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What do you think of Gen. David Petraeus' Monday testimony about the Iraq War?

Poll results

Response Percent
He was unpersuasive
 
 47%
He made a good case for progress there
 
 47%
Undecided
 
 5%
Total 189
Videos

Lead stories

5:10 a.m.
Walt Bailey examines a painting by Don Louthian, who served as a Baker University professor from 1955-1963, for an exhibition that opens Tuesday. Bailey, a recently retired Baker professor, is now serving as a special assistant to Baker's president, making an inventory of the university's artwork and organizing exhibitions. Cataloging creativity
By Terry Rombeck
September 10, 2007 in print edition on 1C
Walt Bailey stands in the registration and records office at Baker University, looking around the room. It’s a fairly nondescript office - white walls, cubicles, lots of paperwork. Secretly, he’d like to perform an experiment. What if he removed the paintings that line the walls and the sculpture that sits atop a shelf?
6:00 a.m.
Kansas University freshmen, from left, Chris Hall, Arkansas City, and Bridgette Moen and Erica Henderson, both of Fredonia, share a quiet moment with other students and community members during a candlelight vigil Monday at KU's Wescoe Beach in remembrance of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The event was organized by the KU Young Democrats, KU College Republicans and KU Collegiate Veterans Association. Vigil honors victims on sixth anniversary of terrorist attacks
By Sophia Maines
September 11, 2007 in print edition on 1A
For a group of Kansas University students, the Sept. 11 anniversary could not pass without a memorial to those who died then, as well as in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that followed.
11:00 a.m.
Online chat
Chat about the Monarch Watch
September 11, 2007
Chip Taylor, a world-renowned expert on butterflies and their migration patterns, will be available to answer any questions during this online chat about Monarch Watch. Taylor said that as many as 100 to 150 butterfly species come through Kansas. Taylor expects the monarchs will arrive en masse within days. Traditionally, he said, they arrive between Sept. 8 and 11. Monarch Watch volunteers will be tagging the butterflies this week. The annual tagging event is scheduled for Sept. 15 at Baker Wetlands and will run from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information on both events is available at <a href="http://www.monarchwatch.org">www.monarchwatch.org</a>.
12:18 p.m.
Area emergency personnel work the scene of a hit-and-run accident where two construction workers on U.S. Highway 59 were killed Sept. 11 between North 800 and 900 roads at Pleasant Grove. Construction crews had been repaving the road. Two construction workers killed in hit-and-run on U.S. 59; two women taken into custody
J-W Staff Reports
10:03 a.m., September 11, 2007 Updated 9:18 p.m.
The KDOT employee killed was Tyrone T. Korte, 30, of Seneca. Korte was an Engineering Technician and had worked at KDOT since November 2002. The second, a contract employee, was Rolland Griffith, a 24-year-old from El Dorado. UPDATE: KDOT has suspended repaving work on the road until next week. Both lanes of traffic should be open Wednesday morning.
10:00 p.m.
Area emergency personnel work the scene of a hit-and-run accident where two construction workers on U.S. Highway 59 were killed Sept. 11 between North 800 and 900 roads at Pleasant Grove. Construction crews had been repaving the road. 2 road crew workers killed in hit and run
By Mike Belt
September 11, 2007 in print edition on 1A
Investigators are trying to determine why a motorist barreled through a construction area Tuesday morning, killing two highway workers. Two women were taken into custody when the truck they were traveling in was stopped by law enforcement officers after an 11-mile chase that led into Osage County. A spike strip was used to flatten two of the truck’s tires. Charges are pending.

All stories

6Sports video: LHS football finally comes home
By Kevin Romary
September 11, 2007
No longer will we call them the Olathe far west Lions. Instead, this week they are the Lawrence Lions for the first time this season.
6News video: Last time in Lawrence, KU routed Toledo
By D.J. Whetter
September 11, 2007
In 2004, the Kansas football team smacked Toledo 63-14 in Lawrence. Last year, the Rockets got their revenge knocking off the Jayhawks at the glass bowl 37-31 in double overtime.
6Sports video: Free State soccer takes on O-North
By D.J. Whetter
September 11, 2007
This afternoon, the Firebirds soccer team hooked up with Olathe Northwest.
6News video: Bus lane headed to LHS
By Laura McHugh
September 11, 2007
Relief could soon be on the way to a busy intersection known for traffic backups each day when school starts and lets out. The Lawrence School District now has a plan to ease the delays and save some trees in the process.
6Sports video: KU volleyball starts Big 12 season with K-State
By D.J. Whetter
September 11, 2007
Three weeks into the Kansas volleyball season and the non-conference portion of their schedule is complete. Tomorrow night, Ray Bechard’s squad opens its Big 12 slate with the Sunflower Showdown.
6Sports video: Last year, Rockets won 2OT
By Kevin Romary
September 11, 2007
The date, September 15, 2006. The event, Kansas vs Toledo. The result, a gutwrenching 37-31 double overtime loss for the KU football team.
6Sports video: Eudora volleyball hosts tournament
By D.J. Whetter
September 11, 2007
The Eudora High volleyball team hosted a triangular this evening.
6News video: City commission authorized brick unearthing
September 11, 2007
Two blocks, $1 million and 340,000 bricks. That’s what will go into a project next year on the 600 and 700 blocks of Ohio Street.
6News video: 2 men killed in hit and run
September 11, 2007
An accident on Highway 49 this morning ended iwth the deaths of two construction workers and a chase for the suspects. The two men were killed a half-mile south of Pleasant Grove where they were part of a crew working to repave the road.
6News video: KU students hold 9/11 vigil
By Janet Reid
September 11, 2007
Six years ago today, the world changed. And for a group of KU students, a two-hour vigil helped them honor those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2 road crew workers killed in hit and run
U.S. 59 repaving project suspended until next week
By Mike Belt
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
Investigators are trying to determine why a motorist barreled through a construction area Tuesday morning, killing two highway workers. Two women were taken into custody when the truck they were traveling in was stopped by law enforcement officers after an 11-mile chase that led into Osage County. A spike strip was used to flatten two of the truck’s tires. Charges are pending.
6News Now: Accident claims two lives on Highway 59
September 11, 2007
In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, a hit-and-run accident on Highway 59 this morning claimed the lives of two construction workers.
KU Hospital advisory board gets look at hospital affiliation agreement
By Jonathan Kealing
01:05 p.m., September 11, 2007 Updated 01:17 p.m.
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway and School of Medicine Dean Barbara Atkinson today presented a draft affiliation agreement between KU and St. Luke’s Hospital to the KU Hospital Authority Board.
Missouri: Authorities confirm remains are those of two missing kids
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007
Remains found in a shallow grave near the Missouri River are those of two missing children last seen when their father picked them up for a weekend visit in 2004, police said Tuesday.
Two construction workers killed in hit-and-run on U.S. 59; two women taken into custody
J-W Staff Reports
10:03 a.m., September 11, 2007 Updated 09:18 p.m.
The KDOT employee killed was Tyrone T. Korte, 30, of Seneca. Korte was an Engineering Technician and had worked at KDOT since November 2002. The second, a contract employee, was Rolland Griffith, a 24-year-old from El Dorado. UPDATE: KDOT has suspended repaving work on the road until next week. Both lanes of traffic should be open Wednesday morning.
SLT gets push
Implications of partnership with feds unclear
By Mike Belt
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
The federal government is signing on as a partner in the effort to complete the South Lawrence Trafficway - but what that involvement means is still unclear. Douglas County commissioners on Monday approved adding the Federal Highway Administration as partner to a four-year-old agreement to mitigate the impact of the SLT’s completion.
KU turns 141 with celebration, cake
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
Kansas University will celebrate its 141st birthday Wednesday, and the Student Alumni Association will be helping with the festivities.
KU rolling out welcome mat to military college
By Jonathan Kealing
September 11, 2007
Kansas University will announce today a new initiative to help students at Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff College receive advanced degrees in Lawrence. Led by David Lambertson, a former U.S. ambassador and a KU faculty member, the new initiative will seek to provide a one-stop destination for Fort Leavenworth soldiers who wish to earn a degree.
Reader stories sought on pressing teen issues
September 11, 2007 in print edition on C2
During the last several years, Double Take has examined a number of issues. This week we’d like to invite readers to share some of their own stories on several specific topics we believe to be at the forefront of teen and parenting experiences. We’d like to see letters of 100 to 200 words on readers’ experiences with the issues we’ve listed below.
Keegan: Untold courage at KU
By Tom Keegan
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
This is a story about courage on the football field, about finishing your job, about being there for teammates when your body is begging you to go to the hospital. Above all, it’s about playing hurt.
Unlicensed brokers cause for concern
By Michelle Singletary
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B9
Concerned about mortgage fraud and predatory lending practices, many states have toughened their laws by requiring loan officers or originators to undergo extensive background checks and show proof of professional experience and training.
Overweight trucks strain roads, bridges
By April Castro - Associated Press Writer
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A10
More than a half-million overweight trucks are allowed onto the nation’s roads and bridges - an increasingly routine practice that some officials say is putting dangerous wear and tear on an already groaning infrastructure.
Creative funding solutions sought for providing services to homeless
By Chad Lawhorn
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
New ideas, not new money, will fuel a plan to provide services to the homeless, Lawrence social service leaders were told Monday. Shirley Martin-Smith, chairwoman of the city’s Community Commission on Homelessness, told a crowd of about 50 social service leaders Monday afternoon that the amount of city funding they receive may change in future years as the City Commission looks for ways to use existing funds to provide services to the homeless.
‘Biggest Loser’ begins 4th season
By Kevin McDonough
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B8
Intrepid viewers not yet exhausted by summer’s “Fat March” can rejoice. “The Biggest Loser” (7 p.m., NBC) returns for a fourth season. Did anybody expect this show to last this long? Is this a sign of its appeal or of NBC’s desperation to fill an anemic schedule? The show’s title could easily apply to the Peacock Network, since NBC has settled rather comfortably in the ratings cellar.
Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies
By David Hinckley - New York Daily News
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B8
Jane Wyman, an Oscar-winning movie and TV actress best known for the role she least enjoyed discussing, died Monday at her home in Palm Springs.
Return to grace
Big 12 honors KU’s Herford, who passes credit along
By Ryan Wood
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
Kansas University football junior Marcus Herford doesn’t get a crystal football for winning the Big 12 Conference’s Player of the Week award on Monday. But if he did, you can bet he’d like to split it 11 ways.
Monster Bash
Plan ahead for your grown-up Halloween party
McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers
September 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
Yes, we realize it’s still early September, but have you seen the aisles of Halloween costumes and party favors cropping up at area retailers? Like it or not, it’s not too early to be thinking about Halloween, especially if you’re the party planner. Here are some fun ideas from party pros, stylists and retailers for putting together a monster bash.
Vigil honors victims on sixth anniversary of terrorist attacks
By Sophia Maines
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
For a group of Kansas University students, the Sept. 11 anniversary could not pass without a memorial to those who died then, as well as in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that followed.
LHS political clubs debate immigration
By Xander Casad & Samuel David Wessels - Special to the Journal-World
September 11, 2007 in print edition on C1
¢ All humans have inalienable rights¢ Migrants welcome, if here legally
Pakistan’s former prime minister sent back into exile
By Kim Barker - The Chicago Tribune
September 11, 2007
President Pervez Musharraf’s government quickly deported a former prime minister who tried to return home from exile Monday, eliminating a potential challenge to Musharraf but risking heightened political protests and setting up a clash with a newly emboldened Supreme Court.
Judge to rule on Lipodissolve limits
By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B10
A state judge plans to decide this week whether Kansas regulators can keep cosmetic “body shaping” clinics from injecting patients with chemicals to melt away their body fat.
Smaller fairgrounds building proposed
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
A revised, downsized plan for the proposed 4-H Dreher Building was presented to the Douglas County Commission on Monday. The new plan includes a basement that the county will use for storage. The county will pay for the estimated $148,000 cost of the basement.
Ryan Wood’s KU Football notebook
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B3
Bills’ Everett likely paralyzed
Tight end undergoes surgery for ‘catastrophic’ neck injury
September 11, 2007
Kevin Everett sustained a “catastrophic” and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills’ season opener and is unlikely to walk again, the surgeon who operated on him said Monday.
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 11, 1907: “The water company has stopped pumping water from the river and is relying on local wells and Profs. Bushong and Starin of the university say the supply here is now safe to drink without boiling.
1 millionth iPhone beats sales timetable
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A7
Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone over the weekend, days after it slashed the price by a third to spur sales. The milestone was reached weeks earlier than expected and sent shares of Apple up $4.94, or 3.8 percent, to $136.71. The stock regained some of the ground it lost after the price cut spooked investors as a sign of weak demand and slimmer margins.
Craig files motion to withdraw guilty plea
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
Sen. Larry Craig sought to undo his guilty plea in an airport sex sting on Monday, claiming that he admitted to the charge in a panic to avoid triggering a story about his sexuality in his hometown newspaper.
Fraudulent war
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
To the editor: The past is the past, why dig it up? I can hear the Republican rebuttals already. Call me a crazy, progressive-thinking tree hugger (thank you), but when further evidence is revealed that our current occupant of the White House conned us into an unnecessary war, I still tend to get a tad peeved.
Kazmir overpowers BoSox
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B6
Scott Kazmir struck out 10 and allowed just two runners to reach second base in seven innings as Tampa Bay beat Boston on Monday night. Josh Wilson’s sacrifice fly in the fifth drove in the run for the Devil Rays, who are 13-4 in their last 17 games but are in last place in the AL East. Boston is 7-3 in its last 10 games, but its lead in the division dropped to five games over the idle New York Yankees.
Mets master Atlanta
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B6
David Wright hit a two-run homer, and Oliver Perez tossed another gem against Atlanta, leading New York on Monday night. Perez outpitched an effective Tim Hudson, who used his sinker to induce a steady stream of easy grounders.
Old Home Town - 40 years ago
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
A record enrollment in the Baldwin City school district topped estimates by at least 80. The total was listed at 924. A 58-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself at the Douglas County Jail. He had been arrested for drunken driving.
Brick street renovation under consideration
September 11, 2007
City commissioners may decide tonight whether to undertake a brick street renovation project in Old West Lawrence. The city previously had received a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to rehabilitate the brick portion of Ohio Street, between Sixth and Eighth streets.
Wounded Bengals win
Niners edge Cardinals
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B5
What was left of the Bengals held on for a win that hurt so good. With wounded players shuffling off the field in waves, Cincinnati pulled off the kind of victory Monday night that could set the tone for a season - that is, assuming no one else gets hurt.
Bin Laden to appear in 2nd new video
By Lee Keath - Associated Press Writer
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A6
Osama bin Laden will appear for the second time in a week in a new video to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, presenting the last will and testament of one of the suicide hijackers, al-Qaida announced Monday.
Chancellor fields questions about KU
By Jonathan Kealing
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B10
The new campus Multicultural Resource Center isn’t even complete, yet it has already ignited controversy with at least one Kansas University group.
Volleyball quad starts tonight
Bulldogs look to defend title
By Seth McCauley
September 11, 2007
One of the great aspects of sports is rivalry, and in Lawrence that can apply to the junior high schools. This year marks the 10th year for the city volleyball quadrangular featuring South, West, Central and Southwest junior highs. The event is a volleyball showdown - which takes place at 5 p.m. tonight at Free State High.
Disney to test toys featuring its characters
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
Following the recall of millions of toys by Mattel Inc., The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it will independently test toys featuring its characters.
Poehler Building plan up for city approval
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B9
A Lawrence developer is seeking the city’s permission to move ahead with plans for turning an old building in East Lawrence into a new home for offices, shops and residences.
Periodontists receive diplomate status
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B9
Mark Edwards and Angela N. Wilson, Lawrence, received diplomate status this year from the American Board of Periodontology, the national certifying board for the dental specialty of periodontics, which involves the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gum disease.
Horoscopes
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B8
Much in your life could change this year. Though at first you might greet an unexpected event with some trepidation, if you just trust, all will turn out better than your wildest dreams. If you are single, your status could be subject to direct change. If you are attached, your relationship would benefit from an infusion of romance and empathy.
Fossett search effort raises some concern
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
Authorities worried Monday that a call for private volunteers to help the government search the rugged Nevada wilderness for missing aviator Steve Fossett may attract people who don’t have proper training and could ultimately need saving themselves.
5 found guilty in mob trial
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
A federal jury found five aging men guilty Monday in a racketeering conspiracy that involved decades of extortion, loan sharking and murder aimed at rubbing out anyone who dared stand in the way of the ruthless Chicago mob.
Sen. Chuck Hagel bows out of politics
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party’s side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday that he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008.
Board approves teachers’ pay raises
Instructors still must vote to ratify plan
By George Diepenbrock
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
Lawrence school board members gave their official approval Monday night to the agreement that would add $1.2 million to boost teacher salaries. The agreement was negotiated in August.
Berkeley gets $113M to endow 100 chairs
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A7
The University of California, Berkeley, announced a $113 million donation Monday from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, intended to stanch the departure of top-flight professors to wealthy, private schools.
Bonser effective, not ‘beautiful,’ at K.C.
Kubel, Morneau helps Twins sink Royals
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
Boof Bonser didn’t pitch a pretty game. Then again, he rarely does. The Twins’ right-hander scrapped his way to just his second victory in three months, and Jason Kubel and Justin Morneau each drove in a pair of runs as Minnesota defeated the Kansas City Royals, 4-2, on Monday night.
Westar promises to reduce emissions
By Scott Rothschild
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
The state’s largest utility on Monday announced the adoption of a “climate change policy” and vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “The electric utility industry is facing important issues, and we recognize the need for companies to be proactive in addressing climate concerns,” Bill Moore, Westar’s president and chief executive officer, said.
Nine more U.S. troops are killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
The U.S. military reported the deaths of nine soldiers Monday - including seven killed in a vehicle accident not caused by hostile fire - and Iraq’s prime minister said the nation’s armed forces were not ready to fight without American help.
Lawrence Datebook
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A4
Events around Lawrence
Twins considering Kansas
Morris brothers withdraw commitments to Memphis
By Gary Bedore
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
Two of the country’s top prep school power forwards are back on the market. Twins Marcus and Markeiff Morris, Rivals.com’s No. 37- and 74-rated players in the Class of 2008, over the weekend withdrew their oral commitments to the University of Memphis and now will consider other schools, including Kansas University.
Baseball officials meet with Albany D.A.’s office
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B4
Major League Baseball representatives met Monday with officials from the district attorney’s office in Albany County, N.Y., regarding the upstate investigation into performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times reported.
Injuries, deaths from prescriptions more than doubled in 7 years
By Bruce Japsen - Chicago Tribune
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A1
The number of serious injuries and deaths reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from drugs more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, according to a report in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine published by the American Medical Association. The report is expected to add momentum to reform the federal government’s monitoring of prescription drugs.
‘Real Men of Genius’ at KU
Anheuser-Busch ad execs learn, share insights on campus
By Mark Fagan
September 11, 2007
The top creative executive for Anheuser-Busch is headed back to St. Louis today with a couple ideas for a few new “Real Men of Genius” ads, Kansas University style…
Mayor apologizes for risque e-mail
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A5
Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal apologized to the people of Tonganoxie at Monday night’s city council meeting for an e-mail he forwarded that contained the picture of a naked woman and a joke about Martin Luther King Day.
Chiefs set to swap kickers
By Doug Tucker - Associated Press Sports Writer
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B1
Justin Medlock appeared to be on his way out to make way for Dave Rayner as kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs were disgusted enough with Medlock, a rookie they drafted in the fifth round out of UCLA and handed the job, that they were talking about a contract with Rayner on Monday.
Mexican rebels take credit for attacks on oil, gas pipelines
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
A shadowy leftist guerrilla group took credit for a string of explosions that ripped apart at least six Mexican oil and gas pipelines Monday, rattling financial markets and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost production.
September to bring clarity to GOP race
By Peter Brown
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
The summer months showed just how far ahead Hillary Clinton is in the Democratic presidential race. September will go a long way toward bringing some, but not nearly as much, clarity to the Republican nomination contest.
Area officials learn to address child abuse
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B9
Staff members from GaDuGi SafeCenter, SRS and members of Douglas County and Lawrence law enforcement agencies attended the Crimes Against Children Conference, a training event last month in Dallas.
News decisions
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
To the editor: Finally, an above-the-fold headline that really matters! Kudos for bumping the story about funding for children’s health insurance to section B. Likewise on the Tiller investigation. This kind of editorial decision-making has made the Journal-World my choice in Lawrence. Everyone knows this is news.
Rain postpones Lawrence Invite
J-W Staff Reports
September 11, 2007 in print edition on C3
Afternoon rainshowers brought a halt to Lawrence High girl’s tennis quad on Monday. The Lions completed three of four matches against Washburn Rural and had yet to face Topeka High and Topeka West before the meet was washed out.
6Sports video: FSHS 12th, LHS 14th at Eagle Bend
By D.J. Whetter
September 11, 2007
15 teams converged on Eagle Bend Golf Course for the Firebird Invitational this afternoon.
Ex-Liberian leader’s son pleads innocent
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A8
The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to a new U.S. indictment charging him with being involved in brutal killings and torture in the West African nation from 1999 to 2002.
Progress, gaps in U.S. security detailed
By Josh Meyer - The Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A7
Six years after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, the United States in many ways is unprepared to stop another major strike against the homeland, which al-Qaida appears intent on carrying out in the near future, four of the nation’s top counterterrorism officials told Congress on Monday.
Magazine must pay dictator for defamation
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
Indonesia’s highest court ordered Time magazine to pay $106 million in damages for defaming former dictator Suharto by alleging his family amassed billions of dollars during his 32-year rule, officials said Monday.
Not funny
The U.S. Air Force has a lot of explaining to do concerning its nuclear warhead fiasco last month.
J-W Editorials
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
It has been delightful through the years to laugh at the fictional military bungles by the likes of Sgt. Bilko, the inept American frontier F Troop and the prisoner of war troublemakers of Hogan’s Heroes.
Location of 9/11 beams at KU ID’d
By Jonathan Kealing
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A5
When Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics received two large steel beams from the World Trade Center wreckage, the only thing known was that they’d been pulled from the rubble of Ground Zero.
Old Home Town - 25 years ago
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A9
The city was about to begin the full refunds of money that previously had been paid by water department customers before voters had turned down a 50-cent monthly flood plain study assessment.
Druglord on FBI’s top 10 list arrested
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
Soldiers swarmed onto a farm Monday and captured one of the world’s most wanted drug lords hiding in bushes in his underwear.
General outlines Iraq troop cuts
The Associated Press
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A2
The top U.S. general in Iraq outlined plans Monday for the withdrawal of as many as 30,000 troops by next summer, drawing praise from the White House but a chilly reception from anti-war Democrats.
There’s no defending this Browns D
By Patrick McManamon - Akron Beacon Journal
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B2
Reducing the Cleveland Browns’ problems Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers to one position is kind of like reducing the federal deficit to one bad check. But this is football, so most folks still will start with the quarterback.
Political arguments hang over 9/11 commemoration in N.Y.
By Amy Westfeldt - Associated Press Writer
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A6
Once again, the city will pause for four moments of silence to mark the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people. Family members will lay flowers where the twin towers fell, and the names of victims will be read.
KU men’s golf team 15th after day one
September 11, 2007 in print edition on C3
The Kansas University men’s golf team opened its season with rounds of 311 and 300 at the St. Mary’s Invitational. KU is tied for 15th after day one.
Patrol seeks fuel deals
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A3
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.71 at several locations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
Commodities
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B9
¢ Chicago markets¢ Local markets¢ Nonferrous metals
On the Record
September 11, 2007 in print edition on A4
¢ Law enforcement report¢ Burglaries and thefts reported¢ Emergency calls
People in the News
September 11, 2007 in print edition on B8
¢ Letterman appears on Oprah’s show¢ Joan Rivers relegated to Internet for Emmys
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