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- Despite dominance, GOP also has problems to solve
- January 22, 2006
- Everyone dwells on the Democrats’ problems: They have no discrete platform, they have no single voice, they have no compelling personalities, they have no response to the modern scourge of terrorism, they have no hope of melding their 20th-century commitment to the poor and the striving to the 21st-century problems of the economy and globalism.
- Assisted-suicide ruling reveals court leaning
- January 22, 2006
- Is there a message for Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales in last week’s 6-3 Supreme Court decision, rejecting the claim by his predecessor, John Ashcroft, that the federal government has the authority to overrule Oregon’s assisted-suicide law? In my nonlegal opinion, it casts serious doubt on Gonzales’ effort to defend President Bush’s authorizing wiretapping of domestic residents without a court order.
- CIA role a mystery in court
- January 22, 2006
- The initials were spoken aloud only once all week, and then apparently by mistake.
- Valley Center school holds classes despite vandalized buses
- January 22, 2006
- Vandals flattened 38 tires on more than 20 school buses but were unable to force the officials who lead the school district in this south-central Kansas town to call off classes.
- U.S. signs $200 million quake aid grant
- January 22, 2006
- Tent camps sheltering earthquake victims in devastated northern Pakistan may be needed for another six months, a U.N. official said Saturday, as the United States signed a $200 million grant for rebuilding the country.
- Analysts seek clues for threat from bin Laden tape
- January 22, 2006
- Osama bin Laden’s warning this week about an upcoming attack on the United States answered at least one question about the al-Qaida leader: He is still alive, or at least was until very recently.
- Pakistani president says U.S. airstrike cannot be repeated
- January 22, 2006
- Pakistan’s president told a senior American official Saturday the United States must not repeat airstrikes like the one that apparently was aimed at al-Qaida but killed civilians in a remote village, as officials sought to soothe public outrage over the attack.
- Feds may withhold millions in welfare
- Kansas leads nation in worker participation
- January 22, 2006
- Kevin McGuire estimates that 18,000 welfare recipients in Maryland have entered the work force during the past two years.
- Testimony given in case against former governor
- January 22, 2006
- Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman’s executive secretary told a grand jury that his boss wanted $500,000 from former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy, who wanted a position on a state health panel in return.
- Bush returns mine safety to agenda
- January 22, 2006
- The Bush administration is reviewing safety equipment used in the nation’s mines after previously scrapping similar initiatives started by the Clinton administration.
- Investigators enter Sago mine, start repairs
- January 22, 2006
- Federal investigators entered the Sago Mine on Saturday for the first time since the bodies of 12 miners were removed earlier this month.
- On the record
- January 22, 2006
- Wathena withstands Eagles
- January 22, 2006
- Veritas Christian forged a tie after trailing by 13 points Saturday, but settled for a 61-56 high school boys basketball loss to Wathena in the Elwood Invitational.
- Tongie girls wilt in overtime; Silver Lake takes title
- January 22, 2006
- Regular-season invitational or sub-state championship?
- The Motley Fool
- January 22, 2006
- • Closed-End Funds • Fun and Games • Calling Mexico • Boeing’s Air Race
- Bankruptcies
- January 22, 2006
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the past week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Don’t aim for pension plans in job hunt
- January 22, 2006
- The more I considered it, the more I came to think that trying to hook up with a pension just doesn’t make sense anymore.
- Arts center reaches out to Head Start students
- Art for everyone
- January 22, 2006
- Four-year-old Head Start student Carnell Douglas sat at a table painting with watercolors.
- Giles skips class, sits
- January 22, 2006
- C.J. Giles wasn’t hurt. He wasn’t sick.
- Israel hints at threats against Iran
- January 22, 2006
- Israel’s defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran’s nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action.
- Bulls top Indy
- Hinrich rips Pacers
- January 22, 2006
- Andres Nocioni scored 20 points, and Tyson Chandler added 15 points and 14 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers, 101-89, on Saturday night.
- Climatic fiddling
- January 22, 2006
- To the editor: Following up on Les Blevins’ letter (“Climate crisis,” Jan. 18), scientists in recent decades have discovered, in examining ice cores, ocean sediment layers and tree rings, that climate changes can and do happen in a few short years.
- Martin lifts K-State past Mizzou
- January 22, 2006
- Cartier Martin scored 20, and David Hoskins broke out of a three-game scoring slump with 18, leading Kansas State to a 79-64 victory over Missouri on Saturday.
- Leader’s death leaves Kosovo in disarray
- January 22, 2006
- Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova died of lung cancer Saturday, leaving the province’s fractious political scene in disarray just before the start of crucial talks on whether it should gain the independence from Serbia that was his lifelong dream.
- 1st president’s portrait sells for $21.3 million
- January 22, 2006
- Charles Willson Peale’s full-length portrait of George Washington on the American Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3 million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an American portrait, Christie’s auction house said.
- City works to replace traditional stoplight bulbs with LED bulbs
- January 22, 2006
- Sometimes helping the environment is as simple as changing a lightbulb. The problem is, it’s a $90 lightbulb.
- Firebirds struggle offensively in loss
- January 22, 2006
- The Free State High girls basketball squad was outscored and outcoached by Junction City on Saturday.
- Faith briefs
- January 22, 2006
- Victim of ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria seeks answers
- January 22, 2006
- Claudia Mejia checked into the hospital April 28 and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. But then things went terribly wrong.
- K.C. police to use horses to patrol parks, downtown
- January 22, 2006
- The Police Department plans to add a mounted unit for officers atop horses to patrol parks, downtown and special events.
- Curb-painting service not approved by city
- January 22, 2006
- A business circulating fliers around Lawrence soliciting money for painting addresses on curbs has not been approved by the city.
- Kidnapping leader refuses negotiations
- January 22, 2006
- An American worker held hostage in Nigeria is sick, and his kidnappers will kill three fellow hostages if he dies, a militant leader threatened Saturday.
- Hurricane evacuees want better levees
- January 22, 2006
- Hurricane evacuees from Louisiana told federal and state officials at forums across the South on Saturday that what they want most when their state is rebuilt are affordable housing, better schools and stronger levees.
- Meeting will discuss sewer treatment plans
- January 22, 2006
- Members of the public on Monday will have a chance to learn more about the city’s plans to build a $75 million sewage treatment plant along the Wakarusa River.
- Best sellers
- January 22, 2006
- Rescuers fall short in saving errant whale
- January 22, 2006
- A desperate rescue effort ended in disappointment Saturday when a whale that swam up the River Thames into the heart of London died before it could be returned to open waters.
- Lawrence commuter report
- January 22, 2006
- The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week.
- Wellsville boys shock Ottawa for Baldwin title
- January 22, 2006
- All is well at Wellsville High.
- Lawmaker quits post following sex allegations
- January 22, 2006
- A senior lawmaker resigned Saturday from the leadership of Britain’s opposition Liberal Democrats following newspaper allegations about his involvement with a male prostitute.
- Police: Suspect in art theft turns himself in
- January 22, 2006
- A suspect in the theft of a $60 million Renaissance figurine turned himself in and police said Saturday they had recovered the object, stolen almost three years ago from an Austrian museum.
- No decision on moving health services for vets
- January 22, 2006
- No decision has been reached about the possible moving of psychiatric inpatient services for veterans from Leavenworth to Topeka.
- What are you reading?
- January 22, 2006
- President rejects U.N. interview request
- January 22, 2006
- President Bashar Assad indicated Saturday he was rejecting a second request by U.N. investigators to interview him about the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister, declaring that Syria would not bow to international pressure.
- Princeton grad donates record $101 million
- January 22, 2006
- For Peter B. Lewis, the Cleveland philanthropist and chairman of auto insurer Progressive Corp., even donating to one’s alma mater is about doing it better than the last guy.
- Ethiopia orders AP reporter to leave
- January 22, 2006
- Ethiopia’s ministry of foreign affairs has ordered the Associated Press reporter based in that Horn of Africa country to leave within 24 hours.
- Senior moments?
- January 22, 2006
- To the editor: Harry Belafonte, a former singing sensation, now a far-left liberal, and the Rev. Pat Robertson, an extreme-right Christian conservative recently made disparaging, “over the top,” remarks in obvious attempts to promote their own political agendas.
- Haskell women hold on
- January 22, 2006
- Haskell Indian Nations University used a balanced scoring attack and stingy defense late in the second half Saturday to secure a 69-56 women’s basketball victory over Oklahoma Wesleyan.
- Free State boys survive Newton
- January 22, 2006
- Kyle Schreiner and David Green each scored 18 as the Free State High boys basketball team overcame a turnover-plagued first half Saturday to secure a 56-46 victory over Newton in the fifth-place game at the McPherson Invitational.
- ‘1st Woman President’ series adds to lineup
- January 22, 2006
- Journalist Eleanor Clift and two former governors have been added to the lineup of the Dole Institute of Politics’ presidential lecture series “The First Woman President.”
- Judge tosses nudity law as unconstitutional
- January 22, 2006
- A federal judge struck down Daytona Beach’s anti-nudity laws, saying they are unconstitutional.
- $35,000 grant benefits early childhood program
- January 22, 2006
- The Lawrence Schools Foundation recently was awarded a $35,000 grant for the benefit of the early childhood education program at the East Heights Early Childhood and Family Center.
- Ford remains in hospital with pneumonia
- January 22, 2006
- Former President Gerald Ford underwent further treatment for pneumonia Saturday at a hospital where he was admitted a week earlier.
- Oklahoma halts Baylor’s home streak at 25
- January 22, 2006
- Kendra Moore made two three-pointers in the final 17 seconds, the game-winner coming with less than a second left, and No. 17 Oklahoma beat Baylor, 73-70, Saturday night to break the Bears’ 25-game home winning streak.
- Campbell cards 67, keeps Hope lead
- Verplank makes charge, moves within one shot of top
- January 22, 2006
- Chad Campbell’s 5-under 67 was barely enough to keep him in front Saturday in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, with Scott Verplank’s 64 moving him within one shot of the lead.
- Bolivia’s new leader attends cleansing ritual
- January 22, 2006
- With drums thundering and multicolored flags waving, thousands of indigenous people from around the world gathered on the barren Bolivian highlands Saturday to cleanse and bless this Andean country’s first indigenous president, leftist Evo Morales, who takes office today.
- Garlic, flaming desserts no-no’s at White House
- January 22, 2006
- Dinner at the White House means guests in black tie, an invitation-only, A-list crowd and a four-course meal, elaborate in preparation and elegant in presentation. Those are the do’s.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- January 22, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.13 at several locations in Lawrence. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Lawmakers position states to revisit Roe v. Wade case
- January 22, 2006
- Taking direct aim at Roe v. Wade, lawmakers from several states are proposing broad restrictions on abortion, with the goal of forcing the U.S. Supreme Court — soon to include two new justices — to revisit the landmark ruling issued 33 years ago today. The bill under consideration here in Indiana would ban all abortions, except when continuing the pregnancy would put the woman’s life or physical health in danger of “substantial permanent impairment.” Similar legislation is pending in Ohio, Georgia and Tennessee.
- U.S. falls back on policy of containment
- January 22, 2006
- Pre-emption used to be the watchword of Bush foreign policy. The world’s sole superpower would not hesitate to wield force against an imminent threat to its security. The old doctrines of the Cold War era — of containment and deterrence of a potential enemy — were disdained as weakness.
- ‘66 game not as dramatic as movie depicts
- January 22, 2006
- A Division I college basketball program is not the sort of enterprise easily confused with a seminary or a seminar on ethics. But according to what is currently America’s most popular movie, 40 years ago one such program became a nation-shaking, history-shaping moral force. The movie, although not too noble to palter with facts, is no more parsimonious with the truth than movies often are when turning history into entertainment.
- U.S. Muslim group joins appeal to free American reporter
- At least 12 Iraqis killed in violence
- January 22, 2006
- Representatives of a U.S. Muslim advocacy group joined in appealing Saturday for the release of American journalist Jill Carroll as a deadline set by kidnappers passed with no word on her fate. At least 12 Iraqis died in bombings and shootings nationwide.
- Home not sweet in AFC title games
- January 22, 2006
- Home-field advantage. From the time training camp begins, the good teams talk about it, play for it, stress over it. They say they’ll do anything to have it when this week — the week when trips to the Super Bowl are won and lost — finally comes around.
- Review: ‘Good Women’ explores female virtue
- January 22, 2006
- Six years ago, British writer Jane Stevenson debuted with a splendid collection of novellas, “Several Deceptions,” in which she proved eclectic in her interests, subversive in spirit and effortlessly artful in her narrative twists.
- Security workers begin casting votes for legislative candidates
- January 22, 2006
- Thousands of Palestinian security personnel cast the first ballots for legislative elections Saturday, in advance voting meant to prevent violence on election day later this week.
- How cool can we get?
- Despite Bush’s stance, mayor wants Lawrence to combat global warming
- January 22, 2006
- Call it Boog vs. Bush. City commissioners soon will have a chance to do something the federal government won’t do: agree to abide by the key provisions of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty aimed at reducing the greenhouse gases considered a prime cause of global warming.
- Duke, Florida stumble
- Top two squads suffer first losses
- January 22, 2006
- Georgetown fans surged on the court at the buzzer, celebrating a victory that evoked the Hoyas’ powerhouse days of John Thompson and Patrick Ewing — an 87-84 victory over No. 1 and previously unbeaten Duke.
- Rescuers find bodies of miners
- January 22, 2006
- Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of two miners who disappeared after a conveyor belt caught fire deep inside a coal mine, bringing to 14 the number of West Virginia miners killed on the job in less than a month.
- People in the news
- January 22, 2006
- • Oklahoman crowned Miss America • Lawyer: Producers would pay taxes to keep lid on cheating • Plane carrying Bon Jovi members skids off runway • Shakira puts her Miami Beach mansion up for sale • L.A. fined $1.1 million for withholding B.I.G. evidence
- Keegan: Wright puts on a show
- January 22, 2006
- The impatience within us all wanted Kansas University’s four freshmen to be sensational right away. Look at it this way: If that unrealistic expectation had been fulfilled, we would have been denied the pleasure of watching them get better.
- Legislators want steeper penalties for animal cruelty
- Kansas is one of nine states that treat animal abuse as a misdemeanor
- January 22, 2006
- Two lawmakers say they hope this will be the year to pass legislation cracking down on animal cruelty.
- Huskers: KU ‘seized day’
- January 22, 2006
- Sensing a severe lack of accomplishment — with a scoreboard nearby to back it up — Nebraska basketball coach Barry Collier benched his starters with 11 minutes left in Kansas University’s 96-54 beatdown of the Cornhuskers on Saturday.
- Violence in children bred by negligence, abuse
- January 22, 2006
- More and more, I keep hearing about children and teens being involved in shootings, stabbings and the like. What has caused many members of the younger generation to be so violent?
- Young filmmakers shine on big screen
- Inaugural Digital Media Online Film Festival honors students, offers hands-on workshops
- January 22, 2006
- Inside the dark theater at the Lawrence Arts Center, the movie titles flashed across the screen one after the other.
- Rock me Amadeus
- As Mozart’s 250th birthday approaches, celebrations honor his star-studded legacy
- January 22, 2006
- By some accounts, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a rock star. Take these lyrics from Austrian pop singer Falco’s 1986 hit “Rock Me Amadeus.”
- Kansas wineries waiting for vote
- Success of vineyards may hinge on ability to directly ship wine
- January 22, 2006
- To Kansas winemakers, the future of their fledgling industry at times may seem as clear as champagne or as cloudy as some basement homebrew.
- Methamphetamine users put strain on some hospitals
- January 22, 2006
- Every shift she works in the emergency department of the University of Kansas Hospital, Dr. Pam Hite sees the consequences of methamphetamine use and addiction.
- Carolina road warriors to visit Seattle
- January 22, 2006
- The road to the Super Bowl never leads through Carolina. Instead, it leads the Panthers all over the map.
- Students seeking affordable textbooks
- Report: Costs rising at twice the inflation rate
- January 22, 2006
- Kansas University freshman Amanda Thow spent about $600 last semester on books and sold back what she could for $75.
- KU women focus on defense for OSU
- January 22, 2006
- It’s no mystery why Kansas University’s women’s basketball team is mired in a three-game losing streak — desultory defense and a dearth of depth.
- Sorry outside shooting dooms Lions
- January 22, 2006
- Chris Davis knows his Lawrence High boys basketball squad is going to “live by the three, die by the three.” Sometimes, the Lions will do both.
- Sudoku craze lands in Journal-World
- January 22, 2006
- Jeremy Martin, a self-proclaimed puzzle addict, has found a new vice.
- One hall of a game
- KU opens shrine; Hawkins plays like he belongs in it
- January 22, 2006
- Kansas University basketball players ate their pregame brunch Saturday in the James Naismith room located on the second floor of the school’s newly opened Booth Family Hall of Athletics.
- Poet’s showcase
- January 22, 2006
- “Solstice 2005,” By Connie Andes
- Horoscopes
- January 22, 2006
- For Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006
- Drug makers end elderly help
- January 22, 2006
- Some U.S. drug makers are ending programs that provided free or discounted prescriptions to elderly Americans now that pharmaceutical benefits are widely available under the Medicare program — saying government rules are forcing them to back away.
- Leaking retail
- It will be next to impossible to keep Lawrence retail dollars from leaking into Topeka and Kansas City.
- January 22, 2006
- Although Lawrence city commissioners seem surprised by the figures in a new retail study, the concept of “retail leakage” is nothing new to Lawrence.
- Kline would classify defrocked priest as sexual predator
- Attorney general must first overcome plea agreement
- January 22, 2006
- Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline wants to see a defrocked Roman Catholic priest committed for treatment as a sexual predator after he completes his prison term in March.
- Dogfights problem in Lawrence
- January 22, 2006
- A few months ago I drove with my friend Deb to pick up her new 3-month-old boxer puppy. Little Maddie charmed us, of course.
- Faces and places
- January 22, 2006
- Digging up information can help avoid contractor pitfalls
- January 22, 2006
- When Donald Radina decided to extend his patio and add a roof overhang in the backyard of his home in southwest Lawrence, he figured he was starting off right by soliciting bids from several contractors, comparing prices, asking some questions and checking their backgrounds on the Internet.
- Beyond the Big Top: Animals leap off the page in vivid stories
- January 22, 2006
- Taming images of wild animals is something a good writer can do for kids.
- Notebook
- January 22, 2006
- Kansas University athletic department officials, fans, even media members — including legendary radio announcer Max Falkenstien — paraded through the new Booth Family Hall of Athletics before Saturday’s KU-Nebraska game.
- Lawrence datebook
- January 22, 2006
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