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Births
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Polls
How will KU do in the Big 12 tournament?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Win it all | 84% | |
| Lose in championship | 7% | |
| Lose in semifinal | 3% | |
| Undecided | 2% | |
| Lose in quarterfinal | 0% | |
| Total | 882 | |
Did you get a flu shot this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 54% | |
| Yes | 45% | |
| Total | 419 | |
Videos
- It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since the crime, and today …
- City Commissioners are open to taking more risks when it …
- The Leavenworth County sheriff’s office renews its request for the …
- The community mourns the loss of a man who was …
- She’s overcome an accident that left her a quadriplegic - …
- Gender doesn’t - and shouldn’t - matter. That’s the message …
- In a ruling released today, the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously …
- The Kansas women’s basketball team defeated Nebraska in the first …
- After this week’s festivities in Kansas City, say goodbye to …
- Football returns to The Hill Wednesday. The Kansas Jayhawks hit …
- While the Jayhawks of 2008 get ready for Spring ball, …
- The Kansas men are off until Friday - that’s when …
- The Kansas football team will break in a new defensive …
- The Kansas baseball team defeated Tabor by a final score …
- Videocast for March 11
- Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern and District Attorney Charles Branson …
- Highlights from works performed by Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
All stories
- Kansas women beat Nebraska
- Jayhawks clip NU, 73-67, in Big 12 tournament opener
- March 11, 2008
- Taylor McIntosh and Sade Morris tied for team-high honors with 13 points apiece, and Kelly Kohn added 11 off the bench as Kansas University’s women’s basketball team beat Nebraska, 73-67, in the first round of the Big 12 tournament on Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium.
- 6Sports video: New defensive coordinator ready for Spring practice at KU
- March 11, 2008
- The Kansas football team will break in a new defensive coordinator tomorrow when it starts Spring practice.
- 6Sports video: Several Jayhawk football players take part in Pro Day
- March 11, 2008
- While the Jayhawks of 2008 get ready for Spring ball, the departing class of 2007 takes part in Pro Day.
- 6News video: Gender equality called into question in high school activities
- March 11, 2008
- Gender doesn’t - and shouldn’t - matter. That’s the message from the Kansas State High School Activities Association tonight.
- 6News video: Community mourns loss of former police chief
- March 11, 2008
- The community mourns the loss of a man who was a fixture in Lawrence law enforcement for nearly 50 years.
- 6News video: Police seek help in solving shooting of 5-year-old
- March 11, 2008
- The Leavenworth County sheriff’s office renews its request for the public’s help in solving the shooting of a 5-year-old Linwood girl.
- 6Sports video: Big 12 Tournament changing championship game-night
- March 11, 2008
- After this week’s festivities in Kansas City, say goodbye to Sunday championship games in the Big 12 Tournament.
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks defeat Nebraska to stay alive in tourney
- March 11, 2008
- The Kansas women’s basketball team defeated Nebraska in the first round of the Big 12 tournament Tuesday night.
- 6Sports video: KU men ready for Huskers or Mizzou
- March 11, 2008
- The Kansas men are off until Friday - that’s when Bill Self’s boys play their first round Big 12 Conference game against either Nebraska or Missouri.
- 6News video: City leaders hope to submit bid for vacant fertilizer plant
- March 11, 2008
- City Commissioners are open to taking more risks when it comes to buying the former Farmland Industries Fertilizer Plant.
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks defeat Tabor on the diamond
- March 11, 2008
- The Kansas baseball team defeated Tabor by a final score of 8-1.
- 6News video: Supreme Court says funeral picketing law is unconstitutional
- March 11, 2008
- In a ruling released today, the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously said the so-called trigger provision of the 2007 law invalidated the entire statute.
- 6News video: Ms. Wheelchair Kansas hopes to educate others about disabilities
- March 11, 2008
- She’s overcome an accident that left her a quadriplegic - and went on to be crowned Ms. Wheelchair Kansas. Now, the KU graduate hopes to use her title to educate others across the state about issues that those with disabilities face.
- 6News video: Charges filed against two men in shooting death
- March 11, 2008
- It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since the crime, and today formal charges are filed against two men in the shooting death of a local hip-hop artist.
- 6Sports video: KU football team to begin Spring workouts
- March 11, 2008
- Football returns to The Hill Wednesday. The Kansas Jayhawks hit the practice gridiron for Spring workouts starting tomorrow afternoon.
- Maple market
- Former teacher creates breakfast products at organic farm north of Lawrence
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Bob Lominska is a farmer, so he knows about tending the land. But he also has an appreciation for what he calls “edible landscapes” - wild food sources that require little or no maintenance. As a child, Lominska found these wild food sources on the south shore of Long Island, where he gathered blueberries and wineberries and went fishing, crabbing and clamming.
- Phone service out to many county offices
- March 11, 2008
- Shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, phone lines to most Douglas County offices, the Douglas County sheriff’s main office and all District Court offices failed.
- 6News Now: Two men charged in Vital homicide
- March 11, 2008
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, two men are charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Vital, and a KU graduate is named the 2008 Ms. Wheelchair Kansas.
- KU-USF football game moved to Sept. 12 for ESPN
- March 11, 2008
- Kansas University’s third non-conference game of the 2008 football season, a road tilt at South Florida, was moved Tuesday from Saturday Sept. 13 to Friday Sept. 12. It will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
- Two men charged in hip-hop artist’s murder
- 09:22 a.m., March 11, 2008 Updated 12:46 p.m.
- Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony “Clacc” Vital, whose body was found in October 2006 on a private drive west of Lawrence.<
- Be smart about spending unnecessary refunds
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B9
- For years I’ve been begging people not to use tax withholding as a forced savings tool.
- Tour to mark state’s aviation ascension
- Local stop will be part of airplane group’s flight across Kansas
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B9
- The upcoming All Kansas Air Tour will do more than celebrate the 80th anniversary of the state’s arrival on the national aviation map.
- Boeing to protest $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A6
- Boeing Co. on Monday said it will formally protest a $35 billion Air Force contract awarded to European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- From the Lawrence Daily World for March 11, 1908: “The marshal has announced stern action against people who allow their chickens to roam, cackle during the night and cause trouble in gardens and yards.”
- ‘Lesson’ backfired for Democratic leaders
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- You’ve got to give Howard Dean credit for chutzpah if nothing else. But he might want to wonder if the White House is worth fighting with your own folks over a few (million) shekels.
- Out of the shadows
- KU graduate finds fame with Pilobolus Dance Theatre
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Last year, the Pilobolus Dance Theatre company wowed the nation with its performance at the Academy Awards.
- A time for reflection
- ‘Double Threat from Sublette’ dies at age 84
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Otto Schnellbacher, who turned a winning blend of athletic instincts and a fierce competitive streak into two-sport stardom at Kansas University, died Monday at the age of 84 after a battle with cancer.
- Kansas women face Nebraska for third time in tourney
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Sixty-six is a number of significance for Bonnie Henrickson, and not because it’s half the name of the sponsoring oil company of the Big 12 Conference basketball tournaments.
- Rush, Arthur make first team
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University’s Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur, who were named first-team all-conference by the Big 12 coaches on Monday, hold no grudges against media members who failed to place any Jayhawks on the Associated Press all-league first team.
- Paterno’s future unclear
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Joe Paterno’s future at Penn State is still unsettled beyond his current contract.
- Tar Heels entrenched at top spot
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B3
- North Carolina’s weekend win over Duke kept the Tar Heels on top of The Associated Press’ college basketball poll Monday.
- Resident’s death has link to flu
- Health officials stress danger of underestimating virus, urge early vaccinations
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A1
- A local woman is among the most recent influenza-related deaths in Kansas amid what is being called a persistent and tough flu season.
- University struts its stuff for Kansas lawmakers at KU Day at the Capitol
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Not only can they build a race car but they also figured out how to get it through the doors of the Capitol.
- Kansas Elder Care promotes coordinator
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B9
- Jennifer Shambaugh is the new administrator for Kansas Elder Care, having been promoted from her post as care coordinator.
- Simon Cowell: Who’s sorry now?
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B8
- After a preliminary round that has lasted as long as the presidential-primary process, “American Idol” (7 p.m., Fox) enters its serious stage with the top-12 contestants’ names written in stone.
- Scientists study the brain on jazz
- Finding: Creativity soars when inhibition takes 5
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Scientists inspired by the legendary improv of Miles Davis and John Coltrane are peering inside the brains of today’s jazz musicians to learn where creativity comes from: Think dreaming.
- Senior caps career in style
- Baldwin’s Callahan adds state title to stellar resume
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B5
- Kevin Callahan set multiple school and state wrestling records in his four years at Baldwin High.
- Farmland site conversion may cost taxpayers
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A1
- If city leaders want to convert the vacant Farmland Industries plant into a new business park, they may have to be willing to put taxpayers on the hook for cleaning up the environmentally blighted property.
- State prepares for looming tornado season
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Public agencies across the state this week are sounding the alarm on the impending tornado season.
- NY governor apologizes, ignores calls for resignation
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- He was once known as “Mr. Clean” and “The Sheriff of Wall Street.” Now he’s just “Client 9.” The tough, crime-busting image Gov. Eliot Spitzer cultivated much of his adult life was steamrolled in an instant Monday by steamy allegations of an encounter with a high-priced call girl in a Washington hotel the day before Valentine’s Day.
- Parties at odds over family heath care
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Key Republican leaders on Monday abandoned a measure to help low-income families get health insurance, opting instead for a plan that they said could lead to more children receiving coverage. But Democrats called the proposal a “sham.”
- Crystal will join Yankees
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Actor Billy Crystal will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the New York Yankees and play in Thursday’s exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Test may offer insight into Alzheimer’s risk
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Two to four of every 100 people unknowingly carry a combination of genes that renders them unusually vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease as early as their 60s.
- Double Take: Troubled kids can’t just rely on meds
- March 11, 2008
- Wes: About once a month someone catches me on the street and asks us to do a story on some interesting topic. Usually I ask them to write a letter so we have a good basis from which to write. Even without a letter, I thought a recent topic was worth revisiting. Someone asked whether physicians (or nurse practitioners) are too quick to prescribe medications for kids or adults. I’m not a prescriber, and I won’t second-guess anyone’s practice of medicine. But this comes up frequently in therapy from a more existential and psychological standpoint.
- BHS coach goes above and beyond
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B5
- Yes, great athletes make coaches look good. But when year after year, a coach continues to send athlete after athlete to state tournaments, something has to be said about his coaching style.
- Ryan Wood’s KU football notebook
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B4
- The U.S. House of Representatives was expected to pass a resolution Monday night congratulating the KU football team for its 2007 season, which concluded with a 24-21 victory over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
- County needs volunteers to help handle ‘large’ voter turnout
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Douglas County Clerk’s office is conducting a major recruiting drive to bolster its roster of election polling place workers.
- Dead fish at Clinton are ‘normal’
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A1
- When Lawrence resident Alex Hormell and his family took a walk by the Clinton Lake Dam on Sunday, he was shocked to see dead fish on the rocky bank.
- Michigan to upgrade venue
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The University of Michigan agreed to improve wheelchair access at one of the nation’s largest football stadiums as part of a deal approved Monday with a paralyzed veterans’ group that had sued the school.
- Connecticut stays on top
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Connecticut, North Carolina, and Tennessee remained the top three teams in the Top 25, with conference tournament losses shuffling the rest of the poll.
- Wooden improving after fall
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- John Wooden is much improved and may be able to leave the hospital today, said the daughter of the former UCLA coach.
- KU grad writes guide to graduating early
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C1
- In 2005, Mike Wilson walked down Campanile Hill a graduate of Kansas University in just two years.
- Kansas regulators bless Aquila sale
- March 11, 2008
- The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved a proposal by Black Hills Corp. to acquire natural gas assets owned by Aquila Inc.
- S.D. downs Zags, takes WCC
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Rob Jones and De’Jon Jackson keyed a huge second-half run for the San Diego Toreros, who stunned No. 20 Gonzaga 69-62 to win the West Coast Conference tournament championship game Monday night and clinch their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2003.
- Kids who play it safe stay in the game
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Anytime you read the sports section or watch ESPN’s “Sports Center,” it seems you learn that another athlete is hurt.
- Royals crush Giants, Zito
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Hideo Nomo got a spring-training win in his quest to earn a a job with the Kansas City Royals. San Francisco’s Barry Zito was hit hard again.
- Representation
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: What’s the point of having representatives if they don’t represent us? Douglas County overwhelmingly opposes the coal plants. Why is Tom Sloan voting for them?
- School board keeps tax financing plan alive
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Lawrence school board members Monday night affirmed their position not to veto a tax increment financing, or TIF, district the city has approved for the Oread Inn project near 12th and Indiana streets.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- The Downtown Improvement Committee agreed to recommend that the city drop further consideration of the “Scheme 1” plan for downtown re-do and that it firmly request that a two-story department store be incorporated into the remaining plan.
- Cheney to press for peace in Mideast
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- President Bush, dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, said the goal is to get Israelis and Palestinians to hold firm to the promises they’ve made toward peace.
- Knitters take to the trees
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C8
- No, that’s not a hallucination. That pear tree is wearing a sweater. Wrapped around the trunk is a colorful, crazy-quilt skin made up of panels of yarn knitted individually by residents and visitors alike. Good-luck charms cling to the yarn. Family photos, poems and jokes peek out of knitted pockets.
- Obama scoffs at idea of joining Clinton ticket
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton’s running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot on the fall ticket.
- 5 US soldiers killed in suicide attack
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A suicide bomber detonated himself Monday among a group of American soldiers as they mingled with shoppers in an upscale neighborhood of central Baghdad, killing five U.S. soldiers and injuring three in the worst attack against U.S. forces in the capital in nearly nine months.
- Tax option
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Let me see if I have this right. The school board is asking us to increase the local option budget (emphasis added) from 30 percent to 31 percent.
- Kids can join train ride for Easter egg hunts
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A5
- The Midland Railway Historical Society’s Easter Egg Hunt Train Rides will be March 22 in Baldwin City.
- On the record
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The Kansas University Public Safety Office is investigating a possible rape that took place early Saturday morning in a room at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall.
- Unit takes the mound
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Randy Johnson took a big step in his return from back surgery, and Mark DeRosa was happy to be on the field with a healthy heart.
- KU can’t hold early lead, falls in ninth
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B4
- One swing of an aluminum bat brought an unlikely end to two streaks Monday at Arrocha Ballpark.
- Faulty system
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Although they are with me every weekend, my children live in Lawrence, where they attend a local daycare. As single parents, their mother and I strive together to co-parent them as much as possible but have found it necessary in order to support them and ourselves to avail social services for daycare.
- Lions’ Bird sisters named all-league
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Sisters Danielle Bird and Taylor Bird, starters on Lawrence’s state champion girls basketball team, have been named to the All-Sunflower League first team.
- Healthy eating habits for children
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on C1
- There are ways to get children to see beyond the white food group and develop healthy lifelong habits.
- Police say suspect confesses to killing
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A man charged with killing an Auburn University student told police he tried to rape her before he shot her, according to documents read in court Monday as several thousand of her peers gathered for a memorial service.
- Lawmakers to look into water probe
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans.
- Dalai Lama, China spar over Tibet
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama assailed China on Monday for “unimaginable and gross violations” of human rights in his homeland, as security forces broke up a rare protest by scores of maroon-clad monks near the heart of Tibet’s capital.
- Horoscopes
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Your dynamic and creative energy emerges more so than in the past. You have so much you want to share, but know when to back off. If you are single, allow that “different” person to enter your life. If you are attached, your relationship grows and keeps evolving as long as you don’t become too judgmental.
- Fish, wildlife affected by drugs in waterways
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A7
- On this brisk, glittering morning, a flat-bottomed boat glides across the massive reservoir that provides Las Vegas its drinking water. An ominous rumble growls beneath the craft as its two long, electrified claws extend into the depths.
- LHS success
- Watching a determined underdog fight through to victory always is a special thrill.
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A9
- Sometimes the element of surprise makes an event or accomplishment even sweeter. That’s the case with the surprising finish of the Lawrence High School girls and boys basketball teams in the annual state high school tournament.
- Commodities
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B9
- Agriculture futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery jumped 58 cents to $11.63; March corn rose 22.5 cents to $5.56; March oats slipped 8.5 cents to $3.9075; May soybeans fell 2.25 cents to $14.065.
- Time to hit the roads
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Call it Selection Tuesday. It doesn’t have the fanfare of Selection Sunday when the list of 65 college basketball teams chosen for the NCAA Tournament is announced, but the list city commissioners will sign off on today likely will have far greater impact on your summer.
- Governors’ letter slams funding proposal
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A5
- A group of 44 governors sent a letter Monday to congressional leaders, decrying a proposal to tie federal higher education dollars to the level of state funding.
- Leavenworth County to hire 1st administrator
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A4
- After two months of interviews and years of debate, Leavenworth County commissioners have hired the county’s first-ever administrator.
- Bacterium could help produce ethanol
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A7
- A strain of bacteria accidentally found in the Chesapeake Bay more than 20 years ago - a bug that decomposes everything from algae to newspapers to crab shells - could help produce cheaper fuel, according to scientists at the University of Maryland.
- Lawmaker from Lawrence honored for open-government efforts
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B10
- State Sen. Marci Francisco will be honored for her efforts to make government open and accessible to the people.
- Vatican updates its thou-shalt-not list
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A2
- In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list.
- Lawrence boasts chess champs
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence is home to state chess champions again.
- Conference urges women to get involved
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on A8
- Of nearly 200 nations worldwide, just 14 are run by women presidents or prime ministers. Only nine of 189 ambassadors to the United Nations are women. And by most accounts women hold less than 1 percent of corporate management positions worldwide.
- Olson planning return to Arizona
- Longtime coach to be back for 2008-09 season
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is returning to the Wildcats at the end of the season.
- Commentary: Two sluggers, two different sports
- Howard, Daly share their secrets to long bombs at Philadelphia’s spring training
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B2
- As Ryan Howard’s majestic home run disappeared over the right-field lawn seats like a John Daly tee shot, a blond guy in a red No. 3 Phillies jersey cheered appreciatively from his spot in the club seats. The blond guy? John Daly, fittingly enough.
- People in the news
- March 11, 2008 in print edition on B8
- ¢ Matt Damon and wife expecting another baby¢ Lisa Marie Presley files ‘fat’ suit against paper¢ Ledger’s will leaves nothing to daughter¢ Attorney: Federline can pay his own legal costs¢ Aerosmith guitarist schedules knee surgery
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