Also from April 3
Births
Blog entries
- The Lasso: Beer, rock n’ roll, alpacas and more
- Heard on the Hill: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage
- Town Talk: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage
- Eat Your Vegetables: Cooking away the CSA, week 10: The best flourless peanut butter cookies
Couples
- Engagement: Barnds and Stoppel
- Engagement: Ruggles and Pilshaw
- Engagement: Abicht and Schnose
- Engagement: Scholtz and Kary
- Engagement: Bloom and Howell
- Anniversary: Fuston
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Who do you think will win the National Championship?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Butler | 52% | |
| Duke | 47% | |
| Total | 154 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Farmer’s Market taking weekday market out of downtown- April 1, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Lawrence’s Farmers Market will expand outside of downtown with a new market at Sixth and Wakarusa this spring.
6:00 a.m.
Men killed at MagnaGro: One a ‘hero,’ other was Iraq vet, loving son- April 3, 2010 in print edition on 4A
- One was a young Iraq War veteran. The other, a family man, with four grandchildren.
10:00 a.m.
Fire chief pleased with department’s response to HazMat incident- April 2, 2010 in print edition on 4A
- The seriousness of Thursday afternoon’s accident at MagnaGro fertilizer plant, 600 E. 22nd, escalated quickly.
2:00 p.m.
Developers planning $9.5 million, seven-story building for downtown Lawrence- 4:23 p.m., April 2, 2010 Updated 4:51 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Plans are in the works for a $9.5 million, seven-story, mixed-use downtown building that would rival the height of the U.S. Bank Tower.
- Video: Plans submitted for apartments near downtown
- Photo gallery: Proposed seven-story building at Ninth and New Hampsire
6:00 p.m.
Sunday best: Relaxing the dress code for worship- April 3, 2010 in print edition on 1D
- Dorothy Harvey remembers when it wasn’t Sunday without a hat, long white gloves and the most beautiful dress in the closet. Every Sunday meant dressing to the nines, even if it meant sitting in a packed, sweltering church long before the days of air conditioning.
All stories
- Two cars involved in injury accident
- April 3, 2010
- Two cars were involved in an injury accident at 19th and Haskell late Saturday night.
- Butler does it - again - and will play for title
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Kansas — gone. Kentucky — gone. Syracuse — gone. Little Butler — still going. How’s that for a Hollywood hoops script? Call it “Hoosiers,” the sequel.
- Collins tallies another honor
- KU guard named first team Consensus All-American; Aldrich tapped second team
- 03:06 p.m., April 3, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on C1
- Kansas University senior guard Sherron Collins on Saturday was named a 2010 NCAA Consensus All-American, the Jayhawks’ first since Wayne Simien back in 2005.
- Police searching for armed robbery suspect
- April 3, 2010
- Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred early Saturday morning in the 600 block of Wisconsin Street.
- KU softball blanked by Longhorns
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Sometimes all you can do is look on the bright side. “Defensively, we made plays,” Megan Smith said. “That’s a positive.”
- Rangers’ Wilson baffles Royals
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Texas Rangers closer-turned-starter C.J. Wilson threw five no-hit innings with four strikeouts in the left-hander’s final spring training tuneup Friday night to help Texas beat the Kansas City Royals, 2-1, at Rangers Ballpark.
- Flag-desecration case set for trial
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Another Nebraska judge has refused to dismiss the flag-desecration charge against a Kansas woman.
- KU sophomore wins Goldwater award
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Since high school, Kevin Song said he’s always had an interest in science and trying to figure out some of the world’s unanswered problems.
- 4 women soon to be in space at same time — most ever
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Space is about to have a female population explosion.
- Pope’s preacher: Sex abuse claims akin to anti-Semitism
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- At a solemn Good Friday service, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal preacher likened the tide of allegations that the pontiff has covered up sex abuse cases to the “more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.” But within hours, facing a storm of criticism at the comparison, the Vatican felt it necessary to distance the pope from the preacher’s remarks.
- Cafeteria worker stuck in dumbwaiter for hours
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A cafeteria worker at an eastern Pennsylvania university was accidentally pulled into a narrow shaft connecting floors and trapped for two hours before being rescued.
- 2nd American woman charged in terror case
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against a pregnant American woman in the so-called Jihad Jane case. The two American women are accused of plotting online to attend a terror training camp.
- FBI: Letters to govs may stir violence
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group’s call to remove governors from office could provoke violence.
- Rescuers enter mine where 153 trapped
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The first group of rescuers and divers entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week today, while no further signs of life came from underground since tapping was heard the previous day.
- Landslides kill 28, leave 25 others missing
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Landslides caused by heavy rains have hit two towns in northeastern Peru, killing at least 28 people and leaving 25 others missing, regional officials said Friday. At least 54 people were injured.
- ’Dynasty’ oil tycoon Forsythe dies
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B5
- John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV’s “Dynasty” and the voice of the leader of “Charlie’s Angels,” has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92.
- Friend: James wants to save marriage
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Jesse James is a “a broken man” and is hoping that rehab and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney said.
- The basketball play’s the thing in ’Guru of Go’
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B5
- From “The Blind Side” to “Hoosiers,” sports movies often remind us that real events can seem more incredible than fiction, and that some stories and characters might seem simply too good, too sentimental or too far-fetched if they weren’t already true. Add the sports documentary “Guru of Go” (3 p.m. Saturday, ABC) to that list of films.
- Horoscope for April 3, 2010
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B5
- You have unusually high energy this year. If you are focused, you can accomplish nearly anything. Detach and look at the big picture. If you are single, you could meet someone quite unusual. Doors open as you learn more about a different lifestyle. If you are attached, the two of you need to detach from right and wrong in discussions. Sagittarius always presents a different view.
- Gary Bedore’s KU hoops notebook
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Kansas senior guard Sherron Collins on Friday was named the winner of the inaugural Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award, as presented by collegeinsider.com.
- Ex-KU soccer player signs pro contract
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Former Kansas University soccer player Estelle Johnson signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Independence of the Women’s Professional Soccer league on Friday.
- Coach K: ‘Doodle’ in paper not funny
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C5
- The Indianapolis Star newspaper has apologized to Duke University after some of Friday’s editions included an illustration of coach Mike Krzyzewski with horns and a target drawn on his head.
- KU iPhone app brings campus to fingertips
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Kansas University has made it a little easier to keep up with what’s happening on campus while on the go.
- Watkins museum receives $3,350 grant
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence’s Watkins Community Museum of History has received a $3,350 grant from the Kansas Humanities Council.
- Lawrence man reports property stolen
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A 64-year-old Lawrence man reported Wednesday the theft of personal property from the 800 block of Second Street.
- Hamas signals it wants to keep Gaza quiet
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Gaza’s Hamas rulers indicated Friday they were trying to keep attacks on Israel in check, in an apparent attempt to keep a recent spate of violence from spiraling into open conflict.
- Red tape idles aid trucks at Haiti’s border
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A7
- After six days of waiting at Haiti’s border, Mario Polanco was losing patience with the red tape holding up his truck full of earthquake relief supplies.
- 1 subway bomber was 17-year-old widow
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The image is striking: a sultry teenager, partly veiled, in the embrace of a bearded man — both grasping handguns.
- Ex-prime minister wins unlikely Shiite support
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A7
- When the coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki narrowly lost at the polls, he raised the prospect that he could pull ahead by gaining the support of other Shiite-dominated alliances. Since then the largest of those groups have been reaching out — but not to him.
- 8 Christian militia members ordered held until trial
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A6
- A federal magistrate judge Friday locked up eight members of a Michigan militia group pending trial on charges that they conspired to overthrow the U.S. government.
- Parents try making Easter a little healthier
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A6
- When she was growing up, Jen Kitchen’s Easter baskets were “always, always, always” brimming with candy — the foil eggs, the jelly beans nestled in synthetic grass, the sturdy chocolate rabbit.
- Obama’s 1st pitch to mark 100-year ritual
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A6
- One hundred years ago this month, a rotund right-hander, President William Howard Taft, started a baseball tradition by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington season opener. On Monday, the Nationals turn to a svelte southpaw, President Barack Obama, to make his Nationals Park debut.
- It’s not Rudolph, but dang is he cute
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A5
- With wobbly legs but no red nose, the first of 19 expected reindeer calves has been born at an Alaska farm that’s the only reindeer research facility in North America.
- Feds: Homes with Chinese drywall must be gutted
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Study finds lack of training in cosmetic surgery marketplace
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Cosmetic procedures like Botox, facial fillers and liposuction are big money-makers for physicians. Not surprisingly, doctors other than plastic surgeons and dermatologists also offer cosmetic treatments. According to a new study, nearly 40 percent of doctors offering liposuction in Southern California had no specific surgical training.
- Study shows U.S. refineries have bad safety record
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A5
- U.S. oil refineries have an ongoing problem with accidents that turn deadly, losing four times as much money from such incidents than refineries in the rest of the world, according to an insurance company report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
- Thousands of vets missing out on better benefits
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims.
- Government to help get coverage for uninsured
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Obama administration sought Friday to show voters concrete benefits from the new health care law, taking steps to provide insurance coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions.
- Ban lifted: Pilots can now take depression medicine
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The government is lifting a 70-year-old ban on letting pilots fly while on antidepressants, citing improvements in the drugs and an unforeseen side effect of the restriction: Depressed pilots kept flying but just kept their conditions secret.
- Economy adds jobs at fastest pace in 3 years
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The nation added jobs at the fastest pace in three years last month as factories, stores, hospitals and the census all brought workers on board — the surest sign yet that the worst employment market in a generation has finally snapped back.
- Free land can’t save small towns
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B8
- For leaders of this town on the Great Plains, the plan seemed brilliant.
- April: Sexual abuse awareness month
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B4
- In Kansas, sexual assault affects about 3,000 women and 900 men each year.
- Theme park founder sentenced to 5 years
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The founder of a defunct Wichita-area theme park has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding investors.
- Parkinson mum on threatening letters
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson’s office won’t say whether it has received a threatening letter like one sent to most of the nation’s governors.
- Iowa becomes gay marriage destination
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The state Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage has created something unprecedented over the past year: Iowa as a wedding destination.
- KU track’s Finley dominates in discus
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Kansas freshman Mason Finley earned the fifth-best mark in the country on Friday in the men’s discus with a toss of 58.22 m (191 feet) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
- Pump patrol
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.67 at several stations.
- KU women’s golf tied for seventh
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Senior Emily Powers and junior Meghna Bal fired even-par rounds of 72 and the Kansas women’s golf team sat in a tie for seventh place Friday after day one at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate.
- KU’s loss of momentum spurs concerns for the future
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B1
- For the past three or four years, this writer has expressed his concerns about Kansas University’s state of health. KU enjoys a proud history and, in its glory years, was looked upon as one of the nation’s outstanding state-aided universities.
- Five-time Olympic medalist to compete at Relays
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Veronica Campbell Brown, known as one of the greatest Caribbean sprinters of all-time, will run at the Kansas Relays in the 200-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay on April 17.
- Future KU softball signee cracks ESPN’s top 25
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C8
- ESPNU released its top 25 softball recruiting class on Friday and Kansas signee Laura Vickers cracked the list at No. 18.
- KU’s Self assesses Final 4 matchups
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self, who worked as a studio analyst for CBS last weekend in New York, has studied Final Four participants Butler, Michigan State, Duke and West Virginia extensively. His expert opinion on the field after watching it perform in the Elite Eight?
- Butler becoming toast of Final Four in Indy
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- They’ve snarled traffic, made cheesy mustaches fashionable and drawn a bigger crowd for practice than their fabled fieldhouse can hold. One of the players even got asked to prom.
- Coach K, Huggins to clash at Final Four
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- On one bench, there’s Bob Huggins, a coach who has dealt with an NCAA investigation, suffered a heart attack, been arrested for DUI, endured the stain of a zero-percent graduation rate and the tumult of two contentious job changes.
- KU baseball baffled by reliever in 6-4 loss to A&M
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Well, they did it again. Except this time they didn’t quite do it.
- Quiet confidence: Bochy, no longer an understudy, maturing into elite closer
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C1
- The metal bat makes more than a wretched ping of a sound that triggers a craving for the music that is wood smacking cowhide. The metal bat also makes cowards out of pitchers. It keeps them from coming inside, thereby letting hitters crowd the plate.
- 4-H News
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D4
- 4-H news for April 3, 2010.
- Around and about
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Around and about for April 3, 2010.
- Scouting news
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Scouting news for April 3, 2010.
- Iraqi trade group visits Topeka
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B4
- A delegation of Iraqi business officials has paid a visit to Topeka to discuss potential trade opportunities with Kansas.
- Royals hurting at third base
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C2
- The Kansas City Royals are running out of third basemen.
- Woods hurt himself, not the game
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on C2
- The azaleas will be in bloom as usual, because there are people who make sure of it at Augusta National. As a bonus this year, Jack and Arnie will reunite on the first tee.
- Men killed at MagnaGro: One a ‘hero,’ other was Iraq vet, loving son
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on A4
- One was a young Iraq War veteran. The other, a family man, with four grandchildren.
- Club news
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D4
- Club news for April 3, 2010.
- Sad situation
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B6
- How sad. Not only did Douglas Fleming (“Suspect in slaying expected in court,” Journal-World, April 2) lend a hand to help and hire a homeless person, but he may have been able to save his own life if only he had had health insurance. How very sad.
- Punt the plastic
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Plastic does not break down. Paper bags will break down, but that is a lot of trees.
- Gingrich sounds like a candidate
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Sitting in his spacious Washington, D.C., office on K Street, the leader of the last Republican revolution, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, ponders the future and likes what he sees. The intensity and commitment by the tea partiers to “throw the bums” out, seems to him as strong as the 1994 revolution that swept Democrats from power and gave Republicans an opportunity Gingrich readily admits they squandered.
- Public weary of partisan D.C. battles
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B6
- While terrorist bombs were blowing up in the Moscow subway, Washington, D.C., was enjoying a week of unusual peace and quiet. Congress was in recess and the tumult and shouting were blessedly muted.
- Bipartisanship
- There is an “unprecedented” divide in Washington and Barack Obama occupies the office that can alter it.
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Jimmy Carter doubtless has many regrets about his one-term presidency even though his record as a private citizen since then has polished his legacy. His performance was not as bad as many critics contend and it was nowhere near as good as his closest associates believe.
- Health spending plan is irresponsible
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on B7
- The Obama administration has sobering news about the federal government’s propensity to spend more than it collects in tax receipts (http://www.whitehouse.gov). During 2010, the administration projects spending of $3.7 trillion, tax receipts of $2.2 trillion, and a whopping $1.5 trillion deficit.
- Faith Forum: Is praying for a March Madness win proper or greedy?
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Reverends Shaun LePage and Josh Longbottom discuss whether praying for a March Madness win is proper or greedy.
- Sunday best: Relaxing the dress code for worship
- April 3, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Dorothy Harvey remembers when it wasn’t Sunday without a hat, long white gloves and the most beautiful dress in the closet. Every Sunday meant dressing to the nines, even if it meant sitting in a packed, sweltering church long before the days of air conditioning.
- “Finding The Political Will To Reverse Climate Change” -- 04/25/13 at Woodruff Auditorium 18 comments
- Mass Street Mile -- 06/30/13 at Downtown Lawrence 1 comment
- "Why I Left the Republican Party" -- 03/16/13 at Lawrence Arts Center 46 comments
- Loads of Hound Dogs w/ Darrell Lea -- 06/15/13 at Jackpot Music Hall 2 comments
- Kansas Memorial Wake -- 06/08/13 at Plymouth Congregational Church 2 comments
- Black Flag -- 06/06/13 at Granada 1 comment
- Art Tougeau Parade -- 06/01/13 at Downtown Lawrence 1 comment
- Haiti Garage Sale -- 06/01/13 at Christ Community Church, 1100 Kasold 1 comment
- Americana Music Academy House Concert featuring NU BLU Bluegrass Band -- 05/26/13 at Americana Music Academy 1 comment
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- KU geographers win defense grant to study Central American communities June 19, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Ms. Wheelchair Kansas to speak out on disabilities March 13, 2008
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
