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- Darrell Arthur on his decision to come to KU
- Darrell Arthur on his goals for next season
- Darrell Arthur on playing down low
- Kamyar Manesh, trust administrator for FI Kansas Remediation Trust, on what happens to the contaminated groundwater
- Kamyar Manesh, trust administrator for FI Kansas Remediation Trust, on what is being done about soil and water contamination
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- City to add parks
- Every Lawrence home will be within a quarter-mile of a park
- June 13, 2006
- Every Lawrence home will be within a quarter-mile of a park.
- Presto station back in business
- June 13, 2006
- A central Lawrence gas station that had leaking underground tanks that sparked a house fire in April is back in business — but must demonstrate over the next four months that its monitoring systems are working properly before its permit is permanent.
- Wheat harvest under way in Douglas County
- June 13, 2006
- Some Douglas County farmers have begun cutting wheat.
- Former Farmland Industries site has an interested buyer
- Firm would clean up the 467-acre site for future development
- June 13, 2006
- Private clean-up company considers offer to banruptcy court for former Farmland Industries site.
- Warming up today into the 80s
- Hot weather expected through weekend
- June 13, 2006
- Lawrence’s temperatures were in the 50s this morning. But a warm-up is coming this afternoon, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “It’s a beautiful spring morning. There will be no problem as sunshine continues through the day,” Schack said.
- August ballot lineups are decided
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A4
- It’s kind of the political equivalent to the start of March Madness.
- On the record
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Oklahoma falls short of Series
- Favored Rice claims Game 3 of Super Regional
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Josh Rodriguez homered and drove in five runs Monday, helping rally Rice to a 9-5 win over Oklahoma for a berth in the College World Series.
- Contreras cruises for Chicago
- Righty wins 15th straight decision in 8-3 victory
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Jose Contreras was downright nasty. His splitter was diving, his slider was breaking and the Texas Rangers were swinging and missing.
- Big Ben seriously injured in crash
- Steelers QB hit while riding motorcycle without helment
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Steelers star Ben Roethlisberger, the youngest quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl championship, broke his jaw and nose in a motorcycle crash Monday in which he was not wearing a helmet.
- Minnesota’s hometown hero now a legitimate baseball star
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Joe Mauer is leading the majors in hitting, and makes it sound all so simple. Patience.
- All NHL players pass drug tests
- Deputy commissioner Daly says results of 1,406 exams prove there’s no problem in hockey
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- All drug tests given to NHL players were clean during the first season of the league’s anti-doping program, adopted last year in the labor agreement that ended the yearlong lockout.
- Daughters still need fathers - even after they start liking boys
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- This week I wanted to run an essay I recently received from a seventh-grade girl. We haven’t used Double Take as an outlet for teen authors, but I felt this was a particularly important topic with Father’s Day coming up.
- Guantanamo camp described in movie
- Subjects of film describe repeated suicide attempts
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Three British men formerly detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and now the subjects of a new film about their experiences say they were driven to desperation knowing others had tried to kill themselves at the camp.
- Destination weddings can be too costly for guests
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- These days it costs as much to have a wedding on average as it does to buy a new car.
- Tuesdays with morons
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- What ever happened to truth in packaging? The “Tuesday” part of the “Tuesday Night Book Club” (9 p.m., CBS) is legit, but the “Book Club” part is a real stretch.
- City to consider bringing parks closer to homes
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- It’s no contest. Seven-year-old Erin Scherl likes her backyard in her neighborhood south and west of Sixth Street and Monterey Way. But it can’t compete with the brightly colored slides and swings of Dad Perry Park near 13th Street and Monterey Way.
- KU-MU football game slated for ABC schedule
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University football team’s regular-season finale against Missouri on Nov. 25 will be televised by ABC. Kickoff at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., is set for 11 a.m.
- Wakarusa inspections infuriate the ACLU
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Members of the American Civil Liberties Union attempted to file an injunction to stop blanket vehicle searches outside of the Wakarusa Music Festival this weekend, saying the police action may have been unconstitutional.
- County pursues consolidation of recreation services
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The idea of consolidating Douglas County and Lawrence city parks and recreation services is an old one, but it’s an idea local leaders are willing to reconsider.
- U.S. troops kill 7 insurgents in raid, but 2 children die
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A8
- U.S. troops killed seven insurgents and captured three others in a Monday raid that also left two children dead not far from the safehouse where terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died in a U.S. bombing raid.
- Stores market gifts for dad
- Retailers aim to boost business with Father’s Day
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- This year, dads are battling it out with moms for their loved ones’ wallets.
- Police activity, arrests increase at Wakarusa
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Wearing flip-flops and an Ithaca College T-shirt, 20-year-old Max Winer arrived at the Douglas County Jail Monday afternoon to wait for a friend to have his first court appearance.
- New voting machines improve poll position
- County expects to see speedier returns
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Coming soon to a polling station near you: one of Douglas County’s new voting machines.
- Fairchild inks contract with Cleveland
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Former Kansas University starting pitcher Ricky Fairchild has signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Indians.
- Rush scores passing grade
- New machine likes KU player’s shooting stroke during camp workout
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- The eyes of 700 basketball campers were fixed on Brandon Rush as he flipped in shot after shot from the free-throw line Monday afternoon at Horejsi Center.
- Foundation kicks off fundraising drive
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Schools Foundation announced plans Monday to raise $135,000 for the district’s early childhood development program.
- Lawrence datebook
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Reporter relays post-Katrina needs
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- If you’re skilled in the building trades, then Katrina victims could use your help, says a Journal-World reporter who recently helped with cleanup in two Mississippi towns.
- Lanes to close on Wakarusa Drive
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Motorists will experience some delays Wednesday morning on Wakarusa Drive.
- Final participant in drug case sentenced
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence woman received a nine-year prison sentence Friday for her role in a failed plot to kill a drug informant.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.66 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Bachelor auction raises more than $7,500
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Ten Lawrence bachelors raised more than $7,500 to provide health care to uninsured Douglas County residents Thursday by auctioning themselves off for dates.
- Blind woman reports robbery near hospital
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Police are looking for suspects in the strong-arm robbery of a blind woman last week outside Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Journal-World, 6News win Press Club Heart of America awards
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The Lawrence Journal-World and 6News won several Kansas City Press Club 2006 Heart of America Awards last weekend.
- SE Kansas community grieves deaths in Costa Rica
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Brett Carlson’s Spanish classes at Labette County High School here were always so full students had to wait until their sophomore year to get in, because so many upperclassmen wanted to take them.
- Plaintiffs: School finance bill fails grade
- Lawsuit contends legislation provides inadequate funding
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Kansas public schools will be shortchanged by nearly $1 billion over the next three years, according to plaintiff school districts that have sued the state.
- Feeling the burn
- Bulldog Days encourage healthy living in Baldwin
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- At age 50, Mike Everett still wants to remain in top physical condition. “I’m just a fitness fanatic. I can’t get enough, man,” Everett, a Lawrence insurance agent and Baldwin resident, said. “You put me on the court with a 25-year-old and I’m taking him to the rack.”
- Team USA opens with a thud
- Americans in tough spot after 3-0 loss to Czech Republic in debut
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- The United States looked like a bewildered World Cup newcomer again. The Americans didn’t just lose Monday, they were routed, roughed up and run over by the Czech Republic, a 3-0 crusher that put the Americans in danger of first-round elimination.
- Santana stymies Royals
- Angels hurler tosses six innings of shutout ball
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Ervin Santana took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning and Dallas McPherson drove in two runs Monday night, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
- Woodling: Prospects parked in Wichita
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Those of you with a penchant for perusing potential should check out the Wichita Wranglers.
- Fire station follows model for public art
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- He’ll be the biggest and stoutest firefighter at Lawrence Fire Station No. 5, and - go figure - his full-time job will be as a greeter.
- Aldrich invited to tryouts
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Future Kansas University basketball center Cole Aldrich is one of 23 players invited to the USA Basketball Men’s Under-18 team tryouts Friday through Sunday at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
- Justices facilitate death row appeals
- Inmates given more leeway regarding lethal injection, DNA
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- In two rulings on Monday, the Supreme Court opened the door to throngs of new death-row appeals involving lethal injection and DNA evidence, though the justices seemed to cast doubt in both cases about how successful those appeals might be.
- Coffee may reduce alcohol’s effects on liver
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Coffee may counteract alcohol’s poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say.
- Navy develops smaller, faster ships
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Sailor, these are not your father’s warships. The first of a new breed of Navy ship - faster and easier to maneuver - is expected to launch later this year to meet threats including modern-day pirates and terrorists who turn speedboats into suicide weapons.
- Robert Byrd becomes longest-serving senator
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- At the age of 88, Sen. Robert Byrd on Monday became the longest-serving senator in history, a milestone in a career that once put him on Richard Nixon’s short list for the Supreme Court and now makes him an icon of the left.
- Scientists discover new hammerhead shark
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Scientists have discovered a species of hammerhead shark off the South Carolina coast, making it the ninth known species of the distinctively shaped predators. The shark, which the researchers are calling the “cryptic species,” is thought to be at risk of extinction because it may exist only off the South Carolina coast. University of South Carolina biologist Joe Quattro, along with Jim Grady of the University of New Orleans and Trey Driggers at the National Marine Fisheries Service, discovered the species.
- Government defends domestic spying
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The government’s warrantless domestic spying faced its first courtroom test Monday, with the Bush administration arguing that the program is well within the president’s authority but that proving it would require revealing state secrets.
- Judge shot, wounded at Reno courthouse
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A family court judge was shot and wounded as he stood near a third-floor courthouse window Monday, and police were looking for man suspected in a slaying across town who had appeared before the judge in a divorce case.
- Guard troops scare migrants away from border, officials say
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The arrival of U.S. National Guard troops in Arizona has scared off illegal Mexican migrants along the border, significantly reducing crossings, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
- New York joins private stem cell effort
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A courier will hand over vials of human embryonic stem cells at a nondescript office building in Washington Heights this week, where they will become research material at the newest private laboratory set up to circumvent federal limits on human embryo research.
- Hurricane warning issued in Florida
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- More than 20,000 people along Florida’s Gulf Coast were ordered to clear out Monday as Alberto - the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season - unexpectedly picked up steam and threatened to come ashore as a hurricane.
- Comeback kids
- Milwaukee rallies to beat Cincinnati
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Moments after his first major-league victory was clinched, left-hander Zach Jackson met the two dozen relatives who drove in from Pittsburgh and presented them with two game-used baseballs.
- Tiger has Winged Foot buzzing
- Woods returns after lengthy layoff
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- The U.S. Open didn’t start Monday, it only felt that way.
- Carolina on the cusp
- Hurricanes grab 3-1 lead with road triumph
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- A flick of the stick. A quick grab with the glove. A perfectly placed shot.
- Heat need home improvement
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Outside Bongo’s Cuban Cafe, workers in golf carts whizzed around the home of the Miami Heat preparing for the first NBA finals game in South Florida.
- Grimsley tagged with suspension
- Agent for former Royals reliever says client likely isn’t coming back to baseball
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Embattled pitcher Jason Grimsley was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball on Monday, less than a week after federal agents raided his home during an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
- Tribe wants more punch for race
- Cleveland G.M.‘trying to fix things’ as season hits halfway point
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Still searching. That was the message that General Manager Mark Shapiro, who remains bent on finding a way to keep the Indians viable contenders for the playoffs, delivered Monday.
- City seeks input on development issues
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B8
- The city is seeking focus groups made up of area residents to help it determine how to improve its planning and development processes.
- County approves replat, defers rezoning request
- June 13, 2006
- A final replat for Eagle Ridge subdivision No. 2 allowing construction of a barn on property southwest of Lawrence was approved Monday by the Douglas County Commission.
- K-State running back suspended
- Clayton to miss opener as result of battery conviction
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Thomas Clayton, Kansas State’s leading rusher last year, has been suspended for one game following a misdemeanor battery conviction and will miss the Sept. 2 season opener against Illinois State.
- Leaders order release of last jailed rebels
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Nepal’s new administration on Monday began freeing the last of the country’s jailed communist rebels, helping peace talks move forward, government and rebel officials said.
- Presidential candidates get grilled, MTV-style
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Mexico’s conservative presidential candidate hasn’t smoked pot. But he’s OK with miniskirts in the office.
- Rulers honor world’s longest-reigning monarch
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Royalty from around the world Monday watched a spectacular procession of gilded boats honoring Thailand’s king, the world’s longest-reigning monarch celebrating his 60th anniversary on the throne.
- Little progress in Iran probe, inspector says
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency told a 35-nation meeting Monday he had made little progress in his probe of suspicious aspects of Iran’s nuclear program.
- Palestinian security men go on anti-Hamas rampage in West Bank
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Hundreds of Palestinian security men loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a rampage against the Hamas-led government Monday, riddling the parliament building and Cabinet offices with bullets before setting them ablaze in retaliation for an attack by Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip.
- Gale winds cut power to New Zealand city
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Gale force winds battering northern New Zealand cut power to the nation’s biggest city on Monday, while heavy snow from a cold snap collapsed roofs and blanketed much of the country’s south.
- Darfur refugees face many threats
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Armed with heavy automatic rifles and a rocket launcher, 18 African Union peacekeepers warily patrol Zamzam, a sprawling camp of thatched huts and makeshift tents where some 40,000 people have sought refuge from Darfur’s violence.
- What’s pumping them up?
- The science behind those high gasoline prices that have your parents grumbling at the pump
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Gasoline prices have been soaring lately. You probably hear your parents grumbling every time they fill up the car or minivan. But why is this happening? Here are some answers.
- Security forces kill militants in Afghanistan
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Security forces raided a southern Afghan village and killed 15 suspected militants, including a relative of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, while fighting and attacks elsewhere left 25 people dead, an army general said Monday.
- Net puts entertainment back in hands of masses
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- More than 100 years ago, in the days before widespread electrical power, there was no such thing as an entertainment industry - at least, not as we know it today. Instead, entertainment took a little industry.
- Construction set for living center
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Skilled Healthcare LLC, operator of eight Vintage Park Assisted Living centers in Kansas, plans to start construction this week of its ninth: Vintage Park at Ottawa.
- Midland elects three new board members
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Midland Care Connection Inc.’s Board of Directors has elected three members to serve on the board: Chuck Karlan, Eileen Langley and Kathy Selig.
- Contractor hires project manager
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Louis Lee has joined the management team of Brien Plumbing and Remodeling Co., Lawrence, as its new construction and remodeling project manager. Lee recently retired from the U.S. Navy Civilian Service.
- Commodities
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Survey: Most dads just want a card
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- He taught you how to ride a bicycle, warded off the monsters under your bed and was your No. 1 fan on game day. So have you bought Dad anything for Father’s Day yet?
- Kline supporters take shots at Morrison
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Atty. Gen. Phill Kline filed Monday for re-election, and his supporters immediately went after opponent Paul Morrison over a new law that increases the sentences of those convicted of sex crimes.
- County races attract few candidates
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Only one primary county office is up for grabs this year, and it now has only one candidate: The incumbent.
- Poll: Tweens’ health a seasonal issue
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on D2
- Summer can be tough on tweens.
- People in the news
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ It’s a girl for Damon and wife ¢ Mia Farrow returns to Darfur ¢ Writing the book on comedy ¢ Jason Bateman and wife expecting their first child
- Violent crime on the increase in 2005, FBI figures show
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on A8
- FBI statistics Monday confirmed what big cities like Philadelphia, Houston, Cleveland and Las Vegas have seen on the streets: Violent crime in the U.S. is on the rise, posting its biggest one-year increase since 1991.
- Diversity ruling is significant
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Reading Supreme Court tea leaves is always dangerous, but its decision to review two related cases on whether the desire for diversity can justify legally sanctioned racial discrimination could be a very big deal.
- GOP barbs weak, misplaced
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B7
- People who live in mud huts should not throw mud, especially if it comes from their own roofs. As Scripture says, don’t point to the speck in your neighbor’s eye when you have a piece of kindling in your own.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for June 13, 1906: “The attitude of political independence of The World puzzles old-line politicians who hold to the idea that our paper ought to stay out of politics altogether or line up with a party and its members and agree with anything it does. Neither of these is acceptable and we will continue our policy of independent support or opposition in matters political. “
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- A Journal-World survey showed that while the city still had no public swimming pool as such, there were at least 40 pools of a private and semi-private nature in the community. Lawrence was one of only two or three cities of comparable size in Kansas that had no public pool, despite periodic efforts to establish one.
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- A tug-of-war was shaping up over a new plan that would change the way the state determined its agency budgets. The Kansas Board of Regents was due to be one of the first involved in the contest. Criticizing the new budget process as a move designed to take political heat off Gov. John Carlin, some regents were hinting they would put up at least mild resistance to the proposal as they began shaping the fiscal year 1983 budgets.
- Worthy event
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Lawrence Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
- Iraq mess
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I listen to the news on TV and read the newspapers.
- Roles clarified
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I am writing to correct a note in a sidebar contained in the article entitled “Homeless shelter works to be better neighbor” (Journal-World, June 5).
- Tough tactics warranted to fight terrorism
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- About the 1991 Gulf War and America’s strategy to oust Saddam Hussein’s army from Kuwait, Gen. Colin Powell famously said: “First, we’re going to cut it off, then we’re going to kill it.”
- Successful event
- The dedicated efforts of a rural Lawrence woman produced a memorable event for Lawrence and a group of World War II Rangers.
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Congratulations and thanks to Marsha Henry Goff for a superb job in securing and organizing last weekend’s reunion in Lawrence of U.S. Army Rangers from World War II.
- Horoscopes
- June 13, 2006 in print edition on B5
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