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What do you think of Phill Kline's memo about his church visits during the campaign?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| It’s cynical. | 64% | |
| That’s politics. | 32% | |
| No opinion. | 3% | |
| Total | 629 | |
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- 6News Now for September 12
- September 12, 2006
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, school officials look at reducing fees, Baldwin schools may want a police officer, and Kansas loses more than $30 million in Medicaid.
- Kansas has lost $32.4 million in Medicaid
- September 12, 2006
- Kansas has lost $32.4 million in funds for the health care program that serves the poor and disabled, and could lose upwards of $80 million more, officials said Tuesday.
- Cloudy and a notch cooler
- No rain expected until the weekend
- September 12, 2006
- Thick clouds were covering Lawrence this morning. But they aren’t expected to bring much rain to the area, said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- World remembers with mixed emotions
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A8
- The nations of the world joined Monday in solemn remembrance of 9/11 - but for many, resentment of the United States flowed as readily as tears.
- Twins close in on Tigers
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Carlos Silva’s trusty sinker is working again, and September was a great time to find it.
- NFL notebook
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Monday night football Chargers blank Raiders
- Tomlinson sparks 27-0 victory; Vikings edge Redskins, 19-16
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C5
- With LaDainian Tomlinson running through the Oakland defense and Shawne Merriman harassing Aaron Brooks, it didn’t matter who played quarterback for San Diego.
- Woodling: Pigskin answers aplenty
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Questions : you have questions about football. Perhaps these are some of them:
- Brown surprised by Buffs’ QB exodus
- Former SM North star comfortable in new role as Baker University starter
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C1
- A year ago, Mack Brown and Brian White had adjoining lockers in the Colorado University football dressing room.
- Eudora teen to endure several surgeries following weekend truck wreck near Topeka
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B2
- A Eudora High School senior is recovering from injuries resulting from a weekend wreck just east of Topeka as law enforcement officials continue to investigate the accident.
- Bush urges unity in war on terror
- September 12, 2006
- Five years after the worst attack on U.S. soil, President Bush said Monday night the war against terrorism is “the calling of our generation” and urged Americans to put aside differences and fight to victory.
- It’s official: KU won’t appeal NSF decision to cut funding
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Kansas University won’t fight the National Science Foundation’s decision to back out of one of the largest research grants in KU history.
- Al-Qaida deputy urges more attacks on West, allies
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A8
- Osama bin Laden’s deputy warned that Persian Gulf countries and Israel would be al-Qaida’s next targets, according to a new videotape aired by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
- Double Take revisits question on parental reaction to homosexuality
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Dear Dr. Wes & John: In your July 11 column, the writer said her friend “doesn’t get along with her parents because she is gay. Her parents don’t accept her for who she is.”
- U.S.-British ties will remain strong
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B6
- British politics has delivered its own verdict on the war on terror. By a poignant coincidence, Tony Blair, the prime minister who has often been the world’s most forceful exponent of a virile response to militant Islam, became a political eunuch last week - just as the world was taking stock of the fifth anniversary of 9/11.
- It’s time to dim the lights
- Lawrence residents put on adult-themed puppet show
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Three chairs in the Kansas Union are piled high with more than a dozen puppets. Everyone who walks by does a double-take. Paul Santos does the introductions.
- Albright to speak at Lied Center
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University faculty and students already have questions ready for Madeleine Albright’s upcoming visit.
- Advocates want to close hospitals for developmentally disabled
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The state’s three large hospitals for the developmentally disabled are institutional “dinosaurs” that should be closed, advocates for the disabled told lawmakers Monday.
- Leaked memo details strategy
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Atty. Gen. Phill Kline often talks about his Christian faith. But a leaked memo shows how Kline has mixed religion and money as part of an aggressive strategy to raise campaign funds and win re-election.
- Five years later, memories remain vivid
- Effort pays tribute to Sept. 11 victims by helping others
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A1
- The only thing Jordan Goldschmidt knew about Christopher Lee Burford was that he died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- County, city pursue Farmland purchase
- Company rules out retail, residential uses for site east of city
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A1
- City and county leaders are still looking at buying the vacant Farmland Industries site to turn it into an industrial park, despite the interest of a private company that’s ready to do the same.
- Suicide blast at funeral kills 6
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A6
- A suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed at least six people Monday at a funeral for a respected provincial governor who died in a suicide blast the day before.
- District taking aim at fees
- School board seeks to reduce costs for busing, some classes
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Put the brakes on busing costs and cut back on fees for optional classes. The message Lawrence’s school board gave to Supt. Randy Weseman on Monday night was pretty clear - they want to roll back some of the fees parents have to pay each year.
- Lectures discuss post-9/11 issues
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- If you’re worried about the state of your civil liberties, don’t blame the Patriot Act. It’s not strong enough, and it’s not unprecedented.
- Names of lost again echo at ground zero
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Clutching photos to their hearts and blowing kisses to the sky, tearful loved ones of Sept. 11 victims recited a 3 1/2-hour litany of the lost Monday, the names echoing across an expanse still largely desolate five years after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center.
- Anna Nicole Smith’s son dies in Bahamas
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A2
- The joy of giving birth turned to horror for ex-Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith when she discovered her 20-year-old son dead in her hospital room just hours after he had come to visit her and his new baby sister, police in the Bahamas said Monday.
- Traffic flow limited on Seventh, N.H. streets
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Construction work once again is closing a portion of a downtown street.
- Agencies that serve community’s needs
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B3
- United Way of Douglas County assists several agencies that address basic needs in addition to the dental clinic. They are:
- Arsonist sentenced for spree that included a KU library
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B3
- A judge on Monday sentenced a former Kansas University student to five years in prison for a 2004 arson spree that included a fire set in the stacks of Watson Library on the KU campus.
- Ross, Sanchez lift Fish again
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C5
- There’s something about the Cody Ross-Anibal Sanchez duo that works for the surging Florida Marlins.
- Seahawks trade for Branch
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Even sore ribs couldn’t contain Matt Hasselbeck’s excitement over having former New England Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch to throw to as his newest Seahawks receiver.
- Schedule squeezes Jayhawks
- Rare Friday game means one less day of preparation for KU
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C1
- There are no days off this week. Not for the Kansas University football players, and especially not for the coaching staff.
- Vaughn still alive and kicking
- Auburn senior ready to boot LSU nightmare in Saturday’s rematch
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C4
- John Vaughn was living every kicker’s nightmare. His field-goal attempts just kept missing their mark, five times in all, two of them with one of Auburn’s biggest games on the line.
- Speed-up rules anger coaches
- NCAA games are averaging 12.6 fewer combined plays in 2006
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C4
- The new NCAA rules designed to shorten football games are actually diminishing the time-honored experience for fans and players alike, say several Big 12 coaches who are exasperated by the changes.
- A tamer tour of duty
- Milligan trades war for spot with Tigers
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C4
- Zach Milligan expects to spend most of this season with a view from the Missouri Tigers’ sideline. But some say the defensive lineman from Hardin is lucky to be here.
- Patriot games
- Players, fans remember attacks
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” and waving tens of thousands of American flags, football fans turned Fedex Field into a fluttering sea of patriotic fervor Monday night in a ceremony before the game between the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings.
- KU women’s golf in 8th at Classic
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University women’s golf team sits in eighth place following the first round of the 17-team Colorado State Ptarmigan Ram/Fall Classic.
- Lions’ Morgan second at tennis quadrangular
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Lawrence High senior Kelly Morgan won two of three matches and placed second at a quadrangular tennis tournament Monday at the Lawrence Tennis Center.
- LHS/Free State high school notebook
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Gooden signs extension with Cavs
- Former Kansas University forward puts pen to three-year, $23 million deal
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Much-traveled Drew Gooden seems to have found a home in Cleveland.
- Former Duke guard pleads guilty
- DUI charges net Redick year of unsupervised probation
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C2
- J.J. Redick pleaded guilty Monday to drunken-driving charges and received a one-year sentence of unsupervised probation.
- No timetable for Green’s return
- Chiefs quarterback still in hospital after Sunday’s vicious collision
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Trent Green sustained a “very, very severe concussion” when his head was slammed into the ground by Cincinnati’s Robert Geathers and will be hospitalized at least until today, the Kansas City Chiefs said.
- On the record
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Datebook
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Roberts cites progress, warns against complacency
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A5
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts was driving to work on Sept. 11, 2001, when he heard radio reports about the attack on the World Trade Center, then saw the burning Pentagon with his own eyes. The Kansas Republican raced to the Capitol.
- Teachers defy order to return to work
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Thousands of striking Detroit teachers defied a judge’s order to return to work Monday as school officials and the union resumed contract talks in the two-week dispute.
- ‘Living wage’ bill vetoed
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Mayor Richard Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers higher wages after some of the nation’s largest store operators warned the measure would keep them from opening their doors within the city’s limits.
- Shuttle docks, makes delivery at space station
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Using their ship’s robotic arm, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis handed over the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years Monday and now will conduct three spacewalks to install the giant new section.
- Special counsel cancels whistle-blower’s ceremony
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A funny thing happened to Leroy Smith on his way to the Office of Special Counsel last week. Smith, a prison safety manager who blew the whistle on life-threatening conditions in a prison-run factory, was to be honored Thursday afternoon by Special Counsel Scott Bloch as the office’s Public Servant of the Year.
- Study finds where you live can affect how long you live
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 - three decades sooner.
- Rebels begin arriving at camps in Sudan
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The first group of Ugandan rebels have turned up at a neutral camp in southern Sudan as part of a truce to end 19 years of conflict with the government, the chief mediator said Monday.
- Toxic bootleg liquor kills at least 35
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A6
- At least 35 people have died from drinking methanol-laced sugarcane liquor in the past week and nearly 600 have fallen ill, overwhelming hospitals in Nicaragua’s worst health crisis in recent history, officials said Monday.
- Iraqi legislators wrangle over federalism bill
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A6
- An explosion outside an army recruiting center in Baghdad killed at least 16 Iraqis on Monday as lawmakers struggled to break a deadlock over legislation Sunni Arabs fear will split the country into three pieces.
- Hamas agrees to share power in Palestinian government
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The Islamic group Hamas made a deal Monday to share power with the more moderate Fatah headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after six months of crushing sanctions imposed to force the militants to recognize Israel and end violence.
- People in the news
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Diddy out-Diddied in U.K. ¢ No TV after ‘Housewives’ ¢ ‘Sunshine’ toast of Deauville
- Switch failure cuts city power
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Power outages swept through much of central and west Lawrence on Monday, including Kansas University’s campus.
- Front doors unlocked at parents’ request
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- On orders from Supt. Randy Weseman, the front door was back in business Monday morning at New York School, 936 N.Y.
- Population estimate challenges continue
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Douglas County on Monday joined the city of Lawrence in challenging local population estimates made by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Supreme Court begins search for replacement
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The search has begun to find a replacement for Kansas Supreme Court Justice Donald L. Allegrucci, who will leave the court early in 2007.
- Residents’ basic needs served with help from United Way of Douglas County
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B1
- After losing her 12-year job as head waitress at Paradise Cafe, Val Sheldon was struggling to pay for food and utilities, let alone a dental bill.
- 9/11 stirs memories of country’s unity
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Like everybody who was alive and alert at the time, I suppose, I have a million memories connected to 9/11.
- Workforce center adds employees
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C8
- The Lawrence Workforce Center, which helps employers find and retain skilled workers, announces several recent additions to its staff at 2540 Iowa:
- Railroad leader lectures today at KU
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C8
- The head of one of the country’s largest railroads plans to discuss the volatility of the industry’s supply and demand during a lecture tonight at Kansas University.
- Commodities
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Budgeting by percentage the way to go
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Most people can tell you pretty much to the penny how much their mortgage or rent is every month. They can tell you how much they pay each month for their car loan.
- New leader heads bar exam panel
- Lawrence resident appointed by Kansas Supreme Court
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on C8
- After forming educational policy as a member of the Lawrence school board and teaching courses at Kansas University’s Law School, Tom Murray once again is putting his legal mind to work through education: this time on the test that attorneys must pass to practice in Kansas.
- Threat grows
- Tightened security has made Americans safer, but the threat of terrorism is still strong.
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B6
- “Are we safer today than we were five years ago?” This question has been asked time and time again in recent weeks as the fifth anniversary of the terrible 9/11 attacks approached. Some asked the question in a genuine manner with no hidden nuances, while others used the question primarily for political purposes.
- Course encourages students’ college dreams
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B6
- The simplicity and sweeping potential of the proposal caught the attention of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It was, by all accounts, a bold dream.
- Blind justice?
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I would like to commend the Lawrence police officer who was parked at Bucky’s Saturday morning around 2:30 a.m. for his devotion to keeping our streets safe.
- Homework
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Back in grade school, I had so much homework that my parents and I had to divide it up to get it all done before I went to bed. Every evening was spent doing my homework. This daily burden made me bitter about the concept of homework, a feeling I still have today.
- Retail focus
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I love living in Lawrence. One of the things I love is the focus on downtown, local ownership and community. It seems to me if Christine Taber wants to live in a city where box stores like Wal-Mart rule, she might feel more at home in Overland Park.
- Thriving parks
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I would like to commend the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department for supporting and implementing Lawrence’s Pesticide-Free Parks program.
- U.S. fortress not so solid
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Growing up in the ‘50s, we imagined our country defended by guided missiles poised in bunkers, jet fighters on the tarmac and pilots in the ready room prepared to scramble, a colonel with a black briefcase sitting in the hall outside the president’s bedroom, but 9/11 gave us a clearer picture. We have a vast array of hardware, a multitude of colonels, a lot of bureaucratic confusion, and a nation vulnerable to attack.
- Horoscopes
- September 12, 2006 in print edition on B5
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