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Polls
Should the city spend more than $1 million to streamline the development process?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 51% | |
| Yes | 46% | |
| No opinion | 2% | |
| Total | 143 | |
What do you think of an "owner-occupied" zoning area?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| It would help some neighborhoods remain family-friendly | 58% | |
| It discriminates against college students and folks who rent | 39% | |
| No opinion | 2% | |
| Total | 476 | |
Videos
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- Changes may develop in City Hall process
- Consultants recommend $1M in enhancements
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Hang around City Hall long enough and you’re bound to hear someone call the city’s development process “business unfriendly.”
- 6News Now for November 13
- November 13, 2006
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, friendlier development process, school fees disappearing, and an audit of at-risk student programs.
- Trial underway in baby’s death
- Jay Decker charged with killing daughter
- November 13, 2006
- This is Jay Decker’s second trial on the charge.
- Free lunch program under scrutiny
- The lunches are paid for by the federal government
- November 13, 2006
- The lunches are paid for by the federal government.
- Lack of rocks doesn’t deter local climbers
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Only one thing prevents Kansas from being a rock-climbing Mecca: lack of rocks.
- A super-charged comeback
- S.D.’s Rivers, Tomlinson spark 42-point second half and other NFL recaps
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Slow-starting Bucs face Carolina tonight
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- One team can’t seem to get started. The other can’t finish. No wonder tonight’s matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers has lost much of its appeal.
- Mizzou, ISU move to 3-0
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Last season, Kalen Grimes was a big body who had trouble scoring and rebounding. So far this season, he’s giving Missouri a big game to match.
- Cavs stun No. 10 UA
- Virginia opens new arena with win
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- With all the hoopla surrounding the opening of Virginia’s glistening $130 million John Paul Jones Arena, the last thing the Cavaliers wanted was to send a sellout crowd of 15,219 home with a loss.
- Enter the Journal-World’s hand turkey art contest
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Like pipe cleaners and construction paper, hand turkeys have been a staple of elementary school art classrooms for decades.
- Paris powers Sooners’ rout
- Big 12 women
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Courtney Paris started her sophomore season in the same record-breaking way she finished her freshman campaign.
- Phil on winning from the hole
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C4
- The 2007 TOC (Tournament of Champions) will undoubtedly be repeated quite a bit on the ESPN family of networks over the next few months. After all, Mike “The mouth” Matusow, Daniel “Kid poker” Negreanu, and WPT (World Poker Tour) announcer and professional player Mike Sexton were the final players left standing - and all are big names in the poker world.
- Students jazzed about new band
- 40 junior high school musicians audition for all-city troupe
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Some brought a bit of nerves. Others brought some new instruments. But all carried in their own raw musical talent last week to the Free State High School’s band room for one purpose - to see if they could make the cut for Lawrence’s new All-City Junior High Jazz Band.
- USC third in BCS; Florida not far behind
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Southern California bounced back in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
- Harvick storms to victory in Phoenix
- Johnson second, maintains Nextel Cup points lead
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Cubs to keep third baseman Ramirez
- Slugger signs new deal, decides to pass on free agency on eve of GM meetings in Florida
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Aramis Ramirez decided not to pursue the free-agent market, agreeing Sunday to a $73 million, five-year contract that keeps the third baseman with the Chicago Cubs.
- Hawkeyes snare tourney title
- Lady Jayhawks have trouble scoring against Iowa in WBCA Classic finale
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- When Marija Zinic caught the ball in the post on Sunday, making a move toward the basket might have seemed difficult. After all, the Kansas University sophomore forward turned around and saw the wingspan of Iowa’s Megan Skouby, who stood 6-foot-6.
- Keegan: Kansas squads even
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Oddsmakers give three points off the top to the home team, so in making the opening line Kansas University by three points against Kansas State, oddsmakers essentially are saying the state’s two Division I football teams are equals.
- Rush key to KU’s attack
- Soph scores, defends and dishes assists against Lumberjacks
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Brandon Rush, who scored 22 total points in a pair of exhibition games against NCAA Div. II competition, didn’t come out looking for his shot in Kansas University’s regular-season opener Saturday night.
- Miami vice
- Dolphins clamp down on anemic K.C. offense
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Confronted one-on-one with bruising Larry Johnson in the open field near the goal line, Channing Crowder buried his helmet into the running back’s chest for a touchdown-saving tackle.
- Iraq’s slaughter overwhelms morgues
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Baghdad’s morgues are full. With no space to store bodies, some victims of the sectarian slaughter are not being kept for relatives to claim, but photographed, numbered and quickly buried in government cemeteries. Men fearful of an anonymous burial are tattooing their thighs with names and phone numbers.
- White House sets new tone on Iraq
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A7
- Responding to a humbling election, White House aides said Sunday that President Bush would welcome new ideas about the unpopular war in Iraq, even from Democrats he had branded as soft on terrorism.
- Iraqi leader promises change as violence kills more than 150
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A7
- The Shiite prime minister promised Sunday to reshuffle his Cabinet after calling lawmakers disloyal and blaming Sunni Muslims for raging sectarian violence that claimed at least 159 more lives, including 35 men blown apart while waiting to join Iraq’s police force.
- Court TV takes novel approach to crime
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- What does it take to write a good mystery novel? Is it difficult to think like a murderer? Does it take its toll on one’s mental health? Or does it allow those already affected or even damaged by crime to channel those feelings in new and creative ways?
- A matter of chants
- Music theorists ponder why fans gravitate toward synchronicity in sports cheers
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- At the end of nearly every Kansas University home basketball game - at least the ones the Jayhawks win - the Allen Fieldhouse crowd turns into a 16,300-member choir. Fans chant: “Rock, Chalk! Jayhawk! KU!”
- Make your Mitzvah chic
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- No, “Mitzvah Chic” cannot nag your child to practice his Torah portion. What the book can do, however, is help you plan a bat or bar mitzvah - it covers everything from understanding the religious intricacies of the event to choosing just the right party favors.
- The simple life?
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Fans of Real Simple magazine will find plenty to like in “Real Simple Celebrations: Easy Entertaining for Every Occasion,” (Time Inc. Home Entertainment, $27.95). The beautifully designed book is crammed with ideas for all types of parties, from Thanksgiving dinner to a summer barbecue.
- Book studies relationships
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on D2
- A survey focusing on sex and relationships is the topic of “Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User’s Guide for Women,” by David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker.
- Study abroad program grows more far-flung
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A5
- American college students are becoming more adventuresome as they study abroad, showing less interest in English-speaking destinations such as Great Britain and Australia and more in such alternatives as China, India, Argentina and Brazil.
- Pastor’s suicide increases religious tension
- November 13, 2006
- We know this much: The 73-year-old pastor’s last sermon focused on his fear that Christian Europe would be overwhelmed by Islam.
- Israeli’s visit to focus on Iran
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began a five-day trip to the United States on Sunday, armed with an agenda focusing on the Iranian nuclear threat and Israel’s relations with the Palestinians.
- N.Y. plane crash memorial doesn’t satisfy all concerned
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Hundreds of relatives and friends of the victims in the nation’s second deadliest air accident dedicated a much-awaited memorial Sunday with mementoes and mixed emotions.
- Arrest made in fatal shooting of deputy
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A massive 17-hour hunt led to the arrest Sunday afternoon of a man suspected of shooting dead one Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy and wounding a second in what Sheriff Ken Jenne called “a heartless, cold-blooded assassination.”
- Arrest made in threats to politicians, celebrities
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A man was arrested and accused of mailing threatening letters laced with white powder to Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and other high-profile figures, the FBI announced Sunday.
- Ford becomes oldest president in history
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- On Sunday, Gerald R. Ford became the longest living U.S. president in the country’s history.
- Salvation Army needs holiday assistance
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- The Salvation Army seeks volunteers to assist with a variety of programs this holiday season. Volunteers are needed to accept and process applications for holiday assistance programs, pack and distribute Thanksgiving boxes, sort and prepare gifts for the Toys for Tots holiday toy shop and ring bells at local businesses to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
- Chemistry society honors KU vice provost
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- News brief
- Ex-White House adviser to speak at Eaton Hall
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- News Brief
- On the record
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Architecture students haven’t forgotten
- Class creates stage to help New Orleans community rebuild
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- New Orleans may have slipped from the front pages of newspapers, but a group of Kansas University students continues to focus on the city’s struggles. “People have kind of forgotten about it,” KU senior Leo Mulvehill said. “But it’s still in need of help.”
- Photographers ready for their close-ups
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- David Hume Kennerly doesn’t mind speaking in the past tense about his life in photographs, even while his cameras keep clicking.
- Menagerie earns shelter supplies, cash
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- For the menagerie of animals at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Sunday was a day to maybe find a new home - or at least make their temporary dwellings more livable.
- Better health may be just a waltz away, study says
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Italian researchers have come up with a novel way for cardiac rehabilitation patients to exercise their damaged hearts without having to squeeze into spandex or gyrate in a gym: waltzing.
- Million-dollar ideas often reported stolen in Hollywood
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- “Pirates of the Caribbean.” “The Matrix.” “The Last Samurai.” “Broken Flowers.” “Amistad.” Success isn’t all these films have in common. Each also was challenged by a lawsuit claiming “idea theft” - a common Hollywood problem that lawyers say is likely to continue as long as huge movie studios wield enormous power.
- ‘Loyal opposition’ may suit Bush
- November 13, 2006
- In a famous exchange during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Winston Churchill why he was foisting a visit by Charles De Gaulle on the U.S. president. Churchill replied that he had “borne the Cross of Lorraine long enough.”
- Time to step up
- Voters in Kansas City have sent a strong message about the need for a light-rail system.
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- After an election, analysts like to focus on the “messages” sent by voters. Often those messages are largely a matter of interpretation.
- Democrats must take high road
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Democrats, come January, you’ll be in the majority in the House and most probably the Senate. But you won’t have the power to be as vengeful as some of you would like to be.
- Gay ‘flaunting’ beats lying
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Today’s topic: flaunting homosexuality. Exhibit A: Doogie.
- Horoscopes
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B5
- Youths fire-bomb McDonald’s in Oaxaca
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Four youths wearing masks tossed gasoline bombs at a McDonald’s restaurant in the conflict-torn city of Oaxaca on Sunday, damaging the windows, seats and play area, police said.
- Train-bridge protest slows nuclear shipment
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Protesters who suspended themselves from a rope across railroad tracks Sunday temporarily stopped a train carrying reprocessed nuclear waste in Germany.
- Sheep create smelly urban sprawl protest
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Farmers led a flock of about 700 of the animals - along with donkeys and horses - through downtown Madrid on Sunday in a pungent protest urging the protection of ancient grazing routes threatened by urban sprawl.
- Janjaweed militia accused of new killings
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Pro-government militiamen launched new attacks in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region that may have killed at least a dozen people, international observers said Sunday. A coalition of Darfur rebel groups known as the National Redemption Front said some 300 janjaweed militiamen on camels and horseback raided the West Darfur town of Sirba on Saturday, backed by 18 military vehicles.
- Organ sales turn Pakistan into kidney transplant destination
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Nassem Kausar has done it. So, she says, have her sister, six brothers, five sisters-in-law and two nephews.
- Increase in insurgent activity brings 3,700 deaths this year
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Insurgent activity in Afghanistan has risen fourfold this year, and militants now launch more than 600 attacks a month, a rising wave of violence that has resulted in 3,700 deaths in 2006, a bleak new report released Sunday found.
- Hamas agrees to talks with Israel
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The Hamas-led Palestinian government agreed Sunday to an international peace conference with Israel after the Arab League - angered by Israel’s military offensive in Gaza - voted to end a financial blockade on the Palestinians.<
- Suspect denies role in killing of pregnant Wichita teen
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B8
- A man accused of having a pregnant Wichita teen killed in June because her family wanted to pursue statutory rape charges against him says he wasn’t involved in her death.
- Hospitals join effort to give faster care for heart attacks
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks.
- Lawrence Datebook
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- International graduate student enrollment up for KU
- 7 percent increase first since 9/11
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- For Manjunath Narayana of India, coming to the United States for graduate school was a no-brainer.
- U.S. keeps close watch on health of Castro
- Cuba’s longtime leader unlikely to return to power, officials say
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The government believes Fidel Castro’s health is deteriorating and that the Cuban dictator is unlikely to live through 2007.
- Families feel the squeeze
- Higher fuel, health costs hit home
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Overall, Paul and Anne Kirk say things aren’t too bad for them and their two sons on their 190-acre farm outside of Lawrence.
- ‘Borat’ remains the king
- November 13, 2006
- A make-believe son of the glorious nation of Kazakhstan continues to rule the American box office.
- People in the news
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ It’s a girl for ‘Spider-Man’ ¢ Duran Duran’s power play ¢ Elton John bashes religion
- Regional support needed to guide Mideast
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- President Bush lost more than a midterm election and a cantankerous defense secretary on Tuesday. He also abandoned any lingering chance of remaking U.S. foreign policy into a radical force for democratic change in the Middle East and elsewhere.
- Rental homes bring unwanted changes for some neighbors
- November 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The education Kansas University provides does not stop at the borders of its campus. Dale and Wanda Kring, who live about three blocks south of the KU campus, can attest to that.
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