Recently added articles from The Topeka Capital-Journal:
Close loophole
Aug 27, 2008 ... It's bad enough that corporations have allowed compensation fortop executives to spiral out of control. Now comes a new report saying tax and accounting loopholes havecontributed to the problem of outlandish pay for CEOs. That's right, taxpayers are subsidizing the runaway ...
First-year physique
Aug 27, 2008; Zoe Elizabeth Buck ... By Zoe Elizabeth Buck RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER Incoming college freshmen often pay a physical price for thecombination of high levels of stress, free-flowing booze, unlimitedcarbohydrates and a sudden lack of parental control: the infamousfreshman 15. That is the ...
Lewis still trying to find game
Aug 27, 2008 ... It feels like it's right there for J.L. Lewis. On the comeback trail after injuries sidelined him for the lasthalf of the 2006 season and pretty much all of 2007, the Emporianative feels his game is starting to get back to the form that madehim a two-time winner on the PGA ...
Boyer wins Senior title in TGA farewell
Aug 27, 2008 ... You might say Alan Boyer put a little extra emphasis on trying towin this year's TGA Senior Stroke Play title. "I did practice harder in the last week than I have any weekduring the year," Boyer said. The extra work, aided by Boyer's delving into the book "The Golfof Your ...
No bull, distinct nines set Wamego CC apart
Aug 27, 2008 ... WAMEGO -- One of the first courses that came to my mind when westarted the tour this summer was Wamego Country Club. I'd played itonce and covered a Class 4A state golf tournament there, not tomention countless state cross country races. How the course rebounds from those rainy ...
briefly
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Iverson ready to guide Washburn offensePositively Iverson
Aug 27, 2008; Ken Corbitt ... By Ken Corbitt THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL In the upper right-hand corner of the message board on the wallin Washburn football coach Craig Schurig's office there is a listtitled "QB goals." The list is short and succinct: 1. Competitor. 2. Confident ...
Director: Transit's funds are safeCHRISTMAS IN AUGUST?
Aug 27, 2008; Michael Hooper ... By Michael Hooper THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority had $2.58 million inColumbian Bank & Trust when the Kansas banking commissioner closedit Friday night, but all of the city bus company's funds are safe,the TMTA's financial director ...
Rural girls lead city golf packCITY GIRLS GOLF CAPSULESCITY GIRLS GOLF
Aug 27, 2008; Rick Peterson ... By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Even though it sent four players to the Class 6-5A state girlsgolf tournament last fall as individuals, the 2007 season didn'tquite measure up to Washburn Rural's extremely lofty standards. Jeff Stromgren's Junior Blues have been a ...
Autopsy determines cause
Aug 27, 2008; Ann Marie Bush ... By Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A preliminary autopsy report indicates hyperthermia was the causeof death for two young siblings who were found inside a car Sundayin the Montara neighborhood, Shawnee County sheriff's Sgt. JaySimecka said Tuesday. Hyperthermia is ...
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Aug 27, 2008 ... Signed letters with the writer's full name, address and a daytimetelephone number will be considered for publication. Because of thevolume received, not all letters can be published. Preference willbe given to concise letters on topics of general interest in Topekaand Kansas. All letters ...
Westboro Baptist fire ruled arson
Aug 27, 2008; Phil Anderson ... By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL An early-morning blaze earlier this month that damaged a garageat Westboro Baptist Church has been ruled arson, city officialsannounced Tuesday. Topeka fire investigators said they received "positiveconfirmation" from the Kansas ...
Man rescued on bank of river
Aug 27, 2008; Phil Anderson ... By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL An 84-year-old man was rescued Tuesday afternoon when he tumbleddown a steep embankment and landed a few feet from the Kansas Riverjust northeast of Topeka. The accident was reported about 12:30 p.m. in the 4400 block ofN.E ....
Judd, Rosdahl top 800 mark in first week
Aug 27, 2008; Steve Thompson ... By Steve Thompson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Neither Anthony Judd nor Luke Rosdahl has a problem with wherethe bar has been set for the 2008-09 league bowling season. Afterall, they're the ones who set it. Judd, a two-time city bowler of the year, opened the season Aug.13 ...
From China to Kansas: Acrobats to open season
Aug 27, 2008; Bill Blankenship ... By Bill Blankenship THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A troupe of Chinese acrobats will perform Thursday night inMcCain Auditorium in Manhattan to open the Kansas State Universityperformance hall's 2008-09 season. The Golden Dragon Acrobats, which performed two years ago at ...
Lieutenant governor urges delegates to 'make history'
Aug 27, 2008; Jan Biles ... By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL DENVER -- Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson took exception Tuesdaymorning to one of the slogans being tossed around at the NationalDemocratic Convention. The slogan is "Witness History." "It's time for you to go out and make ...
Defense lets down Royals in 2-1 loss
Aug 27, 2008 ... Indians continue streak, rise in division standings Detroit ---- Cliff Lee got his American League-leading 19th winand Ben Francisco hit two home runs in the Cleveland Indians' ninthstraight victory, 10-4 over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Jamey Carroll and Kelly ...
No buts about it, e-mail an oops
Aug 27, 2008; Tim Carpenter ... By Tim Carpenter THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A campaign worker for Democratic Senate candidate Jim Slatterysent an e-mail Tuesday to thousands of people that contained bogusquotes and an offensive word to describe Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. Abbie Hodgson, spokeswoman for ...
Indian health clinic looks for shot in arm
Aug 27, 2008; Tim Carpenter ... By Tim Carpenter THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL HORTON -- Hope Waupoose is lucky to live within walking distanceof the Kickapoo Nation Health Center. She is six months into a high-risk pregnancy that may culminatewith a doctor's order of total bed rest. Assessment of her ...
sports in brief
Aug 27, 2008 ... Local & state: KU soccer earns early season ranking After a 3-0 win against then No. 20 Purdue on Friday, theUniversity of Kansas soccer team found itself in the nationalrankings for the first time since the 2007 preseason. The Jayhawks enter the Soccer America weekly poll ...