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- Poet’s showcase
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D3
- “Navel Gazer,” by Lee Carlson
- Retirees say KU burns bridges by raising fees, leaving them out of the loop
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- They drink coffee and talk about their grandchildren. And more and more these days, members of Kansas University’s Endacott Society grumble about the university they gave their lives to, wondering why it can’t treat them with a bit more kindness.
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital obtains life saver
- Toplikar: Scanner produces state-of-art images
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Eating a brat leftover from some weekend grilling, I wondered what the heck I was doing to my cholesterol level. That made me remember - I needed to call my cousin Joe.
- Commentary: Wie’s many critics just don’t get it
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C2
- The image of a haggard Michelle Wie being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher, an IV dripping into her arm, was heart-wrenching.
- Soldier squad tied together by deaths, rape
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A9
- On March 12, a 15-year-old Iraqi girl was raped, and she and her father, mother and sister were gunned down in their home.
- Disputed presidential election leaves Mexico adrift
- Tensions rise, stock prices fall amid uncertainty
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The stock market is dropping. Protesters are marching on the capital. Citizens are lighting candles in hopes of divine intervention.
- High, low art share space at Nelson-Atkins
- Museums nationwide engage in trend
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D4
- The exam breezed by, but now Catherine Futter was stumped. The artist was Rembrandt; the question was the classification he fit. Futter kept thinking the 17th-century master’s work could not be defined.
- Band brings swing to ballroom dance
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D1
- About the 100th time Bogdan Pathak danced the samba to “I Saw the Sign” by Ace of Base, it started driving him crazy.
- Not easy being a greenkeeper
- Profession becomes complex science
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C6
- The statue of Old Tom Morris is as endearing a figure as the name of the profession he performed more than 100 years ago at St. Andrew’s in Scotland: greenkeeper. The word commands respect.
- Actor cooks up new lunch at bakery
- Thespian finds talents can work together
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Jeremy Auman is the face behind the counter at the longtime Lawrence fixture Joe’s Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St. He keeps the zingers coming all day.
- Panel to promote Kansans’ well-being
- Health Policy Authority to focus on education as well as health care
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- If the Kansas Health Policy Authority has its way - and there’s a fair chance it will - you’ll soon be hearing more about staying healthy, less about health care.
- Traveler finds simple pleasures along back alleys of Kansas
- If a county in state has bowling, Lawrence resident has been there
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence resident Larry Woydziak has bowled in every county in Kansas that has a bowling alley.
- How’d you do?
- July 16, 2006
- Answers to the bowling geography quiz.
- Groups lobby for ‘new farmer’ bill
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B2
- The Center for Rural Affairs, Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and other organizations want the 2007 farm bill to include a “New Farm Initiative” to help reverse the statistical trend toward older and older farmers and ranchers.
- On the record
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence datebook
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Bugle corps to visit Lawrence on Monday
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The Colts drum and bugle corps based in Dubuque, Iowa, will stop in Lawrence on Monday for a rehearsal.
- Lawrence commuter report
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week.
- Court denies Marine’s request for court delay
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday denied a Marine’s efforts to delay proceedings in a custody battle over his 2-year-old son.
- Nonprofit group begins landscaping project
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The nonprofit Project EverGreen has begun its lawn and landscape sponsorship in Lawrence for Habitat for Humanity and the Homewood homes.
- Lawrence NAACP to stage cooking event
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Real men cook, the Lawrence NAACP says. And on July 30, they’ll prove it.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.85 at several locations.
- Agency upgrades LMH credit rating
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- One of the country’s top credit-rating agencies is praising Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s financial condition.
- Church hopes homemade ‘We Care Bears’ lift children’s spirits at LMH emergency room
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Here at Stull United Methodist Church, the teddy bears have no faces.
- Israel intensifies assault on Lebanese, Hezbollah targets
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Waves of warplanes thundering through the darkness bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs for hours early Sunday, a day after Israel stepped up its air strikes and tightened a noose around this reeling nation.
- N. Korea immediately rejects Security Council sanctions for missile tests
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile program. North Korea immediately rejected the resolution and vowed to launch more missile
- Laundering money - literally - lands 2 in jail
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A6
- When two men laundered the money they nabbed in a bank robbery, authorities said, they took the literal approach.
- Vigil pays tribute to wreck victims
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Chieftain Park was aglow with more than 200 candles at dusk Saturday to celebrate the lives of two 21-year-old Tonganoxie men.
- Best sellers
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Kids’ books showcase durable characters
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Two anniversaries show how durable kids’ book characters can be.
- Mystery Man: Jess Walter enjoys acclaim of Edgar Award
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Jess Walter doesn’t write mysteries, so it is a bit of a mystery why he just won the prestigious Edgar Award for best mystery novel of the year.
- Study ties smoking with vision problem
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Risk of aged-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among persons 60 and older, may be increased by smoking and decreased by consumption of omega-3 fatty acids.
- Antique garden furniture blends in with greenery
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Garden furniture has become more popular in recent years because more people have patios and decks. By the 1800s, furniture was often used in the garden. Large estates might have chairs or benches in remote spots for guests to rest or gossip. This furniture was made to blend in with the greenery. Pieces were often made from iron shaped like vines or branches. Carved marble benches were used by the wealthy, while rough log benches were used by others.
- Dogs have a reason for stretching when rising
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D4
- When our little mixed breed dog Quixote awakes from a deep sleep or even a nap, he does two stretches, in this order. First, he does an exaggerated play bow where he extends his front paws, bows down and raises his neck slightly. This is followed by a maneuver of extending his back legs behind him like a hairy, horizontal version of a ballerina who goes on point.
- Heat deadly in a hurry for pets
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D4
- Hot summer weather and shopping malls both fall near the top of my list of things I don’t like, so finding myself combining the two a few Saturdays ago in Kansas City put me in a particularly foul mood.
- New contraceptives put an end to ‘the period’
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D2
- A “perfect” contraceptive may not be possible, but women today might be able to find the next best thing.
- Persnickety party of five
- Waiters, beware - these ladies know what they want
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D1
- I am dining out with four of my high school girlfriends at a tony yet casual restaurant in Kansas City.
- How to pick basement flooring
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Many homeowners choose carpet first when they’re finishing a basement - even when there’s the risk of flooding.
- Fishing report
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Mercury high in some Colorado fish
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Recent warnings to limit consumption of fish taken from two Colorado reservoirs because of mercury concerns do not apply to all species of fish in those lakes.
- Let’s dish about fish!
- Tour of local lakes produces list of colorful tales
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C5
- When looking for different personalities around the Lawrence fishing community, you’ll typically find people who enjoy nature and relaxation.
- Raiders blank Topeka Giants
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Scott Heitshusen struck out nine in 51â3 scoreless innings and hit a two-run home run to lead the Lawrence Raiders to a 9-0 baseball victory Saturday over the Topeka Giants.
- Pitcher stifles Royals again
- Verlander silences K.C. bats
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C1
- The Kansas City Royals can’t seem to figure out Justin Verlander.
- Hadl sounds off on QB greats
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Ever the center of attention without ever trying to be that, cool as can be without necessarily being aware of that, John Hadl enjoys having lunch and dinner at the Eldridge Hotel, where the restaurant, Ten, is named after the number worn by another former Kansas University quarterback of note, Bobby Douglass.
- Former president sues Barton
- Law says he was fired for noticing problems
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Former Barton County Community College President Veldon Law says in a lawsuit that he was fired for pointing out problems in the school’s work-study program.
- Developer leads lawyers group
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Robert Pottroff, a Manhattan-based attorney with plans for developing a new mixed-use building near the Kansas University campus, this month began his one-year term as president of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn.
- Bankruptcies
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection for the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Wedding date leads to own
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D8
- About a week after their wedding, Lea King and her husband, Andy, both 31, were talking about the big event in their lives.
- Palestinians reject idea of coordination behind Hezbollah, Hamas kidnappings
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A4
- When the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched a cross-border raid Wednesday and captured two Israeli soldiers, barely two weeks after Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip had done virtually the same thing, Gaza accountant Mohammed Abu Asen saw the events as “completely connected” and a cause for celebration.
- Arab leaders decry attacks but avoid supporting Hezbollah
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Arab leaders meeting here Saturday condemned Israel’s bombing campaign in Lebanon as the death knell for any hope of negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians. But they stopped short of supporting the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah, which triggered the latest round of violence by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers last week.
- Recount will stop drive to overturn election
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that he will halt an ongoing nationwide mobilization of supporters if the Federal Electoral Tribunal heeds his demand for a vote-by-vote recount in Mexico’s disputed presidential election.
- Palestinians flood in after border forced open
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Palestinian militants forced open a border gate Friday between Egypt and Gaza, letting hundreds of people pour across despite warning shots from Israeli helicopter gunships.
- Report: Coal mine explosion kills 18 miners
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least 18 miners and trapped 39 others, a news report said today.
- Thousands evacuate as volcano begins erupting
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Thousands of Ecuadoran villagers have fled their homes on the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano since it began erupting lava and toxic gases, authorities said Saturday.
- 42 killed, hundreds hurt by tropical storm Bilis
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Tropical storm Bilis killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds as it churned across China’s southeast, the government’s main news agency reported today.
- Heavy rains, landslides kill 10, leave 17 missing
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Heavy rains caused landslides in eastern South Korea that have killed at least 10 people and left 17 missing, the government said.
- Clashes kill more than 40 militants
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- More than 40 insurgents were killed Saturday as hundreds of coalition troops, many dropped by helicopter, wrested a desert town from the Taliban and U.S. forces battled militants across southern Afghanistan, officials said.
- India wants response on blasts from G-8
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- India warned Saturday that attacks like the deadly Bombay train bombings are jeopardizing its peace process with nuclear rival Pakistan, and it demanded an “unambiguous” response from the Group of Eight summit.
- Bush blocks Russia’s WTO entry
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- In a chilly summit prelude, President Bush blocked Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization on Saturday, and President Vladimir Putin mockingly said Moscow doesn’t want the kind of violence-plagued democracy the United States has fostered in Iraq.
- Mideast tops G-8 agenda
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Leaders of the world’s industrial powers clashed Saturday over the escalating violence in the Middle East even as the summit host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, pledged, “We will find common ground on this.”
- Three children found starving in home
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A couple was jailed on felony charges after police discovered their three adopted sons were severely malnourished, including a 5-year-old boy who weighed less than 20 pounds.
- Virginian gets 150 years for child porn conviction
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A Virginia man was sentenced to 150 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors and operating child pornography Web sites.
- Man arrested at border charged with molestation
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A man arrested after returning from Mexico with a 5-year-old boy on his lap was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on charges of kidnapping, child molestation and trafficking in child pornography.
- Dorm lacked carbon monoxide detectors
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- There was no carbon monoxide detector in the Roanoke College dormitory where one person died and dozens of teenagers and adults were sickened after a leak of the odorless gas, but the school is considering installing them, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
- Discovery begins long journey to Earth
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Shuttle Discovery exited the international space station Saturday en route to a planned homecoming Monday at the Kennedy Space Center.
- NAACP to press senators on Voting Rights Act
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- At least 1,000 NAACP members attending the organization’s convention will go to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to push the Senate to reauthorize expiring portions of the Voting Rights Act, the group’s leaders said Saturday.
- Firefighters battle huge fires in rugged wilderness
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Nearly 4,000 firefighters worked in blistering temperatures Saturday to corral a huge complex of fires in rugged wilderness as authorities found a body in a blackened part of the desert.
- Landis gives up Tour de France lead
- Spain’s Pereiro takes yellow jersey; Voigt wins 13th stage
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Floyd Landis is willing to gamble that his best days at the Tour de France are ahead of him.
- Yankees pound Chicago
- Cards thriving in extra innings
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams each doubled twice and drove in three runs, leading Mike Mussina and the New York Yankees to a 14-3 blowout of the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
- Southwestern College starts center for Belarus studies
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B8
- A retired U.S. ambassador to Belarus has established a center at Southwestern College to study the former member of the Soviet Union.
- Iraqi Olympic officials kidnapped
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A9
- The security guard at the Oil Ministry Cultural Center was bending down to kneel for midday prayer Saturday when someone behind him said, “Turn around and do not move.”
- Pastor asks for unity, action at Big Dig victim’s service
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A5
- All “politics and divisions” should be set aside so the deadly Big Dig highway tunnel complex can be fixed, a pastor said Saturday at a memorial for the woman who was crushed to death when concrete tunnel ceiling panels fell on her car.
- Mount St. Helens reopens for climbing
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A5
- For all the talks interpretive guide Nick Racine has given to visitors about this volcano, standing on the crater rim and watching as the mountain pumps out tons of rock in its own rebirth left him nearly speechless.
- More foreign companies buy national roads, bridges
- Some welcome trend; others think taxpayers suffer
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Roads and bridges built by U.S. taxpayers are starting to be sold off, and so far foreign-owned companies are doing the buying.
- People in the news
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ ‘Lost’ creator signs contracts with Paramount, Warner Bros. ¢ Spike Lee offers his take on Hurricane Katrina ¢ Brad Pitt visits New Orleans, hopes to rebuild the city green ¢ Date with Jessica Biel to raise funds for injured teen ¢ Mel Gibson donating money to build houses in Mexico
- When the queen calls, out come the hats and baubles
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A2
- The queen arrived on time, as one does, to the Buckingham Palace garden party.
- Murder-suicide ruled out in 2 trail deaths
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Two women killed on a hiking trail near Mount Pilchuck died of gunshot wounds, and investigators have ruled out murder-suicide, the Snohomish County sheriff’s office said Friday.
- Police arrest suspect in triple slayings
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A10
- A man wanted in the stabbing deaths of a couple and a 6-year-old boy who were found in their home with a starving 1-year-old girl has been arrested, police said Friday.
- Reporters protest over resignations
- Owner accused of meddling in news coverage
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Dressed in black and their mouths taped shut, reporters and staff of the Santa Barbara News-Press staged a protest Friday over a recent wave of resignations at the newspaper.
- State elections get new national attention after ruling
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on A10
- State legislatures, always the undercard of the nation’s elections, are suddenly important.
- Santorum struggles to retain seat
- July 16, 2006
- A senator seeking to model his career on that of some earlier Senate titan might choose one of the 19th century’s “great triumvirate” - Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Calhoun. Twentieth-century luminaries would include Mr. Republican, Robert Taft, or the pride of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. But Alfonse D’Amato?
- Iranians see power in clerics, not Ahmadinejad
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the West, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the most visible face of Iran - the bearded firebrand demanding nuclear rights, the end of Israel and a new accounting of the Holocaust.
- Court gives Bush a royal comeuppance
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- With apologies to the makers of the 1994 film, it’s never been “the madness of King George” that troubled me.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 16, 1906: “Burglars entered the home of A. Eberhart, 1132 Rhode Island, early today and stole $27.07 from a desk and 50 cents from a pocketbook in the kitchen. The $27.07 was all the money in the treasury of the Lutheran Sunday School and the burglars were evidently familiar with the house and the fact the money would be brought home from church. :The national grand lodge meeting for the Elks is drawing some 40,000, including Lawrencians, to Denver.”
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The federal Small Business Administration was to open an office in Lawrence to process applications for low-interest disaster loans for victims of the June 19 tornado here. The SBA announced it had approved Gov. John Carlin’s request for local aid after a storm where damage had been estimated up to $20 million. One man was killed and 35 persons hurt by the local onslaught.
- Bush seeks to allay nuclear power fears
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- If presidential willpower can end eras, the generation-old fear of nuclear energy born in the catastrophes of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl is marked for extinction. The world will move instead into a confident time of nuclear power plants helping to reduce global warming, prevent energy shortages and curb atomic arsenals from being developed by rogue countries.
- KU message
- Kansas University still seems to be searching for the best way to improve its image across the state.
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The recent reorganization of Kansas University’s external affairs staff seems to indicate that KU leaders still are struggling with how best to spread a positive image for the university across the state.
- Horoscopes
- July 16, 2006 in print edition on D6
- For Sunday, July 16, 2006
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