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Polls
Do you know how to tie a necktie?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 70% | |
| No | 29% | |
| Total | 591 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Friday, December 5 calls for a high …
- The slumping economy has affected employment rates, and that continues …
- Key campaign staffers for Barack Obama and John McCain squared …
- A Lawrence man will spend 14 days in jail for …
- Three women are recovering from injuries on Thursday after a …
- A KU graduate research assistant is behind bars tonight, accused …
- Leavenworth County Sheriff Dave Zoellner is in good condition Thursday …
- It’s official: Manhattan will be the new home for the …
- He’s a busy person this time of year; Santa Claus …
- The Kansas Jayhawks improved to a perfect 5-0.
- Horses are taking to the streets of Lawrence on Saturday …
- The 2008 season kicks off for the Eudora High School …
- After a nine-month hiatus, the hardwood edition of the HyVee …
- Emergency officials conduct an investigation at the Berkeley Flats apartments, …
- Cold temperatures will continue for the remainder of the afternoon. …
- Today will be cold, with highs in the mid 30s, …
- Three women were injured when two SUVs collided early Thursday …
- It’s not easy getting men to dress up these days, …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Final: Taylor’s 23 points lead KU to 100-79 win- 5:57 p.m., December 3, 2008 Updated 12:51 a.m.
- Freshman guard scores career-high on 8-for-14 shooting.
- Photo gallery: KU vs. New Mexico St.
- Poll: Which team would win if they played each other?
6:00 a.m.
Suspect accused of injuring officer in police chase faces 11 charges- 12:34 p.m., December 3, 2008 Updated 5:22 p.m.
- The Topeka woman accused of injuring a Lawrence police officer Tuesday during a high-speed chase faces two felony counts of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and nine other charges.
- Video: Chase suspect makes court appearance
- Video: Chase suspect captured near Stull
- Photo gallery: High-speed chase in northwest Douglas County
- Source document: Charges filed against Barbara Jo Schnegelsiepen
10:00 a.m.
Second-grade boys add touch of class with neckties- December 3, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- Some men have difficulties getting their neckties to look just right, but one Lawrence second-grader makes it look easy.
11:08 p.m.
KU headed to Insight Bowl- December 4, 2008 in print edition on 1B
- The Kansas University football team is headed to the Insight Bowl. A source with inside knowledge of the negotiations told the Journal-World on Thursday that Kansas University is planning to announce Friday that it will be putting tickets on sale for the 2008 Insight Bowl.
- Videos: 2008 Insight Bowl
All stories
- Wie tied atop Q-school
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Weaving her way through a narrow hallway next to the grill room Thursday, Michelle Wie was stopped by a woman who asked if she would pose for a picture with her young daughter.
- Now’s not time for selfish athletes
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B2
- In the suburbs of Detroit, where so many people are spending the holidays worrying about their financial futures, Allen Iverson awoke on Thanksgiving morning and decided he didn’t want to go to work.
- KU headed to Insight Bowl
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Kansas University football team is headed to the Insight Bowl. A source with inside knowledge of the negotiations told the Journal-World on Thursday that Kansas University is planning to announce Friday that it will be putting tickets on sale for the 2008 Insight Bowl.
- Eudora girls open basketball season with win
- December 4, 2008
- The 2008 season kicks off for the Eudora High School girls basketball team. They defeated the Anderson County Mavericks 37-33.
- Making a list, checking it twice
- December 4, 2008
- He’s a busy person this time of year; Santa Claus was taking down wish lists in Tonganoxie tonight.
- Clements to leave KU
- December 4, 2008
- Kansas University defensive line coach Joe Bob Clements is leaving KU to take over as defensive ends coach at rival Kansas State, Wildcats coach Bill Snyder announced Thursday.
- KU’s Spencer Museum of Art gets $1.2 million award from Mellon Foundation
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University’s Spencer Museum of Art received a $1.2 million award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Nothing suspicious in unattended death near Kansas University campus
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Investigators have cleared the scene of an unattended death near the Kansas University campus Thursday afternoon, emergency dispatchers said.
- NBAF funding next on the agenda
- December 4, 2008
- Now that the Department of Homeland Security has decided it wants to build its top-level biosecurity lab in Kansas, the next step is securing funding for the $450 million facility, state leaders said Thursday.
- Lawrence man sentenced to two months in jail
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A 45-year-old Lawrence man will serve 60 days in jail and spend the remainder of a two-year sentence on supervised parole, a Douglas County judge ruled on Thursday.
- Speculation swirls about Rep. Moore’s re-election plans
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A5
- National political media — including National Review, Hotline and Politico.com — are speculating that Dennis Moore will retire at the end of his current term.
- Art sale to benefit nonprofit dental clinic
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- An art sale will benefit the Douglas County Dental Clinic Friday at Personalized Family Dental Care in downtown Lawrence.
- KU grad student faces charges of having gun at Jayhawker Towers
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A Kansas University graduate research assistant was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having a gun at a campus residence.
- AP names Holt, Stuckey all-Big 12
- December 4, 2008
- Kansas University senior linebacker James Holt and junior safety Darrell Stuckey were both named all-Big 12 first-team selections Thursday, as voted on by the media
- Former Lawrence church youth group leader sentenced to nearly five years in prison for sex with minor
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A Douglas County judge on Thursday sentenced a former Lawrence church youth group leader to serve nearly five years in prison for having a three-year sexual relationship with an underage girl about eight years ago.
- Freeman Used Furniture going out of business after 40 years
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B11
- After nearly 40 years of buying and selling used furnishings and appliances, Freeman Used Furniture is going out of business.
- Emergency responders investigating death at apartment complex near KU campus
- December 4, 2008
- Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical is investigating a dead body found at the Berkeley Flats apartments, 1123 Indiana Street.
- Little cleared to start practicing on limited basis
- December 4, 2008
- Kansas University junior forward Mario Little has been cleared to start practicing on a limited basis, KU coach Bill Self said Thursday.
- Leavenworth County sheriff treated and released from hospital
- 01:15 p.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 04:15 p.m.
- Leavenworth County Sheriff Dave Zoellner has been treated and released from an area hospital after a Thursday morning vehicle accident, a county official said Thursday.
- KU Endowment trimming monetary distributions as economic crisis worsens
- Investment program shrinks by $290 million
- 11:55 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 07:22 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Facing a deepening global financial crisis, the Kansas University Endowment Association is scaling back its monetary distributions to KU.
- Lawrence’s Amarr Garage Door Group laying off about 100 employees
- Garage door company is one of Lawrence’s largest employers
- 11:46 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 03:01 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Major Lawrence employer Amarr Garage Door Group is laying off about 100 employees at its local production center as the U.S. housing market continues to struggle.
- Kansas leaders celebrate biosecurity lab recommendation as state’s ‘finest hour’
- 11:07 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 12:13 p.m. in print edition on A1
- State leaders on Thursday said the proposed federal biosecurity lab would make Kansas the worldwide center of animal research and serve the nation as a high-level defense against terrorism.
- Deckert sentenced to 14 days in jail, two years on supervised parole in fatal hit-and-run
- 10:03 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 04:44 p.m. in print edition on A5
- A Lawrence man who pleaded guilty in a fatal-hit-and-run case will spend 14 days in jail and be on intensive, supervised parole for two years, a Douglas County judge ruled on Thursday.
- Two-car accident sends three to area hospitals
- 03:05 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 04:32 a.m.
- Two sport utility vehicles crashed into each other at the intersection of Iowa and 15th Streets early Thursday morning, ejecting one woman from the back of one of the vehicles and sending three to area hospitals.
- Smoke odor evacuates Hampton Inn
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Staff at the Hampton Inn, 2300 W. Sixth St., sounded a fire alarm and ordered guests to evacuate the hotel after someone detected on odor of smoke early Thursday morning.
- Auburn coach resigns
- December 4, 2008
- Tommy Tuberville stepped down Wednesday after 10 years as Auburn’s coach, a reign that included a perfect season and a string of overachieving teams but ended with the worst record of his tenure.
- Activist questions Obama’s citizenship
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on C8
- An anti-tax activist from upstate New York who is questioning whether President-elect Barack Obama is a “natural born citizen” eligible for the nation’s top job said Tuesday that his nonprofit group spent “tens of thousands of dollars” to get his message across in ads in the Chicago Tribune this week.
- NBAF success
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Plans to build a major new laboratory in Manhattan puts Kansas in the “big leagues” of bioscience research.
- Christmases past celebrated
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on C8
- In the spirit of a tough economy, holiday decorations from Christmases past are adorning the White House this Christmas.
- Lecture digs into water issues
- Depletion of aquifer in western Kansas may harm agriculture
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Rex Buchanan can remember digging out old documents from the 1940s and 1950s that suggested the amount of water — particularly in western Kansas for irrigation — was unlimited.
- OU routs Creighton
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B4
- A recap of Big 12 women’s basketball action.
- Pump patrol
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.47 at several locations.
- Prayer service to honor attack victims
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A5
- A memorial prayer service will be on the Kansas University campus for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
- Making the most of small bedroom
- December 4, 2008
- If you have a tiny room that you’re looking to turn into a bedroom for your child or a guest, getting the most out of a small space is a challenge, but not an insurmountable one.
- Real Christmas trees provide benefits in home and out
- December 4, 2008
- Breathe a little easier if you are a fan of real Christmas trees: Real trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, are grown locally and are 100 percent recyclable. Here are the details of those environmental benefits and some tips to purchasing a real tree.
- Texas Tech edges Wichita State
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B4
- A recap of Big 12 men’s basketball action.
- Costly scam
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: The public needs to be made aware of a scam that is showing up in Lawrence mailboxes. Beware of a letter saying that you have won $100,000, accompanied by a $3,000 check that looks legitimate.
- Personal space: Lawrence interior designers dress rooms with client’s vision
- December 4, 2008
- It is quiet in the small, unassuming structure nestled on Ninth Street. The sound of my cowboy boots on the deep chestnut-colored wooden floors echo — heel-toe, heel-toe, through the sparsely furnished store.
- Official: Pakistan group leaders linked to attacks
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- India suspects that two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group masterminded last week’s three-day terrorist attacks that killed 171 people in Mumbai, an Indian intelligence official said today.
- Couples stay together because of bad economy
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Running into your ex is almost always awkward and stressful. David Snyder and Nancy Partridge deal with it nearly every day.
- Quaker plant to cut 82 jobs in Manhattan
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A5
- The Quaker Oats plant in Manhattan will lay off 82 full-time employees, effective Jan. 30.
- News both fluffy and substantial
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Tonight Barbara Walters presents “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008” (9 p.m., ABC), an annual exercise in news chatter and celebrity journalism. This year’s crop includes Will Smith, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Miley Cyrus, Frank Langella, Rush Limbaugh and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.
- Video footage spurs closing of child care center
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B8
- An Abilene child care center has been closed after video footage showed toddlers tied to chairs, one child flung against a wall and another child stuck under a sink for not being quiet during nap time.
- Russia to send warship through Panama Canal
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia’s growing influence in the region.
- Tragedy failed to halt discount hunters
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B7
- What happened on the day after Thanksgiving at a Long Island Wal-Mart pretty much sums up the wretched pursuit of a deal and a buck that has become the American way.
- Union concessions may help Big Three make case
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A6
- Worried about their jobs and warned that failure could lead to a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to make concessions to the struggling Detroit Three, including all but ending a much-derided program that let laid-off workers collect up to 95 percent of their salaries.
- Line-cutting sparked Wal-Mart stampede
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A no-cutting-in-line conflict between two large groups of shoppers helped to spark the Black Friday stampede in which a Wal-Mart worker was trampled to death, Nassau police said Wednesday.
- Intrust Bank president leaves for CrossPoint
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Mike Maddox has left his post as regional president at Intrust Bank to become president and chief executive officer of CrossPoint Bank in Overland Park.
- Tar Heels roll, 98-63
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B4
- A recap of Top 25 men’s basketball action.
- Horoscopes
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B6
- This year, be more in touch with your personal needs than in the past. Family and domestic matters take a higher priority. You also might be spending money on property or another type of real estate investment. If you are single, you will meet someone through your immediate friends or family. If you are attached, your relationship benefits from plenty of time alone together. Pisces can be an anchor or an albatross.
- Lions hope for another miracle season
- December 4, 2008
- Lawrence High’s girls’ basketball team looks to repeat as state champs.
- White House cards boast area ties
- Hallmark center prints holiday greetings
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Workers at the Hallmark Cards Inc. production center in Lawrence have put their stamp on the latest, and last, official Bush family holiday greetings from the White House.
- KU aims to improve energy efficiency
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Facing the possibility of a dire budget situation, Kansas University has hired an outside firm to help improve its energy efficiency.
- Funky Islamic fashion struts catwalk
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on C8
- After years of turning heads with her riotously colorful frocks in Malaysia, fashion designer Tom Abang Saufi can’t decide whether to shed a few shades on her batik dresses for the Middle East.
- NMSU looks up to Jayhawks
- Height advantage helps KU win board war handily
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Well, at least that one’s out of the way. In the wake of Wednesday’s 100-79 loss to Kansas University at Allen Fieldhouse, the New Mexico State men’s basketball team can take solace in the fact that it likely won’t be subjected to such a gross height mismatch throughout the rest of the season.
- Scientists question technology’s effect on our brains
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on C8
- What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people?
- Historical sites on winter schedule
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Constitution Hall and most other Kansas historical sites have switched to a winter schedule.
- Rockefeller Center lights Christmas tree
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among tens of thousands who attended this year’s lighting ceremony.
- LHS third, FSHS fourth
- December 4, 2008
- Lawrence High and Free State High opened their swimming and diving seasons at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center, where the Lions beat the Firebirds.
- Passengers describe pirate attack
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates’ rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner — “Pop! Pop! Pop!” — then felt the ship speed up to escape.
- Teenagers in wreck in critical condition
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Two Lawrence teenage girls were still in critical condition at a Kansas City area hospital Wednesday after a wreck last weekend killed another teenager.
- PM says bid to topple him is undemocratic
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday condemned an opposition plan to gain power by ousting his government in a confidence vote, calling the effort undemocratic.
- KU can forget the Alamo
- December 4, 2008
- Alamo Bowl officials have considered inviting Kansas University’s football team, but Oklahoma State or Missouri most likely will be the Big 12 representative at that Dec. 29 bowl.
- FCC to revisit cell tower backup proposal
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday its attempt to require backup power for all U.S. cell towers is dead for now, but it will take another stab at the issue soon.
- Consistency lacking for Jayhawks
- December 4, 2008
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team is off to a 4-0 start, but the Jayhawks pretty much have played down to the level of their competition.
- Take that, guys!
- Taylor slams critics
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Tyshawn Taylor figured he’d hear it from his Kansas University basketball teammates after missing a dunk — and getting hung up on the rim — in Monday’s rout of Kent State in Allen Fieldhouse. He figured right.
- Prosecutor: Jealousy behind Hudson family killings
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B6
- The brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson killed three of her relatives — with a gun stolen from one of the victims — because he was angry his estranged wife, the star’s sister, was dating another man, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
- Conservative Episcopals break away from church
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Conservative Anglican leaders unveiled on Wednesday the constitution and laws for a new organization intended to replace the Episcopal Church as the American arm of the Anglican Communion, which has 77 million members worldwide.
- Obama delivering diversity in advisers, but some seek more
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among the most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further.
- KU vs. NMSU basketball notebook
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Notes following KU’s win over New Mexico State.
- Congresswoman hangs up on Obama
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A2
- When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call.
- Alternative holdings sour for endowments, pensions
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A6
- College endowments and state pension funds plowed billions of dollars into hedge funds and private-equity investments as a way to balance their stock holdings, and for a time they got supercharged returns.
- Aldrich needs sidekick
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Comparing a team as young as this season’s to one as polished as the defending national champion is as unfair as it is inevitable.
- On the record
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Emergency callsLawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported these fire calls:• Alarm system activation, 2:14 a.m. Wednesday, 2904 Aldrich Court.• Natural gas leak, 5:41 p.m. Tuesday, 209 N. Fall Creek Road.• False alarm, 5:12 p.m. Tuesday, 5804 Longleaf Drive.• Cooking fire, 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, 4600 Wimbledon Drive.• Natural gas leak, 1:52 p.m. Tuesday, 611 W. 27th Terrace.• Motor vehicle accident, 12:29 p.m. Tuesday, East 200 Road and North 1700 Road, near Lecompton.
- People in the news
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on B6
- • Lil Wayne gets eight Grammy nominations• Civil rights-era folk singer Odetta dies
- Holiday checklist: Things you’ll probably forget
- December 4, 2008
- Details always slip your mind? Not this year. Woman’s Day has a list to start checking off in early December to help you get better organized for the holidays.
- KU benefits
- December 4, 2008 in print edition on A7
- To the editor:A recent Saturday Column criticized the decision of Kansas University officials to continue holding the annual Kansas-Missouri football game at Arrowhead Stadium. The writer specifically cited the negative impact of the move on the Lawrence community.
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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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