feb.14 accident in an Ozawkie parking lot that killed a 2-year-old, a Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman said.
- Liberal message
- February 25, 2006
- To the editor:
- Radio program to honor Scotty Harjo
- February 25, 2006
- A radio program will pay tribute to Scotty Harjo, a longtime Haskell Indian Nations University counselor, residential assistant and coach.
- Tax blunder could cost H&R Block this season
- February 25, 2006
- H&R Block Inc. getting its own income taxes wrong may sound like a gift to late-night television comedians.
- Superhighway to salvation
- Web helps churches recruit new members, nurture old
- February 25, 2006
- There was a day when the tall steeple and ornate arches were the first thing to draw in new parishioners at Trinity Episcopal Church.
- Kansas-Texas briefly
- February 25, 2006
- Kansas University leads the all-time series against Texas, 12-4. KU has won two of three in the Frank Erwin Center. Texas has won two of the past three meetings.
- One to go: Kellerman, Halpin in finals
- LHS seniors have perfect day, will vie for 6A wrestling titles
- February 25, 2006
- Nolan Kellerman promises he slept better last night.
- Dog trainer, convict’s run ends in Tenn.
- February 25, 2006
- A prison volunteer and a convicted murderer were caught Friday night in Tennessee, Kansas prison officials said.
- Brantley, FSHS solid
- Red-hot Firebird girls pound Lions, 50-31
- February 25, 2006
- Good thing Jenna Brantley is right-handed.
- Free State in full effect
- Firebirds befuddle Lions again, sweep intracity series
- February 25, 2006
- Slow tempo, lock-down defense and plenty of fourth-quarter poise.
- Oldest Kansan dies at 112
- February 25, 2006
- Flossie Page, the oldest Kansan on record, is dead at the age of 112 years, eight months and 10 days.
- Libby loses evidence request
- February 25, 2006
- Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak case, cannot be told the identity of another government official who is said to have divulged a CIA operative’s identity to reporters, a federal judge ruled Friday.
- Sprucing up Mass. St.
- Plans in bloom to provide more natural beauty downtown
- February 25, 2006
- Downtown Lawrence is set to become a more colorful place.
- KU alum touts engineering’s possibilities at annual expo
- February 25, 2006
- He now leads the corporation that includes Travelocity.com, but at one time Sam Gilliland was a Kansas University engineering student.
- U.S. pushes unity amid Iraqi strife
- February 25, 2006
- President Bush warned Friday that sectarian violence is confronting Iraqis with a “moment of choosing,” as administration officials pleaded with all sides of the country’s religious and ethnic divides to show restraint.
- Resident accused in HIV infection case
- February 25, 2006
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man was booked into the Douglas County Jail this week on charges of knowingly infecting a 20-year-old woman with HIV.
- On the record
- February 25, 2006
- Burglaries and thefts reported
- Bonds stays silent, but not with bat
- February 25, 2006
- Barry Bonds put on a batting-practice show Friday, hitting long home runs that impressed observers - even if they did come off a 50-year old coach.
- Faith briefs
- February 25, 2006
- 2-25-06
- Seven paratroopers charged with having sex in videos on gay Web site
- February 25, 2006
- The Army has charged seven paratroopers from the celebrated 82nd Airborne Division with engaging in sex acts in videos shown on a gay pornography Web site.
- Police warn about fake coupons
- February 25, 2006
- The coupons advertise unbelievable deals: $4 off a case of cola, $5 off a bottle of ibuprofen.
- Ex-Jayhawk Thomas signs with Wizards
- February 25, 2006
- Former Kansas University basketball player Billy Thomas is back in the NBA.
- FCE and 4-H news
- February 25, 2006
- Saturday Feb. 25, 2006
- Virus found in prostate cancer patients
- February 25, 2006
- Researchers said Friday they have found a virus in the prostates of some cancer patients, a remarkable discovery that may suggest disease could play a role alongside genetics and the environment in causing this cancer.
- Tech’s Sharp to step down
- Coach will exit after 24 seasons in Lubbock
- February 25, 2006
- Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Marsha Sharp, who won an NCAA title and turned the school into a perennial national power, said Friday she was resigning at the end of the season.
- France confirms bird flu outbreak
- February 25, 2006
- The European Union’s first outbreak of lethal H5N1 bird flu in commercial poultry was confirmed today in France, the EU’s largest poultry producer.
- Sheffield’s option hot topic again
- February 25, 2006
- Gary Sheffield vented his frustration Friday, then left Legends Field upbeat about his future with the New York Yankees.
- Memorial honors astronauts
- February 25, 2006
- A stained-glass memorial to the 17 U.S. astronauts killed in the nation’s space program has been put in place at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
- People in the news
- February 25, 2006
- Brazilians rock with Bono during Carnival in Salvador and Sheryl Crow has successful surgery for breast cancer
- U.S. skier Peterson sent home after fight
- February 25, 2006
- U.S. aerials skier Jeret “Speedy” Peterson was sent home from the Turin Olympics after a night of partying ended with him getting into a fight that police had to break up.
- Unwanted? Bagwell back
- February 25, 2006
- The Houston Astros want their money. Jeff Bagwell wants to play.
- Season ends for Seahawk girls in disappointing rout
- February 25, 2006
- Seabury Academy’s momentum from Tuesday’s regional victory came to a screeching halt Friday when the Seahawks fell to White City, 53-16, in the second round of the Class 1A regionals.
- Militants bring hostage to river meeting
- February 25, 2006
- Bristling with heavy weapons, masked militants responsible for a wave of violence targeting Nigeria’s oil industry showed off a 68-year-old American hostage Friday who appealed to the international community to help secure his release.
- ‘Idol’ trumps olympics for second straight week
- February 25, 2006
- “American Idol” did a number again on the Olympics in terms of viewers Thursday, but the big winner from one of television’s most competitive nights in memory may be the viewers themselves.
- Fitting tribute
- February 25, 2006
- To the editor:
- BlackBerry hearing ends without ruling
- February 25, 2006
- BlackBerry owners will have to wait longer to learn the fate of their wireless e-mail devices: A federal judge ended a hearing Friday without making a ruling on an injunction request.
- Police recover some cash in bank robbery
- February 25, 2006
- Detectives investigating what could the biggest cash robbery in British history recovered a “significant amount” of the money Friday from a van just miles from the heist site, police said.
- Eagles girls, boys earn consolation victories
- February 25, 2006
- The Veritas Christian girls basketball squad had seen this before.
- Pierce posts 37, propels Celtics
- February 25, 2006
- Paul Pierce scored 37, Wally Szczerbiak added 25, and the Boston Celtics beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers, 102-96, Friday night.
- Market director charged in deadly roof collapse
- February 25, 2006
- The director of a Moscow market where the roof collapsed, killing at least 61 people, was charged with negligence, prosecutors said Friday, as hope faded for finding more survivors after Europe’s second most deadly such accident this winter.
- Woman hit by Jeep while working on car
- February 25, 2006
- A Jeep came around a corner, struck a parked Buick LeSabre and pinned a Eudora woman who was working on the car against it in an east Lawrence mobile-home park.
- Polygamist judge removed from bench
- February 25, 2006
- A small-town judge with three wives was ordered removed from the bench by the Utah Supreme Court on Friday.
- Governor ends search for landslide survivors
- February 25, 2006
- With only 139 bodies recovered and nearly a thousand villagers missing, officials in the Philippines on Friday declared an end to the search for survivors of the landslide that engulfed this farming village a week ago.
- Iraqi infant has surgery for foot condition
- February 25, 2006
- An Iraqi infant with severe birth defects who was brought to an Atlanta hospital at the urging of U.S. troops underwent successful foot surgery Friday, doctors said.
- More help for military families
- February 25, 2006
- More military families across the country will have access to the Parents as Teachers childhood education program with $1 million in federal funding announced Friday for its expansion.
- Merck shares slip after FDA delay
- February 25, 2006
- Federal regulators have delayed a decision on whether to approve Merck & Co.’s experimental vaccine to prevent shingles and reduce pain from the common nerve disorder, sending Merck shares down Friday.
- Jury deliberations continue in baby’s death
- February 25, 2006
- Jurors in the murder trial of a woman accused of cutting off her baby’s arms deliberated for a third day on Friday, even asking the judge to define “deliberation.”
- Anti-tax author receives 13 years
- February 25, 2006
- Anti-tax crusader and author Irwin Schiff was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in federal prison for advising people that no U.S. law requires them to pay income tax.
- Jayhawks split twinbill
- February 25, 2006
- Kansas University’s softball team won one and lost one during first-day action at the Palm Springs Classic.
- Teacher charged with having sex with pupil, 11
- February 25, 2006
- An elementary school teacher was arrested Friday on charges she had sex with one of her 11-year-old students, authorities said.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- February 25, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 25, 1906: “The Kansas Democratic Central Committee has called a convention for 691 delegates. It is doubted whether there are that many Democrats left in Kansas. : Several drunks have been found to be carrying guns lately and fortunately they have not been used. But gun-toting is far too promiscuous in Lawrence and many tend to flash their guns when in disputes. : It appears now there will be no coal strike, which had many concerned about the impact on the nation and its economy.”
- Uneasy thoughts
- February 25, 2006
- To the editor:
- Student dead, one hurt in fall from dorm
- February 25, 2006
- Two students horsing around in a college dormitory crashed through a third-floor window early Friday and fell onto the concrete below, school officials said. One was killed, and the other was in fair condition overnight.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- February 25, 2006
- The city decided to settle out of court with a contractor who had filed a claim against the city 18 months earlier for expenses that exceeded the contract amount for construction of the Clinton Water Treatment Plant. The city commission approved payment of $142,389 to Sharp Brothers Contracting of Kansas City, Mo.
- Lawrence datebook
- February 25, 2006
- Today: 02-25-06
- Body of autistic boy found in pond near home
- February 25, 2006
- The body of an 8-year-old autistic boy was found in a retaining pond across the street from his home Friday, one day after police launched a massive search for him.
- Jayhawks shut down Belmont
- February 25, 2006
- Kansas University junior Sean Land allowed just two hits over eight innings, leading the Jayhawks to a 4-2 baseball victory over Belmont on Friday in the Music City Challenge.
- Tale of the tape
- February 25, 2006
- Jayhawks (20-6, 11-2)
- Police investigate home-invasion robbery
- February 25, 2006
- Lawrence Police responded Friday to a report of a home-invasion robbery at Sunflower apartments in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane.
- Curling’s first streaker is just a little chicken
- February 25, 2006
- The bronze-medal curling match between the United States and Great Britain was delayed momentarily in the sixth end when a chubby, male streaker appeared on the arena floor. He was naked, save for what appeared to be a strategically placed rubber chicken.
- Arizona’s Gonzalez turns down U.S. team
- February 25, 2006
- Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Luis Gonzalez turned down an offer Friday to replace injured Toronto outfielder Vernon Wells on the U.S. roster for the World Baseball Classic.
- Joey Cheek to carry U.S. flag in ceremony
- February 25, 2006
- Speedskater Joey Cheek was elected by the U.S. team to carry the American flag during the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Sunday night.
- Building collapses; casualties feared
- February 25, 2006
- A six-story building housing a garment factory, shops and offices collapsed in Bangladesh’s capital today, and many people were trapped inside, a fire official said.
- Brewers sign Capuano to one-year contract
- February 25, 2006
- Left-hander Chris Capuano, coming off a career-best 18-12 season, signed a one-year contract Friday with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Gore-ing the U.S.
- The former vice president did not enhance his status with many Americans with his Jeddah remarks.
- February 25, 2006
- Al Gore has given us still more reasons he should not have been elected president of the United States. His poor judgment and flawed logic certainly do not smack of someone who was smart enough to invent, as he claimed, the Internet. We keep hearing how Gore is truly a brilliant man with a terrific mind, yet when he chooses to speak to crowds, what comes out tends to belie that.
- Chertoff concerned Gulf Coast won’t be ready for next storm
- February 25, 2006
- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday he is worried the Gulf Coast may not be ready to withstand another major storm as it struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- February 25, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.15 at several locations throughout Lawrence. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Despite opposition, Senate passes sex education bill
- Measure ensures course taught
- February 25, 2006
- The Senate passed a bill Friday to ensure that school districts continue requiring sex education classes. That action came in spite of complaints that the bill made the state a substitute parent.
- Bombers attack world’s largest oil facility
- February 25, 2006
- Suicide bombers carried out a bold attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility Friday but were stopped from breaking in by guards who fired on their cars, exploding both vehicles and killing the attackers.
- Iraqi army battalions at highest level slips to zero
- February 25, 2006
- The number of Iraqi army battalions judged by their American trainers to be capable of fighting the insurgency without U.S. help has slipped from one to none since September, Pentagon officials said Friday.
- How they stack up
- Here’s an in-depth look at the University of Texas’ major weapons and how Kansas University’s players might match up during tonight’s 8 p.m. marquee showdown in Austin, Texas:
- February 25, 2006
- P.J. Tucker, 6-5, 225, jr., forward - Tucker, who is UT’s leading scorer at 16.3 points a game, is a relentless rebounder, especially for his size. He averages 9.2 boards per outing.
- South Dakota abortion ban may set up Roe battle
- February 25, 2006
- South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions Friday, setting up a deliberate frontal assault on Roe v. Wade at a time when some activists see the U.S. Supreme Court as more willing than ever to overturn the 33-year-old decision.
- Philippines president says she quashed possible coup
- February 25, 2006
- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced she had quashed a coup plot Friday and declared a state of emergency, gambling that the backlash wouldn’t leave her government crippled.
- Mancuso breaks U.S. slump
- Californian earns first women’s skiing gold since 1998
- February 25, 2006
- Julia Mancuso, the American from aptly named Olympic Valley, Calif., captured gold with a stunning victory in the giant slalom Friday that salvaged a disappointing Olympics for the U.S. women.
- Hughes’ tale has happy ending
- February 25, 2006
- A publicist was hustling Emily Hughes out of NBC’s Olympic green room, ready to walk her through a breezeway and onto the Today Show set pitched in the middle of the city’s Piazza San Carlos, when she thought to make a final check.
- Mosque bombing is pivotal event for Iraq
- February 25, 2006
- When the time comes to write the history of America’s Iraq war, Wednesday may go down as the turning point.
- New turnpike interchange gets go-ahead
- Decision ‘lousy’ for Lawrence, Schauner says
- February 25, 2006
- The Kansas Turnpike Authority has agreed to build a new interchange about eight miles east of Lawrence between Tonganoxie and Eudora.
- County may seek Chinese sister
- February 25, 2006
- Douglas County commissioners aren’t planning any trips to see the Great Wall of China, but they are willing to weigh the pros and cons of establishing a sister county relationship with a province in China.
- New home and room to grow
- Air-conditioned building will provide better environment for workers at Cottonwood Inc.
- February 25, 2006
- Last month Cottonwood Inc. said goodbye to a building it had leased for 18 years but had long outgrown.
- Wildcats’ Wooldridge keeping focus
- February 25, 2006
- As another disappointing season for Kansas State nears its end, Jim Wooldridge is trying to keep the focus on what might be.
- Dye ready to move on after winning Series MVP
- February 25, 2006
- Jermaine Dye hit the ball up the middle, and when it cleared the infield for an RBI single he responded with an uncharacteristic display of emotion by clapping his hands.
- Mayer: Hey, just let ‘em teach!
- February 25, 2006
- My column last week on athletes, meddling parents and their drawbacks drew a flood of favorable reaction from frustrated coaches.
- Lawrence can’t afford shortsighted, inefficient use of funds
- February 25, 2006
- What will it take and how long will it be before Lawrence and Douglas County residents realize it is imperative the city and county have better planning, better forecasting, a clearer vision of the future and far better fiscal management?
- After 7-month journey, orbiter approaches Mars
- February 25, 2006
- Mars is about to get another visitor.
- Henrickson: KU defense can’t let Mizzou duo feast
- February 25, 2006
- Bond and N’Garsanet. A tony Fifth Avenue boutique? Or perhaps an expensive wine?
- What do you think of reactions to the cartoons of Muhammad?
- February 25, 2006
- Violence not the sole reaction to cartoons
- Brown seeks repeat
- K.C. outfielder hopes to duplicate ‘05
- February 25, 2006
- Will the real Emil Brown finally emerge?
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- February 25, 2006
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