Also from December 24
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
How will former Iowa State coach Gene Chizik do in his first year at Auburn next season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn won’t make a bowl next season with Chizik | 68% | |
| 6-8 wins sound about right | 28% | |
| 9 wins or better | 2% | |
| Total | 121 | |
Do you leave cookies for Santa?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 54% | |
| Yes | 45% | |
| Total | 206 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Thursday, December 25 calls for a high …
- University of Arizona freshman Kyle Fogg was a formidable opponent …
- For most people, Christmas Eve is a time to spend …
- Police are investigating a home invasion at a west Lawrence …
- KU’s showdown against Minnesota on New Year’s Eve serves as …
- It was a race to beat the clock today as …
- New reports show that the Lawrence Public Library needs more …
- The Lawrence High boys and girls basketball teams each received …
- The snow has moved on, leaving sunshine behind although it’s …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
FINAL: Jordan Hill’s 23 points lead Arizona to 84-67 victory- 8:35 p.m., December 23, 2008 Updated 11:40 p.m.
- Arizona outscores KU 49-29 in second half.
- Video: GameDay Cram Session: Arizona
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Arizona
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Arizona?
- Poll: If you were Bill Self, who would you have guard Arizona’s Chase Budinger?
6:00 a.m.
Blue Christmas service helps people confront pain, suffering - December 24, 2008 in print edition on 3A
- It’s a day Kathy Smith never will forget. That day — Aug. 23, 2007 — Smith was in a one-car accident. Because of health complications from the wreck, Smith was admitted six times to hospitals during 13 months. She spent 100 days in the hospital.
10:00 a.m.
Last-minute shoppers hurry to wrap up holiday gift buying - December 24, 2008 in print edition on 3A
- In 45 minutes, Leon Hiatt was hoping to check his mom, dad, grandparents, sister and nephew off his shopping list. Doing some last-minute shopping at its finest, Hiatt was shuttling from store to store along Iowa Street on Tuesday afternoon. He hit World Market, TJ Maxx and then Bed, Bath & Beyond looking for the quick stuff: KU clothing, snack foods and movies.
10:00 a.m.
All stories
- LHS teams head into holiday break with wins
- December 24, 2008
- The Lawrence High boys and girls basketball teams each received early gifts before their holiday break - victories over their crosstown rival.
- Firefighters keeping watch during Christmas Eve
- December 24, 2008
- For most people, Christmas Eve is a time to spend with family. Unless, of course, your job is to protect the city.
- Three linebackers wrap up KU careers with Insight Bowl
- December 24, 2008
- KU’s showdown against Minnesota on New Year’s Eve serves as the final outing for linebackers Joe Mortensen, Mike Rivera and James Holt.
- In short order, it’ll be time to dispose of that Christmas tree
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- City trash crews will be picking up used Christmas trees on two days in early January.
- Arizona big man transferring to KU
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B1
- All Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self wanted for Christmas was … a highly-touted 7-foot center. His wish-list was granted Wednesday when 225-pound University of Arizona freshman big man Jeff Withey orally committed to transfer to KU.
- Scenes from the latest snow fall in Lawrence
- December 24, 2008
- The latest overnight precipitation left a light dusting of snow across the area.
- Police investigating reported residential robbery
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Lawrence police on Wednesday were continuing to investigate a Tuesday night residential robbery.
- Search continues along Delaware River for missing Perry man
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Law enforcement officers planned to search the ground along the Delaware River, Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig said.
- New Year’s Eve event planned for children
- December 24, 2008
- The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will host an overnight event for children on New Year’s Eve.
- Go, Big Jay
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- The national competition hasn’t been held yet, but we already know the Jayhawk mascot is the best in the land.
- KU Notebook
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B5
- News and notes from KU’s loss to Arizona.
- New cookbook rates a ‘10’
- December 24, 2008
- Now and again a cookbook is published that strikes you not just for the quality of its recipes, but also for the ingenuity and utility of its concept.
- Yoga Center to celebrate YoMo
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B9
- Yoga Center of Lawrence will celebrate the end of Yoga Practice Month, known as YoMo, with a potluck event Feb. 1.
- Pack light or pay up for holiday flights
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B9
- When airlines started charging some passengers $15 or more earlier this year to check their bags, they blamed soaring fuel costs. Since then, oil has plummeted. Yet the industry hasn’t stowed away the bag fees.
- Pump patrol
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.45 at several locations.
- Salted butter may add water to recipe
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Can I substitute salted butter for unsalted in a baked product?
- Haiku holiday: Readers provide poems that commemorate the winter season
- December 24, 2008
- We challenged readersfor holiday, winter themescomposed in haiku
- Four-star fullback commits to KU
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Toben Opurum, a four-star fullback out of Plano (Texas) East High, became the Kansas University football team’s 18th known commitment in the Class of 2009 Tuesday, according to Rivals.com.
- Missouri St.
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- To the editor:Research shows that there are no streets named in honor of Missouri in Boulder, Manhattan, Lincoln or Ames.
- Perk up with these CR-rated coffeemakers
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B9
- Every coffeemaker promises a pleasing cup of joe. But Consumer Reports’ recent tests show that not all models get hot enough to extract the best from the beans and avoid a weak or bitter brew.
- Madoff investor who lost $1.4B kills himself
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- He was a distinguished investor who traced his lineage to the French aristocracy, hobnobbed with members of European high society and sailed around the world on yachts.
- Risky drug combos used by millions of older Americans
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A8
- At least 2 million older Americans are taking a combination of drugs or supplements that can be a risky mix — from blood thinners and cholesterol pills to aspirin and ginkgo capsules — a new study warns.
- Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A8
- Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope and the U.N.-designated International Year of Astronomy next year.
- Obama chooses Lincoln’s Bible for inauguration
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in.
- Times changing, but Yankees aren’t
- December 24, 2008
- Sometimes it seems as if the New York Yankees inhabit some alternate reality, a bizarro universe in which the AL East race is not a competition among ballclubs, but among bank books, one in which the recession doesn’t exist, unemployment has been eradicated and depression is a word for shrinks, not sharks.
- Kansas City-area church members dress like Jesus
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Just in time for Christmas, hundreds of people in the Kansas City area have committed to dress like Jesus in the days leading to the holiday, in what they say is an answer to a widening secularization of the season.
- Shirtless Obama pics heat up the Internet
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A6
- If you were one of the many people who checked out President-elect Barack Obama’s topless Hawaiian beach photos this week on the Internet, don’t worry, you’re not a presidential pervert.
- Beauty queen arrested in gun-filled truck
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police said Tuesday.
- Farewell tour: Coaching turnover highest in Big 12, SEC
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B3
- In 17 seasons, Phillip Fulmer led the Tennessee football team to a 152-42 record, including a BCS Championship trophy in 1998. Tommy Tuberville, in 10 seasons at Auburn, led the Tigers to an 85-40 record, including an undefeated season in 2004. As of today, both men are no longer college football coaches.
- Bush pardons man who helped Israel
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A8
- In a gesture of forgiveness for a decades-old offense, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in Israel’s 1948 war of independence.
- Vatican embraces iTunes prayer book
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.
- Huge water main break traps motorists
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A massive, aging water main ruptured Tuesday and sent a wave of water down a suburban Washington road, transforming the street into a raging river and trapping nine motorists who had to be rescued from the frigid deluge by emergency workers in helicopters and boats.
- Coup declared in Guinea
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A military group seized control of the airwaves in mineral-rich Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the West African country’s dictator, one of the continent’s last strongmen.
- Actors guild delays vote on strike
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Citing division among its membership, the Screen Actors Guild delayed a vote that would authorize the union to call a strike and bring the entertainment business to a halt.
- Horned Frogs rally, hand Boise State its first defeat
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B3
- TCU’s Joseph Turner dove into the end zone for the winning touchdown, and LaDainian Tomlinson went nuts on the sideline. It was a good night to be a Horned Frog, current and past.
- Faith is the greatest gift of all
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- Examples of faith abound at this time of year. There is the faith children put in Santa Claus to bring them stuff that magically no one seems to have paid for. Call it a “bailout” for kids. There is adult faith which believes that a Bernard Madoff can do what no one else can: guarantee a consistent rate of return on money invested with him while others who invest the legal and old-fashioned way experience the normal ebb and flow of the stock market.
- Last-minute shoppers hurry to wrap up holiday gift buying
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- In 45 minutes, Leon Hiatt was hoping to check his mom, dad, grandparents, sister and nephew off his shopping list. Doing some last-minute shopping at its finest, Hiatt was shuttling from store to store along Iowa Street on Tuesday afternoon. He hit World Market, TJ Maxx and then Bed, Bath & Beyond looking for the quick stuff: KU clothing, snack foods and movies.
- KTPK, car dealer give food to ECKAN
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A Topeka radio station partnered with a Lawrence car dealership to donate food coupons and food items to a Lawrence social service agency earlier this week.
- Report: Obama clear in Blagojevich scandal
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides met last week with federal investigators building a corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused of trying to swap Obama’s Senate seat for cash or a lucrative job.
- Rhyming around Christmas TV
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B8
- ’Tis the night before Christmas and sentimentality abounds. There are plenty of Christmasy shows while Santa’s making his rounds. You can DVR them or TIVO them, or if you’re old school, even tape them. But one thing is certainly certain: You sure can’t escape them.
- On the record
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A report was made at around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday that a black male in a ski mask came into a home in the 2100 block of Quail Creek Drive and robbed the occupants of their wallets and other items. No further information was available late Tuesday night.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 24, 1908: “‘No women stenographers for me and no women clerks in the governor’s office while I am chief executive.’ This is the ukase issued by Gov.-elect W.R. Stubbs who is now selecting his office force.
- Illini manhandle Missouri, 75-59
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B6
- A recap of Big 12 men’s basketball action.
- Benched Horne shines
- Sophomore has career game for UA
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Just before he received the Fiesta Bowl Classic MVP award, Jamelle Horne turned to Arizona interim coach Russ Pennell to talk about his benching.
- Childlike wonder enhances holiday
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- It is the blessed Christmas season. But of course you know that. Unless you live 10 miles up a box canyon deep in the Wasatch Range with only your dog Boomer and are demented from drinking bad water, you are inhaling Christmas night and day and “Adeste Fideles” is stuck in your head like a 5-inch nail.
- Teen sentenced in dad’s shooting death
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B10
- An Eagle Scout has been put under the care of the state juvenile authority for an indefinite period of time in the shooting death of his father.
- KU women come out firing, down Waves
- December 24, 2008
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team hit a blistering 67.9 percent of its shots in an 82-54 victory over Pepperdine.
- American Express OK’d for bailout funds
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B9
- American Express Co. said Tuesday it received preliminary approval to obtain $3.39 billion in capital as part of the government’s $700 billion bank rescue program.
- Local youths’ work featured in calendar
- December 24, 2008
- Karen Schneck, 13, and Jasmine Olson, 12, both of Lawrence, are two of the winners in a national contest that promotes environmental awareness and thrift among children. Karen and Jasmine are both members of KU Credit Union’s Johnny Appleseed Junior Ecology Club, a nationwide program sponsored by financial institutions interested in helping young people learn more about ecology and money management.
- Teixeira agrees to be a Yankee
- Source: 1B, New York reach $180M, 8-year deal
- December 24, 2008
- The New York Yankees reeled in another prime free agent, reaching a preliminary agreement Tuesday with first baseman Mark Teixeira for $180 million over eight years.
- Gas station earns environmental award
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B9
- The North American Hazardous Materials Management Association presented the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and EPA Region 7 with its Outstanding Product Award for their efforts to help make Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels, 2005 Iowa, the first Green Energy Gateway Fuel Station in the country a reality. The Zarco is owned by Scott Zaremba.
- Portland State shocks Gonzaga
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B6
- A recap of Top 25 men’s basketball action.
- Aldrich schooled by Hill
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B1
- In college basketball, the road can be mined with phantom fouls and hostile crowds. Kansas University sophomore center Cole Aldrich encountered both Tuesday night in the McKale Center, home of the University of Arizona.
- Kind soul
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A9
- To the editor:
- Holiday smear
- Wildcats rally to ruin Jayhawks’ break
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Visions of sugar plums and a nice road victory over Arizona danced in the heads of Kansas University’s basketball players early in the second half of Tuesday’s Fiesta Bowl Classic contest at McKale Center.
- Bah, humbug: Economy, housing sales post declines
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The longest recession in a quarter century is snowballing, and some analysts warn that economic activity could plunge as much as 6 percent this quarter, which would be the largest decline since 1982.
- Tina Fey voted AP’s Entertainer of the Year
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha.
- Blue Christmas service helps people confront pain, suffering
- December 24, 2008 in print edition on A3
- It’s a day Kathy Smith never will forget. That day — Aug. 23, 2007 — Smith was in a one-car accident. Because of health complications from the wreck, Smith was admitted six times to hospitals during 13 months. She spent 100 days in the hospital.
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