Also from March 23
Audio clips
- Brandon Rush addresses the crowd of media around him Friday in the HP Pavilion
- Darrell Arthur talks about avoiding distraction in his first Elite Eight
- Julian Wright talks about surviving and advancing to KU's first Elite Eight since 2004
- Mario Chalmers talks about the potential pace of Saturday's game
- UCLA's Arron Afflalo talks about his matchup with Brandon Rush
- UCLA's Darren Collison talks about matching up with KU's guards
- UCLA's Luc Richard Mbah a Moute talks about the desire to reach back-to-back Final Fours
Births
Blog entries
Chats
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Who do you plan to vote for in the City Commission election?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Dever | 21% | |
| Rob Chestnut | 21% | |
| David Schauner | 16% | |
| Dennis ‘Boog’ Highberger | 15% | |
| James Bush | 13% | |
| Carey Maynard-Moody | 11% | |
| Total | 60 | |
Will you vote in the April city and school elections?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 72% | |
| No | 22% | |
| Undecided | 5% | |
| Total | 36 | |
Videos
- Concerns over housing safety in the Oread neighborhood have residents …
- KU’s road to the Final Four in Atlanta goes through …
- If the Jayhawks manage to pull out a victory over …
- It appears rat poison is to blame for the tainted …
- The KU Public Safety Office is investigating the theft of …
- The ‘Downward Dog’ and ‘Lotus’ poses may be the next …
- About 150 cyclists from six states pedal into Lawrence this …
- 6News took a trip to KU’s Museum of Natural History …
- After 16 appearances, KU is no stranger to the Final …
- Friday afternoon, both the Jayhawks and the Bruins held closed …
- The Oklahoma State Cowboys trounced KU to the tune of …
- After defeating the BVNW Huskies 6-3, the Free State Firebird …
- Videocast for March 23
- The Jayhawks tell us what they’d be doing on the …
- Temperatures in the 70s, no humidity to speak of and, …
All stories
- KU set to ‘Bear’ down against the Bruins of UCLA
- March 23, 2007
- 6News took a trip to KU’s Museum of Natural History to see what we could learn about the UCLA mascot, the Bruin.
- KU and UCLA prepare for big day
- March 23, 2007
- Friday afternoon, both the Jayhawks and the Bruins held closed practices to prepare for a match-up of the region’s top two seeds.
- KU students away on Spring Break, but thieves are not
- March 23, 2007
- The KU Public Safety Office is investigating the theft of four computers stolen from four classrooms in Summerfield Hall.
- The ‘Madness’ continues to escalate
- March 23, 2007
- KU’s road to the Final Four in Atlanta goes through UCLA. Tip-off for the showdown is 24 hours away and 6News reporter Mark Fagan caught up with some KU fans in San Jose on the brink of the big dance’s biggest stage.
- Free State baseball team improves to 2-0
- March 23, 2007
- After defeating the BVNW Huskies 6-3, the Free State Firebird baseball team improved to 2-0 on the season.
- Cyclists from six states pedal into Lawrence for Cycling Classic
- March 23, 2007
- About 150 cyclists from six states pedal into Lawrence this weekend for the 2007 Jayhawk Cycling Classic. The three-day event starts tomorrow with a road race and 10-mile team trial.
- Yoga used as alternative medicine
- March 23, 2007
- The ‘Downward Dog’ and ‘Lotus’ poses may be the next big method in treating the side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatments for cancer survivors.
- One Lawrence neighborhood concerned with housing safety
- March 23, 2007
- Concerns over housing safety in the Oread neighborhood have residents calling for higher rental standards. People living in the area say they want the same treatment in their high-density, multi-family zoned neighborhood as in other parts of Lawrence.
- Jayhawk baseball squad falls to OSU
- March 23, 2007
- The Oklahoma State Cowboys trounced KU to the tune of a 14-4 victory on the diamond.
- Trip to Final Four would be first for Coach Self
- March 23, 2007
- After 16 appearances, KU is no stranger to the Final Four. However, for current KU coach Bill Self, it would be a first for his coaching career.
- Rat poison blamed for tainted pet food
- March 23, 2007
- It appears rat poison is to blame for the tainted pet food that led to the death of more than a dozen dogs and cats in the US.
- Both Lawrence and KU police will have extra officers on duty
- March 23, 2007
- If the Jayhawks manage to pull out a victory over UCLA, city officials expect downtown Lawrence to errupt in celebration.
- 90 solid seconds with…UCLA junior Arron Afflalo
- March 23, 2007
- During the NCAA Tournament, KUSports.com editor Ryan Greene will spend 90 quality seconds with a member of the team getting set to face KU. In today’s episode, Ryan chats with UCLA junior Arron Afflalo, a 6-foot-5 wing who was this season’s Pac-10 Player of the Year. He’s averaging a team-best 16.7 points per game this season and scored a game-high 17 in Thursday’s 64-55 Sweet Sixteen win over Pittsburgh.
- KU fans ready for Elite Eight
- March 23, 2007
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, Jayhawk fans feel relief after matchup against SIU and look forward to the game against UCLA, and more about rental registration.
- 15 seconds of … what do we do now?
- March 23, 2007
- Moments after outlasting Southern Illinois to reach the Elite Eight in this year’s NCAA Tournament, Kansas basketball players settled into their folding chairs in the locker room to answer questions about the Salukis’ defense, Brandon Rush’s efficient sharpshooting and Rodrick Stewart’s inspired play. Then they told us what they’d be doing on the off day, the one before taking on UCLA in the regional finals Saturday.
- Pet food maker plans brief shutdown of Emporia plant
- March 23, 2007
- Menu Foods, dealing with the after-effects of a massive recall of pet food, said Wednesday that it would shut down its Emporia plant for a few days but that no layoffs would be involved.
- Missing kayaker found in Kansas River
- March 23, 2007
- A body recovered this week on the Kansas River was that of a missing kayaker who capsized earlier this month, the Wyandotte County coroner’s office said.
- 15 seconds of … gloating
- ‘Hawks fans love California
- March 23, 2007
- Temperatures in the 70s, no humidity to speak of and, well, several hundred Jayhawks willing to rub it in a bit for the folks back home.
- Extra Minutes: Kansas 61, Southern Illinois 58
- March 23, 2007
- Tying up loose ends from Thursday’s anything-but-pretty KU Sweet Sixteen win over Southern Illinois. The 61 points the Jayhawks scored was their second-lowest total of the year, but KU was able to compensate with efficient shooting and matching SIU’s defensive intensity late in the game.
- Buyers can benefit from write-off
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- Some estimates suggest that more than 1 million Americans who purchased a home last year are eligible to deduct their upfront mortgage points, even if the seller paid them.
- TV, Internet combine on ‘Acceptable TV’
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A2
- The blending of Internet media with television seems both logical and inevitable. And it will probably be expensive. Just last week, Viacom sued Google for a cool $1 billion.
- Bush must admit errors, pursue diplomacy
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- When President Bush addressed the nation Monday on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, he said “our most important mission” is helping the Iraqis secure Baghdad.
- Bush must step up and lead
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B7
- President Bush appealed for patience as the Iraq war entered its fifth year. In a televised address from the White House, the president warned of the consequences if America were to “pack up and go home.”
- Smith leaving UK for Minnesota
- Embattled coach ends 10-year tenure at Kentucky
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- With Kentucky fans dogging him after another disappointing finish, Tubby Smith is bolting the bluegrass for Minnesota.
- Lawrence Datebook
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- A real dog fight
- KU survives battle with Salukis, advances to Elite Eight
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Barbara Lauter knows her Jayhawks are still a game away from the Final Four, and three games from an elusive national title.
- Still standing
- KU outscraps SIU, joins Elite Eight
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Brandon Rush didn’t feel jubilation after winning the biggest game of his college basketball career. “I feel relief,” Rush, Kansas University’s sophomore forward, gasped after the No. 1-seeded Jayhawks somehow survived a 6-for-13 free-throw effort down the stretch to clip ball-hawking, defensive-minded No. 4 seed Southern Illinois, 61-58, in an NCAA West Regional Sweet 16 game Thursday night in HP Pavilion.
- KU struggled from three-point land
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C5
- To hit the three first requires being able to launch the three.
- Anderson’s heroics vex A&M
- Memphis returns to Elite Eight
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C4
- Antonio Anderson isn’t the player Memphis would have picked to go the line with a chance to advance to another NCAA regional final.
- Two J-W reporters earn APSE honors
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C3
- Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan submitted one of the top five breaking news stories in 2006, according to the Associated Press Sports Editors. Keegan took second in the under-40,000 circulation classification.
- Krugers’ latest relocation pans out
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C3
- His entire childhood, Kevin Kruger was at the mercy of his father’s career decisions, which took the family from Edinburg, Texas, to Manhattan, Kan., Gainesville, Fla., Champaign, Ill., and Atlanta.
- Horoscopes
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Regents report says repairs would help state economy
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Fixing infrastructure problems at state universities would be good for the economy, higher education officials said Thursday.
- Salukis falter down stretch
- ‘We ran out of time’
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C7
- In a close, low-scoring basketball game, little, late hiccups can end a season. Just ask Southern Illinois.
- Commentary: Kentucky opening sure to cause stir
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- The news that Tubby Smith said goodbye and good riddance to unrealistic expectations at Kentucky sent shock waves through the college basketball world. They’ll reverberate around the country until a successor surfaces.
- Democrats hunt votes for war legislation
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A5
- As the House opened debate Thursday on a proposal that would force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by September 2008, Democratic leaders scrambled to round up the votes they need in their biggest showdown to date with the White House over the war.
- ‘Catfish Cookies’ born in the Kaw
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D1
- Barbara Higgins-Dover remembers her grandmother making cookies one morning when she was a child. But her grandmother used a key ingredient not likely found in most cookie recipes: catfish lard.
- Fans: Patience, perseverance important for scoring tickets
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A10
- Take it from Chris Kaufman, Rich Littrell and Chris Green.
- Edwards’ campaign to go on despite wife’s repeat cancer
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Democrat John Edwards said Thursday that his presidential campaign “goes on strongly” in the face of a repeat cancer diagnosis for his wife, Elizabeth, a somber development that thrust his White House bid into uncharted territory.
- Candidate survey explores potential projects
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- A new open-air downtown market. Expanded affordable housing options. A Twin Rivers recreation trail. All those ideas and several more have been presented by Lawrence City Commission candidates as new projects the community should consider.
- People in the news
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- ¢ ‘Bud’ made Late Night appearance at KU ¢ Spears wins court injunction to stop leaks about rehab stint ¢ Lindsay Lohan’s mother says she’s not a ‘party mom’ ¢ McEntire to host Academy of Country Music Awards
- College, Second City offer comedy lessons
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A2
- Thirteen students lie in a circle and stretch. They make monkey sounds to warm up their voices. Then they practice being funny.
- Rocket hits near U.N. chief during news conference
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A9
- A rocket exploded 50 yards from the U.N. secretary-general during a news conference Thursday in Baghdad’s Green Zone, causing him to cringe and duck just minutes after Iraq’s prime minister said the visit showed the city was “on the road to stability.”
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Better course
- City officials have a better idea for $700,000 in state highway funding.
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- A center left-turn lane on Iowa Street certainly is a far better way to spend $700,000 than the three options previously suggested by the Kansas Department of Transportation.
- British police arrest three suspects in ‘05 London transit bombings
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Counter-terrorist police arrested three men Thursday in the 2005 suicide attacks on the London transit system, the first major development in the investigation in months. Two of the suspects were detained as they prepared to board a flight to Pakistan.
- Tonight’s capsules
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C5
- A look at tonight’s four Sweet 16 games:
- Committee stands against partnership registry
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- A House committee voted Thursday to prohibit domestic partnership registries in response to a move in Lawrence to establish one.
- Tabla player to perform at Baker
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D2
- Sandip Burman, a world-renowned tabla player, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rice Auditorium on Baker University’s campus, Baldwin City.
- Theater announces upcoming auditions
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D2
- The Lawrence Community Theatre will conduct auditions for its June production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” next month.
- News of the Weird
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D2
- Tinku, in Bolivia’s high plains, pits two tribes in Sacaca each February in daylong drinking and all-out fist-fighting.
- KU-St. Luke’s plan might unify life sciences effort
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Kansas City’s history is full of innovation and collaboration, earning recognition for the ways we work together as “One KC.”
- Houdini’s relative wants body exhumed
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A6
- For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn’t escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Fort Riley soldier killed in iraq
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A9
- A 24-year-old Fort Riley soldier was killed in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the post said Thursday.
- D.A. arrested on new corruption charges
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A South Texas prosecutor who says he’s the target of political vendettas was arrested Thursday on numerous corruption charges, despite an appeals court ruling halting an investigation into his office.
- Good addition
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Thank you to everyone who made the Lawrence St. Patty’s Day Parade a fun and successful occasion.
- Harvard group fights ‘hooking up’ on campus
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A7
- Sometime between the founding of a student-run porn magazine and the day the campus health center advertised “Free Lube,” Harvard University seniors Sarah Kinsella and Justin Murray decided to fight back against what they see as too much mindless sex at the Ivy League school.
- Vote on Iran resolution likely within days
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Major powers circulated a new draft of a resolution to pressure Iran to suspend uranium enrichment with only minor amendments Thursday, and said they intend to submit it to a U.N. Security Council vote within two days.
- Library thoughts
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: It has been a while now that the city officials were talking about building another library somewhere here in Lawrence.
- State bans gay marriage; N.H. moves toward it
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- South Carolina officially banned gay marriage Thursday as legislative leaders ratified a constitutional amendment approved by voters in November.
- Officials: Toll from fighting rises to 135
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Foreign militants and local tribesmen in northern Pakistan resumed fighting near the Afghan border Thursday after a brief break to bury the latest of their 135 dead, security officials said.
- Committee approves subpoena for Rove; Senate Republican offers compromise
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A Senate Republican offered President Bush a compromise Thursday in the standoff over the dismissals of federal prosecutors, suggesting that select lawmakers question Karl Rove and other administration officials in public, but not under oath.
- Catholic archbishop urges protest
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- An outspoken Catholic archbishop urged Zimbabweans to fill the streets to protest a surge in state-orchestrated violence, saying Thursday he was willing to lead a campaign of peaceful resistance to force President Robert Mugabe out of office.
- Al-Qaida militant urges Sunnis to unite in video
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- In a new video posted Thursday on the Internet, an al-Qaida militant who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan urged Sunni militants in Iraq to join the terror group and claimed the U.S. military’s security plan for Baghdad has failed.
- UCLA tops Pitt to set up showdown
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Who’s ready for another NCAA Tournament game laced with history?
- Police: Cricket coach was strangled
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Authorities said Thursday that Pakistan’s cricket coach was strangled in his hotel room and they were opening a murder investigation, adding to the intrigue surrounding an incident that has caused a sensation in the proper world of cricket.
- Commentary: SIU effective, not ugly
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C6
- A funny thing happened at San Jose’s HP Pavilion Thursday night - a Missouri Valley Conference game broke out.
- Report: Pandemic could cost state $5.9 billion
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- A severe influenza pandemic would kill an estimated 22,000 Kansans and cost the state’s economy more than $5.9 billion, according to a newly released report.
- Kansas basketball notebook
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C7
- No. 1 seed Kansas University has advanced to an Elite Eight meeting against No. 2-seeded UCLA, a 64-55 winner over Pitt on Thursday night.
- Taliban militants killed in country’s south
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a volatile southern province Thursday killed at least 28 militants, officials said.
- On the record
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Judge faces ethics complaint
- Abortion opponents claim misconduct in Tiller case
- March 23, 2007
- Abortion opponents filed an ethics complaint Thursday against the Sedgwick County judge who dismissed 30 misdemeanor criminal charges against the state’s best-known abortion provider.
- Supporting cast lifts Ohio State
- Lewis, Conley lead Buckeyes’ late charge
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C4
- Maybe now folks will realize there’s more to Ohio State than Greg Oden.
- Children given pot allegedly had other drugs in bodies
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A6
- Two young children who were forced to smoke marijuana while being videotaped had other illegal drugs in their system at least two weeks after the video was recorded Feb. 7, sources close to the investigation told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- Officers arrest suspected illegal immigrants
- Three flee patrol during traffic stop on Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence; 11 others held
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Authorities took 11 suspected illegal immigrants into custody Wednesday night during a routine traffic stop on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence, but three remain unaccounted for after fleeing from a trooper.
- Accreditation of St. Louis schools stripped by state
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- The state school board voted Thursday to strip accreditation from the St. Louis school district and take control of its struggling schools.
- KDOT, contractors start training effort
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Contractors Association have started a new training program designed to enhance the opportunities of Kansas construction workers and to serve the state’s transportation needs.
- Gym rat Byars leads Vandy to Sweet 16
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C3
- After three somewhat disappointing seasons, Vanderbilt’s Derrick Byars set his alarm clock for 5:30 a.m. in the offseason and went to work.
- Court clears paper that printed caricatures
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- A French court cleared a satirical weekly newspaper Thursday in a case brought by Muslims who were angered by its publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Alpha & Omega advisers honored
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- 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.
- Social Suppers opens Lawrence location
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- Taking the hassle out of daily food preparation for busy families and others is the aim of Social Suppers, a meal-assembly business that opened this week in Lawrence.
- Kansas senators blast bill that includes BRAC funding
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A5
- Kansas Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts blasted congressional Democrats on Thursday for including military base construction projects in a bill that ties war spending to a pullout of combat troops from Iraq.
- Report: Dolphins eye Green
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C2
- A new contract for Trent Green is holding up a possible deal that would send the former Pro Bowl quarterback from Kansas City to the Miami Dolphins, sources told the Palm Beach Post.
- Commodities
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- Study: Seniors like solo exercise or with peers
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Older people would rather exercise alone than be surrounded by a bunch of youthful hard bodies in Spandex, suggests a study that examined how group fitness appeals to people of different ages.
- Painful loss helps motivate Trojans
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C3
- Harvey Adger will be at home in Baton Rouge, La., watching on television, wondering what might have been.
- Pittsburg State hires ex-commissioner
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- A Kansas University education professor known for his long service as the state’s education commissioner is leaving his KU post to become a dean at Pittsburg State University.
- Immigrant ID measure faces criticism
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Republicans on Thursday sent to the full House a measure that supporters said would prohibit illegal immigrants from getting state benefits, including in-state tuition.
- Pet food recall: Del Monte plant not affected
- Lawrence facility doesn’t make products on list
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C10
- A nationwide pet food recall has not affected production at a pet products facility in Lawrence.
- KU issues crime alert after purse-snatching
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University’s Public Safety Office issued a crime alert Thursday after a female KU student’s purse was stolen.
- Matter of trust
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: The Bush administration warns of dire, tragic, catastrophic consequences if America withdraws its military presence from Iraq. Really? How could they possibly know?
- Spencer librarian announces retirement
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- The head of Kansas University’s Spencer Research Library is stepping down from his post and entering partial retirement in the fall.
- Fire, explosions rock weapons depot, killing 9
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A8
- A fire broke out and explosions rocked Mozambique’s national weapons depot in the capital on Thursday, killing at least nine people and sending thousands streaming from their homes in panic, officials said.
- Barking dogs irk town, state’s Supreme Court
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A10
- Attention all dogs in Belfield, N.D.: Keep it down.
- Florida, Butler meet again
- In 2000, Gators needed OT buzzer-beater to win
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C3
- On 2000’s “One Shining Moment” video, the annual recap of each NCAA Tournament, Florida’s Mike Miller blows past Oklahoma State’s Doug Gottlieb to sink a layup. And there’s Miller again, at the bottom of a Gator pile, celebrating the most pivotal shot in Florida basketball history.
- Naming Gordon to start at third easy decision for Royals
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C8
- Alex Gordon has been named the Kansas City starting third baseman in one of the easiest spring training decisions the Royals had to make.
- Minister sues police over marijuana raid at church
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A10
- A minister who was arrested on charges of marijuana possession has sued police for $30 million, contending his civil and religious rights were violated because he leads a church that uses pot during worship.
- Delay expected in trial of reputed Klansman
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- The judge in the case of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged with kidnapping in the 1964 slayings of two black men rejected a defense motion to remove himself from the case Thursday.
- Keegan: Jackson, Stewart spark KU
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Sure, it was the main man, Brandon Rush, who snapped awake just in time Thursday inside HP Pavilion to take over offensively late in Kansas University’s 61-58 survival job against college basketball’s ultimate fighters, the Southern Illinois University Salukis.
- County’s population growth in line with overall state rate
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B8
- Douglas County is among the handful of Kansas counties growing in population, according to new numbers released Thursday by the Census Bureau.
- Wahlberg on target in fast-paced ‘Shooter’
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D1
- In “Shooter,” a high-caliber action movie that gives ‘70s revenge fantasies a contemporary spin, Mark Wahlberg plays Bob Lee Swagger, a military marksman in embittered retirement after an off-the-books African mission backfires.
- U.S. judge blocks Internet porn law
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Software filters work much better than a 1998 federal law designed to keep pornography away from children on the Internet, a federal judge ruled Thursday in striking down the measure on free-speech grounds.
- Girls with guitars
- Industry amped up over more female strummers
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on D1
- When Amy Trompeter started listening to Pink Floyd, she knew she had to play like guitarist David Gilmour. She decided to take lessons. Two years and three guitars later, she still gets strange looks when people learn she plays.
- Papelbon picked to close Red Sox games
- Dodgers’ Furcal, Twins’ Mauer, Angels’ Figgins receive good news
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on C8
- Jonathan Papelbon should be able to sleep again now that he’s going back to closing games for the Red Sox. Rafael Furcal, Joe Mauer and Chone Figgins were also relieved Thursday because their injuries did not appear serious.
- ACLU: City blamed illegal immigrants for crime increase to justify crackdown
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- The city of Hazleton tried to “scapegoat and demonize illegal immigrants,” blaming them for crime, overburdened schools and other problems, an ACLU lawyer said Thursday at the close of a federal trial over the town’s illegal-immigration crackdown.
- Japanese billionaire hands over mansions to homeless Hawaiians
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
- Lawmakers demand better care for soldiers
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Wounded soldiers at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state say the Army is trying to push them into the Veterans Affairs medical system; they’re being denied medical treatments; and they face retaliation if they complain, Washington state lawmakers said in a letter to the Army secretary.
- Museum leaders tout project to honor black Kansas artists
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- When it comes to celebrating Harlem, downtown Lawrence might be a great place to do it, according to a group of local art leaders.
- Morgan taps parental experience
- March 23, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence school board candidate Scott Morgan said the board needs to encourage parents to become more involved in their child’s school. “Being a parent, I know that we can be a royal pain - and to some it’s an art form,” Morgan said.
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