Also from August 8
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Blog entries
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On the street
Photos
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Polls
Do you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in your home?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 54% | |
| Only a smoke detector. | 32% | |
| No. | 9% | |
| Don’t know. | 1% | |
| Only a carbon monoxide detector. | 0% | |
| Total | 691 | |
Videos
- A warm night won’t yield much relief from the heat …
- With the summer winding down and children preparing to return …
- Energy-efficient houses built by KU architecture students aren’t selling well …
- Three children died from injuries suffered during a motor vehicle …
- A Lawrence man was arrested Sunday morning after threatening another …
- The number of people choosing to cremate their loved ones …
- A Tonganoxie couple discovered the hard way they had a …
- A program for disabled children in Wichita is helping them …
- Angus Quigley is taking advantage of a sixth year of …
- The 2010 Douglas County Fair came to a close Saturday …
- A view from the 6News TowerCam.
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
- Superintendant Rick Doll describes his memories of the first day …
- First-year teacher Marissa Diener describes her memories of the first …
- Learning coach Cheryl Wright describes her memories of the first …
- School board member Scott Morgan describes his memories of the …
- LEA President Valerie Johnson-Powell describes her memories of the first …
- Woodlawn School principal Jeanne Fridell describes her memories of the …
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
The Athletic Republic: Program helps student athletes earn pro objectives - August 7, 2010 in print edition on 1D
- Amanda Fevurly could be sitting by the pool on a sunny summer afternoon, but instead, the Lawrence High School junior is staring down a treadmill set at a 35 percent incline and a rumbling speed of 10 miles per hour.
6:00 a.m.
Barnyard Olympics gives youths one last chance to compete- August 8, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- On Saturday afternoon, Douglas County 4-H’ers put to the test skills they’ve honed all week but never had the chance to showcase.
2:00 p.m.
Student-built homes idle in down market- August 8, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Kansas University architecture professor Dan Rockhill used a small fan to blow air inside Studio 804’s latest creation — a 1,700-square-foot home in Kansas City, Kan.’s Prescott neighborhood.
6:00 p.m.
Critics target concealed carry changes- August 8, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but there’s a gun battle going on in Kansas.
All stories
- Abuse case is requiem for both father and son
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B6
- This is a requiem for Willy Brown. As these words are written, he lies brain dead and on life support at Miami Children’s Hospital. By the time you read this, there’s a good chance he will have been disconnected and declared dead. He is, or he was, 2 years old. His father, 23-year-old Lee Willie DeJesus of Homestead, Fla., is in jail, having been denied bond. Prosecutors expect to charge him with first-degree murder.
- Lawrence man arrested after making threats
- August 8, 2010
- A 34-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday morning after making threats during a domestic dispute.
- Pages and pages: Let kids fill end of summer with new reads
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Summer is one of the best times of the year to relax with a good book, and it’s also one of the most important times to encourage children to read.
- Jennifer Weiner: queen of chick lit
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Just in time for beach reading, she’s back.
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘School Begins in the Country’
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Heart beating loudly, breathing shallow and rapid.
- Kovel’s Antiques: Presidential images fetch premium prices
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Presidents do not endorse products, although they do endorse candidates.
- Landscape makeover: Couple tackle new garden, step by step
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Four short years ago, Wendy and Andrew Shoemaker’s yard was what Wendy calls a disaster.
- Dallas gardener recreates English castle’s garden, on a slightly smaller scale
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D7
- Sissinghurst Castle, the renowned 1930s garden of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson in England’s Kentish countryside, has inspired gardeners the world over, including at least one homeowner in Dallas.
- Earthworms enrich garden soils by composting
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D7
- Here’s a promising get-rich-quick scheme for gardeners: It’s called vermiculture, or worm composting, and along with super-sizing crop yields, it cuts water bills, conditions soils and repels troublesome insects.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Back-to-school traffic triggers memories of moving daze
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D1
- I was feeling so smug. Cruising to the grocery store in my air-conditioned car, I passed countless rental trucks and perspiring parents moving their kids into new digs in the 100-degree heat.
- Grape expectations: New retail market simplifies wine-shopping experience
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Shopping for wine should be as stress-free as sipping a glass of your favorite vintage on a lazy summer’s evening.
- Questions? Facebook hopes your friends have the answers
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D2
- Social-networking site Facebook recently started a public test of its new Facebook Questions feature.
- Behind the Lens: Take control of your F-stop settings to ‘f8 and be there’
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D2
- Depth of field can make or break a shot.
- DIY fashion hits land of haute couture
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D4
- In the realm of haute couture, where seamstresses concoct handmade gowns that cost as much as a car, one atelier has caused a sensation by purveying a different kind of made-to-measure.
- Style gone in a click of the mouse: Designer brand-shopping grows competitive online
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D4
- It’s just after 9 a.m. on the West Coast, and the competition is already out in force at GiltGroupe.com.
- Drive for election change raises constitutional issue
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Don’t look now, but suddenly the most interesting political struggles in the nation this summer have nothing to do with the midterm congressional elections. Let me do what columnists do best — oversimplify complex questions in the name of summarizing them and using a sports metaphor to do it.
- Couples continue to make the case for gay marriage
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B7
- There are two kinds of cases that almost invariably end up before the U.S. Supreme Court — those that turn on fundamental questions of law and liberty, and those contested by implacably determined litigants.
- GOP leader says Senate working fine
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B6
- It was an odd but intriguing experience to sit at a press breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor last week and listen as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly rebutted one of my recent columns, implicitly endorsed the message of another and sent a disquieting signal about the prospects that might follow a Republican victory in the midterm elections.
- Fee dispute
- Kansas University business students may not be the only ones who should be concerned about how special per-hour course fees are being used.
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Questions currently being raised about the use of special course fees in the Kansas University School of Business also raise questions about how money raised by so-called “differential tuition” is being used in other KU schools.
- Fidel Castro makes government appearance
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A6
- A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an emphatic address to parliament Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago.
- Deal to avert BlackBerry ban could set precedent
- Saudi Arabia, phone-maker reach agreement
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A7
- A preliminary agreement between the maker of the popular BlackBerry smart phone and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which government officials say grants them some access to users’ data, will avert a ban on the phone in that country.
- Santos sworn in as president
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Eight years ago, homemade rockets fired by Marxist rebels rained down on the presidential palace as Alvaro Uribe took office, foreshadowing the all-out war that would come in his efforts to take back much of the country from potent guerrilla groups.
- New aviation training center prepares for classes
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B5
- For an industrial facility, Sedgwick County’s new National Center for Aviation Training has a light and futuristic feeling.
- Missouri vote
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The recent Missouri referendum on Health Care Reform had all the characteristics of a “push poll” (a question designed to produce the desired answer). It is not surprising that 71 percent of Missouri voters did not want the government to require the purchase of health insurance. Who wants the government telling them what to do?
- 100 years ago: Landlords asked to report KU students drinking alcohol
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for August 8, 1910: “Gone, all gone, are the good old days when the accommodating landlady permitted her rah-rah roomers to convert one corner of the refrigerator into a miniature bar room. If she finds some flat flasks hidden under the study room rug, or some round ones between the mattresses, she may not smile indulgently and say, ‘Oh, those dreadful boys.’ Not now. She must march straight to the telephone and call up the university authorities. Such is the content of a bulletin sent out from the university last week to Lawrence rooming houses and boarding clubs.”
- Horoscope for August 8, 2010
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D5
- This year, you swing from extreme optimism to wanting to hide out. This pendulum phenomenon reflects much that you will experience. Downtime becomes a must in order to manifest everything that you desire. Your perspective will be changing rapidly. If you are single, you could meet someone who appears very different from who he or she actually is. Date. Take your time getting to know any potential sweetie. If you are attached, the two of you will benefit enormously from vanishing together for some quality time. Another Leo could be very different but, on some level, the same.
- Robert Duvall: A lifetime of commanding roles
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D5
- Everything Robert Duvall says, whether it’s about meeting his wife or doing a play or making a crab cake, tends to turn into a yarn worthy of a Robert Duvall movie.
- ‘Jersey Shore’ adds new cast member
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on D5
- Snooki has a new roommate.
- Glass of the future
- It’s strong, super thin, difficult to break or scratch — and touted as perfect for new TVs
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E1
- An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in the early 1960s is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.
- Buffett’s company sees income drop
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E1
- Warren Buffett’s company reported a 40 percent drop in second-quarter profit because paper derivative losses of $1.4 billion outweighed improvements at Berkshire Hathaway’s operating companies.
- Bankruptcies
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E1
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing recently for bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:
- Mortgages
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E1
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 100 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday. Breakdown by dollar value:
- Around and about in local business
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E1
- News from around and about in local businesses.
- Not much can be done to stop WikiLeaks
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E8
- An online whistle-blower’s threat to release more classified Pentagon and State Department documents is raising difficult questions of what the government can or would do, legally, technically or even militarily to stop it.
- Battle lines drawn over tax policy
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E8
- Amid a contentious midterm election campaign, one of the sharpest divisions is over the expiration this year of Bush-era tax cuts, but almost everyone agrees on one point — doing nothing is not an option.
- Number of 300-pound NFL linemen still ballooning
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E8
- Ten or 20 years ago, Nate Newton and William “The Refrigerator” Perry were on a short list of larger-than-life rarities in the NFL. The 300-plus-pound behemoths made headlines simply for existing. Their every move shook the field and made people take notice.
- Stimulus spending unevenly distributed, difficult to track
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on E8
- In February 2009, the United States had fallen into what many economists called the deepest economic slowdown since the Great Depression.
- Sunflower chief likes coal plant chances
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Sunflower Electric Power Corp. chief Earl Watkins says he believes chances are good that Sunflower’s proposed 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant will be built.
- Resident arranges cemetery upkeep in perpetuity
- County approves new district to provide maintenance
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Roberta Peterson walks through ankle-high grass at Rock Creek Cemetery and recalls the lives of some of those who names are written on the tombstones.
- Annual 5K run to benefit Women Build
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Body Boutique, 2330 Yale Road, and Women Build will be hosts for the fifth annual WOW (Women Opening Doors for Women) Run beginning at 8 a.m. Oct. 30.
- Surgeon to discuss Peru mission trip
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Dr. Jeffrey Randall, a Lawrence orthopedic surgeon, will give a free presentation about his medical mission trip to Piura, Peru.
- Pump patrol
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.65 at several stations.
- 40 years ago: Plan to move landfill halted
- August 8, 2010
- A recent move of the city’s landfill operation to its controversial new site on the North Lawrence Flood Control Levee was halted by a bureaucratic mess.
- 25 years ago: Marijuana field near Baldwin raided
- August 8, 2010
- The location of a proposed Douglas County industrial park was still being negotiated, but some hints were surfacing which indicated a possible site north or east of Lawrence.
- Critics target concealed carry changes
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but there’s a gun battle going on in Kansas.
- Student-built homes idle in down market
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Kansas University architecture professor Dan Rockhill used a small fan to blow air inside Studio 804’s latest creation — a 1,700-square-foot home in Kansas City, Kan.’s Prescott neighborhood.
- College students getting more choices for acquiring textbooks
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A1
- On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded classmates.
- Kennedy one to watch on gay marriage test
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy eventually will get his hands on California’s gay marriage ban.
- Wheel Genius: Road work planned during this week
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Road work scheduled for the week of August 8, 2010.
- Johnson County sees rise in motorcycle thefts
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Johnson County authorities say there’s been a rash of recent thefts of sports motorcycles.
- Hall of Fame bias a myth
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C6
- The Dallas Cowboys’ faithful believe Drew Pearson belongs in the Hall of Fame. I wouldn’t argue against that point. He was named to the NFL all-decade team for the 1970s as Roger Staubach’s go-to guy on a three-time NFC champion.
- City commission agenda for August 10, 2010
- Portable toilets are on the spot
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The Lawrence city commission agenda for the August 10, 2010 meeting.
- Family looks abroad for stem-cell treatment
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Beth Schneweis can see herself dashing after her young son, Christopher, as he runs off the airplane when they return from Germany this fall.
- New school opens 3 years after tornado
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Greensburg students will move this fall to a new $50-million facility that replaces the one destroyed in 2007, when a massive tornado steamrolled the south-central Kansas town and killed 13 people.
- State approves $27M in bonds for Bombardier
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Gov. Mark Parkinson and legislative leaders have approved $27 million in bonds to help Bombardier Learjet expand production facilities in Wichita.
- Former NFL players Rice, Smith consider destinies fulfilled
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith can stop the chase now.
- At least 80 killed in landslides
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Landslides killed at least 80 people and left an estimated 2,000 missing today in northwest China’s Gansu province, the latest disaster caused by widespread flooding in the country.
- Blasts kill at least 20, wound scores
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded as many as 100 Saturday night at a downtown market in Iraq’s second-largest city, a senior official said, coming at the end of a violent day that also saw the slaying of seven policemen around the country.
- Prison escapees linked to killings
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and a woman thought to have helped them have been linked to the investigation of a couple’s killing in New Mexico, authorities said Saturday.
- NFL Briefs
- August 8, 2010
- ESPN’s Chris Berman, a frequent host of the induction ceremonies, was given the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award by the Hall of Fame for “longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.”
- Man in court for hearing, wedding
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The bride wore a gray suit. The groom wore a prison jumpsuit — and handcuffs.
- Medical mission ends in death for 10
- Taliban say they carried out killings of Christians
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains — unarmed and without security — to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.
- Obama touts benefits to Medicare from health law
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America’s seniors on stronger financial footing.
- Sing-a-ma-jigs finding fame on YouTube
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Mattel Inc.’s newest singing toys are already rising stars on the Internet.
- Seafood industry tries to shake oily image
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to reopen more than three months after crude began gushing from the sea floor. But those who harvest, process and sell the catch face a new crisis — convincing wary consumers it’s not only delicious, but also safe.
- Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Vowing to “administer justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and to the rich,” Elena Kagan was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 112th justice to the Supreme Court on Saturday.
- Impact of 3 women on high court unclear
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A3
- At least once a term for 13 years, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled, some lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court would mistake her for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, or vice versa.
- 3rd spacewalk needed to restore cooling system
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A pair of space station astronauts had to hammer loose a stuck connector during an urgent spacewalk to restore a crucial cooling system Saturday, then an ammonia leak erupted and hampered the entire repair effort.
- School’s ‘chasers’ sink teeth into dropouts
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on A4
- School has long since started for the day when Jose Ramirez pulls up to a small bungalow and yells out to a tardy student. Anthony Gonzalez limps to the door, shirtless with a head of bed-tousled hair.
- NBA contract hasn’t changed Aldrich
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Cole Aldrich didn’t purchase anything extravagant Thursday after signing his rookie contract with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.
- Chiefs rookie McCluster running through shoes
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C1
- He starts. He stops. He weaves, twists, dashes and darts. Dexter McCluster is hard on tacklers and murder on footwear. Twice since Kansas City drafted the diminutive rookie wide receiver, those churning little feet actually have caused his shoes to start coming apart.
- Edwards takes pole at Watkins Glen
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C2
- A year ago, Carl Edwards started 33rd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International and finished third. This time he’ll start at the front.
- Mickelson about to be No. 1, but is he best?
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C2
- It might not come tonight, or next week. But a changing of the guard in the world of golf seems inevitable.
- Lefty lurks at Bridgestone; Tiger doesn’t
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Sean O’Hair and Ryan Palmer were tied for the lead in the Bridgestone Invitational after Saturday’s round.
- Celebrated students: KU tight ends learning to read defenses
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C1
- It’s not uncommon for Kansas University assistant coach Aaron Stamn to pull his players aside at practice to quiz them on defensive football. Stamn, though, is the tight ends coach. And none of his players has taken a snap on defense in college.
- Royals hold off Mariners, 2-1
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Bruce Chen scattered three hits over seven innings, and the Kansas City Royals held off the Seattle Mariners, 2-1, on Saturday night.
- Huskers’ QB battle heating up
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Nebraska quarterback Zac Lee showed up for the start of preseason practice Saturday with a repaired right elbow and a new attitude.
- Jets face first camp controversy: ‘roommate-gate’
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C6
- The Jets have their first big controversy of training camp: roommate-gate. Not to worry, though. This is just a friendly — and playful — case of revisionist history.
- Veterans give Tebow new ‘do
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Tim Tebow was all the buzz Saturday night at the Denver Broncos’ practice.
- Barnyard Olympics gives youths one last chance to compete
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- On Saturday afternoon, Douglas County 4-H’ers put to the test skills they’ve honed all week but never had the chance to showcase.
- Funeral held for young crash victims
- August 8, 2010 in print edition on B1
- About 400 people attended funeral services for three young sisters killed last week in a crash in northern Kansas.
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- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 15 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 128 comments
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 127 comments
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 34 comments
- Sound Off: How can I check someone’s criminal record? May 28, 2012 · 3 comments
- God, marriage May 25, 2012 · 192 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 249 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 17 comments
- Heard on the Hill: Chesapeake Energy donation is still on track; State Department hits the brakes on Confucius Institute directive; website ranks KU as best university to work for May 29, 2012 · 3 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- 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
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Fraternal reorder: Clubs, lodges face dwindling membership in modern world January 10, 2010
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
