Also from April 28
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Polls
Does news that Kansas secretary of state candidate Kris Kobach helped write Arizona's new immigration law help or hurt his candidacy?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Hurt | 55% | |
| Help | 32% | |
| Neither | 8% | |
| Not sure | 4% | |
| Total | 1245 | |
Videos
- The weather will be mild and breezy overnight as warmer …
- Dr. Rod Barnes is battling leukemia and is in need …
- The new Eudora interchange near mile marker 212 has been …
- A bill aimed at regulating sexually oriented shops stalled out …
- A 26-year-old Eudora man was sentenced to serve 20 years …
- Eudora named a new police chief Wednesday. Grady Walker, a …
- A new workshop is training those involved in the legal …
- The city commission voted to maintain higher parking fees for …
- The Hy-Vee grocery store located on Clinton Parkway is putting …
- National experts in social media will be in Lawrence Thursday …
- Pitching for the Jayhawks has been on life support the …
- The Jayhawk run game is going to need some work …
- The Pac 10 and Big 12 conferences announced the schedule …
- A food cart may soon be stationed in downtown Lawrence …
- State legislators have not yet passed a budget for the …
- Hundreds of disabled Kansans rallied at the capital in hopes …
- The Jayhawks took one of two in a Wednesday doubleheader …
- Before the start of Thursday’s Free State Social, speakers Chris …
- Clear skies and breezy winds continue tonight, with lows only …
- It’s a very nice afternoon out there for driving, with …
- Mostly sunny and warmer today, with highs climbing into the …
- It’s going to be a bit breezy and a little …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Getting into focus: LHS senior flourishes in filmmaking- April 27, 2010 in print edition on 6A
- Luke McDaneld’s filmmaking has garnered the attention of his peers, as well as local and national media for the Lawrence High “lip dub.” McDaneld was behind the idea and the camera for the lip dub, where students lip-sync to a chosen song all in one single, unbroken shot…
6:00 a.m.
Administrators say much work remains to transition sixth, ninth graders- April 27, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- One day after board members voted to modify the makeup of every Lawrence school starting in 2011-2012, administrators said they still have plenty of work to do to implement the change.
10:00 a.m.
Kansan Kris Kobach helped write controversial Arizona immigration law- April 27, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- The new immigration law in Arizona, which has caused an uproar among civil rights groups, has a Kansas connection.
2:00 p.m.
Attack that knocked out teen’s teeth also shattered family’s sense of security- April 28, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Mary January thought her 13-year-old son would be fine walking home from a fall dance at Central Junior High School.
6:00 p.m.
Seasonal success: Having two full-time farmers in the family cultivates positives and problems- April 28, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- It’s Tuesday night, the sun is going down and there’s a light breeze whipping through an open field. A couple is alone, no one else in sight. It’s just them, Mother Nature and a whole mess of pea seeds…
- Video: Farm, Inc: The Pendletons
All stories
- Free State Social on tap for Thursday in Lawrence
- 09:04 p.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 09:16 p.m.
- Lawrence will play host Thursday to the Free State Social — a discussion of the latest trends and developments in social media.
- Adult business bill stalls in Kansas Senate
- Republicans, Democrats evenly divided on issue
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- A bill that would place tougher regulations on adult entertainment businesses stalled Wednesday in the Kansas Senate after a tie vote.
- Use for new Tonganoxie-Eudora Turnpike interchange meeting and exceeding expectations
- Officials pleased with use of exit near Tonganoxie, Eudora
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Wednesday afternoon, Emily Jefferies rolled through the newest Kansas Turnpike interchange on her way home from Topeka with fellow Tonganoxie High School senior Austin Baragary.
- Kobach getting paid to train Arizona sheriff’s department on how to arrest suspected illegal immigrants
- Secretary of state candidate earning $300 an hour in Ariz.
- 05:32 p.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 08:39 a.m. in print edition on A1
- Republican secretary of state candidate Kris Kobach not only helped write Arizona’s new immigration law, but he has been working for $300 per hour to train law enforcement officers there on procedures in arresting suspected illegal immigrants.
- Rally against taxes and government spending held
- About 200 stage anti-tax protest
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Some of the participants held signs that read, “Don’t Mortgage My Future,” and “Stop Feeding the Bloated Pig.”
- Residents to celebrate 100th anniversary of Rock Creek School this weekend
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Area residents this weekend will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rock Creek School, a red brick one-room school house in the northwest corner of Miami County.
- Dollar General planning to build store in North Lawrence
- Proposed location along North 3rd would help fill area’s grocery gap
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Dollar General, a national food and variety store chain, has filed paperwork to open a new store in North Lawrence, leaving residents optimistic that their long-held hopes for a grocery store are inching closer.
- KU to host UCLA in Big 12/Pac 10 Hardwood Series
- April 28, 2010
- The Kansas men’s basketball team will play host to the UCLA Bruins on Thursday, Dec. 2, in the fourth year of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series, the Big 12 announced Wednesday.
- Baker University administrator enters Democratic race for U.S. Senate seat
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Longtime educator Lisa Johnston of Overland Park on Wednesday announced she will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator.
- Terrence Jones to announce college choice at 5:30 p.m. Friday
- April 28, 2010
- Terrence Jones will announce his college choice at 5:30 p.m., Friday.
- Youth sports rescheduled as potentially severe weather looms
- 12:48 p.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 03:44 p.m.
- Some youth athletic events this week and next have been moved, postponed or canceled.
- Pinwheels on Peoples Bank lawn Thursday will draw attention to campaign to prevent child abuse
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Douglas County CASA is planting a pinwheel garden in front of its CASA playhouse as part of Prevent Child Abuse America’s Pinwheels for Prevention campaign.
- Nine drivers arrested on alcohol charges during special patrol in Douglas County
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Kansas troopers arrested nine people for driving under the influence during a special enforcement effort Saturday night in Douglas County.
- Eudora man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A Eudora man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine during a three-year period in the Lawrence area.
- Rally shows support for funding programs for Kansans with disabilities
- About 600 people show support for tax increase on behalf of those with disabilities
- 11:32 a.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 11:54 a.m. in print edition on A1
- Participants arrived to a cheering crowd as legislators returned for the wrap up sesison to work on the budget.
- Legislators set to reconvene, solve state budget problems
- 08:16 a.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 10:40 a.m.
- Kansas legislators have returned to the Statehouse to tackle the state’s budget problems and wrap up their business for the year.
- Man arrested after striking family member with bottle
- April 28, 2010
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly striking a family member with a bottle.
- Shockers hammer Kansas baseball
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Wichita State used two nine-run innings to hand Kansas University’s baseball team its second straight lopsided loss — 22-7 on Tuesday at Eck Stadium.
- Hoiberg headed to Iowa State
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B2
- “The Mayor” is returning for a second term in Ames.
- City gives final approval for shelter permit
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Commissioners finished dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s for a new permit for the Lawrence Community Shelter to locate to a warehouse near the Douglas County Jail.
- Seasonal success: Having two full-time farmers in the family cultivates positives and problems
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
- It’s Tuesday night, the sun is going down and there’s a light breeze whipping through an open field. A couple is alone, no one else in sight. It’s just them, Mother Nature and a whole mess of pea seeds…
- O-North spoils no-hit bid
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Free State High’s softball team came one out away from a no-hitter and a sweep of a doubleheader with Olathe North on Tuesday at CBAC. Instead, the Firebirds had to settle for a split.
- LHS softball pummels Leavenworth
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The smiles were plentiful during what proved to be the Lions’ most dominant offensive performance of the season, a day in which LHS outscored the Pioneers by a total of 27-0 (LHS won 9-0 in the first game and 18-0 in the second) and improved to 5-11.
- KU track and field’s Finley honored
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Kansas University freshman Mason Finley was named the Co-Male Big 12 Athlete of the Week, it was announced Tuesday by the league office.
- Royals lose, 3-2; Greinke winless
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The Seattle Mariners were relieved to see Zack Greinke leave after seven scoreless innings. Kansas City’s bullpen, however, offered the Royals no relief.
- How Arizona became the center of immigration debate
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C10
- The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every “safe house” discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico.
- ‘Happy Town’ and familiar haunts
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- There’s a fine line between quaint and creepy. And the new series “Happy Town” (9 p.m., ABC) walks the line.
- Commission doesn’t yield to parking fine concerns
- $50 tickets will still target habitual violators
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A $50 fine for the most egregious of downtown parking violators is likely to stay on the books, despite concerns from several downtown employees.
- Gary Bedore’s Kansas basketball notebook
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Blue-chip basketball prospect Terrence Jones, who completed his official 48-hour recruiting trip to Kansas University on Tuesday afternoon, returned to his hometown of Portland, Ore., with positive feelings about KU.
- McDermott takes over
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Greg McDermott says Creighton’s mid-major label is no reason to put a limitation on what the Bluejays can achieve.
- Consumer confidence helps boost economy
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B9
- Key pillars of the U.S. economy are getting stronger.
- Documents reveal Scottish police once believed in Loch Ness monster
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C10
- What lurks beneath the dark waters of Scotland’s Loch Ness?
- Additives in organic formula may end
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C10
- The Agriculture Department says it may ban two synthetic additives from organic baby formula, overturning a Bush administration decision to allow them.
- 5-minute test could save many
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C10
- A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40 percent, a new study says.
- Prosecutors: Doctor put money before medicine
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B10
- Federal prosecutors told jurors Tuesday they would hear a “sordid tale” of money over medicine during the trial of a Kansas doctor accused of providing painkillers to drug addicted patients. The defense, meanwhile, described the trial as a referendum on chronic pain treatment in America.
- Spruce up your home and yard for spring
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B9
- Spring time signals a fresh start for homeowners to tackle home repairs and rejuvenation projects they may have put off over the winter. Consumer Reports recently provided advice on how to spruce up your home and yard this spring and work vital home safety checks into the regular spring cleaning routine.
- ‘Peanuts’ gang sold to Joe Boxer owner for $175M
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B9
- You’ve got a new owner, Charlie Brown.
- People in the news
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- People in the news for April 28, 2010.
- Horoscope for April 28, 2010
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- This year, you often feel as if you are being pulled between two very different situations, people or issues. Instead of seeing life through opposite polarities, see how they both might be right at the same time. If you are attached, you don’t want to make your sweetie jealous. If you are single, decide what you want from a relationship; then, as you date, you will recognize the right person. Scorpio can be quite challenging.
- Taste of home
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
- We hear the horrible stories of things that happened because of the Internet. I just want to share something I found so very positive that is going on via the Internet.
- Ongoing effort
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
- So where are the Save Our Neighborhood Schools people now? Resting on laurels congratulating ourselves on a mission accomplished? Hardly.
- Arizona immigrant law not unreasonable
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
- “Misguided and irresponsible” is how Arizona’s new law pertaining to illegal immigration is characterized by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She represents San Francisco, which calls itself a “sanctuary city,” an exercise in exhibitionism that means it will be essentially uncooperative regarding enforcement of immigration laws. Yet as many states go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the federal mandate to buy health insurance, scandalized liberals invoke 19th-century specters of “nullification” and “interposition,” anarchy and disunion. Strange.
- Iowa Street rebuild plans moving forward
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
- City commissioners Tuesday unanimously agreed that a major portion of Iowa Street should be rebuilt and should include a center turn lane.
- Lawmakers brawl in Ukrainian parliament
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
- The speaker of Ukraine’s parliament huddled under umbrellas as eggs rained down and smoke bombs filled the chamber with an acrid cloud. Then the lawmakers attacked each other, punching and brawling in the aisles.
- Gulf businesses wait as oil creeps toward coast
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A7
- This time, it’s not a hurricane that threatens to wreck their livelihoods — it’s a blob of black ooze slowly making its way toward the Gulf Coast.
- High-voltage power project approved
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A5
- State officials Tuesday praised approval of the V-Plan, a 200-mile high-voltage electric transmission project that will run through Kansas.
- Law School students’ publication gaining national attention
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- As it turns out, Cole Aldrich, Sherron Collins and Xavier Henry aren’t the only Jayhawks declaring themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Ryan McAteer’s hat is in the ring, too.
- Man arrested for making threats with knife, words
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 39-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of aggravated battery.
- Police detain local youth
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police officers detained a 15-year-old boy Tuesday morning who had walked away from Douglas County Youth Services, 330 Industrial Lane.
- Attack that knocked out teen’s teeth also shattered family’s sense of security
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Mary January thought her 13-year-old son would be fine walking home from a fall dance at Central Junior High School.
- Pump patrol
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.69 at several stations.
- Personal property valuations coming
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Douglas County Appraiser’s Office will mail 2010 personal property valuation notices on Friday.
- Doctors promote childhood vaccination
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Too many American children do not receive recommended childhood vaccines for illnesses such as polio, measles, mumps, diphtheria and pertussis that were once thought to have been eradicated but are making a comeback in some areas.
- Senate showdown puts Goldman’s defense on display
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Senate showdown has put Goldman Sachs’ defense of its conduct in the run-up to the financial crisis on display before indignant lawmakers and a national audience.
- Noriega extradition angers abuse victims
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Relatives of people tortured and killed under former dictator Manuel Noriega are devastated at the prospect that he may serve out his days in a French prison instead of facing justice at home.
- Police: Bored teen posted ‘boy for sale’ ad
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Craigslist ad offering a 4-year-old boy for sale for $5,000 was the work of a bored north Idaho teen, according to Sandpoint, Idaho, police.
- Lawmaker wants organ donation consent implied
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A New York assemblyman whose daughter is alive because of two kidney transplants wants his state to become the first in the nation to pass laws that would presume people want to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise.
- Abortion-rights group sues to block Okla. bill
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Oklahoma Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Brad Henry’s veto of two abortion bills, including one that an abortion-rights group has said would be among the nation’s strictest measures against the procedure.
- Deficit panel leader: Obama will OK findings
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The co-chairman of President Barack Obama’s deficit reduction commission said Tuesday that Obama would endorse its findings, including politically toxic tax increases and painful cuts to retirement benefits that the president was unwilling to propose on his own.
- Fine print hinders effort to insure young adults
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama is pushing to speed up insurance coverage for young adults in their 20s — a key early benefit of his prized health care overhaul — but the law’s fine print suggests some won’t be able to sign up until next year.
- Minnis mighty imposing
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Like another lefty 76 years before him, LHS senior Albert Minnis struck out five batters in a row. Carl Hubbell messed up the American League All-Stars with a screwball. Minnis twisted the vision and minds of the Olathe East hitters with a tight-biting slider that appeared to do precisely what he wanted it to do nearly every time he threw it, which was often.
- Firebirds shut out Ravens
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Want to learn a thing or two about the way Free State High’s baseball team operates? Try spending five minutes with two of its stars after arguably the biggest victory of the season, a 1-0 masterpiece against visiting Olathe Northwest on Tuesday.
- ‘Chicks’ inspire LHS baseball, 6-0
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Matt Sutliffe might not be overly enthused by his current walk-up song — “The seniors picked it,” he says of the Dixie Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces” —but as long as the results keep coming, the Lawrence High sophomore certainly can learn to live with it.
- Prime target: Tight end Biere relishes role
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Tim Biere couldn’t help but grin when asked about his 20-yard touchdown reception in the Kansas University football spring game Saturday.
- Free State soccer wins
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Free State High’s girls soccer team edged Shawnee Mission North, 1-0, Tuesday night at SM North.
- FSHS doubles perfect
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Free State High’s tennis team went undefeated in doubles, but won just one match in singles at a home meet Tuesday.
- LHS tennis 1-2 in Topeka
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Lawrence High’s boys tennis team went 1-2 on Tuesday at the Topeka Seaman Invitational.
- Firebird golfers fourth
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Free State High’s boys golf team finished fourth out of nine teams Tuesday at Heritage Golf Course.
- Job-hunting grads shouldn’t panic
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
- This spring 16 million college graduates will face a job market with nearly 10 percent unemployment and more than 7 million people out of work. Finding a job, any job, will be challenging. Yet, paradoxically, this challenge offers a hidden opportunity to pursue a meaningful life, not merely a livelihood.
- Wrap it up
- Balancing the state budget won’t get any easier, so lawmakers might as well accept the necessary compromises and get the job done.
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on A9
- It used to be called the “veto session” because most of the Kansas Legislature’s work was complete and the only reason lawmakers came back to Topeka was to consider possible overrides to gubernatorial vetoes. It’s come to be known as the “wrap-up session,” which seems particularly appropriate this year considering how many budget matters legislators still have to wrap up — about $500 million worth.
- Knowing nutrition in ounce equivalents
- April 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Recently I was in a nutrition class where the presenter talked about ounce equivalents when it comes to choosing grains and meats/beans. What is an “ounce equivalent”?
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