Also from February 8
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Have you used a coupon to get a discount on goods or services in the past month?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 80% | |
| No. | 19% | |
| Total | 655 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Monday, February 9 calls for a high …
- The Jayhawks remained undefeated after their bout with Oklahoma State …
- Elementary and junior high school students from across the county …
- The Dole Institute of Politics has begun celebrating the bicentennial …
- The city may have a new competitor in its efforts …
- Emergency crews were sent to a two-story home early Sunday …
- The Haskell men played host to York College over the …
- The Haskell women defeated York College, 59-37.
- Funding for The Leo Center is down at a time …
- A longtime downtown card and gift shop may be on …
- The Lawrence School Board will hear plans to cut the …
- One of the founders of the Central Junior High Fun …
- Transit professionals are rolling into town this week looking for …
- The Kansas women faced off against the Missouri Tigers for …
- Fire crews respond to a house fire early Sunday morning. …
- Area hunters gathered around Tonganoxie for the third annual Squirrel …
- Pok Chi Lau, a Kansas University professor and photographer, talks …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Church home: KU students live co-op style at Ecumenical Christian Ministries- February 7, 2009 in print edition on 1D
- Well before MTV’s “The Real World” and even before the iconic Sunflower House cooperative, there was Koinonia. It’s the original test of what happens when strangers are picked to live together — warts, homework, undone chores and all.
6:00 a.m.
Spelling bee champ repeats- February 8, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- It might not have been the winning word, but “Huzzah!” was the final word out of Isaac Ward’s mouth at Saturday’s Douglas County Spelling Bee. It’s what this year’s champion shouted after spelling “plaid” and then “agile” correctly in the ninth and final round of competition. The seventh-grader at Bishop Seabury Academy defended his title against 25 other students. Last year Ward won on the word “hysterical.”
- Video: Spelling bee champ repeats
- Video: Students vie for top spelling spot
10:00 a.m.
Coping with the recession- February 8, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- When the national economy started its downward slide, Jennifer Harrell was one of its early victims. The 34-year-old civil engineer from Lawrence was laid off in September 2007 from a job she had with a small engineering firm in suburban Kansas City. The construction business was declining, and demand for designing storm sewers and streets for private commercial and residential developments also was dropping.
2:00 p.m.
More families mull fostering children- February 8, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- For five years, Monique Glaudé pondered becoming a foster parent. With her daughter in elementary school full-time and a son in college, this year seemed like a good one to pursue the idea. It just so happened to be at the same time the economy went sour. But that didn’t stop the Topeka single mom and executive assistant from moving forward with her plans.
6:00 p.m.
Hunters scramble to catch squirrels- February 8, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Kody Nehl and Zach McCowan waited in silence in some woods just outside Tonganoxie with pellet guns locked and loaded. They scanned the treetops hoping to catch sight of a red or gray squirrel to add to their kill count. Although Nehl has hunted deer and turkey before with his father, Jess Nehl, this was his first time he was able to hunt a little bit more independently with Dad a few feet behind him.
- Video: Tonganoxie Squirrel Scramble
All stories
- Haskell women improve to 12-7
- February 8, 2009
- The Haskell women defeated York College, 59-37.
- Downtown gift shop could be replaced by Noodles & Company
- February 8, 2009
- A longtime downtown card and gift shop may be on its way out to make room for a new national restaurant chain.
- Michel Loomis: Sunflower Bank Teacher of the Month
- February 8, 2009
- One of the founders of the Central Junior High Fun Run is the Sunflower Bank Teacher of the Month.
- Haskell beats York College by 31 points
- February 8, 2009
- The Haskell men played host to York College over the weekend.
- Home south of Lawrence severely damaged in blaze; no injuries reported
- 02:35 a.m., February 8, 2009 Updated 07:43 p.m.
- Nobody was injured in an early-morning fire that severely damaged a rural Douglas County home. Capt. Michael Grob with the Wakarusa Fire Department said that the family of three, along with their pets, made it out of the residence unharmed on Sunday morning.
- People in the news
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D5
- • Kids’ jackets from Stefani’s line recalled• Winslet: love scenes ‘part of this job’
- On the record
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 21-year-old Horton woman was arrested by Lawrence police at the Days Inn hotel, 730 Iowa, on charges of battery and criminal trespassing. Officers made the arrest at 4:07 p.m. Saturday.
- Investor group buys stake in Farmland site
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A new group of investors has become interested in the former Farmland Industries site, just as city leaders race to get the vacant fertilizer plant purchased before the upcoming April City Commission elections.
- Horoscopes
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Opportunities weave in all year. Often, you are in the midst of juggling the pros and cons of a situation, asking yourself how much is too much. As you do an inner War of the Roses, choose to discuss situations with sensitivity. You might be quite pleased with the response. If you are single, you’ll meet many people this year.
- GOP leadership acknowledges need for change
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B7
- It was not all that long ago that political reporters were writing about “the Republican lock” on the White House. From 1972 to 1988, from Richard Nixon’s re-election through George H.W. Bush’s victory over Michael Dukakis, 24 states supported the GOP nominee each time.
- KU softball wins, loses
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University’s softball team opened Saturday with its second straight victory over a ranked opponent, but ended it with a lopsided loss to a third.
- Veteran actor Jenkins shares Oscar’s glow
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D1
- You’ve seen Richard Jenkins.
- 1st woman swims Atlantic Ocean
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a month. Reaching a beach in Trinidad, she became the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — a dream she’d had since the early 1960s, when a stormy trans-Atlantic flight got her thinking she could don a life vest and swim the rest of the way if needed.
- Morrises’ misses costly
- Twins’ airballs will lead to running
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Marcus Morris knows he has some running to do once he enters the gym today. For every airball, Kansas University players have to run an up-and-back before practice. “I’m pretty consistent with that, too. I shoot a couple a game,” Marcus deadpanned after KU’s 78-67 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Treys don’t fall, so Cowboys do
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C7
- At this point, Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Travis Ford realizes, the dichotomy of his team is no secret to Big 12 opponents. When the Cowboys are shooting well from three-point range, they represent a formidable foe on any given night. When they’re not, outings like Saturday’s can prove to be especially rough.
- Like father, like son: KU dean, offspring collaborate on exhibit
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D1
- John Gaunt Sr. remembers walking into an art gallery in Florence, Italy, and spotting paintings by his son, John Jr.
- Scientists try to understand clocks that keep living things ticking
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Like kids taking apart a fine Swiss watch, scientists are laboring to understand what makes the biological clock that’s inside every living creature tick. Researchers have long known that bacteria, flies, worms, flowers, oak trees and human beings all have tiny internal timepieces that keep them on a roughly 24-hour cycle, the time it takes the Earth to spin once on its axis.
- Over 130 fishermen rescued, 1 dead after ice floe breaks
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie’s shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen offshore, some for as long as four hours. One man fell into the water and later died of an apparent heart attack.A Coast Guard spokesman, Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier, said 134 people had been plucked from the ice by late afternoon.
- Diet key to regulating blood pressure
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D8
- If you’re like many Americans, your blood pressure has crept up as you’ve gotten older.
- City inflation
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Expenditures by city departments have increased from $101 million to $146 million since 2002. This is a $45 million increase in just eight years. The planning department expenditures have grown by 35 percent, police by 38 percent, Fire & Medical by 43 percent and the city manager’s office is spending 87 percent more than they did in 2002.
- Weekend show focuses on market for remodeling, despite hard times
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B1
- After 15 years, Debra and J.B. King thought it was time their house got a new roof and windows. “We assume now is a good time to do this. You sort of think people need the work,” Debra King said. The Kings were among the thousands of visitors at this weekend’s Lawrence Home Show, an annual event sponsored by Lawrence Home Builders Association.
- Tennessee coach Kiffin looks silly
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C2
- We were sadly mistaken. It wasn’t the jolt or the juice he brought back to the Florida-Tennessee rivalry Thursday. It was the joke.
- Escaped prisoner turns up in judge’s trunk
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A6
- A Michigan judge says he’s learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle’s trunk. The Macomb Daily reports the teen had vanished Friday after appearing in juvenile court in Mount Clemens on a probation violation.
- Two records broken
- KU swimmers set school, pool marks
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Maria Mayrovich might just take her raggedy, old speed suit with her when she completes her Kansas University swimming career next month. At the very least, someone should consider presenting it to the KU senior as a gift given her breathtaking performance while wearing the black suit during KU’s 182-113 dual meet victory against Iowa State Saturday morning at Robinson Natatorium.
- Strong legacy
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Legacies won’t stay in Kansas if they don’t ever come. A recent editorial suggests that it’s unlikely that children of alumni attending Kansas schools from out of state will stay in Kansas and they should not be given the possibility of a partial waiver of out-of-state tuition. The writer’s argument is faulty in both its reasoning and its assumptions.
- Report: Rodriguez tested positive
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in his MVP season of 2003 with Texas, according to a report by Sports Illustrated.
- For puppy mill owners: an update on your ‘inventory’
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Dear Puppy Mill Owners: I’m not sure why I feel compelled to write this letter that doubtless will neither move you nor prompt you to change your ways.
- More families mull fostering children
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B1
- For five years, Monique Glaudé pondered becoming a foster parent. With her daughter in elementary school full-time and a son in college, this year seemed like a good one to pursue the idea. It just so happened to be at the same time the economy went sour. But that didn’t stop the Topeka single mom and executive assistant from moving forward with her plans.
- 65 dead in Australia’s worst wildfires in decades
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia, razing scores of homes, forests and farmland in the country’s worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century. At least 65 people died and the toll could rise further, police said today.
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Orange barrels, warning flags and flexible pylons are out there denoting adjusted paths for drivers on some area streets and highways. Here’s a rundown of various maintenance, repair and construction projects that could affect your travel in the region this coming week.
- Seeking a legend, and finding the Lincoln Memorial
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Two hundred years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, we still seek him in words and in action, in lessons from his life, in reminders of his legend — and in pilgrimages to the temple built in his honor.We are drawn to the Lincoln Memorial in so many ways.
- KU opera ‘Patience’ makes for fun night
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The Kansas University Opera production of “Patience,” which opened Friday at Swarthout Hall in Murphy Hall, was an entertaining romp filled with witty characterizations and over-the-top mayhem.Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are notoriously melodramatic, and “Patience” is no exception.
- Afghanistan ‘job’ hard to define or ‘finish’
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Is it finally time to “finish the job” in Afghanistan? In October 2002, Barack Obama — then a relatively obscure Illinois state senator — made a speech against the Iraq war. “I don’t oppose all wars,” he told a Chicago crowd in words that soon became famous. “What I am opposed to is a dumb war. … You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s finish the fight with bin Laden and al-Qaida.”
- Bugatti found in garage auctioned for big bucks
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for about $4.4 million Friday. The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S went under the hammer at Bonhams’ Retromobile car show and sale in Paris. It was sold on behalf of the family of its last owner, Dr Harold Carr.
- Oskaloosa girls win
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Nicole Rockhold had 21 points and 10 steals, and Oskaloosa defeated Wathena, 55-16, on Friday night in high school girls basketball.
- Increasing numbers of women flock to Kansas farms
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Back in the 1970s, when Sue Ann Peter left Kansas for the bright lights of San Antonio, she didn’t know when she’d be back. She knew someday she’d return near the small town of Ellinwood, where she grew up. But the last thing she figured on was finding true love amid central Kansas cropland.
- NTSB: Door distracted bus driver before crash
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A tour bus driver had tried to fix a problem door and was blinded by the sun’s glare just before the bus crashed near Hoover Dam last month, killing seven passengers, an investigator said Saturday. “We know he was distracted by that door,” National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator Peter Kotowski told reporters. Witnesses told investigators the driver’s side door was open at one point just before the bus crashed.
- Transit consultants ask for input
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Consultants looking to help coordinate transit services in Lawrence are coming to town this week, and they want to hear from you. Members of the consulting team — from Olsson Associates, of Overland Park, and Bourne Transit Consulting, of Ames, Iowa — will be collecting suggestions for coordinating the routes and schedules of KU on Wheels and the Lawrence Transit System.
- KU tennis team tops Illinois-Chicago
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University senior Yuliana Svistun and freshman Kate Morozova led the Jayhawk women’s tennis team to a victory against Illinois-Chicago, 4-3, Saturday at Atkins Tennis Center.
- Spelling bee champ repeats
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A1
- It might not have been the winning word, but “Huzzah!” was the final word out of Isaac Ward’s mouth at Saturday’s Douglas County Spelling Bee. It’s what this year’s champion shouted after spelling “plaid” and then “agile” correctly in the ninth and final round of competition. The seventh-grader at Bishop Seabury Academy defended his title against 25 other students. Last year Ward won on the word “hysterical.”
- Debacle spells victory, defeat for 6th-grader
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Sixth-grader Morgan Sims knew how to spell “debacle,” but she got an unfortunate lesson on its meaning when her northern Arkansas school district forgot a spelling bee entry fee. Morgan correctly spelled “debacle” — meaning failure, in an often ludicrous way — to win the Craighead County Spelling Bee on Friday, taking home the first-place trophy and a $200 savings bond.
- Artist of Obama poster arrested
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A street artist famous for his red, white and blue “Hope” posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday. Shepard Fairey was arrested Friday night on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art for a kickoff event for his first solo exhibition, called “Supply and Demand.”
- Remember: Electronic filing speeds your tax refund
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on E1
- A tip for taxpayers who want to see their refunds faster: File electronically. That advice from the Internal Revenue Service could come in handy for people in economic straits. Last year, the average refund was $2,429.The number of returns filed electronically has more than doubled over the past 10 years. Last year, nearly 90 million — about 58 percent — of the more than 155 million tax returns were filed electronically.
- Navy tries to lighten load on grounded ship
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Navy offloaded fuel, water and personnel from a grounded, $1 billion guided missile cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early this morning to free it from a rock and sand shoal. The USS Port Royal ran aground on Thursday evening, about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport where it was visible from several vantage points on Oahu.
- Looming large
- Aldrich rules boards in Jayhawks’ victory
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University center Cole Aldrich, who had a five-inch height advantage over Oklahoma State’s tallest basketball starter, made it look easy in stretching for a career-high 18 rebounds on Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. “Oh, it’s tough,” Aldrich exclaimed after the Jayhawks’ 78-67 victory over the Cowboys.
- Democrats angered by GOP remarks
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates said Saturday that comments made by state Republican legislative leaders about Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, “should offend us all.” On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, criticized Sebelius’ work on the state budget, adding he hoped Sebelius would leave Kansas and get a job in President Obama’s administration.
- OPEC expected to cut production
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on E1
- OPEC members are expected to cut oil production when they convene in March to try to push up prices to at least $70 a barrel, Iraq’s oil minister said Saturday. Hussain al-Shahristani also identified political tensions, bureaucracy and lack of funds as impediments to developing Iraq’s hydrocarbon resources.
- Hunters scramble to catch squirrels
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Kody Nehl and Zach McCowan waited in silence in some woods just outside Tonganoxie with pellet guns locked and loaded. They scanned the treetops hoping to catch sight of a red or gray squirrel to add to their kill count. Although Nehl has hunted deer and turkey before with his father, Jess Nehl, this was his first time he was able to hunt a little bit more independently with Dad a few feet behind him.
- Stimulus could boost Internet in rural areas
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Kansans may be able to surf the Internet faster and cheaper if Congress passes the $900 billion stimulus plan. President Obama’s economic recovery plan allocates $6 billion to $9 billion for the development of wireless and broadband services, with most going to increasing services in unserved and underserved areas.
- Milkman delivered cannabis with bottles
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk. Robert Holding, 72, delivered marijuana as he made his daily rounds in the town of Burnely, in northwestern England.
- Opposition protests ending term limits
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Caracas on Saturday to oppose a constitutional amendment that could allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely. Marchers waved the nation’s flag and peered through glasses framed by the word “No” to encourage people to vote against ending term limits for all elected officials in a Feb. 15 referendum backed by Venezuela’s socialist leader.
- Dole Institute to study Obama’s first 100 days
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B2
- An upcoming study group at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will evaluate President Barack Obama’s performance throughout his first 100 days in office. The weekly sessions will be led by Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy and Dole Fellow Scott Burnett, who worked in the Carter administration as director of the Presidential Speakers Bureau.
- A mom responds
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: This letter is in regards to the letter by Kathleen Christian on Feb. 5. As a mother of four young children, I would like to know where I could purchase her manual for raising perfect children. I would be very interested in knowing how she was capable of raising children that apparently never acted out or screamed in public.
- British R coming — but road work ahead
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A6
- A hacked electronic highway sign in northwestern Texas carried an international message that seemed to predate, well, the use of electricity. The sign Friday briefly flashed: “OMG The British R coming. They R watching you.”
- More people buying cheaper food basics at grocery stores
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A3
- More people are eating at home and passing up nights out at a restaurant, thanks to the economy. At least that’s what grocery sales are indicating. “We’re seeing a rise in certain (food) categories that tell us people are eating at home or at least trying to make some choices with their food budget,” said John Olson, store director at Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway.
- ‘Abraham Lincoln’ is brief, but packed with info
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Feb. 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and you could fill many a stovepipe hat with the bevy of books recently released in honor of that occasion.
- More co-worker couples losing both incomes at once
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A7
- It is a well-known risk to lack diversity in an investment portfolio. Now, couples employed by the same company are learning a similar lesson, the hard way. As layoffs mount across the country and in all sectors, couples who are co-workers are increasingly vulnerable to losing their families’ twin sources of income at once. The lack of variety in job skills can also make it difficult to bounce back, especially in a struggling industry.
- Army interest
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The bad economy is causing some young men to consider joining the Army. “We’ve had some people come in and say they’ve recently been laid off,” said Sgt. 1st Class Michael Straw, an Army recruiter in Lawrence. “It’s tough to find a job these days.” Most of those inquiring about the Army are men who are 23 to 25 years old, Straw said.
- Young KC couple found dead in car
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A young couple from North Kansas City who hadn’t been seen since Tuesday were found shot to death in a car. The couple’s bodies were found Friday night in a car near the 18th and Vine Jazz district. Relatives said the victims were 19-year-old Erin R. Williamson and her boyfriend, 17-year-old Aaron L. Benton.
- Official says Sebelius near top for health post
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was very near the top of President Barack Obama’s list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said Saturday. The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private administration deliberations, said no decision was imminent. But the official added the former Kansas insurance commissioner was rising as Obama considers prospective candidates.
- LHS freshman wrestler wins title in overtime
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Lawrence High freshman Reece Wright-Conklin placed first in the 152-pound weight class of the Rose Hill Invitational on Saturday.
- McCray shines, but KU women fall to MU
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Danielle McCray had her sixth straight game of scoring 20 or more points, but it wasn’t enough for Kansas University’s women’s basketball team on Saturday. McCray led the Jayhawks with 20 points, but KU suffered a 74-60 Border War setback to the Tigers.
- Slow sales hurt artists, but work still on display
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The economic recession could bring new meaning to the term “starving artist.” It’s never easy to sell art, and it gets more difficult during a recession, said Justin Marable, an artist who lives in Topeka but displays and sells his work in Lawrence. “Art is a luxury. A lot of people can’t buy it now,” he said.
- Biden to Iran: U.S. ready to act
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Vice President Joe Biden warned Saturday that the U.S. stands ready to take pre-emptive action against Iran if it does not abandon nuclear ambitions and its support for terrorism. But in his first major policy speech as President Barack Obama’s No. 2, Biden also declared the U.S. open for talks with Iran and Russia to repair relations.
- Coping with the recession
- How the city is dealing with economic woes
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A1
- When the national economy started its downward slide, Jennifer Harrell was one of its early victims. The 34-year-old civil engineer from Lawrence was laid off in September 2007 from a job she had with a small engineering firm in suburban Kansas City. The construction business was declining, and demand for designing storm sewers and streets for private commercial and residential developments also was dropping.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 8, 1909: “Far more than 2,000 crowded Robinson Gymnasium to hear Fred B. Smith, with YMCA ties, tell of ‘The Sins That Kill.’ It was the biggest men’s meeting ever held in Lawrence. He dealt with intemperance, gambling and impurity of mind and body and called them the three capital sins of our existence. It was an impressive religious service with man conversions to Christianity. “
- Wissel, Scott lead Kansas track team
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Colby Wissel led the way for the Kansas University track and field team on day two of the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., posting an NCAA provisional-qualifying mile time of 4:01.92 to win the men’s one-mile run.
- Obama, Senate GOP bicker over economic recovery plan
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans bickered Saturday over his historically huge economic recovery plan after states and schools lost tens of billions of dollars in a late-night bargain to save it. The $827 billion measure is on track to pass the Senate on Tuesday despite stiff opposition from the GOP and disappointment among Democrats, including the new president who labeled it imperfect.
- Man moving on after layoff, bankruptcy
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The year 2008 was not a good one for Tim Franklin. At the beginning of the year, the 38-year-old Lawrence man filed for bankruptcy. In October, he was laid off from his job as a residential loan officer at Bank of America. “It’s pretty emotional,” Franklin said about the layoff. “It’s like, what do I do now?”
- Corporate perks
- Top executives need to adjust their thinking about corporate bonuses.
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It seems that corporate executives accustomed to lavish perks and bonuses just don’t get it. A case in point occurred last week when Wells Fargo & Co. defended, then canceled a 12-night luxury junket to Las Vegas for its top employees. The outing caused an uproar because Wells Fargo had just received $25 billion in bailout funds from the federal treasury.
- Channel casts new light on Disney brand
- Ratings and revenue rise with racier ‘family’ shows
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The TV series “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” opens with a 15-year-old girl coming home from band practice, reaching into her French horn case and pulling out a home pregnancy test. Her horrified look confirms the results.
- Snicket lives: Author Daniel Handler now embraces projects not inspired by ‘unfortunate events’
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D3
- After 13 installments, Daniel Handler’s wildly popular “A Series of Unfortunate Events” saga came to an end in 2006, but the books’ narrator, Lemony Snicket, lives on.
- Legions facing layoffs turn to parties
- Jobseekers gather to mingle, network at bars
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The bar was crowded with well-dressed professionals enjoying drinks and conversation, a typical evening — except that many of them had no job. The event was a Wall Street Pink Slip Party, where the unemployed mix with recruiters and curious bystanders to network, look for work, and share their stories. With employers shedding 600,000 more jobs in January, the undercurrent at this party in a Manhattan bar was decidedly glum.
- Poet’s Showcase: Media Stomp
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Find a story
- Bankruptcies
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Octuplets raise multiple ethical issues
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Maybe we owe an apology to the doctors who made the birth announcement with such pride and excitement. The delivery of eight babies in five minutes was, they exhaled, “amazing.” The mom was “incredibly courageous.” All in all it was a “very exciting day,” a feat for which the 46-member medical team at the California hospital expected kudos and high fives.
- Downturn takes toll on adoptions
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Parents are expected to make sacrifices for their children all the time. But for Vanessa and Brian Palenske, those sacrifices came long before the baby. Since 2006, the Basehor couple has been saving money to adopt — bargain shopping, cutting back on vacations and dining out less frequently. But a year into the process, the Palenskes have had to turn down several matches because the $25,000 they’ve saved up wasn’t enough.
- Valentine’s card tradition goes back centuries
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D4
- The custom of sending valentine cards is not new. It goes back to the 17th century.
- Little makes it look easy
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Watching the wheels of a basketball player’s mind grind slowly ranks right down there with watching a short-order cook burn your burger. It’s frustrating to watch a guy on the court so obviously thinking about where he should be heading and what he should be doing once he gets there.
- Home-building enters another year on decline
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The once-booming home construction industry in Lawrence is entering a third year of decline. In 2008, a total of 102 building permits were issued for single-family homes, according to Lawrence Home Builders Association. That was down from 166 issued in 2007. In 2006, permits issued totaled 247.
- Kansas basketball notebook
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C7
- Members of Missouri’s rowdy student-cheering section, The Antlers, have been known to dial the cell phone numbers of Kansas University’s players and coach Bill Self in the days leading up to the KU-MU game in Columbia, Mo.
- Real estate market looking up
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The Douglas County real estate market experienced a decline in sales last year, but there were signs of an upturn in December. “Lawrence never really went into the tank, although it did slow down in the fall,” was how the 2008 market was described by Randy Barnes, Lawrence Board of Realtors president.
- Government hit with budget cuts
- 12:00 a.m., February 8, 2009 Updated 03:37 p.m. in print edition on A1
- The economic crisis is causing local and state government leaders to deal with severe budgeting problems in 2009. Also affected are public schools and higher education. Below is a summary of what government and education leaders are dealing with.
- Firebirds take 5th; Lions 8th
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on C10
- After watching sophomore swimmer Nolan Frank step down from the medal stand without doing his signature victory dance, the rest of the Free State High boys swimming team admitted to being a little surprised.
- Three ring tones and a funeral
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D1
- I’m sitting in the last row of a church, attending the funeral of a friend’s father. It’s been a lovely service, so far — a beautifully personal eulogy by an eloquent minister, a stirring rendition of the family’s favorite song and a thought-provoking sermon on the ways we mortals come to terms with death.
- Fashion has long embraced different ideas of sexy clothing
- February 8, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The collective opinion of what’s sexy has risen and fallen with necklines and hemlines.
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