Also from August 20
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
- The Newell Post: This and That
- Town Talk: Downtown Lawrence set to become plastic cup capital
- Congressional Briefing: Brownback to speak at Republican National Convention
- Heard on the Hill: Board of Regents meet in Wichita, consider possible budget cuts
- Health beat: Breakfast does build champions
- Heard on the Hill: KU launches own YouTube channel
- The Front Lines: Ex-soldier deals with post military problems
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Podcasts
Polls
What will the Kansas football team's record be at the end of the regular season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 9-3 | 37% | |
| 8-4 | 25% | |
| 10-2 | 18% | |
| 7-5 | 6% | |
| 12-0 | 6% | |
| 11-1 | 3% | |
| 3-9 or worse | 1% | |
| 6-6 | 0% | |
| 4-8 | 0% | |
| 5-7 | 0% | |
| Total | 1009 | |
Whom will Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama choose as his running mate?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden | 31% | |
| Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius | 25% | |
| U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton | 13% | |
| None of the above | 11% | |
| Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine | 10% | |
| U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh | 7% | |
| Total | 785 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Thursday, August 21 calls for a high …
- Lawrence schools are in session, but for teachers, one question …
- KU would have to cut up to 125 employee positions …
- KU might be feeling strains from the state budget, but …
- The newest Jayhawks received their final pep talk tonight before …
- Mum is the word in Topeka - with speculation swirling …
- Two Boston residents made their way through Lawrence this afternoon …
- Officers in Leavenworth County are still searching for a Florida …
- Falling off the teeter-totter might become less painful at one …
- The director of the Lawrence Public Library caught a bug …
- The Kansas football team practices in Memorial Stadium tonight in …
- The University of Kansas held it’s annual Olympic Sports Media …
- The Lawrence High football team had a miserable end to …
- Now that KU already has reaped a college-record amount of …
- Incoming Kansas University basketball player Markieff Morris is accused of …
- Lawrence resident and retiree from the Kansas Geological Survey Daniel …
- More clouds are keeping temperatures in the low 80s so …
- Cloudy skies will dominate the day with a daytime high …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Mo-peds, scooters make inroads at KU- August 19, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- Alex Rausch’s ride oozes old-school European cachet as he arrives on campus, and for that he can thank an arbiter of the decidedly old-fashioned. That would be his late grandfather, from whom the Kansas University sophomore inherited a 1982 Motron mo-ped. He hasn’t looked back since.
6:00 a.m.
Bagworms more serious pests than webworms- August 20, 2008 in print edition on 6A
- Picking bagworms from trees can be a tedious task. But overlooking just one “bag” can mean leaving hundreds of bagworms on a tree. Female bagworms lay about 1,000 eggs in each of those bags, according to Roger Boyd, professor emeritus at Baker University in Baldwin City. He also is tree board chairman in Baldwin City. “If you don’t pick any, they tend to build up,” Boyd said.
10:00 a.m.
Reports: Obama has narrowed VP choices - August 20, 2008 in print edition on 10A
- Kansans know what the “Final Four” means. Anything can happen. And by most media accounts on Tuesday, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is in the “Final Four” of possible Democratic vice presidential running mates.Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will announce his decision any second, or in a couple of days.
- Video: Vice president from Kansas?
- Poll: Whom will Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama choose as his running mate?
- Special coverage: Kathleen Sebelius: Two decades in politics
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Leavenworth County officers still searching for Florida man
- August 20, 2008
- Officers in Leavenworth County are still searching for a Florida man after the suspect abandoned his car southeast of Tonganoxie Sunday night.
- Wednesday, August 20 weather at 10 p.m.
- August 20, 2008
- The forecast for Thursday, August 21 calls for a high of 80 with a low around 66.
- LHS football team looking to bounce back in ‘08
- August 20, 2008
- The Lawrence High football team had a miserable end to it’s 2007 season. On October 26th of last year, the Lions lost to Topeka High for the first time in a decade. That setback ended a five-year streak of state playoff appearances. But a new campaign starts in two weeks for Dirk Wedd’s bunch…and memories of ‘07 are providing plenty of motivation.
- Sebelius not answering VP questions
- August 20, 2008
- Mum is the word in Topeka - with speculation swirling around her, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius still isn’t talking about the vice presidency.
- Hemenway: If budgets suffer, staff positions will be cut
- 04:59 p.m., August 20, 2008 Updated 06:38 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Kansas University would have to cut up to 125 employee positions in Lawrence if talks about budget cuts become reality. Chancellor Robert Hemenway told members of the Board of Regents during its annual retreat in Wichita that if 5 percent was cut from next year’s budget, there was no way students wouldn’t be affected.
- Court appearance scheduled for man accused of breaking into cars
- August 20, 2008
- An 18-year-old Lawrence man accused of breaking into two cars will have his first appearance in court on Aug. 29.
- KU tops North Carolina for royalties title
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Kansas has beaten North Carolina again, this time when it comes to proceeds from sales of officially licensed merchandise.
- Cross-country trip raising awareness about housing for disabled adults
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Without a car, Matt Eddy and Ron Steenbruggen left New England on June 30 to embark on a mission across the United States. Day 52 of that assignment brought them right through Tonganoxie and then to Lawrence on Wednesday.
- Labor dispute at center of protest outside grocery store
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A labor union’s long-running dispute against a contractor has led to a protest outside a Lawrence grocery store.
- Freshman Jayhawk basketball player gets court date after BB gun incident
- KU coach Self: ‘We take this matter very seriously’
- 01:31 p.m., August 20, 2008 Updated 07:55 p.m. in print edition on A3
- An incoming Kansas University basketball player is accused of shooting an Airsoft rifle BB gun out of his university dorm room, possibly hitting a woman in the courtyard below, the KU Public Safety office said. Markieff Morris, 18, was issued a notice to appear in court after the incident, which the KU Public Safety office said occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday at Jayhawker Towers. According to a report from the KU Public Safety Office, Morris was suspected of using alcohol.
- Bagworms more serious pests than webworms
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A6
- Picking bagworms from trees can be a tedious task. But overlooking just one “bag” can mean leaving hundreds of bagworms on a tree. Female bagworms lay about 1,000 eggs in each of those bags, according to Roger Boyd, professor emeritus at Baker University in Baldwin City. He also is tree board chairman in Baldwin City. “If you don’t pick any, they tend to build up,” Boyd said.
- American League Roundup: Rays rally against Angels
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Willy Aybar broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run double, and Tampa Bay rallied past Los Angeles for its ninth victory in 11 games.
- Dispute on judges divides ruling coalition
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- As Pakistan’s ruling coalition government got off to a new start Tuesday a day after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, political disagreements and a bomb that killed at least 26 people in the country’s volatile northwest underlined the challenges faced by the new government.
- Nearly half of Americans are ‘problem sleepers’
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Trouble falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep and awakening too early afflict a lot of Americans these days, according to the editors of Consumer Reports.
- Cancer, high cholesterol, heart disease all byproducts of trans fats
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Q: Are trans fats really that bad for you?
- Keegan: Mangino faces decision
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1
- I know a guy who knows a guy who got his start in the college football coaching business as a spy. This is how the spy didn’t do his job: He didn’t wear a big red “S” on his forehead. He didn’t wear a Groucho Marx nose, glasses and mustache set. He didn’t carry a briefcase. This is how the spy did his job: He peeled back a few bills from the huge wad of cash one of the coaches paid him, purchased a round-trip airline ticket, and arrived in town mid-week, late enough that if he were spotted, the enemy couldn’t redo its entire game plan.
- Scientists announce blood breakthrough
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Scientists say they’ve found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory.
- Weather’s effects on wireless signals studied
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Kansas University researchers, along with Sprint Nextel and Sunflower Broadband, will be studying ways to improve high-speed wireless technology.
- Heels’ Lawson pleads guilty
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B2
- North Carolina basketball player Ty Lawson has pleaded guilty to underage drinking and driving.
- A human side?
- Why should we care whether William Quantrill had an unpleasant relationship with his mother?
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- It is difficult to believe we need a book purporting to show the “human side” of William Quantrill, who led the devastating 1863 raid on Lawrence. Who really cares, except perhaps devotees of the Confederacy, who still are inclined to consider this murderer a hero. The author of the novel “I, Quantrill” says the fictionalized story is designed to remind readers that the raid leader was just a man, not a demon.
- Armed 85-year-old makes intruder call 911
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said.
- Impeachable crimes
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: Back in the ‘70s Gerald Ford was credited for “saving” the presidency by stopping the investigations into the crimes of the Nixon administration. More recently, the Supreme Court did us a similar service by stopping the recount in the presidential election in Florida and awarding the presidency to George Bush.
- ‘Boomerang’ Fay maintains strength while crossing Florida
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining strength and threatening - once again - to become a hurricane.
- New year, new faces motivate KU’s Self
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Nolan Richardson, who coached the University of Arkansas to an NCAA basketball championship in 1994, visited with the 2008 national title coach on Sunday at an auction to benefit the College Basketball Experience in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Richardson told Kansas University’s Bill Self what he should expect in leading the Jayhawks the season after winning it all.
- Forum civil and informative
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A9
- The “civil forum” featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain may not have been as exciting as Michael Phelps winning his eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was civil and it was a forum from which emerged useful information.
- Housing organization is Best of the Best
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Tenants to Homeowners Inc., 2518 Ridge Court, Lawrence, recently received the Best of the Best award at the 2008 Housing and Urban Development Spotlight on Excellence Conference.
- Be heard
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: Lawrence’s representatives to Congress, Nancy Boyda (2nd District) and Dennis Moore (3rd District) are back in Kansas to hear what we, their constituents, think about local, national and global issues. They’re here because Congress is in “recess’” which is designed for exactly this purpose.
- State obesity tops 25%
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B10
- Kansas has joined the ranks of states with an adult obesity rate higher than 25 percent, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
- Suffering ‘required’ for Olympics opening ceremony
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor - other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.
- KU abstains from effort to lower drinking age
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway doesn’t plan to join a nationwide movement by college leaders to reduce the drinking age from 21 to 18. College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age, saying current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
- IU’s Crean signs 10-year contract
- Hoosiers coach’s deal worth at least $23.6 million
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B2
- New Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean received the job security he wanted, signing a 10-year contract worth at least $23.6 million.
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- The 103rd academic year at Kansas University was to begin with the first day of classes on Sept. 16.
- Moving business gets new owners
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Starving Artists Moving, Lawrence, is operating under new ownership.
- District reports enrollment gain
- Rise at elementaries, virtual school offset decreases at high schools
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The unofficial numbers are in: 281 more students are attending Lawrence public schools this school year than last. But school officials say this is just a first look at enrollment. They will submit official numbers to the state by Sept. 20, and it’s those numbers that state bean counters will use to determine how much funding the local district receives.
- Sizemore leads Cleveland past K.C.
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Grady Sizemore finally got a pitch to his liking and enjoyed the results even more.
- Commodities
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery fell 14.5 cents to $8.455; December corn added 11.75 cents to $5.845; December oats slipped 6.5 cents to $3.89; November soybeans dropped 13 cents to $12.76.
- National League Roundup: Phils hand Nats 11th straight loss
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Jayson Werth hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning to lift Philadelphia past Washington, the Nationals’ 11th straight loss.
- Pump patrol
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.54 at several stations.
- Bush breakup
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: I blame neither Vladimir nor George. These things just happen. Their relationship was promising enough seven years ago when George “looked the man in the eye” and “was able to get a sense of his soul.” It remained good for some years before things began to go south.
- Inflation increase puts Fed on the spot
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Despite declining energy costs, wholesale prices soared in July, giving the economy the worst 12 months of inflation in almost three decades and increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Aug. 20, 1908: “The committee in charge of the movement to secure a woman member of the board of regents of the University of Kansas has sent out letters to alumni in 36 of the state’s largest cities, quietly and methodically attempting to reach its goal.
- Arsenic may be linked to diabetes
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A7
- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say.
- On the record
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported these fire calls:
- Airport business park plan deferred
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday balked at a proposal for a new industrial park near the Lawrence Municipal Airport, saying the project has more questions than answers at this point. Commissioners unanimously deferred - likely for 60 to 90 days - a rezoning request for 144 acres near North Seventh Street and U.S. Highway 24-40 after expressing a variety of concerns about the project.
- Rivalries renewed: Ranking the biggest games in the Big 12 this fall
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Five teams have legitimate shots of winning the Big 12 Conference this upcoming football season. All due respect to Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Baylor: It’s just not going to happen this year. However, the conference looks as powerful as it’s been since 2001, when the Associated Press ranked four Big 12 teams in the top 10.
- Royals sign pitcher Wells
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The Kansas City Royals have signed veteran free-agent pitcher Kip Wells for the rest of 2008. The 31-year-old Wells started the season as the Colorado Rockies’ opening day starter, but he was eventually demoted to the bullpen.
- 10 French soldiers die; US base attacked
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border.
- Tax figures
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: Allow me, one of our nation’s college students, to share a lesson I learned this election year. I heard Barack Obama raging against the injustice of our tax system, how the Republicans had given tax breaks to the rich while leaving the middle and lower classes to suffer.
- Cardiovascular doctor joins Lawrence office
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Cardiovascular Consultants, 330 Ark, Lawrence, recently announced the addition of Roger J. Dreiling to its practice in Lawrence.
- Researcher: Bigfoot just a rubber suit
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.
- Johnson jubilant after winning gold for U.S.
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Shawn Johnson’s smile was a thousand times wider than the balance beam she had just conquered Tuesday night. Finally, it was a golden grin.
- Putin seeking to restore Russia’s power
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A8
- I’ve received a lot of angry e-mail about my last column, which harshly criticized Russia for invading Georgia.
- Rookie impresses Chiefs
- Former OSU player catches eye of Edwards
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B5
- The odds were long entering training camp that Dantrell Savage would make the Kansas City Chiefs’ roster when the season opened. However, he has picked up a big fan in head coach Herm Edwards.
- US looks more vulnerable
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A9
- Suddenly the world is beginning to seem a much more dangerous place. When I was growing up it was the Cold War. At school we learned to “duck and cover” in case of a nuclear attack.
- Olympic Roundup: U.S. freestyle wrestler wins gold
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are familiar faces by now, so seeing the gymnasts side-by-side on the medals stand Tuesday was nice, but nothing new.
- Horoscopes
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B9
- You have optimism, energy and a strong sense of direction working in your favor this year. Many people cannot or will not say “no” to you. In the long run, good feelings develop in an open atmosphere. If you are single, curb a tendency to put someone on a pedestal, if possible.
- Easy pickings: Variety of recipes put seasonal tomatoes to use
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on C1
- August is the all-too-brief time of year when tomatoes are the obvious star of any recipe. If your garden bounty exceeds even the number of grateful friends and co-workers who are taking home the fruits of your labor, then it’s time to get creative in the kitchen. Here are some recipes courtesy of the Washington Post that will put some variety to your tomato dishes.
- Montessori teacher wins accolade
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A3
- It’s less than a week into the new school year, and one Lawrence teacher has already earned an honor of a lifetime.
- Finally his time
- Russell a thankful participant in Beijing
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1
- As I reflect on the events of Aug. 8, I recall the lyrics of Mick Jagger. You can want something so bad in life, whether that be material things, wealth, happiness or, in my case, a life-long goal, but sometimes things get in the way and you don’t achieve these things. I have felt this way for so long. When I missed qualifying for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, I felt like I was still too young and immature in this sport to be extremely upset. I was nowhere near my peak in terms of age, so I was not heartbroken.
- ‘Jayni’s Kitchen’ shares recipes from Farmers’ Market vendors
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on C3
- Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Saturday at the Farmers’ Market.”
- Talent on loan to the not so Big Easy
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B9
- What a joy it is to watch a talent competition unfold without phony tension, lame music and manufactured hissy fits.
- Commentary: NASCAR is most dishonest sport
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B2
- John Edwards always wanted to be president. Well, I have the perfect job for him. President of NASCAR.
- OSU to honor Thomas
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Former Oklahoma State running back Thurman Thomas will be honored during the Bedlam football game this year as part of his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
- NATO avoids harsh penalties
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A7
- NATO declared Tuesday that there will be no “business as usual” with Moscow while Russian forces occupied large parts of Georgia, but it took no decisive action to enforce a demand for an immediate Russian withdrawal in line with a French-brokered cease-fire.
- Reports: Obama has narrowed VP choices
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Kansans know what the “Final Four” means. Anything can happen. And by most media accounts on Tuesday, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is in the “Final Four” of possible Democratic vice presidential running mates.Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will announce his decision any second, or in a couple of days.
- People in the news
- August 20, 2008 in print edition on B9
- ¢ ‘Bronze Fonz’ statue dedicated in Milwaukee¢ Applegate: Mastectomy was a ‘tough’ choice¢ Dave Matthews Band’s saxophone player dies¢ Roger Moore: Being Bond could be scary¢ Gary Glitter released from Vietnamese prison
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
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