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- It’s calm for the time being but you can expect …
- A herd of bison is now calling Tall Grass Prairie …
- Car accidents caused by deer are most abundant from October …
- Area residents were out in force Wednesday for a chance …
- Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said he is prepared to make …
- Students at a local elementary school are running a marathon, …
- KU coach Mark Mangino says the team’s defense has been …
- Piper High School quarterback Jasper Sanders is one of the …
- The Eudora Cardinals football team will take on Baldwin High …
- Clouds will continue to increase for tonight, with shower and …
- It’ll be a windy drive home this afternoon, with delays …
- Expect a few more clouds to move into the area …
- We are looking at dry roads and patchy fog this …
- Leaders from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Drawing lesson: October ArtStar blossoms after intensive study in pastels- October 27, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Ally Koppes has loved drawing for years, but she wasn’t ready to spend all day, every day doing it.
6:00 a.m.
Kansans hope bison will develop Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve into a tourist destination- October 27, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Leaders from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City are in South Dakota to collect 20 of the bison — more informally, buffalo — from this unique herd of about 500 to start a new herd in Kansas.
- Video: Bison herd brought to Kansas
- Video: Kansans hope bison will develop Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve into a tourist destination
- Photo gallery: South Dakota bison roundup
10:00 a.m.
Engineering competition may help students chart future course- October 28, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Making a boat from empty water bottles and rat traps doesn’t seem like an idea that would stay afloat. Hundreds of area high school students, however, took on this challenge.
6:00 p.m.
The candy plan: Have a strategy to avoid overindulging in Halloween goodies- October 28, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Occasionally, adventurous souls use Halloween as an excuse to find a gateway to hell.
All stories
- Senate agrees to extension, expansion of homebuyer tax credit
- October 28, 2009
- Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.
- Gulls making their presence known in Lawrence
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Stacy Snider estimated more than a thousand gulls had gathered last week on the grass at Sunflower School’s playground.
- Eastbound traffic on turnpike moving to new bridge
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Next up for the Kansas Turnpike: Blasting the old Kansas River bridges.
- League of Women Voters to hold forum on campaign finance reform
- October 28, 2009
- The Lawrence League of Women Voters will be host to a public forum Saturday morning on “Campaign Finance Reform — Issue Ads and Robo Calls.”
- Deer are on the move, requiring drivers to be alert
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A3
- It’s that time of the year: Deer are on a mission to make love and they won’t let anything stand in the way of coming across that perfect mate.
- Parkinson ready to make more spending cuts before Legislature convenes in January
- 02:53 p.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 05:26 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Gov. Mark Parkinson on Wednesday said he will likely cut the state budget again soon, which means schools should prepare for another round of reductions.
- ‘Smoother’ swine flu clinic serves 1,300
- 01:51 p.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 12:40 a.m. in print edition on A1
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department’s second H1N1 immunization clinic on Wednesday afternoon was described by volunteers as “smoother, faster, less stressful and quieter” than the first one held a week earlier.
- Parkinson says Taiwan will open its markets more to Kansas, U.S. products
- 01:34 p.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 02:54 p.m.
- Gov. Mark Parkinson says he has been assured that Taiwan will soon ease restrictions on imports of U.S. beef.
- Goodyear in Topeka upgrading plant to manufacture six-ton tires
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The company said Wednesday that it would begin making 63-inch radial tires in Topeka by the end of next year.
- Statehouse Live: More state budget cuts on the horizon
- 11:10 a.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 02:37 p.m.
- Shrinking state revenues prompt re-examination of spending
- State Board of Healing Arts won’t say why former director left
- 09:06 a.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 08:22 p.m. in print edition on A4
- The board that regulates doctors in Kansas still wasn’t saying Wednesday why its top staff member has resigned, and even Gov. Mark Parkinson said he doesn’t know.
- Hot scary messes: Last-minute Halloween costumes for the cheap and indecisive
- Last-minute Halloween costumes for the cheap and indecisive
- October 28, 2009
- If you haven’t assembled your Halloween costume yet, shame on you! Being poor or busy or distracted by swine flu or “balloon boy” or how awful the Chiefs have become are not viable excuses…
- Cowboys pressing on
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson honors his late grandfather on game day with two simple, encouraging words written on adhesive strips under his eyes: Press on.
- Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Whatever the reason for the Kansas University football team’s early-game struggles this season — unfamiliar defensive looks, turnovers, nerves — things need to improve.
- LHS soccer loses another heartbreaker
- Olathe Northwest knocks out Lions in double overtime
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B1
- For the second year in a row, the Lawrence High boys soccer team’s season came to an end with a playoff loss to Olathe Northwest at College Boulevard Activity Center.
- D.C. sniper set to die by lethal injection
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The mastermind of the 2002 Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks will die by lethal injection next month, Virginia officials said Tuesday.
- Look for Phillies to win it all … in seven
- October 28, 2009
- A position-by-position look at the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees going into the World Series, starting tonight at Yankee Stadium:
- Pelini: NU offense needs makeover
- October 28, 2009
- His team mired in a midseason funk, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is calling out his offense and promising changes.
- Troops in Afghanistan already outnumber Taliban
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A9
- There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn’t led to anything close to victory.
- Arrests made at UConn
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Police charged a 21-year-old man with murder Tuesday in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, where the suspect’s lawyer says he was just trying to break up a fight.
- Bert Nash announces new therapist
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center announces Theresa Gabrielson has joined the center as a WRAP specialist in Child and Family Services.
- Alarming weight gain seen in children on psychiatric drugs
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
- People in the news
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A former writer for David Letterman said she quit his NBC talk show in part because of alleged sexual favoritism and a hostile work environment.
- Eudora barely misses upsetting No. 1 Kaws
- Cardinals fall, 3-2, on penalty kicks
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Somebody forgot to tell Eudora High’s soccer team it had virtually no chance Tuesday night.
- KU volleyball rolls over Roos
- Jayhawks tune up for A&M with sweep
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B5
- A run-away, three-set victory over UMKC gives Kansas University’s volleyball team three victories in four matches heading into Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. showdown against No. 25-ranked Texas A&M in Horejsi Center.
- OSU’s Bryant won’t return
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Oklahoma State All-American wide receiver Dez Bryant will remain suspended for the remainder of the football season, the NCAA ruled Tuesday.
- Mangino won’t take date bait
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Fat paychecks make gaining celebrity status in sports all worthwhile, but that doesn’t mean the job is not without drawbacks.
- Kansas’ Reed can hit big shots
- Jayhawk guard’s shooting touch extends to golf course
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Evidently, Tyrel Reed’s dead-eye accuracy extends to the golf course as well.
- A-Rod could have last laugh this time
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Alex Rodriguez already has the richest contract in baseball and A-list actress Kate Hudson waiting for him after the game.
- Palin paid $1.25M for book by July
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir “Going Rogue.”
- Americans still gloomy on economy
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The housing market and stocks may be looking up, but Americans just can’t shake their job worries.
- FAA revokes licenses of wayward pilots
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
- Back on track?
- KU hoping to re-establish running game
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Jake Sharp is tough. Just about everyone associated with the Kansas University football team will tell you so. They will tell you this any time you ask about the speedy running back, and, often, when you don’t.
- U.K. couple missing in pirate area
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- International naval forces hunted on Tuesday for a British couple feared taken by Somali pirates while sailing from the Seychelles islands, and as night fell units were trailing three suspicious vessels.
- Stressed cows give less milk, force imports
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The heat seems to be getting to the cows on this U.S. Caribbean territory.
- Artists plan to encase vacant home in ice
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit’s thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
- U.N. staff killed in Taliban attack
- October deadliest month in Afghanistan for U.S. troops
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Gunmen with automatic weapons and suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 10 people — including six U.N. staff — officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election.
- FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico to reduce deaths
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria — a requirement that opponents say could deprive diners of a delicacy cherished for generations.
- California town rattled by alleged gang rape of girl, 15
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl on school grounds after her homecoming dance was horrific enough. But even more shocking, police say, was that up to two dozen people watched and did nothing to stop it.
- Barbee takes fourth; KU finishes 11th
- October 28, 2009
- Nate Barbee fired his second-straight under-par round to finish tied for fourth place and lead the Kansas University men’s golf team to an 11th-place finish at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate.
- Moderates challenge health care plan
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product.
- Obama team: U.S. needs bill to lead in clean energy
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats over the bill’s costs.
- City, contractor secure ‘clean diesel’ grants
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The city of Lawrence and a contractor from Eudora will receive federal money to help reduce emissions in their diesel-burning vehicles, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Tuesday.
- NAACP celebrates 100th anniversary
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The Lawrence branch of the NAACP will conduct its 100-year anniversary celebration from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H.
- Computer reported stolen from central Lawrence building
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 19-year-old Lawrence woman reported Sunday a burglary and the theft of a computer.
- Traffic study set for West Sixth Street
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agreed to spend $11,000 to help fund a transportation study of the area near Sixth Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway.
- ‘Green tag’ purchase totals nearly $8,600
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Commissioners unanimously agreed to spend nearly $8,600 to purchase “green tags” to offset about 3 percent of the city government’s total electric usage.
- Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn’t sturdy enough to hold him.
- Feds: Chicago men planned to attack Danish newspaper
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men.
- City vows action on begging problem
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday vowed to do more than just talk about ways to curb what merchants say is a growing panhandling problem downtown.
- Judge mulls fate of nurse over ‘nude therapy’
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B12
- A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving the mentally ill residents of a group home she ran with her husband was back in federal court for a resentencing hearing after an appeals court threw out her original prison term.
- eBay: No auction for suspect in abortion doctor’s shooting
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B12
- Online retailer eBay said Tuesday it will block an auction planned to raise money for the man charged with killing Kansas abortion provider George Tiller.
- Report: Titans’ owner wants Young to start at quarterback
- October 28, 2009
- Jeff Fisher has stayed away from a quarterback controversy all through the Tennessee Titans’ dreadful start.
- Chiefs tell Johnson to stay away for now
- October 28, 2009
- Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson issued his second apology in 12 months Tuesday and was told to stay away from the team while the NFL and the Chiefs complete their investigation into his use of a gay slur.
- Engineering competition may help students chart future course
- This year’s challenge: Design a self-propelled boat built for speed, endurance
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Making a boat from empty water bottles and rat traps doesn’t seem like an idea that would stay afloat. Hundreds of area high school students, however, took on this challenge.
- Pump patrol
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.47 at several stations.
- Library staff member attends conference
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Pattie Johnston, senior outreach coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library, attended the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services Conference from Oct. 7-9 in Everett, Wash.
- Financial adviser named to executive council
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Roger Schenewerk, a branch manager and financial adviser in the office of Raymond James Financial Services Inc. at 1425 Oread West St., Suite 106, has been named to the firm’s 2009 Executive Council in recognition of outstanding client service and exemplary professional growth.
- Hy-Vee honors employees for service
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Employees from the Lawrence Hy-Vee stores are among 2,325 Hy-Vee employees honored for achieving service milestones in 2009.
- Big brewers cut calories along with the taste
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the nation’s biggest brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.
- Commodities
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Agriculture futures fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery dropped 23.75 cents to $5.0325, while December corn lost 7.25 cents to $3.7075 and oats for December delivery fell 3.5 cents to $2.44.
- How to find the best detector
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Here’s a challenge to America’s smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm industry: Create one device that can sense flames and smoke and warn you about carbon monoxide.
- Pregnant cover girl of Teen Vogue raises eyebrows
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C10
- A model on the November cover of Teen Vogue is a 19-year-old who reveals in the magazine that she is pregnant.
- Twitter’s suggested user list favors Democrats in Calif. gubernatorial race
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C10
- When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters.
- Iran backs uranium plan — with changes
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Iran accepted the general framework of a U.N.-draft nuclear deal Tuesday, but said it would seek “important changes” that could test the willingness of world powers to make concessions in exchange for a pact to rein in Tehran’s ability to make atomic warheads.
- Moving problem
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: The Lawrence City Commission will consider the relocation of Lawrence’s homeless shelter to the former Don’s Steak House on East 23rd Street sometime in early November.
- Insurance villain?
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I found the article about health insurance companies’ profits very interesting. Seems like the villains may not be the mean, uncaring health insurance executives.
- Changing times
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: I recently went to a large, venerable department store on South Iowa Street, checkbook in hand, intending to buy a freezer.
- Good timing
- Academic factors should be the prime mover of any decision to change the configuration of Lawrence schools.
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Moving ninth-graders into Lawrence’s two high schools may or may not be a good idea, but there’s no time like the present to take a serious look at this proposal.
- Just boo it
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: The reputation of the University of Kansas has been hijacked during our home football games because the same vulgar, inappropriate phrase continues to sound loudly from the student section during kickoffs.
- Parks: Less can be more
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A11
- The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of choosing top priorities for the city’s recreation system.
- Horoscope for October 28, 2009
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B10
- For Wednesday, Oct. 28: This year, you are more verbal and creative than in many years. You also choose to reveal yourself more frequently. Your instincts work well for you, especially with family, home and real estate. If you are single, someone you choose might not be the person you think he or she is. If you are attached, the two of you will have a lot of fun together if you can get away. You will act like new lovers.
- Baseball throws the calendar away
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on B10
- We have tampered with the forces of the universe and laughed in the face of mother nature, and now we’ve created something ugly and unholy. I’m not talking about climate change, global warming or frankenfoods, but something closer to my heart: the World Series schedule.
- Education key to political future
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Some conservatives are prematurely salivating over President Obama’s declining poll numbers.
- New cookbook sweet primer for making candy
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Halloween marks the start of fall candy season. Whether bought or homemade, candied sweets are found in homes from the end of October through the December holidays.
- 25 years ago: KU fans celebrate Homecoming upset
- October 28, 2009
- Kansas football fans were relishing a 28-11 Jayhawk upset win over Oklahoma at KU homecoming. Mike Gottfried was KU coach. Among the Sooners in the loss was freshman quarterback Troy Aikman who later transferred to UCLA and then became a pro Hall of Fame star with the Dallas Cowboys. KU, with a 3-5 record, was to go to Colorado for the coming weekend.
- 40 years ago: Industrial development bonds up for city approval
- October 28, 2009
- The City Commission was asked to approve the issuance of up to $4 million in industrial revenue development bonds for construction and equipping of a 112,000-square-foot plant for the West Company Inc. of Phoenixville, Pa. The firm planned to build on a 17-acre site northwest of Lawrence to make special molded and plastic items and closures for use in hospital and pharmaceutical products.
- 100 years ago: New building to crown Mt. Oread planned
- October 28, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 28, 1909: “A magnificent structure crowning all of Mount Oread will be the new administration building at the university, the plans for which were made by the board of regents and state architect Chandler yesterday. Only a few minor changes will be needed for the east wing which is to be erected at a cost of $125,000. There will be class rooms and a large art gallery on the third floor. The wing will be a handsome building in itself, undoubtedly the best on the campus.”
- Flavors of fall: Cardamom, allspice, ginger, nutmeg
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Each season has its own flavors. Fall and winter are filled with the warming flavors of cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg. Each of these spices has a distinct and hard-to-describe taste.
- No takeout needed for this fried party food
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C2
- No takeout needed for this easy and unexpected party food straight off the Asian buffet menu.
- Plating method good way to lose weight
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C1
- At the Lawrence Public Schools Employee Health Fair, you showed me how to split up my plate to plan balanced meals. Can you go over that again with me?
- The candy plan: Have a strategy to avoid overindulging in Halloween goodies
- October 28, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Occasionally, adventurous souls use Halloween as an excuse to find a gateway to hell.
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