All stories
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
- Life is back to normal between the 1000 and 1100 blocks of Massachusetts and Vermont streets after a car struck a natural gas meter Saturday afternoon.
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Chuck Berg - Special to the Journal-World
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April 21, 2007
- In a fortuitous departure from the Lied Center’s general policy of programming chamber music on Sunday afternoons, the decision to slot the celebrated Emerson String Quartet on Friday night proved a winner.
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By Todd Johnson - tjohnson@sunflowerbroadband.com
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- A miniature version of the Kansas Relays took place Friday in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on D1
- When non-Muslims step inside the Islamic Center of Lawrence, Barakat Makrami says, they’re often surprised by how much Islam has in common with their own faith.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C8
- Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell likens Vince Carter’s departure from Toronto to a divorce. The marriage may be over, but the hearts of Toronto basketball fans still haven’t healed.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B8
- A former Kansas lawmaker’s bout with cancer led him to donate $1 million toward research in his home state.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B3
- Dolph C. Simons Jr., editor of the Journal-World and chairman of The World Company, was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame on Friday by the Kansas Press Association.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C3
- Lawrence High’s tennis team tied for sixth at the eight-team Lawrence Invitational on Friday at Lawrence Tennis Center.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C4
- Reliever-turned-starter Braden Looper allowed five hits in seven innings, and Preston Wilson hit a long two-run homer in the seventh Friday as the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Cubs, 2-1.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A8
- President Traian Basescu said Friday he would not resign, a day after he was suspended by Romania’s opposition-dominated parliament amid allegations that he abused his position.
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B5
- There will be something for everyone during the Lied Center’s 2007-2008 season.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C2
- Greg Oden is through with school. The 7-foot freshman center said Friday he would leave Ohio State to enter the NBA draft, where he figures to be one of the top two picks along with Texas freshman forward Kevin Durant.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on D5
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B7
- To the editor: As a Kansas University student, I found the Virginia Tech massacre especially unnerving. The Columbine shooting in 1999 and the numerous high school shootings since then were frightening but resonate less to me personally because now I am in college.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B7
- To the editor: The upcoming Lawrence Earth Day celebrations and the Step-It-Up action of the past week are local activities in what is clearly becoming a global awakening of the naturalist-conservation movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C4
- Alex Rodriguez hit two more homers, but Coco Crisp tied the game with a two-run triple and then scored the game-winner on Alex Cora’s blooper during a five-run eighth inning Friday night as the Boston Red Sox came back to beat the New York Yankees, 7-6.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A8
- U.S. diplomatic buildings in Germany have increased their security in response to a “heightened threat,” and the U.S. Embassy warned Americans in the country to take precautions, officials said Friday.
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J-W Staff reports
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C3
- The Free State High softball team split a doubleheader with Olathe North on Friday at the Olathe District Activities Center.
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By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A8
- Police stormed an apartment today and seized a suspected gangster who had barricaded himself in side after a deadly shooting in the streets of a Tokyo suburb in violence officials said may signal infighting in the Japanese underworld.
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By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A8
- Pope Benedict XVI has reversed centuries of traditional Roman Catholic teaching on limbo, approving a Vatican report released Friday that says there were “serious” grounds to hope that children who die without being baptized can go to heaven.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
- Construction dust and detour signs have been a regular sight lately on Kasold Drive, the site of millions of dollars worth of road improvements that will continue in coming months.
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J-W Staff Reports
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April 21, 2007
- Sixteen years after she started work for Hallmark Cards Inc. at its plant in Lawrence, Shannon Frost is set to return as the operation’s top boss.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
- It’s a simple formula: Success for the Kansas University men’s basketball team means a boost to the local economy.
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April 21, 2007
- KJHK Radio, a student-run station serving Kansas University, was presented with five awards at the annual Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards ceremony April 2 in Wichita.
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By Jimmy Gillispie
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April 21, 2007
- Gary Rochester is about to give the corner of Eighth Street and U.S. Highway 56 its first new look in more than 40 years.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
- Mark Jones is laying the groundwork for naming a portion of a road in Lawrence after slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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By Karrey Britt
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence should have a planning and development leader next month.
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By George Diepenbrock
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April 21, 2007
- The search for a new Douglas County emergency management director is progressing slowly.
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By Mike Belt
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April 21, 2007
- Lecompton leaders hope a new water plant will lead to more growth and development in this northwestern Douglas County town.
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By Abdul Sattar - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A8
- The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy. Then he hacks off the captive’s head to cries of “God is great!” and hoists it in triumph by the hair.
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By Chris Duncan - Associated Press Sports Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C8
- The Houston Rockets hung a banner during their last regular-season home game to honor retiring general manager Carroll Dawson. They haven’t had much more to celebrate lately.
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By Doug Tucker - Associated Press Sports Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C5
- As Ron Gardenhire sat in the visiting manager’s office discussing Kansas City’s 11-7 victory over his mistake-prone Minnesota Twins on Friday night, there came the clear sound of a toilet flushing.
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
- If there weren’t enough options and locations for customers to do their banking in Lawrence, one new credit union location is open, and a new bank facility is on the way.
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By Larry Lage - Associated Press Sports Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C8
- Even though the Detroit Pistons are in the playoffs for the sixth straight year, Richard Hamilton insists they don’t have a ho-hum attitude.
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J-W Staff reports
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C5
- Sophomore left-hander Andy Marks scatted seven hits over 62⁄3 innings and allowed just one run, but it was not enough for Kansas University. Texas Tech starting pitcher A.J. Ramos shut out the Jayhawks on four hits Friday night as the Red Raiders won the first game of the three-game series, 1-0.
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April 21, 2007
- Farmers have a few more months to sign up for the agency’s Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, or DCP.
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April 21, 2007
- Commissioners unanimously agreed last month with a recommendation from staff members to begin the third phase of the downtown waterline project starting Monday and to try to have it completed by Sept. 7.
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April 21, 2007
- Roger and Sue Pine, of rural Douglas County, were named a Kansas Master Farmer and Master Farm Homemaker for 2006 last month.
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April 21, 2007
- A new Jazzercise fitness center opened April 9 in Lawrence.
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April 21, 2007
- About 300 people pounded the pavement in below-average temperatures April 7 to raise money to help fight AIDS.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- More than 150 years since members of the New England Emigrant Aid Co. came upon the banks for the Kansas River and decided to set up a free-state stronghold, Lawrence’s leaders once again are moving forward with a sense of direction and forging optimistic plans for affirming their community a bastion of commerce and future success.
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April 21, 2007
- An event to raise money to keep life-saving services available at Headquarters Counseling Center offers a day of walking, cycling and throwing rubber chickens around.
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April 21, 2007
- Thirteen local seniors have advanced in the annual National Merit scholarship competition.
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April 21, 2007
- A longtime Lawrence High School teacher was the recipient of a Mayor’s Excellence in Education Award on April 3.
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence High School’s film and media department will present “No Child Left Unrecruited: A Documentary,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
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By Mike Belt
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April 21, 2007
- Baker University has seen a steady increase in enrollment in the past several years.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- The way in which consumers have been buying music has significantly changed in recent years, and that hasn’t been easy for the music industry — or the music stores where everyone used to go to get the latest hit CD.
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By Anne Burgard -- aburgard@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- It was in a Lawrence garage that Darryl Clark met his martial arts match and found the inspiration for a new form in fighting.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- Galen and Susie Tarman started out small.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- First it was Dos Hombres, a popular Mexican restaurant and club that had a good run for years, known for its south-of-the-border appetizers, beverages and into-the-night fiestas on its outdoor patio.
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By Christine Metz
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April 21, 2007
- After six years at the corner of Ninth and Iowa streets, the Community Mercantile is ready for a makeover.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- They say the third time’s the charm.
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By Erika Bentson - ebentson@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- Troy Wingert and his buddies come to Wayne and Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill two hours before a game starts to make sure they get a seat.
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By Erika Bentson - ebentson@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- Adrienne Sanders, of Lawrence, wasn’t worried about her cats falling victim to the tainted pet food Menu Foods recalled in mid-March. Sanders had switched from food sold in grocery stores years ago when she found out one of her cats was diabetic and one of the main ingredients in the food she was feeding him was corn.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
- It’s a perennial hot-button issue in Lawrence: Should we let businesses pop up as the market dictates, or should we control the growth with an eye on broader concerns about quality of life?
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April 21, 2007
- The west was best.
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By Andrew Seligman - Associated Press Sports Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C8
- They played six tense games in the first round of the playoffs last year, and their recent history includes hard fouls and harsh words. But if there’s a rivalry between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls, that’s news to Shaquille O’Neal.
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By Gary Bedore
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C7
- It’s “Batman” to the rescue at the 2007 Kansas Relays. Bershawn Jackson, who as a youth was nicknamed after the comic book Superhero because “they said I had big ears and I fly,” enters as marquee men’s performer in today’s Gold Zone, set for 2 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A4
- The nation is profoundly split along gender, racial and other lines over gun violence and what the government should do to control it, despite near-universal sorrow over the Virginia Tech shootings, an AP-Ipsos poll has found.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A4
- Kevin Granata was the kind of professor whose door was always open to his students.
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By Dave Toplikar
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April 21, 2007
- When classes begin next fall in most of Lawrence’s secondary schools, there will be one familiar element missing from the normal buzz of the school day: the sound of construction.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A4
- Liviu Librescu, the 76-year-old professor and Holocaust survivor killed as he tried to block the Virginia Tech gunman from entering his classroom, was laid to rest Friday among the fields and citrus groves outside the town Ra’Anana, praised as a hero who gave his life for his students.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A1
- They have memories of seeing Louis Armstrong in concert, daring other students to walk between Wilt Chamberlain’s legs and, in the case of the women, fighting for the right to wear Bermuda shorts.
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By Erin Castaneda - ecastaneda@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- Lawrence resident Tim Hjersted is calling on the Lawrence City Commission to take heed of a national concern: oil supply.
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By George Diepenbrock
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April 21, 2007
- Doug Wasson remembers 1977.
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
- The digs at Trinity Episcopal Church are a little more comfortable now.
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By Shanxi Upsdell
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April 21, 2007
- Growing older brings a lot of lifestyle changes, but improved customer service isn’t often one of them.
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
- The task of trying to prevent a convicted felon from returning to the justice system is a tricky and unpredictable trade.
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By George Diepenbrock
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April 21, 2007
- Some believe the Black Jack Battlefield east of Baldwin City was the site in 1856 of the first skirmish that led to the Civil War.
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By Karrey Britt
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April 21, 2007
- A former admissions director at Haskell Indian Nations University has returned to lead the school.
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- kshipley@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- When Daniel Partridge listens to the news, all he hears are public health stories — even if that’s not the angle of the broadcast.
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By Derek Korte - dkorte@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- Douglas County government’s difficult experience last year with a now-defunct auction company prompted county officials to further explore eBay as an auction alternative. The county’s foray into online auctioning has proved successful — and time-consuming.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- Julie Kingsbury, a Lawrence jewelry designer, used to travel to fine art festivals across the Midwest to display — and hopefully sell — her work.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- MartinLogan Ltd., whose high-end audio speakers are owned by entertainment stars and die-hard audiophiles, could’ve moved its operations anywhere when the place was sold two years ago to a private-equity firm based in Minnesota.
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
- Susan Chi misses Ruchi, the defunct Indian restaurant that was at 15th Street and Kasold Drive.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- Identigen Ltd., a growing bioscience company based in Ireland, found its North American home in the heartland.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- Dale Willey this year is chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, the lead trade group for one of America’s largest retail sectors.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- When it came to choosing a location for expanding his Harley-Davidson business, Mike Patterson found everything he needed in North Lawrence
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By Mike Belt
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April 21, 2007
- Eudora leaders are taking steps to renovate the city’s downtown, pave the way for economic development and prepare for population increases.
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By Mike Belt
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April 21, 2007
- If all goes as planned by this time next year, Baldwin City’s downtown will have a new, fresh look.
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By Dave Toplikar
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April 21, 2007
- Junior high students are pretty picky about what they like to do.
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By Dave Toplikar
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April 21, 2007
- It’s a feeling that hits many parents of junior high students — a loss of control that comes from no longer knowing everything that’s going on in their child’s life.
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J-W Staff reports
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C5
- Billy Thomas is back in basketball. Thomas, a 6-foot-5 guard who played for Kansas University from 1994 to ’98, has signed a contract with the Kansas Cagerz of the United States Basketball League.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- A teenager who admitted to police that he raped a woman tied to a bed, slit her throat and helped his uncle burn her remains also said he regretted what he did, a videotaped interview played for jurors on Friday shows.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- A store clerk’s slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- Workers found the bodies of two miners in the cabs of heavy machinery Friday, three days after they were buried when a wall section collapsed in an open-pit coal mine.
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By Allen G. Breed and Aaron Beard - Associated Press Writers
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A4
- The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel “hopeless, helpless and lost,” and “never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence.”
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By Dan Le Batard - Miami Herald
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on C2
- A clown in a cowboy hat says something ridiculous. A lazy media trudges en masse toward an easy and tired place. A blowhard cartoon does his predictable, inflammatory dance with lighter fluid.
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By Scott Lindlaw - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A5
- Within hours of Pat Tillman’s death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman’s uniform.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A2
- • After leak of voicemail rant, Baldwin explains himself
• Imus’ sidekick-producer also fired for Rutgers remarks
• Custody hearing for Smith’s baby ends without resolution
• Osbourne replaces Brandy as judge on ‘America’s Got Talent’
• Film-crazy India celebrates wedding of movie stars
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By Kevin McDonough
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A2
- Is popular culture trying to tell us something? The popularity of spelling bees, “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and even the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (8 p.m. today, FX) tells us that Americans want to return to the comforting smells of grammar school, Elmer’s glue, Crayola crayons and construction paper.
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By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A2
- Two AIDS doctors made a house call last month to the set of TV’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” The plot line was the suggestion that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS — a fringe theory promoted on the Internet and by certain African leaders. But the two physicians weren’t there to doctor the script.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- Superintendent Randy Weseman announced Friday that Lawrence would have two new elementary school principals during the next school year.
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By Mike Belt
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April 21, 2007
- The phrase “happy birthday” will be heard often during the next academic year at Baker University.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence man who led police on a 200-mile car chase in Kansas and Missouri was placed on probation for one year Friday by a Douglas County District Court judge.
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J-W Staff Reports
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April 21, 2007
- Shannon Williams and Jenni Holtaway are disturbed by a national trend known as “bum bashing,” and they’re determined to do something to end that sort of violence here in Lawrence.
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
- St. John Catholic School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but that doesn’t mean the school is taking much time to look back.
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By Dolph C. Simons, Jr.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ expected veto of a legislative proviso requiring the approval of the Kansas University Hospital Authority board and Kansas Board of Regents before any binding action could be taken to form an affiliation between KU Hospital and KU Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital would be unfortunate.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
- Experiencing a significant increase in patient visits, Lawrence Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $40 million expansion.
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April 21, 2007
- A publisher of magazines focusing on the Linux computer operating system has launched its North American headquarters in downtown Lawrence.
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April 21, 2007
- Five Realtors with Realty Executives-Hedges Real Estate in Lawrence were honored for being among the top sales performers in the Realty Executives’ Kansas and Missouri region.
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
- It’s too bad that 2006 lasted longer than August.
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence attorney Mark Andersen was appointed last month by the Kansas Bar Association to the Electronic Recording Commission in Kansas, and serves as its secretary.
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April 21, 2007
- Advanced Homecare LLC in Lawrence earned the Gold Seal of Approval and received accreditation from the Joint Commission.
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April 21, 2007
- Raymond Poteet, Jodi Schlesener and Heather Poteet, of Alpha & Omega Financial Services Inc. in Lawrence, have been named members of the Million Dollar Round Table, an international association of life insurance and financial services professionals. The honor was announced last month.
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April 21, 2007
- Charlton Manley, Lawrence, has been recognized as Acuity Insurance Co.’s top-producing agency in Kansas during 2006.
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April 21, 2007
- Kansas State Bank, Ottawa, announced plans in March for a new full-service main building to be constructed at 2045 S. Princeton St. in Ottawa. Plans call for the building to be about 9,000 square feet with three drive-through lanes.
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April 21, 2007
- The University National Bank of Lawrence has earned a 5-star rating from BauerFinancial Inc., an independent bank-rating firm.
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April 21, 2007
- Six Lawrence residents have been accepted to enroll in the 2007 class of Leadership Kansas, a program to educate current and future leaders about issues facing business and government in the state.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
- A fundraising campaign to help pay for the $40 million expansion of Lawrence Memorial Hospital is near its goal.
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence resident John Selk has been appointed to the Electronic Recording Commission in Kansas.
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April 21, 2007
- Dr. Donald Hatton, a Lawrence physician, will take office as chairman-elect of the American College of Physicians’ Board of Governors at the college’s annual Internal Medicine scientific meeting this month in San Diego.
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J-W Staff Reports
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April 21, 2007
- Protection One Inc., a Lawrence-based company that provides monitored-security services, reported last month that it had recorded an increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, including a boost in its recurring monthly revenues.
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By Karrey Britt
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April 21, 2007
- The Lawrence Humane Society doesn’t want to have to beg, but it might.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
- For decades, the school where Kansas University students learned to be doctors and the hospital where they practiced were one and the same.
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By Chad Lawhorn
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April 21, 2007
- Those waiting for the final page to be turned on the discussion to build a new Lawrence Public Library will have to wait a little longer.
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J-W Staff Reports
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April 21, 2007
- Some familiar faces have returned to the Lawrence school board.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
- Four years ago, Scott Morgan presided over a school board worn out by school closings, layoffs and program cuts.
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By Chad Lawhorn
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence’s new mayor is all business.
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By Chad Lawhorn
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April 21, 2007
- Talk of jobs has landed Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut new jobs on the Lawrence City Commission.
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By Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
- Short of minting money or robbing banks, the Kansas Legislature looked into just about everything this year as it tried to find a way to pay for needed university repairs.
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By Jonathan Kealing
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April 21, 2007
- Take a drive down Massachusetts Street, and you can see a new or vacant business on practically each block of the downtown area.
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By Chad Lawhorn
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April 21, 2007
- The menu has been placed in front of city leaders.
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April 21, 2007
- Kansas University has a strong presence in Lawrence with its nearly 30,000 students, but their presence lags on election days.
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April 21, 2007
- Landlords and tenants will have a chance to learn more about fair housing laws at an upcoming seminar sponsored by the city’s Human Relations Department.
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By Jonathan Kealing
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April 21, 2007
- Going to school at Bishop Seabury Academy is like going to school with members of your family, students say.
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April 21, 2007
- The East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation will not distribute commodity food items in any of its counties during April because no food products are available.
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April 21, 2007
- There will be no third term in office for Douglas County Commissioner Jere McElhaney.
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April 21, 2007
- Barbara Backus McCorkle, a former librarian at Kansas University, will be the keynote speaker at the 51st annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest awards reception.
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April 21, 2007
- Kansas University rose four places in a recent nationwide ranking of where public universities stand in federal research funding, KU announced April 9.
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April 21, 2007
- State Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence, has been appointed to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
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April 21, 2007
- An artwork envisioned for a patch of ground east of Lawrence will tell the story of the birds and the bees — or at least, the butterflies and the bees.
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J-W Staff Reports
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April 21, 2007
- A California company that makes containers for storing and dispensing liquids ranging from fuels to medicines is getting some help tracking its products by using technology developed at Kansas University.
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
- Vicki Douglas has a hard time choosing a favorite type of fruit or vegetable from the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance.
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By Erin Castaneda - ecastaneda@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- GPW & Associates Inc., a design and construction firm, has to find a bigger office.
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By Derek Korte - dkorte@ljworld.com
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April 21, 2007
- Amid a growth of the bioscience industry in Kansas, area businesses hope to tap into state money to fund research, equipment and other operating costs.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- Lawrence is looking to bolster its bioscience future by turning a temporary warehouse into a permanent hub for nurturing promising companies and their emerging products and technologies.
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By Jim Baker
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April 21, 2007
- Douglas County nurseries and greenhouses are catering to a deluge of customers this year, thanks to a change on the calendar.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
- Berry Plastics Group Inc. is making progress on a $118 million upgrade of its Lawrence production plant.
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By Nicole Braman - nbraman@sunflowerbroadband.com
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April 21, 2007
- Forecasting the rise and fall of gasoline prices is an intricate science, but anticipating the consequences of another increase is not. Automobile dealers report a spike in hybrid car sales whenever consumers are fed up with pump prices.
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By George Diepenbrock
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April 21, 2007
- Farmers across the nation are watching as Congress wrangles over the Bush administration’s new proposal on how to award farm subsidies.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- Gov. Jon S. Corzine was breathing on his own again Friday after doctors removed a breathing tube he’d been using since he was critically injured in an April 12 high-speed crash, his spokesman said.
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The Associated Press
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- Military prosecutors have granted immunity to at least seven Marines and they may be called to testify at the trial of fellow troops accused in the slayings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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By Robert Weller - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- The families of Columbine school shooting victims pledged Friday to appeal a judge’s decision to seal information about the two killers, saying the information may have helped prevent the Virginia Tech massacre.
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By Andy Furillo - McClatchy Newspapers
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- With Democratic legislative leaders fuming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has shut down construction on a new death penalty chamber at San Quentin Prison.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
- The sporadic, low-level rivalry between Topeka and Lawrence has moved into the arena of home-buying.
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By Chad Lawhorn
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April 21, 2007
- North or south? After more than two decades of discussion, that’s the question that is now at the center of the debate surrounding the uncompleted South Lawrence Trafficway.
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By Christine Metz
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April 21, 2007
- In a town with one family doctor and one dentist, the prospect of a new medical building — affiliated with a hospital — is an exciting one for Eudora residents.
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By Christy Little
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April 21, 2007
- Christian Walker has witnessed how the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival boosts business.
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By Steve Vockrodt
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April 21, 2007
- The show must go on.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B1
- Ian Dumpert is back in Denver today, almost a month after being shot during a robbery while waiting to board a train in the city’s well-known Five Points neighborhood.
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April 21, 2007
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A3
- A NASA contract worker took a handgun inside an office building Friday at the Johnson Space Center and fatally shot a hostage before killing himself, police said. A second hostage escaped with minor injuries.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A1
- On Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ desk is the state’s $12.3 billion budget bill. Included in that document is a proviso that Kansas University Hospital wants and KU Medical Center would like to see go away.
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By Janet Reid & Eric Weslander
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A1
- Prosecutors on Friday filed three felony charges against a man suspected of triggering a bomb scare this week in local schools and at City Hall.
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By George Diepenbrock
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A1
- A 20-year-old Topeka man was convicted Friday evening of second-degree murder and aggravated battery for a February 2006 downtown Lawrence shooting that killed 46-year-old Robert Earl Williams and injured another man.
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By Mark Fagan
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B5
- Mike Rundle, a former mayor and 12-year Lawrence city commissioner, has filed for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
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By Scott Rothschild
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B5
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vetoed a bill that she said would have exempted health care providers, including doctors, from the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.
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April 21, 2007
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April 21, 2007
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April 21, 2007
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- • Lord endows chosen with ability
• Sacred language a gift from God
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By Terry Rombeck
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on D1
- It’s been a year since the Rev. Denise Hygh died of cancer, but it’s still difficult for Hazel Burgert to accept it. “I still have people say to me, ‘I miss Denise,’” Burgert says. “I still miss Denise. I lost a good friend.”
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April 21, 2007
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B4
- Baker University will honor five Lawrence residents Tuesday for their business achievements and civic contributions.
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By David Twiddy - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B4
- After three weeks of speculation, H&R Block Inc. made good on a promise to offload its struggling mortgage lending business, agreeing Friday to sell Option One Mortgage Corp. to a private equity firm.
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By Joe Bel Bruno - Associated Press Writer
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B4
- Wall Street bounded higher Friday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrial average to a record close approaching 13,000 as investors celebrated a week of surprisingly strong earnings reports. The major indexes all had their third straight winning week, their longest such streak since October.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B7
- To the editor: People who want services and have the ability to pay for them should do so, and budget them into the cost of running their business.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B6
- Members of Kansas University’s graduating class of 1957 are gathering in Lawrence this weekend for their “Golden Anniversary Reunion.” They will be joined at the annual Gold Medal Club brunch by others who received their degrees more than 50 years ago.
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B6
- Baker University had begun an elaborate series of events to coincide with the inauguration of James E. Doty as school president. Physicist John Wheeler of Princeton was among the speakers.
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April 21, 2007
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- Her message was familiar — that the United States did not need the Equal Rights Amendment. Anti-ERA crusader Phyllis Schlafly’s campus reception at Kansas University drew an antagonistic audience wherever she went.
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By Michael Goodwin
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B6
- Are we ready for the next time? Is America ready to prevent, or respond to, an even bigger attack than Monday’s campus slaughter?
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By Ellen Goodman
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B6
- May I remind you what else was happening on the very day in 2003 when Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. In Florida, the Legislature passed a law that gave politicians the power to override Terri Schiavo’s wishes and have her feeding tube reinserted.
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By Jacqueline Bigar
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April 21, 2007
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- For Saturday, April 21
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April 21, 2007
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- For the second time in two nights, the Lawrence High baseball team overcame a late deficit for a victory in the River City Classic.
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April 21, 2007
- The Lawrence Board of Realtors announced in early April that it would add its headquarters building at 3838 W. Sixth St., the former Brackett School at the northeast corner of Sixth Street and Monterey Way.
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April 21, 2007
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce on April 12 announced recipients of its annual leadership and volunteer awards, to be presented during the chamber’s Leadership Lawrence graduation ceremony Friday
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on B2
- A Lawrence High School teacher who was suspended with pay after being accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student has waived the remainder of her pay for the year, school leaders said Friday.
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April 21, 2007
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By Jesse Fray
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April 21, 2007
in print edition on A6
- A threatening note found in a girls’ restroom at Perry-Lecompton High School prompted local, state and federal law enforcement officers to search all students and teachers entering the school Friday. Metal detectors were used to screen everyone entering the building.
