Also from July 18
Couples
- Wedding: Krug and Stauffer
- Wedding: Silva and Johnson
- Wedding: Butell and Hunziker
- Anniversary: Pine
- Engagement: White and Heddy
- Engagement: Claassen and Sacks
- Engagement: Westerman and Larson
- Engagement: Horsfall and Chrisjohn
- Engagement: Dudley and Lantz
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
A season for change- July 17, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Last September, the Kansas State High School Activities Association adopted a new rule that, in all likelihood, will alter the landscape of high school basketball, football and volleyball throughout the state for years to come.
6:00 a.m.
Bowersock leaders planning to build a new hydro-electric power plant- July 17, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Leaders with the Bowersock Mills and Power Company have filed for a federal permit to build a new $13 million hydro-electric power plant on the north bank of the Kansas River.
- Video: Bowerstock dam looking to expand
- Special coverage: A cleaner power
10:00 a.m.
Senator voices concerns on Sotomayor - July 18, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Testimony during confirmation hearings this week on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor did nothing to change Sen. Sam Brownback’s plans to vote against elevating her to the nation’s highest court.
2:00 p.m.
LMH considers park for parking space- July 18, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Lawrence city and hospital leaders are considering turning a historic park into a parking lot.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Gunfire in Kansas City kills Lawrence woman
- 03:37 p.m., July 18, 2009 Updated 03:37 p.m.
- Random gunfire Friday night kills a Lawrence woman, 46, in Kansas City.
- Watson leads; Woods leaves
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C1
- In one unforgettable hour, as nostalgia gave way to disbelief, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green at Turnberry headed in opposite directions few could have imagined.
- Parking, rec center
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Two things: 1. What if we only had to pay the downtown parking meters after regular business hours (with no time limit)?
- LMH considers park for parking space
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence city and hospital leaders are considering turning a historic park into a parking lot.
- Haussler takes 13th Tour stage
- Armstrong still in third
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C8
- Lance Armstrong stayed in third place after a wet and chilly ride Friday and lost a crucial ally for the rest of the Tour de France when teammate Levi Leipheimer withdrew because of a broken wrist.
- Summer bummer?
- Burnout a concern with recent KSHSAA rule change
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Somewhere in there the 6-foot-3, 175-pound wide receiver, middle infielder and small forward found time for lunch. Rarely in there did Schneider find time to enjoy what used to be called summer fun.
- Royals give up four-run lead
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C3
- As sweet as it was, hitting a go-ahead home run against Kansas City hardly erases Evan Longoria’s disappointment over missing the All-Star game with a sore finger.
- Raiders lose to Cherokee East, 9-1
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Lawrence Raiders lost their second straight game in the Wichita State tournament, falling 9-1 to Cherokee East on Friday.
- KU tennis tournament showcases new courts
- ITA summer circuit event brings junior and college players together at revamped First Serve facilities
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The new outdoor courts at First Serve tennis facility will be put to good use this weekend as Kansas University plays host to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association summer circuit.
- Mayfield hurting himself the most
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Bees go down fighting. They sting when threatened by humans. But when they do, their abdomens stick to the skin they’ve pierced and in the process of protecting themselves, they rip their guts out. Who knows if bees realize their defense mechanism will end their lives, but their attack damages everyone involved?
- Hunter education courses offered for free
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Reservations are being accepted for two free hunter education courses in October and November, sponsored by the Lawrence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 2.
- Founder saw church grow in 35 years
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B2
- He helped plant a seed and then watched it grow for 35 years.
- Abortion rights group aims to rebuild base
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Abortion rights activists are working to rebuild a coalition in Kansas following the death of one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers and the closure of his political action committee.
- Pope breaks wrist, leaves hospital smiling
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Pope Benedict XVI waved reassuringly to well-wishers outside a hospital Friday where he underwent surgery to set a fractured right wrist suffered when he fell in his Alpine vacation chalet.
- King of Pop creamed in butter statue vote
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Jesus Christ and his apostles made the cut. So did John Wayne, Elvis and Tiger.
- Wienermobile crashes into home’s garage
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A2
- One southern Wisconsin homeowner is probably not in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener.
- Helmsman sentenced to 10 months for spill
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The helmsman of a cargo ship that set off a major environmental disaster in the San Francisco Bay was sentenced Friday to 10 months in prison.
- Panel gives boost to high-speed rail projects
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail initiative would get an enormous boost under a spending bill that a House committee approved Friday.
- Ousted leader gives talks 1 day deadline
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gave U.S.-backed talks in Costa Rica until the end of today to restore him to office, warning he would return to his country with or without an agreement.
- A record 13 Earthlings gather in outer space
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The space shuttle and space station hooked up Friday after a round-the-world chase, making for the biggest crowd ever gathered together in orbit — 13 Earthlings.
- Public mailboxes going the way of pay phones
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The folks of Otisfield are so fond of their lone public mailbox that they blocked it with a snowplow and a backhoe to prevent the Postal Service from taking it away in the gloom of night.
- Mars should be next goal
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B7
- On the spring morning in 1927 when Charles Lindbergh set off alone across the Atlantic Ocean, only a handful of explorer-adventurers were capable of even attempting the feat.
- CIT collapse could ripple throughout the retail industry
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The possible collapse of a key lender is sending panic through the retail industry, threatening to hang up deliveries of back-to-school clothing and other merchandise and throw holiday ordering into disarray.
- Club news
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Club news
- FCE news
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D3
- FCE news
- Club news
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Club news
- Around and about
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Around and about
- ACLU protests removal of Bible verses
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Prisoner and free-speech advocates are demanding a written guarantee that inmates at a Virginia jail can receive letters containing religious material after a prisoner said his mail was censored.
- Jewish ritual finds home in Big Sky Country
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D8
- In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.
- EPA plan for Missouri lead waste worries town’s residents
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on E8
- For generations, people in Leadwood have lived near huge piles of dangerous, lead-contaminated mining waste.
- Happy 40th b-day, Woodstock baby — if you even exist
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on E8
- Welcome to middle age, Woodstock Baby — if you’re really out there.
- Iraq faces claims of prisoner abuse
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on E8
- Iraqi officials outraged by the abuse of prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison are trying to contain a scandal of their own as allegations continue to surface of mistreatment inside Iraqi jails.
- Jobless rate tops 10 percent in 15 states
- Unemployment could top 10% nationally by end of year
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on E8
- Fifteen states have crossed a painful threshold: 10 percent unemployment. More states, and the nation, likely will follow, one of the biggest dangers to an economic recovery.
- Teamsters flex muscle in labor legislation
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B6
- How does the Obama administration love organized labor?
- Politics can hamper economic progress
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Good news for Latin America: A new U.N. study projects that the region’s economy will start recovering in the second half this year, and that it will grow by a respectable 3.1 percent next year.
- Cell blockage
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Prison officials need another line of defense against inmate cell-phone usage.
- Senator voices concerns on Sotomayor
- In visit to Cottonwood Inc., Brownback praises facility, calls Supreme Court nominee a ‘strong activist’
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Testimony during confirmation hearings this week on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor did nothing to change Sen. Sam Brownback’s plans to vote against elevating her to the nation’s highest court.
- State ends meth cleanup program
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B1
- State officials Friday said they have discontinued a program to clean up meth labs because of budget cuts.
- Yao decides to have foot surgery
- Rockets center expected to miss all of next season
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Houston center Yao Ming will have surgery on his broken left foot next week and will likely miss all of next season, the latest blow to the Rockets’ faltering bid to return to the NBA’s elite. The team said Friday that there is no timetable set for the return of the 7-foot-6 Yao, a seven-time All Star, but that he is “expected to be available for the team’s training camp in 2010.” That camp is in October — 16 months away.
- 21-year-old found dead in burning car
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B8
- The death of a Manhattan man whose body was found in a burning car has been ruled accidental.
- Topeka State racetrack owners get another reprieve
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Kansas regulators are giving three shuttered racetracks more time to save their licenses, but one track owner says legislators will have to intervene for dogs and horses to run again.
- Suicide bombings at hotels expose security weakness
- Attacks kill 8, wound more than 50
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Two days ago, they checked into room 1808 at the swank J.W. Marriott Hotel — smuggling explosives past metal detectors and security guards.
- House to probe secret CIA program
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The House Intelligence Committee said Friday it will investigate whether the CIA broke the law by not informing Congress promptly about a secret program to deploy teams of killers to target al-Qaida leaders.
- New NASA photos show Apollo leftovers on the moon
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- New NASA photos of the moon show the leftovers from man’s exploration 40 years ago.
- Powerful Iranian cleric says country in crisis
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- In a sign of endurance for Iran’s protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation’s most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying the country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election.
- 10 elderly climbers die on mountains
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Japanese police were investigating possible negligence by tour organizers after 10 senior citizen climbers were found dead Friday in Japan’s northern mountains, apparently from hypothermia.
- Teen fined $25,000 for mountain rescue
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A Massachusetts teenager who spent three nights alone on Mount Washington in April after he sprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been fined more than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue.
- Bombs kill 12 including British soldier
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Bombs killed a dozen people, including a British soldier and five children, in southern Afghanistan, authorities said Friday, as U.S. and British officials consider sending more troops to combat the growing Taliban insurgency.
- Room to roam: House votes to protect horses
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Galloping to the aid of the nation’s wild horses and burros, the House voted Friday to rescue them from the possibility of a government-sponsored slaughter and give them millions more acres to roam.
- As banks turn big profits, there’s less than meets the eye
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The big banks are making big money again, but they won’t be back to health as long as they have to deal with a recession and customers defaulting on mortgages and credit cards.
- Sotomayor wins GOP backers in Senate
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans and one prominent GOP opponent, after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the high court’s first Latina and the first Democratic-named justice in 15 years.
- Obama to Congress: Don’t lose heart on health care
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on A5
- President Barack Obama, worried about growing resistance to his health care plan, exhorted Congress not to “lose heart” Friday and urged deeper cost cuts to calm concern over the huge expense of covering millions of uninsured Americans.
- TBS uses stale sitcom formula for ‘Engvall’
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D7
- Bill Engvall is a funny guy. His show: not so much.
- Horoscope for July 18
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D7
- This year, you might not want to share everything that is going on in your life or in your mind. Often, you will hold a lot in, not exactly sure how to express your deeper feelings. If you are single, you open up to a new panorama of possibilities. If you are attached, your relationship could become quite exciting should you choose to be more vulnerable. Gemini can be your worst enemy or your best friend.
- Veritas Christian School honor roll
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Veritas Christian School announces students named its second semester honor roll, by earning a grade-point average 3.5 or higher.
- Salina musical duo build longtime friendship
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on B5
- When Joseph Fears popped out from beneath a train and caused a startled Mythias Lee to nearly fall off his bicycle, the two boys had no idea they’d be musical brothers for the next 40 years.
- Home stretch: Ministerial fund helps area residents who are facing eviction
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The place Paul Lampert had was great. On Massachusetts Street. Two floors. Close to downtown. It was tough to make the steep $1,200 payment, but doable with roommates and his disability check. But then the roommates moved out. And rent couldn’t be paid.
- New works by Stan Herd depict state’s scenic highways
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D1
- A one-day show this afternoon in Topeka will feature paintings of Kansas’ scenic byways by Lawrence artist Stan Herd.
- Scouting news
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Scouting news
- Faith forum: Is there anything God can’t do?
- July 18, 2009 in print edition on D1
- • Father has no limits • Lord is sovereign
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