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- Field goal in fourth nips Baker
- October 1, 2006
- Central Methodist University freshman Andrew Buchholz kicked a field goal with 58 seconds remaining to lift the Eagles to a 17-14 victory over Baker University on Saturday.
- Wills finally finds his way
- Haskell’s top rusher scores twice as Indians notch first win
- October 1, 2006
- At last, Bubba Wills has scored a touchdown.
- Gorillas need 4 OTs to outlast Emporia St.
- October 1, 2006
- Jermaine Race scored a touchdown in each overtime, then added the two-point conversion in the fourth overtime to give Pittsburg State a 59-57 victory over Emporia State on Saturday.
- OSU survives September
- Top-ranked Buckeyes handle Iowa with ease
- October 1, 2006
- The toughest part of Ohio State’s schedule is behind the Buckeyes.
- Defense helps Gators turn Tide
- October 1, 2006
- Florida coach Urban Meyer learned a lot last year at Alabama, most noticeably that defense can win games in the Southeastern Conference.
- How they scored
- October 1, 2006
- Kansas football notebook
- October 1, 2006
- Kansas started Adam Barmann at quarterback for the second straight week, while Kerry Meier wore a baseball cap and sent in signals from the sideline. Meier has been battling an unspecified injury, leading to week-long speculation on who would start. Meier did throw the ball around in warmups, something he didn’t do against South Florida last week.
- Hurt Jayhawk Washington OK
- October 1, 2006
- Kansas University senior linebacker Eric Washington is expected to make a full recovery after being carted off on a stretcher during the third quarter of KU’s 39-32 overtime loss to Nebraska on Saturday.
- NU: Kansas ‘good team’
- October 1, 2006
- Kansas University didn’t win a game Saturday night at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, but the Jayhawks did win some respect.
- Yellow transportation 300 notebook
- October 1, 2006
- Stay the course: With 729 points in the Busch Series standings, Kevin Harvick all but wrapped up the title Saturday afternoon.
- Seabury tops Elwood, falls twice to Wetmore
- October 1, 2006
- Seabury Academy volleyball coach Craig Friedrichsen had a simple explanation for the unique format his team encountered Saturday in what was supposed to be a garden-variety triangular meet including host Wetmore and Elwood.
- Rim Rock kind to locals
- Eudora’s Graff, Chino and Free State’s Kelwein stand out in meet
- October 1, 2006
- Several city and area high school cross country runners had good showings at the Rim Rock Cross Country Classic - an event that meet director Tim Weaver referred to as the “high school championship of the Midwest.”
- KU volleyball falls again
- October 1, 2006
- The losses just continue to mount for a Kansas University volleyball squad that started off the season 7-1.
- LHS struggles at home
- Wells tournament vexes Lions
- October 1, 2006
- Lawrence High found itself down throughout Saturday’s Joan Wells volleyball tournament and was unable to come back, losing all five matches, for a disappointing eighth-place finish.
- Struggling Chiefs face must-win game today
- October 1, 2006
- A game they absolutely, positively cannot afford to lose wasn’t supposed to come this quickly.
- Harvick rules Busch roost
- October 1, 2006
- Kevin Harvick continued his dominating season, winning the Yellow Transportation 300 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon.
- Keegan: Kansas gains respect
- October 1, 2006
- It smelled like a bloody massacre. Looked like one, too. All red in the stands, all red on the field, another wasted trip for a Kansas University football team with a propensity for packing butter for the players’ fingers and little else on futile road trips.
- Big Red scare - Nebraska 39, Kansas 32, OT
- Jayhawks awful, awfully good in loss
- October 1, 2006
- Kansas University’s football team has its way of exciting the masses. That can’t be denied, especially after Saturday.
- Excerpts from the Journal-World interview with Army Col. Peter Mansoor, director of the Army-Marine Counterinsurgency Center
- October 1, 2006
- Full transcript of interview with Col. Peter Mansoor
- Accident closes 31st Street
- October 1, 2006
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday evening that closed 31st Street for more than hour.
- Motorist injured when train hits car
- October 1, 2006
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was injured when a vehicle was hung up early Saturday morning on a set of train tracks and struck by a train northeast of the city.
- Bill Kurtis jumps on grass-fed-beef bandwagon
- October 1, 2006
- Television journalist Bill Kurtis says that after he bought some tallgrass prairie land in his native Kansas, he looked for a way to pay for it.
- Medicaid provider lacks license
- October 1, 2006
- The company picked to provide managed care for Medicaid patients in Kansas has “a ways to go” before it qualifies for a license to do business in the state, Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said.
- Lawrence commuter report
- October 1, 2006
- The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week
- Correction
- October 1, 2006
- The anniversary reception for Leta Mae and Ivan Percival will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Union Pacific Depot. The incorrect time was given to the Journal-World.
- On the record
- October 1, 2006
- Law enforcement report
- Soldier’s family counters church protest
- October 1, 2006
- To the family and friends who knew him, Sgt. 1st Class Charles Jason Jones was born to be a soldier. But to dozens of picketers Saturday, he was at the center of a free speech demonstration.
- Lawrence Datebook
- October 1, 2006
- Election may mark shift to independence
- October 1, 2006
- Bosnians vote today in what may be the most important elections since the war here ended 11 years ago: a vote for leaders who will get a chance to run the country without international supervision if they can overcome ethnic divisions.
- Two cars crushed when overpass collapses
- October 1, 2006
- An overpass near Montreal collapsed Saturday, crushing two cars whose occupants were feared dead, authorities said. At least five people were injured.
- Pakistan agency blamed for train bombings
- October 1, 2006
- An Indian investigator Saturday blamed Pakistan’s spy agency for orchestrating the July train bombings that killed at least 207 people in Mumbai, an accusation that could threaten the already shaky peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
- No U.S., EU deal yet on passenger data
- October 1, 2006
- The United States and the European Union failed to reach a new deal on sharing air passenger data by Saturday’s deadline, though officials said negotiations would continue.
- Israel completes withdrawal from Lebanon
- October 1, 2006
- Israeli military officials said the army withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early today, fulfilling a key condition of the cease-fire that ended a monthlong war with Hezbollah guerrillas.
- Thailand council announces new rules
- October 1, 2006
- Thailand’s ruling military announced an interim constitution today that was to be followed by the naming of a prime minister to head the country for the next year.
- Bankruptcies
- October 1, 2006
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection for the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records
- Chamber schedules ribbon-cuttings
- October 1, 2006
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce has scheduled ribbon-cutting ceremonies for new businesses
- Lawrence Bank welcomes officer
- October 1, 2006
- Les Dreiling starts work today as president and chairman of the board at Lawrence Bank.
- Authorities see no signs of plane crash survivors
- October 1, 2006
- Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.
- Be sure to shop around for best mortgage
- October 1, 2006
- Psst … Have I got a deal for you - a dirt cheap mortgage that lets you decide how much to pay each month. And don’t worry about your lousy credit rating, we’ll lend to anybody. …
- Desperately seeking ‘sold’
- Homeowners, Realtors taking unusual steps in slow market
- October 1, 2006
- Bury a statue in the yard, recite a prayer.
- Horoscopes
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D6
- Puppets popular collectibles
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D4
- Puppets existed in the 1300s, but the only record of them is from some illustrations and stories. By the 16th century, there were puppet shows similar to the later “Punch and Judy” shows. It was in the 18th century that puppets became well-known. Some were made as caricatures of famous people and performed in shows with political messages. Paper and cardboard were used to make the puppets. In the 19th century, puppet shows became very popular, especially the slapstick “Punch and Judy” shows.
- Poet’s Showcase
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D3
- “Am I Getting Through to You?” By John Clifford
- Sweet & sour
- Young author probes his personal life in critically praised ‘Goodbye Lemon’
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Critics assume that Adam Davies’ debut novel, “The Frog King,” is autobiographical. Protagonist Harry Driscoll, like Davies, is a young single guy living in New York, working for a publishing company and generally making a mess of his life.
- A painting a day
- Internet helps Lawrence artists exhibit new works daily
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Every weekday morning, John Hulsey and Ann Trusty wake at their home northeast of Lawrence and start painting.
- Texas cruises in OU tuneup
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C9
- Sam Houston State was little more than a scrimmage for No. 7 Texas. Bring on Oklahoma.
- Missouri continues to make forward progress
- Forget the opponents - No. 25 Tigers beat Colorado to match best start since 1981
- October 1, 2006
- With each passing week, Missouri is looking more and more like a pretty decent team.
- St. Louis on verge of playoffs - Cardinals 3, Brewers 2
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Before Saturday, Scott Spiezio’s numbers as a pinch-hitter from the left side were just as futile as the St. Louis Cardinals’ record the last few weeks.
- Padres, Dodgers clinch berths
- October 1, 2006
- The Padres are in the postseason for the second year in a row, thanks to David Wells’ first victory since he was traded to San Diego a month ago.
- CDC credits inspections, industry for food safety
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A9
- Despite the recent E. coli spinach outbreak, food may be safer now than at any other time in the last decade, with illness occurring at record-low rates, new federal statistics show.
- What the gubernatorial candidates have to say about technical education
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A9
- What do you think of the quality of the state technical and vocational schools, and what changes would you support as far as their governance, funding and mission?
- Cycling gains momentum as means of transportation
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A1
- A briefcase, a tie and a bicycle might go together more often these days in Lawrence.
- Counterinsurgency Center in Kansas to play crucial role in Mideast wars
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A1
- After a half-decade fighting guerrillas in Afghanistan - and another three years doing the same in Iraq - the U.S. military has decided to start some hard thinking about how to battle insurgencies.
- Cyclists flock to year’s final fling
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A1
- If Pat Brennan wanted to just ride his bike, he could have stayed in Nebraska.
- Neglecting our future?
- Technical education is key to the economy of Kansas, but many say it’s not getting its due
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A1
- In Kansas, four out of five jobs require training beyond high school but not a full four-year degree.
- Fire Station No. 5 welcomes community at open house
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The green padded chairs circled the flat-screen television like a little movie theater. Outside, a gas grill sat covered near the courtyard’s manicured trees and garden.
- Elvis finds new home in Tonganoxie
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Elvis lives here.
- Topekan campaigns for charter schools
- Woman mobilizes family to apply for state grants
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B1
- If Betty Horton has anything to say about it, Kansas will have many more charter schools in the coming years.
- Kansas hunt seasons
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Youth clinic on tap
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C12
- A free shotgun and archery shooting and safety clinic for youth will be Oct. 21 at Council Grove Lake.
- Game seasons tweaked upland
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Hunters in Kansas should note that some changes will take effect in the upland game seasons this fall.
- K.C. hangs on - Royals 9, Tigers 6
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Playoff-bound Detroit missed a chance to clinch the AL Central when David DeJesus hit a two-run triple in Kansas City’s seven-run first inning, leading the Royals to a 9-6 victory over the Tigers on Saturday night.
- Tiger leaves competition in dust
- Woods leads American Express Championship by six
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Tiger Woods was exasperated after missing a half-dozen birdie putts inside 12 feet, each one costing him a chance to pull away in the American Express Championship.
- In two decades, Farm Aid’s focus shifts from saving family farms to touting them
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A2
- John Mellencamp never figured Farm Aid would still be needed now, 21 years after its debut as one of many moments of musicians trying to do good in the 1980s.
- Bonds return a headache for baseball
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Barring a major-league-sized outbreak of sanity, Barry Bonds will be back in 2007.
- Microsoft adds music options with Zune
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A2
- Microsoft Corp.’s Zune music player looks a lot like an iPod, acts a lot like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod.
- Cyclones survive in-state upset bid
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C9
- Bret Meyer passed for 323 yards and two touchdowns, including a 16-yarder to Jon Davis with 1:05 left that gave Iowa State a 28-27 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday night.
- That’s one small ‘a’ found in quote
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A2
- That’s one small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere.
- Ex-treasurer acquitted of 23 extortion counts
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A former state treasurer was convicted Saturday of one count of attempted extortion and acquitted of 23 remaining counts of extortion and racketeering in his public corruption trial.
- Teen shooting suspect was upset by reprimand
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A student charged in the shooting death of his school principal was a normal teenager but often bragged about getting into trouble, a neighbor said Saturday as the tiny farm town of Cazenovia struggled to come to terms with the attack.
- In election year, IRS becoming ensnared in more pulpit politics
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A3
- The IRS increasingly is being asked to referee disputes about whether churches are improperly engaging in partisan politicking from the pulpit. And some fear the trend could endanger the taxman’s neutrality.
- GOP leaders swept into scandal
- Questions emerge in wake of congressman’s resignation
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Republican leaders in Congress, including Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, scrambled Saturday to distance themselves from a Florida congressman’s sex scandal as they disavowed responsibility for investigating the matter when it came to light months ago.
- KU professor elected to national academy
- October 1, 2006
- Steven Maynard-Moody, Kansas University professor of public administration, has been elected to the National Academy of Public Administration.
- Man pleads guilty to killing neighbor, avoids death penalty
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B8
- An Olathe man pleaded guilty Friday to killing one of his neighbors in a deal that avoids the death penalty.
- Self-restraint trumps extremist approach
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- My high school history teacher, Cecil “Orb” Coad, took his nickname from Lucius Orbilius Pupillus (112-17 B.C.), a severe grammarian known for beating lessons into his students, and also from the fact that Orb’s bald head resembled a polished sphere. Thanks to Mr. Coad, who was a devout believer in memorization, I still remember invaluable nuggets of historical importance such as, “Northern and Southern Egypt were united around 3200 B.C., probably, by a man named Menes.”
- Old news
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: With midterm elections looming, the far-right of the Republican Party are as jittery as Rush Limbaugh waiting for his cleaning lady to show up with the OxyContin.
- Congress takes aim at online gambling
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Congressional Republicans attached a measure cracking down on Internet gambling to a bill aimed at enhancing port security that passed Saturday.
- Alternative tactics
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I want to state that I support our Lawrence Police Department and the sacrifices our police officers make to serve our community.
- Douglas lake beginning to take shape
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C12
- Douglas County State Lake remains closed to fishing, but repairs have been made and several species of fish have been stocked.
- Rush to judgment
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Police Chief Ron Olin’s statement that the recent victim of a police shooting received “the outcome she desired” should send a chill through every resident in this community.
- Ignore the ads
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: The campaign season is upon us again. This time, do yourself and all of us a favor.
- Manipulated data undermine school policy
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Common sense and conservatism, which are usually similar, said the No Child Left Behind law, which vastly expanded the federal government’s supervision of education grades K through 12, was problematic for two reasons: A few of the 50 state governors are apt to be wise innovators, so let policymaking remain at state and local levels. And when Washington makes a mistake, as it has been known to do, it is a continental mistake.
- Self-censorship makes hostages of us all
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B6
- In 1989, photographer Andres Serrano exhibited a photo he called “Piss Christ,” depicting a crucifix submerged in urine. It raised a furor and was condemned on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 1, 1906: “The Old Home Week Festival is on and all evidence is that a great time may be had by many, despite some concerns about the diphtheria problem of late. “
- Ignorance of history threatens citizenry
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Here’s something you might not know if you haven’t had a five-minute conversation with an 18-year-old in the past 12 months: America’s young know almost nothing about what happened before they were born, or even before last year.
- Averting tragedy
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B6
- A recent confrontation with police again highlights the need to give officers the best possible training to defuse situations involving mentally unstable individuals.
- Baghdad under curfew after foiled Green Zone plot
- Parliament member’s bodyguard arrested as suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A12
- The U.S. military said a captured al-Qaida suspect and members of his cell were “in the final stages” of planning an attack on the Green Zone. An unprecedented curfew prompted by the arrest left millions of Baghdadis stranded at home Saturday without supplies during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
- Overgrowth blurs U.S.-Canada boundary
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The United States wants to better secure its border with Canada, but it might have trouble finding it in some areas, an official with the agency that maintains the border said.
- Lifestyle inoculations raise ethical questions
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A6
- While people who want to lose weight or break their addiction to cigarettes or drugs may welcome the new breed of vaccines, the breakthrough also raises ethical questions.
- New vaccines could help people shake bad habits
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Vaccines, the most potent medical weapon ever devised to vanquish deadly germs, now are being called on to do something totally different and culturally revolutionary - inoculate people against bad habits like overeating, cigarette smoking and drug use.
- Wisconsin may be first state to defeat gay marriage ban
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A5
- When it comes to statewide votes on gay marriage, the score so far is 20-0 in favor of keeping it a one-man, one-woman institution.
- Poll: Schwarzenegger surging ahead as vote nears in California
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A5
- Just more than five weeks before Election Day, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger holds a commanding lead over his Democratic challenger, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, who has built scant support beyond a core base of liberals, according to a new Los Angeles Times Poll.
- Congressional summary
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A4
- Here’s a look at what Congress did and did not accomplish before lawmakers left Saturday for five weeks of campaigning before the Nov. 7 elections
- Home-school students see more interest from colleges
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Bombarded by choices at a college job fair, Sara Kianmehr quickly found her match: Columbia College, a small, private school that didn’t mind that her transcripts came from her parents.
- Media challenge state law barring exit polls
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A4
- A Florida law that bars exit polling near voting places violates the media’s rights under the First Amendment, a lawsuit filed by The Associated Press and five television networks alleges.
- Congress leaves much undone
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on A4
- As Congress began its final week before the midterm elections, a veteran Senate chairman was asked the question ricocheting all over town: Will Congress finish its work before lawmakers leave?
- ‘It’s like Starbucks for your hands’
- Manicure or art?
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D8
- Hand-carved three-dimensional fruit, intricate snakeskin and tiny faces all painted on a fingernail.
- Best-Sellers
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D3
- Oh, what a middle-aged morning
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D1
- I am up and on the treadmill by 6:05 a.m. According to my fuzzy pre-coffee calculations, I will be off the treadmill by 6:45 a.m., leaving me an hour and 15 minutes to get to work. This is ample time, even for someone like me.
- Big 12 no bother for Baylor
- Bears beat K-State, forge first two-game conference win streak
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on C9
- After struggling through the non-conference schedule, things finally came together for Baylor in the Big 12 opener.
- Actor keeps busy working in ‘alternative’ theater outlets
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Kevin Siess says his work as a west Lawrence Pizza Hut manager doesn’t interfere with his involvement with local theater.
- KU fires up long-dormant kiln
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on B1
- It takes a small army to fire up Kansas University’s massive anagama kiln.
- KU play explores teen’s disappearance
- Unsolved 1988 case still haunts parents in Linwood
- October 1, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Harold Leach has pretty much given up hope that his son, Randy, will ever be found alive.
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