Also from August 12
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
How do you most often rent movies?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| By mail. | 25% | |
| I don’t rent movies. | 24% | |
| Video store. | 20% | |
| Video kiosk. | 13% | |
| On demand. | 12% | |
| Download off the Internet. | 4% | |
| Total | 806 | |
Should KU receiver Kerry Meier be the backup quarterback this season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No, Meier should focus all his efforts on becoming a better receiver | 57% | |
| Yes, KU needs him there in case Todd Reesing is injured | 35% | |
| Undecided | 6% | |
| Total | 551 | |
Videos
- The skies should be clear and temperatures hovering in the …
- A 42-year-old Lawrence man was hospitalized after being hit by …
- As the school year begins, health of young students is …
- After three days of jury deliberation it was discovered one …
- Teachers began contract negotiations for the upcoming school year. Health …
- U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, took time Wednesday to listen …
- Plans for the new power plant along the banks of …
- Kerry Meier is a quarterback first and a receiver second …
- Quinton Woods will add explosive speed to the Kansas University …
- Haskell Indian Nations University’s football team will play seven of …
- Some light cloud cover is possible later tonight, but most …
- It should be a typical afternoon commute today, with light …
- U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, conducted a forum at the …
- Nothing out of the ordinary for mid-August is in the …
- There will be a few delays slowing you down about …
- A man was taken by air ambulance to Kansas University …
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Children get their hands dirty with history lesson- August 11, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Local historians have a lot of dirt to dish out when it comes to the Civil War Era. On Tuesday, local children and parents slung mud all over the banks of the Kansas River to take a trip back in time.
10:00 a.m.
Lesson learned- August 12, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Dezmon Briscoe says he appreciates his role more now that he spent some time away from it.
- Video: Practice makes perfect for KU football
- Video: KU Football addresses media
- Photo gallery: KU football practice
2:00 p.m.
KU completing renovation of chancellor’s residence- August 11, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- As incoming Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little prepares to begin her tenure at Kansas University, her new house has undergone a facelift.
6:00 p.m.
Fair & square: Healthy recipes among award-winning delights from 4-H competition- August 12, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Want another taste of the 2009 Douglas County Fair?
All stories
- The hills are alive
- Venerable campus concert returns as Night on the Hill
- August 12, 2009
- Its legacy doesn’t garner as much attention as KU’s athletics, but Night on the Hill — and its previous incarnation as Day on the Hill — has been putting on free shows for students and the Lawrence community for nearly 30 years …
- Juror misconduct can be grounds for appeal
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Local attorneys were surprised by Wednesday’s accusations of juror misconduct in the Matthew Jaeger trial and said misconduct can lead to prejudice against a defendant.
- Moore’s office receives threats; Congressman not having town hall meetings
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, said Wednesday that he contacted police after his Overland Park office had received two threats recently.
- Maintenance hampers local Internet access, takes down local Web sites
- 05:21 p.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 12:16 a.m.
- Planned maintenance early today by Level 3 Communications, one of the vendors that provide Internet bandwidth to Sunflower Broadband, went awry Wednesday and hampered several local Web sites, including this one. By Wednesday night, Internet service had been restored to most of the community.
- Property tax delinquencies on the rise in Douglas County
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- More than $3 million in property taxes remains unpaid in Douglas County, leaving local governments to calculate how the shortfall might affect their already-thin budgets.
- State’s unemployment trust fund running out of money
- 03:00 p.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 06:12 p.m. in print edition on B7
- The state fund used to pay unemployment benefits is going broke, which will probably force Kansas to borrow from the federal government, it was announced Wednesday.
- FOX Sports to air KU football preview
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- FOX Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Kansas City will air a preview of the Kansas University football team’s 2009 season throughout August, the school announced Wednesday.
- Public meeting on new Bowersock plant set for Thursday
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Leaders of the Bowersock Mills and Power Company will give a public presentation this week on their plans to build a new hydroelectric power plant on the north bank of the Kansas River.
- Briscoe, Meier named to Biletnikoff list
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University receivers Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier were among the 37 players named this week to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation’s top receiver.
- Most Lawrence public school students back in class for new academic year
- August 12, 2009
- Grades one through six, seven and 10 zipped up their backpacks and went off to their respective schools.
- Anti-Democrat feelings evident, but tempers held in check at Jenkins’ town hall health forum
- 10:56 a.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 12:59 p.m. in print edition on A3
- More than 200 people on Wednesday packed into a town hall meeting on health care, with most of them having none of Democratic congressional plans aimed at expanding coverage and reducing costs.
- One juror replaced with an alternate in Matthew Jaeger trial
- Fairchild declines to declare a mistrial
- 10:26 a.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 07:16 p.m. in print edition on A1
- A Douglas County judge Wednesday morning dismissed a juror for misconduct and appointed an alternate to serve in the Matthew Jaeger trial, but he stopped short of declaring a mistrial in the case.
- Lawrence man hospitalized after being hit by train; injuries called life-threatening
- 05:01 a.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 12:56 p.m. in print edition on A3
- A man was taken by air-ambulance to Kansas University Medical Center after being hit by a train early Tuesday morning.
- Man arrested after threatening police officers
- 01:02 a.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 02:01 p.m. in print edition on A6
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday morning, after police said he threatened two officers.
- Chiefs counting on Succop
- Kansas City stressing field position, thinks new kicker is answer
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Chiefs think Ryan Succop could be the answer to their nagging kicking woes.
- City avoids tax increase, but eliminates division
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- City commissioners closed the book on the 2010 city budget Tuesday, and on a longtime city division that investigates complaints of discrimination throughout the city.
- U.S. man was trying to help Suu Kyi
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A10
- John William Yettaw thought he was on a mission from God to save Myanmar’s jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Rove involvement in U.S. attorney firings described
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Karl Rove and other top officials in George W. Bush’s White House were deeply involved in pushing for the ouster of several U.S. attorneys, notably including one in New Mexico, according to testimony and e-mails that the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee released Tuesday.
- Twitter opera to go on in London
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- It probably won’t be “Madame Butterfly,” but it should be fun.
- Horoscope for August 12, 2009
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- This year, emphasize the pluses in your life. Your presence makes a strong impact. How others perceive you might have very little to do with the real you. If you are single, you draw many people in because of your unmistakable charisma. Reveal the real you. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from doing more together in the community or in your immediate circle of friends. Taurus pushes you into the limelight.
- A plea for motorist-bicyclist detente
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Bill Clinton facilitated the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea.
- Does family past sway Ecuador leader?
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- I’m not a great fan of using psychological profiles to explain people’s political leanings, but a report on Ecuador’s rabidly anti-U.S. President Rafael Correa, which I read during a visit to Colombia last week, left me wondering.
- Kansas law on adult stores’ signs won’t be enforced
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Kansas won’t enforce a law limiting the size and content of signs along highways for adult stores because of an agreement Tuesday between the attorney general and lawyers for a sexually oriented business.
- Reesing positive leader
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Todd Reesing has proven himself a true leader.
- Lesson learned
- Exile over, Briscoe appreciates ‘privilege’
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Dezmon Briscoe says he appreciates his role more now that he spent some time away from it.
- New TV provider would pay higher fees
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- City commissioners Tuesday cleared the way for a new cable television provider to begin operating in Lawrence after the company voluntarily agreed to pay the city an increased fee for use of its rights-of-way.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of JFK, dies at age 88
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triumph on the field of competition and lead rich and productive lives outside the walls of institutions, died Tuesday at age 88.
- To friendly crowd, Obama assails health care foes
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Braced for a fight he never got, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”
- 1 death attributed to Tuesday’s quake
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The magnitude 6.5 earthquake that jolted Japan shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday killed one woman near Tokyo and injured at least 100 people in the capital and the prefectures of Shizuoka, Aichi and Kanagawa.
- Murder for ratings? Cops suspect TV host
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- In one murder after another, the “Canal Livre” crime TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim.
- Post-Woodstock, a gentler generation gap
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Forty years ago, young people moved to music their parents despised, upended the conventions of their elders and, as the saying went, did not trust anyone over 30.
- GM touts car that gets 230 MPG
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- General Motors said Tuesday its new Chevy Volt will get 230 miles per gallon in the city, dwarfing the current mileage leader and giving the automaker reason to crow about its strides in fuel efficiency.
- Work on Tuttle Creek dam nearly finished
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- After nearly eight years of work, a project to strengthen the Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan is nearly finished.
- Selig still can salvage his legacy
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The way things stand, the commissionership of Bud Selig will be remembered as a joke and the commissioner himself as a failure, the man who presided over an era in which baseball’s only real currency, its hallowed history and its sacred numbers, became as worthless as Confederate money.
- Report: Pitino paid for abortion
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10 million, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
- Wichita prep Perry Ellis to visit Memphis
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Wichita Heights High School sophomore forward Perry Ellis has decided to attend Midnight Madness at Memphis.
- Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Freshman Huldon Tharp might start at linebacker, KU coach Mark Mangino confirmed.
- No chance Washington signs Vick
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It seems “a lot of teams” are interested in Michael Vick. The Washington Redskins, apparently, aren’t one of them.
- Stallworth can train during house arrest
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth will be allowed to leave home confinement to train with a strength and conditioning coach, a judge ruled Tuesday.
- Brady set for preseason
- QB expects action Thursday vs. Eagles
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Tom Brady is hoping for a starring role. Bill Belichick might allow a cameo.
- Outdoor Kids Day is Saturday at Clinton
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Clinton State Park will be hosting its annual Outdoor Kids Day this Saturday.
- Wellness checked at senior center
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A free wellness clinic will be offered from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Aug. 24 at the Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vt.
- State makes deal for Medicaid transport
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- State officials said Monday they hope to improve service and save taxpayers’ money by hiring a company to handle transport of Medicaid patients.
- Trial scheduled in burglary, theft case
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A Nov. 9 jury trial has been scheduled for a Wichita teenager charged in multiple thefts and burglaries in northwest Lawrence.
- Fed likely to leave rates at lows
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Signs are growing that an economic recovery may finally be taking shape, but with dangers still lurking about, Federal Reserve policymakers are all but certain to leave a key interest rate at record lows to make sure any nascent turnaround gains traction.
- Mayor pardons civil rights protesters
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Birmingham’s mayor offered a blanket pardon Tuesday to thousands of demonstrators charged in this cauldron of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a mostly symbolic forgiveness he acknowledges few may actually want.
- DNA: Slain militant not Noordin Top
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia’s most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said today.
- Studies: New osteoporosis drug cuts fracture risk
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A10
- A first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures better than some existing treatments, two studies suggest, and could soon add a more expensive but easier to manage treatment option to the booming market.
- Aspirin promising as part of colon cancer treatment
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Score another win for the humble aspirin.
- Ex-Madoff CFO pleads guilty
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- After months of secretly working with the FBI, Bernard Madoff’s right-hand man emerged in federal court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges, contradicting claims by the disgraced financier that he acted alone.
- Flying rabbis pray to save Israel from flu
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- A planeload of Israeli rabbis and Jewish mystics held an airborne prayer meeting, pictured above, in the belief that it could help check the spread of swine flu in Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.
- Royals keep Twins starters struggling, 14-6
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Miguel Olivo homered and drove in three runs, and the Kansas City Royals had their highest run total of the season in a 14-6 victory over Minnesota.
- $65M in jewelry stolen from London store
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Two well-dressed thieves walked into a London Bond Street jewelry store last week and, after brandishing handguns at shop workers, made off with 40 million pounds —$65 million — worth of gems in one of Britain’s biggest jewelry heists, police said Tuesday.
- Google provides peek into new search engine
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Google has lifted the lid on a new version of its search engine, allowing users to look at the results it will generate.
- $500K prize divides sisters
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.
- Families: American hikers crossed Iran border by mistake
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Three American hikers detained in Iran for nearly two weeks entered the country by mistake and their families are hoping for a quick resolution that will reunite them with their children, the families said in a statement Tuesday.
- New Fatah leadership boosts peacemaking efforts with Israel
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Fatah has elected a rejuvenated leadership that will likely bring the mainstream Palestinian movement more in line with President Barack Obama’s vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement, according to unofficial results released Tuesday.
- ‘Leverage’ aims at cable news
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Viewers in search of a modern Robin Hood heist dramedy could do much worse than “Leverage” (8 p.m., TNT), the farfetched, high-tech morality tale now in its second season.
- People in the news
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- The potent anesthetic that Michael Jackson’s doctor gave him as a sleep aid came from a Las Vegas pharmacy searched Tuesday by federal drug agents and police, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
- Baldwin City facilities earn national awards
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Vintage Park at Baldwin City and Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center have been recognized as two of the 2009 recipients of the Step I National Quality Award presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).
- Boys & Girls Club to open ‘RAC Room’
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Through a joint venture with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Rent-A-Center Inc., representatives from the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club and Rent-A-Center will host a dedication ceremony for new a “RAC Room” for teens at the club, furnished with merchandise from Rent-A-Center.
- Tiahrt to be featured at Chamber luncheon
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will host a noon luncheon with U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., on Thursday at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H.
- Phlebology specialist earns certification
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Dr. Dale P. Denning has earned board certification in the specialty of phlebology from the American Board of Phlebology.
- Tips for finding that great mechanic
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- If the car dealership you’ve been using for service has closed, it’s time to find a new mechanic.
- Jobs slow to come as economy improves
- Companies usually cautious to hire labor at end of recessions
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Employers who have cut jobs over the past year are in no hurry to start hiring again just because the recession is tapering off.
- Capital cuts
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Lawrence school board members who held the line on the district’s capital outlay mill levy deserve taxpayers’ thanks.
- Healthy lifestyles
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: The recent front-page spread regarding the expansion of a local orthopedic surgery clinic, including a physical therapy department, had me shaking my head.
- God has place in debate
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A9
- The debate — OK, the shouting match — we are having over “health-care reform” is about many things, including cost, who gets help and who does not and who, or what, gets to make that determination.
- Lift the legislative fog
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Over the past few weeks, the media have been reporting that members of Congress have been encountering rowdy and, at times, hostile crowds when they conduct local meetings and “town halls” about the various proposals to reform medical insurance in this country.
- Kansas City Star orders furloughs
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B10
- The Kansas City Star is ordering one-week unpaid furloughs for most of its employees and offering voluntary buyouts as it continues to deal with falling revenues.
- Few districts fail to make adequate progress
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A preliminary report suggests most Kansas public schools are keeping up with rising academic standards.
- 40 years ago: City sets hospital budget
- August 12, 2009
- The proposed Lawrence Memorial Hospital budget for 1970 was set by the city commission. There was an increase of $485,000 in operating expenses. Charles Denniston was the administrator. The mill rate involved to cover the costs, partly paid by patients and other users, was to be 0.251 of 1 mill.
- 25 years ago: Haskell prepares for anniversary celebration
- August 12, 2009
- The coming September, Haskell Indian Nations Junior College would start a nine-month observance of the school’s 100th anniversary. Haskell had opened as an industrial school for young Indians and had gone through many changes on its 280-acre site.
- 100 years ago: Drunken plumber causes stir
- August 12, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Aug. 12, 1909: “A local plumber got drunk and beat up a local man and then fought officers when they came to arrest him. The attack victim seems to be recovering but the plumber will have trouble getting work, it seems.”
- Fair & square: Healthy recipes among award-winning delights from 4-H competition
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Want another taste of the 2009 Douglas County Fair?
- Movie brings the not-soon-forgotten Julia Child back into spotlight
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The movie “Julie & Julia”, which opened Friday nationwide, will likely bring renewed interest in the long life, fine cookbooks and fun television shows of Julia Child, America’s beloved “French chef.”
- Clinton sees evil in sex crimes
- August 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday was visibly moved by firsthand evidence of the brutality of war in eastern Congo, delivering an impassioned appeal for action to end to rampant sexual violence that she called “evil in its basest form.”
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 132 comments
- Study suggests continued population drop in Kansas May 29, 2012 · 5 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 34 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 150 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 256 comments
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 41 comments
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 43 comments
- Tuition victims May 22, 2012 · 54 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 27 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 85 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
- Hard-luck loss: Blue Valley West walk-off sends Lawrence High baseball home in pitchers’ duel May 26, 2012
- Book helps family heal after tragedy May 28, 2012
