Also from July 24
Audio clips
- Ascot Gavotte
- Brandon McAnderson discusses the new atmosphere in the KU football program entering this season
- Hear David Smith, a local opponent to the Wal-Mart plans, speak about the project.
- Hear Wal-Mart spokeswoman Angie Stoner talk about the proposed Wal-Mart project.
- Kansas' Aqib Talib holds court and entertains reporters Monday at Big 12 Media Day
- Marcus Henry talks about his excitement for putting KU's new offense into action this fall
- Missouri defensive lineman Lorenzo Williams talks about this year's KU-MU game being played in Arrowhead Stadium as opposed to Memorial Stadium
- Missouri tight end Chase Coffman talks about this year's KU-MU game being played in Arrowhead Stadium as opposed to Memorial Stadium
- Missouri tight end Martin Rucker talks about this year's KU-MU game being played in Arrowhead Stadium as opposed to Memorial Stadium
Births
Blog entries
Chats
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
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Podcasts
Polls
Do you think the YouTube debate was a worthwhile political event?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 53% | |
| Yes | 46% | |
| Total | 176 | |
Videos
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- Videocast for July 24
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- 6News Now: City leaders have to make tough budget decisions
- July 24, 2007
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, city commissioners prepare to make some tough decisions for the municipal budget, and a look at the local effects from the first rise in minimum wage for a decade.
- Media Day Q&A with…Iowa State’s Todd Blythe
- July 24, 2007
- It wasn’t too long ago that Iowa State was the darling of the Big 12 North and on the doorstep of the conference title game. Now, entering the 2007 season, the Cyclones have brought in Gene Chizik to run the show, a man who has won everywhere he’s been. He inherits a team with a smattering of star power, including senior receiver Todd Blythe. KUSports.com editor Ryan Greene caught up with Blythe on Tuesday’s second session of Big 12 Media Day in San Antonio, Texas.
- Media Day Q&A with…Missouri’s players on Arrowhead and expectations
- July 24, 2007
- High expectations and Missouri go hand-in-hand entering the 2007 football season. Despite Nebraska winning the Big 12 North in 2006, the Tigers are the media’s preseason pick to represent the North in the Dec. 1 Big 12 Championship game in San Antonio, Texas - site of this week’s Big 12 Media Day. KUSports.com editor Ryan Greene had a chance to ask the Tigers players in attendance Tuesday - Senior tight end Martin Rucker, senior defensive lineman Lorenzo Williams and junior tight end Chase Coffman - what they think of that preseason prognostication, plus their takes on the Kansas-Missouri game being moved to Arrowhead Stadium and avoiding Memorial Stadium, where the Tigers have faltered in their last two trips.
- Stem cell movement in Missouri suffers setbacks
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A10
- Eight months ago, Missouri seemed well on its way to becoming a national leader in stem cell research.
- U.S. highway deaths are lowest in 5 years
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A7
- Traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low, a federal safety official said Monday.
- $1M gap stymies teacher salary talks
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- School district and Lawrence Education Association negotiators say they are more than $1 million apart on their proposals for teachers salaries.
- Democrats put focus on urban issues
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- The Democratic presidential race has developed a different and welcome dynamic - a sharp competition among the leading candidates to become champions of urban America.
- Doctors debate chemotherapy timing: Before or after breast surgery?
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A7
- More breast cancer patients are being offered chemotherapy before surgery instead of afterward - amid much debate about how to do it right and when it’s a good option.
- Lawmakers worry about future teacher shortage
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A5
- School officials in Garden City were so worried they wouldn’t have enough teachers that they tried to arrange a bus trip by a group of unemployed Michigan educators.
- Horoscopes
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B8
- For Tuesday, July 24
- Seniors in food program received beef stew now pulled from stores
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Some canned food products recently taken off grocery store shelves because of a recall already had made their way to Douglas County senior citizens through a state food program.
- Internet good for kids but poses own risks
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Wes: I saw my first PC in 1978. I was 15, and like any teen I quickly put it to its best possible use. I wrote a little program that printed on the screen: “Hi, Wes. I’m the Radio Shack TRS-80.” It was amazing.
- Alleged drug trafficker arrested in Maryland
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Mexican federal officials said Monday that an alleged drug trafficker linked to the country’s largest seizure of drug cash has been arrested in Maryland.
- Pump patrol
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- Yankees blast Royals late
- A-Rod becomes first in majors to 100 RBIs
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B1
- It didn’t look like much, just a single up the middle. But that hit, late in the New York Yankees’ 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, landed Alex Rodriguez in some pretty elite company.
- OU perseveres, takes aim at title
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B3
- Somehow, Oklahoma University’s football team not only survives, but thrives.
- On the record
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence crime blotter
- KU 12th in attendance
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Kansas University ranked 12th in the country - and first in the Big 12 Conference - in men’s basketball attendance for the 2006-07 season.
- People in the news
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Laila Ali marries retired NFL star¢ Queen Latifah joins concert for MLK¢ Clarkson all apologies¢ Rap feud continues
- Wiry Dane refuses to crack at Tour
- Rasmussen’s hold on top spot remains solid with five days of racing left in France
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Feeling increasing pressure on the course and off it, Michael Rasmussen has refused to crack and his hold on the Tour de France lead is looking increasingly solid with five days of racing left.
- Video format enlivens political debate
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A7
- Young, Internet-savvy voters challenged Democratic presidential hopefuls on Iraq, the military draft and the candidates’ own place in a broken political system, playing starring roles in a provocative, video-driven debate Monday night.
- Woman to go to trial for downtown stabbings
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A Douglas County District Court judge ruled Monday that a woman accused of stabbing three men July 3 on Massachusetts Street will go to trial.
- California gym targets teenagers
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on C2
- Stephen Wallace hopped off an elliptical machine and got a pep talk from his personal trainer about his bench-press goals. Wiping away sweat, he said social commitments can make it hard to get to the gym every other day.
- County may ease new rule for roads to developments
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A4
- The Douglas County Commission is trying to decide what to do about a glitch in new regulations requiring rural residential development to be on a paved road in the Lawrence Urban Growth Area.
- Woodling: Obscure excursion a flop
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Many sports figures have died in airplane accidents - golfer Payne Stewart, LSU football coach Bo Rein, Yankees’ catcher Thurman Munson, to name a few.
- Developer seeks expansion into city parking lot
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A Lawrence developer hopes to strike a deal with city leaders to allow for a downtown building to be expanded into a city parking lot.
- Lightning strikes twice - in different locations
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A1
- A morning thunderstorm blackened skies as it rumbled through Lawrence on Monday, causing lightning to strike two trees, nearby residents said.
- Manning ‘just Danny’ at camp
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B1
- As dozens of basketballs bounced simultaneously Monday afternoon at Free State High School, the youngsters involved in the drills didn’t seem to notice the 6-foot-10 Kansas University basketball legend making his way around the hardwood.
- He’s heard it all before
- Mangino fields familiar questions at media day
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B1
- In the grand scheme of things, Big 12 Conference football media days can be just a tad bit silly, can’t they?
- KU football notebook
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B1
- Determined to fix whatever made Kansas University’s football team fall flat late in games last year, coach Mark Mangino and his staff evaluated every single play of all 12 games last year, and especially directed their focus toward analyzing the fourth quarters.
- Chiefs sign two picks
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B4
- The Kansas City Chiefs signed two 2007 draft picks Monday, but top pick Dwayne Bowe remains unsigned.
- Last king dies at 92
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Afghanistan’s last king, a symbol of unity who oversaw four decades of peace before a 1973 palace coup ousted him and war shattered his country, died Monday. He was 92.
- Pistora to participate in all-star match tonight
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Chalk up one more honor for celebrated Tonganoxie High School graduate Ali Pistora.
- Botulism scare prompt emergency actions
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak, the government warned Monday.
- Job fair showcases work for students
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University’s Student Employment Services will put on a free Student Employment Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 in the fourth-floor lobby of the Kansas Union.
- Ex-teacher’s attorney gets access to records
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- The attorney representing a former Lawrence High School teacher who admitted earlier this month to having sex with a student was granted access to the victim’s psychological records Monday.
- Commodities
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Eudora baseball coach resigns after five years
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B4
- Eudora High School baseball coach Dirk Kinney announced this week that he is leaving the high school ranks to pursue an opportunity at the collegiate level.
- No clean coal
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: In the congressional energy bill, coal is promoted as an “alternative” fuel, but it doubles carbon dioxide emissions when compared with other fossil fuels.
- Cindy Sheehan arrested in impeachment quest
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Monday at the Capitol for disorderly conduct, shortly after saying she would run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the California Democrat’s refusal to try to impeach President Bush.
- Harang goes 10 in Reds’ win
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Aaron Harang pitched 10 innings after returning from his grandfather’s funeral, and Javier Valentin’s single in the bottom of the 12th inning sent the Cincinnati Reds a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
- Lester tames tribe
- Sox lefty wins in return from bout with cancer
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B6
- Jon Lester crowned his courageous comeback with a victory. The young pitcher, whose rookie season ended suddenly when he was diagnosed with cancer, pitched six innings to win his first game in 11 months and lead the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, on Monday night.
- British floods worst in 60 years
- Rivers may have peaked, but more rain expected
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people Monday as water swallowed swaths of central England in the worst flooding to hit the country for 60 years. Officials said some rivers were still rising, with the western section of the rain-swollen River Thames on the verge of bursting its banks.
- Astronaut tosses old junk from space station
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- A spacewalking astronaut did some massive housecleaning at the international space station Monday, tossing out a camera mounting and an ammonia tank weighing more than half a ton.
- Drew Carey to host ‘Price is Right’
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A2
- Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show “The Price is Right.”
- Supper club to be auctioned to help pay theme park creditors
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B10
- Thomas Etheredge’s gamble on the Wild West World theme park has also cost him the popular Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper club.
- NBC sued over sex predator sting
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- The sister of a man who was suspected of being a sexual predator and who killed himself as the cameras of “Dateline NBC” closed in on him sued NBC Universal Inc. on Monday for $105 million.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 24, 1907: “One of the greatest treats for local people during the Ringling Circus visit was when they went to the show grounds and watched the entourage unload and set up for shows.
- Lawrence school district has less trouble recruiting than rural areas
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A5
- The teaching shortage doesn’t pinch Lawrence public schools as much as it might other districts, Superintendent Randy Weseman said Monday.
- Tips for staying safe on the water
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Pete Imirie, a boating-safety instructor who lives on the eastern shore of Maryland, offers these basic boating safety tips for the summer recreation season. Although the rules apply to Maryland, the advice is valuable for boaters everywhere.
- Oread skyline
- An Eldridge on the Hill faces hurdles, perhaps more than a 26-story proposal for the Kansas University campus in 1967.
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- If people today are concerned about what a new seven-story structure at 12th and Indiana streets might do to the local skyline, imagine what the thinking was 40 years ago when a 26-story Kansas University building was temporarily on the drawing board.
- Professional women’s group schedules event
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Business and Professional Women of Kansas has scheduled a workshop to educate people about the group’s operations and goals.
- Study: Heart disease hits diet soda drinkers equally
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A1
- People who drank one or more diet sodas each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive study found.
- Pool fee proposal revised
- City staff recommends charging children $3 next year
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- City swimming pool fees may not go up as much as once expected.
- Man shot while discussing firearms
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A3
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital after being accidentally shot late Sunday evening.
- Paid ridership up
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Much has been discussed about the decline in T ridership over the first six months of 2007.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- A three-member American delegation said it had “very successful meetings” in Guatemala with officials involved in the case of a Kansas University graduate charged with anti-government activities.
- Financial drains
- ‘Mega-Money’ mistakes cost contestants plenty
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Author Pearl S. Buck wrote in “What America Means to Me” that “every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.”
- Kansas wheat harvest wrapping up
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A5
- Almost all the wheat in Kansas has been harvested, with little rain last week allowing farmers to get into their fields, the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday.
- United Country office now open in Lawrence
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- United Country - Arlanna Realty and Auction is now open, working out of an office at 3010 Four Wheel Drive, Suite 1.
- Shiite town outside Baghdad blockaded
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A8
- U.S. and Iraqi forces blocked access to a town on the northeast outskirts of Baghdad where Shiite gunmen were dug in for a third day Monday behind earthen barriers. Police issued calls for residents to leave the town, and some said they were running out of food and fuel.
- Student resource
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Reporter Matt Erickson neglected to mention one of the best FREE resources available to students and parents in his July 19 article, “Extra help available for kids who need it”: Homework Kansas, www.homeworkkansas.org.
- Exercise business relocates, expands
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Chad and Laura Richards, Lawrence, recently moved their business, Next Level, to 644 Locust St.
- Lawrence Datebook
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A4
- Events around Lawrence.
- More than ‘fair’
- Summer Youth Theatre cast sees relevance in popular musical’s script
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on C1
- Heidi Furst has seen plenty of musicals that seem to have just enough dialogue to connect the show’s songs. For those, plot is secondary - and don’t even bother asking about any deep moral lessons.
- Minimum wage increases today
- Some small businesses still avoid paying new $5.85 hourly minimum
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B9
- Businesses that ring up less than $500,000 a year in sales and prevent their products or services from stretching across state lines can continue to keep their payrolls unchanged today.
- New plan for Wal-Mart advances
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A1
- It is not about Wal-Mart. That was the message the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission delivered Monday night as it unanimously agreed to recommend that the City Commission approve plans for a new Wal-Mart and four other retail buildings on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.
- School district trims mill levy
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence school board members Monday night agreed to move forward with about a 0.25 mill levy decrease for the 2007-2008 budget.
- FX thriller a Close call
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on A2
- Glenn Close stars in “Damages” (9 p.m., FX), a smart and challenging legal drama/thriller that leaves viewers with as many questions as answers. It all but demands that you tune in again next week to find out just what happened.
- Vick told to keep away from camp
- NFL commissioner Goodell reviewing charges
- July 24, 2007 in print edition on B2
- Michael Vick was ordered by commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday to stay away from the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp until the league reviews the dogfighting charges against him.
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