Also from December 11
Births
Blog entries
- Lawrence Weather Watch: Some fun pictures of meteorologist having fun in the snow
- Shop Talk with Jenn and Julie: Another Chance to Win at The Great Holiday Rebate Contest
- Rolling along: Trimming the bike
- Seen it?: About those GOP press releases … sometimes, we stub our toe
- Lawrence Weather Watch: Below freezing, but melting!
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
What grade would you give yourself when it comes to healthy eating and exercise?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| A. | 47% | |
| B. | 22% | |
| C. | 20% | |
| F. | 6% | |
| D. | 2% | |
| Total | 48 | |
Are you an aggressive driver?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes, but I’m considerate of other drivers | 44% | |
| No, I observe the rules of the road | 32% | |
| Yes, get out of my way | 14% | |
| No, I wave approaching motorists along, even if I have the right of way | 5% | |
| I don’t drive | 3% | |
| Total | 1623 | |
Do you ever write poetry?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 58% | |
| Yes | 41% | |
| Total | 489 | |
Videos
- The temperatures will be slightly less bitter tonight than they …
- The third in a series of scheduled blasts dropped the …
- Crews spent about seven hours Friday fixing a broken water …
- The cause of a fire that damaged five units at …
- The city is reconsidering a plan for a full ban …
- The Kansas National Guard announced it will close 18 of …
- Local children shopped for presents for family members at the …
- The Firebirds boys basketball team picked up its second victory …
- The Free State girls’ basketball team fell to the Seaman …
- The Morris twins considered signing with La Salle, KU’s weekend …
- The KU women’s team is looking to pick up its …
- The fifth installment in the ten-part series showing the best-decorated …
- KUSports.com online editor Jesse Newell and Journal-World sports writer Matt …
- Temperatures won’t dip quite as low as the last few …
- It should be mainly smooth sailing for your Friday afternoon …
- The third and final section of the old Kansas Turnpike …
- It will be chilly again for today, but warmer than …
- The Friday morning commute should include mostly dry roads, but …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
New deal for city of Lawrence to purchase Farmland site is in the works- December 9, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- The city has long been interested in the nearly 500-acre property just east of Lawrence on Kansas Highway 10 because leaders believe it can be converted into a business park.
- Video: City working to acquire land
6:00 a.m.
Graduate offers lesson in perseverance- December 11, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Adam Barry remembers it as a time when his priorities became crystal clear.
10:55 a.m.
Major apartment fires present special challenge for Douglas County Red Cross- December 10, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- When a fire broke out Thursday morning at Cedarwood Apartments and displaced 14 people, it was the third major apartment fire in Douglas County in two months.
2:00 p.m.
December graduates face a job market with few prospects- December 10, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Today, like many other KU winter grads, Lucas Kempke’s preparing to graduate without any immediate job prospects.
6:00 p.m.
What’s the matter with Kansas?: Thomas Frank’s best-selling book is transformed into an acclaimed documentary film- December 11, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Author Thomas Frank was just another buttoned-down, Ronald Reagan-loving suburbanite when he headed to college in 1983. The transition from Johnson County to Douglas County proved jarring. Within his first semester at Kansas University his ideals tilted to port. And it wasn’t politics per se that spurred the shift.
All stories
- State regulations for child care centers fall short in preventing childhood obesity
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A1
- States are failing when it comes to requiring child care operations to provide nutritious foods and exercise. Kansas is no exception.
- Kansas football loses commitment
- 06:03 p.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 10:16 a.m.
- Kansas University football commitment Jacoby Walker, a quarterback from Houston, Texas, has de-committed from KU and will now attend Utah, according to the Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune.
- Deadline looming for award that honors high caliber KU, Kansas university researchers
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The deadline is approaching to submit nominees for next year’s Higuchi research awards, one of Kansas University’s top awards for research.
- Perkins: Coach search ongoing
- Amid Harbaugh reports, KU A.D. says he has not offered the job to anyone
- 04:45 p.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on C1
- By mid-day Friday, the word around town (and Internet sites and radio and multiple news stations) was that Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh had pretty much been signed, sealed and delivered as the new coach of the Kansas University football team. The only problem was, according to the man leading KU’s ongoing search for a new coach, none of it was backed by any kind of truth.
- Holiday Farmers’ Market to offer homemade crafts, foods
- December 11, 2009
- Lawrence area residents have been working like elves in preparation for Saturday’s annual Holiday Farmers’ Market.
- Elijah Johnson to make second start Saturday against La Salle
- December 11, 2009
- Kansas freshman combo guard Elijah Johnson will make his second straight start Saturday against La Salle, KU coach BIll Self said Friday during his pre-game meeting with reporters.
- Lawrence National Guard armory not among those being shuttered
- 02:31 p.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 05:12 p.m. in print edition on B4
- Kansas is closing 18 of its 56 National Guard armories, including facilities in Atchison, Garden City, Salina and Winfield.
- Fire officials: Improper disposal of smoking materials caused blaze at apartments
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Improper disposal of smoking material caused a fire Thursday morning that displaced 14 people from Cedarwood Apartments, Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical investigators said Friday.
- God Don’t Make No Junk! An interview with artist Kendra Marable
- December 11, 2009
- Lawrence artist Kendra Marable has an uncanny ability to find objects that surpass the realm of novelty. Such objects form the foundation for her new exhibit, “What Remains To Be Seen,” a collection of distinct mixed media prints and wild shrines to a bygone era…
- Members of new Healthy Bones Team to answer questions concerning bone health
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital employees Shelley Terrell, director of the post surgical unit, and Jaye Cole, director of Kreider Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, will discuss the importance of bone health at any age during an online chat beginning at noon Monday Dec. 14 at LJWorld.com
- Lawrence School Board to discuss an additional $3.3 million in cuts
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Lawrence school board on Monday will receive an update on how the district could handle future budget cuts.
- Break of water main forces closure of Lawrence Public Library
- 10:22 a.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 03:36 p.m. in print edition on B1
- A water main break Friday in downtown Lawrence caused the public library to shut down and two businesses to go without water for several hours.
- Explosion brings down largest section of Kansas Turnpike bridge to date
- 10:11 a.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 12:29 p.m. in print edition on A1
- It was the turnpike authority’s third and biggest blast in the large-scale demolition project to replace the bridges over the river and remake the turnpike near Lawrence.
- Schools For Fair Funding group adds more schools, but no decision yet about a new lawsuit
- 08:16 a.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 01:23 p.m. in print edition on B3
- While school districts continue to join a group that advocates for more funding for public education, no decision has been made on whether to file a second lawsuit against the Legislature to force more funding.
- Republicans Congressmen tout rival endorsements in quest for state’s senate seat
- December 11, 2009
- Kansas congressmen Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt are touting rival endorsements as they seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
- What’s the matter with Kansas?: Thomas Frank’s best-selling book is transformed into an acclaimed documentary film
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Author Thomas Frank was just another buttoned-down, Ronald Reagan-loving suburbanite when he headed to college in 1983. The transition from Johnson County to Douglas County proved jarring. Within his first semester at Kansas University his ideals tilted to port. And it wasn’t politics per se that spurred the shift.
- Rec calendar
- December 11, 2009
- Lawrence Bicycle Club Various rides Tuesday through Sunday. Call Paul Corcoran at 842-5273 or e-mail pcorcoran@sunflower.com.
- Texas QB McCoy wins Maxwell Award
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Texas quarterback Colt McCoy capped a big Thursday night for the Big 12 Conference, winning the Maxwell Award honoring the nation’s best all-around player.
- La Salle, KU have history
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Kansas basketball program has a soft spot in its heart for La Salle, the Philadelphia school whose team confronts the Jayhawks on Saturday.
- Obama wins unlikely support with Nobel Peace Prize speech
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- By using his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Thursday to justify expanding the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama won over some Republican critics at home, even as he preached messages of multilateralism, diplomacy and civil disobedience that resonate in anti-war circles around the world.
- Pump patrol
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.47 at several stations.
- Baker University December graduates
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C8
- Here are the December 2009 graduates at Baker University. This tentative list of graduates includes the names of students who submitted an application to graduate by the deadline to be included in the printed December 2009 commencement program.
- China surpasses U.S. in auto sales
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B9
- China has overtaken the U.S. as the world’s biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and the minivan.
- Good deeds rewarded
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B8
- The TeenNick network, formerly The N, presents “The TeenNick HALO Awards” (7 p.m.). If you don’t get the TeenNick network, you can catch them an hour later on Nick at Nite (8 p.m.).
- LHS grad Green scores 21 in CSU hoops win over Colorado
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Travis Franklin roared past Colorado defender Austin Dufault for a layup the first time he touched the ball. It was a play the Colorado State junior forward repeated most of the first half.
- Morris twins facing familiar hoops foe
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Marcus Morris agreed to participate in a quick word association game before a Kansas University basketball practice the other day.
- Kanga-romped: KU women bounce back on ‘D,’ rout ‘Roos
- 12:00 a.m., December 11, 2009 Updated 10:00 a.m. in print edition on B1
- Last time out, Bonnie Henrickson was seeing red. This time, Kansas University’s women’s basketball coach had her players wearing red.
- Notre Dame picks Kelly
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Notre Dame has settled on Brian Kelly as the man who can restore its faded glory, just as he turned Cincinnati into a national title contender.
- Eudora, Tongie hoops fall
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Drew Noble’s shot fell somehow rolled off the rim in the closing seconds and K.C. Harmon defeated Eudora, 49-44, on Thursday in the in the Eudora Invitational championship game.
- Ailing Appleton cheers on Kansas
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Tyrone Appleton, who was a backup point guard at Kansas University last season, cheered his former teammates from the lower-level, westside Allen Fieldhouse bleachers on Wednesday night.
- FSHS boys hoops snaps 20-game skid
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- There’s no longer a boulder weighing down the Free State High boys basketball team.
- Caron leads late charge in Firebirds’ girls basketball victory
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Bryan Duncan took a deep breath as he walked out of the locker room. This one was a bit too close for comfort for the Free State High girls basketball coach.
- Lawrence High boys edged by Sumner
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- For most high school basketball squads, there’s a learning curve that must be conquered before a team can hit its stride.
- LHS girls turn up ‘D,’ hold off Helias, 41-35
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Haley Parker scored 13 points and the Lawrence High girls basketball team turned up the defensive pressure in a 41-35 victory over Jefferson City (Mo.) Helias on Thursday in the first round of the Saints Classic.
- KU football booster Anderson lets coaching search take its course
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B1
- While Dana Anderson’s success in the business world has made him a lot of things — millionaire, vice chairman of the California-based Macerich Company, major donor to Kansas University — it hasn’t given him any particular insight into what makes a successful college football coach.
- Chiefs in danger of blackout
- December 11, 2009
- The Kansas City Chiefs, straining to keep their 155-game sellout streak alive, were given a 24-hour extension Thursday to sell tickets to Sunday’s game against Buffalo.
- Pittsburgh’s slide hits five
- December 11, 2009
- There’s nothing Super about the Pittsburgh Steelers anymore.
- Nielsen closes Editor & Publisher
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Nielsen Co. is selling some of its most prominent trade journals — including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard — and shutting down Editor & Publisher, which has chronicled the newspaper business for more than 100 years.
- Americans’ net worth up for 2nd quarter
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Inch by inch, Americans are recovering some of their vast loss of wealth from the recession, thanks to gains in stock investments and home values. It’s likely to be a long trek.
- U.S.-born Hispanics see gains in education
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than young Hispanic immigrants, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, an independent research group says.
- Mortgage plan provides little permanent help
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Obama administration’s embattled mortgage relief plan has provided permanent help to only 4 percent of borrowers who have signed up, weak results that could threaten the housing market’s recovery.
- Mozart’s music may help premature babies gain weight
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Is Mozart good for babies? A group of Israeli doctors have plunged into this long-running debate with a small study that found the soothing sounds of the 18th century composer may help premature babies grow faster.
- Social Security card sting spurs charges
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Three men from Mexico have been charged after federal undercover agents allegedly bought fraudulent Social Security cards and permanent resident alien cards.
- Man sentenced for parking dispute killing
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A Wichita man who admitted killing a woman in what police called a dispute over parking has been sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison.
- State judge orders reporter to testify about interview
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A Dodge City reporter has been ordered to testify about information she gathered for a story on a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.
- Graduate offers lesson in perseverance
- Mother’s sudden death changed his life, but not his dreams
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Adam Barry remembers it as a time when his priorities became crystal clear.
- CDC: 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.
- El Nino warming persists
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The El Nino climate phenomena has strengthened and is expected to last into spring, potentially affecting weather around the globe for the next few months, the government said Thursday.
- Duke student lives out of ’94 Ford van
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Even by starving-grad-student standards, Duke student Ken Ilgunas’ campus housing is humble. It is, however, mobile.
- Bridge’s eastbound lanes to be blasted
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The eastbound lanes of the turnpike’s Kansas River bridge are scheduled to drop into history today.
- Santa Claus to visit city on Saturday
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Santa Claus will make two appearances around Lawrence this Saturday.
- Lawyer seeks to withdraw from case
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A4
- An attorney for one of two men accused of killing a Lawrence man three years ago has asked to withdraw from the case.
- Auto dealer reports vehicle stolen
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Laird Noller Automotive, 2829 Iowa, reported Tuesday the theft of a vehicle.
- Family escapes injury in apparent electrical fire at Prairie Park home
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C8
- Fire crews were called Thursday afternoon to a home in the Prairie Park neighborhood after a family noticed smoke coming from one of the home’s electrical outlets.
- Cleanup of southeast Kansas site part of copper mine firm’s deal
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C8
- Environmental cleanups at more than 80 sites in 19 states, including one in Kansas, will move forward with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding under settlements with the sale of bankrupt copper miner Asarco LLC, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.
- Douglas County Bank staff to be recognized
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Fourteen Douglas County Bank employees will be recognized on Saturday for a combined 110 years of service to the bank.
- Agency elects new board members
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B9
- tiny-k Early Intervention elected new board members on July 1 to serve a two-year term.
- Commodities
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Agriculture futures were mostly higher Thursday.
- Sellers shouldn’t appear at open houses
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Q: We hired an agent two weeks ago to sell our home, and our first open house is scheduled for next weekend. We were planning to stay for the event and help show visitors around, but our agent says it would be better if we spent the afternoon somewhere else because being present for the event might hurt our chances of making a quick sale. What do you think?
- A parent’s dilemma: a child with ties to terrorism
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A10
- It’s a dilemma no parent wants to face — fearing a son or daughter may be mixed up in terrorism, wondering whether to turn in a loved one.
- Bone drugs may help prevent breast cancer
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A7
- New results from a landmark women’s health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer.
- Horoscope for December 11, 2009
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B8
- For Friday, Dec. 11: This year, don’t lose sight of your long-term goals, especially if you are making a decision. What you might think is impossible could happen when you least anticipate it. Network and expand your immediate circle of friends this year. If you are single, you can have what you want. Be aware of those desires. If you are attached. The two of you open up to better communication. Work together for something you want, and you will make it a reality.
- People in the news
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on B8
- ABC’s selection of George Stephanopoulos to replace Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” signals a desire by the network to toughen up the morning show during tough times.
- No politics
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: I was in the chorus of KU’s Holiday Vespers on Sunday and was rather surprised to learn from Ann Colebank that there was a “political rally” at the performance (Public Forum, Dec. 8). I do not recall seeing any rally happening before either of the performances.
- Who’s to blame?
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: In reading letters to the editor in the Lawrence Journal-World and the Kansas City Star, it seems that many people are placing the blame for “the problem” with the KU football program on Athletic Director Lew Perkins.
- Chalmers legacy
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: Former Kansas University Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., who died two weeks ago, faced challenges that he and other university presidents of that time (1969-1972) would have happily traded for today’s budget crisis or athletic department controversy.
- Vespers message
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: The KU Vespers program at the Lied Center last Sunday was beautiful and thoughtful.
- Tree options
- Westar needs to look at all the options before taking out mature trees along a city park.
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Westar may have some good reasons for removing as many as 20 trees in and near Watson Park, but many city residents could offer a number of good reasons why the trees should stay.
- Depot restraint
- City commissioners were smart to moderate their grant request for the Santa Fe depot.
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Lawrence taxpayers should thank their city commissioners for showing appropriate restraint in applying for federal funding to preserve the Santa Fe depot in east Lawrence.
- Environmentalism is the new socialism
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A8
- In the 1970s and early ’80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greatest wealth transfer from rich to poor in history.
- Government and jobs
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A9
- In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote a little book called “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” In 1961, it became an award-winning Broadway musical.
- Honors only for elderly
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on A9
- I was not ready to see Bruce Springsteen bemedalled at the Kennedy Center Honors last week, and I still am not ready.
- This ‘Princess’ takes her place among Disney’s animated classics
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” is an instant classic and one of the year’s best films.
- Net Worth: Web site dedicated to visits with ‘sketchy’ Santas
- December 11, 2009 in print edition on C1
- My daughter is asking many Santa-related questions.
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