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Do you plan to read Sarah Palin's new book?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 81% | |
| Yes | 18% | |
| Total | 1333 | |
Videos
- Temperatures will hang in the high 40s and it may …
- A dog that had been missing for eight months finally …
- A KU program is sending butterflies into space. School children …
- More than a month after fire damaged an Aberdeen apartment …
- A second man was arrested in connection with the burglary …
- A public forum to discuss the future plans for a …
- A Lawrence family keeps getting bigger thanks to its caring …
- Lawrence Weight Watchers took part in the national Lose for …
- After giving up some hefty yardage to Kansas-State’s running back, …
- KU basketball already had one player commit during the early …
- The Firebirds’ football team dropped a game against Olathe North …
- Lawrence High School standout athlete Shelby Miller has signed a …
- It’s a breezy afternoon, with strong south winds gusting from …
- South winds are keeping the air warm, with gusts up …
- Look for partly cloudy skies Thursday with clouds increasing throughout …
- Expect dry conditions with patchy fog during the morning commute, …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
New generations putting stamp on military service- November 11, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- On this day, when America pauses to honor its veterans, the very nature of the word is undergoing a shift to include a new generation of soldiers.
6:00 a.m.
Douglas County ceremony honors America’s veterans- November 11, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The United Veterans’ Organization of Douglas County gathered Wednesday to commemorate military service and sacrifice for Veterans Day.
10:00 a.m.
Q&A with Kansas health officer about H1N1- November 12, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Dr. Jason Eberhart-Phillips, the state’s health officer, answers questions concerning the H1N1 virus and vaccine.
- Video: State health officer visits Lawrence H1N1 clinic
- Special coverage: Swine Flu Pandemic
2:00 p.m.
A month later, Aberdeen residents still waiting to enter their burned apartments- November 11, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- As Jennifer Goode stares at the large hole that flames left in the roof of her Aberdeen South apartment building last month, she figures the chances that her childhood blanket is still intact are between slim and none, but she’d like to know for sure.
- Video: A month later, Aberdeen residents still waiting to enter their burned apartments
- Photo gallery: Aberdeen Apartments South fire
5:36 p.m.
All stories
- KU to launch Monarch butterflies into space
- Students in eastern U.S. to follow KU’s butterflies in space
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The International Space Station is getting some unusual new temporary residents — monarch butterflies from Kansas University’s Monarch Watch program.
- Cessna rehiring 200 laid off workers
- November 12, 2009
- Cessna Aircraft Co. is calling back 200 workers it laid off earlier this year as the company resumes production of its Citation Sovereign business jet. The Wichita aircraft maker is also ramping up its new Citation CJ4 business jet.
- Aberdeen residents get word they’ll be let back into their apartments
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Victims of an Oct. 8 fire at Aberdeen South Apartments got the news they were hoping for on Thursday.
- Owner gets dog back 8 months after losing her
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- You can call her the miracle dog. Eight months after losing her Yorkshire terrier outside a Lawrence grocery store, Tammy Yergey was reunited with the little dog, Tinker.
- Weight Watchers members donate food as they lose weight
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The Lawrence Weight Watchers center donated 400 pounds of food and diapers to local pantries on Thursday.
- Second suspect charged in attempted robbery at mobile home
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a 20-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man arrested in connection with an attempted robbery in August that ended with the suspects being shot.
- Public forum set for tonight on new Lawrence Community Shelter, LJWorld.com will have live blog
- 04:29 p.m., November 12, 2009 Updated 09:04 p.m.
- Leaders of the Lawrence Community Shelter will meet with members of the public to discuss the proposed new shelter at the location of the former Don’s Steakhouse, 2176 E. 23rd Street.
- Driver injured in Tonganoxie wreck transferred to KU Hospital
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A Tonganoxie man injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday in Tonganoxie and who was originally taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital has been transferred to Kansas University Hospital, a hospital official said Thursday.
- Little to red-shirt this season, Self says
- No final call made yet on Travis Releford
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Kansas senior Mario Little will red-shirt this season, KU coach Bill Self said Thursday.
- Legislators believe pressure is building to consider furloughs of state employees
- 03:47 p.m., November 12, 2009 Updated 03:57 p.m. in print edition on B10
- The Kansas Legislature’s budget committee chairmen believe pressure is building for furloughs in state government.
- Statehouse Live: KU proposes increase in room and board
- 03:47 p.m., November 12, 2009 Updated 03:47 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Increase in housing and meal costs goes to Kansas Board of Regents for consideration.
- Lawrence’s Woodlawn School earns three Challenge Awards
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The Challenge Awards recognize Kansas schools with students who meet uncommon accomplishments based on the state standardized test achievements and school population.
- Topeka area woman dies from swine flu; death toll from virus at 18 in Kansas
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- A woman from the Topeka area has died from the H1N1 influenza virus, bringing the number of Kansans who have died from the infection to 18.
- Fair Trade Holiday Market opens Nov. 27 in Lawrence
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Beginning later this month, Lawrence’s annual Fair Trade Holiday Market will return to Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
- Great American Smokeout is Nov. 19; story wins award
- November 12, 2009
- The Great American Smokeout is Nov. 19.
- KU receives $6 million contract for vaccine research
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A $6.85 million contract from the National Institutes of Health will help Kansas University researchers study ways to safely deliver vaccines.
- Legislators to meet next week to discuss underfunded state pension system
- November 12, 2009
- A panel of Kansas legislators meets next week to address the state pension system’s long-term funding problems.
- Attorneys of man who says he killed George Tiller ask for change of venue
- 07:59 a.m., November 12, 2009 Updated 03:40 p.m.
- Lawyers for a man who has publicly admitted killing a Kansas abortion provider are seeking to move the trial out of Wichita.
- Digital Canvas: East meets Midwest in Asian video exhibit, “Extra/Ordinary”
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The newest exhibit at the Spencer is an exploration of Asian art that’s more YouTube than Louvre, examining the commonplace through video, a medium that has itself become commonplace…
- Gonzalez poses for PETA
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Here’s a change in Atlanta: a Falcons player showing some love for animals. Providing quite a contrast to Michael Vick’s gruesome dogfighting operation, tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, posed in the nude for an anti-fur advertisement from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
- Lions’ Minnis taps WSU
- Lefty pitcher sold on Shockers’ tradition
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Albert Minnis signed a baseball letter of intent with Wichita State.
- Wal-Mart to keep stores open to ease Black Friday dashes
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.
- Pump patrol
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.52 at several stations.
- Gene mutation found in humans that seems key in evolution of speech
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Chimps, our nearest relative, don’t talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference.
- U.N.: Hunger stunts 200M children
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
- 100 years ago: Poll, road taxes under fire
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The state supreme court last Saturday handed down an opinion that may affect the collection of poll taxes and road taxes in this city and many others in the state. The city of Iola had filed a suit calling such collections illegal and the court seems likely to uphold that view.
- Free State’s Caron signs with K-State
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Once Chantay Caron made up her mind, it was all over. And Kansas State had been on her mind for a long, long time. “I’ve kinda been stuck on (K-State) forever,” Caron said prior to signing a national women’s basketball letter of intent with KSU on Wednesday.
- Haskell comes up short against Ottawa
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Haskell’s men’s basketball team remained winless for the season, losing to Ottawa University, 64-63.
- Kansas women sign four
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Four high school senior guards — three from Texas — have signed national women’s basketball letters of intent with Kansas University.
- Sunflower sweep
- Kansas makes short work of KSU
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- KU completed a season sweep of in-state rival Kansas State, winning in straight sets on Wednesday, 25-19, 25-19 and 25-23. The victory marked the first time since 1993 that the Jayhawks had swept the season series with the Wildcats. Because the victory came in three sets — just like the earlier meeting in October in Manhattan — it also marked the first time in series history the Jayhawks won the series without the Wildcats winning a single set.
- Our Town Sports
- November 12, 2009
- Waugh Hole-in-One: Jerry Waugh used a 22-degree hybrid to ace the 155-yard No. 8 hole Thursday at Alvamar Country Club. Witnesses were Ross Randall, Bob Shmalberg and Bob Stephens.
- Services set for former Kan. governor Avery
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Funeral services will be Saturday for former Gov. William H. Avery in the northeast Kansas town where he grew up.
- Pet adoption event set for Saturday
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Orscheln Farm and Home will partner with the Lawrence Humane Society for a pet adoption event Saturday at the store, 1541 E. 23rd St.
- Woman treated and released after Wednesday morning rollover accident
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 31-year-old Hutchinson woman was taken to a Topeka hospital Wednesday morning after a single-vehicle rollover accident west of Lawrence.
- Tires, rims reported stolen
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 27-year-old Lawrence man reported Tuesday the theft of four truck tires and four 15-inch truck rims.
- Funeral home reports benches stolen
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence Funeral Chapel, 3821 W. Sixth St., reported Tuesday the theft of two outdoor benches valued at a total of $1,000.
- Second man arrested in connection with August robbery
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A second man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an attempted robbery in August that ended when two men were shot by the man they attempted to rob.
- Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Lou Dobbs, whose anti-immigration stance roiled controversy, has exiled himself from CNN.
- Foreclosures dip 3% in October
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure prevention programs helped more borrowers.
- Brown pelicans no longer endangered
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.
- Pioneering cardiologist William Ganz dies
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90.
- Merkel helps French mark end of WWI
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France held a joint ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the end of the conflict, saying it is now time to celebrate their countries’ reconciliation and friendship.
- Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefit
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- If you’re among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective and carries surprisingly big risks, a study found.
- Losing streak ‘hurts’ Jayhawks
- KU football reeling over recent skid
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University’s football players are reeling from their four-game losing streak.
- Weather blamed in Brazil blackout
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country’s infrastructure before soccer’s 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
- County endorses CritiTech proposal
- Commissioners unanimously give initial approval for plan
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday night gave the second major vote of confidence this week to a $2.9 million proposal for the city and county to purchase a west Lawrence laboratory building.
- Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A6
- It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.
- Missing tax refund? Check with the IRS
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A3
- More than 700 Kansans have tax refunds that have been returned to the Internal Revenue Service because the checks were undeliverable.
- Report: 10 states are confronting looming budget disasters
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation’s highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care.
- ‘Office’ plots looking terribly familiar
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Has “The Office” (8 p.m., NBC) run out of ideas? Disturbing rumors about Dunder-Mifflin’s future drive Michael to peculiar and distracting behavior, leading Jim to doubt his sanity. Let’s put aside the question of why this is the first time Jim has wondered about Michael’s mental health.
- Swift CMA’s entertainer of year
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It’s been Taylor Swift’s year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award.
- Horoscope for November 12, 2009
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B6
- For Thursday, Nov. 12: This year, focus on your goals, and you will succeed. If you feel off center, simply look at your priorities, and you will become comfortable once more. If you are single, a friendship could evolve into a lot more. At times you might regret this transformation. Do understand that this change was inevitable. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from weekends away together. Libra makes an excellent healer for you.
- Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Lillian Landry always said she wasn’t afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend at her side and included occasional shots of her favorite whiskey, Canadian Mist.
- 5 men charged with sex crimes
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family.
- Report looks at county’s learning programs
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B8
- The new Kansas Kids Count statistical look at the education, health and economic well-being of the state’s children shows the need for more early learning opportunities in Douglas County, an official said Wednesday.
- Market finds new treasure in gold
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce on Wednesday — confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1,000 mark last year.
- KU to discuss health care reform
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Health care reform will be the topic of a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. today at Kansas University’s School of Medicine.
- Commodities
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Agriculture futures were mixed Wednesday.
- Congress shouldn’t stretch ‘first-time’ credit
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on B7
- It’s official: We have a new tax break for people who don’t need it, with money our government doesn’t have.
- Jobs lost
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: Every month, when I pay my Lawrence Memorial Hospital bill (city-owned hospital), the return envelope has the payment going to Kansas City.
- Saving lives
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: As Veterans Day approaches every year, I’m reminded of the many sacrifices made by our veterans on land, air and sea. I am also reminded of the many who have made ultimate sacrifices, i.e., loss of life, limb, state of mind, or all of the above.
- Q&A with Kansas health officer about H1N1
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Dr. Jason Eberhart-Phillips, the state’s health officer, answers questions concerning the H1N1 virus and vaccine.
- Muslims troops deserve support
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A sampling from the Web: “Why are these Muslim invaders allowed to carry on freely in this country … protected by outreach, Obama, and PC mental illness?” “Simply put, most Muslims in non-Islamic countries have an evil ax to grind and a scurrilous hidden agenda.” “Muslims should be deported from this country! They offer nothing to Americans!”
- Strong U.S. currency is Fed’s top duty
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value “has never dropped to zero,” a boast that surely sets a record for minimalism.
- Financial example
- New generations of Americans might think about adopting some “old-fashioned” standards on money and debt.
- November 12, 2009 in print edition on A7
- After living through the Great Depression and World War II, members of the Greatest Generation knew the importance of minimizing their debt and saving for a rainy day.
- 40 years ago: Chancellor to speak about U.S. involvement in Indochina
- November 12, 2009
- Kansas University chancellor Laurence Chalmers was to be a featured speaker for a November campus moratorium designed to protest U.S. involvement in Indochina. The events were being planned by the KU Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
- 25 years ago: KU officials address bigotry, anti-Semitism
- November 12, 2009
- Kansas University officials again were concentrating on issues of bigotry, anti-Semitism and racism after issues of all of these had arisen recently. Further, new battle lines were being drawn regarding sexual preference and the heterosexual and homosexual segments of local society.
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
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