Also from September 13
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Who was KU's MVP against UTEP?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Sharp | 49% | |
| Maxwell Onyegbule | 29% | |
| Dezmon Briscoe | 10% | |
| Jeff Wheeler | 6% | |
| Daymond Patterson | 1% | |
| Other | 1% | |
| Total | 1454 | |
Videos
- The evening should be cloudy and cool with a slight …
- The Lawrence school board will be discussing several issues in …
- Bomb squads from the area provide free service to the …
- A Lawrence woman and Olathe man were pronounced dead after …
- Two people were shot early Saturday morning in the 900 …
- Despite a struggling economy, people from across the country took …
- KU took care of business Saturday against UTEP. The Jayhawks …
- Haskell Indian Nations University suffered its second loss of the …
- A view from the 6News towercam.
- Some highlights from the Jayhawks’ victory against the Miners. KU …
- With just a dart board and some free time on …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
FINAL: KU’s defense dominates in 34-7 trouncing of UTEP- 5:18 p.m., September 12, 2009 Updated 12:49 a.m.
- KU’s defense swarmed UTEP with six sacks in the Jayhawks’ first road non-conference victory since 2003.
- Photo gallery: KU at UTEP
- Poll: Who was KU’s MVP against UTEP?
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against UTEP?
- Poll: What do you think will be the result of today’s game?
- Audio clips: 2009 KU-UTEP
6:00 a.m.
D-line shows its fangs- September 13, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Bar stools across America are kept warm with former defensive backs crying into their drinks, convinced they were failures as football players, haunted by unflattering nicknames pinned on them for giving up touchdowns to flashy receivers.
- Video: Highlights from the KU vs. UTEP football game
- Photo gallery: KU at UTEP
10:00 a.m.
Taking the fight to lung cancer- September 13, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- There are 25 people, including 16 scientists, working inside a building just north of Kansas Highway 10 in this town of 5,600 people.
- Photo gallery: Oncimmune introduces early detection test for lung cancer
2:00 p.m.
Area bomb squads keep watch at KU games- September 13, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- A unique group of emergency responders is at every home football and men’s basketball game at Kansas University.
- Video: Bomb squads help out
6:00 p.m.
Community learns about monarch butterflies, conservation- September 13, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Not only was Chip Taylor wearing a monarch butterfly T-shirt but also five butterflies — attached to his beard, hair and eyebrows — as he strolled through Kansas University’s Foley Hall on Saturday at the Monarch Watch Fall Open House.
All stories
- One life-flighted after single vehicle motorcycle accident
- September 13, 2009
- One person was taken by air ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital after being involved in a motorcycle accident.
- How Keegan voted
- September 13, 2009
- The following is Tom Keegan’s Sept. 13 ballot for the Associated Press college football poll.
- KU football moves up in both polls
- Jayhawks ranked 22nd in AP, 23rd in coaches poll
- September 13, 2009
- Following a 34-7 victory over UTEP on Saturday, the Kansas football team moved up in both national rankings.
- Atchison County couple reported missing
- Authorities issue Silver Alert; request assistance locating Mary Lou and Billie Black
- September 13, 2009
- The Atchison County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for assistance locating two people who were last seen Friday.
- School short of cash? Just add lacrosse
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on E8
- Money killed Pacific University’s football program, and money is bringing it back.
- Speech shows shift in Obama’s approach
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- A great speech is a combination of words and music, of content and color, of substance and emotion.
- Naples cardinal: It’s OK to kiss saint relic
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The cardinal of Naples says it is OK for the faithful to kiss a flask of St. Gennaro’s blood despite fears of swine flu.
- Miners: KU unstoppable
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C4
- UTEP coach Mike Price stood calmly in the postgame news conference, his message much like a famous rant from former Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green.
- Rhodes tops Haskell, 47-16
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Tarell Ramsey didn’t look bad for someone who had never played wide receiver in his life.
- Freshman QB sparks No. 3 USC
- Ohio State drops another game on big stage
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Backed up to their own goal line, Matt Barkley and Joe McKnight drove into USC lore.
- Free State runner Sloan wins in Omaha
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Free State cross country runner Logan Sloan took first place at the Millard South Invitational on Friday.
- Ravens coach set standard for Haley
- Like Harbaugh, Kansas City’s rookie head coach hopes to use new QB to key turnaround
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Todd Haley’s bid to follow the successful path taken by John Harbaugh begins with an identical first step.
- DNA testing of Salina dog saves pet
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Salina animal control officers knew the dog they saw looked like a pit bull.
- Haskell chooses king, queen at homecoming
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Jacob Kent and Casey Tanner were tapped as king and queen, respectively, of Saturday’s homecoming at Haskell Indian Nations University.
- Area bomb squads keep watch at KU games
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A unique group of emergency responders is at every home football and men’s basketball game at Kansas University.
- Wrong solution
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It’s hard to understand what the city is trying to accomplish by simply duplicating curbside recycling services already available through private firms.
- KU tennis wins six of eight singles matches
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas women’s tennis team won six out of eight singles matches to complete the second day of the UNCW Collegiate Tennis Invitational on Saturday.
- Recycling policy
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: I have used a private recycler for many years and have been very happy with their service.
- Constitutional?
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: In the discussion over whether a public health care option is good policy, the question of constitutionality is being overlooked.
- Just pretend
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: The health care debate … Wednesday night, I distinctly heard President Obama say that people who have medical insurance will see no change in their coverage, that Medicare will not see cuts, that he will not sign a plan that increases the deficit and that individuals and small businesses who can’t afford existing plans will have an opportunity to buy insurance from a premium-funded public option.
- Game balls and Gassers
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C4
- Game balls and Gassers from KU vs. UTEP
- ‘Pomegranates’: How life’s events affect a family
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D3
- In “Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story” (Viking, $25.95), a daughter graduates from college and plunges into depression as she searches for her true calling.
- Fair focuses on saving energy
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Lee’s Summit musician Stan Slaughter — known as the Eco-Troubadour — entertained attendees with his original eco-friendly songs at Saturday’s Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair at the Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.
- Horoscope for September 13, 2009
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D5
- This year, you express your caring by taking a proactive stance. Your support means a lot to others, but one person automatically assumes you want the same from him or her. You might need to establish boundaries more clearly this year. If you are single, you could meet someone through your friends, or a friendship might become more. If you are attached, establishing a common goal gives the relationship an extra sense of commitment and warmth. Cancer can be unusually fiery.
- People in the news
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D5
- People in the news for September 13, 2009.
- Campaign finance case shouldn’t have shocked
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Last March, during the Supreme Court argument concerning the Federal Election Commission’s banning of a political movie, several justices were aghast.
- Europe’s latest war over history thoroughly modern
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Most of the world goes to war about geography.
- College football teams tackling swine flu
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on E8
- Helmets and shoulder pads — and hand sanitizer.
- Nigeria’s big spenders make flamboyant splash
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A10
- The waiter at Caliente bar sticks a sparkler into yet another bottle of champagne and hits a siren mounted behind the bar to draw everyone’s attention to the sleek Nigerian businessmen who ordered it.
- Police: Well-dressed elderly man robs bank
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Authorities say a well-dressed elderly man carrying an oxygen tank has robbed a bank in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.
- Man pleads guilty in ’74 murder of student
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Breaking his silence in the case, a 58-year-old man has confessed to killing a fellow Brigham Young University student 35 years ago.
- Hundreds search for escaped killer
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Hundreds of law enforcement officers — some on horseback, with bloodhounds or in boats — are searching the rugged Tunica Hills in northern Louisiana for an escaped killer.
- Teen said to threaten teacher with rape
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Authorities say a New Jersey teenager threatened to rape and kill his teacher if she did not give his entire class an “A++” for the last school year.
- China: Trade penalties will hurt relations with United States
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A5
- President Barack Obama’s decision to impose trade penalties on Chinese tires has infuriated Beijing at a time when the U.S. badly needs Chinese help on climate change, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and the global economy.
- Historic Ford plane returns to Ottawa
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B8
- For Chuck LeMaster it was a homecoming.
- Clutter family memorial dedicated
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Nearly 200 people came to the rural southwest Kansas town of Holcomb to pay tribute to the family of four whose 1959 killing was chronicled in Truman Capote’s novel “In Cold Blood.”
- Israeli movie on ’82 Lebanon war wins prestigious Venice film award
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A9
- “Lebanon,” an Israeli film that recounts Israel’s 1982 invasion of the Middle East country through the eyes of four soldiers in a tank, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
- Great Britain plagued with anti-Islam rallies
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances to 1930s-era fascist incitement.
- 25 years ago: Hurricane Diana makes landfall
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Hurricane Diana blasted into the Carolinas with 110-mph winds and tides 10 feet above normal. The area was suffering “very great damage”, one official declared, adding he had no idea whatever about injuries and losses of life. At least one man had died from a heart attack.
- 40 years ago: Public meeting with law enforcement refused
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Lawrence city officials refused to meet publicly with a committee of citizens seeking to air questions and concerns abut law enforcement. The ground rules did not seem satisfactory. Dale Kerr headed the citizens committee. Clark Morton was mayor.
- 100 years ago: Farmers to work on drainage ditch
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 13, 1909: Farmers inn the Wakarusa Township will construct a drainage ditch 16 feet wide to handle local flooding. It will be much bigger and deeper than has been the case and is due to carry off most of the water from the annual flooding conditions. The farmers intend to do the work themselves rather than have outsiders do it… . The local health officer yesterday established quarantines for two cases of dipththeria here and there also is a case of scarlet fever that has required a quarantine… . The enrollment in city schools had reached 2,004 by this afternoon, with 451 at the high school. The figures are likely to rise due to late enrollments… . New street cars will “absolutely” be here for the opening of fair week that is just around the corner… . Clark and Thomas, Lawrence contractors, have been hired to build sidewalks to the new engineering and mining building the university. There will be 4,500 square feet of granitoid walk. There were many bids by out-of-town firms… . Due to bad weather, the local apple harvest is to be the poorest in years… . All local schools officially opened today with the work day shortened after morning familiarity gatherings.
- Reports: U.S. to give Afghan detainees new rights
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The Obama administration is preparing new rules that would give hundreds of prisoners being held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan the right to challenge their detentions, according to published reports.
- Five U.S. troops among 50 killed in Afghan violence
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A7
- About 50 civilians, security forces and militants were killed in a wave of violence around Afghanistan, including a bomb that left 14 Afghan travelers dead in one of the country’s most dangerous regions. Five American soldiers died in two attacks using roadside bombs.
- Gay advocates say unwed couples will tell Census they’re married
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A6
- When the U.S. Census Bureau counts same-sex married couples next year, demographers expect hundreds of thousands to report they are spouses — even though legal same-sex weddings in the United States number in the tens of thousands.
- Texas bouncing back a year after Ike
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Anne Willis, a lifelong resident of Bolivar Peninsula, moved back to her hometown of Crystal Beach nearly three months after Hurricane Ike.
- Tens of thousands protest Obama initiatives at Capitol
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Tens of thousands of conservative protesters, many complaining that the nation is racing toward socialism, massed outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, angrily denouncing President Barack Obama’s health care plan and other initiatives as threats to the Constitution.
- Five bodies discovered near Acapulco
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Police have found the bodies of five men dumped in a landfill near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco.
- Officials: 7 die in Caucasus violence
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Militant attacks and gunbattles across Russia’s violence-plagued North Caucasus left seven people dead Saturday, including the second suicide bomber to strike in less than 24 hours, law enforcement and emergency officials said.
- Quake rattles Caracas
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A8
- An earthquake shook Venezuela’s capital and nearby states Saturday, injuring 14 people and causing damage to a few buildings.
- D-line shows its fangs
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Bar stools across America are kept warm with former defensive backs crying into their drinks, convinced they were failures as football players, haunted by unflattering nicknames pinned on them for giving up touchdowns to flashy receivers.
- Miner imperfection
- Jayhawks cruise, but bemoan late slip-up
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C1
- One thing. On the Kansas University football team’s trip back home from Saturday’s 34-7 victory over Texas-El Paso, the defensive unit will have just one thing to dwell on — a late-game breakdown that resulted in a 75-yard UTEP touchdown that put a blemish on an otherwise impressive performance.
- Thousands alter their lives in flooded West Africa
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fatou Dione’s house is her bed.
- KU position changes abound
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C5
- After a 2008 season in which the defensive secondary underwent a massive overhaul, playing what essentially amounted to a game of musical chairs, members of the Kansas University defensive backfield have grown accustomed to adapting quickly.
- Cleveland pounds K.C.
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Jhonny Peralta got better results on his hits, and so did the Cleveland Indians.
- Pioneers stall Wildcats, 45-13
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Personal fouls and illegal hits on quarterback Mack Brown doomed the Baker University Wildcats in their home opener Saturday.
- LHS tennis victorious in Emporia
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Even short-handed, Lawrence High’s tennis team was strong enough to win the Emporia Invitational.
- KU volleyball team snags title
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Three Kansas University volleyball players finished with double digit kills in the Jayhawks’ 3-0 victory over the University of Arkansas Saturday night at the Arkansas Tournament.
- KU runners finish first, second in Missouri
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas men’s cross country team won its second straight race on Saturday, winning the Missouri Cross Country Challenge.
- Free State volleyball struggles
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Free State High volleyball team went 0-4 on Saturday at the Mo-Kan Tournament at Lee’s Summit West.
- Liberal Bricklayer restores 1973 dream car
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Shortly after the May 5, 2007, F-5 tornado that destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, National Guardsmen flew over the decimated city taking photos of the utter destruction.
- State lawmakers trying to halt federal health care changes
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Republicans in more than a dozen states opposed to President Barack Obama’s push for health care overhaul have mounted state-driven efforts to block federal intervention in health care, with some early success.
- Obama warns that status quo no solution on health care
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive for congressional passage of his chief domestic priority.
- Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the “green revolution” who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95.
- Interim president says U.S. revoked visas
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Washington has revoked the visas of Honduras’ interim president and 17 other top officials to pressure the Central American nation to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Honduras’ government said Saturday.
- Leader says nuclear talks ‘possibility’
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Iran is not ruling out talks about its nuclear program with world powers, but conditions for that have to be right, the country’s top diplomat said Saturday, in a statement that appeared to soften Tehran’s persistent refusal to discuss the controversial issue.
- Items seized in missing student case
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Potential evidence has been seized from the building where a Yale University graduate student was last seen before she vanished days ahead of her wedding, authorities said Saturday.
- Dangerous staph germs found along West Coast beaches
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.
- Airlines trimming number of flights
- Fall schedule lightest since after 2001 terrorist attacks
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The U.S. airline industry is shrinking to a size not seen since the months after the 2001 terror attacks.
- Suspects flee after attempted armed robbery
- No injuries, items stolen during incident
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence police responded to an armed robbery call off Emery Road Saturday evening.
- Taking the fight to lung cancer
- Researchers create test to help detect disease early in patients
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A1
- There are 25 people, including 16 scientists, working inside a building just north of Kansas Highway 10 in this town of 5,600 people.
- Jordan’s comments have sharp tone
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Goodness. Who knew his tank was filled with this much highly flammable fuel?
- Clijsters stuns Serena at U.S. Open
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Serena Williams’ U.S. Open title defense ended in bizarre, ugly fashion Saturday night, when she was docked a point on match point after yelling and shaking her racket in the direction of an official who called a foot fault.
- Opera House restorations stretch into ‘final phase’
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 22-year project to restore the McPherson Opera House and fix a mural inside is finally coming to an end.
- Herbicide safety monitoring scrutinized
- Group says EPA needs better method of testing for atrazine in drinking water
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Each spring, the chemical herbicide atrazine is spread on corn and sorghum fields throughout eastern Kansas.
- Lawrence City Commission
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Lawrence city commission agenda
- Mark’s on the Move: City’s dart association members hone their skills during fall season
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B5
- With just a dart board and some free time on Monday nights, you can get involved with one of the largest dart leagues in the state of Kansas.
- LHS boys, Wedge finish first in Emporia Invite
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Lawrence High boys cross country team beat out Washburn Rural in a tiebreaker to win the team title on Saturday at the Emporia Invitational.
- Wheel genius: Road work planned this week
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Road work planned for this week:
- Lafayette stuns K-State
- Oklahoma St. trounced by Houston
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Tyler Albrecht hit a 48-yard field goal with 32 seconds left to lift Louisiana-Lafayette a victory over Kansas State.
- Public option, yes
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Obama’s speech Wednesday night ensured my viewpoint on the need for health care reform, its necessity and its potential, but he didn’t say much about a public option.
- Community learns about monarch butterflies, conservation
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Not only was Chip Taylor wearing a monarch butterfly T-shirt but also five butterflies — attached to his beard, hair and eyebrows — as he strolled through Kansas University’s Foley Hall on Saturday at the Monarch Watch Fall Open House.
- POW/MIA ceremony set for Friday
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852 and its auxiliary will be host to a POW/MIA ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday at its post at 138 Ala.
- Course helps manage chronic conditions
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital will be offering the course “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions.”
- Baldwin City Interim police chief has long history with law enforcement
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Greg Neis may be a newcomer to the Baldwin City Police Department, but he has a long Douglas County law enforcement pedigree.
- Paint the lines
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Yes! Your Sept. 10 editorial, “Drawing the lines,” was right on: Paint those tarred-over lane lines now.
- Painter selected as Lawrence ArtWalk featured artist
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Linda McKay, the featured artist for the 2009 Lawrence ArtWalk, will be honored during a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Wink Eyewear, 806 Mass.
- Reinventing retail
- Recession forcing stores to think small
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The Great Recession and Americans’ retreat into thriftiness are teaching retailers a new lesson: how to survive when consumers are focused on “needs” rather than “wants.”
- Mortgages
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 67 mortgages in the weekly period ended Monday.
- Bankruptcies
- September 13, 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, according to court records:
- Pedestrian warning sought for vehicles
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Toyota Motor Corp. and Fujitsu Ten Ltd., a major manufacturer of automobile accessories, will jointly develop an automatic warning system for hybrid and electric vehicles to warn pedestrians of their approach, sources have said.
- Journey to Jordan: Lawrence artist pushing limits teaching in the Middle East
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Henri Doner-Hedrick admits she was a little apprehensive going into the situation. It was a new job, half a world away, in a culture she’d never experienced. Some of her concerns were proven true.
- Arts notes: Professors to present evening of Chinese music
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D4
- Two music professors at Tianjin Conservatory of Music in China will perform Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Although the library will be closed Monday for the funeral of staffer Joyce Steiner, the program will continue as planned.
- Bright Spots: Babcock Place gardens provide uplifting space for residents
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Sometimes the real beauty of a garden is in the gardeners, and the gardeners at Babcock Place are an admirable example.
- Behind the Lens: Photography can create optical illusions
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D2
- I had a phone message at work Tuesday from an observant reader who believed the Journal-World’s Image of the Day on Sept. 8, page 3A, titled “Airborne obstacle course,” was doctored. I quickly grabbed an issue to checked it out. The Associated Press photograph showed a paraglider floating by two wind turbines in Germany. It appears that the blade of the turbine in the photo’s background is overlapping the blades of the one in the foreground.
- Mighty mouse disrupts household
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D1
- A distraught woman isn’t much fun to live with. That’s why men often say dumb things in lame attempts to make us feel better. Some examples: “Don’t worry; it will grow back.” “Of course I was listening.” “No bigger than in any other jeans you wear.”
- Parody site pays homage to Twitter
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D2
- Sometimes, 140 characters isn’t nearly enough.
- Even experts can be fooled by fake collectibles
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Ever been fooled by a fake or fantasy collectible? It can happen to anyone, even experts. Two Ohr pottery vases recently were withdrawn from a sale at Sotheby’s, the prominent New York auction gallery. The assumption of most observers is that the vases were spotted as fakes before the sale began. Experts say that George Ohr (1857-1918), a potter from Biloxi, Miss., claimed he never made two pieces that were identical. The vases in the sale were the same except for their glazes.
- Live from New York it’s MTV’s Video Music Awards
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D6
- After two years in Las Vegas, the MTV Video Music Awards are back home tonight in Manhattan at Radio City Music Hall, where they debuted 25 years ago.
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘Poetic Doggerel’
- September 13, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Doggerel grease on modern poetry
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
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