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Have you ever purchased tickets to a sporting or entertainment event from a scalper?
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| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 53% | |
| Yes. | 46% | |
| Total | 630 | |
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Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
From Lawrence with honor- October 10, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- A Lawrence artist is getting more national attention for his latest work. Sculptor Jim Brothers’ newest sculpture soon will join his other pieces at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. But before “The Medic” is shipped to Virginia for installation, Lawrence residents will have an opportunity to see it, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the Union Pacific Depot.
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Fans flock to Nader rally- October 9, 2008 in print edition on 3A
- Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader in Lawrence called Congress “cowardly” Thursday for passing last week’s $700 billion financial bailout bill. “Wall Street stuffed Washington into the barrel and rolled it,” he said during a speech at Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
- Video: Fans flock to Nader rally
- On the street: Do you think the presidential debates should be open to third-party candidates?
- Special coverage: Election 2008
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All stories
- Friday, October 10 weather at 10 p.m.
- October 10, 2008
- The forecast for Saturday, October 11 calls for a high of 82 with a low around 57.
- Basehor-Linwood hosts Lansing
- October 10, 2008
- The Bobcats fell at home tonight 43-8 against the Lansing Lions.
- Alaska inquiry finds Palin abused power
- Governor let personal grudge influence firing of public safety commissioner
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner.
- Feds agree with Sebelius, reject Texas’ offer to boost incentives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Federal officials say they have rebuffed an effort by Texas to increase incentives to lure a biosecurity lab that is also sought by Kansas.
- Defendant sentenced to five years in prison for man’s beating death
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B1
- A 36-year-old Lawrence man Friday received a five-year prison sentence for his involvement in the beating death of an elderly man in southeastern Lawrence.
- Saturday’s KU game will test effort to ban obscene chant
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Kansas University students aren’t so sure how well head football coach Mark Mangino’s plea for fans to forgo a foul phrase will fare. For many, there’s little optimism the controversial chant will go away.
- KU groups to host Hunger Banquet
- October 10, 2008
- The Kansas University Student Union Activities and Oxfam will host their third annual Hunger Banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Big 12 Room at the Kansas Union.
- Linwood girl makes a remarkable recovery
- Seven months after being shot in the head, she is back on her feet
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Last February, a stray bullet struck 5-year-old Katherine Cook’s head, leaving her in a coma and on life support. Seven months later, Katherine is a bubbly kindergartner. But as the healing process continues, her parents are left questioning how the accident happened and who is to blame.
- Sustainable business tour to roll through Lawrence on Saturday
- October 10, 2008
- A trio of events on creating a sustainable community will be sponsored by the city in the next several days.
- Ridership on bus increases in September
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B3
- A new agreement between the city and Kansas University is being credited with significant increases in ridership on the T bus system.
- Sebelius criticizes Texas’ attempt, after deadline, to increase incentive package for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
- 11:12 a.m., October 10, 2008 Updated 11:32 a.m.
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday cried foul over a proposal by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to up the ante in the bid for a federal biosecurity lab.
- Robinson orally commits to KU
- 09:36 a.m., October 10, 2008 Updated 10:42 a.m.
- Thomas Robinson has orally committed to play basketball at Kansas University.
- Top-ranked Sooners their own worst critics
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B7
- So what about the No. 1 ranking and the rest of Oklahoma’s impressive numbers from this season? The Sooners still think they can perform better. Better than the 49.6 points they’re averaging. Better than the fourth-best passing offense, the fifth-best overall offense and the 11th-best total defense.
- Messing restarts ‘Starter Wife’
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B10
- If comedy has a queen of humiliation, it is Debra Messing. The “Will & Grace” star has made a career of surviving cringe-inducing situations with good looks, great outfits and slapstick timing. She’s like Lucille Ball trapped in Myrna Loy’s body, and I mean that in all the nicest ways.
- Suspected US missile strike reported
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Also on Thursday, bombings targeting police killed 10 people and wounded 14 in Pakistan’s volatile northwest and the capital - reminders of the challenge facing the country as its lawmakers pursue a national anti-terror consensus.
- Forward commits to Texas
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Jordan Hamilton, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound senior forward from Los Angeles Dominguez High, on Thursday orally committed to play basketball at the University of Texas. He chose UT after considering California, Connecticut, Kansas, USC and Syracuse.
- Slow recovery
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I have just finished watching what was billed as the second presidential debate. I was less than impressed with our choices for president. I could not imagine two politicians seeking the highest office in our nation neither one mentioning that the middle class has just lost over $2 trillion in their 401(k)s.
- Banker completes course in trusts
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B11
- Peggy Leslie, assistant vice president of trust operations at Douglas County Bank, 300 W. Ninth St., Lawrence, recently completed the 2008 Advanced Trust Operations School in Omaha, Neb. The course helps bankers develop skills to better serve customers’ diverse financial needs.
- Giro officials won’t retest
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Giro d’Italia organizers have no plans to re-examine doping samples from this year’s race for the blood-boosting drug at the center of the latest Tour de France scandal.
- How to collect money from a deadbeat tenant
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B11
- There are several ways to collect money from a tenant who doesn’t pay the required rent. Some are faster or easier than others.
- Two tied at Longs Drugs
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Michele Redman and Sweden’s Maria Hjorth shot 6-under 66s to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Longs Drugs Challenge. Redman and Hjorth both had seven birdies and a bogey on a sunny day at Blackhawk Country Club. In-Kyung Kim and Mikaela Parmlid were tied for second at 67.
- Wake Forest survives Clemson
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Riley Skinner and Wake Forest have played two ACC games and managed just one touchdown. It came just in time to help the Demon Deacons beat another Bowden. Skinner threw a 7-yard scoring pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to lead No. 21 Wake Forest past Clemson, 12-7, on Thursday night.
- KU picked for ninth in Big 12 women poll
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University has been predicted to finish ninth in Big 12 Conference women’s basketball standings in a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Jayhawks will return the bulk of the roster from a team that finished 4-12 in the Big 12 last year and tied for 10th place with Texas Tech.
- Hall Center walkway honors longtime attorney
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A4
- A new pathway connecting the Hall Center for the Humanities to the rest of the Kansas University campus honors a longtime Lawrence attorney. Before a ceremony on Thursday to honor Richard A. Barber, Hall Center director Victor Bailey said that the pathway is one of those little things on campus that don’t always get addressed while other pressing items are attended to.
- Green jobs
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: The most pressing issues our country and community are facing are the economic and the global-warming crises. These are topics on the forefront of each debate. However, my question is why aren’t the candidates talking about the solution that would solve both issues: Green jobs? It is frustrating that this seems to be a taboo topic, even though it makes so much sense.
- Leaping dolphin gives boaters cuts, bruises
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A woman is recovering in Florida after a dolphin hit her when it leaped aboard the boat she was in. The Coast Guard says witnesses called 911 Thursday after seeing the dolphin jump from the Intracoastal Waterway and hit Barbara Howard of Mansfield, Ohio. Howard was sitting in an 18-foot boat with her husband, their daughter and their daughter’s boyfriend.
- Economy swamps GOP
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- We are a stalwart and stout-hearted people, and never more so than in hard times. People weep in the dark and arise in the morning and go to work. The waves crash on your nest egg and a chunk is swept away and you put your salami sandwich in the brown bag and get on the bus.
- Ex-KU player Pollard not ready to retire from NBA
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Scot Pollard is not ready to announce his retirement from the National Basketball Association. “Not officially, no way,” said the 33-year-old former Kansas University power forward, who for the first time in 12 years is not under contract with an NBA team.
- Ex-pitcher Dal Canton dies
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major-league pitcher and coach, has died. He was 66. Dal Canton went 51-49 with a 3.67 earned-run average from 1967-77 with Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Atlanta and the Chicago White Sox.
- Texas’ Brown puts old losing streak to OU in past
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B7
- For 40 minutes, Texas coach Mack Brown looked relaxed, cracked a few jokes and talked about his players, his wife and whether he’s ever had a corny dog at the State Fair of Texas. For the record, he hasn’t. The only corn dog he’s had was back in his hometown of Cookeville, Tenn.
- What now? Economic options are dwindling
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A1
- What’s left in Uncle Sam’s economic tool kit? The commitment of $700 billion didn’t impress markets here and around the world. Neither did fresh interest rate cuts. Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 679 points - more than 7 percent - to its lowest level in five years.
- Free State wins league title
- Lawrence High goes 1-2 at home quadrangular
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Players on Free State High’s volleyball team desperately wanted to add a name to that black board hanging high on the back wall in their gym. That’s the best way to be remembered for years to come, after all. That’s where all the other league champions in school history reside.
- Preserve the T
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I will be voting “yes” on Questions 2 and 3 concerning the proposed sales tax to fund our public transit system. Here are a few reasons why: l We would have had the money to support our transit system if our City Commission had not diverted the 3.2 mill levy that had been earmarked to fund the T beyond our federal fund appropriation.
- First-round flops
- Tomlinson, Peterson, Addai among notable duds
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Every year one of the top guys taken in fantasy football drafts turns out to be a dud. Kansas City’s Larry Johnson left fantasy owners in the lurch when he finally limped away midway through last season with a career-low 3.5 yards a carry. In 2006, Seattle’s Shaun Alexander only played 10 games as his career started sputtering.
- State kicks off voting initiative
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B12
- Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh on Thursday urged Kansans to register to vote and cast a ballot in what will be a historic election. “Regardless of your political beliefs, it is important that your voice be heard,” Thornburgh said in a statement to kick off a voting initiative.
- Red Sox, Rays downplay rivalry
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Winning creates a rivalry, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays claim, rather than years of testy relations between the teams. That was the message coming out of the AL championship series Thursday, with both sides trying to play down a history of brawling that’s adding spice to the buildup.
- KDHE leaders share upcoming agenda
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B12
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Executive Team was host to a public meeting in Lawrence on Thursday to share what’s been on its agenda, what’s to come and invite feedback from others as part of a statewide listening tour.
- Conservation award nominees sought
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B11
- The K-State Research and Extension-Douglas County office is asking for nominations for the Conservation Awards Program sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association. Nominations can be made by any person in the county and can be sent to the Douglas County Extension Office, 2110 Harper St., Lawrence.
- The Sideline Report with Darrell Stuckey
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Jesse Newell: What’s your ritual before the game?Darrell Stuckey: Just kind of similar to meditation - thinking over my responsibilities and my different assignments and kind of praying. Just self-talk. Positive self-talk.
- Afghan-Pakistan border is critical concern
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A10
- The most urgent issue facing the next president (beyond the economy) will be how to deal with a remote area along the Afghan-Pakistan border, the new haven for al-Qaida and radical jihadis. “The most likely near-term attack on the United States” is likely to originate there, says Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer.
- Rain gives Johnson pole
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Jimmie Johnson could only look at his car Thursday, spending most of the afternoon eating junk food in his team’s hauler and watching it rain. Before nightfall, the Sprint Cup points leader had been awarded more treats - the pole, the first pit stall and likely five points for leading the first lap - for the Bank of America 500 on Saturday night.
- De Soto’s Blues and BBQ to involve Lawrence artists
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Larry Dean and the Stranger Creek Band have played venues as varied as a Burger King dining room and county fairs, but the band’s front man said its performance tonight would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The band will be the opening act for the De Soto Chamber of Commerce Blues and BBQ that starts at 6 p.m. today and continues Saturday. The event marks the official opening of De Soto Riverfest Park.
- Climate change may harm tropical species
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A6
- If you can’t stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.
- Edwards, Harvick scuffle
- Drivers get physical during argument
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Greg Biffle isn’t angry with teammate Carl Edwards for starting a 12-car crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Neither is Matt Kenseth. Kevin Harvick? Not quite over it.
- Three lead Senior Players
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Phil Blackmar, Bruce Fleisher and Des Smyth shot 5-under 65s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship, the fifth and final Champions Tour major of the year. Blackmar holed out from the fairway for eagle to help offset four bogeys, Fleisher made four straight birdies early in his round, and Smyth had a bogey-free day to top the leaderboard. All three are winless this year.
- Jankovic rallies at Kremlin
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic rallied from a set down to beat qualifier Vera Dushevina, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. In the men’s draw, top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-1, 6-1.
- People in the news
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B10
- ¢ Jolie breastfeeding on W magazine cover?¢ Lindsay Lohan wants deposition sealed¢ Slash to play at Hall’s tribute to Les Paul¢ Brinkley to ex: Don’t let kids watch interview¢ France’s Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
- ‘Watch’ man
- Steve Balderson happy to push boundaries in the film ‘Watch Out’
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on C1
- It’s safe to say “Watch Out” isn’t a movie you’d blindly invite your mother to see. “My mom, I don’t want to have see it,” admits Steve Balderson. That’s saying something, considering Balderson directed the film. “Watch Out,” which screens in Lawrence on Monday, is gaining international attention as it is unveiled in a city-by-city tour.
- Humbling defeat
- O-North ends Free State’s winning streak, 35-7
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Thoroughly humbled were Free State High’s football players as they jogged toward the buses that would take them back to Lawrence. “We were feeling pretty strong before the game,” senior Taylor Stuart said. “We didn’t expect anything like this.”
- Candidates to come to forum, 2 meetings
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce has scheduled two “meet and greet” get-togethers for candidates. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Republicans running for office will be at the Lodge. On Wednesday, it’s the Democrats’ turn at the same time and place.
- Green up by two in Texas
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Australia’s Nathan Green shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open. Green, winless in three seasons on the PGA Tour, birdied nine of the first 16 holes before dropping a stroke on the par-3 17th and closing with a par.
- Phils draw first blood
- Burrell, Utley homer to take opener
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Pat Burrell and Chase Utley cleared the wall with room to spare. Manny Ramirez’s drive fell just short and stayed in the park. Utley and Burrell homered off tiring Derek Lowe in the sixth inning to back a strong performance by Cole Hamels, and the Philadelphia Phillies were a winner in their return to the NL championship series, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, Thursday night.
- Free State soccer ties
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B3
- The Free State High soccer team tied Blue Valley, 3-3, on Thursday. Preston Newsome, Daniel Chance and Diego Gonzalez scored for the Firebirds.
- Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone today, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said. The Dalai Lama was hospitalized in New Delhi on Thursday, days after a medical checkup cleared him to resume foreign travel. His spokesman, Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, said a gallstone would be removed this morning during laparascopic surgery.
- 2 new directors join LMH staff
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B11
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital recently hired Linda Gall as director of care coordination and Amy Alexander as director of radiology at the LMH Breast Center. Gall will be responsible for daily operations involving case managers, social workers and clinical documentation specialists, including patient care coordination, discharge planning, documentation compliance and resource utilization.
- US nears removing NKorea from terror list
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned.
- Party leadership
- Local political organizations no longer provide the same leadership and support they once offered.
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Times certainly have changed. Years ago, the Douglas County Republican and Democratic central committees played an active and prominent role in the local election process. The committees worked hard to encourage voter registration and provided much assistance to both incumbent candidates and challengers. Various party activities generated much election interest and enthusiasm among the general public.
- Scientists confirm shark’s offspring a rare ‘virgin birth’
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Scientists have confirmed the second case of a “virgin birth” in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female blacktip shark in a Virginia aquarium contained no genetic material from a male. The first documented case of asexual reproduction among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Neb., zoo.
- Seabury football wins
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Gus Wigen-Toccalino scored seven touchdowns and ran for 250 yards, and Seabury Academy defeated Kansas School for the Deaf, 73-52, on Thursday in high school football.
- Three tied in Madrid
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- England’s Paul Broadhurst birdied two of his last three holes for a 4-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead in the Madrid Masters with Sweden’s Magnus Carlsson and Australia’s Marcus Fraser. Spanish Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez was part of a large pack two shots back, while former U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina settled for a 71.
- Good job
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I would like to commend Lawrence’s Public Works Department for its response to a street-paving issue in our neighborhood. One day recently, I came out of the house to find the street adjacent to ours being graded for repaving.
- McCain campaign struggling, sinking
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Time was, the Baltimore Orioles manager was Earl Weaver, a short, irascible, Napoleonic figure who, when cranky, as he frequently was, would shout at an umpire, “Are you going to get any better or is this it?” With, mercifully, only one debate to go, that is the question about John McCain’s campaign.
- LHS duo, FSHS singles player qualify for state
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The historic run continues. In a season in which Lawrence High’s girls tennis knock off cross-town rival Free State for the first time in school history, the Lions qualified their No. 1 doubles team for the Class 6A state meet by finishing fourth at Thursday’s regional tournament at the Lawrence Tennis Center.
- Dow driven to 5-year low by snowballing sell-off
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A runaway train of a sell-off turned the anniversary of the stock market peak into one of the darkest days in Wall Street history Thursday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down a breathtaking 679 points and deepening a financial crisis that has defied all efforts to stop it.
- Loss to Tech in 2004 a nonissue for Huskers
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B7
- For Nebraska fans, the Cornhuskers’ return to Lubbock this week has stirred bad memories of that 70-10 beating at Texas Tech four years ago. The players themselves have shorter memories. They’re seeking atonement for last week’s 52-17 loss to Missouri that ranked as the program’s worst at home since 1955.
- Obama continues lavish spending with 30-minute ad
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time on Oct. 29, the anniversary of Black Tuesday in 1929 and six days before Election Day. Obama campaign officials said the campaign had secured a 30-minute block of time at 7 p.m. on CBS and NBC. CBS already was juggling its lineup to accommodate the Democratic presidential candidate, moving back an episode of “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”
- Ex-goalie recovering
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Clint Malarchuk, the former NHL goalie best known for having his jugular vein slashed by a skate in a 1989 game with Buffalo, is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the chin with a rifle.
- Horoscopes
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B10
- Your creativity surges, and you find that nearly anything is possible this year. All you need to do is stop and think about what you want. Romance and love knock on your door in 2009, if you are single. If you are attached, some of the sparks of when you first dated return.
- McCain questions Obama’s honesty
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that questions about Democratic rival Barack Obama’s association with a former war protester linked to Vietnam-era bombings are part of a broader issue of honesty.
- From Lawrence with honor
- Artist’s creation pays tribute to medics from World War II
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A1
- A Lawrence artist is getting more national attention for his latest work. Sculptor Jim Brothers’ newest sculpture soon will join his other pieces at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. But before “The Medic” is shipped to Virginia for installation, Lawrence residents will have an opportunity to see it, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the Union Pacific Depot.
- TV news teams forced to relive on-camera humiliations
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on C1
- The most recent episode of the revitalized “Saturday Night Live” featured a sketch involving TV’s fictional News 3, Sioux City. The premise was based on the Midwest station running a promo calling their anchors “America’s Most YouTubed News Team.”
- Report: Arthur’s grades investigated
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The Dallas Independent School District has re-opened an investigation into alleged improper grade changes for former Kansas University basketball player Darrell Arthur at South Oak Cliff High School, Dallas TV station WFAA reported Thursday.
- Switching to GPS could save airlines time, billions in costs
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A6
- A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade.
- Twins keep Redmond
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Backup catcher Mike Redmond’s $950,000 option for next season was exercised Thursday by the Minnesota Twins. The 37-year-old hit .287 in 38 games this season, with 12 RBIs. He has a .292 career average.
- Maher finds ‘religulon’ in scathing documentary
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Smarmy, smirky and relentlessly self-congratulatory, Bill Maher might be the last person atheists would want to represent their position in public, except for one crucial fact. He is so very, very smart and funny. Maher’s antireligion documentary, “Religulous” (it rhymes with ridiculous), has numerous blasts of raucous humor amid passages that feel like a screed.
- Pump patrol
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.82 at several locations.
- Mayer: Football now too brutal
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B1
- People go to auto races to see collisions, to hockey matches to watch the fights and, ideally, to football games to see speed, grace and finesse along with brutal, brain-rattling contact. Some gridiron tutors operate on the “kill-and-maim” philosophy. Most of them don’t encourage such an approach, realizing that it has a way of inviting retaliation.
- Lions looking to gain confidence
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on B6
- The 80 or so members of coach Dirk Wedd’s Lawrence High football team realize it’s not 2007. But that does not mean it doesn’t feel like it. After starting the 2008 season with back-to-back road victories, the Lions reached the meat of their schedule and have seen their confidence-inducing 2-0 record transform into a rather meager 2-3.
- Civic duty
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I have never written a letter to the editor before now, but the tone of debate among some Lawrence citizens over whether or not the T should be continued has caused me to speak up.I work for a well-known nonprofit in Lawrence and the individuals supported at my place of employment are able to hold jobs in the community, shop or go to appointments on their own ONLY because public transportation is available to them.
- On the record
- October 10, 2008 in print edition on A4
- ¢ A Salb Construction employee reported drywall was criminally damaged Tuesday in the 3000 block of Harper Street. The damage estimate is $1,000.¢ An 18-year-old Lawrence man reported an Xbox 360 game console and games and a Samsung cell phone were stolen Sunday in the 1800 block of Miller Drive. The estimated loss is $1,200.
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