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100 years ago: Lawrence to gain amusement park
July 10, 2009
From the Lawrence Daily World for July 10, 1909: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rice are the parents of a 14-pound girl. Sam, who is porter at the Fisher and Vaughn barber shop, was handing out cigars on the strength of the 14 pounds. .
40 years ago: Fire damage at Haskell inspected
July 10, 2009
Bureau of Indian Affairs officials were to come here to inspect the fire damage to Haskell Institute’s old Tecumseh Hall, to determine if the structure was worth salavaging. Loss was estimated at more than $75,000 for the 71-year-old structure.
25 years ago: Girl fooled by Michael Jackson impostor
July 10, 2009
A local girl had been duped into paying for what she thought was a Michael Jackson signature after Jackson and family appeared at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium before more than 45,000. An impostor wearing Jackson-like attire had managed to dupe others, with cameras snapping. The good news was that the local girl was not taken for any money.
On the record
Staff Reports
July 10, 2009
The Kansas Turnpike Authority reported Thursday an injury accident near Lawrence.
Collage spirit: Artist Hangauer rips into pop culture iconography
By Jon Niccum
July 10, 2009
Zach Hangauer has developed a reputation in Lawrence as an artist with deep ties to the music scene.
Net Worth: Family Circus tampering becomes online obsession
By Jon Niccum
July 10, 2009
Back at my “old job” coddling alt-weekly journalism in Kansas City, we spent a lot of time making sport of daily newspapers.
‘Brüno’ can’t compete with ‘Borat’
By Roger Moore - The Orlando Sentinel
July 10, 2009
“Brüno,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s shock-and-ach du lieber follow-up to “Borat,” is a miss-or-hit mockmentary aimed at turning another of his “Ali G Show” guises into a pop cultural phenomenon.
U.S. must learn from other health care examples
By Cal Thomas
July 10, 2009
Most of us are familiar with the old expressions: Look before you leap; a stitch in time saves nine; if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Recreation folly
By Barbara Paris
July 10, 2009
To the editor: The word “taxpayers” should have been added to your headline in the July 3 Journal-World: “State, city, schools, (taxpayers) face budget pains.”
Russia arms pact means little to U.S.
By Charles Krauthammer
July 10, 2009
The signing ceremony in Moscow was a grand affair. For Barack Obama, foreign policy neophyte and “reset” man, the arms reduction agreement had a Kissingerian air. A fine feather in his cap. And our president likes his plumage.
Messy health care negotiations
By Garrison Keillor
July 10, 2009
It was a good Fourth of July where I was — no Republicans or Democrats, just a crowd of sunburned people sitting on the grass.
In the game
Renewable energy legislation and progress on a major new electricity transmission line has made Kansas far more attractive to wind power developers.
J-W Editorials
July 10, 2009
T. Boone Pickens is looking for a new home for almost 700 giant wind turbines, and Kansas apparently is on his list.
Horoscopes
July 10, 2009
For Friday, July 10: This year, you’ll witness changes in your immediate environment, especially if relating to a very strong, dynamic person. If you are single, you could meet someone dreamy with whom you feel closely bonded. If you are attached, the two of you become substantially closer than in past years.
People in the news
July 10, 2009
Amid the great debates of the day over health care, global warming and economic recovery, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there will be no pause in the action to honor Michael Jackson.
‘Eureka’ returns; Malden remembered
By Kevin McDonough
July 10, 2009
Now entering its fourth season, “Eureka” (8 p.m., Syfy) combines the whimsy of romantic comedy with speculative science. Handsome sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) finds himself in a super-secret town filled with the nation’s biggest brains and all of their hairbrained inventions.
Frenemy, locavore among newest words in Webster’s
By Russell Contreras - Associated Press Writer
July 10, 2009
Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies?
Science finding less favor with Americans
By Randolph E. Schmid - Associated Press Writer
July 10, 2009
The share of Americans who see science as the nation’s greatest achievement is down sharply, even as the public continues to hold scientists in high regard.
Tests reveal some pet supplements skimp on meds
By Marilyn Marchione - Associated Press Writer
July 10, 2009
Arthritis supplements bought by millions of pet owners for their dogs, cats and horses sometimes skimp on the ingredients the makers claim can help aching paws and aging joints, and some contain high amounts of lead, an independent laboratory found.
1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
By Maria Cheng - Associated Press Writer
July 10, 2009
One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, an analysis of cancer trends in five countries suggests.
Town bans bottled water sales
By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press Writer
July 10, 2009
Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country — and possibly the world — to take such a drastic step in the growing backlash against the industry.

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