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- The school board is considering reconfiguring the school system to …
- Lawrence residents met in various locations throughout the city to …
- An anonymous donor has offered more than $400,000 to help …
- A statewide nursing shortage has forced area hospitals to increase …
- Mark Boyle takes part in the record-setting workout at Red …
- Highlights from Northern League baseball action. The contest pitted the …
- Video highlights from the Wave the Wheat swim meet.
- A view from the 6News towercam.
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
- A view from the 6News Tower cam.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Gospel trek: KU graduate faces risks in 11-country mission trip- July 11, 2009 in print edition on 1D
- Geoff Shepard will spend his first year as a college graduate seeing the world — living out of a backpack in 11 countries.
6:00 a.m.
Critical shortage- July 12, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Although the economy has pushed some retired nurses back to work and kept others from retiring, there still is a shortage of nurses.
- Video: Statewide nursing shortage
10:00 a.m.
Nursing license was ticket to long career- July 12, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Joanne Ramberg can’t recall a time during her 62-year career when she wasn’t needed as a registered nurse and educator.
2:00 p.m.
Fairgrounds event spurs horse lovers of all ages- July 12, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- It was all oversized belt buckles, cowboy boots and hats, tight jeans, and of course, horses at Saturday’s Kansas Buckskin Horse Association show Saturday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds.
- Video: Fairgrounds host horse show
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- School board to discuss implementing new school configuration
- July 12, 2009
- The school board will meet this week to discuss the possibility of reconfiguring how the grade system is set up.
- Mark’s on the Move: ‘Dog Days’ workout
- July 12, 2009
- Mark Boyle sets out to participate in a record-setting workout with “Red Dog.” The workout set a record for the largest community workout, something the event’s founder hopes will get it in the Guinness Book of World Records next year.
- Crews extinguish east Lawrence fire
- July 12, 2009
- Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical responded Sunday to a structure fire at 2200 Harper St., Lot B.
- Sunday’s round for City Golf Tournament canceled
- 10:39 a.m., July 12, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B5
- With tee times already running a few hours behind and with weather forecasts looking as if delays would last a few more hours, David Lerner, director of the Lawrence Amateur Golf Association City Tournament, decided to cancel Sunday’s scheduled round at Alvamar public and declare the first-day leaders the winners.
- Taylor leads U.S. to U-19 championship
- 09:01 a.m., July 12, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B1
- Tyshawn Taylor delivered a game-high 18 points, six assists and five steals, leading the U.S. men’s U-19 team to an 88-80 victory over Greece in the championship game of the FIBA World Championships on Sunday morning in Auckland, New Zealand.
- All severe weather warnings and watches expire; few power outages linger
- Another round of storms possible this evening
- 05:52 a.m., July 12, 2009 Updated 03:31 p.m.
- The severe thunderstorm warnings in effect across northeast Kansas have been allowed to expire.
- Hutchinson artist crafts jewelry from turquoise
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B4
- As a child, Chester Horse watched an elderly man in his Kiowa tribe dabble, making pieces of jewelry from silver coins.
- Natural or organic? Consumers confused
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- At first it may seem only right for Dean Foods, the nation’s largest organic dairy producer, to roll out a line of yogurts and milk marketed as “natural.”
- Amorous fireflies blink language of love
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- This is that strange, sweet part of summer when life stops for a beetle’s behind.
- Ex-convict violence mediators work at preventing crime in K.C.
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move.
- Mark’s on the Move: ‘Dog Days’ turnout
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Nearly 3,000 people gathered at KU’s playing fields at 23rd and Iowa streets last week for what has been dubbed the “World’s Largest Community Workout.”
- Career survival: Two books, two tactics for job hunters
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D3
- One publisher has released two books to help you if you have been laid off, downsized or otherwise find yourself looking for gainful employment in these economically challenged times. You might take some advice from each.
- ‘Creature’ feature haunts Hollywood
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D6
- “Creature From the Black Lagoon” has risen from the depths of the Amazon — and B-movie lore — and metamorphosed into a new rock ’n’ roll show at Universal Studios Hollywood.
- Deist myth
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I noticed that someone was repeating the urban myth that most of the “Founding Fathers” were deists.
- KU has a winner
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I have never written a letter to the editor of any paper, anywhere, during my entire life. However, my recent enrollment and experience in the new Mini College at Kansas University has inspired me to do so.
- Lawrence City Golf Tournament: Saturday results
- July 12, 2009
- Results from Saturday’s action at the Lawrence City Golf Tournament.
- Fairgrounds event spurs horse lovers of all ages
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- It was all oversized belt buckles, cowboy boots and hats, tight jeans, and of course, horses at Saturday’s Kansas Buckskin Horse Association show Saturday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds.
- Raiders fall in Manhattan
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C5
- Wichita’s Wolverines claimed a 6-2 baseball victory over Lawrence’s Raiders on Saturday at the Manhattan Tournament.
- Nursing license was ticket to long career
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Joanne Ramberg can’t recall a time during her 62-year career when she wasn’t needed as a registered nurse and educator.
- Unlikely pair at top of city tournament
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- He was too busy fulfilling the duties of his new job at Golf USA to be thinking about his putting woes when a sales rep from Rife walked through the door.
- Critical shortage
- Number of nurses falling as need for care grows in an aging population
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Although the economy has pushed some retired nurses back to work and kept others from retiring, there still is a shortage of nurses.
- Reesing’s goal to play professional football
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University football fans hoping to see Todd Reesing on a football field following a distinguished collegiate career could very well get their wish.
- Test your knowledge of the British Open
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C8
- How well do you know the British Open? Try this quiz:
- Beautiful — easy? — course awaits
- Turnberry ‘tremendous,’ but critics say it’s not challenging enough
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Turnberry is defined by great vistas and great champions, quite an identity for only being part of the British Open rotation the last 32 years. Move it to America and it might as well be called Pebble Beach.
- Smoltz gets first win with Boston
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C5
- John Smoltz finally felt as if he contributed to the Boston Red Sox. He doesn’t expect it to be for the last time.
- Update from the Tour de France, stage 8
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C2
- It was a nervous start today with a 30 kilometer climb from the start line.
- Frantic finish for Martin in 400
- Driver claims narrow victory at Chicagoland Speedway
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Mark Martin won at Chicagoland Speedway after getting a strong jump off a double-file restart with two laps left to win his fourth race of the season.
- KU’s McCray wins gold medal
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University senior forward Danielle McCray is returning from Serbia with a gold medal in hand.
- ‘Truest competitor’
- KU’s Meier, Reesing reflect on ex-quarterback’s career
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- While the murder-suicide that claimed the life of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair continues to send shockwaves across the nation, it appears that the ripples of such a tragedy have traveled all the way to Lawrence.
- City moves to enforce tenant limits
- Too many renters in certain homes a code violation
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Oh yeah, roommates can be a lot of trouble — especially if you have too many of them.
- Report: A.G. considering torture probe
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration’s interrogation practices, a controversial move that would run counter to President Barack Obama’s wishes to leave the issue in the past.
- Obama hails Africa’s promise, family tours slave fortress
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- America’s president and Africa’s son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said “Yes you can.”
- Body found in building may be missing woman
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A female body was found stuffed inside an air-conditioning duct Saturday in a Manhattan skyscraper where a cleaning woman disappeared four days ago.
- Lightning delays Endeavour launch
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour’s Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad.
- Army lab suspected in cyberattacks
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A North Korean army lab of hackers was ordered to “destroy” South Korean communications networks — evidence the isolated regime was behind cyberattacks that paralyzed South Korean and American Web sites — news reports said Saturday, citing an intelligence briefing.
- Palin says state needs new ethics policy
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she hopes the latest ethics complaint filed against her is a “wake-up call” that a new ethics policy is needed in the state.
- Shoes help raise funds for veterans
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B5
- aye Evans is losing her eyesight to an auto-immune disease. But she’s focused on shoes.
- Brownback rallies party faithful at GOP barbecue
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B5
- U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback called for party unity while speaking at a Leavenworth County Republican Party barbecue Saturday in Tonganoxie.
- Bombings in village, capital kill 10
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying eight homes, police said.a
- E-mails grow popular with inmates
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B4
- FYI — an e-mail system available to state prisoners — is going pretty well, according to corrections officials.
- Sentence delayed in clerk’s kidnapping case
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Sentencing has been delayed until next month for a man who sexually assaulting a Wichita-area convenience store clerk during the three days he held her captive.
- Child care licensing meeting scheduled
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is offering an orientation meeting about child care.
- Plan out move to help reduce stress
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The city of Lawrence is in flux during the months of July and August as leases end and people begin to relocate.
- 5 hurt in latest Pamplona bull run
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A packed running of the bulls swollen by weekend crowds at Spain’s San Fermin festival left five people with minor injuries Saturday, but there were no gorings the day after the first fatality for 14 years.
- Italian worker freed after 6 months
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Al-Qaida-linked militants freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker today from six months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.
- Obama says to give stimulus more time
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy.
- Relatives go to cemetery looking for answers
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.
- Ethnic group disputes China’s figures of those killed in riot
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- China released a breakdown Saturday of the death toll from communal rioting, saying most of the 184 killed were from the Han Chinese majority — an announcement that only fueled suspicion among Muslim Uighurs that many more of their people died.
- Sources: Cheney wanted program secret from Congress
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
- Demand for trucks rises as gas prices fall
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E1
- A year ago, with gasoline selling for more than $4 a gallon, drivers abandoned their gas-guzzling trucks and large SUVs for high-mileage compacts.
- Sidewalk Sale devotees await annual downtown tradition
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Earl Reineman has been attending downtown Lawrence’s annual sidewalk sale ever since he was a freshman at Kansas University in 1974.
- Commercial real estate woes grow, and aren’t likely to turn around soon
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Owners of shopping malls, hotels and offices are defaulting on their loans at an alarming rate, and the commercial real estate market is not expected to hit bottom for three more years, industry experts warned late last week.
- Branding strategy hooks consumers
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E1
- You’ve heard of Alaska King Crab and Maine Lobster. Why not Massachusetts Mackerel or maybe Cape Cod Cod?
- State addresses process of confining mentally ill
- Workers: Involuntary commitment remains option of last resort
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Twice in the past few years a Lawrence-area woman named Cait has had her freedom taken away from her.
- Prisons stretched on mental health treatment resources
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Some hurt themselves through biting and head-banging, some try to hurt others, and some do both.
- Is Obama’s promise of public debate on health care fading?
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E10
- Campaigning for president, Barack Obama said repeatedly that any overhaul of the health care system should be negotiated publicly and televised for all to see.
- Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E10
- Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he’d bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.
- British P.M. defends Afghan mission
- 8 soldier deaths in 24 hours spark debate
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on E10
- The deaths of eight British soldiers in Afghanistan within 24 hours triggered a debate in Britain on Saturday that could undercut public support for the war just as the U.S. is ramping up its own participation in the conflict.
- Searchers shovel dirt in quest for elusive giant earthworm
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.”
- Hawaii wants to add space travel to its list of tourist attractions
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Space pioneers envision launching high-end Hawaii tourists from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights.
- Fault lines surface in health care plans
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- President Obama’s welcome home from his latest successful overseas trip is clouded by the growing doubts about his most important domestic initiative, the overhaul of the dysfunctional U.S. health care system.
- Comparisons to Palin may benefit Romney
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- There isn’t a presidential yard sign in sight up here. Nobody at the gas station that sells maybe the best doughnuts in the world is talking about the next presidential primary.
- Russia not willing to alter Iran policy
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world’s population, finds that, among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence — while the leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.
- Painful choices
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Restoring funding for Kansas Department of Corrections programs that reduced probation and parole violations should be a top priority.
- Horoscope for July 12
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D5
- This year, you come to a greater understanding when dealing with others. No matter how you proceed or what choices you make, you can always grow and become even more understanding of others. The more empathetic you become, the easier your daily life becomes. If you are attached, you have a mystical allure that draws many different people. Take your time choosing your next sweetie, as many people will be around who have a lot to offer. If you are attached, because of your new depth and empathy, the two of you become closer. Your sweetie might start emulating your new style, making the bond more wonderful that exists between you. Pisces understands you.
- ‘Potter’ cast reflects on a childhood at Hogwarts
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D5
- When the “Harry Potter” film series is completed, its three young stars — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint — will have inhabited J.K. Rowling’s universe for half their lives.
- Cessna to return $10M to Wichita, Sedgwick County
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Cessna Aircraft has announced plans to return $10 million to the city of Wichita and Sedgwick County after canceling a business jet program that had brought the company cash assistance and tax breaks.
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Major road projects scheduled in the area for the coming week.
- Lottery player on a roll, wins 9th prize
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.
- Deputies say couple having sex in drug car
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The car was a-rockin’, and the law went a-knockin’.
- Supreme Court nominee puts on her happy face
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- For weeks, Sonia Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
- Cast of characters to be quizzing Sotomayor
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory.
- Ex-CIA chief defends oversight of surveillance program
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration’s post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.
- Tasty together: Bacon and Tomato Jam
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Nothing says jam has to taste fruity.
- Green incentives: Edgewood Home residents encouraged to enhance curb appeal
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Sometimes, brightening up the neighborhood is as simple as encouraging a little friendly competition and planting a few flowers, as demonstrated by the Elsie Sharp Community Beautification Contest at Edgewood Homes.
- Dream state: Photographer chronicles SoCal’s innovators
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Growing up in Los Angeles, Harry Brant Chandler developed a deep love for the history of Southern California, and especially the stories of visionaries who came here and in the raw canvas of the still-developing region saw nothing but opportunity.
- Library top 10
- July 12, 2009
- Here are the top-10 most-requested books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., for the week of June 30 through July 6.
- Poet’s Showcase: Bill Hundley
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D3
- “The Robin’s Nest,” By Bill Hundley
- Behind the Lens: Panning can enhance sports photography
- July 12, 2009
- Last weekend’s cycling event in Lawrence created an opportunity to use a photographer’s visual device known as panning.
- Countdown to college: Resources for students with learning disabilities
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D4
- When you add learning disabilities (LD) to the mix during the college admissions process, the search can go from plain confusing to utterly bewildering.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Couple will never achieve fusion in the kitchen
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D1
- I often think my husband and I owe our 35-year relationship to the “opposites attract” theory.
- Growing up Potter: From recess to college graduation, a generation matures during J.K. Rowling’s famed series
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Mia Iverson is going to pull a black cloak and red-and-gold-striped tie out of her closet this week.
- Sanford another lost love
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- We thought we’d found true love.
- Settling between settees, sofas
- July 12, 2009 in print edition on D8
- What’s the difference between a settle, settee and sofa?
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