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What would you do with the $600 the federal government is considering?

Poll results

Response Percent
Use it to pay bills.
 
 50%
Save it.
 
 21%
Spend it.
 
 17%
Invest it.
 
 7%
I don’t know.
 
 3%
Total 810
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6:00 a.m.
Students mill around Fraser Hall on the Kansas University campus. Magazine strikes KU off list for ‘best value’ among colleges
By Jonathan Kealing
January 24, 2008 in print edition on 3A
Kansas University usually does best on rankings that emphasize low cost and accessibility. However, when Kiplinger Magazine put out its list of “best values in public colleges,” KU was nowhere to be found. Perhaps as confusing, the University of Missouri with substantially higher tuition made the cut. A data expert for Kiplinger’s said two-thirds of the rankings were based on academic measures, and specifically some that KU rarely does well in.
8:00 a.m.
Krissy Yeadon shops with her children, from left, Stavan, 7, Marquis, 5, and Diamond Yeadon, 7, Thursday at Checkers Food Store. Yeadon says she will use her tax rebate to pay off some bills. How will you spend 600 bucks?
By Chad Lawhorn
January 25, 2008 in print edition on 1A
Krissy Yeadon didn’t have party planning on her mind. Yeadon pushed an empty grocery cart through the produce section of Checkers Food Store as her three kids - 7-year-old twins and a 5-year-old boy - took turns hanging from the cart and hanging from their momma’s legs. Shouts of “Banana! Strawberries!” and whatever other produce item the cart passed, competed with the sounds of a slow, downbeat Patsy Cline song that played over the store’s intercom. So when Yeadon, a single mother, was told Thursday that the federal government was close to approving an economic stimulus package that might net her a special tax rebate check of several hundred dollars, she was plenty pleased.
12:00 p.m.
Tire tracks were still visible Wednesday in the yard of Colleen and Ted Walker, 3011 Tomahawk Drive, where someone drove through their lawn and struck a tree that was special to the Walkers. The tree was a memorial to their son Ryan, who died in 2003 at 17. Couple devastated after vandals destroy tree memorializing son
By Sophia Maines
January 25, 2008 in print edition on 1A
The vandals may not have known how much pain they caused when they smashed into the small evergreen tree in Ted and Colleen Walker’s front yard. “It probably looked like a Christmas tree because it had red lights on it,” Colleen Walker said. But it wasn’t about Christmas.
4:00 p.m.
Mike Treanor, principal of Treanor Architects, at left, and Dale Glenn, a principal at GLPM Architects, have agreed to Treanor Architects' acquisition of GLPM. The combined company's personnel in Lawrence plan to move downtown next year. Treanor Architects adds GLPM
By Mark Fagan
January 25, 2008 in print edition on 13B
Treanor Architects is doing more than expanding its standing as Lawrence’s largest design firm. It’s also expanding its reach. Treanor, 110 McDonald Drive, this month acquired GLPM Architects, another Lawrence-based firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.
10:00 p.m.
Employees for Restoration and Waterproofing Contractors Inc. build a windproof shelter to work on the Douglas County Courthouse. Court’s face-lift in full gear
By Mike Belt
January 25, 2008 in print edition on 1B
Workers continued this week to evaluate the condition of limestone on the west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass. “We’re trying to make a determination whether to patch or replace the stone,” said Shawn Smoke, who is supervising the project for the primary contractor, Restoration and Waterproofing Contractors Inc., which has offices in Topeka, Kansas City, Kan., and Wichita.

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6News video: Local health care clinic looking to expand
January 25, 2008
Tough economic times lead to a boom in business for one local non-profit - and now, the local clinic that provides health care to the uninsured faces a space crunch.
6News video: Two people injured in car accident
January 25, 2008
A two-car accident South of Tonganoxie Friday morning injures at least two people.
6Sports video: KU Indoor Track and Field team in action Friday
January 25, 2008
The Kansas Indoor Track and Field team was in action on Friday at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
6Sports video: Huskers vs. ‘Hawks: Round Two!
January 25, 2008
The Jayhawks and Huskers played just two weeks ago. On that night, KU hammered NU by 21 in Lincoln. Preparing for Doc Sadler’s team this time around should be much easier. After all, the game plan from matchup number one is still fresh on the minds of the ‘Hawks.
6Sports video: LHS girls advance to title game
January 25, 2008
The Lawrence High girls basketball team defeated the Gardner-Edgerton Blazers 58-40 to advance to the title game of the Capitol City Classic.
6Sports video: LHS boys team dominated by Rams
January 25, 2008
The Hogan Rams dominated the Lawrence High boys basketball team by defeating them 95-69.
6News video: Castle Tea Room getting much needed face-lift
By Cory Smith
January 25, 2008
One historic downtown building is getting a much deserved face-lift after more than a century as a Lawrence landmark.
6News video: Coal plant deal may be in the works
January 25, 2008
Returning her attention to state politics, Governor Kathleen Sebelius appears to be working with other key state leaders on a possible deal involving two proposed coal-fired plants in Western Kansas.
6News video: Greensburg to be in national spotlight during Address
January 25, 2008
Kansas will spend time in the national spotlight during the President’s State of the Union Address on Monday.
6News video: Repair work on a Lawrence landmark is ahead of schedule
January 25, 2008
Contractors working on the first phase of a 1 million dollar renovation project at the Douglas County Courthouse say the project could be done in July - three months early.
6News video: Local students get ‘AG’ educated
January 25, 2008
Some Douglas County students experience life down on the farm - with an educational twist!
6Sports video: Free State girls fall in semifinals
January 25, 2008
The Free State Firebirds girls basketball team was defeated by the Goddard Lions by a final score of 52-44.
6Sports video: Bobcat girls fall to Chieftains
January 25, 2008
The Tonganoxie girls basketball team defeated the Basehor-Linwood Bobcats by a final score of 50-44.
6Sports video: Bobcat boys drop Chieftains
January 25, 2008
The Basehor-Linwood Bobcat boys basketball team defeated the Tonganoxie Chieftains by a final score of 54-42.
Court’s face-lift in full gear
By Mike Belt
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B1
Workers continued this week to evaluate the condition of limestone on the west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass. “We’re trying to make a determination whether to patch or replace the stone,” said Shawn Smoke, who is supervising the project for the primary contractor, Restoration and Waterproofing Contractors Inc., which has offices in Topeka, Kansas City, Kan., and Wichita.
Beaty hired as KU wide receivers coach
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008
Beaty replaces Tim Beck, who took a job at Nebraska. He will coach the wide receivers. KU plucked Beaty from Rice University, where he coached the Owls’ wide receivers for two seasons. One of his prized pupils was All-American Jarett Dillard.
6News Now: Health Care Access looking into expansion
January 25, 2008
In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, tough economic times leads to a boom in business for Health Care Access, and more from local high school hoops action.
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says he will run for re-election
January 25, 2008
Senator says, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
On the record
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A4
Lawrence police arrested a 20-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman Wednesday for auto burglary. Police were dispatched to the parking lot of Best Buy, 2021 W. 31st St., to check on the welfare of a 46-year-old Perry woman.
Treanor Architects adds GLPM
Two design firms are joining forces, will move downtown
By Mark Fagan
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
Treanor Architects is doing more than expanding its standing as Lawrence’s largest design firm. It’s also expanding its reach. Treanor, 110 McDonald Drive, this month acquired GLPM Architects, another Lawrence-based firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Fifth-graders dive into politics for a state fish
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A5
The bluegill bill is off to a swimming start. Tonganoxie Middle School fifth-graders testified Thursday at the Statehouse in Topeka, seeking legislators’ support for a proposed law to make the bluegill the state fish.
Mangino to be featured
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B3
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will be featured on a 30-minute television special devoted to the 2007 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year, which Mangino won.
Commentary: Hey, ladies : keep those lips zipped
By Mike Downey - Chicago Tribune
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B2
Isn’t it fabulous? Not only do we finally live in a world in which a woman can become president of the United States, just like a man, we live in one in which a woman can get a great job on TV and then go out and make a complete, utter, politically incorrect jackass of herself, just like a man. You’ve come a long way, baby.
Rec calendar
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B7
Sports in and around Lawrence.
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 25, 1908: ” The local ministerial alliance says it will not be in favor of a summer Chautauqua program here if the program runs on a Sunday and there is a charge for admission on that day.
Creating space
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
To the editor: Perhaps we (the city) could create additional space for sidewalk seating downtown by closing Mass. Street to traffic. The displaced vehicles could use the parking garage. Looks like a win-win to me.
Suspect in car scheme appears in court
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A3
A Lawrence man charged in an illegal car sales scheme made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court on Thursday.
City must listen
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
To the editor: This is in regard to the recent decisions - either on the table or already made - about various real estate properties in Lawrence.
Special city
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
To the editor: Who needs capitalism when our Saturday Columnist’s favorite city leaders are smarter than the market? Seriously, using our tax money to favor one business over others is just speculating, and we taxpayers are left speculating who really benefits.
Old Home Town - 25 years ago
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
Geologists warned that the Kansas water supply had been dropping and might drop even more, perhaps at drastic rates, if moisture amounts did not run above average in the near future.
Old Home Town - 40 years ago
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
Consolidation of local governmental functions, including law enforcement, was overwhelmingly favored in results of a survey conducted by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce of its members.
‘Blood’ boils with intensity
By Christy Lemire - Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on C1
Someday, we’re probably going to look back at “There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, and call it his masterpiece. Which is incredible because, except for the inescapable intensity, it’s nothing like his previous films; if Anderson’s name weren’t on it, you’d never know it was his.
Police find man seen in video near slayings at bakery
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A4
A man seen on a 2002 videotape at a bakery where two women were killed has contacted police, but investigators said they’re not close to an arrest.
NBA Roundup
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B9
Scores from around the league.
Soph’s freebies lift FSHS girls
By Benton Smith
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B1
Chantay Caron can officially shed her sophomore label. The first-year Free State High forward played like a savvy vet in the fourth quarter against Hutchinson, scoring all eight of the Firebirds’ points and hitting two game-sealing free throws with 0.3 seconds remaining to give FSHS a 47-45 victory in the opening round of the Firebird Winter Classic.
Kansas to be in US spotlight
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A1
Kansas will be recognized during the president’s State of the Union address on Monday.
Groups call for crackdown on stalking
By Scott Rothschild
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A3
Groups working to reduce sexual assault and domestic violence said Thursday that state law against stalking needs to be revised so that violators can be more easily prosecuted. “Stalking is often something that is part of the domestic violence survivors’ experience,” said Sarah Terwelp, of Women’s Transitional Care Services in Lawrence.
Quarterback Club event
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B3
The Kansas Quarterback Club will play host to a special gathering on Feb. 7 to review the KU football team’s 2008 recruiting class.
State high court: Employers can fire workers for medical marijuana
By Paul Elias - Associated Press Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
Employers can fire workers who use medical marijuana even if it was legally recommended by a doctor, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, dealing the state another setback in its standoff with federal law enforcement.
Imported labor
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
To the editor: The City Commission continues to read comments in the paper about the lackluster leadership in Lawrence, but it seems to do no good. All they think of is ways to spend money. What this City Commission and the school board and the County Commission do not get is that property taxes are the primary reason business is reluctant to locate here.
Marine indicted in colleague’s killing
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
A prosecutor offered a deal Thursday to Mexican authorities and a Marine wanted in the killing a 20-year-old pregnant colleague: If he is arrested in Mexico, he won’t face lethal injection in North Carolina.
ESPN’s Vitale lauds Kansas
By Gary Bedore
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B3
Popular perception is Kansas University’s basketball team has flown “under the radar” this season despite being undefeated and ranked No. 2 in the country. That’s changing with each and every victory, of course.
Firebirds name new boys tennis coach
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B6
A little more than a month before the season is set to begin, the Free State Firebirds learned who their boys tennis coach would be this spring.
Onion rings true when staging false newscast
By Jon Niccum
January 25, 2008 in print edition on C1
“The Daily Show” has popularized fake news in a TV format. But there’s a new player in the game that is revolutionizing the concept on the Web.
Weather not to blame for colds
By Erin Castaneda
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A1
Did your mother ever tell you not to walk outside with wet hair in winter because you would catch a cold? Well, that’s not exactly true.
How will you spend 600 bucks?
Economic plan to put cash in hand
By Chad Lawhorn
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A1
Krissy Yeadon didn’t have party planning on her mind. Yeadon pushed an empty grocery cart through the produce section of Checkers Food Store as her three kids - 7-year-old twins and a 5-year-old boy - took turns hanging from the cart and hanging from their momma’s legs. Shouts of “Banana! Strawberries!” and whatever other produce item the cart passed, competed with the sounds of a slow, downbeat Patsy Cline song that played over the store’s intercom. So when Yeadon, a single mother, was told Thursday that the federal government was close to approving an economic stimulus package that might net her a special tax rebate check of several hundred dollars, she was plenty pleased.
‘Red Dog’ to receive award today at KU
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
Red Dog is getting his day. Lawrence Bank will honor Don “Red Dog” Gardner with its Star of Excellence Award during a ceremony set for 11 a.m. today at Anschutz Sports Pavilion at Kansas University. Parking is available in the lot next to the Burge Union.
Come in from the cold
Three unusual races on tap in K.C.
By Andrew Hartsock
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B8
Winter’s chill - not to mention roads covered in ice and snow - has stopped more than one runner in his tracks. Triathletes have it even worse. While the hearty souls always can layer up and hit the road, nobody is swimming Lone Star Lake these days.
Law expected to affect driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
By Carl Manning - Associated Press Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A4
A law enacted last year requiring people to prove they’re in Kansas legally before getting a driver’s license is expected to reduce the number of licenses issued to illegal immigrants, a Senate committee was told Thursday.
Woods two back at Buick
Matteson fires 65, leads after first round
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B2
Tiger Woods delivered the score he expected in his 2008 debut, just not the game.
Defendant waives right to hearing
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A3
With his accusers sitting in the audience waiting to testify, a man accused of trying to lure a junior high student into a car last month waived his right Thursday to a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Mayer: 2 upsets changed football
By Bill Mayer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B1
Some syndicated radio throats were analyzing Super Bowl football and trying to decide on the biggest upset in pro playoff history. For the most part, they settled on the 16-7 New York Jet stunner with Baltimore on 1-12-69. At one point they considered Kansas City’s 23-7 rip of Minnesota on 1-11-70.
California guard big on shoes
By Janie McCauley - Associated Press Sports Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B4
One look at Patrick Christopher’s room, the piles of shoe boxes reaching the ceiling, raises the thought that maybe things have gone too far. “He has a shoe fetish,” his mother, Patricia, says.
Asian stocks surge in early trading
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
Asian stocks surged in early trading today following a rally on Wall Street overnight.
Move to cut domestic registry stalls
Report finds more same-sex couples in state
By Scott Rothschild
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A3
The fate of a legislative proposal that is aimed at repealing Lawrence’s domestic registry remains up in the air, just as a new study shows rapid growth in the number of same-sex couples in Kansas. In 2000, 3,973 same-sex couples were living in Kansas; by 2005, the number had increased to 6,663, according to research released Thursday by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
KU Opera’s ‘La Traviata’ focus of weekly podcast
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on C1
Mark Ferrell jokes that this production of “La Traviata” takes the “grand” out of “grand opera.” Ferrell is the musical director for the KU Opera production, which opened Thursday in the Robert Baustian Theatre, a small black box theater in Kansas University’s Murphy Hall.
FSA program technician leaving for Oklahoma
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
After 21 years of service in the Douglas County Farm Service Agency office, Robin Ross is transferring to Oklahoma to be closer to family.
‘As-built’ permit can help with home sale
By David W. Myers
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
Many homeowners remodel without getting the required permits, but then regret it when it’s time to sell. Obtaining an “as-built” permit can ease their woes.
Defendant charged in shooting death
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A5
Prosecutors in Leavenworth County on Thursday filed a murder charge against a 23-year-old Lansing man in the shooting death of a pregnant woman.
Magazine ranks city district in top 10
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A5
Lawrence has made it back onto a familiar list that ranks metro-area public school districts.
Horoscopes
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B12
Dynamic changes will occur in your life this year. Don’t fight city hall or try to control others. You could make situations worse. Learn that you are master of your own ship, but not of others’ lives. If you are single, a partnership could evolve quickly or it could be difficult.
Adolescent to go to jail over girlfriend’s death
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A5
A 19-year-old De Soto man was sentenced to one year in jail Thursday for his role in the death last year of his 17-year-old girlfriend.
Couple devastated after vandals destroy tree memorializing son
By Sophia Maines
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A1
The vandals may not have known how much pain they caused when they smashed into the small evergreen tree in Ted and Colleen Walker’s front yard. “It probably looked like a Christmas tree because it had red lights on it,” Colleen Walker said. But it wasn’t about Christmas.
KTEC Pipeline forms 2008 Innovator class
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. announced members of its 2008 Innovator class Thursday in Topeka.
Text messages reveal mayor’s affair with aide
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick bristled in the witness chair last year when asked whether he had an affair with a top aide. No, the mayor confidently told jurors, the two were never romantically involved.
Baldwin Invitational features top talent
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B6
Saturday morning, 12 wrestling squads from across Kansas and as far away as Oak Park, Mo., will invade Baldwin City for the seventh annual Baldwin Invitational Tournament.
LHS girls roll in round one
By Jesse Temple
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B7
As tournament draws go, Lawrence High’s girls basketball team couldn’t have had it much easier in round one of the Capital City Classic Thursday evening.
Commodities
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B13
Agricultural futures closed higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 4 cents to $9.09; March corn climbed 20 cents to $4.8925; March oats added 8.5 cents to $3.165; March soybeans surged 41 cents to $12.305.
Bill introduced to expand mail balloting
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B14
A House committee expects to consider a bill allowing counties to hold all of their elections by mail.
Lessons to learn on reality TV
By Kevin McDonough
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B12
Even the most mediocre reality shows teach us something. And the new reality series “Gone Country” (7 p.m., CMT) offers at least four lessons in its seven episodes.
Police: Woman who found Ledger’s body made 4 calls to Olsen twin
By Tom Hays - Associated Press Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B12
The woman who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger spent nine minutes making three calls to Mary-Kate Olsen before she dialed 911 for help, police said Thursday. She called the “Full House” actress a fourth time after paramedics arrived.
French bank uncovers massive fraud by futures trader
By Emma Vandore - Associated Press Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A8
Last Sunday, Societe Generale Chief Executive Daniel Bouton got the call every banking chief dreads.
Group plans to sell small pieces of history
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A9
The owners of farmland once owned by Abraham Lincoln want to give people a chance to own about a square inch of history.
Subcommittee to review rules for young drivers
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B14
A bill delaying when teenagers can start driving has been assigned to a House subcommittee for further study.
Britain unveils sweeping terrorism law proposals
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A10
The British government revealed sweeping plans Thursday to toughen terrorism laws, including a proposal to hold suspects for up to 42 days without charge.
Judge: Explanation needed in CIA tapes
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A9
A federal judge said Thursday that CIA interrogation videotapes may have been relevant to his court case, and he gave the Bush administration three weeks to explain why they were destroyed in 2005 and say whether other evidence was destroyed.
Top 25 Roundup: Arizona hands Washington State second loss
No. 4 Duke too tough for Virginia Tech; No. 8 UCLA survives scare
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B4
After Arizona beat No. 6 Washington State, 76-64, on Thursday night, Wildcats sophomore Chase Budinger dismissed the notion that his team had pulled off an upset. “I think we can beat anyone in the country right now,” said Budinger, who scored 22 points.
Bush administration paid $5M reward to Moussaoui tipster
By Matthew Lee and Lara Jakes Jordan - Associated Press Writers
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
The Bush administration paid a $5 million reward to a former Minnesota flight instructor who provided authorities with information that led to the arrest and conviction of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Two colleagues questioned why he got the money.
Suicide bomber kills provincial police chief
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A10
A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday as they surveyed the site of the wreckage of a blast a day earlier that devastated a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in the volatile northern city of Mosul.
Bandits cut off woman’s hair with machete
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A10
Two men on a motorcycle grabbed a woman as she walked to church, pulled out a machete and cut off the waist-length hair she had been growing for two decades, police in Brazil said Thursday.
Retirees find ways to save
By Ellen Simon - Associated Press Writer
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A14
The temperature in Lea Wait’s home has been falling along with stock prices. Wait, 61, invested the early retirement buyout she took from AT&T Corp. in 1998. As stocks gyrated this winter and the heating bill at her Maine home climbed to $600 a month, she made new investments: Thermal underwear and a wood stove that burns “BioBricks” made of condensed sawdust and wood chips.
Seabury girls tumble
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B6
Seabury Academy’s girls basketball team turned up its defensive intensity, but lost to Colony Crest, 50-26 on Thursday.
Cold spurs gloomy thoughts
By Garrison Keillor
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A13
Let’s take a break from the presidential primaries and talk for a moment about the bad cold that got its talons into me last week and is hanging on despite an onslaught of pharmaceuticals.
No looking back
Galindo hits stride at FIU
By Ryan Greene
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B1
Three years later, it certainly looks like Alex Galindo made a pretty fair trade when he gave up the tradition at Kansas University for the opportunity at Florida International. True, the Sun Belt Conference is not the Big 12. True, FIU hasn’t enjoyed a winning season since the 1999-00 campaign. And, true, the crowds for home games in Pharmed Arena aren’t quite as plentiful as those in Allen Fieldhouse. Program prestige isn’t everything, though.
USC coach takes blame for ticket flap
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B4
Southern California coach Tim Floyd has taken the blame for a possible NCAA rules violation by freshman standout O.J. Mayo.
World ponders loss of U.S. dominance
By Trudy Rubin
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
Who would have imagined the drama? Just as 2,500 of the world’s most important economic, business and political leaders are arriving in a Swiss resort town for the annual meeting of the Davos World Economic Forum, the U.S. stock market goes into wild gyrations and the Fed stops a free fall with a historic rate cut.
State Democrats back off endorsing health plan
J-W Staff Reports
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A5
House Democrats on Thursday endorsed expanding health care but not the recommendation sought by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, which would increase the state tax on cigarettes.
Resolution would increase Iran sanctions
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A2
Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said Thursday.
Timber & timbre
Wood and sound collide within KU professor’s artistic collaboration
By Jon Niccum
January 25, 2008 in print edition on C1
As a sculptor specializing in wood, Matthew Burke is accustomed to the solitary aspects of creativity. But when crafting a new piece titled “A Walk Among Beasts,” he formed an unexpected alliance in the university residency space where he set up shop. “When I was drilling the holes for ‘Walk,’ I was using a chisel,” Burke recalls. “The maintenance man who was cleaning up comes in and says, ‘Why don’t you use a router?’
Legislation goes after repeat felony offenders
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B14
The Senate Judiciary Committee has been told that a bill calling for prison time for a third felony should be toned down.
Meddling will hurt economy
By Cal Thomas
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A13
Recessions happen. The stock market rises and falls. The question ought not be about how the market is doing today, but about its net gain over the years. Investing is about long-term economic commitment, not short-term gratification.
Lineage
The new Kansas attorney general comes from a long line of noted and accomplished local citizens.
J-W Editorials
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A12
The family of the new Kansas attorney general, Stephen Six, has a long record of public service. At age 42, Six is Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ choice to finish the term of Paul Morrison, who has been forced from office by the scandal surrounding his extramarital affair.
Pump patrol
January 25, 2008 in print edition on A3
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.79 at several locations.
Chiefs name receivers coach
Associated Press
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B2
Eric Price, who was on Herm Edwards’ staff for two years with the New York Jets, is rejoining Edwards as wide receivers coach in Kansas City. Price has spent the past four years as offensive coordinator at Texas-El Paso.
People in the news
January 25, 2008 in print edition on B12
¢ Obama delivers top 10 ‘promises’ on Letterman¢ Winehouse enters rehab facility for drug addiction¢ Will Ferrell committed to Irish heritage
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