2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
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A 24-year-old reported the theft of a Sony AM/FM/D stereo and other items with a total value of $1,270 between 10 p.m. and midnight Saturday.
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported the theft of a purse and contents with a total value of $229 on Ohio Street around 3:30 Saturday morning.
A 20-year-old KU student reported the theft of a purse and wallet with a total value of $310 from 4000 W. 6th St, early Sunday morning.
Three KU students reported aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and obstruction of legal process on Sunday. A 19-year-old was sitting in her vehicle in the Dillons parking lot, 1015 W. 23rd St., and locked her doors when a 24-year-old male Lawrence resident began yelling and waving a knife. Two other KU students left the Dillons store and were assaulted. Police arrested the man at 10:14 a.m.
Mountain Dewds
The Mountain Dewds right to left Mark Roland, Overland Park, senior, and Nick Williamson, Kansas City, M.D., senior hand out free Kool Aid to students in front of Wescoe Hall. The Mountain Dewds said their mission was to promote awesomeness on campus.
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Olympics ratings boost NBC
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — No one was happier to see the Olympics flame flicker out than executives at ABC, CBS and FOX.
The games so thoroughly dominated the network landscape for 17 days that NBC won each and every half-hour in prime time against its broadcast rivals, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday.
An average of 24.6 million people watched the games in each evening. That was a 14 percent increase over the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
viewers showed a few signs of boreom last week, as the final five Olympic telecasts failed to beat that average. Sunday's closing ceremony was seen by 19.6 million people.
The opening of the fall season is in sight. NBC even scheduled the debut of
Thirteen of the most-watched non-Olympics programs last week were on CBS, including the network's own game: The fifth edition of "Amazing Race" has been a summer success.
NBC averaged 22 million viewers in prime-time last week (13.7 rating, 23 share). CBS was a distant second with 7.4 million (5.0, 9) ABC had 4.5 million (1.6, 3), FOX 3.2 million (2.9, 5), UPN 2.5 million (1.8, 3), the WB 2.3 million (1.6, 3) and Pax TV 730,000 (0.5, 1).
"Father of the Pride" for Tuesday.
Buoyed by the Olympics, NBC's "Nightly News" crushed its evening news competition, averaging 10 million viewers (7.1 rating, 15 share). ABC's "World News Tonight" had 7.6 million (5.4,11) and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.9 million (4.9,10).
A ratings point represents 1,084,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 108.4 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Aug. 23-29, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Summer Olympics" (Monday), NBC, 25.9 million; "Summer Olympics" (Tuesday), NBC, 25 million; "Summer Olympics" (Wednesday), NBC, 24.3 million; "Summer Olympics" (Thursday), NBC, 21.5 million; "Summer Olympics" (Friday), NBC, 20.1 million; "Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies" NBC, 19.6 million; "Summer Olympics" (Saturday), NBC, 18 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 12.6 million; "Amazing Race 5," CBS, 10.5 million; "Without a Trace," CBS, 10.5 million.
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director Jim Curley determined. —The Associated Press
Serena Williams'racyattire causes controversy at Open
NEW YORK - Dressed for a night on the town, Serena Williams was all business in her first match in 4 1/2 weeks.
Williams strode into Arthur Ashe Stadium Monday wearing knee-high black boots, a denim miniskirt, a studded black tank top and dangling earrings.
After warming up, Williams had to take off the boots because U.S. Open officials told her last month that she couldn't wear them during a match. The boots didn't meet the "customary tennis attire" rule, tournament referee Brian Earley and tournament
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Director Geoffrey Wright plans to give Shakespeare's "Macbeth" a contemporary backdrop in a film set amid a violent gangland war in the southern Australian city of Melbourne.
Wright directed the low-budget 1992 movie "Romper Stomper" that helped launch Russell Crowe's career.
His new film will star Australian actor Sam Worthington as the nobleman who murders Scotland's king.
Sydney Morning Herald in Tuesday's editions the movie wouldn't be based strictly on events in Melbourne but would draw parallels.
The Associated Press
Producer Martin Fabinyi told The
Olympic skating champions costumes to be auctioned
LONDON (AP) — Costumes worn by Olympic ice dancing champion Christopher Dean during his flamboyant routines with partner Jayne Torvill are being auctioned for charity.
SportsAid, which raises funds for aspiring athletes, said Tuesday the auction will feature 11 of Dean's outfits, donated by Torvill, who kept them when Dean moved to the United States six years ago.
The Associated Press
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Thievestake $4,700 ofproperty fromstudents'homeSunday
Two KU students reported $4,700 worth of missing property to the Lawrence Police Department on Sunday, Aug. 29. The items went missing between 2:30 a.m. and 2:20 p.m.
The students reported the articles missing from the apartment at 1942 Stewart Ave., which included a flat screen television, a laptop, miscellaneous jewelry, a Tangerine Bowl ring and watch, a wooden computer desk with a corner shelf, a digital camera and a "Scarface" glass picture.
Lawrence police said they had no suspects or leads, but the investigation is ongoing.
Jonathan Kealing
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Cholesterol testmightpredict who will have a heartattack
MUNICH, Germany - A test that more closely scrutinizes bad cholesterol may reliably predict who is going to have a heart attack, new research indicates.
The current test measures total cholesterol and the breakdown of good HDL and bad LDL cholesterol. The new test measures the ratio of bad LDL cholesterol particles to good HDL cholesterol particles.
The Associated Press
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Only one credit course per semester may be taken in your first two years.
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