Also from October 24
Audio clips
- Center Jeremiah Hatch talks about the team feeling confident at halftime only down 14-6
- Jacob Branstetter talks about his reaction to his 57-yard field goal
- KU coach Mark Mangino
- Quarterback Todd Reesing evaluates his performance against Oklahoma
- Receiver Kerry Meier: OU's defense "... is about as good as you can get"
- Reesing: Lack of offensive success becomes "... almost overwhelming"
- Safety Darrell Stuckey talks about the disappointment of not stopping OU on the first drive of the second half
Births
Couples
- Wedding: Shumate and Nyberg
- Wedding: Stanhope and Dinsdale
- Anniversary: Rosell
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
KU football has five games remaining in the regular season. How many of those games will the Jayhawks win?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 33% | |
| 2 | 31% | |
| 1 | 13% | |
| 4 | 10% | |
| 0 | 8% | |
| 5 | 3% | |
| Total | 2887 | |
Who was KU's first-half MVP against Oklahoma?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Branstetter | 64% | |
| Other | 16% | |
| Jake Sharp | 10% | |
| Ryan Murphy | 4% | |
| D.J. Beshears | 4% | |
| Chris Harris | 0% | |
| Total | 68 | |
If you had the choice of these two options for KU's football team, which would you pick?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| A loss to Colorado and a win over Oklahoma | 70% | |
| A win over Colorado and a loss to Oklahoma | 25% | |
| Undecided | 4% | |
| Total | 212 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
FINAL: Torneden’s big day leads Free State to 42-14 victory over LHS- 6:24 p.m., October 23, 2009 Updated 11:32 p.m.
- Free State’s Camren Torneden scored touchdowns on his first three carries, leading the Firebirds to the 28-point win.
- Video: LHS, Free State football players pay tribute to their grade schools, elementary schools — and even their pre-schools — in this pregame video
- Video: City football showdown preview
- Photo gallery: 2009 LHS-Free State football
- Poll: Who will win Friday’s football matchup between Free State and Lawrence high schools?
- Audio: Free State coach Bob Lisher talks about his team’s fast start in the Firebirds’ 42-14 victory over LHS
6:00 a.m.
Early ‘Birds- October 24, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Anyone with a 7:30 p.m. dinner date Friday night could have stayed at Free State High for 20 minutes, seen all he needed to see of the football game and still made it to the table in time for the first course.
- Video: Free State crushes rival Lawrence High
- Photo gallery: 2009 LHS-Free State football
10:00 a.m.
Hundreds turn out for employment fair- October 24, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Word of a job fair, job-search seminars and networking opportunities reached all the way to Ottawa, and Mark Clemens wasn’t about to miss out.
2:00 p.m.
FINAL: Oklahoma overwhelms Kansas, 35-13- 12:20 p.m., October 24, 2009 Updated 9:33 p.m.
- The Sooners’ defense intercepted KU’s Todd Reesing three times in the first half and held the Jayhawks without a touchdown in the first 55 minutes.
- Videos: KU vs. Oklahoma video highlights
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Oklahoma
- Poll: KU football has five games remaining in the regular season. How many of those games will the Jayhawks win?
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Oklahoma?
- Poll: If you had the choice of these two options for KU’s football team, which would you pick?
- Audio clips: 2009 KU-Oklahoma football
7:30 p.m.
Good works from the gridiron- October 24, 2009 in print edition on 1D
- Food and football often go hand-in-hand. Players eat truckloads before and after games, and spectators master the art of cheering with a hot dog in hand. The grub and gridiron made another connection this fall when an alert mom realized the boys suiting up for the Lawrence High football team could help others in the community, too.
All stories
- FINAL: Oklahoma overwhelms Kansas, 35-13
- 12:20 p.m., October 24, 2009 Updated 09:33 p.m.
- The Sooners’ defense intercepted KU’s Todd Reesing three times in the first half and held the Jayhawks without a touchdown in the first 55 minutes.
- People in the news
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- People in the news for October 24, 2009.
- House health care legislation exceeds $1 trillion price tag
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Health care legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at least $1 trillion over a decade, significantly higher than the target President Barack Obama has set, congressional officials said Friday as they struggled to finish work on the measure for a vote early next month.
- Underground artist’s latest work the Book of Genesis
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D5
- His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time.
- Around and about
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Around and about for October 24, 2009.
- Club news
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Club news for October 24, 2009.
- Pump patrol
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Pump patrol for October 24, 2009.
- MU’s Alexander puts injuries behind
- October 24, 2009
- Two years ago, Danario Alexander beat out future NFL first-round draft pick Jeremy Maclin for a starting wide receiver spot at Missouri. Then he broke his wrist.
- Swine flu decree allows quicker reaction
- President’s Saturday declaration of national emergency largely procedural
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- President Barack Obama on Saturday declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, a procedural step designed to allow health-care providers to speed treatment and slow the spread of the disease.
- No-trouble double: McDougald comfortable on defense, too
- October 24, 2009
- In a perfect world, violence would be non-existent, vegetables would taste like brownies, and college football players would finish the season on the same side of the ball on which they started.
- KU vs. OU Head to head
- October 24, 2009
- Breaking down KU versus OU.
- Early ‘Birds
- Firebirds score 4 touchdowns in first 4 minutes
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Anyone with a 7:30 p.m. dinner date Friday night could have stayed at Free State High for 20 minutes, seen all he needed to see of the football game and still made it to the table in time for the first course.
- ‘CEO’ Bon Jovi wants respect
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- What’s a group from Jersey gotta do to get some respect?
- Horoscope for October 24, 2009
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- This year, you tend to focus on goals and then manifest them. Your communication and networking skills continue to increase, which proves to be a great benefit. If you are single, you don’t need to go out of your way to meet someone special. If you are attached, go out to dinner more often together. Capricorn understands you.
- Holiday parties threatened by flu
- Individual servings can reduce risk of spreading germs
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on E6
- Is it safe to party when swine flu threatens to crash your bash?
- Former archbishop’s treasures found at bottom of river
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on E6
- A fresh mystery is gripping Britain’s religious community: Just how did a treasure trove of rare medallions and coins collected by a former archbishop of Canterbury end up at the bottom of the River Wear?
- Strict abortion laws spark court battles
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on E6
- Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.
- Fox boycott won’t work
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- During the Cold War, the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were among the broadcast entities that effectively penetrated the Iron Curtain to deliver truth to the “captive nations” that were being fed a steady dose of propaganda by their communist rulers.
- Professor who studied ‘pop culture’ dies
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor who was credited with coining the phrase “popular culture” and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, has died. He was 87.
- Bank failures top 100, only part of industry woes
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The cascade of bank failures this year surpassed 100 on Friday, the most in nearly two decades.
- Rio trying to clean up crime before Olympics
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- They go by names like “Scooby” and “Big Baby” but carry the best weapons money can buy, are accused of torturing cops and even managed to shoot down a police helicopter.
- Plane overshot destination — but how?
- Pilots falling asleep in cockpit not uncommon
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them.
- Interim government says talks broken off
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Negotiators trying to resolve the Honduran political crisis said Friday that talks have broken off, the third such announcement in the past week.
- Obama: ’Cynical claims’ attacking energy bill
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynical ploy to undermine efforts to curb pollution and steer the nation to greener energy sources.
- Slain girl’s mom vows to find unknown killer
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Somer Thompson was last seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday that they’re searching for anyone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old after that.
- Permanently armed police deployed
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Wielding submachine guns and pistols, British police are making rare armed patrols in crime-blighted London neighborhoods — a change in law enforcement tactics that may prompt calls for the wider use of weapons by the country’s traditionally unarmed Bobbies.
- Foreign aid position still left vacant
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration’s vacant top foreign assistance post, but there’s no candidate in sight nine months into his term.
- Pakistan militants hit air force base, kill 7
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked a major Pakistani air base on Friday, killing seven people in an escalating campaign that strikes at the heart of this nuclear-armed nation’s security forces.
- Iran will respond to nuclear proposal
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Iran put off until next week a formal response to a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia for enrichment, the country’s nuclear envoy said Friday.
- U.S. drones protecting ships from pirates
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy.
- Michelle Obama’s gripe: President too good at tennis
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- What’s President Barack Obama’s most annoying habit?
- EPA to limit mercury emissions from plants
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Environmental Protection Agency will put controls on the emissions of hazardous pollutants such as mercury from coal-fired power plants for the first time by November 2011, according to an agreement announced Friday to settle a lawsuit against the agency.
- Man pleads guilty to DWI in La-Z-Boy
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk.
- Police find body of missing 9-year-old girl
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The body of a missing 9-year-old girl was found in a wooded area near Missouri’s capital city on Friday, two days after she was last seen walking from a neighbor’s home, police said.
- NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding on a shift in war strategy.
- Swine flu deaths pass 1,000
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A5
- More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday.
- 19-year-old Norwegian takes Monopoly title
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A5
- A lucky swap and some eager building propelled a 19-year-old Norwegian student to the top of board game fame and sent three would-be tycoons to the poor house at the Monopoly World Championship in Las Vegas.
- Seniors’ bonus should be redirected
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- This story begins, as do so many dramas, at the box office.
- Action on U.S. debt may have to wait
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Within the next few weeks, probably as soon as the votes on health care reform have been taken, the Senate faces the painful duty of once again raising the statutory limit on the national debt, as the House already has done.
- FCE News
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D5
- FCE news for October 24, 2009.
- Nebraska offense looks for lift against Iowa State
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C8
- For Nebraska, it’s a chance to start over. For Iowa State, it’s an opportunity to keep building.
- Gabbert essential for Mizzou
- Hobbled sophomore quarterback vows to be ready for Texas
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C8
- Blaine Gabbert’s numbers have plummeted the last two weeks while he has been hobbled by a sprained right ankle. So have Missouri’s fortunes, with losses to Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
- K-State, Colorado unlikely foes battling for first
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C8
- No way were Kansas State and Colorado going to win the Big 12 North.
- Jeter keeps perspective
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Derek Jeter hasn’t been in this spot for five years: a victory at Yankee Stadium away from making another World Series.
- Angels thinking comeback in New York
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Chone Figgins and the Los Angeles Angels know they’re heading straight into more than one kind of storm, and they can’t wait to get wet.
- Turnover-plagued loss dooms Tonganoxie
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C5
- Three turnovers in its final three possessions cost Tonganoxie High’s football team dearly in a 25-22 loss to Kansas City Piper on Friday night.
- KU soccer team loses ground in postseason race with 7-4 loss
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Disheartening is how Kansas University soccer coach Mark Francis described his team’s loss to Nebraska on Friday.
- Bennett, Scott carry Veritas to rout of St. Mary’s
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Nick Bennett rushed for 71 yards and threw for 142 more, and Veritas Christian School remained undefeated with a 44-20 high school football victory over St. Mary’s Academy on Friday.
- Martinez leads KU at tennis tourney
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University’s Maria Martinez won her singles match and teamed with Kunigunda Dorn for a doubles victory at the Jayhawk Invitational on Friday at First Serve Tennis Center. KU sophomore Alessandra Dzuba also notched a singles victory.
- Graceland next for Baker; Haskell idle
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- While Baker University’s football team hits the road, Haskell Indian Nations’ players will start a two-week fall break.
- Self, Gillispie reunite at coaches clinic
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Good buddies Bill Self and Billy Gillispie sat in the lower-level, west-side bleachers of Allen Fieldhouse on Friday night, listening intently to NBA legend Del Harris, who served as guest speaker at Self’s annual Kansas University basketball coaches clinic.
- LHS boys highlight cross country regional
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Lawrence High’s talented boys cross country team, featuring senior standout Roy Wedge, hopes to take the first step today on its way to back-to-back state titles. The Lions, who won the Class 6A state championship last year, will be favored in the 6A regional boys team race today at the Haskell Indian Nations University course.
- Cable questions remain unanswered
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C2
- It seems fitting, on this first day of the rest of Tom Cable’s life, to ask what we have learned since the alleged night in alleged Napa when Cable allegedly used Randy Hanson’s face to close a desk drawer.
- Kentucky’s Wall practices
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Kentucky freshman guard John Wall practiced with his teammates in front of students on Friday after a report that the highly touted guard might not be eligible to play.
- Online comments cowardly
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Once upon a time, the loudest voices came from the stands in the form of cheers and boos. Maybe they even would direct a few frustrated words at the coach on the way to the parking lot. The coach could put a face to the words.
- Lawyer disputes misconduct allegations in abortion case
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A Kansas prosecutor said Friday that an allegation that he misled a judge during an investigation of an abortion provider has been rejected in another inquiry.
- Contributor
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- While others only talk and theorize about our energy needs and our future, T. Boone Pickens continues to put his considerable money where his mouth is.
- J.D. Power recognizes local Insurance agent
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Ron King, an American Family Insurance agent in Lawrence, has been recognized for customer satisfaction excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Insurance Agency Program.
- UMB Financial earns national recognition
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- UMB Financial Corporation announced its selection by Sandler O’Neill and Partners as a top performer making its “2009 Bank and Thrift Sm-All Stars” report.
- Downtown merchants support United Way
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- United Way is partnering with downtown merchants for Get Downtown & Live United.
- Midwest home resales up 6%
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Home sales in the Midwest increased in September as a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time buyers and glimmers of an economic recovery brought more people to the closing table.
- Lawrence man arrested for rape
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 30-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday evening on charges of rape.
- School board to ponder shifting ninth-graders
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Lawrence school board will hear an update at its meeting Monday on what effect moving ninth-graders to the high school would have on space.
- Lawrence must work to regain economic momentum
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence city leaders recently received a detailed report on the Lawrence economy and the local job market.
- Youth Volunteer Corps finds able helpers on school day off
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Free State High School students enjoyed a three-day weekend after having a day off on Friday for teacher training.
- Community Volunteers sought to help shovel snow
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Organizers are looking for volunteers to shovel sidewalks for elderly and other Lawrence residents who are unable to remove snow themselves.
- Trial set for resident accused in shooting
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence man accused of trying to kill a Kansas City man in June has been bound over for trial, Douglas County prosecutors said.
- Hundreds turn out for employment fair
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Word of a job fair, job-search seminars and networking opportunities reached all the way to Ottawa, and Mark Clemens wasn’t about to miss out.
- City may find itself in new district
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- All of Lawrence could be moved into the 2nd Congressional District in time for the 2012 election when the Kansas Legislature reconsiders its boundaries after the 2010 Census.
- Lions knocked out quickly
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Lawrence High was supposed to come out with nothing to lose. Instead, the Lions came out like lambs.
- Free State-Lawrence High Notebook
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Friday’s game started off with a bang, as a four-plane flyover lit up the evening sky 10 minutes before kickoff.
- Author Max Lucado talks about his Christian writings
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Max Lucado is the Hans Christian Andersen of American pastors, a masterful storyteller. He has sold 65 million books over the past 25 years and is the only author to have won three Christian Book of the Year awards — for “Just Like Jesus,” “In the Grip of Grace” and “When God Whispers Your Name.”
- Faith Forum: How does charity tie into your faith?
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- • Charity without love is empty • Examples of giving abound in Bible
- Good works from the gridiron
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Food and football often go hand-in-hand. Players eat truckloads before and after games, and spectators master the art of cheering with a hot dog in hand. The grub and gridiron made another connection this fall when an alert mom realized the boys suiting up for the Lawrence High football team could help others in the community, too.
- ‘Jewish Jordan’ to speak at KU
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Tamir Goodman, who made headlines as a high school senior dubbed the “Jewish Jordan,” will speak Monday at an event that includes a basketball clinic and 3-on-3 basketball tournament aimed at raising money for prostate cancer.
- Defense has carried Sooners so far
- October 24, 2009
- Last year, as the Oklahoma University offense made its assault on the national record books, the team’s defense was afforded a good bit of breathing room, the security that comes with knowing that perfection is not always required when your offensive teammates were regularly putting up 60-plus points.
- 25 years ago: Sale of natural gas company awaits final approval
- October 24, 2009
- The sale of Lawrence’s privately owned natural gas utility, Kansas Public Service, had cleared three hurdles but still had to be OK’ed by the Kansas Corporation Commission. Missouri Public Service of Raytown had bought the private unit, which up to that pont had been under the jurisdiction of local Lawrence government.
- 100 years ago: Meat markets to be closed on Sundays
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 24, 1909: “Chancellor Frank Strong of KU had another big faculty meeting to discuss plans for the current year and the future and he says he will keep trying to make faculty meetings valuable to all. … Virtually all meat markets here will be closed on Sundays to help cut down on expenses. Butchers advise to buy meat supplies on Saturday to prevent Sunday problems. … A door to door magazine salesman has been arrested for swindling after trying to sell the Ladies’ Home Journal at an unusual low price he could not meet.”
- 40 years ago: Student Senate nixes satellite union
- October 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- The Kansas University Student Senate said no to the proposed satellite union near Allen Fieldhouse and voted yes for a budget of $10,000 for the Black Students Union.
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