Also from January 19
Audio clips
Births
Couples
- Wedding: Rodriquez and Davenport
- Wedding: Evanhoe and Haug
- Wedding: Bost and Blair
- Engagement: Kelly and King
- Engagement: Goodell and Hibbard
- Engagement: Luth and Ebel
- Engagement: Lanpher and Hartford
- Wedding: Malloy and Krider
- Wedding: Kabeya and Moss
Obituaries
- William Dean Anderson, Topeka
- John F. Reznicek, Marion
- Cecil G. Wolgast, Lawrence
- Margarita Antonia “Margaret” Estrada, Topeka
- Donald Joseph Steve Boehm, Baldwin City
- Sharon Kay Hendrix Chang, San Francisco
- Richard Lane Robins, Kansas City, Mo.
- The Rev. Philip Eugene “Gene” Riley, Independence, Kan.
On the street
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Icy pond provides rescue practice- January 18, 2008 in print edition on 1B
- It looked like a Polar Bear Club practice session as Douglas County fire and rescue workers braved freezing temperatures and frigid waters Friday as part of their annual water rescue training.
10:00 a.m.
Cold enough for ya? Stay warm with these tips- January 19, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- Temperatures are dipping perilously close to zero. And there’s little sign of significantly warmer weather on the horizon. So we talked with some folks who know weather. You know, the people who don’t let snow, rain or dark of night stop them. Postal workers.
- Video: Weather forecast: cold here to stay
- Photo gallery: Cold snap
3:00 p.m.
KU player celebrates King- January 19, 2008 in print edition on 1B
- Even when the odds are against you, you have to keep fighting for your dream. That’s the message a Kansas University football player had for South Junior High School students Friday.
6:45 p.m.
KU remains perfect, edging Mizzou 76-70 in ugly, foul-marred road contest- 6:41 p.m., January 19, 2008 Updated 9:21 p.m.
- COLUMBIA, Mo. - It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Kansas University men’s basketball team found a way in the second half to avoid the fate suffered by fellow Top-5 residents North Carolina and UCLA Saturday, knocking off Missouri 76-70 in Mizzou Arena. The Tigers jumped out to a 7-1 lead right off the bat on the Jayhawks, but KU fought back with a 9-2 run and from there, it was a slugfest until the closing minutes. Darnell Jackson and Darrell Arthur played much of the second half in foul trouble in a game ruled by an abundance of whistles.
All stories
- Extra Minutes: Kansas 76, Missouri 70
- January 19, 2008
- Tying up loose ends from KU’s grinder of a win Saturday night in Columbia. Neither team shot the ball particularly well, but the Jayhawks were able to get to the free throw line enough late in the game to hold off the Tigers and improve to 3-0 in league play.
- KU remains perfect, edging Mizzou 76-70 in ugly, foul-marred road contest
- 06:41 p.m., January 19, 2008 Updated 09:21 p.m.
- COLUMBIA, Mo. - It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Kansas University men’s basketball team found a way in the second half to avoid the fate suffered by fellow Top-5 residents North Carolina and UCLA Saturday, knocking off Missouri 76-70 in Mizzou Arena. The Tigers jumped out to a 7-1 lead right off the bat on the Jayhawks, but KU fought back with a 9-2 run and from there, it was a slugfest until the closing minutes. Darnell Jackson and Darrell Arthur played much of the second half in foul trouble in a game ruled by an abundance of whistles.
- KU women down Mizzou, 66-60, for first Big 12 win
- January 19, 2008
- Behind 15 points and 12 rebounds from sophomore forward Danielle McCray, the Kansas University women’s basketball team broke into the Big 12 win column Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse, knocking off Missouri 66-60.
- Firefighters respond to blaze at apartments
- 07:51 a.m., January 19, 2008 Updated 10:22 a.m.
- Lawrence firefighters responded about 5:30 a.m. today to an apartment fire at 2040 Heatherwood Drive, which is northeast of 23rd Street and Kasold Drive.
- KU women, too, to tangle with MU
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C5
- Hey, college basketball fans, there’s more than one Border War skirmish today. The women’s teams will rumble, too. “There’s never a bad time to play Missouri because of the rivalry and intensity involved,” Kansas University coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “Hopefully, we’ll get a nice crowd.”
- Document lists US as having torture risk
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- A training manual for Canadian diplomats lists the United States as a country where prisoners risk torture and abuse, citing interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners, blindfolding and sleep deprivation.
- Woman leaves $2M to Wichita State
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B8
- A Missouri woman whose only tie to Wichita was a brother who once ran a downtown beauty shop has left $2 million to a Wichita State University scholarship fund.
- On the record
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The Kansas University Public Safety Office reported a theft that occurred in McCollum Hall at 11 a.m. Wednesday. According to the report, someone entered an unsecured residence hall room while the occupants were sleeping and removed electronic items and a wallet. Total estimated loss is $2,100.
- Engine response blamed for plane crash
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The engines on a British Airways plane that crash-landed at London’s Heathrow airport failed to respond for a demand to increase thrust about two miles before it reached the runway, a preliminary accident report said Friday.
- Israel pounds Hamas targets with air strike
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Israel sought to put an end to a surge in rocket attacks from Gaza, sending its air force Friday against a symbol of Hamas power in the heart of Gaza City and simultaneously choking off shipments of fuel and food across its border with the strip.
- Iraqi troops clash with Shiite cult
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers - a year after a similar plot was foiled during Shiite Islam’s most important holiday.
- Faith forum: How can college students incorporate God into their lives?
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D1
- ¢ Profess your faith, not your family’s: The Rev. Dave Davis, director of church outreach, Ottawa University¢ God has already found you in your busy life: The Rev. Ira DeSpain, campus pastor, Baker University
- People in the news
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D7
- ¢ George Clooney: Actor, ‘messenger of peace’¢ Steve Harvey tries to prove he’s ‘still fly’ at 51¢ Gary Collins released from jail after 4 days¢ Winehouse shouts ‘I love you’ to jailed husband¢ Lindsay Lohan to visit morgue, hospital ER
- Opposition vows to keep up pressure
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Clashes between rival tribes armed with machetes and bows and arrows on Friday marked the third, the bloodiest and what the government hopes is the last day of opposition protests over Kenya’s disputed presidential election.
- McCain, Huckabee in tight race for today’s SC primary
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The first voice of presidential preference from the South will be heard today, and whatever voters in South Carolina’s Republican primary say, most of them will have Ronald Reagan in mind when they select among the hybrid conservative candidates claiming to be rightful heir of the Reagan legacy.
- Realtors retool for 2008
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B5
- Thomas Howe says that Lawrence-area Realtors have plenty to look forward to in 2008, even beyond interest rates at three-year lows, residential prices holding steady and plenty of inventory sure to be available heading into the spring market.
- Horoscopes
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D7
- You might be unusually goal-driven this year, accomplishing much more than you believed possible. You start a new luck cycle, which encourages you in a new direction. You might focus on your daily life, but truth be told, you could have new beginnings in any area you so choose.
- Doctor: Suharto has good recovery chance
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Former Indonesian dictator Suharto’s condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering, his doctor said today.
- Amtrak reaches deal with unions
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Facing a possible strike that could have stranded hundreds of thousands of commuters, Amtrak reached a preliminary deal Friday that apparently heavily favors the railroad’s nine unions, who have worked for years without a contract.
- Mexicans call for stronger hand against drug trade
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Rosalba Padilla thought the first shots were nothing but construction in her quiet, upper-class Tijuana neighborhood. It wasn’t until she looked out her window and saw a sea of police that she realized the noise was gunfire.
- Tips will help you combat the cold
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Arctic air, Jack Frost, wintry mix. Whatever you want to call it - it’s cold. Unless you plan to head south, there’s no escaping the bone-chilling winds and freezing temperatures. So here are some tips to keep your life running more smoothly the next few weeks.
- 28 charged in trashing of poet Frost’s residence
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Twenty-eight people are accused of attending a birthday party and New Year’s celebration that left a farm house where poet Robert Frost once spent his summers in tatters.
- Former Red Cross leader cleared in blood scandal
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former head of the Canadian Red Cross on Friday, clearing him of responsibility in a tainted-blood scandal that infected thousands with HIV or hepatitis and left more than 3,000 dead.
- Murray’s murder conviction upheld
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the murder conviction of Thomas Murray, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 slaying of his ex-wife in rural Douglas County. Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said he was pleased with the unanimous ruling.
- ‘D’ keys Eagle victories
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C6
- There’s a pretty good chance a team will win when its opponent has more turnovers than points scored. At least that was the case for both Veritas Christian’s girls and boys basketball squads against Berean Christian on Friday.
- Army says dozens of militants killed
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Dozens of Islamic militants died in clashes with Pakistani troops Friday, the army said, amid reports that government forces had launched an operation to clear the area of fighters who overran military positions near the Afghan border.
- Panel rejects bill to end gun show loophole
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Emotional pleas by relatives of Virginia Tech shooting victims failed Friday to persuade a legislative committee to close a loophole that allows criminals and the mentally ill to buy firearms at gun shows.
- After seizure, McClinton won’t play in showcase
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Former Kansas University standout James McClinton is in Houston for today’s East-West Shrine Game. But after a scary incident earlier this week, he won’t be playing. McClinton suffered a seizure on Monday - the second time he’s had one in the last year - and was held out of football this week for precautionary reasons.
- Boy dies after being dropped onto freeway
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A toddler thrown from a pedestrian overpass onto a busy freeway died from the 30-foot fall, not the vehicle that ran over him, the city medical examiner said Friday.
- Utility eyes proposed Mo. power plant
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B3
- A proposed new power plant in rural Carroll County is drawing interest across the border in Kansas, where a utility battling state regulators over construction of two coal-fired plants has asked for a share of the Missouri-generated energy.
- All about integrity
- A clean personal and professional slate was the primary qualification for a new Kansas attorney general.
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- “Integrity” was the word of the day Friday when Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced the appointment of Douglas County District Judge Stephen Six to serve as Kansas attorney general.
- Man out of hospital after 500-foot fall
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Alcides Moreno, the window washer who survived a 47-story fall from a Manhattan high-rise apartment building last month, was quietly released from the hospital Friday.
- Court control
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Your editorial (“No fix needed,” Jan. 13) opposed Senate confirmation of Kansas Supreme Court justices but offered no solution to the problems of bar domination and secrecy in Kansas’ current judicial selection process. Kansas is the only state that gives its bar (the state’s lawyers) majority control over the selection of state supreme court justices. None of the other 49 states selects justices this way, so why should Kansas?
- Retired bishop to speak on homosexuality, scripture
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D1
- A retired United Methodist bishop who has written a popular series of Bible studies will speak this weekend in Lawrence. The Rev. Richard B. Wilke, former bishop in Arkansas who also served as pastor at several Kansas congregations, will preach on “The Bible, Our Church and Homosexuality” at two services Sunday at First United Methodist Church - at 9 a.m. at the church’s west campus, 867 Highway 40, and at 11 a.m. at its downtown location, 946 Vt.
- Commentary: Golfweek exploited a bad situation
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C2
- If the purpose of the editors at Golfweek magazine was to draw attention, it worked. On Wednesday evening, I was checking a message board frequented by African-American sports writers when I saw an item titled, “You won’t believe this from Golfweek.”
- No-shame game
- Lions fall to 2007 5A champs
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C1
- No smoke. No mirrors. No sleight of hand. No tricks. “You know what you’re going to get when you play Highland Park,” Lawrence High’s Dorian Green said. What the Lions received was a heavy dose of quickness, speed and shooting - ingredients that resulted in an 81-49 loss to the Scots in the semifinals of the Topeka Invitational Friday night in the Topeka High gym.
- UK reveals Brooks successor
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Kentucky offensive coordinator Joker Phillips will eventually become the Wildcats’ head coach following Rich Brooks’ retirement.
- Good job
- A small investment will provide a big convenience for people in southern Douglas County.
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Congratulations to Douglas County Treasurer Paula Gilchrist for coming up with an economical way to extend her office’s services to residents in the southern part of the county.
- Healing after a broken marriage
- Divorce Boot Camp offers women opportunity to help each other recover, heal
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D1
- It’s been seven years since Teresa Dillon’s divorce was final, and she hasn’t dated anyone since then. She might have reason to be depressed, given the breakup of a 30-year marriage. But she remains hopeful. “A lot of people get tired of hearing it,” she says of her divorce. “And at some point you have to just move on - quit thinking about it and move on.”
- Democratic front-runners are dream team
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Maybe I forgot to get my vaccination against the false-hope flu. Maybe the change mantra has finally overwhelmed my immune system. Or maybe it’s just the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. hovering over this week. But I have a dream. Or at least a dream ticket. Why not the two front-runners on one ballot?
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Mayor Marci Francisco in the final four months of her four-year term on the City Commission hinted she would not seek a second term. However, she hedged enough to leave the door open for a last-minute show of support.
- Sprint Nextel to cut 4,000 jobs, close 8 percent of retail shops
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Sprint Nextel Corp. will need a more aggressive and innovative business plan - and perhaps a revamped board of directors - if it hopes to reverse a continuing decline in customers, analysts said. The nation’s third-largest wireless company announced Friday that it will cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations, causing its stock to drop nearly 25 percent.
- Gift of intimacy
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: As a grandmother of seven with five teenagers, I was appalled at the answers to the question “How young is too young for sex?” in the Double Take column of the J-W on Jan. 15. The appropriate age is when a male and a female fall in love and get married.
- Not fair game
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: As a person fairly new to hunting, I was interested to hear that Missouri may soon have a new state game bird. However, my interest quickly turned to shock as I read Jonathan Kealing’s article in the Jan. 18 Lawrence Journal-World in which he reports that a Missouri senator is proposing that the Jayhawk be named that game bird.
- Chart cites 473 days of White House e-mail gaps
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Apparent gaps in White House e-mail archives coincide with dates in late 2003 and early 2004 when the administration was struggling to deal with the CIA leak investigation and the possibility of a congressional probe into Iraq intelligence failures.
- City steps up efforts to keep big trucks on detour route
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The city of Lawrence is taking new steps toward discouraging trucks from using North Kasold Drive and North Michigan Street as routes to the industrial park near Interstate 70.
- 911 operator convicted of mishandling call
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A jury convicted a 911 operator Friday of willful neglect of duty after authorities said she didn’t take seriously a boy’s calls to report his mother had collapsed. The mother was found dead three hours after the first call.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 19, 1908: “A local horse and buggy were stolen here last night and there so far are no traces of the vehicle. The animal was found, however, ‘driven half to death.’”
- Roe v. Wade takes a toll
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court unilaterally struck down state laws restricting abortion, the cost of that decision continues to increase our moral deficit, which will have far greater (and eternal) consequences than the impact from economic challenges during a possible recession.
- Lawrence man pleads guilty in shotgun case
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to one count of unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Major C. Edwards, 28, admitted that on Aug. 11, 2006, he left a short-barrel, 12-gauge shotgun on the porch of a Lawrence residence. The next day he returned to the residence to get the shotgun and discovered it had been turned over to police.
- Recognition of Lawrence’s economic woes is long overdue
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- A recent news story in the Journal-World told of a study initiated by Lawrence city commissioners and staffers to learn what other Big 12 and area cities are doing to attract new jobs and new businesses to their communities.
- Woman killed self, 2 kids by walking into traffic
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A woman with a history of mental illness purposely walked her young niece and nephew into oncoming interstate traffic to commit a double-murder suicide, a prosecutor said Friday.
- Militants open fire on tourists, killing 2 women
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Suspected al-Qaida militants opened fire on a convoy of tourists in a remote desert mountain valley Friday, killing two Belgian women and their Yemeni driver. It was the second recent militant attack on foreign tourists in Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden.
- Gailey draws on time coaching college ball
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C7
- Chan Gailey figures that being a college coach the past six years should be a help instead of a hindrance as he dives back into the NFL. The former head coach at Dallas and offensive coordinator for Pittsburgh, Denver and Miami, Gailey was hired this week as offensive coordinator for Kansas City and tasked with repairing one of the league’s worst attacks.
- Pump patrol
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.82 at several locations.
- Congressional candidate appears in doctored pic
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A mailer from a congressional candidate’s campaign contains a photo of his head attached to an image of a different body that makes him look thinner.
- De Soto man charged in marijuana discovery
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B8
- A 55-year-old De Soto man faces four charges in connection with the Jan. 11 discovery of 121 marijuana plants growing in a De Soto residence.
- Stubblefield pleads guilty
- Ex-KU lineman admits lying to investigators
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Former Kansas University and NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation.
- No citations, fines issued in tower fall
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has completed its investigation into an accident at a communications tower in rural Douglas County that killed two men.
- Replacement process could take several months
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
- A judicial nominating commission for Douglas County soon will take applications to replace District Court Judge Stephen Six, whom Gov. Kathleen Sebelius named Friday as Kansas attorney general.
- Free State girls first at bowling triangular
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C5
- Free State High girls bowling team won a triangular Friday, and the Firebirds placed second in the boys competition.
- Sunday’s playoff forecast: cold
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C7
- It wasn’t until his wake-up call at 7:30 a.m. that Frank Clarke knew just how cold it was going to be for the NFL Championship Game at Lambeau Field. “Good morning,” the hotel operator said cheerfully. “The temperature is 13 degrees below zero.”
- Super Bowl to feature first black referee
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C7
- Mike Carey will become the first black referee in Super Bowl history. Carey, in his 18th year as an official, was notified by the NFL office this week he had the assignment for the Feb. 3 game in Glendale, Ariz.
- KU player celebrates King
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Even when the odds are against you, you have to keep fighting for your dream. That’s the message a Kansas University football player had for South Junior High School students Friday.
- Lawrence judge named new AG, promises to serve with integrity
- Democrats hope Six restores order, confidence
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday selected a little-known judge with scant political experience to one of the most important positions in state government at a time when the job has been rocked by scandal. But those who know Douglas County District Court Judge Stephen Six say he is up to the task.
- Economic rescue package may provide $150B in tax relief
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- With recession fears rising and the stock market tumbling, President Bush on Friday called for up to $150 billion in tax relief for consumers and business - and said there was no time to waste.
- Keegan: Jankovich comes up a winner
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C1
- As Kansas University and Missouri renew an intense rivalry tonight in Columbia, Mo., a basketball game tips off in Des Moines, Iowa, featuring another coach with strong ties to Lawrence trying to extend a long winning streak.
- Firebirds make title game
- Free State shoots 81 percent, topples tourney host McPherson
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C1
- The Free State High boys basketball team had one goal in mind when it loaded the bus and headed to McPherson on Thursday - win the McPherson Invitational. Thanks to a school-record 81-percent shooting performance in Friday’s 65-57 semifinal victory over the host team, the Firebirds now are one victory away from achieving that goal.
- P-L, Oskaloosa to meet in title game
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C6
- Perry-Lecompton’s boys advanced to the championship game of the 21st McLouth Invitational tournament by knocking off Jefferson County North, 53-38, Friday night.
- Wright recalls muzzling Mizzou
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Julian Wright and his Kansas University basketball teammates looked up at the videoboard in Mizzou Arena. They could not believe their eyes.
- Face of abortion may be surprising
- 17 percent are teens; finances often play role
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
- In American pop culture, the face of abortion is often a frightened teenager, nervously choosing to terminate an unexpected pregnancy. The numbers tell a far more complex story in which financial stress can play a pivotal role.
- This Bell rings a little hollow
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on D7
- Catherine Bell, star of “JAG,” and “Army Wives,” ditches her military uniforms for something slightly mysterious in the cable romance “The Good Witch” (8 p.m. today, Hallmark).
- Abortion foes testify before grand jury
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B3
- A citizen-petitioned grand jury investigating abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has heard from abortion opponents who want to close Tiller’s clinic, according to a spokeswoman for an anti-abortion group.
- Former chess champion Bobby Fischer dead at 64
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A8
- “Chess,” Bobby Fischer once said, “is life.” It was the chess master’s tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game.
- Home court kind to Tigers
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on C4
- The latest edition of the Border War features two undefeated teams tonight. Well, sort of. There’s No. 3-ranked Kansas with its sparking overall record of 17-0 and unranked Missouri, a perfect 10-0 - at Mizzou Arena. That 10-0 mark includes last Saturday’s 97-84 win over then-No. 12 Texas.
- Suspect to stand trial in ‘97 rape case
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on B1
- A Douglas County judge on Friday ordered a Lawrence man to be tried on charges of kidnapping and raping a Kansas University student 10 years ago. Judge Jack Murphy made his ruling after a daylong preliminary hearing that included testimony from the victim, now 31 and living in another state.
- Cold enough for ya? Stay warm with these tips
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Temperatures are dipping perilously close to zero. And there’s little sign of significantly warmer weather on the horizon. So we talked with some folks who know weather. You know, the people who don’t let snow, rain or dark of night stop them. Postal workers.
- NASA says new rocket has potentially dangerous problem
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
- NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft, this time in a moon rocket that hasn’t even been built yet. Engineers are concerned that the new rocket meant to replace the space shuttle and send astronauts on their way to the moon could shake violently during the first few minutes of flight, possibly destroying the entire vehicle.
- Obama, Clinton bicker before Nevada caucuses
- January 19, 2008 in print edition on A3
- John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama’s praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan - an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada’s Democratic caucuses today.
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