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- Bill Self speaks with the media after clinching two conference titles in eight days
- Brandon Rush talks about Sunday's win, overcoming another big Kevin Durant day
- Darnell Jackson talks about his game-clinching final minute in his hometown
- Julian Wright talks about heading to the NCAA Tournament in his hometown
- Mario Chalmers talks about Sunday's game in which he hit a tying three at the end of regulation
- Russell Robinson talks about his late free throws, which helped ice a second straight conference tournament crown
- Sherron Collins talks about his 20-point output in the Big 12 title game
Obituaries
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- Say what you will about the holiday season or a …
- Police look for a young man today who they say …
- Commuters heading to or from Perry and Lecompton will have …
- It was an afternoon of thrills for KU fans and …
- Tonganoxie middle schoolers will one day remind their grandchildren about …
- Grab a notebook and a camera, here’s your chance to …
- The St. Patrick’s Day crown was passed down tonight after …
- For many women entering mid-life, means an opportunity for change, …
- Thirty wins, a Big 12 regular season title and a …
- The defending Big 12 Tournament softball champions took the field …
- On the prep scene yesterday, both the Free State boys …
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- Police searching for man suspected of armed robbery
- March 11, 2007
- Police look for a young man today who they say robbed a convenient store at gunpoint.
- Mid-life brings opportunity for change for women
- March 11, 2007
- For many women entering mid-life, means an opportunity for change, especially in the work force.
- Citizen journalist academy set to start second year
- March 11, 2007
- Grab a notebook and a camera, here’s your chance to get a journalist.
- Route to school dangerous for Tongie students
- March 11, 2007
- Tonganoxie middle schoolers will one day remind their grandchildren about the times they walked uphill, two and a half miles, down a busy street, with no sidewalks to get to school. Since the new school opened this January, students have been forced to tromp across front yards and through the street en route to class.
- Bridge work to add-on travel time for commuters
- March 11, 2007
- Commuters heading to or from Perry and Lecompton will have to allow an extra 30 minutes for their trip.
- Humphreys leads ‘Hawks to tourney championship
- March 11, 2007
- The defending Big 12 Tournament softball champions took the field today in the finals of the Jayhawk Invite.
- KU lands last No. 1 seed in NCAA tourney
- March 11, 2007
- Say what you will about the holiday season or a nice summer vacation, but to a hoops-crazed town like Lawrence, this truly is the best time of year.
- Free State teams nab third-place trophies
- March 11, 2007
- On the prep scene yesterday, both the Free State boys and girls basketball took home third place at the state tournament.
- Jayhawk fans enjoying March’s true “madness”
- March 11, 2007
- It was an afternoon of thrills for KU fans and while things were tense during today’s Big 12 Championship final, the Jayhawk faithful have cause to celebrate and look forward to the real beginning of the real madness.
- Jayhawks mount comeback, claim tourney championship
- March 11, 2007
- 30 wins, a Big 12 regular season title and a conference tournament championship - what does that get you? A No. 1 seed, more specifically the last one left.
- Weekend filled with St. Patrick’s Day festivities
- March 11, 2007
- The St. Patrick’s Day crown was passed down tonight after racers laced up their sneakers for the 18th annual Shamrock Shuffle yesterday.
- Extra Minutes: Kansas 88, Texas 84 (OT)
- March 11, 2007
- Tying up loose ends from the most exciting yet in KU’s 34-game schedule, which clinched the Big 12 Tournament championship and catapulted the Jayhawks into a one-seed in the West regional of the NCAA Tournament. KU’s balanced attack and toughness overcame Texas’ individual offensive punch for the second time in eight days.
- NCAA tickets available; team returns tonight
- March 11, 2007
- Students and faculty interested in purchasing tickets to Kansas University’s first and second round games in the NCAA Tournament can go online to www.kuathletics.com right now to get their tickets.
- Robinson, Jackson come up big as KU escapes in OT
- March 11, 2007
- OKLAHOMA CITY - Jackson hit both free throws, and Texas was left to scramble, but A.J. Abrams hit a three with :08.3 left, keeping htem with a faint pulse. After a Texas timeout, Russell Robinson was fouled with :05.3 left on the clock and KU up by two. Robinson swished both, all but sealing it for KU. Kevin Durant’s last three was off, as he went scoreless in overtime. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 37 points, which goes down as a Big 12 Tournament single-game record. A.J. Abrams added 16 for Texas. KU, though, showed its typical balance. Sherron Collins led the way with 20 points, Brandon Rush and Julian Wright each scored 19, while Mario Chalmers had 17.
- A year later, microburst’s sudden fury still evident
- March 12 storm caused $8M damage in Lawrence
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
- March 12, 2006, was a memorable day. The Kansas University men’s basketball team was crowned Big 12 Tournament champions with an 80-68 win over Texas. However, some Lawrence residents couldn’t watch the game on television because they had no electricity.
- Bush uses every trick to balance budget
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Experience has taught us that the Bush administration’s budget cannot be judged by its cover - or by the cover letter the president puts at the start of each year’s volume.
- Democrats find many icons, GOP still looking
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B7
- One of the ways to gain insight into politics is to track the creation or exploitation of icons. In this respect, politics is a bit like religion, for there is real power in making new imagery or motivating others through old imagery.
- Engagement party tips
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D8
- The first thing you want to do is make sure your party doesn’t have a complicated theme or a wild atmosphere. You’re not tossing an acid house bash for all your friends.
- Dr. Alan Gregory returns in another page-turning thriller
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D3
- Dr. Alan Gregory’s life is a mess, but things are about to get a lot worse.
- Honor bound
- Young musicians land spots in prestigious recital
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D1
- It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday, and Stephanie Jian is where she usually is during the late afternoons: on a piano bench.
- K.C. eager for tourney’s return
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A12
- The Big 12 Conference won’t be bringing its postseason basketball tournaments back to Oklahoma City if Brenda Tinnen has anything to say about it. Tinnen is general manager of the new Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., and will be overseeing the 18,500-seat arena that will be home for next year’s men’s tournament. The women’s tournament will be played in nearby Municipal Auditorium.
- Car bomb rekindles violence during peace conference
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
- A suicide car bomber killed 20 people Saturday in Baghdad’s notorious Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, showering shrapnel over a joint U.S.-Iraqi military outpost in an ominous sign of violence returning to Iraq’s capital after a brief lull.
- Colorado teens held after mother found dead in trunk of car
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A5
- For nearly a month after she was stabbed to death, Linda Damm’s body lay in the trunk of her car inside her garage while her 15-year-old daughter and friends used her debit card to “do teenage stuff,” police say.
- Report warns of drought, starvation, disease
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A4
- The harmful effects of global warming on daily life already are showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won’t have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
- Men with information on dorm thefts sought
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence Police are asking the public’s help in identifying two men officers say may have information concerning thefts from rooms at Naismith Hall, 1800 Naismith Drive.
- FSHS boys swipe third
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
- After Saturday’s Class 6A third-place game, you’d think Washburn Rural players would want to rewrite the basketball rule book to include The Nick Devin Law: All players are granted a rearview mirror, which makes known the whereabouts of the Free State senior guard on the court.
- Longhorns eager for rematch
- Texas holds off OSU, 69-64, sets up championship-game showdown with Jayhawks
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C5
- Rarely do second chances surface with such strikingly similar circumstances. But Texas will get a chance for redemption against Kansas University today for the Big 12 tournament championship - just eight days after KU wrecked the Longhorns’ chance at a share of the regular-season title.
- Fans plot bracket revenge
- Jayhawk faithful await NCAA route
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Sure, Kansas fans want their Jayhawks today to win the Big 12 Tournament title, land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and be ticketed to play in the Midwest Regional with a first-round game Friday in Chicago. Consensus stuff. But start inquiring about who folks want in KU’s bracket and - well, let’s just say KU fans have a taste for revenge.
- Survey shows violence against intimate partners down sharply
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A5
- Criminal violence against intimate partners fell by nearly two-thirds in recent years and has reached a record low, according to preliminary government figures.
- Milestones piling up quickly for Mavericks
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C10
- Jason Terry likes being king of the mountain, numero uno, the guy everyone else is trying to catch. He’s talking, of course, about being the best pool player on the Dallas Mavericks, and that gaudy championship belt hanging in his locker.
- Horoscopes
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D6
- For Sunday, March 11, 2007:
- Commentary: Sosa couldn’t stay away for long
- Former slugger might make Rangers officials look pretty good this year
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C9
- Sammy Sosa didn’t come out of hiding and amble into baseball for the money. He’s got plenty.
- Free State girls clip Vikes for third
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
- One of Kelsey Harrison’s top assignments on offense was to clear the lane so teammates Lauren Kimball and Jenna Brantley could drive toward the basket. With 3:15 remaining in the fourth quarter Saturday, the Free State High girls basketball team was fortunate the paint wasn’t open.
- Lawrence Datebook
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B2
- EMS chief stays positive after injuries
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
- It has been a year of setbacks for Ted McFarlane, former deputy chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical, whose lower legs were crushed in an accident March 12, 2006.
- Market plunge a reminder of investing’s risk
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on E1
- By the time the trading ended March 2, the frightening stock market plunge earlier that week seemed like stale news. While the loss hadn’t been made up, the market’s meandering was a lot better than the string of plunges many investors had feared.
- Think bigger
- State tourism officials should think more creatively about attracting visitors to the beautiful Flint Hills area.
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Kansas is beautiful in spring. All of us who have been here for some time know that, but soon the world will get a chance to see it too.
- Letters to the editor: from Liz Callaway’s fourth-grade class
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B7
- Editor’s note: As part of their lesson on writing persuasive text, students in a writing class taught by Bonni Higginbotham at Sunflower School wrote letters on some important community topics. This is a selection of their opinions. All are members of Liz Callaway’s fourth-grade class.
- KU announces upcoming arts speakers
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D5
- There are three Hallmark Symposium lectures remaining for spring 2007, with some changes to the schedule due to speaker cancellations. The following events are planned:
- Wright eyes Chicago trip
- KU could be headed to soph’s hometown
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C6
- Julian Wright has heard the whispers on where Kansas University’s basketball team likely is headed next week.
- The stage is set
- KU wins, stakes claim to top seed
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
- At 29-4, Kansas University’s basketball team owns one of the best records in the country. Winners of 10 straight games, the Jayhawks possess one of the longest winning streaks in the land.
- Feud between KUMC, hospital persists
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Partners for 100 years, the Kansas University Medical Center and KU Hospital appear to be going their separate ways. And the split isn’t pretty.
- Keegan: KU-UT could be a classic
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Today’s Big 12 tournament title game presents everyone with a rare opportunity to kick back, relatively stress free, and watch a basketball game between teams featuring a ton of talented athletes playing the best basketball of their lives.
- Organizers: Shamrock Shuffle celebrates biggest year
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- About 500 runners and walkers laced up their sneakers Saturday for the 18th annual Shamrock Shuffle, a fundraising run for the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee. It was the biggest year yet, organizers said.
- Most eligible bachelor planning wedding, with no bride yet
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A11
- Time is running out on the single - and certainly swinging - days of the man known as Russia’s most eligible bachelor. Mikhail Prokhorov, the tall, feverish spender who amassed a worth of $13.5 billion running the world’s largest nickel producer, is getting hitched May 3.
- Police seek aggravated robbery suspect
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence Police are searching for a young man connected to an aggravated robbery that occurred about 2 p.m. Saturday at a Conoco convenience store at 23rd and Haskell streets.
- Venezuela’s Chavez visits flood-stricken Bolivia
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited flood-ravaged Bolivia on Saturday to show off the fact that his country has pledged 10 times more aid than the Bush administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Bolivian politics.
- Armed robbery involved ex-Army Rangers
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Two former Army Rangers who were based at Fort Lewis, Wash., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Friday for their roles in an armed bank robbery in August.
- Fastest business jet in demand again
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B4
- After years of steady declines, demand for Cessna Aircraft Co.’s largest and fastest business jet is on the rise again.
- Similar wrecks reported at site of fatal bus crash
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Catherine Hartman is familiar with the concrete barrier where a bus carrying a baseball team from a small Ohio college crashed last week. Five years ago, she and her husband were in an accident at the same spot after she mistook the exit ramp for a commuter lane.
- Book about ‘hooking up’ draws criticism
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
- During a class discussion on adolescence, a high school teacher recently asked her students whether they go on dates. We don’t “date,” the 12th graders reported. We “hook up.”
- Congressman: Democrats will take care of veterans’ health care problems
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A7
- An Arizona congressman said Saturday that mold-covered walls, rodent infestations and other problems uncovered recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center reveal “a catastrophic failure of leadership” by the Bush administration.
- McCain: GOP spending to blame for election loss
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A6
- Republicans spent their way into losing control of Congress, presidential candidate John McCain says.
- Authorities: Suspect cut off bracelet, went on TV
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- An accused child molester cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet, then took a limousine to Chicago to appear on “The Jerry Springer Show,” authorities said.
- 7-year-old girl dies, becomes 10th Bronx fire fatality
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A 7-year-old girl lost her two-day battle for life, becoming the 10th victim of a devastating Bronx fire that also killed all her siblings and her mother.
- Judge rejects ethanol plant lawsuit in Ford County
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B5
- A judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit that accused Ford County officials of not following protocol in granting developers permits to build a proposed ethanol plant.
- Oden sets rebounding record; OSU advances
- No. 1 Buckeyes square off with No. 3 Badgers today
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C8
- Greg Oden spread out his arms and let out a primal scream. It was time to celebrate. His highlight-reel dunk pretty much punctuated another victory for Ohio State and sent the Buckeyes to the finals of the Big Ten tournament.
- Woman released after driving through wall
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B3
- A Lawrence woman was released from the hospital Saturday, a day after driving a car through a brick wall, a Kansas University Medical Center nursing supervisor said.
- Location, location
- Wilson picks perfect spot to deliver game-winner
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C4
- No one on Kansas University’s softball team was hungrier for a hit than Betsy Wilson. Wilson went into this weekend’s Jayhawk Invitational with a tepid .100 batting average, but her 10th-inning RBI single gave KU a 3-2 win over North Dakota State Saturday at Arrocha Ballpark.
- Citizen Journalism Academy seeks candidates for second class
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Ever consider being a journalist? Well, here’s your opportunity.
- Durant looms for Jayhawks
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C5
- Brandon Rush can think of better things to do on a lazy Sunday than chase Kevin Durant around Ford Center.
- Iraqi prime minister pleads for end to country’s violence
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- In their first direct talks since the Iraq war began, U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the country’s crisis Saturday at a one-day international conference that some hoped would help end their 27-year diplomatic freeze.
- Nations to sign security pact
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sign a joint security declaration when Howard visits Japan today, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Friday in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun.
- Poll: Honesty most important for president
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A6
- For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate’s character.
- Woman’s stolen pot tale leaves police smiling
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A11
- A middle-aged New Zealand woman rang police to report a theft of cannabis plants she had been growing at her North Island home, local media reported.
- Red Cross: 105,000 displaced after fighting
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- The number of refugees in eastern Sri Lanka went past 100,000 after heavy fighting in rebel-held parts of the island has forced 15,000 civilians to flee their homes in the past two days, the Red Cross said Saturday.
- Sultanova, Wissel shine at Indoors
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C4
- Kansas University junior Kate Sultanova placed third in the women’s pole vault Saturday at the 2007 NCAA Indoor National Championships at the Randal Tyson Track and Field Center.
- Bush seeks 4,000 more troops for wars
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
- President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for at least 4,000 extra combat support troops and military police forces that commanders told the president they need in Iraq.
- Farmers, businesses plan fight against FSA office closings
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B5
- Area merchants and farmers say they will fight plans to shutter Morton County’s Farm Service Agency office.
- K.C.’s Gordon hurting
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C9
- Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon, a touted prospect the team hopes to build around, will be sidelined for a few games because of a sore shoulder.
- Rush - not Paris - lifts OU
- Forward steps up when star center goes cold
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C8
- Leah Rush can emerge from Courtney Paris’ shadow when she has to - especially in tournament time.
- Man saves dog with mouth-to-snout revival
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B5
- Lucy was drowning. The 10-month-old English bulldog had been drawn into the lake by resident ducks and Canada geese, and the icy water was paralyzing her.
- Officials: Aid reached the wrong people
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Indonesian officials acknowledged Saturday that relief aid meant for those left homeless by a deadly earthquake was mistakenly distributed to people who did not need it.
- Royals rough up Cubs’ Prior
- Chicago hurler’s spring ERA rises to 18.90
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C9
- Mark Prior’s second appearance of the spring was just about as bad as the first. The Chicago Cubs’ All-Star rookie of 2003 may be in danger of not making the rotation at all.
- Bin Laden followers mark 50th birthday with postings
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A11
- Followers of Osama bin Laden flooded Islamic Web sites with pledges of allegiance, videos and pictures Saturday to mark the al-Qaida leader’s 50th birthday, reflecting his importance as a militant symbol even though he has not shown his face for years.
- Mid-majors optimistic
- Will last season’s success influence committee?
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C12
- Missouri State coach Barry Hinson vividly recalls that Sunday night last March. So certain his team would make the NCAA Tournament, Hinson invited a CBS crew to capture the celebration live.
- Jayhawks finally enjoy some fun in the sun
- KU tennis team in good spirits following victory against Nebraska in outdoors debut
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C4
- After sophomore Edina Horvath scored the final point of her match to seal Kansas University’s 5-2 defeat of Nebraska University at Robinson Courts, the rest of the girls tennis team enveloped her in celebration.
- Kings will allow Artest to return
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C10
- Five days after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, Ron Artest said he’d stumbled as a father and husband - and the Sacramento Kings announced they would let the volatile player return to the team.
- A minor investment
- Kansas University program teaches nonbusiness students the basics of corporate world
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on E1
- With a diverse array of interests and career aspirations, students are coming from all corners of Kansas University fueled by the same idea: It’s a business world out there.
- Bush claims trade progress with Uruguay
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
- President Bush claimed progress on trade with Uruguay’s president Saturday, courting another leftist leader on his Latin American tour. “We care about the human condition,” Bush said, trying to co-opt the populism of one influential leftist rival he won’t meet: Venezuela’s firebrand, Hugo Chavez.
- Army Band to play at Liberty Hall
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- The Army 1st Infantry Division Band is on the road again for a spring tour after spending 10 years in Germany.
- Alvamar Inc. makes management changes
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on E1
- Alvamar Inc. announces several changes to the team managing its golf courses and country club in western Lawrence.
- Kansas basketball notebook
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C7
- Darrell Arthur, who had been slowed by a lung virus this week, had eight points off 4-of-5 shooting in 17 minutes.
- Tigers angry after Ordonez hit by Beckett
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C9
- The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers nearly came to blows after Josh Beckett hit Magglio Ordonez in the side of the head with a breaking ball.
- Oread Books announces display by alumnus
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D4
- Richard Fanolio, master artist and former director of graphics at Hallmark Cards, is displaying 12 pieces of his latest art show, “Geometric Landscapes,” at Oread Books in the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. The pieces will be on display through the end of March.
- Newborn kidnapped from Texas hospital
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A woman posing as a medical worker kidnapped a 3-day-old girl from a hospital early Saturday, police said.
- Flight fever captured in generation of collectibles
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D5
- Man has always wanted to fly. Long before airplanes, hot-air balloons were traveling in the air between countries. The first successful flight - in France in 1783 - lasted 15 minutes.
- Lecompton bridge to close early Monday
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- The Kansas River bridge at Lecompton will close for repairs early Monday.
- Allies’ military cuts put U.S. on the spot
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Tony Blair’s decision to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq is understandable. The prime minister had to make a difficult decision about where to allocate Britain’s scarce resources, and he decided, reasonably enough, that the top priority was to send reinforcements to Afghanistan, where 5,500 British troops are struggling to hold back a Taliban onslaught.
- Tonganoxie girls finish in familiar spot
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C3
- The four seniors on this year’s Tonganoxie High girls basketball squad lost just 14 games in their four years of high school.
- Pastels expert to speak at art guild
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D2
- Kim Casebeer will be the Lawrence Art Guild’s guest speaker for its Monday meeting.
- B.V. West, Wichita Hts. win 6A titles
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C3
- Robert Lewandowski scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Blue Valley West over Leavenworth, 55-42, Saturday in the Class 6A boys championship.
- Best-Sellers
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D3
- First ladies take walking tour of city
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
- While President Bush did the talking, the first lady did the walking.
- Ottawa University plans night of Irish poetry
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D2
- Irish poet Vona Groarke, a teacher at Wake Forest University, will give a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Ottawa.
- Pick favorites in Cookie Bracket Tournament
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- If you have a favorite Girl Scout cookie, consider participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Bracket Tournament today.
- Registration open for book discussions
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D2
- Lawrence Public Library is planning a series titled “Women Around the World,” a four-part book discussion group for April and May. The books, all written by women, look at the lives of women in other countries.
- Poet’s Showcase
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D3
- Bully’s Corner - By Katie Lashbrook
- Edwards returning to Kansas City
- Linebacker agrees to three-year deal with Chiefs
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C2
- Donnie Edwards is coming back to Kansas City. Edwards, the free-agent linebacker who spent the first six years of his NFL career with the Chiefs, agreed Saturday to a three-year deal after the San Diego Chargers didn’t try to re-sign him.
- ‘Land’ of opportunity
- Author says Frank Bascombe series is over
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D3
- It’s easy to pinpoint the spot where a road map of New Jersey hung on the wall of Richard Ford’s boathouse during the four years he spent writing his latest Frank Bascombe novel.
- Germany confronted with hostage situation
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
- In the grainy footage, a pale woman in a blue veil clutches her weeping son and pleads for their lives.
- KU consortium studies DNA of tuberculosis to find cure
- Professor hopes to bring in millions of dollars in research funding
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- A Kansas University professor is leading an international effort to study the DNA of tuberculosis, a disease that’s associated with a bygone era in the United States but is a growing problem worldwide.
- Teachers with prize car recall pleas for help in paying taxes
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B8
- A Kansas City couple who won a fancy new car but couldn’t afford the taxes put up a Web site asking for donations to help them pay the taxes. But on Saturday, they took the Web site down and told people they regretted asking for money.
- Like-minded rural couples linked by Web site
- March 11, 2007
- Cupid - for Amy Portschy of McCook and other girls looking for true love with farmers and ranchers - probably wears blue jeans and cowboy boots and carries a pair of pliers with him wherever he goes.
- ‘Lost in Yonkers’ to show at Baker
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D2
- The Montana Repertory Theatre will perform “Lost in Yonkers” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rice Auditorium as part of Baker University’s Artist and Lecture Series.
- Remodeled Canterbury House rededicated
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
- The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas will rededicate its campus ministry facility at 2 p.m. today.
- Who says getting there is half the fun?
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D8
- Anyone who thinks we’re a classless society hasn’t flown coach lately. And coach is no longer called “coach”; it’s “economy.” Economical for whom? I’m guessing for airlines.
- Commentary: Big 12 event good rehearsal for KU
- Experience should allow Jayhawks to win different types of games in NCAA Tournament
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C2
- They got tossed into a mosh pit. They got pulled into a mud-wrestling match. They got trapped in a steel cage, where even the smallest advance was treacherous.
- Zumba rouses warrior princess
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D1
- I am standing in a large room with mirrored walls, waiting for my introductory Zumba class to begin.
- Engagement Party advice
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on D1
- He asked. You said, “Yes!” And now you can’t wait for all the celebrations to start. They begin with a classic engagement party, the purpose of which is to announce to the world that you can’t wait to be married and that both families meet and welcome their new relative.
- Arkansas’ Schmidt silences Jayhawks
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C4
- Kansas University sophomore lefty Nick Czyz threw seven innings and allowed just three runs on three hits, but it wasn’t enough as No. 10 Arkansas secured a 4-0 baseball victory Saturday at Baum Stadium.
- Bankruptcies
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on E1
- 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:
- KSU’s Huggins: Crunch this
- Coach says ‘Cats deserve to be in NCAA field
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C7
- For reasons only computer geeks understand, Kansas State coach Bob Huggins and his players who have grown up so much in their first year playing for him must sweat out the Selection Sunday television show.
- Tittrington: Firebirds big fans of bronze
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C3
- The list of people who have no use for consolation games at the Kansas State High School Activities Association state basketball tournaments is a long one, full of administrators, coaches, players, fans and journalists who see no point in two teams battling for third place 18 hours after watching their dreams of winning a state championship come to a screeching halt.
- Smaller conferences deserve more NCAA bids
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on C12
- In the Sagarin Ratings Index of all-time great American debates, there is Lincoln-Douglas, Kennedy-Nixon and Big Ten-Big East. As in, should the sixth-place team in the Big Ten get in over the sixth-place team in the Big East?
- Lawrence school board agenda
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B2
- The board will decide whether Schwegler and Sunflower schools will become “neighborhood” English as a Second Language sites and whether the faculty at those schools will begin ESL studies during the 2007-2008 school year. The board also will consider a policy designating some schools as neighborhood ESL schools.
- On the record
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Cartoonist sues creator of SpongeBob
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
- Cartoonist Troy Walker created a comic strip in 1991 about a sponge with a personality. Bob Spongee had eyes, legs and arms. He lived on Apple Street with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Bubbles.
- People in the news
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
- ¢ James Brown’s body placed in crypt at daughter’s home ¢ Rehabilitation center sues Courtney Love for unpaid bill ¢ Samuel L. Jackson touts education at Head Start
- Candidates rushing to raise jaw-dropping amounts of cash
- March 11, 2007 in print edition on A7
- Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to make people gasp. So do John Edwards, Barack Obama, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
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