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One dead in pre-game traffic accident
At least one other person seriously injured
November 18, 2006
At least one other person seriously injured.
Ex-pitcher has tasted good life since 1906
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C10
For Rolland Stiles, the people he crossed paths with more than seven decades ago are as memorable as the path he took to the major leagues.
YouTube offers new look at sports landscape
Bloopers, other highlights find another outlet courtesy of popular Internet site
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C10
Chase Daniel had an up-and-down day in Lincoln, Neb.
Gray provides lift for Pittsburgh
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C8
One of college basketball’s biggest mismatches so far this season is Aaron Gray against any team on Pittsburgh’s schedule.
Durant a big hit for Texas
Freshman scores 29 in victory against St. John’s
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C8
Kevin Durant has had a pretty impressive start to his college career. Texas coach Rick Barnes has a different view.
Sooners still have chance for Big 12 title
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C7
Oklahoma still has a chance to get into the Big 12 championship game thanks to an unexpected loss by Texas and the Sooners’ impressive comeback last weekend.
Texas regroups during off week
UT adjusts goals after national title hopes fade
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C7
The road to a repeat national championship finally hit a dead end.
Death sobers hoopla
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C5
What began as a day filled with football talk and parties across Ohio State’s campus quickly turned somber.
The show must go on
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C5
The game of the year in college football has yet another storyline - a sad one.
Coach ‘part of university’
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C5
It probably was hard for Bo Schembechler to sit in a sophomore-level class called Systematic Thinking About Problems of the Day and not get involved in the discussion.
UM icon Schembechler dies on eve of game
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C5
Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football’s great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died Friday after taping a TV show on the eve of the Wolverines’ No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown with perennial rival Ohio State. He was 77.
Bobcats rookie Morrison overcomes obstacles
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C4
After a dismal shooting night, Charlotte Bobcats rookie Adam Morrison sat in front of his locker, head bowed as he tried to explain a 1-for-8 performance.
Shaq to have surgery, will miss 4-6 weeks
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C4
This is one repeat the Miami Heat didn’t want: a serious early season injury to Shaquille O’Neal.
Haskell women victorious
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C3
Melissa Haag scored 22 points, leading the Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team to a 82-76 victory against Mid-America Christian University on Friday at Coffin Complex.
KU men’s golf lands two recruits
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C3
Kansas University’s men’s golf team signed Nate Barbee from Dakota Dunes, S.D., and Blake Groux from Omaha, Neb.
What spurred O.J.’s book?
Simpson’s reason could be attention or confession, experts say
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C3
It may be about more than the money. Experts say that, in writing a book about how he hypothetically could have committed murder, O.J. Simpson may be trying to recapture the limelight. Or maybe, just maybe, he is trying to get something off his chest.
KU not feeling love
Self calls for more commitment
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C3
Bill Self’s better half - his wife, Cindy - offered some strong observations after Kansas University’s lethargic loss to unheralded Oral Roberts on Wednesday night.
UT dismayed by pass defense
Longhorns already have allowed more passing yards than any team in school history
November 18, 2006
With the 323 yards passing given up by Texas in a 45-42 upset loss Saturday at Kansas State, the Longhorns have set a school record for most passing yards allowed in a season (2,739).
Sooners hoping to stay away from late swoon
November 18, 2006
On the rebound with a five-game winning streak, No. 16 Oklahoma is focused on keeping its momentum and preventing a late-season letdown.
Yeehaw! Missouri CB Johnson eager to play
November 18, 2006
Domonique Johnson doesn’t particularly like country music, but he has been hearing his fair share of it.
Big TV audience expected
Fox Sports to air game in 10 different regions
November 18, 2006
The Fox Sports Net clearance report shows that the Kansas State-Kansas University football game today will be shown in many regions across the country.
McClinton like a rock
Tackle anchors Jayhawks’ defense
November 18, 2006
He’s the most spiritual, the most consistent - and recently, one of the most successful.
Ohio State-Michigan rematch logical
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C2
In boxing, every guy has a plan until he gets hit. In college football, everyone has a national championship system - until it doesn’t work. Lately, pundits have been shooting down a possible Michigan-Ohio State rematch for the national title. They don’t like it.
Keegan: Free State seniors special
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C1
The clock expired and the tears began to flow. Kyle Weinmaster and Andy Petz, two born winners on a team jam-packed with them, reflexively put their arms around each other, their heads down.
Victory denied
Firebirds’ perfect run ends in semis
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C1
No third-time charm for Free State High’s football team. Shawnee Mission West ended the Firebirds’ season for the third straight year with a 31-14 triumph in a battle of the unbeaten Sunflower League co-champions in the Class 6A state semifinals Friday night at SM South District Stadium.
President fails to win S. Korea’s support for ship inspection program
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A7
President Bush, trying to stiffen global resolve to confront North Korea, failed to win South Korea’s support today for intercepting ships suspected of carrying supplies for the communist regime’s nuclear weapons program.
Police: Gang kidnapped workers
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A7
British soldiers backed by U.S. military helicopters battled insurgents near the Kuwaiti border Friday, close to where a private security team of four Americans and an Austrian were kidnapped. A top police official said a criminal gang had snatched the men and demanded ransom.
Australia, New Zealand to send troops to Tonga; at least 8 killed
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
Australia and New Zealand agreed Friday to send troops to Tonga, where mobs demanding democratic reforms destroyed much of the capital in unprecedented rioting that left at least eight people dead.
Weekly family jam session is music to their little ears
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
Lawrence musician Megan Helm strummed her guitar as she sat Friday evening on the floor of the Lawrence Visitor Center, 402 N. Second St. Helm had a captive audience of eight Lawrence toddlers and children as she started into a song they recognized.
Wildlife officials mull options for mining site
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B8
Mallard ducks, Canada geese and trumpeter swans in Cherokee County are dying of zinc poisoning. Songbirds suffer from ingesting lead. Aquatic life is almost nonexistent in several streams and creeks and too contaminated for consumption in some rivers.
House GOP to have 78-47 majority
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B8
House Republicans will have a 78-47 majority next year, one less than they thought on election night, after recounts in four districts were completed Friday.
Man sentenced to 10 years in wife’s murder
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B5
A man convicted in the June 2004 killing of his wife at their rural farm home near Dexter has been sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison.
Two students arrested; staples found in ketchup
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B5
Two students are accused of putting staples in ketchup at the Winfield high school and middle schools - an incident that has school officials reviewing their kitchen-access policy.
Kansas teens being sought in crime spree
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B5
Two youth-shelter runaways are being sought for a string of crimes in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Police search for gunman after 4 adults shot in K.C.
Crime is possibly drug-related, officials say
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B5
Police were searching for a man seen running from the home where four people were killed early Friday, in what was described as a possibly drug-related crime.
More charges filed in serial shootings
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A9
Authorities filed more charges Friday against two men accused in a series of shootings that killed seven people in the Phoenix area, including five counts of murder against one of the men.
Construction crane collapses, killing one
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A9
A 210-foot construction crane collapsed and struck three buildings, killing a 31-year-old man inside a top floor apartment that was crushed, authorities said.
1 dead, 3 injured in fire at fraternity house
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A9
Fire broke out in a fraternity house early Friday, killing one student and critically injuring three others, officials said.
Possible presidential rivals to get HIV tests
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A9
Another sign of the new Washington: bipartisan HIV testing.
Lawrence Datebook
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B2
On the record
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B2
Crews busy at Black Jack Battlefield
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B2
Friday was a busy day at the Black Jack Battlefield site with two projects under way. A team of battlefield archeologists returned to the site of the battle and a crew hired by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was clearing tons of illegally dumped trash from the area.
KU Opera makes ‘odd couple’ work
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B2
KU Opera’s audacious coupling of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” (circa 1689) and Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” (1939) was an inspired match that on Thursday night kept a full house at the Robert Baustian Theatre on the edge of their seats.
Teen gets life in prison for brutal attack
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
A teenager described as a white supremacist was sentenced Friday to life in prison for savagely beating and sodomizing a Hispanic boy at a drug-fueled party.
Fired man accused of killing ex-boss
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
A man fatally shot his former boss at a maintenance shop behind a primary school a day after he was fired, the sheriff’s office said Friday.
2 ex-Enron execs sentenced in collapse
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
Two Enron executives received sharply reduced sentences Friday after cooperating with prosecutors to help convict the architects of the biggest scandal in U.S. corporate history.
Survivors pick through homes flattened by storms that killed 12
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
Survivors picked through the rubble of their flattened homes Friday after a tornado killed eight people in this riverside town, the area hardest hit by a devastating storm system that later swept through the Northeast.
Governor: Finance law boosts McCain
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday said potential 2008 presidential rival John McCain’s campaign finance reforms gives the Republican senator an advantage over other candidates by allowing him to transfer money easily.
FDA lifts ban on silicone breast implants, but adds conditions
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A3
The government ended a 14-year virtual ban on silicone-gel breast implants Friday despite lingering safety questions, making the devices available to tens of thousands of women who have clamored for them.
People in the news
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A2
¢ Rocker Robinson files for divorce from actress Hudson ¢ Stevie Wonder, Usher lead mourners for Gerald Levert ¢ Mel Gibson tops Web list of ‘least powerful’ people ¢ Smith says son, 8, inspired ‘Happyness’ performance
Tributes rule TV today
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A2
Reba McEntire has emerged as one of the most popular singers in country music. Like Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash and others before her, McEntire has transcended one musical genre to become a pop star with crossover appeal. She has sung and starred in Broadway musicals and created her own eponymous network sitcom. “Giants: Reba” (7 p.m., CMT) salutes McEntire with a two-and-a-half-hour special taped last month before a live audience. Singers including Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood and Kelly Clarkson lead the musical tribute.
Wedding fever fills Italian town
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes expected to exchange vows today
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A2
This lakeside town was busy Friday sprucing up its medieval facade with a touch of Hollywood flair on the eve of Tom Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes, naming restaurant menus after the actors’ most famous movies and filling shop windows with well-wishing messages.
Air Force F-16 jets to fly over stadium
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 jets will fly over Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium about 2:30 p.m. today, before kickoff of the football game against Kansas State University.
KU debate leader Coach of the Year
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
Kansas University debate coach Scott Harris has been named Coach of the Year by the National Debate Tournament. Last year, he received the George Ziegelmueller Award, given for excellence at coaching and teaching debate.
Simons: Sebelius has a great opportunity to move Kansas forward
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
What will be the record of the Kansas governor over the next four years - or possibly a shorter period? How will Gov. Kathleen Sebelius perform in her second term? Will she serve the full four years or leave midway in her term for a senior Democratic appointive position in Washington or a spot on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2008?
Area around airport also may see development
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
The former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant isn’t the only industrial project in town surrounded by questions. The other prime industrial/business park area that economic development leaders have their eye on - the area surrounding the Lawrence Municipal Airport in North Lawrence - now is being questioned by planning commissioners.
City, county may buy Farmland plant
Property would be fixed up, turned into industrial park
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
Douglas County residents may be getting ready to play a high stakes game of wait-and-see. City and county commissioners appear to be on the verge of spending a significant amount of money to purchase the vacant Farmland Industries plant east of Lawrence.
Scaled-back plans for public library unveiled to city
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A1
A new downtown library can be built for less than $30 million, according to proposals from a trio of private developers, but it will be smaller and have less parking than once envisioned.
Father convicted of infant’s murder
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A1
A jury deliberated about four hours Friday before convicting a Lawrence man of murdering his 5-month-old daughter.
Bush echoes earlier pledge to get Iraq ‘job done’
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A1
Returning to the world stage after an election rebuke, President Bush told foreign leaders Friday that he remains determined to “get the job done” in Iraq.
Rivalry intensifies stereotypes
As KU and K-State play football today, more is at stake than mere athletics
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A1
Today’s football game between Kansas and Kansas State is more than a contest between the red and blue and the purple. It is the clash of two rival universities: the farm kids versus the preps, the country versus the city, the friendly versus the not-so-friendly. At least, that’s the word on the street.
Man freed after 18 years on Pakistan’s death row
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
A British man on Pakistan’s death row for 18 years was freed Friday and returned home following an act of clemency by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf that was hailed by human rights groups.
9/11 suspect back in prison until sentencing
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
A German court Friday ordered a Moroccan convicted of helping the Sept. 11 suicide pilots returned to prison while awaiting sentencing, overturning a lower court’s decision.
Violence breaks out at annual protest march
November 18, 2006
Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators Friday as violence erupted during a rally marking the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising. At least 10 people were injured and dozens detained.
Former Black Panther dies at age 75
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
William Lee Brent, a Black Panther who hijacked a passenger jet to communist Cuba in 1969 and spent 37 years in exile, has died on the island, his sister said. He was 75.
President signs strict abortion ban into law
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
President Enrique Bolanos signed a bill Friday banning abortion in all cases - including when a woman’s life is endangered - despite opposition from doctors, women’s rights groups and diplomats.
U.S. military plans new compound at Guantanamo to hold trials
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
The U.S. military on Friday said it plans to build a $125 million compound at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, where it hopes to hold war-crimes trials for terror suspects by the middle of next year.
Climate conference agrees on next steps
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
The U.N. climate conference ended Friday with agreement on the next steps toward negotiating future cuts in global-warming gases, a slow-paced timetable reflecting hopes the United States, China and other outsiders will eventually join the controls regime.
Dutch government promises to ban burqas
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A6
The Dutch government said Friday it would outlaw full-length veils like the Muslim burqa and other face-concealing apparel in public places, marking this once-tolerant nation’s latest about-face on questions of culture and assimilation in Europe.
NASA uses space probe to search for craft
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A5
NASA on Friday enlisted the help of a space probe orbiting Mars to search for another spacecraft missing around the Red Planet.
FTC to study how junk food industry markets to children
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A5
Watch out, Dora the Explorer, Yoda and all you wacky, prehistoric critters from “Ice Age”: The feds could be on your tails. With childhood obesity soaring and an array of cereals, snacks and sodas plastered with images of kid-friendly characters, the Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to examine how manufacturers market to children.
Whale-blubber salad, anyone? Alaska adds tribal foods to Thanksgiving
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A5
David Smith was a new arrival to the North Slope village of Nuiqsut last year when the former resident of upstate New York cooked up a few turkeys and vat of chili for the Eskimo community’s Thanksgiving dinner.
Bills to go up for residents near Lawrence
Kansas gas service
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B4
Residents in many communities surrounding Lawrence will see their monthly bills for natural gas rise by an average of $5.83 a month beginning next year under a rate settlement announced Friday.
Home building plunges
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B4
Housing construction plunged in October as builders slashed activity to the lowest level in more than six years. Further declines were expected as the five-year housing boom turns into what is being described as a “housing recession.”
Faith briefs
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D8
Early deadline for society news next week
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D5
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for Society news will be a day earlier than usual - noon Tuesday for Saturday publication. There is no charge to publish announcements.
Layaway is going thataway
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D5
Veronica Frink is in mourning. She is standing in line at Kmart’s layaway desk, pushing a shopping cart piled high with Christmas presents. For someone who loves Christmas, this should be a happy time. But Frink, 37, isn’t very happy.
Shopping? Not all gift cards work the same
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D1
If finding just the right gift for a relative or close friend proves to be a challenge, a gift card might be the way to go.
How can we give thanks to God through prayer?
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D1
Faith forum: Rev. Josh Longbottom and Rev. James Taylor give their thoughts on God.
Democrats warned not to block judicial nominees
November 18, 2006
The Senate’s next Republican leader issued a veiled threat Friday to block action on legislation if Democrats refuse to allow confirmation votes on President Bush’s troubled judicial nominations.
Irony marks Rumsfeld tenure
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B7
By Max Boot - Special to the Los Angeles Times
Look to the north
San Francisco perhaps studied Montreal’s disaster before turning down a 2016 Olympic Games bid.
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
Perhaps 1976 was the first time officials for prospective Olympic Games carnivals realized there was more to hosting the international athletic showcase than just getting permission and being convivial.
Building plans
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
To the editor: If St. Louis can build an arch, starting at two locations and meeting within less than one thousandth of an inch 630 feet above ground, Lawrence should be able to build a multistory building straddling the present city library.
Whose opinion?
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
To the editor: This letter is in regard to City Commissioner Boog Highberger’s comments in the Journal-World’s SLT story on Nov. 15.
Offensive term
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
To the editor: I would like to respond to Chuck Woodling’s Nov. 7 column, “City youth deserve own place.”
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 18, 1906: “A local man who tried to steal a grip and coat of a traveling salesman has confessed and the guilty youth is likely to be sent to the reformatory.
Old Home Town - 25 years ago
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
Air Force Col. Joe Engle, commander of the most recent flight of the space shuttle Columbia and a 1955 Kansas University graduate, was visit Lawrence over the weekend.
Bush grows disillusioned with Putin
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B6
For George W. Bush, meeting Vladimir Putin is no longer an uplifting opportunity to look into the Russian leader’s eyes and glimpse a kindred soul. Their encounters have become damage-limitation exercises or unavoidable bits of scheduling during international conferences.
K-State needs overtime to turn back Wyoming
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C8
Shana Wheeler scored 16 points and had a career-high six blocks to lead Kansas State to a 68-62 overtime win over Wyoming on Friday night.
Spot-on for over 5 decades
Jones part of KU sports longer than Allen Fieldhouse
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C7
Leon Patton will slash off tackle this afternoon for a few yards before he’s brought to the ground. Hank Booth will inform the 50,071 at Memorial Stadium that it was Patton who carried the ball and Mike Rivera who made the tackle.
Wildcats thriving under Prince
First-year coach has K-State bowl-eligible for first time since 2003
November 18, 2006
Rarely does a first-year coach arrive on campus and immediately boost the team’s win total from the previous season.
Lawrence sparks offense
Banged-up quarterback comes off bench to lead Vikings
November 18, 2006 in print edition on C1
Blake Lawrence sat by his locker at halftime and looked at Shawnee Mission West coach Tim Callaghan. The two didn’t exchange words at first, but knew what the other was thinking.
Kansas Ethics Commission proposes new campaign rules
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B1
Annoying robo calls, mysterious groups funding slash-and-burn ads, and last-minute cash drops reached a new high - or low - in the recent election in Kansas. The Kansas Ethics Commission has decided again to try to rein in the situation by proposing reforms for the Legislature to consider in 2007.
Lawrence Habitat elects president
November 18, 2006 in print edition on B4
Jeffrey J. Alderman, Lawrence, has been elected president of Lawrence Habitat for Humanity for a one-year term that runs until September.
Society calendar
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D5
Around and about
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D5
Moore, Boyda vote in support of Pelosi, Hoyer
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A4
For Dennis Moore, it took eight years; for Nancy Boyda, nine days. That’s how long Democrats Moore and Boyda had to wait to vote for House speaker.
Boehner chosen to lead House GOP
November 18, 2006 in print edition on A4
Cast into the minority by an angry electorate, House Republicans chose Rep. John Boehner, of Ohio, on Friday to lead a return to power as quickly as possible. “We’re going to earn our way back into the majority,” he vowed.
Horoscopes
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D7
For Saturday, Nov. 18
Holy land
Churches grapple with real estate issues as they grow
November 18, 2006 in print edition on D1
The Rev. Beau Abernathy has had to balance the roles of church pastor and real estate agent. He’s twice led church congregations to purchase real estate, and his current congregation - CrossPointe Church - is looking for land at the moment.