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Beth Lawton
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- Production company making ‘rain’ in Lawrence’s downtown
- July 14, 2004
- (Updated Wednesday at 1:39 p.m.) Lawrence will remain dry and sunny through this afternoon, except for one very wet block downtown. A downpour on Eighth Street between Massachusetts and New Hamphire streets, part of an advertising photo shoot for Chubb Insurance, is scheduled for late this afternoon.
- Clinton: Civility, compromise needed to meet world challenges
- May 21, 2004
- (Updated Monday at 7:50 a.m.) The ability to understand political differences make compromises are the keys for America to “form a more perfect union” within its own borders and with the rest of the world, former President Bill Clinton said today at Kansas University.
- Computer worm kills Daisy Hill Internet access
- April 28, 2004
- (Updated Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.) Hundreds of students living in Kansas University dorms are not reading this.
- Weekend weather warms up
- April 13, 2004
- (Updated Wednesday at 10:21 a.m.) Saturday’s weather will be perfect for a morning round of golf, with sun and temperatures in the upper-70s to low-80s, said 6News meteorlogist Matt Sayers. Enjoy the nice weather while it lasts, because the early part of next week could bring April showers.
- Saved from the pit
- Rescue group finds breed ‘loving, loyal’
- April 5, 2004
- Venus is one lucky dog. The black puppy, under three months old with floppy ears and paws too big for her body, was curled up with a blanket and Winnie the Pooh toys under a table at the Lawrence Humane Society.
- Parade paints the town green
- March 17, 2004
- The largest St. Patrick’s Day parade to date strolled down Massachusetts Street this afternoon, featuring everything green — firetrucks and dyed dogs included.
- Stewart puts face on issue, prof says
- March 6, 2004
- The convictions of businesswoman Martha Stewart on Friday may bring the issue of investment security closer to home, a Baker University professor said.
- Stewart conviction demystifies stock trading
- March 5, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 4:10 p.m.) The conviction of business woman Martha Stewart this afternoon may bring the issue of investment security closer to home, a Baker University professor said. A jury found Stewart guilty on four counts related to her selling of ImClone Systems, Inc. stock in December, 2001.
- Bagel worm squirms into government, KU computers through e-mails
- March 3, 2004
- (Updated Wednesday at 12:19 p.m.) Bagels are not always healthy for you, or your computer. An e-mail worm, called the Bagel Worm, is in circulation this week, and Lawrence residents may want to update their computer’s anti-virus software.
- KU athletic director enjoys first months of ‘chaos’ in job
- Perkins cites needs for improvements to Jayhawk facilities, recruiting
- February 21, 2004
- Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins said Friday that his first seven months on the job had been filled with creating “productive chaos.”
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