March Madness attracts licensees and Lawrence businesses
Kansas University licensing officials and hoop fans in Lawrence watch the Jayhawks season with growing interest as March Madness reshapes local commerce and public attention. Miss USA pageant runner up Lindsay Douglas places high, while faith groups incorporate more dance into services and Baldwin wrestlers dominate the all area team. A state House tax plan seeks 100 million for higher education, and India reports sectarian violence cooling after deadly clashes.
Al Qaeda and Taliban regroup in Afghan border mountains
Afghan officials say 4000 to 5000 foreigners linked to al Qaida and the Taliban regroup in the Paktia mountains and across the border in Pakistan urging holy war against U S forces. Chechens Arabs and Afghans are among pockets reemerging near Gardez amid regional support from Kashmiri militants and others.
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Ziarat Gul
Mangal
Paktia
Associated Press
Gardez
USS
Afghanistan
al-Qaida
Taliban
U.S
Kabul
Read Across America draws readers to Lawrence schools
Online visitors and Lawrence elementary students joined Friday for Dr. Seuss reading events marking Geisel's birthday. Quail Run hosted Free State High School volunteers reading to kindergartners through second graders as part of the National Education Association’s fifth annual observance expected to involve 35 million people.
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Free State High School
Stephen Moses
Linda Anguiano
Quail Run School
Lawrence
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel
Cat In the Hat
Gertrude McFuzz
Yertle the Turtle
Grinch
America
Geisel
Caroline King
Quail Run
Free State
Shelly Axcell
Axcell
Mary Soderberg
Sam-I-Am
Soderberg
National Education Assn
Winter storm heads toward Lawrence with drifting snow
Meteorologists forecast 2 to 4 inches of snow in Lawrence with strong winds causing blowing and drifting. The March snow could approach the city record 3 inches, while heavier accumulations were expected along the Nebraska border. Forecasters say ground snow may finish by early afternoon as the storm passes.
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Lawrence
Steve Kays
National Weather Service
Topeka
Kays
Wes Etheredge
WeatherData
Wichita
Nebraska
Etheredge
Shadow government is hidden in bunkers to survive attack
President Bush has created a classified Continuity of Operations plan involving 75 to 150 senior officials who would work from concealed Mountain locations along the East Coast to maintain government after a terrorist strike. Vice President Cheney leads the effort while at least one cabinet member would stay outside Washington. The plan, evolved after September 11, aims to keep the government functioning amid nuclear terror threats.
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Bush
Dick Cheney
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