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- Temperatures will be dropping tonight as colder weather makes its …
- The first of three scheduled blasts to clear out the …
- New technology has helped produce robots the military will use …
- A 21-year-old Missouri man was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital …
- Anxious holiday shoppers started crossing items off their lists early …
- A fundraiser for local libraries is getting the community involved. …
- Todd Reesing and the rest of the senior football Jayhawks …
- The lady Jayhawks scored 106 points in the team’s first …
- The Jayhawks’ volleyball team beat No. 21 Baylor in four …
- A view from the 6News towercam.
- Watch the Kansas River bridge fall from a camera positioned …
- Watch the detonation of the Kansas River bridge from several …
- Sunday’s detonation was only the first. Kansas Turnpike spokeswoman Lisa …
- A section of the Kansas River bridge along the Kansas …
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Roberts not happy with health care reform debate- November 13, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts on Friday criticized the content of health reform legislation and the process used by Democrats in Congress to try to pass it.
6:00 a.m.
Title IX suit targets KU men’s athletics- November 15, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- A former Kansas University swimmer and member of the 1980 Olympic team has filed a Title IX complaint against the university, alleging that the school does not offer adequate competition for men.
- Poll: Are Title IX regulations, which are to ensure gender equality in college sports, still important?
10:00 a.m.
Going out with a bang- November 15, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The Kansas Turnpike Authority’s ongoing $130 million reconstruction project takes an explosive turn this week, with scheduled demolition of two portions of original bridges that cross the Kansas River.
- Video: Kansas River bridge to fall Sunday
- Photo gallery: Kansas Turnpike bridge explosion
12:21 p.m.
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Section of the Turnpike bridge comes down with a concussion and then a cloud of dust
- 11:10 a.m., November 15, 2009 Updated 3:24 p.m.
- Today’s successful dropping of a 250-ton section of original Kansas River bridge along the Kansas Turnpike now has officials turning their attention to 10 a.m. Thursday, the anticipated time for detonating another 6 pounds of explosives to cut through the rusted steel structure.
- Videos: Turnpike bridge demolition
- Photo gallery: Blast takes down old Kansas Turnpike bridge
- Photo gallery: Bridge demolition series
- Special coverage: Kansas Turnpike construction
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- KU women top ORU in season opener
- November 15, 2009
- All five of the Kansas University’s women’s basketball team’s starters scored in double figures as KU defeated Oral Roberts, 106-80, Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
- KU-Texas set for 7 p.m. kickoff
- November 15, 2009
- The Kansas University football team’s game against No. 2 Texas next Saturday in Austin has been slated for a 7 p.m. kickoff and will be part of a split national feed along with the Oregon-Arizona game, the Big 12 Conference announced Sunday.
- Section of the Turnpike bridge comes down with a concussion and then a cloud of dust
- 11:10 a.m., November 15, 2009 Updated 03:24 p.m.
- Today’s successful dropping of a 250-ton section of original Kansas River bridge along the Kansas Turnpike now has officials turning their attention to 10 a.m. Thursday, the anticipated time for detonating another 6 pounds of explosives to cut through the rusted steel structure.
- 21-year-old man taken to LMH after fight outside Granada
- November 15, 2009
- A 21-year-old man was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning after sustaining injuries in a fight outside The Granada, 1020 Mass. St.
- From bad to worse
- KU’s losing skid hits five; ‘It sucks’
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C1
- They’re running out of adjectives.
- Stanford flattens No. 11 USC
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C9
- While Toby Gerhart rampaged through the Southern California defense in an awfully quiet Coliseum, the star tailback and his Cardinal teammates flattened a bunch of recent college football certainties as well.
- Garden City teacher suspended with pay
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A Spanish teacher in Garden City is no longer teaching after she was charged with stealing three laptops.
- Spaghetti fundraiser to aid boys with rare skin disorder
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Brenda Creed understands 11-year-olds.
- Families struggle with science, faith when viable eggs are frozen
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A10
- In-vitro fertilization made it possible for Adriana and Robert Potter to welcome twins Anabella and Matteus into the world.
- Military robots to help protect troops
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B5
- WALL-E, meet SUGV.
- 25 years ago: Legislators pessimistic about state budget
- November 15, 2009
- Local legislators said they were not optimistic about funding prospects by the 1985 legislature. “Things look tight-fisted and conservative to me, said Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawernce.
- D.A. still mulling hit-and-run charges
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson provided no update Friday about whether charges will be filed against the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred nearly one month ago.
- For a change, NU offense delivers
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C7
- Kansas University’s pooch kickoff — with the wind and a 17-16 lead — certainly surprised lots of fans Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Not Nebraska return man Niles Paul, however.
- Going out with a bang
- Today’s explosions first of 3 to remove original spans
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The Kansas Turnpike Authority’s ongoing $130 million reconstruction project takes an explosive turn this week, with scheduled demolition of two portions of original bridges that cross the Kansas River.
- Game balls and Gassers
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Game balls and gassers for KU vs. NU, November 14, 2009.
- KU’s late D lacking
- Jayhawks can’t get key stop again
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Justin Thornton knows there’s something that needs to be fixed with Kansas University’s defense late in games.
- Kansas seniors deserved better
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C1
- In some ways, it seemed like just yesterday that Todd Reesing stretched his arms and started tossing a football on the sideline, warming up to rip off his red shirt, save a sinking game and, as it turned out, push a tradition-poor football program to new heights.
- Kansas neutralizes NU’s Suh
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C7
- For a Kansas University offensive line that seemingly had regressed in recent weeks, the prospect of going against Nebraska defensive tackle and All-American candidate Ndamukong Suh didn’t seem like an overly promising venture.
- Top 25 college football roundup
- BCS-hopeful TCU tramples Utah, 55-28
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C9
- Now that the hometown fans are finally taking notice of TCU, maybe the rest of the nation will also realize that the BCS-hopeful Horned Frogs are for real. Utah certainly can’t disagree.
- Baker triumphs, 33-7
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Baker quarterback Mack Brown threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 24 Wildcats to a 33-7 victory against Central Methodist on Saturday at Liston Stadium.
- K.C. travels to Oakland
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Matt Cassel admittedly will have some mixed emotions when he walks onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum for the second time in his career.
- Memphis coach tosses bouquets Self’s way
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Memphis coach Josh Pastner had nothing but nice things to say about Kansas University’s Bill Self.
- KU volleyball upsets Baylor
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C3
- In the record book, it will go down as a single victory. But in the minds of the Kansas University volleyball coaches and players, it meant so much more.
- KU women to open season against ORU
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Back in the spring of 2006, Olathe East’s Danielle McCray was honored as the Kansas City Metro female high school athlete of the year. About the same time, Janae Voelker of Newton was named Kansas female prep athlete of the year by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission.
- Lawrence resident wins Ironman division
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Lawrence resident Kent Dobbins won the men’s 65-69 division on Saturday at the Ironman World Championship 70.3.
- KU runner Bonds qualifies for nationals
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University senior Lauren Bonds earned an automatic bid to the 2009 Cross Country National Championships after a fifth-place finish (20:49.10 in the 6K) at the Midwest Regional Championships on Saturday.
- Johnson might have something left
- Some NFL team no doubt will take a chance on former Chiefs running back
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The rumors pop up like weeds in the grass, one after another after another. Someone will take Larry Johnson. Someone will be so desperate for a running back, even one that appears used up, that they’ll take on Johnson’s unstable and unpredictable personality. It’ll probably only cost them the veteran minimum.
- Obama urges Congress to put off probes for now
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.
- Hawaii’s white sandy beaches shrinking
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.
- Mourners grieve for slain soldiers
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed.
- Chavez’s headline addiction might cause conflict
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Watching Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez call on his armed forces to “prepare for war” with Colombia, I couldn’t help wondering whether he will end up like the late star of the TV series “The Crocodile Hunter” — a victim of his own addiction to headlines.
- Photographs, even ‘historic’ ones, can indeed lie
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude.
- Madoff’s jacket, watch auctioned
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- It was about fascination with big money — and the life of a couple at the center of the biggest financial fraud case in U.S. history.
- Hawaii to host APEC in 2011
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.
- In Asia, Obama talking climate
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed today that next month’s much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search for a worldwide global warming treaty.
- Sweden returns 22 human skulls to Hawaii
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- With a solemn ceremony in Stockholm’s antiquities museum, Sweden marked the return of 22 skulls looted from a native Hawaiian community more than a century ago.
- Palin didn’t know Bristol was having sex
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Sarah Palin says she didn’t know her daughter Bristol was sexually active before she learned the teenager was pregnant.
- Veteran climber dies in Himalayas
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Veteran Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar was found dead in the Himalayas on Saturday, days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot mountain, a mountain rescue company and a close friend said.
- Former ambassador to China Lilley dies
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81.
- Ellis Island museum evacuated temporarily
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A white powder that was found at Ellis Island and caused a brief evacuation at the immigration landmark in New York Harbor has been deemed harmless.
- Edwards nets Nationwide victory
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Carl Edwards rolled to a dominating win at Phoenix International Speedway that temporarily staved off Kyle Busch’s bid to clinch the Nationwide Series title.
- Clinton urges Mideast foes to end conflict
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Former President Bill Clinton, whose energetic efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal collapsed, urged both sides Saturday to end their decades-old conflict, saying they cannot escape their common future.
- Chinese officials warned to clean up their acts
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A11
- Chinese officials are being told to dump their mistresses, avoid hostess bars and shun extravagances as part of the Communist party’s efforts to clamp down on the corruption that is threatening its rule and sullying its reputation.
- Dutch to pay tax on road time
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A11
- The Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage.
- Week of reading to preschoolers to begin
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The fifth annual Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Week kicks off Monday.
- Title IX suit targets KU men’s athletics
- Complaint focuses on level of competition for under-represented gender
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A former Kansas University swimmer and member of the 1980 Olympic team has filed a Title IX complaint against the university, alleging that the school does not offer adequate competition for men.
- Haskell routed in season finale
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on C4
- His minutes as a college football player dwindling to a precious few, Jered Jones suddenly perked up as he returned to the sideline.
- Franklin County crash kills passenger
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A Richmond woman was killed Friday evening in a two-vehicle accident in southern Franklin County, according to a news release issued by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
- Topeka women’s group gives back to community
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Never underestimate the power of the coffee klatch.
- Disney World takes steps to fight swine flu
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A4
- How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse?
- NASA on track for shuttle launch
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A4
- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years’ worth of spare parts.
- Manhattan woman held in death of 70-year-old
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B4
- A Manhattan woman has been arrested in the shooting death of a 70-year-old man.
- Semitrailer collides with oxen-pulled cart
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B8
- An 86-year-old man was injured after his ox-drawn cart collided with a tractor-trailer in northwest Kansas.
- No decision on education suit
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A coalition of Kansas school districts has put off a decision on whether to sue the state over education funding.
- Trial date set for ex-club treasurer
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A Dec. 10 trial date has been scheduled for a woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Leavenworth High School Football Booster Club.
- Mural by Hays artist to show history of Kansas by 2011
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Figures from the past like George Custer and Walter P. Chrysler depict Ellis County, while sites such as Castle Rock and Cottonwood Ranch highlight western Kansas.
- 2012 already? GOP nominee wannabes jockeying early
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession. They’re all jockeying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — even if they won’t say so.
- Medicare fraud squanders $47B
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient’s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.
- School seclusion practices reviewed
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Nearly 300 students with disabilities were secluded in the final quarter of the last school year, according to a new report by the Kansas Department of Education.
- Venice isn’t history yet
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A6
- A dozen gondolas snaked down the Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral procession bemoaning Venice’s approach to the dreaded status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000.
- Swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcy
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A5
- A suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper reported Saturday.
- Obama urged to take state job program to national level
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A5
- As job losses continue to slow the nation’s economic recovery, labor experts and economists are urging Congress and the Obama administration to boost funding for a little-known program that 17 states are using to avert layoffs and keep workers in their jobs.
- Think tank tries to give faithful IVF guide
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A10
- When determining the fate of embryos created by in-vitro fertilization but not returned to the womb, people of faith often rely on religious tenets to shed light on the dilemma.
- Harvest example of reversing food shortage
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry.
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Road work for the week of November 15, 2009.
- Struggling through the gray areas of life
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B6
- They killed a killer last week.
- Well-run clinic
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: On Wednesday, I took my daughter for her H1N1 vaccine at Hillcrest School.
- Flying high
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Routine blood-alcohol checks for airline pilots might increase passenger safety and peace of mind.
- HOPE winner’s humor grabs attention
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Every week, Matthew Buechner, Kansas University molecular biosciences associate professor, is faced with a daunting task: making science fun for the 300 undergraduate students attending his biology class.
- City checking up on weathered water lines
- November 15, 2009
- They’re old warriors that lurk beneath the ground. They’re pieces of cast iron that somehow have fended off the wear and tear and the corrosive elements that are a big part of the Lawrence soil. They’re the city’s water lines.
- Governor pardons defendant convicted in 1969
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Samuel Jarvis “Jerry” Hunt spent 40 years running from a possible prison sentence for a 1969 Sedgwick County conviction for third-degree robbery.
- Mortgages
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 81 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday.
- Bankruptcies
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas:
- Google VP, LHS grad to speak at KU
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Brian McClendon, vice president of engineering for Google and a Kansas University and Lawrence High School graduate, is scheduled to return to Lawrence on Monday.
- Be prepared: Job interview questions are going deeper now
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on E1
- In this job market, many unemployed people are looking for jobs after working for the same company for decades.
- Lending drought hurts small businesses
- Bailouts, stimulus not helping everyone
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Robert Stopanio’s new medical-device manufacturing plant was supposed to open eight months ago and employ about 75 workers in a state that desperately needs jobs. But Stopanio hasn’t been able to find the financing.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Girl Scouts could steer us out of financial crisis
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D1
- I am hunkered down over my keyboard, working feverishly (OK, tepidly) on my weekly column.
- A viburnum for every landscape: Colorful buds brighten winter scenery
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Even as winter approaches, viburnums are brightening up the landscape in a variety of ways, and each species has its own unique contributions.
- Down the road: Couple’s exercise regimen keeps them moving in retirement
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Joe Spradlin felt like he was in a scene from “Smokey and the Bandit.”
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘Raking’
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Raking, raking, raking.
- Behind the Lens: Many factors contribute to why photos don’t appear in the paper
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D2
- For two years in the mid-1950s, Swiss photographer Robert Frank traveled across the country taking photographs.
- Harvard Lampoon’s ‘Nightlight’ skewers ‘Twilight’ craze
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Strange things happen when a book series sells 70 million copies.
- ‘Life and Death’: Cheng told story of defiance until very end
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Sitting on the couch in her apartment near the Washington National Cathedral this summer, the Chinese author Nien Cheng said: “I don’t want you to write about me. When I die, you can write about it. I will die soon.”
- ‘Grand Tour’ items typically good quality
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D8
- The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the “Grand Tour” of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste.
- Drumming cited as high-intensity workout
- November 15, 2009 in print edition on D2
- Rock drummers, some claim, are finely tuned athletes, as fit as any long-distance runner.
- ‘Prisoner’ remake more muddled than intriguing
- November 15, 2009
- The 1960s have been very, very good to AMC, whose Emmy-winning “Mad Men” transformed it from a cable channel known exclusively for classic — and sometimes not-so-classic — movies to a player in the realm of original series.
- 100 years ago: Previously unbeaten Lions fall to Eureka
- November 15, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 15, 1909: With the formal state football championship almost in its grasp, previously unbeaten Lawrence High lost to Eureka, at Eureka, yesterday by a 6-2 score. The Lawrence boys feel much aggrieved over the game, claiming they got the ragged end of the officiating all through the game and say they would have won if they had been given a fair shake. Eureka got its touchdown o a fluke while Lawrence earned a safety after hard defensive work.
- 40 years ago: ROTC course credit under discussion
- November 15, 2009
- The issue of how much acacemic credit could be awarded for ROTC courses in the Kansas University curriculum was again to be discussed by faculty and student groups.
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