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Which, of the list below, most makes Lawrence different from its Kansas and Midwest surroundings?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas University | 32% | |
| Downtown. | 23% | |
| Support for Democratic presidential candidates | 13% | |
| The tradition of protest and dissent | 11% | |
| I don’t think Lawrence is that different. | 6% | |
| Friendliness to gays and lesbians. | 6% | |
| The arts. | 5% | |
| Total | 1360 | |
All stories
- Murray to stand trial for murder of ex-wife
- December 10, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 5:47 p.m.) A judge ruled today there is probable cause that a Kansas State University professor murdered his ex-wife.Judge Robert Fairchild made the ruling late this afternoon — deciding there is enough evidence for English professor Thomas E. Murray to stand trial on first-degree murder charges.
- Roll-over accident injures four
- December 10, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 5:24 p.m.) Four people, including a toddler, suffered injuries this afternoon when their car overturned on a county road just east of Lawrence, according to authorities.
- KU’s Loomis named to governor’s communications post
- December 10, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 10:12 a.m.) Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Kansas University political science department chair Burdett Loomis as her director of administrative communications.
- Strong winds chilling off Lawrence area
- December 10, 2004
- (Updated Friday at 8:59 a.m.) A strong northwest wind is bringing a blast of Canadian winter into the Lawrence area today, pushing in thick clouds and creating wind chills around the 30-degree mark. “It's going to feel cold,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Vote in our 2004 Comics Survey
- December 10, 2004
- Because tastes and trends change, every so often we think it's important to ask what you like and dislike about your newspaper. And perhaps more than any other content, we know readers have passionate love and hatred for particular comic strips.
- Slipping dollar
- December 10, 2004
- Liberal definition
- December 10, 2004
- Bigger now better?
- December 10, 2004
- Pacific fans
- December 10, 2004
- State attacks health care costs
- December 10, 2004
- No one is immune from the problem of runaway costs in the dysfunctional American health care system — not individual families, not businesses and certainly not state and federal governments.
- Taxpayers must demand results
- December 10, 2004
- In his Halifax, Nova Scotia, speech last week, President Bush returned to his “reformer with results” 2000 campaign theme.
- ‘Blade: Trinity’ is dullest of vampire-hunting series
- December 10, 2004
- As soon as the nasal and wholly inappropriate voice of Ryan Reynolds (“National Lampoon's Van Wilder”) as Hannibal King opened the newest installment in the “Blade” series, I sensed this would be a different kind of movie than its bloody fun predecessors.
- Best Bets
- December 10, 2004
- Let TV animate your holidays
- December 10, 2004
- 'Twas two weeks before Christmas, and on every conceivable channel, holiday toons are repeating, from the classic to the merely banal:
- 2004’s Best local music
- The year’s finest recordings — just in time for holiday shopping
- December 10, 2004
- Step aside, Mannheim Steamroller. Same to you, Bright Eyes. Lawrence music is where it's at this Christmas season, and Omaha's stale cookies are due for a certified slapping (just kidding fellas — ease up on the hate mail).
- From country to Celtic
- Lawrence singer Ashley Davis makes shift with new CD
- December 10, 2004
- At 18, singer Ashley Davis was getting ready to move to Nashville, Tenn. The Lawrence native was headed to the industry's most prestigious music school, Belmont University, with aspirations of a career in country music.
- ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ doesn’t always measure up
- December 10, 2004
- The comedy/heist caper “Ocean's Twelve” comes across like the European remake of “Ocean's Eleven.” Set across the pond, the film is slower, artsier and has fancier cinematography. Yet, ultimately, it's more incoherent and less satisfying.
- Web site provides social networking for college students
- December 10, 2004
- A few weeks ago, Alexis Anderson finally buckled under the peer pressure. Like thousands of other Kansas University students, she gave in to her friends and registered at thefacebook.com.
- Web evidence used in murder hearing
- Witness: Suspect searched for ways to kill
- December 10, 2004
- The case of a Kansas State University professor charged with murdering his ex-wife headed into uncharted legal territory Thursday as prosecutors presented evidence of an Internet search history from the suspect's computers.
- Bush rejects Social Security tax jump
- December 10, 2004
- President Bush on Thursday flatly rejected a payroll tax increase to shore up Social Security, narrowing the range of options available to lawmakers to address the retirement system's long-term financial needs.
- Bush keeps four Cabinet officials
- December 10, 2004
- President Bush announced Thursday he was keeping the heads of the Transportation, Interior, Housing and Labor departments, ending the major shake-up that will put new faces on three-fifths of his Cabinet in his second term.
- Army Reserves hit hard by resignation requests
- December 10, 2004
- The Army Reserve is facing an extreme shortage of company officers, a situation aggravated by a surge in resignation requests.
- Briefly
- December 10, 2004
- • Search continues for missing helicopter crew • Space station crew told to cut back on food • Marine who was missing charged with desertion • U.S. says terrorists can use lasers to blind pilots • Surgery can tell whether breast cancer is spread • TV reporter gets house arrest over source • MU students charged with abusing opossums • $66,000 damages set in sex-for-rent case • NASA telescopes finds dust rings around stars • Coal mine blast kills 33, including five rescuers • First flight to Vietnam since 1975 leaves U.S. • Sharon wins key vote to rescue Gaza pullout • In turnaround, U.S. gives support to Annan • NATO ministers agree to expand Iraq training • Toll in Congo conflict estimated at 3.8 million • Channels alter content, fearing media law fines • Hundreds protest alleged election fraud • Juniors can win $5,000 in NEH essay contest
- Lawrence venues considered mostly safe
- December 10, 2004
- Fatal shootings at an Ohio nightclub was topic No. 1 Thursday among veterans of Lawrence's live music scene.
- Peterson jury begins deliberations on death penalty
- December 10, 2004
- Calling him “the worst kind of monster” and undeserving of sympathy, a prosecutor urged jurors to sentence Scott Peterson to death for murdering his pregnant wife before the panel began deciding his punishment Thursday.
- Guantanamo detainee details abuse
- December 10, 2004
- Prisoners at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been beaten while blindfolded and handcuffed, terrorized by attack dogs and forced to take drugs, an Australian detainee said in an affidavit released Thursday.
- Iraqis offer election hopefuls
- December 10, 2004
- Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month's elections.
- Judge absolves plaintiffs of Watkins legal fees
- KU wanted former scholarship students to pay for repair lawsuit attorney expenses
- December 10, 2004
- Former Kansas University students who sued the university over repairs at their scholarship halls will not be required to pay their opponents' attorney fees in the case, a judge has ruled.
- Neighborhood has concerns about Rec Center expansion
- University will organize committee to communicate about planning
- December 10, 2004
- Planned expansion of Kansas University's Student Recreation Fitness Center has renewed concerns about the center's impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
- Clinic stocked with flu shots
- Vaccine session planned this weekend
- December 10, 2004
- An additional 200 doses of flu vaccine will be available for a community clinic this weekend, health officials said Thursday.
- Fan of Santa Claus collects figurines for inspiration
- December 10, 2004
- Larry Kline has an obsession, and December is the month he gets his fix. Each year he dusts off a pair of big black boots and a bright red suit with white trim. He ties a curly white beard over his ears and covers his head with a long stocking cap.
- Local briefs
- December 10, 2004
- • Supreme Court justice has kidney removed • Historical society elects new board • Law enforcement receives grants • NAACP elects officers • Juniors can win $5,000 in NEH essay contest
- Lawrence Datebook
- December 10, 2004
- On the Record
- December 10, 2004
- Bessie M. Blackwell
- December 10, 2004
- William K. ‘Bill’ Waggoner
- December 10, 2004
- Vera Agnes Moffitt
- December 10, 2004
- Martha Ruth Sage Banka
- December 10, 2004
- Ruby Louise Porter
- December 10, 2004
- Larry Dean Thompson
- December 10, 2004
- Betty Jean Long
- December 10, 2004
- Sebelius urges focus on health, education
- December 10, 2004
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she hopes the Legislature can multi-task in the upcoming session, working on health care and education.
- Whooping crane shot last month dies of respiratory infection
- Second of two birds targeted by hunters succumbs after struggle
- December 10, 2004
- A whooping crane shot near the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge last month died Thursday at a center in Maryland where it had been sent to recuperate.
- Softer rules considered for adult businesses
- Officials looking for an ordinance ‘that’s effective, but also constitutionally sound’
- December 10, 2004
- Dickinson County officials are considering scaled-back rules governing adult-oriented businesses in hopes of devising regulations that will withstand court challenges.
- Jobless claims up again
- Health care, energy costs may be taking toll on companies
- December 10, 2004
- New claims for jobless benefits moved higher last week, a possible sign that employers haven't completely let go of their caution and are looking to cut costs.
- Commodities
- December 10, 2004
- Briefcase
- December 10, 2004
- • Cessna plans $20.4M Independence project • Saks Fifth Avenue to close K.C. store • Mortgage rates drop • Stocks up on rumors
- Horned Frogs flogged
- Quick pace favors KU against TCU
- December 10, 2004
- Kansas University coach Bill Self suspected Thursday's Kansas-TCU basketball game would be a high-scoring affair.
- Woodling: Moody adds ‘The Pass’ to lore
- December 10, 2004
- Forevermore, it will be known simply as The Pass. No telling how many times it was shown Thursday night on ESPN's SportsCenter, or will be shown again and again today and maybe even this weekend on the cable network as one of the most memorable plays of the day, or perhaps even the week.
- Free State boys rally, but fall to Olathe South
- December 10, 2004
- Olathe South's boys basketball team defeated Free State by a convincing 57-45 score Thursday night at the Olathe South Invitational, but the game wasn't even that close.
- Lawrence boys roll over Ralston, 71-47
- December 10, 2004
- In a way, Lawrence High junior guard Tyler Knight said he and his teammates were blind coming into Thursday's boys basketball game against Ralston (Neb.) High in the opening round of the Blue Valley Shootout.
- Ohio State imposes postseason ban
- Buckeyes’ men’s basketball team penalized for payment
- December 10, 2004
- Ohio State imposed a one-year ban on postseason play by its men's basketball team in response to $6,000 the university said former coach Jim O'Brien gave a recruit who never played for the school.
- Hemenway highly influential
- Magazine: KU boss alters college sports
- December 10, 2004
- Kansas University chancellor Robert Hemenway is rated the seventh most influential person in college athletics by Street and Smith Business Journal.
- Pitching coach lands new gig
- Abney named manager of college wood-bat league squad
- December 10, 2004
- Kansas University pitching coach Steve Abney has been named manager of the Brainerd (Minn.) Blue Thunder, an expansion team in the Northwoods League.
- Four FSHS runners earn all-state honor
- December 10, 2004
- Free State High cross country runners Alysha Valencia, Alex Rock, Danny Schneider and Aaron Trent were named to the Class 6A Cross Country Academic All-State team.
- Eudora errors help Baldwin
- Bulldog girls capitalize on Cardinal turnovers
- December 10, 2004
- It's remarkable that Eudora High's girls basketball team has had the opportunity to win its last two games considering the statistics stacked against the Cardinals.
- Firebirds thump Lansing, 61-37
- December 10, 2004
- Free State High's girls basketball squad got off to a good start at the Bonner Springs Tournament, beating Lansing, 61-37, on Thursday.
- Seahawks stumble against St. Mary’s
- December 10, 2004
- Despite a 34-point loss, Seabury Academy boys basketball coach Marcus Heckman couldn't help but be pleased with his Seahawks' effort against mighty St. Mary's Academy.
- De Soto outlasts Tongie
- December 10, 2004
- Addie Heim scored 16 points in a losing cause for Tonganoxie's girls basketball team in a 48-43 defeat against De Soto on Thursday at the Central Heights Invitational.
- Near-triple-double sparks Red Raiders
- December 10, 2004
- Cisti Greenwalt had 18 points, 14 rebounds and blocked seven shots, leading No. 13 Texas Tech to a 79-46 victory over Oral Roberts on Thursday night.
- UMass upends No. 7 UConn
- Layup in final seconds decisive in 61-59 victory
- December 10, 2004
- Massachusetts made sure its first home game against a defending national champion was one to remember. The Minutemen stunned seventh-ranked Connecticut, 61-59, on Rashaun Freeman's layup with 4.3 seconds to play Thursday night.
- Suspension reductions sought
- December 10, 2004
- Ron Artest took the witness stand and described, in his words, one of the worst brawls in NBA history. Teammates Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal and Anthony Johnson did the same, and a union attorney and one of O'Neal's bodyguards also testified.
- Rockets rally past Spurs
- December 10, 2004
- Tracy McGrady was racing down the court with the ball, his eyes focused squarely on the basket and the fate of the game in his hands.
- 6Sports video: Olathe South stomps Free State
- December 10, 2004
- Olathe South defeated Free State by 57-45 Thursday night at the Olathe South Invitational.
- 6Sports video: Free State girls victorious
- December 10, 2004
- The Free State High girl's basketball team beat Lansing, 61-37, on Thursday at the Bonner Springs Tournament.
- Holmes out for season
- Chiefs’ back won’t need knee surgery
- December 10, 2004
- Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.
- City capsule
- December 10, 2004
- Sooners’ White claims pair of awards
- December 10, 2004
- Oklahoma quarterback Jason White was a two-time award winner Thursday night, taking the Maxwell Award as college football's best all-around player and adding his second straight Davey O'Brien quarterback trophy.
- Former Husker may have eye on Jayhawks
- December 10, 2004
- Former Nebraska football player Michael Keenan has expressed a desire to play for Kansas University, according to a source close to him.
- 2 teachers win awards
- December 10, 2004
- Deena Amont thought she was going to a meeting Thursday morning. But when she got to the “meeting,” the Lawrence High School art teacher heard a state official tell her over a speaker phone she'd won an award.
- E. Lorie Corbin
- December 10, 2004
- Kansas high school sports scores from Dec. 9
- December 10, 2004
- Guidelines
- What’s the fallout among our youngsters from revelations about drug use by prominent athletes?
- December 10, 2004
- We are hearing and reading a great deal about the dangers of the abuse of chemical substances in athletics, most recently, in professional baseball. While there is great emphasis on what players, officials and administrators need to do, too little attention is paid to a segment of our society that can ultimately suffer the most harm: Our youngsters.
- KU quashes ticket sales outside fieldhouse
- Enforcement of existing policy prohibits scalpers on campus
- December 10, 2004
- There soon will be fewer ticket scalpers outside Allen Fieldhouse.
- Gay marriage constitutional, Canada says
- December 10, 2004
- Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday declared same-sex marriages constitutional, underscoring the sharp contrast on the issue between Canada and the United States.
- Expansion sparks push to reopen mental unit
- December 10, 2004
- Lawrence resident Alan Miller believes there are now 35 million reasons Lawrence Memorial Hospital should reopen its inpatient mental health unit.
- People
- December 10, 2004
- • General keeping eye on kids • Backstreet Boy goes holy • Godzilla racks up big bill • Orchestra to set tour record • Birthday: Raven
- Bridges reconnects with KU
- December 10, 2004
- Earlier this week, Bill Bridges had “mixed feelings” about Kansas University retiring his jersey No. 32 a whopping 43 years after his last game as a Jayhawk.
- Calendar
- December 10, 2004
- Men’s Basketball briefs
- December 10, 2004
- • Kansas' Self T'd up • Bumps, bruises • ‘It's not over' • Crowd flap • Nearly a Horned Frog
- Subtle signs of global change emerging
- December 10, 2004
- It is too small and random an event to be described as a turning point, but too significant in context to be ignored: When Saudi security forces shot it out with a small terror gang in Jiddah on Monday to protect the lives of American diplomats, they made an important statement about the course of change today in the greater Middle East.
- Topeka trade
- December 10, 2004
- This Weekend’s Highlights
- December 10, 2004
- Pantera guitarist killed at 38
- December 10, 2004
- “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, who was fatally shot during a performance, was a frenetic, ear-shattering guitarist whose riffs for the Grammy-nominated Pantera and more recently Damageplan were a heavy-metal staple.
- Nightclub shooting stuns fans, friends
- December 10, 2004
- It looked like something out of a macabre heavy-metal video: The lights dimmed in the smoke-filled nightclub, the rock band Damageplan launched into its first thunderous riffs, and then a man in a hooded sweatshirt ran the length of the stage and opened fire, shooting the lead guitarist at least five times in the head.
- James Martin Quinlan
- December 10, 2004
- Sprint, Nextel rise on merger rumors
- December 10, 2004
- Shares of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. jumped Thursday following reports the two telephone companies were discussing a merger.
- Craft beers draw growth from young drinkers
- December 10, 2004
- Major brewers are expecting to see lackluster sales this year as low-carbohydrate diets and surging popularity of distilled spirits among young drinkers send fewer consumers to the tap.
- Dougherty: Kansas ‘pretty good’
- December 10, 2004
- Think Neil Dougherty wishes he wasn't such a good recruiter while at Kansas University? The TCU men's basketball coach may not have fathomed facing Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and Michael Lee just four years after recruiting them to Lawrence.
- Kansas high school basketball scores from Dec. 9
- December 10, 2004
- Horoscopes
- December 10, 2004
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