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- Three injured in K-10 rollover
- 02:39 p.m., May 27, 2006 Updated 05:11 p.m.
- The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified a 33-year-old woman, a 4-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, all from Eudora, as the three people injured in the rollover accident this afternoon on Kansas Highway 10 east about two miles east of Lawrence.
- Firefighters: Co-worker’s killer should not go free
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A1
- A group of Lawrence firefighters choked back tears Friday as they asked the state’s parole board not to release a man who set a 1986 fire that killed one of their colleagues.
- KU closes in on tourney
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- At this rate, Kansas may not need to wait for an NCAA selection committee invitation to the national tournament.
- Democracy leader’s detention extended
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The ruling military junta extended the house arrest of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today and beefed up security around her residence, a government official said.
- Commentary: Sox edge over Cubs begins at top
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C2
- As Memorial Day approached a year ago, the Cubs and White Sox were on relatively even footing. Oh, the Sox were off to a fast start, and the Cubs were already giving up ground to St. Louis, but over the longer perspective both were being guided by long-standing ownership groups with nothing to brag about.
- Royals halt 13-game losing streak
- Berroa’s three-run homer in eighth inning burns Yankees, 7-6
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C5
- The Kansas City Royals had waited 15 days to win a game, so two more hours was no big deal.
- AT&T to spend $247M through 2008 on upgrades in Kansas
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B4
- AT&T Inc. plans to spend $247 million through 2008 upgrading its Kansas networks to provide digital video and voice services across the state.
- Art tease
- Here’s a sneak peek at the newest public art in Lawrence. Your mission: Hit the streets and find it.
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Lawrence artist Bounnak Thammavong wants to make pretty sculptures. Pieces that catch your eye, make you stop and look. Tempt you to walk around them, consider what he had in mind when he sculpted them.
- State rules The Hawk may lose alcohol license
- May 27, 2006
- Owners of The Hawk, a historic campus area bar, will lose their alcohol license in about a week if they don’t appeal a recent state ruling against them.
- Crowds kick back at campsites
- Millions hit the road for holiday
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- When people travel to other destinations to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend, not all of them wait until the last minute to get out of town.
- Construction noise causes gun scare in D.C.
- Kansas congressman was visiting Lawrence while his Washington office was under lockdown
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Lou Tryon, her husband, Reg, and their two granddaughters, had a not-so-filling lunch Friday.
- Free State softball tumbles
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Home runs were the bookends of a combined three-run game in Free State softball’s first round match-up with Olathe East.
- Society calendar
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Around and about
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D5
- Club news
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Scouting news
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D3
- 4-H News
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D3
- KU vice provost stepping down
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Sandra Gautt, Kansas University’s vice provost for faculty development, said Friday she will step down from her position and turn to a full-time faculty position in the department of special education. She’ll make the move in August.
- On the record
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence datebook
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Sebelius kicks off campaign
- Governor says she’ll make decision about running mate next week
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Claiming bragging rights for better public schools and a stronger economy, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Friday the state’s future is “as boundless as the Kansas sky” as she kicked off her re-election campaign.
- Tour of wheat state impresses new staff
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Ph.D.-packed bus carrying Kansas University employees on the 1,500-mile Wheat State Whirlwind tour headed back to Lawrence on Friday, concluding the six-day trek to the far corners of the state.
- One Cork & Barrel store to stay open
- Unless appeal is successful, location at Ninth and Mississippi could close in 10 days
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence couple fighting the state’s effort to shut down their two Cork & Barrel liquor stores won a partial victory this week - but so did the state.
- Burglaries a reminder to lock homes, cars
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence Police are reminding people to secure their homes and vehicles after a string of burglaries earlier this week in the 800 block of Oak Street in North Lawrence.
- Aquatic center to offer free hot dogs today
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Swimming season is here.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.56 at several locations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Simons: Protests have been aired, and SLT should move forward
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B1
- How much longer do Lawrence residents want to be the butt of jokes within the Kansas Department of Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, federal highway officials and every other state or federal agency that deals with highways?
- Motorcyclist injured in wreck with deer
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man was injured after his motorcycle struck a deer Friday morning on U.S. Highway 24-40 about 5 miles south of Tonganoxie.
- Lions’ field day
- Penny, Beisner lead medals parade
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Scott Penny would have given anything to dream late Thursday night.
- Firebirds soar in quarters
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- From back-to-back run-rule victories to late-inning comebacks, the Free State High baseball team never ceases to amaze its fans.
- County announces total of 260 mumps cases
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B3
- The health department reported one more mumps case in Douglas County on Friday.
- Moran hopes to save state’s small-town pharmacies
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B3
- U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., has introduced a bill he hopes will keep giant insurance companies from squeezing the life out of small-town pharmacies.
- Buck the system with these deer-repelling tips
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D1
- You know the vegetables in your garden are delicious.
- How can God comfort us in dealing with death?
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D1
- ¢ Memories provide sense of peace ¢ God shares our burden of grief
- Group home employees fired after abuse found
- 10 workers let go for failure to report supervisor’s misconduct
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Ten employees at a Lawrence group home for developmentally disabled adults have been fired for not reporting an abusive supervisor.
- Mayer: Odd tags on some Jayhawks
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C1
- How could you not fall in love with a Kansas softball team with the tremendous charisma of the 2006ers and a star named Destiny Frankenstein? First time I ever saw her name, I got interested and started rooting for Tracy Bunge’s Jayhawks harder than ever.
- City runners solid
- Free State boys, LHS girls prevail
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C3
- While both Lawrence High and Free State dominated the field events during the opening day of this year’s Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships, the two schools also took care of business on the track in an effort to make sure those early team points would not go for naught.
- KU track sends four to NCAAs
- Agafonov wins regional hammer
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Kansas University sophomores Egor Agafonov and Paul Hefferon, senior Charisse Bacchus and junior Cody Roberts earned top five finishes Friday at the NCAA Midwest regionals and have qualified for the NCAA track and field championships.
- Mavs’ defense stifles Phoenix
- Dallas takes Game Two, 105-98
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Here’s a tip for anyone who figured the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were going to chase each other up and down the court throughout the Western Conference finals.
- Texas trips Washington, 1-0
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Cat Osterman fired a three-hit shutout for her 36th victory of the season as third-seeded Texas beat Washington 1-0 in NCAA softball super regional game one Friday.
- Augusta trips Tonganoxie, 7-4
- Chieftains ousted in 4A softball quarterfinals
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Melissa Pratt sparked Tonganoxie High with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first against Augusta on Friday in the Class 4A state softball quarterfinals.
- Eudora waxes Wellington, 6-2
- Boyer magnificent in first-round state victory
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Sometimes it is the smallest of things, which result in the biggest of outcomes.
- Faith briefs
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D8
- Priest pleads guilty to theft of $800,000
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty to grand larceny Friday for financing a lavish lifestyle of vacations, country clubs and fancy clothes with more than $800,000 looted from his parish.
- Sniper defendant claims conspiracy
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Wild-eyed and sometimes shouting in his closing argument, John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he had been framed for the Washington area sniper slayings, alleging faked evidence ranging from DNA and ballistic tests to maps on his laptop computer that marked shooting scenes with skull-and-crossbones icons.
- Judge lifts legal threat on school funding
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A judge has removed the legal threat the state had been under to fix its school financing system or risk having its schools shut down.
- Consumer spending, inflation on the rise
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Consumers spent at a strong pace in April, but much of their money went to fill up their gas tanks. Soaring gas prices sent consumer confidence plunging while an inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose by the largest amount in 13 months.
- Judge says reporters must submit documents to ex-White House aide
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Time magazine must give I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby drafts of articles so the former White House aide can use them to defend himself against perjury and other charges in the CIA leak case, a federal judge ruled Friday.
- Shingles vaccine wins FDA approval
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A new vaccine to prevent painful attacks of shingles in people 60 and older has received federal approval and is expected to be on the market in about a week.
- Hayden confirmed as CIA director
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, a career intelligence officer under whose watch the government expanded its ability to track private telecommunications, won easy Senate confirmation Friday to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- People in the news
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Magazine says Swank to file for divorce from Chad Lowe ¢ Stern regains rights to old CBS Radio shows ¢ It’s a boy - Kingston - for Stefani, Rossdale
- BBC gives ‘Sharpe’ a shot
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Viewers in search of epic adventure are in luck. Every Saturday night this summer, BBC America offers two hours of battlefield action, exotic travel and the chance for romance and heartbreak with the 1993 series “Sharpe’s Rifles” (8 p.m. today, BBC America).
- Smithsonian unlikely to institute fee
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A2
- To fee or not to fee? Free admission to the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and National Zoo stands out in a city where everything has its price.
- Iranian minister rejects U.S. offer for talks
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Iran’s foreign minister on Friday rejected a U.S. offer of direct talks on Iraq, as Tehran hardened its position against international pressure to stop uranium enrichment.
- U.S. military official: Killings of Iraqi civilians were unjustified
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Military investigators probing the deaths in November of about two dozen Iraqi civilians have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines, a senior defense official said Friday.
- Coalition forces kill five Taliban leaders
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A U.S.-led coalition strike on a militant training facility in Afghanistan’s borderlands with Pakistan killed five senior Taliban commanders, the U.S. military said today.
- Militias torch homes
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Women and children ran screaming from their homes as renegade militias lit dozens of houses ablaze today in East Timor’s capital, even as foreign troops worked to stem violence that threatens to split the tiny nation.
- Pope seeks prayers for John Paul beatification
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Pope Benedict XVI encouraged prayers Friday for the beatification of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, an eagerly awaited remark on a cause close to the hearts of many Poles.
- Car bomb kills Islamic Jihad leader
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A car bomb Friday killed a leader of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group whose suicide bombers have defied a truce with Israel and killed 34 people in the last year, including an American.
- Hamas withdraws militia
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The Islamic militant Hamas government withdrew its militia from the streets of Gaza on Friday, pulling back from an increasingly bloody confrontation with security forces loyal to moderate President Mahmoud Abbas.
- Attacker wounds 25 in knife rampage
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A knife-wielding man went on a rampage and attacked pedestrians as they left a Berlin celebration early today, wounding 25 people, four seriously, police said.
- Powerful quake rocks island, killing hundreds
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Central Java province early today, killing at least 309 people, injuring scores and flattening buildings.
- School attacker gets life sentence
- Victims’ families accuse Russian government of cover-up
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The Beslan school siege trial ended Friday much as it began, with grief-crazed mothers venting their anger at the sole known surviving attacker and at a government they say lied about the tragedy.
- Gunfire false alarm grips Capitol Hill
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Heavily armed Capitol police swarmed through a House office building and briefly closed the Capitol on Friday after a congressman thought he heard gunfire and triggered what turned out to be a frightening false alarm.
- Braves rally past Cubs
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C4
- A pair of high fly balls to right field ruined the Chicago Cubs: One of them got lost in the sun and cost Carlos Zambrano his no-hit bid, the other led to a misplay and cost them the game
- Tigers’ win streak hits seven
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Curtis Granderson drove in a career-high five runs, and the Detroit Tigers won their seventh straight game, beating the Cleveland Indians, 8-3, Friday night. Detroit, which hadn’t won seven in a row since 1993, has now done it twice this season.
- K-State’s Martin suspended
- Guard Taybron dismissed from team
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Critics of Bob Huggins who say the Kansas State basketball coach coddles unruly players might get an argument now.
- Missouri run-rules Oklahoma, 11-0
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C5
- J.C. Field’s three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Missouri an 11-0 lead over Oklahoma, ending the game as the tournament’s run-rule was in effect on Friday at the Big 12 baseball tournament.
- Indiana State coach quits
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Indiana State baseball coach Bob Warn is retiring after 31 years and more than 1,000 victories.
- Attorney presents; other writes article
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Molly Wood, a partner in Stevens & Brand LLP, was a presenter May 19 during a Kansas Bar Assn. Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Elder Law.
- Lawrence hotels welcome spillover from Topeka events
- Weekend lodging business stays strong in town
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Teams traveling to the Kansas 5A baseball tournament this weekend in Topeka are seeking shelter in Lawrence, pushed out of the capital city by fans and others associated with the NHRA O’Reilly Summer Nationals drag races at Heartland Park Topeka.
- Former Army chief speaks to grads of Fort Leavenworth program
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B8
- A retired general told graduates of Fort Leavenworth’s School of Advanced Military Studies they must learn that leadership is different from command.
- Senate confirms new FEMA chief
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The Senate confirmed R. David Paulison as FEMA’s chief on Friday, ending uncertainty whether the beleaguered disaster relief agency would have a permanent director by next week’s start of the hurricane season.
- Growing list
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Recently a senior honor thesis, “Uncovering the Rationales for the War on Iraq: The Words of the Bush Administration,” by Devon Largio, (a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), uncovered 27 different rationales between Sept. 12, 2001, and Oct. 11, 2002, for invading.
- Last call?
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I chuckled at Stu Nowlin’s suggestion regarding the recent article (Journal-World, May 18), “DNA study shows early humans, chimps monkeyed around.”
- FOP support
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: On behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lawrence Lodge No. 2, I would like to thank the numerous businesses and individuals who supported us during our recent hosting of the 32nd annual State FOP Conference at the Lawrence Holidome.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- From the Lawrence Daily World for May 27, 1906: “The new band stand which is nearing completion South Park is said to be the finest structure of its kind in the state of Kansas. When completed, it will have cost $600. This does not include the brick which was donated by the brick company here. The carpenter work is the principal item of expense and will cost $350. It will be permanent and the band boys will not be compelled to raise money again for a new stand during the present generation.”
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- The city of Baldwin was hoping to get a $40,000 skilled care nursing home with a capacity of 40 beds through the aid of a federal matching grant. Insects were currently causing the local wheat far more trouble than the lack of rain, according to county agent Deal Six.
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Worried that a city commission blank check might dampen private fund-raising efforts, the commission agreed to match each dollar contributed toward a new city hall kinetic sculpture, “Flame,” until the fund drive reached its $35,000 goal. Lin Emery of New Orleans was the artist and the city commission “sweetened the pot” by adding $3,000 in seed money for the work.
- Strong black women need some help
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- For some of us, it is the easiest thing in the world to idealize black women. To romanticize them, sentimentalize them.
- Benign investigation?
- Politics still is clouding the agenda of a House committee investigating a questionable school finance discussion.
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on B7
- After announcing that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and her top adviser would be called to testify at a hearing to investigate a Kansas Supreme Court justice’s conversation with two Kansas senators, Rep. Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, had this to say:
- Horoscopes
- May 27, 2006 in print edition on D7
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