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- Chat with Lawrence Fire Chief Mark Bradford
- May 5, 2006
- Lawrence’s Fire Chief talks about the recent underground gas tank leaks and other issues of fire safety.
- Olathe woman identified as Clinton Lake car fire victim
- May 5, 2006
- The Douglas County Sheriff’s office has identified the body found burned in a car at Clinton Lake as that of a 40-year-old Johnson County woman.
- Haskell faculty to be honored
- May 5, 2006
- Haskell Indian Nations University will host an award ceremony today for faculty.
- Cloudy start to Cinco de Mayo
- May 5, 2006
- Your sombrero might get a little damp this morning. But you’re unlikely to get soaked if you’re heading out to celebrate Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo national holiday this afternoon, said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Lied Center lineup unveiled
- May 5, 2006
- Lied Center supporters displayed some hometown favoritism on Thursday when staff members revealed the center’s acts for the 2006-07 season.
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- May 5, 2006
- Clark Bricker, popular chemistry professor, was awarded the Kansas University HOPE Award as an outstanding teacher by a vote of members of the 1966 senior class.
- Too young to marry
- Despite arguments to the contrary by one of the state’s most controversial legislators, setting a minimum marriage age is a reasonable action for Kansas.
- May 5, 2006
- Making a case for allowing children under the age of 15 to marry isn’t easy, but Kansas Sen. Kay O’Connor, R-Olathe, apparently felt the need to try.
- Abe & Jake’s is city’s burden
- Bar receives more police calls than others in area
- May 5, 2006
- It is the type of news every landlord dreads hearing: There’s been trouble at one of your properties. When the trouble involves a fight that leads to six arrests and four people being sent to the hospital for treatment, it becomes a real headache.
- Chiefs back still unhappy
- Johnson satisfied with new coach, but still must play ‘catch-up’
- May 5, 2006
- There’s one thing the young, talented, rich and famous Larry Johnson wants everybody to understand - he is not happy.
- Elements, opponent can’t stop Seabury
- Tomassian, Sisson lead Seahawks rally
- May 5, 2006
- It was an uncomfortable afternoon for the Seabury Academy girls soccer squad Thursday against Center Place at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Astros continue hot start
- May 5, 2006
- Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer and Willy Taveras had a go-ahead RBI single to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter on Thursday night.
- Bucks accomplish goal, but work still remains
- May 5, 2006
- Michael Redd proved he could carry the Bucks for an entire season and reach the playoffs.
- N.C. State to name Lowe coach
- Former Wolfpack point guard set to return to school
- May 5, 2006
- Detroit Pistons assistant coach Sidney Lowe will return to North Carolina State to coach the team he led to a national championship under Jim Valvano.
- Six arrested in Big Dig scam allegations
- May 5, 2006
- Six men who worked for the Big Dig’s largest concrete supplier were arrested Thursday on federal charges accusing them of falsifying records to hide the inferior quality of concrete delivered to the massive highway project.
- Bert Nash, Lawrence to celebrate program
- May 5, 2006
- The third annual Supported Employment Services Employment Recognition Luncheon will be from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.
- Horoscopes
- May 5, 2006
- For Friday, May 5
- Wakarusa organizers prepare for expanded festival
- May 5, 2006
- Big, bigger, biggest. Now preparing for its third year, the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival (June 8-11) is expanding in every which way - from five stages to seven stages, and up from 50 acts to a whopping 150.
- Net zero for Lions
- May 5, 2006
- The Lawrence High girls soccer team couldn’t continue its home magic Thursday, falling 2-0 to Olathe South in a Sunflower League contest at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Resident with bipolar disorder wants illness out in the open
- May 5, 2006
- If it’s OK to talk about a disease like cancer or diabetes, Charlie Ross says, it ought to be all right to talk openly about mental illness.
- School district to honor retirees
- May 5, 2006
- Receptions are in the works for 19 Lawrence teachers and staff who plan to retire at the end of the school year.
- Commentary: Daly doesn’t deserve fans’ respect
- Golfer ‘is 10 times more corrupt than Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds and Ricky Williams combined’
- May 5, 2006
- John Daly has just ruined any chance he has of winning an ongoing lawsuit against a writer in Jacksonville he accuses of defamation of character.
- For some, anticipating pain is worse than sting
- May 5, 2006
- Anyone who’s ever taken a preschooler to the doctor knows they often cry more before the shot than afterward.
- Mickey opens new ‘Clubhouse’
- May 5, 2006
- Corporations with long histories revive old logos, models and nameplates with varying results. Ford has reintroduced Thunderbird and Mustang cars over the years. Volkswagen offered us a new Beetle.
- Europe faces different immigration issues
- May 5, 2006
- As America debates immigration policy, it’s instructive to observe the very different immigration debate going on in Europe.
- The summer movie lineup
- May 5, 2006
- June 21 may be the official start of summer, but today’s release of “Mission: Impossible III” signals the official start of the summer movie season. And it’s got to be better than last summer, right?
- KU makes date with Toledo in Kemper
- Eudora braces for barnstorming
- May 5, 2006
- Kansas University will play the University of Toledo not only in football, but also men’s basketball, in 2006.
- Search begins for artifacts from Black Jack
- May 5, 2006
- Pieces of aluminum from foil, beer and soda cans, wire and nails were the only discoveries Thursday afternoon as searchers armed with metal detectors began scouring the historic Black Jack Battlefield east of Baldwin.
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- May 5, 2006
- Highlights of Thursday’s activities at the Kansas Legislature.
- Marriage age bill goes to governor
- May 5, 2006
- Legislators sent Gov. Kathleen Sebelius a bill that prohibits anybody under age 15 from getting married in Kansas.
- ‘Mission: Impossible’ series hits its peak
- May 5, 2006
- There’s no reason to pretend otherwise: I’m just as sick of Tom Cruise as the rest of humanity. I don’t want to hear about any more of his escapades, his marriage, his baby, his “religion.”
- Negotiators meet to reach agreement on sexual offender bill
- May 5, 2006
- After encountering House resistance, negotiators were back at the table Thursday trying to salvage legislation to strengthen penalties for child molesters and other sex offenders.
- Negotiations continue over school finance plans
- May 5, 2006
- Negotiators failed Thursday to come up with a compromise school finance package that will satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court order and hasten the session’s end.
- Senate advances bill tying machinery break to income tax credit
- May 5, 2006
- The Senate on Thursday tied a new investment tax credit for hundreds of businesses to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ proposal to phase out property taxes on business machinery and equipment.
- One and counting
- Kansas City earns first road win of 2006
- May 5, 2006
- With the only run knocked in by their light-hitting backup catcher and 11 men left on base by their opponent, the Kansas City Royals finally won a road game. And they weren’t afraid to smile about it, either.
- Police seek suspects in crack case
- Drug sales allegedly were occurring near grade schools
- May 5, 2006
- Police this week are trying to round up a group of nine Lawrence men charged with distributing crack cocaine between 2004 and 2006, an operation that police say involved drug sales near two local elementary schools.
- Run for the Son fundraiser to benefit Christian missions
- Heaven’s Angels spread god’s word
- May 5, 2006
- Tony Craft found Jesus at a biker rally. Amid a sea of leather and exhaust fumes, he met motorcyclists who once were on opposite sides of life - cops and robbers, for instance, or members of rival motorcycle gangs - who had come together for a common cause.
- Confucius Institute launched at Edwards Campus
- May 5, 2006
- Sino-Kansas relations took a step forward Thursday at a formal ceremony marking the launch of the Confucius Institute at Kansas University’s Edwards Campus. “This is a historic moment for the state,” Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said.
- Gas station ordered to remove tanks
- Fuel leak suspected in house fire
- May 5, 2006
- The owners of the Presto Convenience Store at 602 W. Ninth St. were ordered to remove the store’s underground storage tanks Thursday after state workers detected fresh quantities of gasoline.
- Rain a mixed blessing
- May 5, 2006
- The 3.71 inches of rain that fell on the Lawrence area in the past week were welcomed more than cursed after a relatively dry April.
- People in the news
- May 5, 2006
- ¢ David surrenders Prius for environmental contest ¢ It figures: George Lucas gets Storm Trooper tribute ¢ ‘Prairie Home Companion’ enjoys red-carpet treatment ¢ Richie admits she’s ‘too thin’
- ‘American Masters’ marks 20 years
- May 5, 2006
- There is something plush about “American Masters.” The musicians, painters, writers, filmmakers and other visionaries profiled on this PBS series emerge in full measure, their stories told with satisfying resonance, each shedding light on a larger whole.
- Israeli borders first focus for new prime minister
- May 5, 2006
- Ehud Olmert was formally sworn in as Israel’s prime minister Thursday with his new coalition government, winning parliamentary approval to pursue his goal of drawing Israel’s final borders by 2010.
- Free State stunned by play at plate
- Controversial call prevents sweep in home finale
- May 5, 2006
- Coach Pam Pine saw it. Catcher Allie Hock saw it. Even the fans saw it. The only person that needed to see it, however, didn’t.
- Gym options explored at meeting
- May 5, 2006
- Kathy Padia didn’t take the news very well last week when word surfaced numerous Lawrence High athletic teams might lose access to their home gymnasium during the 2006-07 school year due to a looming construction project.
- Woodling: Ervin back in big time
- May 5, 2006
- Has the leopard changed its spots? The leopard, in this case, would be Lauren Ervin, perhaps the most nomadic student-athlete of the 21st Century. You may remember Ervin from the days when she was a ballyhooed Kansas University basketball signee. That was three years ago.
- On the record
- May 5, 2006
- Lawrence datebook
- May 5, 2006
- March of Dimes walk tonight at Clinton
- May 5, 2006
- More than 70 teams and hundreds of individual walkers will begin the 36th Annual Lawrence WalkAmerica to benefit the March of Dimes this evening at Clinton Lake State Park.
- 19-year-old arrested after Internet talks
- May 5, 2006
- Johnson County Sheriff’s officers arrested a 19-year-old Lawrence man Wednesday on a charge of indecent solicitation of a child.
- Fire chief to answer questions online
- May 5, 2006
- Have questions about the gasoline leak that led to Sunday’s fire in Old West Lawrence?
- Resident acquitted in September shooting
- May 5, 2006
- A jury on Thursday found a Lawrence man not guilty of intentionally shooting a woman in the face.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- May 5, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.69 at Citgo, Ninth and Iowa streets.
- LHS 16th, Free State 19th at Junction City invite
- May 5, 2006
- The Lawrence High and Free State boys’ golf teams found themselves looking up at Manhattan Thursday at the Junction City Invitational at Rolling Meadows Golf Course.
- LHS softball team drops two to SM North
- May 5, 2006
- Lawrence High went hitless in the opener and squandered a two-run seventh-inning lead in a the nightcap of a softball doubleheader loss Thursday to Shawnee Mission North.
- Green twirls shutout for Lions
- May 5, 2006
- Daniel Green tossed a two-hit shutout Thursday as the Lawrence High baseball team earned a 3-0 victory over Olathe Northwest at the Olathe District Activities Center.
- Fearsome foe awaits KU
- Price: Texas capable of return trip to CWS
- May 5, 2006
- Kansas University’s baseball squad is running the gamut of opponent quality this week.
- Miami bounces Bulls out of playoffs
- Nets nudge Pacers to clinch series; Suns draw even with Lakers
- May 5, 2006
- Shaquille O’Neal took a seat near his locker, wearing a gray vest and slacks, a tie and pinstriped shirt. He looked sharp during the game, too.
- Contreras pads win streak
- May 5, 2006
- Jose Contreras won his 13th straight decision dating to last season and Jim Thome hit a three-run homer in the first inning to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Seattle Mariners 4-1 Thursday.
- Pistons add hunger to improved team
- May 5, 2006
- The Detroit Pistons and their opponents agree that they’re better on offense and just as good on defense this year.
- 9-11 memorial cost climbs to $1 billion
- May 5, 2006
- Construction costs for the World Trade Center memorial have risen to an estimated $1 billion - twice as much as officials had planned to spend.
- Murder trial begins for convicted sniper
- May 5, 2006
- John Allen Muhammad said Thursday he was only searching for his children when he and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested in October 2002 in Maryland, denying that he and the young accomplice he called “son” were the Washington-area snipers.
- Katrina contractors overcharged, report says
- May 5, 2006
- While removing enough debris to cover Britain, contractors working on hurricane recovery have overbilled the government in a $63 billion operation that will only get more expensive, according to a House report Thursday.
- Study finds widespread autism
- May 5, 2006
- The first national survey of autism incidence confirms the widely held belief that the debilitating disorder has become widespread, afflicting an estimated 300,000 U.S. schoolchildren - about one in every 175.
- Judge sends Moussaoui out with a ‘whimper’
- May 5, 2006
- For all his taunts, jeers and bombast, Zacarias Moussaoui did not get the last word.
- Senate passes $109B spending bill
- May 5, 2006
- The Senate defied a rare presidential veto threat Thursday and passed a $109 billion emergency spending bill for Iraq and hurricane-ravaged states that’s also loaded with money for farmers, fishermen and shipbuilders.
- Blair’s Labour Party trails in local elections
- May 5, 2006
- Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labour Party trailed in early returns today from local elections widely seen as a referendum on his troubled government.
- Report: Iran produces nuclear fuel rods
- May 5, 2006
- Iran is producing fuel rods for nuclear reactors, state radio reported Thursday in the government’s latest attempt to boost a nuclear program that world powers are trying to curb.
- Top renovation official resigns in frustration
- May 5, 2006
- The official in charge of the U.N. headquarters renovation announced his resignation Thursday, saying he was frustrated by bureaucratic and political wrangling that have resulted in years of delay and massive cost overruns.
- Future military site secure after clash
- May 5, 2006
- After a day of pitched battles that left more than 200 people injured, South Korean forces secured the site of a future U.S. military base with water cannons, helicopters and bulldozers Thursday evening.
- Two rebel groups balk at Darfur peace plan
- May 5, 2006
- Two of the three rebel groups battling in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region refused early today to sign a peace plan, possibly jeopardizing the accord aimed at resolving a crisis that has cost at least 180,000 lives.
- Vatican lashes out at China
- May 5, 2006
- The Vatican lashed out Thursday at Beijing, announcing the excommunication of two bishops who were ordained by China’s state-controlled church without Pope Benedict XVI’s consent.
- Cheney blasts Russia
- Vice president says leaders must revive democratic reform
- May 5, 2006
- Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday accused Russia of cracking down on religious and political rights and using its energy reserves as “tools of intimidation or blackmail.” It was a hard slap at Vladimir Putin as the United States seeks Russia’s cooperation in punishing Iran.
- Report: NASA lacks science research funds
- May 5, 2006
- NASA lacks the money to support vigorous science research while building the international space station and returning astronauts to the moon, according to a report released Thursday by the National Research Council.
- Kennedy: Medications to blame for crash
- May 5, 2006
- Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car early Thursday near the Capitol, and a police official said he appeared to be intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.
- Sebelius denies inside information from court
- May 5, 2006
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday denied having any inside information from the Kansas Supreme Court on the school finance lawsuit. And Democrats came to Sebelius’ defense against a Republican blitz led by Sen. Tim Huelskamp seeking records from her office.
- Sunflower Bank seeks ambassadors
- May 5, 2006
- Sunflower Bank is launching its Community Ambassadors program, designed to encourage young people to consider their hometown as a viable place to live and work after completing their higher education.
- ‘Maximum Impact’ to have local panel
- May 5, 2006
- Five area residents will discuss leadership during the Lawrence presentation of “Maximum Impact Simulcast: 360&*&char114&*&’ The Measure of a Leader,” a nationwide seminar expected to draw 75 people today to First Southern Baptist Church, 4300 W. Sixth St.
- Memo outlines insurgent plans to spark civil war
- Video shows al-Qaida leader fumbling with machine gun
- May 5, 2006
- The U.S. military on Thursday revealed parts of a planning memo attributed to al-Qaida in Iraq that outlines plans to ignite sectarian war by targeting Shiite Muslims and to shift the battle toward the capital and religiously mixed parts of the country.
- Plant’s price tag: $24M
- Serologicals buyer to shed idle building
- May 5, 2006
- A Massachusetts-based supplier of chemicals and other materials for the pharmaceuticals industry may not be buying Serologicals Corp. for its real estate, but the $1.4 billion transaction will include the biggest property listing in Lawrence.
- Commodities
- May 5, 2006
- Marrying subpar, good credit a bad idea
- May 5, 2006
- I am getting married in June. I have a lot of debt and a shaky credit record, but the woman I am marrying has no debt at all and a very good credit score. Will my lousy credit affect hers? Would it make sense to keep our accounts separate after the wedding?
- Daily ticker
- May 5, 2006
- Rumsfeld hears more protesters during speech
- May 5, 2006
- Protesters repeatedly interrupted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a speech Thursday and one man, a former CIA analyst, accused him of lying about Iraq prewar intelligence in an unusually vociferous display of anti-war sentiment.
- Springsteen fires up ‘Seeger Sessions’
- May 5, 2006
- If you haven’t heard Bruce Springsteen’s new album, a rousing tribute to folk singer Pete Seeger aptly titled “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,” there’s no better way to catch the Boss honor the folk music union hero than on CMT (Sunflower Broadband Channel 60) this weekend.
- Trial set for caregiver in abuse case
- May 5, 2006
- A judge on Thursday dismissed a motion to drop charges against a caregiver accused of physically abusing a mentally disabled client.
- Help Darfur sooner, not later
- May 5, 2006
- It is customary to be dismissive of celebrities when they use their bully pulpits to promote certain causes, especially those with political implications. But say what you will about Angelina Jolie, the actress, she should be admired for taking advantage of the media’s hunger for any news of her comings, goings and musings to shed light on a genocidal situation that the world seems unwilling to do much about.
- Galbraith was liberals’ hero
- May 5, 2006
- John Kenneth Galbraith, the Harvard economist who died last week in his 98th year, has been justly celebrated for his wit, fluency, public-spiritedness and public service, which extended from New Deal Washington to India, where he served as U.S. ambassador. Like two Harvard colleagues - historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Sen. Pat Moynihan, another ambassador to India - Galbraith was among liberalism’s leading public intellectuals, yet he was a friend and skiing partner of William F. Buckley. After one slalom down a Swiss mountain, inelegantly executed by the 6-foot-8 Galbraith, Buckley asked how long Galbraith had been skiing. Thirty years, he said. Buckley mischievously replied: About as long as you have been an economist.
- Bible study
- May 5, 2006
- To the editor: Bible scholars tell us there are four ways to study the Hebrew Bible.
- Overstepping
- May 5, 2006
- To the editor: While I find it admirable that the City Commission and the Traffic Safety Commission have taken up the charge to make our streets safer, the suggestion of a total (or even under the age of 18) ban on cell phone use while driving is not only unenforceable, it is a step too far.
- New standard
- May 5, 2006
- To the editor: I hate to say it folks, but this is our bed.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- May 5, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for May 5, 1906: “There is a great deal of petty thievery going on around town that needs to be stopped. For example, refreshments were stolen from a party scene before the event and if this is a joke, it is a mighty poor one. Thievery is worse than ever when it impairs plans long made by citizens, and we have had a lot of that. : “
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- May 5, 2006
- Angered by what he called a “truly disgraceful legislative exhibition” regarding school funding, Gov. John Carlin said he could guarantee the omnibus appropriations bill sent to him when the lawmakers adjourned “is not going to go through as it is.” He said legal experts had told him he would be able to veto items selectively in the bill.”
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