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Who was KU's first-half MVP against Missouri?

Poll results

Response Percent
Darrell Stuckey
 
 69%
Todd Reesing
 
 14%
Dezmon Briscoe
 
 12%
Jake Laptad
 
 1%
James Holt
 
 0%
Other
 
 0%
Total 864
What will be the result of today's KU-MU game?

Poll results

Response Percent
KU wins by 1-7 points
 
 50%
KU wins by 8-14 points
 
 16%
MU wins by 15 points or more
 
 14%
KU wins by 15 points or more
 
 8%
MU wins by 8-14 points
 
 6%
MU wins by 1-7 points
 
 4%
Total 48
Videos

Lead stories

12:00 a.m.
Kansas guard Brady Morningstar is fouled on the shot in the second half against Coppin State Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse. Morningstar finished with a career-high 21 points and connected on six of eight three-point attempts. Final: KU defeats Coppin State, 85-53
By Jesse Newell
5:43 p.m., November 28, 2008 Updated 11:18 p.m.
Brady Morningstar scored a career-high 21 points on 7-for-9 shooting, leading the Kansas Jayhawks to an 85-53 victory over Coppin State on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
11:10 a.m.
An inflatable Jayhawk floats happily above the sea of cars in the parking lot at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Final: Reesing’s fourth-quarter drive leads KU to 40-37 win over MU
By Jesse Newell
10:36 a.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 8:15 p.m.
Kansas blocked Missouri’s 54-yard field-goal attempt in the snow as time expired for a dramatic 40-37 victory over their its rival.
4:00 p.m.
Free State's Tim Lewis (45) warms ups with the rest of the Firebirds on Saturday November 29, 2008 at Washburn's Yager Stadium in Topeka before taking on Junction City in the 6A state championship game. Final: Free State falls, 19-14, in state title game
By Eric Sorrentino
2:44 p.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 6:05 p.m.
Final: Junction City 19, Free State 14. Junction City ran out the clock after converting a key 3rd-and-5 with an 11-yard run from Nathen Kozlowski to the Free State 10-yardline. It’s the first state championship for Junction City since 1969. Free State played in its first state championship in school history.

All stories

Mississippi State’s Croom resigns
November 29, 2008
Sylvester Croom resigned from Mississippi State on Saturday, five years after becoming the Southeastern Conference’s first black head football coach.
Final: Free State falls, 19-14, in state title game
By Eric Sorrentino
02:44 p.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 06:05 p.m.
Final: Junction City 19, Free State 14. Junction City ran out the clock after converting a key 3rd-and-5 with an 11-yard run from Nathen Kozlowski to the Free State 10-yardline. It’s the first state championship for Junction City since 1969. Free State played in its first state championship in school history.
Final: Hayden defeats Perry-Lecompton for 4A state title, 42-21
By Matt Tait
01:24 p.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 01:42 p.m.
Topeka’s Hayden High defeated Perry-Lecompton High School 42-21 to win the Class 4A state title.
Final: Reesing’s fourth-quarter drive leads KU to 40-37 win over MU
By Jesse Newell
10:36 a.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 08:15 p.m.
Kansas blocked Missouri’s 54-yard field-goal attempt in the snow as time expired for a dramatic 40-37 victory over their its rival.
KU vs. MU: Head to Head
By Dugan Arnett
November 29, 2008
KU vs. MU: Head to Head
Border War renewal has less luster
By Dugan Arnett
November 29, 2008
Well, this is a little anticlimactic, isn’t it? Here we are, on the eve of what is annually the biggest game of the season for the Kansas University football team — a matchup with heated rival Missouri that will represent the 117th meeting of the two teams — and it all feels a bit, well, underwhelming.
Motivational speaker
By Dugan Arnett
November 29, 2008
It’s almost Don Fambrough speech time at Kansas University, which means that it is a particularly good time to be a Jayhawk football player. When the former Kansas coach and player makes his way over to the Jayhawks’ locker room, as he does every year during the week of the annual Border War matchup between Kansas and rival Missouri, things tend to get interesting.
1 dead, 4 injured in south Lawrence car wreck
By Alex Parker
02:31 a.m., November 29, 2008 Updated 12:55 p.m.
A 19-year-old Lawrence man was killed in an early morning car accident.
Safe level set for infant formula contaminant
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A3
Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula.
Tennessee too much for Georgetown
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C6
A roundup of Top 25 men’s basketball action.
Pardon me? Bush facing flood of requests for forgiveness
By Lara Jakes Jordan - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A6
Historically stingy with granting pardons, President George W. Bush is facing a flood of requests for get-out-of-jail cards or wiping criminals’ records clean on his way out of the White House.
Another trophy awaits FSHS today
By Matt Tait
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C1
Free State High will take home either the state championship or state runner-up trophy after today’s title game against Junction City.
Santa fights Chapter 11
By Kevin McDonough
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D7
Perhaps the words “foreclosure” and “Christmas” should not appear in the same sentence, or the same movie, but in the Hallmark holiday offering “Moonlight and Mistletoe” (8 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark), they do. On the other hand “It’s a Wonderful Life” revolved around several potential bank failures, so perhaps the holiday and holiday movies can survive the most trying times. Tom Arnold stars as Nick, the professional Santa and proprietor of Santaville, a year-round Christmas village in Vermont.
Russian president visits Cold War ally
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
Russia’s president met with ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, winding up a visit aimed at freshening relations with his country’s old Cold War ally and raising Moscow’s profile across the rest of the Latin America.
Texas A&M hangs on; Baylor wins
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C6
A roundup of Big 12 women’s basketball action.
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B6
From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 29, 1908: “The question of the fairness of 14 local grocers’ weights and measures is to be decided in the state supreme court. The grocers took legal action after recent state inspections indicated that many were cheating customers.
Miller-Rombough
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
Lance and Julia Rombough announce the engagement of their son, Adam Joshua Rombough to Amanda Mae Miller, all of Lawrence.
Firebird fans
Lawrence high school football fans would love to see another team bring home a state championship.
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B6
Lawrence high school football fans would love to see another team bring home a state championship.
Holiday art sale to start tonight
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B5
Van Go Mobile Arts is planning its annual adornment art sale from 7 to 10 tonight at its newly renovated facility at 717 N.J.
Sims-Ornburn
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
Alarie Sims, Blue Springs, Mo., and Michael Ornburn, Lawrence, were married July 26, 2008, at the Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury Churchill Memorial on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., with the Rev. Steve Cox officiating.
Oklahoma makes most of OT opportunity
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C6
Roundup of Big 12 men’s basketball action.
Vehicles damaged at two locations
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B2
Lawrence police took two juvenile suspects into custody after several vehicles sustained damage Friday night in southern Lawrence.
Local lifter third
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C4
Lawrence resident and former Kansas University student Vanessa McCoy finished third in her division in the World University Weight-Lifting Championships on Thursday in Komotini, Greece. McCoy lifted 82 kilos, about 181 pounds, in the snatch and 100 kilos, about 220 pounds, in the clean and jerk to take the bronze. She also took bronze for her total in the two lifts. She competed in the 63-kilo division (about 139 pounds).
Old Beatles footage sells for $6,500
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B5
A suburban Kansas City man is $6,500 richer after uncovering an old Beatles film in a desk drawer.
Mom: Online bullies now face punishment
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to an Internet hoax says a woman’s conviction in the case shows that people who bully others online will face consequences.
Belles-Holder
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
Tara Belles and James Holder, both of Lawrence, were married Aug. 9, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, with the Rev. Kent Wintes-Hazelton officiating.
NU downs Buffs
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C4
College football roundup
Wrong bird accidentally placed on new bill
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
Bermuda’s plan to feature a local bird on its new currency has become an ornithological faux pas: They put the wrong bird on the $50 bill.
Zoo makes ornaments from reindeer droppings
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A8
The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo’s gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honest!
Stolen laptop leads police to meth lab
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B5
Security software built into a stolen laptop computer led police to the central Kansas home of the alleged thief.
Curtis-Coffman
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
Andrea Curtis, Great Bend, and Nathan Coffman, Lawrence, were married Oct. 27, 2008, at Iberostar Resort in Playacar, Mexico.
Somali pirates hijack 1 ship, free another
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and a NATO helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up three security guards who jumped into the sea.
Around and about
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
A new program launched by the Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans provides 15 nonprofit leaders from across the state an opportunity to learn how to become effective public policy advocates for their organizations and the people they serve.
Lawyer urges Indian sovereignty review
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B2
An Oklahoma attorney is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the legal doctrine of sovereign immunity for Indian tribes in light of the increasing expansion of tribes into business operations.
Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia
U.S. to call for U.N. peacekeeping force
By Mohamed Olad Hassan - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on E6
Ethiopia announced Friday that is pulling its forces from Somalia by year’s end, leaving the ravaged capital vulnerable to the Islamic militants who have seized nearly all of the country.
Renfro-Darling
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
Melissa Renfro and John Darling, both of Lawrence, announce their engagement.
‘Sacred carnival’ offers respite in troubled year for Haiti
By Jennifer Kay - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on E6
Goat meat stewing on the stove and sweet potatoes baking in the oven. Cooked fish, complete with bones and eyeballs. Spicy peppers soaked in bottles of rum. The food is an offering to the spirits expected to dance among the revelers at Voodoo priest Erol Josue’s Miami home that night.
Indian forces put end to siege
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A1
Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel today, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that left at least 195 people dead and rocked the nation.
FBI agents ordered to India to investigate bloody attacks
By Foster Klug and Lara Jakes Jordan - Associated Press Writers
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
The government ordered FBI agents Friday to fly to India to investigate the bloody Mumbai attacks that killed at least five Americans. U.S. citizens still in the city were warned their lives remain at risk.
Horoscopes
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D7
This year, keep your eyes wide open, especially when dealing with finances. If you play it conservatively and (1) put in overtime or (2) cut your budget, you might be hit less hard by the economy’s swings. If you are single, you might want to splash and rev up your image. If you are attached, you work well as a team. Capricorn helps you make money.
Greensburg official gets national award
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B5
Greensburg City Administrator Steve Hewitt has been named American City and County Magazine’s 2008 Municipal Leader of the Year.
Nervous Broadway looks to spring
By Michael Kuchwara - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D7
It’s been a weird, schizophrenic couple of months on Broadway as the theater prepares for the holidays in the middle of an economic downturn and what, in the past, have been some of the most profitable weeks of the season.
Saudis set poor example for religious tolerance
By Joel Brinkley - McClatchy-Tribune News Service
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B7
If you are the undisputed monarch of a wealthy nation, you probably think you can say or do most anything without repercussion. But when King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia stood before the United Nations earlier this month to proclaim his opposition to “religious intolerance,” anyone listening would have to think: Of all the gall!
Surprise! Family thanks company workers with huge bonus
By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A2
Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen family that recently sold the Waukegan-based ball bearings maker, they still received a turkey each this Thanksgiving in keeping with tradition.
Ottawa mother has speedy home delivery
By Jodie Garcia - The Ottawa Herald
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B2
Cristyn Dieckmann wanted a natural birth. She got what she wanted and even more: a 21-minute labor and delivery on her bathroom floor.
Freedom of educational choice
By Charlotte Ostermann
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B6
President-elect Obama is open to new ideas — asking for them, in fact. Here’s one I think we can all agree on: freedom of choice in education. American parents choose where and how their children will be educated. When I protect their freedom to do so, I protect my own, whether I agree with them, or not. Our exercise of freedom in education weaves a rich, democratic tapestry of individualism and individuality.
Thai protesters abduct officer at airport amid heightened tensions
By Chris Blake - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A3
Anti-government protesters occupying Thailand’s international airport seized a police officer, escalating tensions in a four-day standoff that appeared headed for a violent confrontation today.
Simons: Four-year Arrowhead deal a slap to Lawrence and Kansas
By Dolph C. Simons, Jr.
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B1
Once again, Kansas University and KU Athletic Department officials have given Lawrence and the state of Kansas the backs of their hands.
Obama adviser critical of Clinton is back
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A3
An adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Clinton a “monster” is now working on the transition team for the agency Clinton is expected to lead.
Tennessee turns to Kiffin
November 29, 2008
Tennessee and Lane Kiffin have reached a tentative agreement with the former Oakland Raiders coach to lead the Volunteers, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press on Friday.
On the record
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B2
Lawrence crime blotter
Military news
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
• Army Pvt. James T. Burns has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.• Air Force Airman John C. Hughes has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.• Air Force Airman Luke S. Braddock has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.• Army National Guard Spec. Jeremy L. Hughes has completed the Warrior Leader Course at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The course is part of the Army’s Noncommissioned Officer Education System. • Army ROTC Cadet Fran G. Glass was awarded a United Services Automobile Association (USAA) National Scholarship worth $1,500.
Choose safe, efficient holiday lights
Alan J. Heavens/McClatchy Newspapers
November 29, 2008
Outside, it’s sure beginning to feel a lot like Christmas — time to start looking for lights for the holidays, so you can hang them before it gets even colder.
DIY crafts: cranberry vase
Associated Press
November 29, 2008
Sure, the stores are filled with beautiful premade decorations this time of year. But do you really want your home to look like everyone else’s?
Free State vs. Junction City head to head
By Matt Tait
November 29, 2008
A look at today’s Class 6A state football championship game matchup between Free State and Junction City high schools
LBJ helped set stage for Obama election
By Carl Leubsdorf
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B6
On Election Night, jubilant Democrats celebrated Barack Obama’s victory at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas, including a woman who attended a similar party there 44 years earlier — for her father.
Pump Patrol
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B1
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.47 at several locations.
A passage to India: Peter Luckey takes dream trip to spread faith, meet family
By Sarah Henning
November 29, 2008
“You can hear about a place, see it in pictures, send and receive letters, but until you see with your own eyes, until you experience it personally, you don’t really know it. This is why Philip, upon hearing the news about Jesus Christ, said to Nathanael, “Come and see!” Philip knew that some things in life one needs to experience for themselves.” — Peter Luckey, letter, November 2008
Kaws underdogs in 4A final
By Chuck Woodling
November 29, 2008
Perry-Lecompton’s foe in today’s Class 4A state football championship game is regular state power Topeka Hayden.
Court: Don’t stab Sarkozy Voodoo doll
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A3
A French appeals court says Voodoo dolls of President Nicolas Sarkozy may remain on sale, but must carry a notice saying that pricking them harms the president’s dignity.
Stocks end short trading session with fifth straight gain
By Tim Paradis - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B4
On the short trading day, investors snapped up the battered shares of blue-chip stalwarts Citigroup Inc. and General Motors Corp., sustaining a rally that has surprised many market experts whipsawed by wild swings during the past three months.
Roundup shows bison recovery on prairie
By Justin Juozapavicius - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on E6
Just 120 years ago, about 500 bison remained in the U.S., slashed from a peak of at least 30 million by game hunters, European settlers and railroad crews. Government policy supported the mass killing as a way to subdue American Indian tribes, which used nearly every part of the animal.
Moyer-Coffman
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D3
David and Rebecca Moyer, Tyro, along with Danniel and Donna Coffman, Lawrence, announce the engagement of their children, Katie Moyer and Jake Coffman, both of Lawrence.
Phew! Taylor not hurt
By Tom Keegan
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C1
Eleven minutes into the second half of Friday night’s game in Allen Fieldhouse, Coppin State guard Tywain McKee buried a deep three-pointer, and Kansas University freshman Tyshawn Taylor landed on McKee’s foot and collapsed to the floor.
Eagles used to life on road
By Jesse Temple
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C3
There’s no place like home. Sorry, Dorothy, but one basketball coach prefers to disagree. He’s Coppin State men’s basketball icon Ron “Fang” Mitchell, and the way he sees it, playing at home is for softies.
Cardboard figure causes bank standoff
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A8
A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a “person” seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure.
Space shuttle undocks from station
By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A8
Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven departed the international space station on Friday, ending a 12-day visit that left the orbiting complex with more modern and deluxe living quarters for bigger crews.
Shooting ’star
Soph bombs away
By Gary Bedore
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C1
Bill Self delivered a simple, yet direct message to sophomore Brady Morningstar before Friday night’s nonconference clash against Coppin State. “I told him I wanted him to shoot every time he was open,” said Self, Kansas University’s sixth-year coach.
Santa hails from on high
Holiday festivities feature annual rescue
By George Diepenbrock
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B1
The man in the red suit probably didn’t need any kind of fancy entrance to please the hundreds of children who came to downtown Lawrence to see him Friday evening. He is — after all — Santa Claus.
Haskell women stop Ashford
November 29, 2008 in print edition on C4
Maria Parker had 18 points, seven rebounds and five steals, and Haskell Indian Nations defeated Ashford, 67-47, on Friday night in women’s college basketball.
Latino youths do abstinence program
By Shajia Ahmad - The Garden City Telegram
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B3
Some teens were too shy to share their private pledges of abstinence, but others read their commitments aloud.
Landmark Varsity Bowl coming down
The Associated Press
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B5
A Hays hamburger joint and longtime teen hangout is being torn down next week to make way for an apartment complex.
Catch game on replay
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B1
A replay of Free State High School’s first foray into a state football championship game will be shown Sunday on KTKA channel 49.
Defense key for Free State
Firebirds clicked just in time for playoff run
By Tom Keegan
November 29, 2008
Free State’s defense looked like had replaced eight starters early on, but the Firebirds improved as the season went on.
Frugality celebrated on Buy Nothing Day
By Shaun Hittle
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A7
Traffic jams. Hourlong lines at area stores. Everything-must-go holiday sale specials. Not for some Lawrence area residents, who stayed away from the stores and celebrated the anti-consumer holiday — Buy Nothing Day — on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Shoppers out in force, but cautious
Stores say crowds as big as last year
By Anne D’Innocenzio - Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2008 in print edition on A3
Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find items like Elmo Live and the “Wii Fit” exercise game, but many said worries about the economy have them focusing on fewer gifts and less expensive, more practical items.
Positive step
November 29, 2008 in print edition on B6
To the editor:I applaud Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Roderick Bremby’s Aug. 29 decision to reject federal Title V, Section 510 funding for abstinence-only sex education programs
People in the News
November 29, 2008 in print edition on D7
• View at ’The View’ is happy, Walters says• Houston denies reunion with ex, Bobby Brown
Texas does its part, now must wait
November 29, 2008
In a normal world, measured only against a historic in-state rival, Texas should still be celebrating its 49-9 win over Texas A&M.
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