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- Fire damages Lawrence motel
- Westminster Inn is the site of blaze
- November 30, 2006
- Westminster Inn is the site of blaze
- Last-minute cancellations make parents scramble
- November 30, 2006
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, last-minute decision to cancel classes Thursday make parents scramble, and more winter weather on the way.
- Schools closed for Friday
- Ice, predicted snowfall, lead to early decision
- 03:44 p.m., November 30, 2006 Updated 09:40 p.m.
- Superintendent Randy Weseman announced this afternoon that classes will be canceled again on Friday for Lawrence schools.
- Kansas Supreme Court dismisses clinics’ complaint against Kline
- Kline, an ardent opponent of abortion, had said the clinic’s legal request was frivolous
- November 30, 2006
- Kline, an ardent opponent of abortion, had said the clinic’s legal request was frivolous.
- Self signs new 5-year deal at KU
- 11:51 a.m., November 30, 2006 Updated 02:34 p.m.
- Kansas University men’s basketball coach Bill Self today inked a new five-year contract which will kick in retroactively on April 1, 2006, and will expire in March 2011. Self’s previous deal had two years remaining, set to expire on April 20, 2008. Self will receive an annual salary of $220,000 per year from Kansas Athletics, and addition payments will bring his total compensation to right over $1.375 million per year. Those payments include professional services, such as public relations or educational duties.
- Weseman takes blame for late school cancellation
- November 30, 2006
- Some say they already left for school, work before the announcement.
- Lawrence public, private schools cancel Thursday classes
- District announced plans at 6:15 a.m.
- 03:03 a.m., November 30, 2006 Updated 03:29 p.m.
- District announced plans at 6:15 a.m.
- Defeat a relief to ‘conscience of Congress’
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The House of Representatives wastes no sympathy on defeated members. So at the beginning of this week, Jim Leach of Iowa sat in an office almost devoid of furniture, the walls stripped bare of the mementos of his 30 years of service - with just a few hours remaining before the painters moved in to prepare his domain for its new occupant.
- Safety main concern when canceling school
- Weather, roads, forecast taken into consideration
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Is school canceled? That’s what parents and children want to know when winter weather strikes.
- Wintry weather blasts region
- Forecast predicts snow
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Wednesday’s freezing rain and sleet rudely blasted out Tuesday’s warmth, and forecasters expect snow to fall today.
- Commuters must balance safety, work
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Joe Blubaugh’s lucky. He has a five-minute drive from work. But he knows that dozens of his co-workers at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in Topeka - including his boss, KDHE Secretary Rod Bremby - drive in every day from Lawrence, and such commuters face more challenges as weather conditions turn grim.
- Two-car accident on I-70 kills Lawrence woman, 24
- Highway Patrol says road conditions contributed
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- A Lawrence woman died and six others went to the hospital Wednesday after a two-car wreck in icy conditions on Interstate 70, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- At charity auction, money grows on trees
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Emcee Hank Booth congratulated crowd members for showing up despite the icy weather. Then, he got down to the business of auctioning Christmas trees.
- Gingerbread auction to raise funds for agency
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County is using gingerbread houses to help recruit mentors for at-risk children.
- Mr. Versatility
- Schiller makes things happen all over the pitch
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Dustin Schiller might as well pick a number out of a hat and decide which position he’ll play on the soccer field based on his selection.
- Carolina claims top-10 showdown
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Tyler Hansbrough started and ended North Carolina’s game-breaking 17-2 run in the second half and the seventh-ranked Tar Heels went on to a 98-89 victory over No. 3 Ohio State on Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
- Bears punish K-State
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Ayinde Ubaka had 14 points and eight assists, DeVon Hardin added 12 points and 12 rebounds, and California beat cold-shooting Kansas State for the first time in six overall meetings with a 78-48 victory Wednesday night.
- Bulls, Wallace stuck with each other
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C6
- This is what really happened in the latest Chronicles of Ben, the benching, the headband and the childishness.
- Falcons’ Vick fined for obscene gesture
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Michael Vick was fined $10,000 by the NFL and agreed to donate another $10,000 to charity for an obscene hand gesture toward Falcons fans following last weekend’s loss to New Orleans.
- Track star Gatlin works out for Texans
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Track star Justin Gatlin worked out for the Houston Texans on Tuesday, but coach Gary Kubiak said signing him was “not something we would do right now.”
- Offensive line becomes strength for Chiefs
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C5
- For years, a strong offensive line has been as much a given at Arrowhead Stadium as the smell of barbecue wafting from the parking lot and fans booming “home of the Chiefs” at the end of the national anthem.
- Title matchup revives OU-NU rivalry
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C4
- With Barry Switzer on one side and Tom Osborne on the other, no rivalry was bigger than Oklahoma-Nebraska.
- Don’t look now: BCS working
- Maligned system has interest, attendance on the rise
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Three days from Bowl Championship Series selection day, and the biggest winner is not top-ranked Ohio State, surging USC or hanging-with-the-big-boys Boise State. The biggest winner is the system. It’s working - again.
- 2006-07 area girls basketball preview capsules
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Taylor takes Big 12 honor
- NU quarterback offensive player of year
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Zac Taylor has been instrumental in infusing a throwing mentality into a Nebraska program with a long tradition of running the football - bringing the Huskers from a losing record in 2004 to within one win of a BCS bowl this season.
- McCray pulls away
- Freshman helps KU hold off Western Illinois
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Danielle McCray can play. No doubt about that. But McCray can’t play very much.
- Jet lag doesn’t slow KU
- Self contract details likely revealed today
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Darrell Arthur felt a bit sluggish upon arriving at Allen Fieldhouse for Tuesday’s game against Dartmouth. “It’s been kind of tiring. I’m still on Vegas time,” the Kansas University freshman forward said. He’d been slow to recover from a two-hour time difference, which had the Jayhawks arriving from Nevada on a red-eye charter flight about 6 a.m. Sunday.
- On the record
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Fieldhouse concession worker dies
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- A concession stand volunteer at Allen Fieldhouse died after falling ill during the Kansas University-Dartmouth basketball game Tuesday night.
- Benefit fund created for passenger injured in Cat Tracker bus
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- A longtime friend of a man injured in the Cat Tracker bus accident has started a benefit fund in his college buddy’s name.
- Thornburgh working with states on primaries
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh hopes Kansas and other Midwestern states will have presidential primaries at the same time in 2008, but he doesn’t have a target date. Thornburgh said Wednesday he will ask legislators next year to set aside $2.5 million for the primary. In the past, the cost of a special statewide election has led lawmakers to cancel primaries.
- High school students sing way to state choirs
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A dozen Lawrence junior high school students were selected to sing in statewide choirs.
- Lawyer settles lawsuit on terror accusation
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The federal government has agreed to pay an Oregon lawyer $2 million to settle part of a lawsuit he filed after the FBI misidentified a fingerprint and wrongly arrested him in the 2004 Madrid terrorist bombings.
- 6 illegal immigrants had airport clearance
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Federal authorities said Wednesday they arrested six illegal immigrants who had security badges that gave them access to the tarmac and other restricted areas at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
- Wiring suspected in group home fire
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a fire that killed 10 people at a group home for the elderly and mentally ill, authorities said Wednesday.
- Frist to take break from politics
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2008, a high-profile campaign dropout more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.
- Katrina victims win rulings
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Condemning the bureaucracy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency as “Kafkaesque,” a federal judge Wednesday ordered the government to immediately resume housing payments to Gulf Coast residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
- Supreme Court takes up global warming for first time
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Frustrated by Bush administration inaction on global warming, states and environmentalists urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to declare greenhouse gases to be air pollutants that the government must regulate.
- Buyout-plan acceptance slashes Ford work force
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Roughly 38,000 Ford Motor workers nationwide elected to accept buyout offers, the ailing automaker disclosed Wednesday.
- Ex-mayors, media to help raise funds
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Former Lawrence mayors and members of the media will volunteer this weekend to raise funds to help people pay for home heating this winter.
- Flu vaccine shipments enable two clinics
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Lawrence Douglas County Health Department has received more shipments of flu vaccine and will have two clinics.
- Sebelius: ID rules could cause Kansans to lose health coverage
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday federal rules requiring Medicaid beneficiaries to provide documented proof of U.S. citizenship could result in needy Kansans unfairly losing health care coverage and the state paying millions of dollars in extra costs.
- Report: City should spend more on public transit
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence residents should get ready to spend more money on public transportation, even if the city’s T merges with the heavily used Kansas University transit systems. A new public transit report delivered to city commissioners Wednesday estimated that the city will need to spend at least an additional $500,000 per year on upgrading buses and a maintenance facility, regardless of whether the city merges its system with KU.
- Comedy block back on NBC
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Timing is everything. What does it mean when NBC returns to its “must-see” comedy block one night after sweeps ends? In contrast, CBS commemorates the evening with a solid block of repeats.
- Britney Spears unleashes inner wild child
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Britney Spears is behaving more like her soon to be ex-husband, Kevin Federline, than a pop princess on the verge of a career comeback.
- Death of 3-year-old spurs Ottawa school to hold auction to help pay medical bills
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A1
- During her short life, 3-year-old Ottawa resident Chloe Robinson developed a love for knock-knock jokes. She told them to anyone who would listen: doctors, nurses, family members.
- Balkan nations receive NATO invitation
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- NATO leaders on Wednesday invited their old enemy Serbia - along with Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina - to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership in the alliance.
- Mother gets custody of Scottish girl
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- A court ruled Wednesday that a Scottish-Pakistani girl in the middle of an international custody battle must be returned to her mother in Britain.
- Powerful typhoon cuts electricity
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- A powerful typhoon battered the eastern Philippines today, cutting off power to thousands of homes and stranding ferry passengers as it churned toward Manila.
- Radiation found on British planes
- Spy poisoning case
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- Officials found traces of radiation on two British Airways jets as part of an investigation into the poisoning death of a former Russian spy, and the airline appealed Wednesday to tens of thousands of passengers who flew to Moscow or other cities to contact health authorities.
- Bipartisan panel reaches agreement on Iraq policy
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- A bipartisan commission, under pressure to offer a U.S. exit strategy for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, has reached a consensus and will announce its recommendations next week, the group’s co-chairman said Wednesday.
- U.S-Iraq strategy summit postponed at last minute
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A9
- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki abruptly delayed their summit on Iraq strategy Wednesday, pushing off their meeting until today amid political protests in Baghdad over al-Maliki’s decision to attend and disclosure of a classified White House memorandum questioning the Iraqi leader’s competence.
- Garden guide helps you winter favorites
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on D2
- Personal shoppers, personal trainers, financial advisers, garden guides - luxuries or wise investments? This time of year, a garden guide might help you safely winter over some of your new favorite perennials and at the same time do the traditional autumn garden cleanup.
- Landplan adds two employees
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Landplan Engineering announces the hiring of two employees for its Lawrence office:
- Capitol Federal gives thanks
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Capitol Federal Savings employees supplied Thanksgiving meals to 250 families in communities where the bank has branches, with the Capitol Federal Foundation providing $12,250 grant money for the purchase of meals.
- Looking ahead
- Make financial moves before end of year
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- This may be asking a lot, but you should consider setting aside an hour or two between shopping trips and holiday parties to make some year-end financial moves.
- Commodities
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- Consumer unit gets to work
- District attorney’s office has handled 25 complaints since July
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A10
- A company that offered to clean floors for $8.99 a room, then billed a Lawrence woman more than $300 for two, is among the first customer complaints to be cleaned up by Douglas County’s new Consumer Protection Unit.
- Benedict reaches out to Turkish Christians
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Pope Benedict XVI began his pilgrimage among Turkey’s tiny Christian communities Wednesday by paying homage to an Italian priest slain during Islamic protests and expressing sympathy for the pressures facing religious minorities in the Muslim world.
- Mexican standoff threatens to disrupt inauguration of new president
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Opposition legislators sprawled across the congressional speaker’s platform in their standoff with ruling conservatives Wednesday, vowing not to budge in hopes of blocking Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon.
- More to story
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Proper terms
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Christmas split?
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Care advocates
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Videotaped interviews a positive step
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B7
- It has been interesting to read the reports on videotaping of criminal suspect interrogations in the LJW over the past two years. Indeed, there appears to have been some evolution in the police department’s position since it was reported that our local police department is not convinced the videotaping of suspects’ interviews in their entirety is “worth the effort” (Journal-World, Sept. 9, 2004.) In that article, the police spokesperson stated about videotaped interviews with suspects, “We don’t see that it’s a need, other than it’s a concern that’s been raised numerous times.”
- New senator not adding to culture of civility
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- That was certainly swift. Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office. But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator.
- Good stewards
- Lawrence school officials are being smart and responsible by maximizing their investment in maintenance projects.
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Maintenance projects may not be the most exciting way to spend the Lawrence school district’s money, but putting off needed improvements and repairs is a dangerous policy. Just ask the six universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.
- Horoscopes
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Made in China
- KU students discover Asian country through camera lens
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Six months ago, the thought of going to China never would have occurred to me. It just wasn’t on my radar. Not only did it seem a monetary impossibility, but unlike many of my friends, I didn’t have a burning desire to visit the lands of Asia just yet. I was busy trying to get to Europe first.
- State extends comment period for power plant
- Environmentalists plan rally at Capitol to protest proposed western Kansas facility
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Opposition to a proposed power plant in western Kansas picked up steam Wednesday as the state extended the deadline until Dec. 15 for public comment, and environmentalists scheduled a rally to protest the coal-fired facility.
- Local gardeners lend hand in New Orleans
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Hurricane Katrina’s arrival on Aug. 29, 2005, was a devastating blow to the southern coast of the United States. Mary Olson, a Douglas County Master Gardener, had been there just three days earlier, visiting her daughter. On that fateful day, she kept close watch on news organization broadcasts about the destruction taking place at that lush, scenic city she had just visited.
- Wegner wastes no time building winner
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Gus Wegner led the Baldwin High boys soccer team onto the field in 2005 for the first time in the school’s history. His vision was to build a soccer program that consisted of respectful and hard-working athletes.
- Head of the pack
- Johnson plans to enjoy his reign
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C10
- Jimmie Johnson finally gets to sit in the good seats.
- 2006-07 area boys basketball preview capsules
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Commentary: Hall of Shame fitting for McGwire
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Those who’ve been doing the morality-wrestle with steroids finally have reached Judgment Day. The 2007 Hall of Fame ballot is out, and with it, the litmus test for the ages: Does Mark McGwire, the first chemically-enhanced home run hitter to reach Cooperstown’s doorstep, belong? Not a chance.
- Pressure’s on
- Speedy backcourt to key Free State
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- The one word that comes to mind when you think of the Free State High girls basketball team this year is speed.
- Lawrence Datebook
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on B2
- People in the news
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Snoop Dogg arrested after gun, drugs found ¢ Kidman top earner among Hollywood women ¢ It’s a girl for Coppola
- Faculty, students mix in ‘Hay Fever’
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on D1
- If “Seinfeld” was a stage production, it might be something like “Hay Fever.”
- Keegan: Defense Rush’s strength
- November 30, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Ink-stained arms. Wanted to go straight to the pros. Never stayed at one high school for long. Came out of a prep school known far more for its basketball program than its academics.
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