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Polls
How far have you traveled to watch the Jayhawks play?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I’ve never traveled to see a KU game | 35% | |
| More than 1,000 miles | 21% | |
| 251 miles to 500 miles | 10% | |
| 101 miles to 250 miles | 9% | |
| Up to 100 miles | 8% | |
| 751 miles to 1,000 miles | 7% | |
| 501 miles to 750 miles | 6% | |
| Total | 1078 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Friday, September 4 calls for a high …
- For the first time ever, the Lawrence Lions will play …
- Lawrence High’s stadium is finished, and the school is ready …
- A Lawrence firefighter is on his way to New York …
- Sports coaches at KU are picking up followers, using Twitter …
- A Lawrence mother took the stand Thursday to testify that …
- LiveWell Lawrence hosted an event to bring together organizations to …
- Two Kansas political leaders have gone from rivals to teammates.
- KU kicks off its cross country season this weekend at …
- Temperatures are rebounding to more normal levels for early September, …
- A pleasant afternoon has left the roads in good shape, …
- Yet another chance of storms exists, Thursday. With clouds streaming …
- There will be 10-20 minute delays on US 24/40 on …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Hometown flavor: Former KU student joins Eldridge staff as chef following celebrity culinary adventures- September 2, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Unless you’re a celebrity or a high-flying traveling salesman, it’s rare to call a hotel home.
6:00 a.m.
Kansas Athletics to give $40 million to academic programs at KU- 11:19 a.m., September 2, 2009 Updated 7:06 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Kansas Athletics will direct $40 million — a portion of revenue expected from an addition to Memorial Stadium — to academic programs at Kansas University.
10:00 a.m.
Kansas Highway Patrol reducing driving miles, adopting other measures to save money- September 2, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The Kansas Highway Patrol has cut the number of miles troopers spend traveling state highways by 10 percent, in response to the state’s economic pinch.
2:00 p.m.
Roof work planned at indoor aquatic center; pooch plunge planned- September 2, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Roofs and woofs. News about both soon will impact the city’s indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- KU football’s season-opener officially a sellout
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas University football team’s season-opener Saturday against Northern Colorado has been sold out, according to KU athletics officials.
- Woman testifies she was attacked by family members
- Ex-husband encouraged attack on woman, she says
- 06:17 p.m., September 3, 2009 Updated 11:21 p.m. in print edition on A3
- A Lawrence mother took the stand Thursday in Douglas County District Court and described a harrowing fight for her life.
- Transportation options plentiful for those going to Saturday’s KU game
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- But fans also have several options if they don’t park at the stadium for the 6 p.m. Kansas University game against Northern Colorado. For them, there is the park-and-ride shuttle bus.
- Kansas gets $40 million federal health care grant for children
- September 3, 2009
- Health officials announced Thursday that Kansas received a $40.3 million federal grant that will help provide medical coverage for more children.
- Two Tonganoxie residents hurt in wreck on U.S. Highway 24-40
- September 3, 2009
- A two-vehicle accident that occurred just after 3 p.m. Thursday in Tonganoxie left two people injured, one of whom was taken by air ambulance to an area hospital.
- KUsports.com gets ready to launch KU fan travel community
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- This week, KUsports.com will debut Road Hawks, an interactive, online, multimedia feature designed to help you have the best experience when you’re on the road, watching the ‘Hawks.
- State officials say statehouse restoration has been closely monitored
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Despite being more than twice the original estimate, the $285.6 million Capitol restoration has been closely monitored, officials said Thursday.
- Local health department plans informational meeting on child care licensing
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B12
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is having an informational meeting on child care licensing.
- Brownback keeps up pressure to keep Gitmo detainees out of Kansas
- 02:59 p.m., September 3, 2009 Updated 04:23 p.m. in print edition on A4
- Sen. Sam Brownback says he’s not giving up his fight to keep the Obama administration from moving suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Kansas.
- What you need to know to attend Lawrence High’s first football game at new stadium
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence High School’s athletic fields are still very much a construction site, but that won’t stop the Chesty Lions from kicking off their varsity football season in their new stadium Friday night against Shawnee Mission North.
- Greek city leaders coming to Lawrence to discuss possible sister city addition
- Lawrence committee working on new sister city agreement
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Leaders from Iniades, Greece, tentatively are scheduled to come to Lawrence in mid-October with the goal of touring the community and discussing the possibility of becoming Lawrence’s third Sister City.
- Statehouse Live: Brownback wants White House guarantee before he will release hold on appointees
- 10:06 a.m., September 3, 2009 Updated 02:33 p.m.
- U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback have blocked Obama’s nominees over Guantanamo prisoner issue
- Thornburgh joins Brownback staff for governor’s race
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Sen. Sam Brownback and Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh are making a joint announcement at Kansas Republican Party headquarters regarding the 2010 gubernatorial race.
- State officials meeting to discuss status of state unemployment trust
- September 3, 2009
- The Kansas Employment Security Advisory Council was meeting Thursday to discuss the financial stability of the state’s unemployment trust fund.
- Interrogation probe is bad precedent
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- My friend and fellow columnist Eugene Robinson has written a characteristically passionate and well-reasoned piece commending Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to name a special counsel to examine possible law-breaking by interrogators of terrorist subjects during the last administration.
- Widow of Vietnam soldier gained family
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- She kept her word for nearly 42 years.
- Northern Colorado AD Hinrichs thrilled for visit
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Jay Hinrichs can think of no place he’d rather be than Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium on a pleasant, late-summer Saturday evening.
- Mangino stresses importance of field position
- KU’s high-powered offense already proven; coach wants improved special teams
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino is tired of seeing his team backed up near its own end zone.
- Treat people more like dogs
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A11
- I caught part of a radio call-in show the other day on which a vet was fielding questions about Addison’s disease among basset hounds and a cocker spaniel’s hypothyroid problem and what can be done about a bulldog who snores (he needs to lose weight), and it was interesting to discover the excellent medical care that dogs have come to expect these days.
- Stuckey named to CLASS award candidate list
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- KU football player Darrell Stuckey was named to the 30-player Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award candidate list Wednesday.
- More big businesses hire tweeters
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on C10
- People around the world interact with Alecia Dantico all day.
- Wife watched over Calif. kidnap victim
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Nancy Garrido spent years caring for her elderly, bedridden mother-in-law while a girl kidnapped in 1991 was allegedly held prisoner in the backyard of the home she shared with her husband.
- Building bonds between viewers one tweet at a time
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Fox offers viewers a chance to tweet about leftover helpings of “Fringe” (8 p.m., Fox) and Friday night’s repeat of “Glee.”
- DJ AM autopsy finds pills in stomach
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B6
- DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.
- Sawyer to take over anchor spot at ABC evening news
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Women will anchor two of the three major network evening newscasts — still considered the premier jobs in the television news business — after ABC said Wednesday that Diane Sawyer will replace Charles Gibson, who is retiring at the end of the year.
- Horoscope for September 3, 2009
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B6
- This year, witness the power of determination. Once you decide to act, the energy will appear. Plan a lot of time for networking and forging a clear path in a new direction. If you are single, you move into a new realm where you are more open to different types of people. If you are attached, the two of you bond while working on a common cause. Pisces reads you cold.
- 1 flu dose or 2? Doctors aren’t sure
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Why do scientists warn it may take two doses of vaccine to protect against swine flu when one dose is the norm in a regular flu season?
- China approves swine flu vaccine that’s single-dose
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The answer may be at hand to a crucial question about vaccination for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two?
- Woman’s gut feeling exposes impersonator
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A northeast Kansas man faces charges after a woman he was dating reported he was posing as a police officer and threatened to arrest her.
- Ex-cop pleads guilty in ‘sexting’ case
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A former southern Kansas police officer accused of sending nude pictures of himself to a woman he arrested pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal wire fraud for defrauding the city of his honest services.
- Emporia bridal store closed for unpaid taxes
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Customers have been lining up at an eastern Kansas bridal shop to collect merchandise after the state closed the store over unpaid taxes.
- Georgia man accused of slapping someone else’s crying child at store
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a suburban Atlanta Walmart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler’s mother to keep her quiet.
- SEC bungled Madoff probes, agency watchdog says
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Pushing past years of “red flags,” investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission bungled their probes of Bernard Madoff so badly that his multibillion-dollar fraud not only flourished but he used the exams to suck in new investors, an agency watchdog declared Wednesday.
- Giant national debt needs giant calculator
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The national debt is so large, it doesn’t even fit on most calculators.
- Justice Stevens slows his hiring at high court
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court’s liberals will retire next year.
- Spy boss killed in Taliban suicide attack
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country’s deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan’s security forces.
- Ill Manson follower denied parole
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Susan Atkins, the terminally ill Charles Manson follower who admitted stabbing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, lost what was likely to be her last bid for freedom Wednesday.
- Jimena weakens to tropical storm
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Hurricane Jimena weakened into a tropical storm Wednesday as it plowed over Baja California, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state.
- Quake leaves dozens dead, missing
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Rescuers dug through rocks and debris with their bare hands today in search of dozens of villagers believed buried in a landslide triggered by a strong Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 46 people and caused widespread damage.
- Obama faces key trade decision
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Sometime before Sept. 17, President Obama has to make a decision that will tell us a lot about his commitment to American manufacturing.
- Forced to shrink, Army National Guard gets pickier
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Suffer from a bad case of acne? That could disqualify you from joining the Army National Guard.
- Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world’s largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
- The color of money
- Mortgage rules made to protect consumers
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Over the next two years, consumers may feel like an overscheduled soccer mom with all the dates of new rules and regulations to provide them greater protections. Starting next month, prohibitions on certain mortgage lending practices, as well as new disclosure requirements, will be in place.
- Southwest adds $10 charge each way to board its flights sooner
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Your bags still fly for free on Southwest Airlines, but if you want a better chance at a window or aisle seat it’s going to cost $10 each way.
- BP strikes oil in record drill
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- BP’s fresh discovery may signal new prospects to come in the deeper waters in the Gulf of Mexico as technology improves for delving into the depths of the earth.
- Oakland catcher Powell powers A’s past Royals
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Oakland backup catcher Landon Powell had another big day then prepared himself for a return to the Athletics’ bench.
- Former Jayhawks join Team NBA
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Former KU guards Russell Robinson and Billy Thomas will be playing for Team NBA in the 2009 NBA Asia Challenge, which starts Saturday in Seoul, Korea.
- Sophomore swagger
- Patterson more comfortable, confident in second year
- 12:00 a.m., September 3, 2009 Updated 08:07 a.m. in print edition on B1
- The weekly Tuesday afternoon media sessions with Kansas University football players can at least crack windows into their personalities. At those sessions a year ago, Daymond Patterson’s clipped responses to questions were delivered at low volume. His body language screamed he didn’t want to be there. Now, he talks louder, looks into the eyes of his partner in conversation, never mumbles and appears to enjoy the exchanges.
- Lions tennis triumphs
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- The Lawrence High girls tennis team won the Olathe Northwest quadrangular on Wednesday.
- Chiefs need answers
- K.C. looks for players to emerge in finale
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Here’s how the final preseason game usually plays out: the starters hang around the sideline yukking it up in baseball caps while players most people have never heard of battle for the final roster spots.
- De Soto Days moves to new location at park
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- De Soto Days Festival will have a new home for its 45th year.
- Woman transported to hospital after one-car accident
- No serious injuries in Wednesday morning accident
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 67-year-old Lenexa woman was transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka after a one-car accident Wednesday morning.
- Advocates push for health care reform at South Park vigil
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Dozens of health care reform advocates on Wednesday turned South Park into a venue for expressing their frustrations with the current U.S. health care system.
- The Shelter to merge with home for boys
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Achievement Place Inc. and The Shelter Inc. announce their merger effective Aug. 1.
- Radio hosts honored
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Great Plains Media announces local radio hosts Kim Murphree, John Flood and Beth Breit are Kansas Medium Market Commercial Radio’s best newscast team for 2009.
- Assisted living center’s director to get award
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Good news keeps coming Sue Brown’s way.
- 100 years ago: Boy sent to reform school for stealing watermelons
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 3, 1909: Bowl Weidman, age 15, is to go to the reform school, to remain until he is of age for stealing watermelons. He has a reputation for being a bad boy with all the neighbors down on him in the Grant Township area where he lives.
- Midwife, doula
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: I am writing to clarify a headline from the Aug. 31 edition of the GO magazine.
- Hadl featured guest
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas Quarterback Club resumes tonight at a new location with a celebrity guest kicking off the season.
- Sharing the wealth
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Congratulations to Kansas Athletics for seeing the need to step up its contributions to KU academic programs.
- LHS golf 8th, FSHS 10th
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B3
- The Lawrence High girls golf team placed eighth with 215 strokes, while Free State (266) finished 10th out of 10 teams at the Olathe North Invitational on Wednesday.
- Conditional zoning OK’d for some properties
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County commissioners say they added a tool to the county’s toolbox Wednesday night when considering zoning regulations.
- Little big sports
- From the lawn to the tailgate, yard games offer mini-combat
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The distillation of the meanest impulses of humanity into a good-natured competition fit for a barbecue or tailgate party — the hallmark of any good yard game….
- Our Town Sports
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Johnson Hole-In-One: Monte Johnson used a 9-iron to card a hole in one on the 126-yard No. 2 hole at Alvamar Country Club on Sept. 1. Jack Hinton witnessed the shot.
- Nadal shakes off rust at U.S. Open
- September 3, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Everyone’s been curious about the condition of Rafael Nadal’s knees, so it made sense that his first Grand Slam opponent in three months would wonder as well.
- 40 years ago: School tax levy lowered
- September 3, 2009
- The local school tax levy was lowered 5.83 mills and the final total for most of the district was to be 36.6 mills for the coming year.
- 25 years ago: Lakes, parks crowded for holiday
- September 3, 2009
- Many Kansans were hitting the roadways for Labor Day holiday events because of the three-day weekend the calendar had arranged. Locally, lakes and park areas were crowded despite the heat.
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