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Polls
How often do you visit your local public library?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 35% | |
| A few times per year | 25% | |
| Weekly | 19% | |
| Monthly | 17% | |
| Daily | 1% | |
| Total | 632 | |
Videos
- Students at Deerfield Elementary School jumped at the chance to …
- A Lawrence educator got quite the birthday present on Wednesday …
- The forecast for Thursday, Feb. 26 calls for a high …
- A 21-year-old Kansas University student was struck by a car …
- The Colbert Report will visit Lawrence on March 9 to …
- Lawrence High’s boys and Free State’s girls won the city …
- Danielle McCray scored 30 points on 9-for-13 shooting, helping the …
- In a press conference Wednesday morning, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius …
- Kansas men’s basketball recruit John Wall still hasn’t decided on …
- The city is set to launch its largest sidewalk construction …
- Drug manufacturer Ethex has recalled several of their products, leaving …
- A warm afternoon with light winds is ushering a bit …
- Emergency crews respond to an accident at University and Crestline …
- Governor says reasons she cited last year are even more …
- Temperatures are warming up and the breeze is light, which …
- Temperatures are going to soar to 68 degrees with a …
- Despite a slight drop in temperatures, this morning’s commute looks …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Mardi Gras parade goes off without a hitch- 9:47 a.m., February 24, 2009 Updated 1:42 p.m. in print edition on 3A
- Those Lawrencians looking to celebrate Fat Tuesday can take part in the 2nd Annual Mardi Gras in Kansas parade.
- Video: Touch of New Orleans comes to Lawrence
- Video: Mardi Gras not just for New Orleans
- Photo gallery: Mardi Gras in Kansas parade
6:00 a.m.
Walk-in clinics on rise- February 24, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- An explosion in the number of retail medical clinics is occurring nationwide. From 2006 to 2007, the number of clinics grew 220 percent from 250 to more than 800, according to Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. The number is expected to reach 5,000 by 2010.
- On the street: Would you ever use a walk-in health clinic?
10:00 a.m.
Former planning director ready to jump back into fray- February 24, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Price Banks has the scars to show from what some have called the most unpopular job in Lawrence City Hall. As the city’s director of planning from 1982 to 1994, he had withstood the slings and arrows that flew frequently in the 1980s when developers wanted to convert major parts of downtown into an indoor mall.
- Source document: Statement of Substantial Interests for Price Banks
2:00 p.m.
School ready to rock on standardized tests- February 25, 2009 in print edition on 7A
- A red carpet led to Sunflower School’s multipurpose room for a rocking afternoon Tuesday. Student bands from grades three through six took the stage to get their peers excited about state assessment tests. They jammed to “Eye of the Tiger” and “We Got the Beat” on Rock Band 2, a video game that lets users feel like they’re playing instruments like guitar and drums.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- KU women break road skid, top OSU, 67-52
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Danielle McCray scored 30 points on 9-for-13 shooting, helping the Kansas women snap a 14-game road conference losing streak in a 67-52 victory over Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.
- KU provost calls for ‘prudence’ in making higher education budget cuts
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Deep budget cuts to higher education under consideration in the Legislature will cause serious harm to Kansas University and jeopardize federal stimulus funds, officials said Wednesday.
- Lawrence police release information on multiple sex crimes
- One report of child abuse also investigated
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police released information this week regarding multiple sex crime and abuse investigations in the city.
- Lawrence native candidate for top country artist honors
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence native Sarah Buxton is up for her second, and last, attempt for Top New Female Vocalist with the Academy of Country Music.
- Former officials at Meriden bank face embezzlement charges
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The former president and vice president of a Meriden bank were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of embezzling more than $2 million from the bank.
- Kansas schools could receive $575 million in federal stimulus funds
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Kansas public schools could get upwards of $575 million in federal stimulus funds over two years, officials said Wednesday.
- ID theft scam circulating via text message
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B7
- A new scam — this time delivered by text messages — is targeting area residents, seeking to collect personal financial and banking information.
- Governor plans to update FY 2010 budget in light of stimulus funds
- February 25, 2009
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is revising her proposed budget for the state’s 2010 fiscal year because of the federal stimulus legislation.
- Lawrence Public Library sees dramatic increase in demand
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The Lawrence Public Library is recording an “extraordinary” increase in the number of people using the facility and the number of items being checked out, the city’s chief library official said.
- KU earns poor score on computer security audit
- 01:35 p.m., February 25, 2009 Updated 05:48 p.m. in print edition on A1
- A follow-up audit to a 2005 report on computer security at Kansas University and two other schools has found numerous policy shortcomings.
- 21-year-old KU student taken to Kansas City-area hospital after car-pedestrian accident
- 01:00 p.m., February 25, 2009 Updated 01:52 a.m. in print edition on A3
- A 21-year-old Kansas University student was struck by a car Wednesday afternoon while crossing the street near the intersection of Crestline Drive and University Drive.
- Pickup of yard waste to resume on Monday
- February 25, 2009
- The city will soon resume collections of yard waste.
- Sebelius says any coal bill arriving on her desk is ‘DOA’
- Governor says reasons she cited last year are even more valid now
- 11:25 a.m., February 25, 2009 Updated 02:26 p.m.
- In a press conference Wednesday morning, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said any legislation that arrives on her desk to enable constructing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas is “DOA.”
- Candidate’s political career has taken winding path
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The career path at one time seemed to be a straight line for James Bush — straight to a political office somewhere. As a student at the University of South Carolina, he was on his way to getting a pair of powerful weapons for any aspiring politician — a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in speech. And, to top it off, he already had his foot firmly in the door. He was a staff member for the majority leader of the South Carolina House of Representatives — David Beasley, a man who would later become governor of the state.
- Work to begin in about a month on sidewalk construction
- February 25, 2009
- The city is set to launch its largest sidewalk construction program in recent memory, with eastern Lawrence neighborhoods slated to get the bulk of the work.
- Central Junior High teacher receives district honor
- 10:58 a.m., February 25, 2009 Updated 05:00 p.m. in print edition on A5
- It was a birthday surprise for Johannah Cox. On Wednesday, the Central Junior High band director was named the Lawrence school district’s 2009 secondary schools Teacher of the Year.
- Conservative religious activists unhappy with Sebelius’ possible candidacy for HHS secretary
- Governor says she doesn’t know if she’s being considered for position
- 10:53 a.m., February 25, 2009 Updated 11:30 a.m.
- The Obama administration remains mum about who might take over the Department of Health and Human Services — and when that might be. But conservative religious activists have already launched a preemptive campaign against top contender Kathleen Sebelius.
- Redistricting proposal designed to remove politics from process
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The line that divides Lawrence into two congressional districts could some day be erased under a bi-partisan proposal put forward Wednesday by legislative leaders who said they want to try to remove political brawling in the redistricting process.
- Ash Wednesday marks beginning of Lent
- February 25, 2009
- The Mardi Gras parade Tuesday can mean only one thing: Ash Wednesday is just around the corner.
- Colbert Report picks up on Lawrence hedgehog story
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Colbert Report will be coming to Lawrence March 9 to interview Mayor Mike Dever and the city’s rising celebrity, sixth-grade hedgehog lobbyist, Judson King.
- St. Scholastica coach dies
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- John Baggs, the coach who built the College of St. Scholastica into a Division III baseball power, died Tuesday. He was 42. He had cancer for four months, the school said. Baggs was hired by the college in 1991 when he was 24.
- High School Sports Notebook
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Seabury Academy’s boys basketball team (10-6) will take a five-game win streak and the top seed into Friday’s Class 1A sub-regional at Highland Community College.
- New role, same fire
- Injured senior still counted on by Lions
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B7
- On the program, Tania Jackson is listed as one of the student managers on Lawrence High’s girls basketball team. Yet Jackson is really more of a cheerleader than a manager.
- Fehr declares steroids era ended
- February 25, 2009
- The final word on drugs in baseball came not from the players, but their hired gun.
- KU track adds signee
- February 25, 2009
- Prep pole vaulter Corey Shank has signed with Kansas University.
- School ready to rock on standardized tests
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A red carpet led to Sunflower School’s multipurpose room for a rocking afternoon Tuesday. Student bands from grades three through six took the stage to get their peers excited about state assessment tests. They jammed to “Eye of the Tiger” and “We Got the Beat” on Rock Band 2, a video game that lets users feel like they’re playing instruments like guitar and drums.
- 7 shot on Mardi Gras parade route
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A6
- A Mardi Gras parade erupted into chaos on Fat Tuesday when a series of gunshots struck seven people, including a toddler. The child was not seriously injured and two suspects were in custody, police said. The shootings happened near the Garden District about 1:40 p.m. after the last major parade of the celebration, Rex, had ended. A stream of truck floats that follow the parade were passing by when gunfire broke out.
- Candidates report campaign contributions
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Two Lawrence City Commission candidates have emerged as the front-runners in the race to gather cash for the April 7 election. Businessmen Aron Cromwell and Lance Johnson have a clear-cut lead in campaign cash, according to reports filed with the Douglas County Clerk’s office.
- Library usage increases
- February 25, 2009
- The Lawrence Public Library has seen an extraordinary increase in users.
- Texas overcomes early deficit, tops Tigers
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Brittainey Raven scored a career-high 31 points, and 16th-ranked Texas overcame an early 10-point deficit to beat Missouri. The Longhorns (20-7, 8-5 Big 12) also got 10 points each from Ashley Lindsey and Kathleen Nash as they shook off back-to-back losses to Oklahoma State and Texas A&M.
- Iowa State 71, Baylor 62
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Craig Brackins scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Iowa State beat Baylor to snap a three-game losing streak. Iowa State broke open a tight game with a 13-4 run to open the second half. The Cyclones (14-14, 3-10 Big 12) pushed a four-point halftime lead to 46-33.
- A&M stuns NU at buzzer
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Josh Carter’s buzzer-beating three-pointer gave Texas A&M a come-from-behind victory over Nebraska. The Aggies (20-8, 6-7 Big 12) fell behind by 18 early in the second half. But Nebraska (16-10, 6-7) scored just seven points in the final 14 minutes and made only two field goals in the last 16:52. The Aggies scored 10 of the game’s final 11 points.
- Top seed wins in Dubai
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Top-seeded Novak Djokovic struggled with his serve before beating Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla, 6-3, 6-2, in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday.
- Roddick to lead U.S. team
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The U.S. Davis Cup team will go with its regular lineup for an opening-round match against Switzerland. U.S. captain Patrick McEnroe said Tuesday that Andy Roddick, James Blake and the doubles team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan would compete March 6-8 in Birmingham. The foursome has been together for 11 of the past 12 Davis Cup matches.
- Cup to go on without fans
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Davis Cup matches between Sweden and Israel will be played without spectators in Malmo next month after an attempt fell through to move the venue to Stockholm. Swedish organizers Tuesday cited security concerns for the closed-door policy because anti-Israeli demonstrations are expected during the best-of-five series March 6-8.
- ACC tickets available
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- In another sign of the trying economic times, Atlantic Coast Conference officials said Tuesday tickets are available for the men’s basketball tournament.
- Knicks, Marbury part
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Stephon Marbury was waived Tuesday by the New York Knicks, ending a turbulent five-year stint in which the former All-Star couldn’t lead his hometown team to a single playoff victory.
- WSU QB suspended
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Washington State quarterback Marshall Lobbestael has been suspended from team activities after a weekend arrest in Pullman. Pullman police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said Tuesday that officers found the 19-year-old passed out, apparently from alcohol, in the passenger seat of a pickup truck at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the police department parking lot.
- Trainer’s silence expected
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Barry Bonds’ personal trainer is likely to tell a federal judge on Friday that he has no plans to testify at the home run king’s perjury trial.
- Colts release Harrison
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Indianapolis Colts have released Marvin Harrison, ending the receiver’s 13-year stay with the team. Colts owner Jim Irsay announced the move Tuesday after meeting with Harrison in a final effort to re-sign the franchise’s career receiving leader.
- St. Joseph approves funding
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Another piece of funding has fallen into place for bringing the Kansas City Chiefs’ training camp back to northwest Missouri. The City Council in St. Joseph voted Monday night to contribute $2.25 million toward a new indoor training facility at Missouri Western State University.
- Edwards, Huard, Surtain cut
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Three often-injured veterans who hardly played last season were cut loose on Tuesday by the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Norman suggests pay cut
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Greg Norman thinks golfers need to take a pay cut as the global economic crisis bites.
- Free State girls lose, 46-35
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B3
- It has been 19 games now, and Free State coach Bryan Duncan still cannot understand the enigma that is his Firebirds girls basketball team. Sometimes, the Firebirds play magnificently, as they did in a five-point victory two weeks ago against Sunflower League second-place team Shawnee Mission Northwest. Then there are games like Tuesday night.
- LHS girls fall, 57-41
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B3
- As if the Lawrence High girls needed another reminder of what they were missing with senior forward Tania Jackson out for the season, the Lions faced a Jackson clone on Tuesday night in the form of Shawnee Mission North junior Brianna Kulas.
- Preparing for launch: Satellite or missile?
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- North Korea declared Tuesday it is making “brisk headway” in plans to send a satellite into orbit as part of its space program, a launch regional powers fear is a cover-up for testing a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska and the western United States.
- U.S. wins 60th Pancake Day Race
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Wichita State University student won the annual trans-Atlantic pancake race on Tuesday, breaking the all-time record. Tasha Gallegos, 22, of Liberal, won the 60th Pancake Day Race with a time of 57.5 seconds, beating the winner of the British leg by more than four seconds and breaking the record set in 2001 by Lisa Spillman of Liberal, who ran the 415-yard competition in 58.1.
- Burris refuses call for his resignation
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Sen. Roland Burris refused to resign on Tuesday, rebuffing a call from the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat who made it clear the embattled Illinois lawmaker has little hope next year of winning the seat vacated by President Barack Obama.
- Homeland Security head takes new tone
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoids the terms “terrorism” or “9/11” in remarks prepared for her first congressional testimony since taking office, signaling a sharp change in tone from her predecessors. Napolitano is the first homeland security secretary to drop the term “terror” and “vulnerability” from remarks prepared for delivery to the House Homeland Security Committee, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press.
- Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama plans to remove all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August of next year, administration officials said Tuesday, ending the war that helped define his upstart presidential campaign — although a little more slowly than he promised.
- Upbeat Obama: U.S. will survive economic ‘reckoning’
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Standing before the nation on a “day of reckoning,” President Barack Obama summoned politicians and public alike Tuesday night to forge a path out of the worst economic disaster in a quarter-century by embracing shared sacrifice and costly new endeavors to improve health care, schools and the environment.
- Analysis: Obama address renews audacity to hope
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama gave America the audacity to hope again. After describing the U.S. economy in nearly apocalyptic terms for weeks, pushing his $787 billion stimulus plan through Congress, the president used his address to Congress on Tuesday night to tap the deep well of American optimism — the never-say-die spirit that every president tries to capture in words. And great presidents embody.
- Commodities
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Chicago Board of Trade: Agriculture futures mostly rose Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery climbed 4.75 cents to $5.1525, while March corn added 2.5 cents to $3.5425. May oats gained were unchanged at $1.685, while March soybeans traded up 8.25 cents to $8.81.
- Rare $16M mortgage goes through county office
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Dozens of times each week, folks in the Douglas County Register of Deeds office dutifully accept plats, deeds, easements and powers of attorney detailing the orderly transfer of property ownership, plus the dollars and documents to back those purchases up.
- How to find designer threads at a discount
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B11
- For those whose taste is Chanel but whose bank account is Banana Republic, the solution is secondhand shops, according to ShopSmart, the shopping magazine published by Consumer Reports. Anyone who hasn’t checked out some of the nicer ones is in for a surprise. The merchandise is in good condition, and prices are unbeatable on one-of-a-kind items that can help freshen up a wardrobe.
- Task force discourages auto bankruptcy
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B11
- An Obama administration task force considering the fate of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC is discouraging bankruptcy protection as an option for the struggling companies, two senators said Tuesday. Michigan Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow said they argued against bankruptcy as a way to restructure GM and Chrysler. In meetings Tuesday with members of the panel, the lawmakers said Obama’s team did not push bankruptcy as a viable choice.
- Moon Marble Co. named a business wonder of Kansas
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B11
- The Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs has been named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Commerce, as determined by public vote. The 8 Wonders of Kansas contests are a project of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, based in Inman.
- On the record
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Fire investigators have classified the cause of a house fire at 1946 Clifton Court as “undetermined,” Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said Tuesday. The fire started about 12:15 p.m. Friday, causing minor injuries to an occupant of the home and to a firefighter. Three cats died in the fire.
- ECKAN distribution scheduled for Thursday
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Commodities will be distributed on Thursday by East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. Distributions will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St., and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St.
- Maple Leaf Festival co-founder dies at 101
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Iconic Baldwin City centurion the Rev. Charles Doudna, one of the founding fathers of the Maple Leaf Festival, died Sunday in Lawrence. He was 101. Doudna was a professor of philosophy and religion at Baker University for 22 years and was inducted into its Faculty Hall of Fame. He had many skills and passions, said Roger Boyd, a longtime Baker professor, who was taught by Doudna at Baker.
- Firebirds’ struggles continue
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Well, when it rains, it pours … and right now, Free State High’s boys basketball team is being pelted by golf-ball-sized hail.
- Stellar start
- Lions bury Indians with early run
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Less than six minutes into Tuesday’s regular-season road finale at Shawnee Mission North, the Lawrence High boys basketball team had scored 21 points on 6-of-7 shooting and appeared to be on the way to a big night.
- Mill Valley, Tongie split
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Mill Valley’s boys won a thriller with Tonganoxie, 65-63, while the Tongie girls beat the Jaguars, 60-56.
- Griffin makes game different
- Self, Aldrich hope to play OU again with star healthy
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B1
- There’s no way Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin could have played in Monday’s key conference clash against Kansas University.
- Five-year plan update
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Here we are early in the fourth year of Lew Perkins’ five-year strategic plan for Kansas University athletics, and, in many ways, the KU athletic director’s grand vision appears on target.
- Blood drive set for Friday at hospital
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The Community Blood Center is always out for blood — donations, that is. That’s because the Lawrence center must collect at least 580 pints of blood every day to meet the area’s needs. Last year, 28,000 people required a blood transfusion.
- Banks blasts city’s lack of transparency
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A5
- City Commission candidate Price Banks took the city manager’s office to task Tuesday, saying the office doesn’t conduct business in a transparent enough manner. At a press conference in City Hall, Banks criticized the city’s budget document for not having basic information that residents need to know as the city discusses potential budget cuts.
- Kansas swimmers put 18 on academic teams
- February 25, 2009
- Kansas University put 18 on the Academic All-Big 12 Swimming and Diving teams.
- KU pitcher Hall national player of the week
- February 25, 2009
- Two organizations named Kansas’ Shaeffer Hall as the national pitcher of the week.
- KU baseball stuns Arkansas
- Ridenhour claims first collegiate win; Kansas rolls, 9-3
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Lee Ridenhour pitched Kansas University to a 9-3 baseball victory over No. 21-ranked Arkansas.
- KU women riding road skid
- Struggling OSU to play host to Jayhawks tonight
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Kansas University’s women’s basketball team has lost 14 straight Big 12 Conference road games, while Oklahoma State has lost five straight home games.
- Doctors back wider use of prostate drug
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A9
- For the first time, leading medical groups are advising millions of healthy men who are regularly screened for prostate cancer to consider taking a drug to prevent the disease. The advice stops short of saying men should take the drug finasteride, sold in generic form and as Proscar. It is already widely used for urinary problems from enlarged prostates as men age.
- Churches cleared for shelter use
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A new nonprofit program that serves homeless families with children won a key victory Tuesday at City Hall, which will allow the program to continue operating. City Commissioners at their weekly meeting unanimously agreed to back off proposed regulations that would have required churches participating in the Family Promise program to comply with costly regulations.
- Tiger back in the swing of things
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Tiger Woods pulled into the parking lot as sunlight began to filter across the desert floor. He ducked into the clubhouse to change into golf shoes and headed out for a practice round, a routine he has followed for a dozen years.
- Pump patrol
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.73 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Death penalty expert to speak at potluck
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, will be the special guest at a potluck dinner at 7 p.m. today at the Sun Fire Ceramics Meeting Room, 1002 N.H. The Death Penalty Information Center is a national clearinghouse for information on capital punishment. Dieter is an adjunct professor in the Washington, D.C., area.
- Phys-ed instructor is elementary teacher of year
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The Lawrence school district on Tuesday honored a longtime teacher who has spent more than a decade teaching elementary students about physical fitness. Mike Martin, Prairie Park School’s physical-education teacher, received the 2009 Lawrence Elementary Teacher of the Year Award during a surprise assembly.
- Former lawmaker wants to split state
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The revolution will begin in Visalia, Calif. — and it will be led by a man named Maze. As in Bill Maze, a termed-out legislator turned rebel who is pushing for California to split in two: the conservative interior as one state and the liberal coast as another. He’s serious.
- A degree in 3 years
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Not much else seems to be helping keep down college costs, so maybe this will: a three-year college degree. It’s an idea that’s never really caught on, at least in the United States, but it may be gaining traction with the economy in deep recession.
- Big-name companies’ stock sells for cheap
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A8
- What costs more — a spark plug or a share of General Motors? A Sunday New York Times or a share of the newspaper company? A General Electric toaster or a share of GE? In the surest sign of the depth of the recession, the products associated with these high-profile companies now cost more than buying a piece of the business.
- Study links alcohol to cancer in women
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A1
- A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers. British researchers surveyed middle-aged women at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking habits, and tracked their health for seven years.
- NASA rocket fails
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- A new satellite to track the chief culprit in global warming crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after launch Tuesday, dealing a major setback to NASA’s already weak network for monitoring Earth and its environment from above.
- 2 Palestinian women become judges
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- The Islamic courts were among the last male-only bastions in Palestinian society, where women have been presidential candidates, police officers and even suicide bombers. Now two stern-looking young women in Muslim head scarves and long black robes have smashed through the thick glass ceiling.
- ‘Mr. Lucky’ paints nude models for celebration
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Betto Almeida is the Mr. Lucky of Rio’s Carnival. The 36-year-old artist awakes at 8 a.m. Has a little breakfast. Survives a commute through the city’s tough traffic. Arrives at the office by 11. Then he spends hours painting the bodies of gorgeous women — and earning as much as $2,000 a day.
- Feds search for CEO in tainted syringes case
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- For months, prosecutors say, technicians in the gloom of a run-down North Carolina plant prepared life-sustaining syringes and shipped them before ensuring they were sterile.
- Authorities: 1 killed in helicopter crash
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- A helicopter crash killed a pilot and seriously injured a passenger Tuesday on the northeastern North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration initially reported that one person was hurt in the 1:33 p.m. crash, but Camden County Sheriff Tony Perry confirmed the pilot had died.
- Duke Ellington quarter released
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Jazz musician Duke Ellington has become the first black American to be prominently featured on a U.S. coin in circulation with the release of a quarter honoring the District of Columbia. U.S. Mint and D.C. officials celebrated the release of the coin Tuesday during a ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
- D.C. voting bill advances in Senate
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on C10
- The people of the District of Columbia were closer Tuesday to gaining the voting rights they were deprived of more than two centuries ago after the Senate agreed to take up a bill giving them a fully vested representative in Congress.
- Nation now honoring failure
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A11
- “Always pay the bank” was my father’s economic advice. In good times and in bad, whether I had low, moderate or high income, I always paid the bank. The bank now offers me loans. That fatherly advice, though, was not about making the bankers feel good. He wished to instill in me a sense of responsibility and moral integrity. Dad knew such an attitude would help make for a successful life. Things are rapidly changing.
- Coping with uncertainty
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A11
- I suffer from an inherited anxiety disorder. For most of my life, I never knew when a panic attack would occur. When one came, however, it rendered me virtually paralyzed. For some reason my brain would send a signal to release large amounts of adrenaline and that adrenaline would cause my heart to beat very rapidly; it would raise my blood sugar and my blood pressure to extraordinary heights.
- Dependent city
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A10
- To the editor: “Lawrence residents have a reputation for behaving as if they live in an elite community and thinking it is a rare privilege for any company to locate here.” — Journal-World editorial, Feb. 20 And the editorial also addresses neighborhood groups.
- Natural law
- February 25, 2009
- To the editor: When Leonard Krishtalka wrote recently that the “most commanding ideas in human thought” are scientific, viz. those in the biological and evolutionary sciences, he left out an important part of the dialogue that has characterized the historic church since the days of the Apostles.
- Profit motive
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A10
- To the editor: As the health of our economy continues to worsen by the day, the deteriorating health of our citizens is overshadowed by the panic of the moment. As millions of Americans become unemployed — and uninsured — the need for reform is vital. Every year, more than 20,000 uninsured adults die because of delayed or denied health care due to unaffordable premiums or pre-existing conditions.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A10
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 2, 1909: “The city council did exactly what most expected last night, nothing, after again considering bids for an electric line. No end seems in sight for the perplexing problem of selection.”
- Afghanistan a stiff challenge for U.S.
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A10
- When President Obama announced last week that he was sending an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan, I thought of David Kilcullen. Kilcullen is a former Australian military officer who wrote his doctoral thesis on insurgencies in traditional societies. I first met him in June 2007 in Baghdad, where he was senior counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus and helped design the strategy that tamped down Iraq’s violence.
- Safety first
- Are crosswalks safer with signal lights or without?
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on A10
- The city should do whatever is necessary to increase the safety of pedestrians in a crosswalk that connects the parking garage and the Lawrence Arts Center in the 900 block of New Hampshire. But what is that? City traffic officials don’t seem to be able to make up their minds.
- ‘Lost’ turns a dark corner
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B10
- “Lost” (8 p.m., ABC) attracted its largest audience of the year last week as the Oceanic Six booked a flight back to the island. It’s always risky when a series returns to its origins and asks viewers to follow. The characters on “Prison Break” seemed pretty compelling when they were tying to bust out, but once they had to break back in, fans began to drift away.
- People in the news
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B10
- • Clooney discusses Darfur trip with Obama • ‘Spider-Man’ musical sets broadway opening • Britney Spears’ ex faces assault charge • New York Post drops Liz Smith column • Audrina Patridge posts burglary video • Just a joke: Cowell has no deep-freeze plan
- Horoscopes
- February 25, 2009 in print edition on B10
- For Wednesday, Feb. 25: This year, you make a difference. Understand the possibilities and don’t get stuck in negativity. With the power, energy and creativity available to your sign, you can face obstacles and go right around them. If you are single, you will discover the many admirers who would like to be closer to you. If you are attached, the two of you build a stronger bond.
- Calamari easy to fix at home
- February 25, 2009
- Fried calamari is one of those dishes most people tend to reserve for restaurant dining.
- Campbell’s lowers salt in tomato soup recipe
- February 25, 2009
- Campbell’s tomato soup is one of the top 10 grocery items purchased each week in America, according to its manufacturer.
- Meat choice is key to healthy stew
- February 25, 2009
- Meaty stews can be rich comfort foods … that often come at a nutritional price. But giving a bit of thought to your choice and quantity of meat can lower the cost of comfort.
- Free State students to unveil mural
- February 25, 2009
- From the top of a scaffolding, Free State High School sophomore Amy Stahl helps finish a mural painted by a group of Free State students in the commons area of the school.
- Lightening up for Lent: A few pounds may pass while observing Christian season for repentance
- February 25, 2009
- For the next 40 days, Robert Leiste is saying goodbye to snacks.
- Try a pizza crust made of whole-wheat flour
- February 25, 2009
- Q: I’m trying to increase whole grains in family meals. Do you know of a recipe for whole-wheat pizza crust?
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- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
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