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Polls
What media would be the hardest to go a day without?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Internet | 45% | |
| Cell phone | 25% | |
| Television | 16% | |
| Print (newspapers/magazines/books) | 6% | |
| Radio | 5% | |
| Video games | 1% | |
| Total | 1129 | |
Videos
- Fourteen high schools will attend this year’s Focus Film Festival, …
- The Dr. Bob Run will start and end at the …
- We’ll see showers throughout the night and could see pre-dawn …
- Two 21-year-old men were arrested after breaking in to Mexican …
- They were caught on tape marking up alleys in the …
- The department will visit Manhattan this week. Department authorities answered …
- The Young Americans for Liberty put flags in the lawn …
- The social media gathering had 300 people in attendance, discussing …
- The advocacy group was protesting cuts made to social services. …
- The Lawrence High senior has played baseball for four years …
- The Cardinals lost the first game 7 to 5 and …
- The LHS soccer team lost to Shawnee Mission West 4-2.
- A blown surge protector meant server outages for the whole …
- The department is spending about $23,000 each on five new …
- Fifth and sixth graders composed their own songs for other …
- CASA gave out the toys to create a garden of …
- Phil Vardiman, a race organizer, describes the 5K course and …
- Phil Vardiman, a race organizer, explains the scholarship that is …
- Bernie Kish, a race organizer, discusses the Dr. Bob Run …
- Lawrence Police have released surveillance video of people spraying graffiti …
- A wind advisory is in effect in the area, with …
- High winds will be the big issue of this afternoon’s …
- Free State and Lawrence high students participate in a raku …
- Mostly sunny skies to begin the day, with breezy south …
- It’s going to be pretty windy today as you’re driving …
Lead stories
12:00 a.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
6:00 a.m.
Kobach getting paid to train Arizona sheriff’s department on how to arrest suspected illegal immigrants- 5:32 p.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 8:39 a.m. in print edition on 1A
- 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.
10:00 a.m.
Rally shows support for funding programs for Kansans with disabilities - 11:32 a.m., April 28, 2010 Updated 11:54 a.m. in print edition on 1A
- Participants arrived to a cheering crowd as legislators returned for the wrap up sesison to work on the budget.
2:00 p.m.
Rally against taxes and government spending held- April 28, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Some of the participants held signs that read, “Don’t Mortgage My Future,” and “Stop Feeding the Bloated Pig.”
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Power restored to most of Douglas County
- 11:49 p.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 04:38 a.m.
- Areas affected were near Iowa Street, Lawrence Avenue, KU campus and southwest Lawrence.
- KUsports.com to carry Terrence Jones press conference live
- April 29, 2010
- Oregon prep star Terrence Jones is set to announce his college choice at 5:30 p.m. Friday and you can watch the entire announcement live on KUsports.com.
- KU grad talks about newest trend in social media
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Scott Raymond, KU grad and cofounder of Gowalla, talks about the potential for location-based social networks, one of social media’s biggest trends.
- Many tax proposals surface as legislators wrestle with closing budget deficit
- April 29, 2010
- New proposals to raise taxes on Kansas businesses surfaced Thursday as a Senate committee wrestling with the state’s budget problems sought to avoid cutting education funding and social services.
- Lawrence police seeking young adults caught on video spray-painting downtown buildings
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Police are looking for a group of people who were caught on surveillance video spray-painting several downtown Lawrence buildings.
- Jayhawks to face Memphis in Jimmy V Classic
- April 29, 2010
- KU will play Memphis at this year’s Jimmy V Classic in December.
- Review: Swedish ‘Tattoo’ leaves indelible mark
- April 29, 2010
- Those who have yet to read the international mega-seller — and those who have — can take heart not only that the film adaptation is exceptionally faithful to the late Larsson’s book, but also that the deftly compressed mystery boasts an actress who is the walking, talking embodiment of the strange creature that is Lisbeth…
- Disciplinary panel recommends that Lawrence’s Chris Miller, former GOP chairman, be disbarred
- Attorney was suspended by court in 2006
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A panel for the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys is recommending a Lawrence attorney be disbarred, accusing him of practicing law while under suspension from the Kansas Supreme Court.
- Brogan, “Social Media 101” author, kicks off Free State Social
- Free State Social offers advice for businesses
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Keynote speaker Chris Brogan told the crowd at Free State Social that businesses need to do a better job of connecting with customers and giving customers information that is helpful.
- International Space Station to fly over next three nights
- April 29, 2010
- If you happened to be outside last night at 9:20, odds are your eye was caught by an unusually bright, slow moving object in the south-western sky. It was clearly not a plane, and much larger than a common satellite. It was the International Space Station…
- Postal carriers organize food drive, set for May 8
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Area residents soon will be able to deliver help for the area’s hungry, by donating food to be picked up by postal carriers.
- Ex-Attorney General Kline denies allegations in ethics complaint
- 11:51 a.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 03:20 p.m. in print edition on A4
- Attorneys for former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline maintain he did nothing ethically wrong in his investigation of abortion providers.
- Machine failure blamed for knocking out KU website and e-mail; most service expected back tonight
- 11:26 a.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 09:49 p.m. in print edition on A1
- An electrical problem at Kansas University’s Computer Center is continuing to limit access to e-mail and websites hosted by KU.
- Kansas lawmakers advance bill to protect voting rights of mentally ill
- 11:23 a.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 05:51 p.m.
- Kansas House members have advanced a proposal to amend the state constitution to preserve the voting rights of the mentally ill.
- Style scout: Allison Olassa
- April 29, 2010
- I dress like an airline stewardess to help cope with my fear of flying…
- Style scout: Matthew Baldwin
- April 29, 2010
- When I was in second grade, I was in a commercial with Michael Jordan for Ballpark Franks. My mom dressed me in yellow shorts, a weave belt and a white-and-yellow striped polo shirt…
- More people rally to fund programs for Kansans with disabilities
- 10:02 a.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 10:07 a.m.
- The Kansas Legislature has started its wrap up session but remains at odds over ways to fix a $500 million revenue shortfall.
- Statehouse Live: Lawrence Chamber of Commerce rejects signing onto tax increase letter
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The Lawrence chamber said the coalition’s call for revenue enhancements was “vague and open-ended.” The board also said it was unsure how any potential tax increase would effect businesses and the community.
- Police arrest two after burglary, foot chase
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Two Lawrence men were arrested early Thursday morning after breaking into a downtown business and leading police on a brief foot chase.
- Dr. Bob Run, a 5K, set for Saturday on KU campus
- 12:00 a.m., April 29, 2010 Updated 07:20 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Bob Frederick liked to run on campus. Now a 5K run, jog and walk is lined up for 8 a.m. Saturday, with proceeds to benefit a scholarship established in his name.
- LHS baseball tops Olathe North
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence High’s baseball team defeated Olathe North, 8-4, on Wednesday at North’s field.
- Hoiberg gets five-year deal as Iowa State’s new coach
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Iowa State has given “The Mayor” a five-year term to get things turned around. The school introduced former standout Fred Hoiberg as its new men’s basketball coach Wednesday,
- Navy subs to ban smoking
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Aboard the submarine USS Florida, there’s no e-mail or phone, no breaks for sunshine or fresh air. For many Navy sailors serving 90-day tours in cramped quarters underwater, one of the few creature comforts has been smoke breaks below decks around a butt bucket in the machine room.
- Scientists find evidence of water on asteroid
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of water ice, as well as organic compounds, on an asteroid — findings that bolster a leading theory for the origins of life on Earth.
- State lawyer may get U.S. attorney position
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B8
- President Barack Obama has nominated a northeast Kansas lawyer to serve as the state’s top federal prosecutor.
- Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Many of the cars that once stopped in the Home Depot parking lot to pick up day laborers to hang drywall or do landscaping now just drive on by.
- Jones indicts media in Jackson’s death
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The sudden, unexpected death of a noted personality brings out various reactions, and Michael Jackson’s death last June was no exception. The immediate television response was one of shock, grief and conspicuous over-coverage.
- Skepticism reigns on keeping petitioner identification private
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday about keeping secret the names of people who signed a petition to repeal Washington state’s gay rights law, suggesting citizens cannot always hide behind anonymity if they want to be heard.
- Mojave cross case gives a signal on religious symbols
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled a greater willingness to allow religious symbols on public land Wednesday, a stance that could have important implications for future church-state disputes.
- 40 years ago: County reward fund started
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- A Douglas County Reward Fund was started by concerned Lawrence residents.
- Where’s the pride?
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- I frequently go downtown and enjoy Mass Street and all it has to offer. It amazes me though that the sidewalks and entrances into stores and even restaurants are just full of litter.
- Shifting views
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Oh, Mr. Hickam, you are such a pessimist (Public Forum, April 16). You think of the Journal-World’s “revisit(ing) the year of 1970” in Lawrence as merely “to dredge up” our hard times history.
- New gay character brings Archie into 21st century
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- And what shall we say about the fact that there is to be a homosexual in Riverdale? You know where Riverdale is, of course. It lies at that junction of wholesomeness and Americana where, for almost 70 years, it has been home to Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones and the other eternal teenagers of Archie Comics. Last week, the company announced a new addition to the cast. In September, it said, in Veronica 202, Kevin Keller debuts in a story that finds the titular spoiled rich girl mysteriously unable to get his attention despite using all her feminine wiles.
- Poll: Vietnamese upbeat about future
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Thirty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, the people of this country are optimistic about the future, bullish about the free market and rarely think about a conflict that still ignites political passions in America.
- Eudora High School Honor Roll
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Eudora High School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2009-10 school year.
- District’s health costs could increase by 15%
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A Lawrence school district committee is recommending the district accept a 15.6 percent increase in health insurance costs to keep the same benefits for employees next year.
- Lawrence Parks seeks help planting flowers
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence Parks and Recreation leaders are looking for volunteers again to help with downtown flower planting.
- Government OKs first U.S. offshore wind farm, near Mass.
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A whole new way of generating electricity in the U.S. drew a big step closer to reality Wednesday, and it could look like this: 130 windmills, 440 feet tall, rising from the ocean a few miles off Cape Cod.
- Lawrence man reports laptops stolen
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man reported Monday a burglary and theft of personal computers from the 1000 block of Emery Road.
- New police chief hired in Eudora
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Grady Walker has been named Eudora’s new police chief.
- Pump patrol
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.69 at several stations.
- Underwater volcanoes discovered off coast of California
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes rising from the sea floor just off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Pregnancy elusive for National Zoo’s panda
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- As early as Monday, the signs were not looking good. The National Zoo’s female giant panda, Mei Xiang, was exhibiting some behaviors of pregnancy, but not all of them.
- HP is Palm’s savior in $1.4B deal
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Palm Inc., a pioneer in the smart phone business that couldn’t quite make the comeback it needed, has agreed to be bought out by Hewlett-Packard Co. for about $1.4 billion in cash.
- Upbeat Fed keeps rates at record lows
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Federal Reserve sounded a more confident note Wednesday that the economy is strengthening but pledged to hold rates at record lows to make sure it gains traction.
- Bishop bans hospitals from reform group
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Roman Catholic bishop of Providence has withdrawn two hospitals sponsored by his diocese from membership in a Catholic hospital group that supports health care reform.
- Poll: A third of women say their pets listen better than their husbands
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Husbands, if you end up in the doghouse, consider it a promotion.
- Coast Guard finds new oil leak at drilling rig site
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A new oil leak was discovered at the site in the Gulf of Mexico where a drilling rig exploded and sank, and experts now estimate that five times more has been spilling into the water a day than previously believed, the Coast Guard said late Wednesday.
- Firebirds’ Chestnut signs with D-III school
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Free State High senior Spencer Chestnut will play football next fall at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a Div. III school in Terre Haute, Ind.
- Coaches excited about freshmen moving
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Bob Lisher has experienced the benefits of coaching in a four-class high school system, so when Lawrence school board members voted this week to make the transition from a three-year high school system to a four-year system — subsequently allowing all ninth-grade students to participate in high school athletics for the first time — the Free State football coach wasn’t exactly complaining. Quite the opposite, actually.
- Still awesome, baby! ESPN’s Vitale talks about his love of college basketball at Washburn
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is still going strong, showing no signs of slowing down at the age of 70.
- Buried History
- Downtown door to nowhere reveals layers of town’s past
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Like a window or door sealed with brick, some views into the past are impenetrable. So it seems to be with, well, a window and door filled in with brick in the basement of Goldmakers Fine Jewelry…
- Senators to blame for immigration mess
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Many in the media, including my colleagues at The Washington Post, Eugene Robinson and Richard Cohen, have written powerful and appropriate columns decrying the action of the Arizona Legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer in passing and signing a punitive law aimed at illegal immigrants.
- Listen and learn
- Communication is key to a smooth transition for Lawrence sixth- and ninth-graders.
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Lawrence school board members have made the big decision to move ninth-graders into the high schools and sixth-graders into middle schools, but many, many smaller decisions await. Students, parents and probably many teachers have a lot of questions about how the move will work and how to make the transition a positive one for local students. Change is never easy, and communication will be a key to making this change as smooth as possible.
- KU softball splits doubleheader with Wichita State
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- In a doubleheader split — 4-1 and 9-2 — with Wichita State on Wednesday at Arrocha Ballpark, Kansas University’s softball team recorded five hits in an opening-game loss and a season-high 14 in the nightcap.
- ‘End of an era’ for sheriff’s patrol cars
- Ford Taurus will be workhorse for department starting next year
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Sheriff Ken McGovern soon will take delivery of five new Crown Victoria police interceptors, complete with heavy-duty shocks, heavy-duty batteries, heavy-duty alternators and all the other heavy-duty equipment his department needs to carry out weighty law-enforcement duties throughout Douglas County. This time next year, of course, he’ll be buying something else.
- Jobs still abound in industries such as engineering, technology
- April 29, 2010
- While other industries are laying off employees because of the economy, Lawrence and Kansas City employers in the field of technology support and design are hiring.
- Competing budget rallies enliven capital
- About 600 people show support for tax increase on behalf of those with disabilities; 200 others stage anti-tax protest
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A1
- With the Kansas Legislature deadlocked over whether to increase taxes or cut more from the state budget, competing rallies took place Wednesday as the wrap-up session started.
- Too risky to phone ET? Too late — NASA’s tried it
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Stephen Hawking says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late.
- GOP halts blockade over banking bill
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- The most sweeping new controls on financial institutions since the Great Depression are a big step closer to approval in Congress.
- Horoscope for April 29, 2010
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- This year, you often are challenged by others. Know that your ideas and values are being tested. Don’t get stuck. When you see that a concept, situation or relationship isn’t working, graciously let go. If you are single, you meet a lot of people this year. If you are attached, the two of you bone up on your listening skills. You might take a workshop of mutual interest together. Sagittarius relates to you with depth.
- Lawrence man reports fishing tackle stolen
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 52-year-old Lawrence man reported Monday the theft of personal property from the 1500 block of West 27th Terrace.
- Our Town Sports
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Bunge Lessons: Former Kansas University softball coach Tracy Bunge is offering pitching and hitting lessons for girls ages 8-17. For information, call 691-5005 or e-mail tracybunge@aol.com.
- It’s been a spring to forget
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- If a Kansas University non-revenue sports team falls to last place in the standings and nobody is there to hear it, did it really happen? Yes. Does anybody care? Maybe, which is another way of saying maybe not.
- Suzuki torments K.C.
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, Milton Bradley scored the tiebreaking run on Rob Johnson’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Royals, 6-5, Wednesday.
- County authorities warn of summer scams
- Transient merchants often work illegally
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Douglas County authorities are searching for a 49-year-old Missouri man accused of bilking an elderly couple out of $8,000 worth of paving work earlier this month.
- Bullock is divorcing James, adopting baby
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Sandra Bullock is dumping her two-timing husband and welcoming a new guy into her life — a baby boy she is adopting as a single mother.
- Innovative setups allowing more employees to work from home
- April 29, 2010 in print edition on D7
- Shannon Abrahamson’s commute to work is down one flight of stairs.
- Technology hoped to revive economy
- April 29, 2010
- Technology is poised to play a key role in Kansas’ recovery from the economic downturn, say state and local leaders.
- K-10 Association working to build up ‘Smart Corridor’
- April 29, 2010
- Thirteen years ago, a group of area civic and business leaders branded Kansas Highway 10 as “America’s Smart Corridor.”
- Mediaphormedia expands innovative products
- April 29, 2010
- Mediaphormedia, the interactive division of The World Company in Lawrence, is busy refining, upgrading and empowering its two core products for growth during the coming year and beyond.
- In otherwise hurting economy, biosciences thrives
- Sunflower State makes big plays to attract industry
- April 29, 2010
- On a cold late-winter morning, the humming of heavy machinery and banging of steel floated through Kansas University’s West Campus.
- Restaurants among Lawrence’s riskier business prospects
- April 29, 2010
- Chuck Magerl has two restaurants in the eight wonders of Kansas Cuisine.
- Companies creating social media policies for employees
- April 29, 2010
- Posting messages and photos on Facebook or Twitter may seem less like a business practice and more like a way to kill time. But if you have customers — and what business doesn’t? — that’s not the case.
- Tuned in to success
- Lawrence businesses, organizations build reputations with social media
- April 29, 2010
- Many businesses and institutions around Lawrence have embraced the use of social media. Here are five who do it well and advice they have for people wanting to start.
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- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
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