As the buildings turned Mass Street into a piercing cold wind tunnel, a crowd of Lawrencians took refuge inside the Jackpot Music Hall. Once inside, in the dim red bar light and the sweltering heat, that same crowd found themselves wishing they'd left their coats in the car. Alela Diane came on first, backed by a four-piece band: hairy dude on bass, cute girl singing harmonies, red-headed Greg Oden look-alike on drums, and Alela's dad wailing on mandolin and lead guitar.
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Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser tells the Portland Oregonian that the Power & Light District is never going to make any money. With the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers huddling with Cordish Co. on a plan to revitalize the Rose Quarter, the Oregonian dispatched reporter Ted Sickinger to Kansas City to experience the downtown entertainment district. Sickinger concludes the "carefully programmed sensory barrage" seems to be working -- he interviews a 22-year-old Topeka resident who calls P&L
Being a young African-American competitive swimmer or diver is like swimming in shark-infested waters. But three members of Central high school's swim team do it every day.
