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1,900th win lands KU No. 1 seed in OKC
By Ryan Greene
March 3, 2007
Mario Chalmers led KU with 21 points coming off of five three-pointers. Julian Wright finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Russell Robinson chipped in a season-high 17 points. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 32 points, while Augustin had 19 points and 13 assists. It goes down as the 1,900th win all-time for KU, and gives the Jayhawks an outright Big 12 title to go with the top seed in next week’s Big 12 tournament.
Trio of actors carries University Theatre’s sinister ‘Maids’
Liza Pehrson - Special to the Journal-World
March 3, 2007
“The Maids,” a dark and obsessive work by Jean Genet currently playing at the University Theatre, dissects the tumultuous relationship between two sisters and the Madame they simultaneously hate, envy and love
LHS no match for Leavenworth
By Jeff Fedotin
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C1
Senior Daniel Green, Lawrence High basketball’s fiery leader, emerged from the postgame locker room, his eyes reddened from tears.
Cardinals add another upset
Eudora girls set up meeting with top-seeded Tonganoxie
By Chuck Woodling
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C8
If the glass slipper fits, wear it. That has been the mantra of Eudora High’s girls basketball team in the Class 4A sub-state tournament.
United Way campaign planning under way
By Dave Toplikar
March 3, 2007
It’s still several months away, but planning is under way for the 2007-08 United Way campaign.
Faith Forum: Is it possible for my prayers to appear selfish to God?
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D1
God wants you to pray. God has revealed throughout the Bible that God wants to be in relationship with us.
Society calendar
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D5
4-H news
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D5
The Pioneer 4-H Club conducted its January meeting at the Pratt home. President Sam Wilson called the meeting to order, and roll call was taken. The club nominated Courtney Harris as treasurer. It was announced that reporter Tori Crumet submitted articles to local newspapers.
Diplomats to discuss Iran sanctions
By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Top diplomats from the world’s major powers will try to reach agreement today on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. If they do, the U.N. Security Council will start drafting a new resolution next week.
Acting top-notch in theater’s ‘Curious Savage’
By Sarah Young - Special to the Journal-World
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D8
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” King Lear would have sighed in understanding over the tribulations of poor Mrs. Savage in “The Curious Savage,” by John Patrick, which opened Thursday at Lawrence Community Theatre. This play is no tragedy, but it’s certainly full of some occasionally poignant and often hilarious renditions of greed and family dysfunction that the long-suffering Lear would recognize.
Return to the ‘Hood’ for thrills and fun
By Kevin McDonough
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A2
The Hood is back, and BBC America has him. The 25-year-old Jonas Armstrong and 19-year-old Lucy Griffiths breathe new vitality into the roles of Robin and Marian in the 13-episode adaptation of “Robin Hood” (8 p.m. today, BBC America).
Voting power
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B7
To the editor: Voter apathy is way underrated. At 15 percent turnout, I got to vote for six other citizens - what’s wrong with that?
S. Korea says aid will follow nuclear shutdown
By Burt Herman - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
South Korea added pressure on North Korea to comply with an international disarmament agreement Friday, refusing the impoverished nation’s demand to restore full aid shipments until after its main nuclear reactor is shut down.
Keegan: Ballard finds new motivation
By Tom Keegan
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C1
The pressure on gifted athletes to concentrate on one sport can begin young and never stops flying at them. Free State High senior Christian Ballard, bound for the University of Iowa on a football scholarship, never took that path. He kept playing basketball because he knew his team needed him.
Preparations begin for next Census
By Chad Lawhorn
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A4
Census Bureau geographer Craig Best keeps it simple when trying to convince local governments to help him ensure that the 2010 Census population count is accurate.
Rude shirts a disservice to KU spirit, group says
By Eric Weslander
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A1
A group of Kansas University athletes is hoping a popular T-shirt that disparages the University of Missouri will disappear from the stands at Allen Fieldhouse next basketball season.
Devout looking for lighter Lenten fare
By Connie Mabin - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D8
For years, Lent meant huge chunks of fried fish on Fridays for George Ehrman, a longtime parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe in this northeast Ohio town.
KU faculty: Push for research caused resignation
Chairwoman of internal medicine department stepping down in June
By Eric Weslander
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B1
A disagreement about the role that research should play in the Kansas University School of Medicine is one of the reasons for the resignation of the chairwoman of the school’s biggest department, faculty members say.
Curtain ready to rise on Durant show
Big stakes surround talented Texas freshman’s first - and perhaps only - Allen Fieldhouse visit
By Gary Bedore
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C1
Arguably the best player in the Big 12 Conference, if not the entire country, will make his first - and what figures to be his last - appearance in Allen Fieldhouse today.
Royal Crest Lanes site for state today
City to be well represented, despite low youth numbers
By Jason Elmquist
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
While the Lawrence Youth Bowling Association may not be pulling in the participants it once did, it still is producing quality bowlers.
Lawrence Datebook
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
Six killed when team’s bus falls off Georgia highway
By Daniel Yee - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
A small college in Ohio was thrown into mourning Friday after a bus carrying the baseball team tumbled over the side of a highway overpass and slammed onto the pavement 30 feet below, killing four students, the driver and his wife.
New population estimates show slow growth
Lawrence’s 0.97% rate less than half city average
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A4
Lawrence’s population growth continues to be stuck in low gear. According to a new report released by the city’s Planning Department, the city’s population grew by 0.97 percent in 2006 to a total of 90,335 people. The growth rate is less than half the city’s historical average of 2 percent.
Film fest focuses on females
By Terry Rombeck
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D1
There’s something unusual about the featured short movies in the LunaFest film festival, which comes Sunday to Lawrence.
Committee to consider registry ban
Lawmaker says he wants to keep state law on domestic relationships uniform
By Scott Rothschild
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B1
A House committee will work on a bill that would prevent the city of Lawrence from establishing a domestic partnership registry, the committee chairman said Friday.
De Soto auctioneer earns designation
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B4
Rick Stricker, De Soto, attended classes in Seattle to earn the Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS) designation from the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute.
Boyda travels to Iraq to visit troops
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A6
Kansas Rep. Nancy Boyda on Friday arrived in Iraq, where she and other members of Congress hope to get a better sense of the conflict.
Iraq war critic takes State Department post
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A6
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to appoint a leading critic of the U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq as a senior aide, the State Department said Friday.
Book theft is censorship, not protest
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B6
The first thing I need to say is that the library at Bossard Elementary School just got its book back. The second thing I need to say is, give me a break!
People in the news
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A2
¢ Ratzenberger a late addition for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ ¢ Jury to join Lady Di inquest ¢ Anna Nicole gets a lavish farewell at funeral, burial ¢ Jolie plans to adopt Vietnamese child ¢ Payment from radio station frees Bobby Brown from jail
Community of Christ poised to break the gender barrier
Mormon offshoot denomination may be led by a woman
By Steve Brisendine - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B8
For the first time in its 147-year history, the head of the Community of Christ has called a woman to serve in the First Presidency - the highest level of leadership in the largest Mormon offshoot denomination.
Westar profits rise for fourth quarter
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B4
Westar Energy Inc. said fourth-quarter profits rose 73 percent as declining expenses offset a revenue loss. The company also slightly increased its earnings guidance for the year.
Senator questions intelligence on nuclear
By Jonathan S. Landay - McClatchy Newspapers
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
A top Senate Democrat demanded Friday that the Bush administration explain the intelligence it received on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program after testimony this week suggested uncertainty about whether the communist regime has acquired the capacity to produce highly enriched uranium.
Privacy laws slow TB investigation
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B8
Health investigators probing two cases of tuberculosis at southwest Missouri packing plants say their efforts have been hampered by patient confidentiality laws.
Chavez proposes S. American ‘Gas OPEC’
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s proposal for a South American organization of natural gas producers based on the oil-exporting cartel OPEC baffled analysts contemplating the announcement.
Faith briefs
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D8
Angus breeders receive national recognition
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B4
Tom and Kim Swearngin, rural Lawrence, have been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having two registered Angus cows included in the association’s 2007 Pathfinder Report.
Kansas City project aims to help Hispanics collect unpaid wages
By Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B5
Jesus Perez was promised $20 an hour to pour concrete for a residential construction company. But he said he has received nothing for the 160 hours he worked over a three-week period in September and October.
NFL Briefs
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C2
¢ Plummer’s status uncertain ¢ Patriots release Dillon ¢ Fletcher, Redskins agree ¢ Falcons sign fullback ¢ Browns to add Steinbach ¢ Garcia meets with Raiders
Barricades, cars burn on second night of protests
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Protesters erected burning barricades and set at least four cars on fire early today as a new round of violent street clashes hit Copenhagen, sparked by the eviction of squatters from a downtown building.
A house of horrors?
Free State girls seek revenge in return to Olathe Northwest gym
By Eric Sorrentino
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C8
Kelsey Harrison remembers the last time she played a Class 6A sub-state game in the Olathe Northwest gym.
Ex-teammates say goodbye to Johnson
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C6
Four months after the death of team patriarch Red Auerbach, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge reunited in grief Friday to say goodbye to former Boston Celtics teammate Dennis Johnson.
French, British tourists kidnapped in Afar region
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
At least a dozen European tourists were kidnapped in remote northeastern Ethiopia, a barren expanse of volcanoes and ancient salt mines where bandits and rebels operate, diplomats and local businessmen said Friday.
On the record
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
Protest targets McDonald’s stores
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
Cold temperatures and steady wind didn’t blunt the motivation of about 20 Kansas University students and Lawrence residents who stood in protest Friday in front of McDonald’s at 1309 W. Sixth St.
Mangino a grandfather
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Samantha Mangino Hardy, daughter of Kansas football Mark Mangino, and her husband, David Hardy, announced the birth Wednesday of Gabriella Mangino Hardy at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
Woman suffers minor injuries from fire
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
A woman suffered minor injuries Friday morning after fire broke out in an East Lawrence home.
Troops mistakenly cross into Liechtenstein
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
Big 12 title on line
Top seed also could be at stake
By Gary Bedore
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C4
It’s pretty simple, really. If Kansas University’s basketball team beats Texas in an 11 a.m. tipoff today at Allen Fieldhouse, the Jayhawks will be crowned undisputed Big 12 regular- season champs. They’ll grab the top seed for next week’s Big 12 tournament and continue their quest toward a possible No. 1 seed in the NCAAs.
Meche effective for Royals
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C2
Gil Meche pitched three shutout innings in his spring training debut with the Kansas City Royals, allowing two hits in an 8-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday.
Libby jurors have doubt on ‘reasonable doubt’
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A4
Jurors asked for a definition of “reasonable doubt” as they completed a shortened eighth day of deliberations Friday in the perjury trial of ex-White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
Judge allows photos of autopsy in trial
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B1
A judge ruled Friday that prosecutors could present several autopsy photos as evidence in a murder trial scheduled to begin March 12.
Bicyclist injured, issued citation
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
A woman riding a bicycle across Iowa Street was taken to the hospital and was issued a traffic ticket Friday afternoon after she was struck by a vehicle.
Club news
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D3
University Bridge Club announces the results of its Feb. 24 meeting.
KU’s Mosley named Big 12 second team
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Shaquina Mosley wasn’t a starter in Kansas University’s first 12 women’s basketball games.
Salukis keep adding to resume
By R.B. Fallstrom - Associated Press Sports Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C8
Rather than worry about the NCAA selection process, Southern Illinois is sticking to what it can control.
Speak for yourself
Voters who don’t go to the polls are ceding their civic power to voters who do.
J-W Editorials
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B6
How low will we go? In Tuesday’s editorial, we decried the 16 percent voter turnout in the 2004 primary election for Lawrence City Commission and urged local voters to do better. Little did we know that Tuesday’s turnout would be even lower, a dismal 14 percent.
Surprised Allenby leading
Wi shares top spot at Honda Classic
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C2
Robert Allenby finished his round around lunchtime and left PGA National thinking he’d be within two or three shots of the lead by day’s end. He ultimately was wrong and probably thrilled.
Canceled UPS order a blow to Airbus program
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Airbus was left with an empty order book for the cargo version of its much-delayed superjumbo plane after UPS Inc. said Friday it would cancel its order for 10 A380s.
Scouting news
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D3
Boy Scouts in Troop 52, chartered to First United Methodist Church, took first place in the overall competition at the Pelathe District Glacial Glutes campout Feb. 16-18 at the Fraternal Order of Police Campground in Douglas County.
Around and about
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D3
A 90th birthday celebration for Winfred “Winnie” Abbott will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today in the reception room at Babcock Place, 1700 Mass. Hosts will be his children, Geraldine Coleman, Shirley Varney and Jeanne Torneden, and his grandchildren. Friends and family are invited. No gifts, please.
Military news
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D3
Army Pvt. Nicholas J. Fritts graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.
Two-alarm fire sends one person to hospital
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
Lawrence firefighters took about 15 minutes to extinguish a two-alarm fire at a residence in the 1600 block of West 28th Street.
Woman, 2 kids die in S.W. Kansas crash
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B3
A woman and her two adopted children died when a pickup collided with their car at a rural intersection in southwest Kansas, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook
By Gary Bedore
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C4
Kansas University coach Bill Self said Russell Robinson, who has been hobbled by a right foot injury, would start at point guard today. Robinson started the first 28 games; Sherron Collins started the past two. Robinson has been able to practice full-time this week.
Army secretary steps down in wake of scandal at hospital
By Robert Burns - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A1
Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for war-wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
KU Medical Center affiliation topic of meetings
By Scott Rothschild & Eric Weslander
March 3, 2007
A House committee next week will have meetings on the proposed affiliation between the Kansas University Medical Center, KU Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital.
Gang green!
Firebirds crash state party
By Eric Sorrentino
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C1
The Free State High boys basketball team gathered at midcourt and jumped up and down on the logo of the Olathe Northwest Raven, hoisting the Class 6A sub-state trophy high in the air.
Officials seek warnings on kids’ cold medicines
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
U.S. government health officials said Friday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold & Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children’s colds and coughs.
Fort gets new tanks
By Jamie Oberg
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B5
Millions of dollars worth of tanks rolled in to Fort Riley on Friday.
Primary election results now official
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B3
The results of Tuesday’s primary election became official Friday, with no changes in the outcomes.
KU football loses aide to Louisville
By Ryan Wood
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Kansas University football assistant coach Mike Mallory is leaving Lawrence after just one year to take an assistant-coaching job at Louisville.
HiPer Technology attracts investors
By Mark Fagan
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B4
A Lawrence company picked up $515,000 this week to help drive its efforts to build stronger, lighter products through its replacement of aluminum with a proprietary carbon fiber-based resin.
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B6
Brides can say ‘I do’ like a princess
By Christopher Boyd - The Orlando Sentinel
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D5
If your nuptial dreams include a fairy-tale wedding, Walt Disney Co. might have the perfect solution.
Total eclipse of the moon tonight
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A1
The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson tonight as it passes behind the Earth’s shadow in the first total lunar eclipse in three years.
Gang members arrested for illegal logging
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Brazilian police arrested 18 people accused of allowing illegal logging in the Amazon rain forest and were searching for 19 others, including environmental protection agents, the environment minister said.
J-W wins honors from Kansas Press Association
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B2
The Lawrence Journal-World won 16 first-place awards in the annual Awards of Excellence competition sponsored by the Kansas Press Association.
Training needed
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B7
To the editor: There is a movement in law enforcement that we should know about and support: Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). It makes use of a 40-hour training for police officers and involves learning more about and dealing more effectively with mentally disturbed individuals during crisis calls, such as one involving the recent death of a Lawrence trailer court resident.
Lawrence man gets prison term for burglary, theft
By George Diepenbrock
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B1
A judge sentenced a Lawrence man on Friday to serve two years and eight months in prison for a home burglary and theft last fall near Eudora.
Woman gets prison time in murder-for-hire deal
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B3
A Lawrence woman was sentenced to serve nearly six years in federal prison Friday for soliciting someone to kill her ex-boyfriend in December 2005.
300 become citizens on USS JFK’s final voyage
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A4
Three hundred immigrants from 79 countries took the U.S. oath of citizenship Friday in an aircraft hangar during the USS John F. Kennedy’s final call in the port of Boston, including seven of its crew members.
Rebuilding your spiritual foundation
Lenten season not just about giving things up
By Terry Rombeck
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D1
It’s the season of Lent, when many Christians give up something important in their lives in an attempt to get closer to Christ. But while the historical focus - at least in some denominations - has been on giving something up, many mainline churches now use the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter to add programs for their members’ spiritual lives.
KU baseball moved; Tabor game added
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Today’s Kansas-Western Illinois baseball game at Hoglund Ballpark has been postponed to 3 p.m. Monday because of cold weather.
3 acquitted in deadly nightclub stampede
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
A judge on Friday acquitted a business owner, manager and promoter accused of manslaughter in a 2003 nightclub stampede that killed 21 people.
Easter canceled?
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B7
To the editor: I am a longtime volunteer of The Salvation Army and just learned of something very sad. This year, The Salvation Army will not be able to offer assistance to those in need at Easter. There will be no party, no pictures with the Easter Bunny, no baskets and no clothing. Why?
Clinton celebrates Kansas
‘The whole country is looking at you’
By Scott Rothschild
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A1
Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told Kansas Democrats that they had changed the political landscape by persuading moderate Republicans to switch parties.
U.S., EU agree on plan for airline freedoms
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A4
European companies would be allowed larger stakes in U.S. airlines under a tentative agreement reached Friday between the U.S. and European Union. It also would give carriers more freedom to choose trans-Atlantic routes and could lead to lower fares.
Regulators aim to slow subprime home loans
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
Federal bank regulators, worried about a surge in defaults on high-risk home mortgages, on Friday called on lenders to exercise caution in making subprime loans and strictly evaluate borrowers’ ability to repay them.
Chechnya confirms presidential nominee
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Chechnya’s parliament approved a widely feared former security chief as president of the war-battered Russian republic in a nearly unanimous vote Friday, a day after President Vladimir Putin nominated him.
Astronaut faces kidnap charge
By Mike Schneider - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
Florida prosecutors charged an astronaut Friday with trying to kidnap a romantic rival, but they declined to file an attempted murder charge recommended by police.
Simons: Appointments to Board of Regents are key to state’s future
By Dolph C. Simons, Jr.
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B1
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she wants to do everything she can to help the state reach its full potential. She says she is aware of the competition from other states and that Kansas faces many difficult challenges, as well as opportunities. One of the best things she could do to get the state on a positive roll is to pay more attention to the appointments she makes to the Kansas Board of Regents.
New warhead design selected
By H. Josef Hebert - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
The Bush administration took a major step Friday toward building a new generation of nuclear warheads, selecting a design that is being touted as safer, more secure and more easily maintained than today’s arsenal.
WHO seeks pandemic vaccine stockpile
By Margie Mason - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A7
Building a global stockpile of vaccine to fight a pandemic would help ensure that poor countries do not lose out to wealthy nations if a flu virus starts killing people around the world, the World Health Organization said as it works to end a standoff with Indonesia over the issue.
Lawrence native Mumford sticks as assistant Army coach
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Defensive coordinator John Mumford, a Lawrence native, is one of nine staffers who have been retained by new Army head football coach Stan Brock.
Stolen Rockwell work in Spielberg’s collection
Associated Press
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A3
A Norman Rockwell work stolen more than three decades ago from suburban St. Louis was found in Steven Spielberg’s art collection, the FBI announced Friday.
Police bodies found in likely revenge killings
Sunni group with al-Qaida ties claims responsibility for deaths of 14 officers
By Robert H. Reid - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A6
The bodies of 14 policemen were found Friday northeast of Baghdad after an al-Qaida-affiliated Sunni group said it abducted members of a government security force in retaliation for the rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police.
Kansas softball wins 2 at Tulsa
J-W Staff Reports
March 3, 2007 in print edition on C3
Kansas University’s softball team collected 22 hits and two victories on the opening day of the Great Western Downtown Plaza Classic on Friday.
Museum shares American images
By Ben Dobbin - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A2
Marilyn Monroe leans against a wall, her shoulders bared in a sexy dress. Babe Ruth, bat in hand, sits alone in the dugout. Angela Davis peers from a “Wanted by the FBI” poster.
After quick start, Democrats find obstacles to change
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on A6
Two months after Democrats took control of Congress, there isn’t much to show for the switch in power - despite feverish efforts to weigh in on meaty matters, such as the war in Iraq.
USDA OKs plan to grow genetically modified rice
Grain harvested near Junction City to be used for diarrhea medicines
By Sam Hananel - Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B4
The Department of Agriculture has granted preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice in Kansas, prompting some critics to raise safety concerns.
Horoscopes
March 3, 2007 in print edition on D7
Old Home Town - 40 years ago
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B6
Old Home Town - 25 years ago
March 3, 2007 in print edition on B6
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