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- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association wrapped up its summer circuit with …
- Highlights from Northern League game between the Kansas City T-bones …
- Italian greyhounds in southeast Lawrence took part in an afternoon …
- Mark Boyle goes behind the scenes with the KU summer …
- The skies should be clear and the temperatures should be …
- Construction on County Road 1061 north of Eudora will have …
- The Lawrence school board is considering more budget cuts in …
- Tunnels beneath the streets of Lawrence shed light on the …
- The family of Deanna Lieber is coping with the Lawrence …
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Start of North Second roadwork delayed a week- July 17, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Concerns about providing emergency-response services in North Lawrence are delaying the start of a $2.63 million project to rebuild the intersection of North Second and Locust streets.
6:00 a.m.
When time is short, air ambulances make haste- July 19, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Last October, KU doctoral student Maria Thorson Feeney was test driving a car along Kansas Highway 10 when she was hit head-on by a driver going 65 mph.
- Video: Paramedics play life-saving role
- Photo gallery: Air ambulances in Douglas County
10:00 a.m.
Italian Greyhound lovers cluster to rescue, adopt castaways- July 19, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- At a Saturday afternoon play date in southeast Lawrence, Gail Redmond cheered as her Italian Greyhound, Simon, dunked his head into a tub full of water and bobbed for hot dogs.
2:00 p.m.
Leaders searching for loose change- July 19, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Elected leaders have made sweeping cuts to state government during the past few months that have resulted in thousands of lost positions in schools, shuttered correctional facilities and a reduction in social service programs.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Cronkite, the voice of authority, gone
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A8
- “And that’s the way it is,” he’d say. It wasn’t, but we wanted that reassurance. The idea that someone could wrangle the world each night and boil it down to a sensible, digestible half hour was so comforting.
- Ex-KU guard Robinson impresses Magic officials
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Former Kansas University point guard Russell Robinson impressed Orlando Magic officials with his solid play in last week’s Orlando NBA Summer League.
- Spacewalk day: Astronauts install new porch on lab
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Astronauts working inside and out installed a porch for experiments on Japan’s enormous space station lab Saturday, accomplishing the major objective despite microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers’ voices.
- Watson takes us on thrilling ride
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C5
- Dear Tom: I promise to stumble out of bed this morning, get out of my flannel jammies, drink my Metamucil and cheer like crazy for you to win the British Open.
- Tightening the gap
- Rule change enables Kansas to catch up with other states
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The eight Kansas junior colleges that field football programs are allowed 12 spots per year for out-of-state athletes, while coaches are required to fill the other 43 spots of the final 55-man rosters with quarterbacks, linebackers, offensive linemen and kickers — among other positions — from Kansas high schools.
- Dozens injured in light-rail crash
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Several dozen people were injured when two San Francisco light-rail trains collided Saturday afternoon at the West Portal Station, authorities said.
- Penguin love triangle stirs sexuality debate
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The blogosphere has been buzzing over the perky widow who stole the handsome gay guy from his longtime partner.
- U.S. may create terror interrogation unit
- Unit of intelligence, law enforcement agencies would handle key suspects
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The Obama administration is considering creating a special unit of professional interrogators to handle key terror suspects, focusing on intelligence-gathering rather than building criminal cases for prosecution, a government official said Saturday.
- Horoscope
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D5
- This year, allow more to remain hidden in different realms. Until you believe information is important, you will tend to let events play out. Often, you find news a bit off or startling. Ask yourself what is happening there. Are you avoiding looking at the facts?
- Silver linings: Support pours in for area farmer after destructive fire
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The words were strung together in a tidy little sentence. Like the kind one sees diagrammed on the black boards of elementary schools. Just five little words. Concise, simple, life-changing. “Your house is on fire.”
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Among major road projects scheduled in the area for the coming week:
- Benefit for CASA recognizes volunteers
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Douglas County cares about its children.
- Tough times for higher education
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B7
- n a matter of weeks, America’s colleges and universities, public and private, large and small, will be open for business.
- Italian Greyhound lovers cluster to rescue, adopt castaways
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B1
- At a Saturday afternoon play date in southeast Lawrence, Gail Redmond cheered as her Italian Greyhound, Simon, dunked his head into a tub full of water and bobbed for hot dogs.
- Attorney killed by stray bullets in K.C.
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Deanna Lieber, a mother of two and devoted attorney, died Friday night when she was hit by random gunfire while driving home from the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City.
- Rodriguez brothers arrested
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C6
- A former Kansas University football starter and his brother, a current KU player, were arrested after an early morning bar fight Saturday.
- Caring service
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I am writing this letter to commend the excellent service provided to our community by the Lawrence police and firefighters and support them in their current contract negotiations with the city.
- Mark’s on the Move: Summer Theatre sets stage for entertainment
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B3
- When the house lights go down, the spotlight shines on Kansas University Summer Theatre, which is producing two shows during the intermission of school years.
- Cost not a factor in flying patients
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A3
- When deciding whether to send a patient by air, one factor that is not up for consideration is the cost.
- Increased safety measures being taken on medical flights
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Air ambulances save lives daily. But as the industry has grown, so have the number of deadly accidents involving air medical flights.
- Behind the Lens: J-W chief photographer describes how he’d choose a ‘deserted island’ camera
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D2
- People often ask for advice on buying a camera. Most are looking for something between the simplest point-and-shoot and a professional camera. I usually recommend an entry-level, single-lens reflex with interchangeable lenses or a quality point-and-shoot with some manual controls. It makes me consider what one camera I would pack for that deserted island conundrum that list-makers love to ponder.
- Adoption groups decry ‘Orphan’ film
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D5
- Often divided over policy and practice, America’s adoption community has unified in dismay over “Orphan,” a horror movie opening this week that its critics say will fuel negative attitudes toward real-life orphans.
- Clinton defends U.S. anti-terror demands
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global warming.
- The ‘Reel Truth’: Book offers directions for would-be directors
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D2
- So you think you’re a natural-born filmmaker who was put on this earth to direct movies?
- High-profile family bombarded by tragedy in ‘The Embers’
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Novelist Hyatt Bass digs deep into a family’s collective psyche with her first book, “The Embers” (Henry Holt, $25), a riveting examination of a high-profile clan and its fall from grace.
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘To Do List’
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Novel must come out
- Fallon’s ‘7th Floor West’ is a silly, soapy treat
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D6
- Since arriving in March, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” has proved itself a worthy player in the world of TV comedy-talk.
- Ivanov triumphs at 14th stage
- Armstrong mad after friend misses yellow jersey
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Lance Armstrong was unfazed about slipping to fourth place at the Tour de France. Instead, he was riled that his former lieutenant, George Hincapie, was deprived of the yellow jersey — allegedly by a rival U.S. team.
- Defense dooms Raiders
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Lawrence Raiders dropped two more games at Wichita State on Saturday.
- Tiger’s next four major wins toughest
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C2
- If you want to play a quick game of I Say/You Say regarding Tiger Woods’ failure to make the cut at the British Open, there aren’t many places to go with it. “Stunning.” “Shocking.” “Honey, my bookie just called with some bad news.” That about covers it.
- Believe it: Watson leads after 54 holes
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Tom Watson took three practice swings without a club in his hand, then looked toward the green and pictured the shot he needed to play.
- Calif. sprouts ‘green rush’ from marijuana
- Legalized pot becoming economic force
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon.
- When time is short, air ambulances make haste
- ‘Flying emergency room’ can save patients
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Last October, KU doctoral student Maria Thorson Feeney was test driving a car along Kansas Highway 10 when she was hit head-on by a driver going 65 mph.
- Leaders searching for loose change
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Elected leaders have made sweeping cuts to state government during the past few months that have resulted in thousands of lost positions in schools, shuttered correctional facilities and a reduction in social service programs.
- Anglers pleased with renovations to Douglas County State Fishing Lake
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Fishermen are giving the thumbs up to the work done at Douglas State Fishing Lake.
- Revenue could drive talk of red-light cameras
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Efforts to capture red-light runners on video have yet to get the green light in Kansas, but officials in Lawrence are wondering whether that day may soon arrive.
- Taliban video shows captive U.S. soldier, officials confirm
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban.
- Kidnapped child found alive inside trash bin
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B5
- An abducted infant has been found alive in a suburban Kansas City trash bin.
- Doll collection fills Wichita woman’s house
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B5
- he first thing you notice in Kathy McManis’ house in east Wichita is the smell of cookies baking.
- Abilene train tours hark to earlier era
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Sporting bib overalls and an engineer’s cap, conductor Jerry Shell says he feels like a kid again.
- Rural bankers: Midwest, Plains economy still sick
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B3
- A monthly survey of rural bankers suggests that, thanks to the weaker market for farm products, the economy was still ailing in a region of 11 Midwest and Plains states. The Rural Mainstreet Index dropped to 32.6 in July, down from 34.0 in June and 36.2 in May.
- Reeling Royals fall again
- Rays erase late K.C. lead, escape 4-2
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C1
- With a few more decisions like this, Joe Maddon will be clearing space on his mantle for another manager of the year award.
- World’s oldest man, WWI vet, dies
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
- Obama: Don’t squander chance to reform health care
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama told the nation Saturday his health care overhaul is financially sound, but a new analysis by congressional budget experts of emerging House legislation said it would increase deficits by $239 billion over a decade.
- Tortoise found after he escaped from circus
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A massive tortoise who left the circus and took his show on the road for six days has been found and is expected to be back with his circus family soon.
- U.S. fighter jet crashes, 2 crew dead
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said.
- Post-coup country holds presidential vote
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A former army general who seized power by overthrowing this Islamic republic’s first freely elected president last year is gunning for Mauritania’s presidency again — this time legitimately, through the ballot box.
- Health care plan should focus on costs
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Sooner than anyone had expected, President Obama’s drive for health reform has reached a crucial decision point — one that may well determine the fate of his biggest domestic initiative.
- Police: 6 slain in Tenn., Ala.; suspect in custody
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Six slayings in two communities about 30 miles apart in Tennessee and Alabama are linked, and a suspect who was sitting on the front porch of a home where some of the bodies were found was being questioned, authorities said Saturday.
- People do good deeds for Mandela birthday
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Nelson Mandela’s fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans.
- First-ever all-pet airline starts up — and is booked solid
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E1
- One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane’s cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another.
- Nickel-and-diming it
- States trim ‘small’ items to balance budgets
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E1
- As states across the nation struggle to balance their budgets, lawmakers are seeking savings any way they can, even if it means nickel-and-dime cuts in basic services.
- Moon landing was symbol of U.S. idealism
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Archibald MacLeish called the mission “a wonder to us, unattainable, a longing past the reach of longing,” saying that “(t)hree days and three nights we journeyed, steered by farthest stars.”
- No more vino for those under 16 in Milan
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E10
- For the first time in Italy’s wine-steeped history, a city government has banned alcohol for those under 16 in an effort to curb drinking problems among youths.
- Push to return to moon has its questions, critics
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E10
- Two months ago, former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski ascended Mount Everest, carrying a lunar rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon 40 years ago Monday.
- Fugitive terrorist a suspect in hotel bombings
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E10
- The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers may be the main clue linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida-linked militant network that has struck many times before.
- Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be?
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on E10
- On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon’s surface, a community in Pittsburgh’s western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities do.
- Swaying court may be tougher than confirmation for Sotomayor
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Sonia Sotomayor might find it was easier to disarm Republican senators who have one eye on Hispanic voters than to sway Supreme Court justices who have lifetime appointments.
- Opposing sides to look at new plan for Vietnamese war memorial
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Groups debating the construction of a Vietnamese war memorial in Wichita’s Veterans Memorial Park are evaluating a compromise plan to erect it near the park.
- Former Cessna leader honored
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B8
- The former leader of Cessna Aircraft, who is credited with leading efforts to ease liability against the general aviation industry in the 1990s, is being inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
- 150-pound cupcake sets Guinness record
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world’s largest.
- Cheating S.C. governor says God will make him better
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on A4
- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released today that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.
- Was Obama wearing mom jeans?
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D4
- We can finally stop talking about the first lady’s penchant for showing off her toned arms and the national conversation can turn to something substantive: her husband’s unflattering, baggy blue jeans.
- Juvenile justice
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Since Journal-World readers are limited on how often they can have letters published in this forum, this letter will address two unrelated concerns. Both stem from recent Journal-World articles.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 19, 1909: “Richard Ballinger, Secretary of the Interior, may visit Haskell Institute and confer with Superintendent H.B. Peairs. The superintendent wants Ballinger to see the fine work being done here.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Growing pains were plaguing Baldwin City and Tonganoxie, and both school districts were looking toward major building projects. Tonganoxie had scheduled an election Sept. 4 on a $3.37 million bond issue to build a new middle school and expand the district’s high school.
- CIA control
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Our CIA director recently informed President Obama that, during the Bush administration, the CIA created a new program and Vice President Cheney told them not to inform the appropriate committees in the House and the Senate.
- Renewed interest
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It’s been almost 20 years since Lawrence voters turned down a plan that would have built a second high school and moved ninth-graders from the junior highs into four-year high schools. The changes proposed in the November 1990 election were more than local voters could support.
- World of kid space books thrives 40 years after moonwalk
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D4
- As 600 million people watched live on television, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their bug-like Eagle module on the moon, four miles off course with less than 30 seconds of fuel to go.
- Wallpaper renaissance: tips to stylishly update your home
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D8
- This spring, Oprah Winfrey declared that wallpaper is back. But is it really? That depends on what you want to do in your home and, to a lesser degree, how much you’re willing to spend.
- Unique art-nouveau pieces hail from Europe
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Art-nouveau designs are very unlike the slick modern designs favored by today’s craftsmen. The style was international, but its most extreme examples were European. Gustav Gaudernack (1865-1914) was a talented goldsmith who worked in Norway. He was born in Bohemia and while in his 20s studied glassmaking and enameling in Vienna.
- Lawrence gardeners tackle challenges of space-saving design
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Sheila Reynolds and her husband, Lowell Paul, started growing fruits and vegetables at their rural Douglas County home nearly 30 years ago, but they only recently created raised planting beds in their garden.
- Afghanistan school spreads democracy
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It is the last place where you’d expect to find a school that teaches about civic rights — and has links to Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center. But after driving an hour from central Kabul, over potholed roads jammed with trucks, cars, motorbikes and carts, and then maneuvering along a narrow, rutted dirt track and through wheel-deep puddles of water, we reached the Marefat school.
- Animal artwork sought for 1109 exhibit
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The Lawrence Art Guild is looking for artwork inspired by animals and nature to be hung in the Lawrence Art Guild’s 1109 Gallery (1109 Mass.). This show, titled “Dog Days of Summer,” will be a benefit for the Lawrence Humane Society.
- Summer, wrapped up in style
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Scarves aren’t the first accessory that comes to mind when imagining a summer wardrobe. But this year it’s been impossible to miss the way celebrities have been draping them over burn-out T-shirts and racer-back tanks or wearing them under shrunken leather jackets, adding a splash of floral, Ikat or plaid to warm-weather ensembles.
- Holtz joins college Hall of Famers
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The only way Lou Holtz knows how to coach is all out.
- Boomer Girl Diary: In the market for a new vacation plan
- July 19, 2009 in print edition on D1
- I was suffering from an acute case of vacation envy. Symptoms included pronounced restlessness, intermittent depression, mild anxiety, cabin fever and an obsessive attraction to travel guides. Seemed like everyone I knew was headed or had just been to the mountains, lakeside or seashore for rest, relaxation and recession-be-damned fun.
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