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Audio clips

• Dr. Daniel Aires, KU dermatologist

Obituaries

• Dr. Marion E. “Doc” Martin, McPherson
• Marion L. Howey, Lawrence
• Glen S. Hochard, Tonganoxie
• Norman S. Edmonds, Lawrence
• William J. “Bill” Armstrong, Topeka

On the street

• What type of book would you like to write?

Photos

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Podcasts

• Spodcasters: We're back...but some folks are not
• The Morning Rush: Local Red Cross volunteers to assist those displaced by house fires

Videos

• Douglas County offers a few options when it comes to …
• U.S. Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Boyda says she expects congress to …
• Erika Dvorske will start work January 14th as the new …
• At their weekly meeting tomorrow night, City Commissioners are scheduled …
• The Southeast Area Plan specifically explains future uses for the …
• Long-term free parking may soon become available in downtown Lawrence.
• Don’s Steak House has served its last beef and catfish …
• We continue our Friend 2 Friend series tonight with a …
• Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges, will …
• As expected, Juniors Aqib Talib and Anthony Collins will skip …
• Kansas University football assistant coach Tim Beck was officially named …
• It turns out the starting lineup is the perfect place …
• Opponents of the 7-0 LHS girls basketball team are still …
• Videocast for January 7

All stories

6Sports video: Jackson becomes ‘a beast’ for senior year

January 7, 2008

It turns out the starting lineup is the perfect place for KU basketball senior Darnell Jackson.

6News video: Friend 2 Friend returns

January 7, 2008

We continue our Friend 2 Friend series tonight with a 7th grade social studies teacher who learned the hard way that sometimes the most important life lessons can’t be found in books. 6News reporter Sophia Spencer brings us her story.

6News video: Don’s Steak House closes its doors

January 7, 2008

Don’s Steak House has served its last beef and catfish dinners, as owner Gary Bartz recently closed the operation that opened in 1962.

6News video: City leaders to consider approving plans for Eastern gateway to city

January 7, 2008

The Southeast Area Plan specifically explains future uses for the land South and East of 23rd Street and O’Connell Road.

6News video: United Way of Douglas County has a new leader

January 7, 2008

Erika Dvorske will start work January 14th as the new president and CEO of the United Way of Douglas County.

6News video: Boyda discusses immigration legislation

January 7, 2008

U.S. Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Boyda says she expects congress to take another stab at immigration legislation this year.

6Sports video: Talib, Collins to enter NFL Draft

January 7, 2008

As expected, Juniors Aqib Talib and Anthony Collins will skip their senior seasons to enter the NFL Draft.

6News video: Michael Vick headed to Leavenworth

January 7, 2008

Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges, will serve the remainder of his 23-month sentence in Leavenworth.

6Sports video: Bird sisters the key to LHS girls’ great start

By Andrew Baker

January 7, 2008

Opponents of the 7-0 LHS girls basketball team are still trying to figure out which ‘Bird’ to stop. Andrew Baker has more on LHS’ sharp-shooting sisters Danielle and Taylor Bird.

6News video: Free parking in downtown Lawrence?

January 7, 2008

Long-term free parking may soon become available in downtown Lawrence.

6News video: Lawrence Health Agency looking to improve hospice care

By Lindsey Slater

January 7, 2008

Douglas County offers a few options when it comes to hospice health care, but an in-patient program has yet to be established. 6News reporter Lindsey Slater describes how the Lawrence Health Agency wants to add another option.

6News video: Lawrence may get one step closer to second Wal-Mart

January 7, 2008

At their weekly meeting tomorrow night, City Commissioners are scheduled to consider final plans for the development on the NW corner of 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive.

6Sports video: KU assistant coach heading to Nebraska

January 7, 2008

Kansas University football assistant coach Tim Beck was officially named running-backs coach at Nebraska on Monday.

BBQ ‘joint’ to replace icon

Longtime steakhouse closes, but rooftop bull to remain

By Mark Fagan

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B7

Don’s Steak House, a grilling institution since 1962 at the southeastern edge of Lawrence, is giving way to a new barbecue restaurant. Gary Bartz, who has owned the place since buying out founder Don Scott in 1990, has closed the restaurant and sold off its equipment and fixtures to a group headed by a businessman from Wichita. The group intends to remodel and reopen the place as a barbecue joint. Bartz, meanwhile, plans to rest, recuperate and remember the good times.

Vick confirmed at Federal Prison Camp in Leavenworth

By Eric Sorrentino

05:08 p.m., January 7, 2008 Updated 05:17 p.m.

Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges, appears to be transferring to a drug rehabilitation program in Leavenworth County.

6News Now: Naughty But Nice vacates premises

January 7, 2008

In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, an adult novelty store complies with a court order to vacate its Mass. Street location, and United Way of Douglas County has a new leader.

Collins confirms entry into 2008 NFL Draft pool

By Ryan Wood

January 7, 2008

KU junior offensive lineman Anthony Collins confirmed to the Journal-World on Monday that he will skip his senior season and declare for the NFL Draft. “I’m done with KU,” Collins said when reached by cell phone. “I loved every minute of it. I enjoyed my time here. I enjoyed working under coach Mangino. I felt like there was nothing else to prove. I felt like I need to get better at the next level.”

KU assistant Beck heads to Nebraska

J-W Staff Reports

January 7, 2008

Kansas University assistant football coach Tim Beck officially has been hired to coach running backs at Nebraska. The Huskers made the announcement on Monday, ironically the same day new Nebraska coach Bo Pelini was preparing for one last game - the BCS National Championship Game - as defensive coordinator of LSU.

Talib going to NFL

By Ryan Wood

January 7, 2008

As expected, Kansas University football standout Aqib Talib plans to skip his senior season and enter his name into the NFL Draft, according to his father, Theodore Henry. “God has blessed him and not let him get injured,” Henry said. “It’s time.” Talib long was considered to be on his way out if he had a healthy, productive junior season. He did, playing all 13 games and registering 66 tackles and five interceptions, two returned for touchdowns.

Local group proposes in-patient hospice center

Visiting Nurses Association asks county for land on Ridge Court

By Mike Belt

January 7, 2008

A proposal to build an in-patient hospice center in southern Lawrence will be explored by Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association and the county commission.

Jackson named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week

J-W Staff Reports

January 7, 2008

Kansas University senior forward Darnell Jackson, whose career-high 25 points and nine rebounds paced the Jayhawks’ 85-60 win at Boston College Saturday, was named Monday as the Big 12 Conference’s Co-Player of the Week alongside Texas sophomore point guard D.J. Augustin. Jackson is the first Jayhawk to be honored by the league in the 2007-08 season, while this is Augustin’s second time being named Player of the Week (Dec. 10). Jackson also scored 20 points in the Jayhawks’ 86-53 thrashing of Yale to close out the calendar year in Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 29.

United Way of Douglas County announces new president/CEO

January 7, 2008

The United Way of Douglas County has hired Erika Dvorske of Kansas City, Kan., as its new president and CEO, the agency announced this morning.

Title game end of wild year

Tonight’s BCS championship culmination of crazy football season

By Chris Dufresne - Los Angeles Times

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B1

After months of twists, turns, detours, U-turns and upsets, tonight’s Bowl Championship Series title game has arrived. Ohio State (11-1) vs. LSU (11-2) in the Superdome is not necessarily the game everyone pined for or expected.

Immigrants add to identity theft woes

By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A3

When Air Force veteran Marcos Miranda had his identity stolen, he went from being a valued customer and employee to a government statistic - one of thousands of identity theft victims caught up each year in the crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Report: Sarkozy to marry girlfriend

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

Recently divorced President Nicolas Sarkozy will marry his former supermodel girlfriend next month, a French newspaper reported Sunday.

Be concerned about Pakistani nukes, not democracy

By James P. Pinkerton - Newsday

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A7

My New Year’s resolutions: I resolve to worry more about Pakistan’s 75-weapon nuclear stockpile than about global warming. I am more worried about being incinerated by a loose nuke than I am about the water table rising a few feet.

Advice

A New York Catholic Church project might help lessen the dangers of sex predators and their impact on children.

J-W Editorials

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A7

The Catholic Archdiocese of New York is trying to counteract the bad reputation the church gained in recent years because of sexual abuse scandals by priests. While it is uncertain how well the project might work, at least there is an effort to acknowledge the long-hushed problem and prevent repeat occurrences.

Publishing on a ‘desktop’

Internet offers authors wealth of options for printing

By Terry Rombeck

January 7, 2008 in print edition on C1

When Randy Breeden’s church group asked him to design a cookbook with recipes they’d shared through the years, he figured he’d head to a copy machine and put it together himself. That was before he met Lulu.

Horoscopes

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B8

Others often associate you with financial strength. If you don’t see that trend evolving, you might want to revise your approach and thinking. If you are single, know that it’s your choice to remain solo this year, as other options will appear. If you are attached, recognize that your sweetie must have equal say to really make this bond work.

Will ‘Wars’ wear out ‘Dancing’?

By Kevin McDonough

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B8

Scant weeks after the conclusion of “Dancing with the Stars,” the spin-off series “Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann” (7 p.m., ABC) arrives. That’s not good. The popular reality shows that retain their audiences appreciate the old adage “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” “American Idol” airs but once a year, to tremendous ratings.

Airline food at new heights

Celebrity chefs are joining forces with carriers

By Del Quentin Wilber - The Washington Post

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

What celebrity chef worth his lamb chops with pomegranate glaze would risk culinary shame by creating airline food - the butt of innumerable jokes about reheated hash that always seems to taste like chicken or even a salty tire?

Kansas among half-dozen remaining undefeateds

By Gary Bedore

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B1

Just six of the country’s 341 Div. I men’s basketball teams take perfect records into Week Two of the New Year. The Sensational Six? North Carolina (15-0), Memphis (13-0), Washington State (13-0), Vanderbilt (15-0), Mississippi (13-0) and Kansas University (14-0).

Survivors of plane crash help investigators

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

A chartered plane that crashed into a shallow harbor after taking off from Kodiak Island, killing six people, was carrying a group of fishermen from a dissident sect of the Russian Orthodox Church home for Christmas.

Housing crisis considered at ‘halfway point’

By Christine Metz

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A1

Lt. Steve Brown stood on the landing of the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center last week and started the sheriff’s sale at 10 a.m. sharp - just as he had for almost every Thursday the year before. Wearing jeans and work coats, prospective buyers of the foreclosed properties leaned against a wall and listened as Brown auctioned off two houses in under five minutes. Bank representatives in wool coats and gloves stood in front of Brown.

Greats’ grandsons

Three Firebirds trace lineage to ‘52 Jayhawks

By Matt Tait

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B1

When Free State High junior Chase Hoag was in sixth grade, he experienced something very few young men get to encounter during their lifetime. Hoag, a budding basketball fanatic, had a one-on-one conversation in his living room with legendary coach and former Jayhawk Dean Smith.

Parents get reprieve on children’s allergies

By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A1

Breast-feeding helps prevent babies’ allergies, but there’s no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months.

New jail program could ease transition to life on the outside

Training aimed at helping offenders find success, avoid reincarceration

By Mike Belt

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A1

Sherman Tolbert has been in and out of jail and prison for more than 30 years. He has been a regular abuser of alcohol and drugs. And he has been homeless virtually his entire adult life. “I’ve been addicted to the streets even more than the drugs,” Tolbert, 54, said during a recent interview. Tolbert ended his most recent stint in the Douglas County Jail on Nov. 29. Convicted of threatening someone, he is now on probation for a year. He is still homeless, but said he intends to make sure he doesn’t go back to jail.

Residents directed to clean up Prairie Park

By Kristi Henderson - khenderson@ljworld.com

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A3

The city has asked homeowners whose property abuts Prairie Park Nature Center to remove items on park land.

Wikia Search opens to public this week

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

The founder of Wikipedia says taking the online encyclopedia’s collaborative approach into the field of search won’t dethrone Google Inc. or another major search engine - at least not soon.

Keegan: Stability welcome at KU

By Tom Keegan

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B1

From now until election day, the political buzzword “change” will bombard our senses. For the next 10 months, candidates will jockey for position to try to make more vague promises of “change” than the competition.Hillary Clinton placed first in the change count among the 10 candidates who debated Saturday night in New Hampshire on ABC. She used it 21 times.

Red Cross helps Lawrencians displaced by house fires

By Erin Castaneda

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A3

Natalie Clayton, 21, awoke just before 3 a.m. Dec. 9 to a banging on her front door and the realization that her house was on fire. The Kansas University student from Omaha ran out the front of 1129 Vt., barefoot, in the dress and tights she wore the night before. In shock, she huddled in the cold Sunday morning and watched as flames destroyed the three-story home she and six roommates rented.

Giants continue road dominance

By Barry Wilner - Associated Press Sports Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B4

First stop, Tampa. Next stop, Texas. As long as it’s on the road, the New York Giants can’t complain.

Tulsa rolls in GMAC Bowl, 63-7

Associated Press

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B3

Paul Smith and the nation’s top-rated offense turned a little charity into a lot of history in the GMAC Bowl.

US ranks near bottom in individual privacy

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

Individual privacy is under threat around the world as governments continue introducing surveillance and information-gathering measures, according to an international rights group.

Money tip: Investing in gold

MarketWatch

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

After the assassination of Pakistan’s opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, demand for gold has lifted its price to over $850 an ounce, up from about $630 a year ago.

Iraqi soldiers blunt force of suicide bomb attack

By Bradley Brooks - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

Three Iraqi soldiers threw themselves on a suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest at an Army Day celebration Sunday - an act of heroism the U.S. said likely prevented many more deaths. Iraqi police said at least 11 people were killed in the blast, the deadliest in a series of bombings in Baghdad.

Hawaii coach pondering SMU job

Jones in Dallas trying to choose between two jobs

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B2

June Jones spent Sunday night trying to decide whether to accept an offer to coach SMU or return to Hawaii, where the governor is among those trying to keep him.

Voting by mail starts in California

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A8

Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation’s most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

Patriots prepare for Jags

Associated Press

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B4

Bill Belichick spent more time during the weekend studying Jacksonville than his other possible playoff opponents. It was time well spent.

‘Treasure’ digs up more gold with $20 million weekend

By David Germain - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B8

Nicolas Cage may be running out of storage room for his loot. Disney’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” with Cage as a history buff on the trail of a lost city of gold, was the No. 1 box office draw for the third straight weekend with $20.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Organize holiday decor

January 7, 2008 in print edition on C1

As you begin to dismantle the tree and take down other holiday decorations, get organized for next year. Review the ornaments you did not hang this year, the stuffed Santas and extra stockings you did not display. Donate them or throw them out. If you didn’t need them this year, chances are you won’t need them next.

Hitachi Ltd. to debut 500GB drive for laptops

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

Notebook computers can be as powerful as desktops these days, especially as hard-disk makers like Hitachi Ltd. grab industry bragging rights by unveiling a 500-gigabyte drive for laptops.

Some trends will hang on in 2008

Washington Post

January 7, 2008 in print edition on C1

Trend watching can be a strange business. How exactly does one explain the way a humble tulip skirt or pair of wide-leg jeans becomes a bona fide Look of the Moment? The trickle-down theory (from runway to reality) once had currency, but trends travel in all directions: from high to low, sure, but also from sidewalk to catwalk to red carpet to clearance rack. Here’s a guide to what will still pack a punch in 2008 and beyond.

Boy, 12, charged with first-degree murder

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

A 12-year-old boy beat a toddler to death with a baseball bat because she was crying while he was trying to watch TV, authorities said.

Old Home Town - 40 years ago

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A7

Chances of substantial state aid to help finance a local public swimming pool seemed to be fading and were likely to be scaled down by some $150,000. Voters had approved a public pool for the first time in local history.

Old Home Town - 25 years ago

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A7

For financially strapped college men, registration during the coming fall was to take on a double meaning.

Clemens defends himself on television

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press Sports Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B2

Sounding indignant and defiant in his first interview since his former personal trainer accused him of using steroids, Roger Clemens seemed to set up a confrontation with Brian McNamee in front of Congress if the pair testify under oath at a Jan. 16 hearing.

On the record

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A4

A 33-year-old Topeka man was injured Sunday evening after he was thrown off his motorcycle in Jefferson County. Paul D. Klemme Jr. was not wearing a helmet when a vehicle rear-ended him while traveling eastbound on Kansas Highway 4 and attempting to turn left onto 46th Street, north of Grantville, near the Shawnee County line.

Romney, McCain clash in GOP debate

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

Mitt Romney and John McCain sparred Sunday over their tax and spending records and who was a better agent for change, in the second Republican debate of the final weekend before the New Hampshire primary.

VNA hospice request on county agenda

J-W Staff Reports

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A4

The Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association wants county commissioners to donate land it owns for a new hospice center.

NBA Roundup

Associated Press

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B6

Scores from around the league.

President may retain post by narrow margin

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

Georgia’s embattled leader appeared to have narrowly won re-election to the presidency in a tightly contested snap vote, elections officials announced late Sunday.

Handling a delicate application question

By J.T. O'Donnell & Dale Dauten

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B9

When filling out a job application and you’re currently employed, what is the proper response to the question: May we contact your present employer?

Chopra wins in a playoff

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B2

A long, nail-biting start to the PGA Tour finally ended as the sun dipped below the Pacific’s horizon when Daniel Chopra two-putted for birdie on the par-5 ninth to beat Steve Stricker in four extra holes at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Carolina survives scare

Duke wins; Huggins stuns No. 10 Marquette

Associated Press

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B5

No. 1 North Carolina passed its first true test - barely. Wayne Ellington’s three-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime lifted the top-ranked Tar Heels to a 90-88 victory over 19th-ranked Clemson on Sunday night.

Actors talk about writers strike, Spears at film festival

By Michael Cidoni - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B8

Britney Spears’ hospitalization and concerns over whether the continuing Hollywood writers strike would keep next week’s Golden Globes ceremony off the air dominated red-carpet chatter at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival gala.

Democrats approach homestretch to primary

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

The leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed Sunday over each other’s claim to be the true candidate of change in the final hours of the slushy New Hampshire homestretch. Hillary Clinton told voters they should elect “a doer, not a talker.” Barack Obama countered that his rivals are stuck in the politics of the past.

Year-end wrap-up tough sell in 2007

By Elizabeth Black

January 7, 2008 in print edition on C1

I decided sometime in the middle of December that I wanted to be one of those columnists who writes a year-end wrap-up. I’ve always loved those things. Take Dave Barry’s annual month-by-month review of the year. He’s the only writer who can make me laugh out loud. The word guffaw comes to mind, as unfeminine as that sounds.

D-Day today for pair of KU football players

By Ryan Wood

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B1

Kansas University football juniors Anthony Collins and Aqib Talib are expected to make an official announcement today regarding their futures. The two are considering skipping their senior seasons to enter their names in the NFL Draft.

San Diego breaks out of funk

Chargers get first playoff victory since 1994 season

By Bernie Wilson - Associated Press Sports Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on B4

LaDainian Tomlinson jumped for joy. Norv Turner’s eyes were red. It was rainy and gloomy, but it might as well have been a sunny day. Yes, the San Diego Chargers can win in the playoffs.

Supreme Court examines lethal injections, pausing executions

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press Writer

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A2

A quarter-century has elapsed since the U.S. experienced as long a pause in executions as the one the Supreme Court has occasioned with its current examination of lethal injections.

Bush plans busy travel itinerary

J-W Wire Reports

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A8

With an eight-day tour of the Middle East starting this week, President Bush hopes to spur negotiations among Israeli and Palestinian leaders vowing to make peace and lay the groundwork for two independent states by year’s end.

Obama appears strong, GOP scrambles

By David Broder

January 7, 2008 in print edition on A7

It may seem paradoxical, but New Hampshire is poised to close down the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and launch a wide-open Republican contest.