Also from August 28
Births
Couples
- Wedding: Poteet and Graves
- Wedding: Guth and Mills
- Wedding: Colson and Wilson
- Engagement: Brown and Thompson
- Anniversary: Curtis
- Anniversary: Payne
- Anniversary: Hickock
- Anniversary: Wise and Christensen
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Videos
Lead stories
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Young red-tailed hawk released back into wild after recovering from injuries- August 26, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Young red-tailed hawk released back into the wild.
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First ‘Final Friday’ attracts artsy crowd- August 28, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Residents strolling in downtown Lawrence on Friday night finally had something new to look at. The night marked the kick-off to Lawrence’s first Final Fridays Gallery Walk, a monthly arts extravaganza set to take place the last Friday of every month.
- Video: Final Fridays kicks off downtown
- Photo gallery: Final Friday starts downtown
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Bringing faith home: A pastor’s path winds its way to Lawrence, Trinity Episcopal- August 27, 2010
- It’s not often that a member of the clergy can say he once worked on a dude ranch, but the Rev. Rob Baldwin sure can.
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All stories
- 1 arrested outside Omaha funeral for fallen Marine
- 12:50 p.m., August 28, 2010 Updated 02:57 p.m.
- A 62-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of spraying mace into a crowd gathered outside an Omaha church hosting a funeral for a fallen Marine.
- 100 years ago: Cold snap hits Lawrence
- August 28, 2010
- There were a number of homes in Lawrence this morning where the extra blanket was tucked snugly around red chins, and where no preparations towards breakfast were made until hubby had hopped shiveringly out of bed and connected last year’s gas grate.
- 40 years ago: Dark plumes of smoke from CFCA plant mostly steam
- August 28, 2010
- Lawrence residents were inquiring about the dark-colored plumes of smoke coming from the towers of the CFCA plant east of town. The CFCA manager responded that the “smoke” was mostly steam, with trace amounts of ammonium nitrate dust, and that during periods of cooler weather the steam would condense, making the particles more noticeable.
- 25 years ago: Wyandotte County judge recovering after falling off Lawrence bridge
- August 28, 2010
- Wyandotte County judge Lawrence G. Zukel was recovering at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was suffering severe back pain and “about two million mosquito bites” after falling off a bridge while on a foggy late-night walk. After lying under the bridge all night, unable to move, the judge was discovered in the morning by a construction worker.
- Equal Rites Awards make a comeback
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B7
- And so we rise to celebrate Aug. 26, the 90th anniversary of the day American women finally won the right to vote. It took nine decades to get a third woman on the Supreme Court. But in politics, alas, we have gone from radical women chaining themselves to the White House fence to conservative women serving tea. Or at least the tea party.
- Mideast peace process more cyclical than linear
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Immersion in this region’s politics can convince those immersed that history is cyclical rather than linear — that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over. This passes for good news because things that do change, such as weapons, often make matters worse.
- BV West prep Admire to graduate early
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University commitment Dylan Admire, an offensive lineman in the Class of 2011, told Rivals.com he plans to graduate early from Blue Valley West High in order to get to KU more quickly.
- Iowa PG Paige to visit
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Marcus Paige, 6-foot-0, 155-pound junior basketball point guard from Linn Mar Community School in Marion, Iowa, will attend Kansas University’s Oct. 15 Late Night in the Phog on an unofficial recruiting visit.
- Military news
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Army Reserve Pvt. Kamal A. Chatoo has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
- Club news
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Club news for the week of August 28, 2010.
- Around and about
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Around and about for the week of August 28, 2010.
- Scouting news
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Staff reports for August 28, 2010
- Ten ideas to wow your reception guests
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Looking to add a little extra pizzazz to your reception? Whether you want to add a sweet surprise or go out with a bang (literally!), here are 10 fun ideas that will make your reception stand out.
- Kenyan president signs new constitution
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Kenya’s president signed a new constitution into law Friday that institutes a U.S.-style system of checks and balances and has been hailed as the most significant political event since Kenya’s independence nearly a half century ago.
- Tut-tut: Security problems seen in Egypt’s museums
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on D8
- The Egyptian Museum houses some of the world’s prized antiquities, including the gold mask of King Tut that draws millions of tourists a year.
- Amtrak told to slow down on western Kansas rails
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Railroad officials have imposed slower speeds on Amtrak trains traveling through portions of western Kansas because of deteriorating track conditions.
- New manual steers some drivers wrong
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Despite what it says in the Kansas Driving Handbook, the state’s new graduated driving law does not allow 15-year-olds to drive anywhere they want if they have had 50 hours of supervised driving.
- American public responds tepidly to Pakistan floods
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Americans are giving a paltry amount for relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan compared to other overseas disasters. They were more than 40 times more generous for the Haiti earthquake.
- Stocks gain as Bernanke, GDP reassure investors
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Stocks posted big gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank was ready to step in if the U.S. economy showed further signs of weakening.
- Cuba embraces 2 free-market reforms
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years — potentially touching off a golf-course building boom — and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit and vegetables.
- Man with no arms plays piano with toes
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Pianist Liu Wei sits quietly to compose himself before plunging into the music. Then he takes off a sock.
- Horoscope for August 28, 2010
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
- This year, you have an opportunity to stretch and open up to different types of ideas. Sometimes you might feel a bit taken aback by what others offer. If you are single, many want to be close — just choose the right person for you. If you are attached, a partner often challenges you to open up and do something differently. Why not? Aries can be helpful with bottom-line issues.
- Likability left off ‘Wish List’
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
- At the risk of sounding like Jacqueline Suzann, let me declare: Love is no longer enough.
- Jimmy Fallon gleeful to host Emmy Awards
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Jimmy Fallon has the perfect perspective for his role as the host of “The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.”
- Swift debuts ’Mine’ music video in Maine
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Country music star Taylor Swift has returned to Maine for a half-hour television special to introduce her latest music video.
- Scientists crack genetic sequence of wheat
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat — one of the world’s oldest and most important crops — a development they hope could help the global staple meet the challenges of climate change, disease and population growth.
- Video gives tour of trapped miners’ refuge
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean copper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling “long live Chile, and long live the miners!” — images that bolstered family members’ spirits Friday.
- Imprisoned American returns home
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- An American held captive for seven months in North Korea stepped off a plane in his hometown Friday, looking thin but joyful as he hugged the former president who had helped win his release and family and friends surrounded him in a group embrace.
- Iowa OK’d egg farm tied to ‘habitual violator’
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The owner of an egg farm at the center of a massive salmonella recall was able to expand his egg empire despite being branded a “habitual violator” of Iowa’s environmental laws — a label that was supposed to ban him from building any more farms.
- FDA to inspect large egg farms
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of the country’s largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall of tainted eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,500 people.
- Body of missing woman found amid pile of clutter at home
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs.
- After 65 years, veteran finally receives medals
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Sixty-five years. That’s the age of retirement, for many or most folks in the U.S., sometimes to a second “Honey-do” career. Three score and five, as Mr. Lincoln might express it.
- Blog causes uproar on eve of Beck rally
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A5
- On the eve of conservative commentator Glenn Beck’s rally at the Lincoln Memorial, a blogger’s assertion that parts of the nation’s capital should be avoided touched off accusations of racism and a sharp response by angry city leaders.
- Slashing suspect was embedded with Marines for weeks
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A5
- The college student accused of slashing a New York cab driver showed no signs he might have trouble coping with the experience of traveling with combat troops in Afghanistan, the military said Friday.
- Volunteers counsel callers at risk
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A person dies by suicide about every 15 minutes in the United States, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
- Lawrence deserves reputation for development difficulty
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Are there any other cities in Kansas these days facing serious economic challenges who would turn away the opportunity to attract a company that wants to build a 150,000-square-foot store, employ approximately 125 people, pay good salaries, pay approximately $500,000 in taxes, is a so-called clean industry and would attract more shoppers to the city?
- Pump patrol
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.49 at several stations.
- Suspect in teen’s death has lengthy prison record
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Authorities filed burglary and theft charges Friday against the man they were seeking in connection with the death of a 14-year-old central Kansas girl whose charred body was discovered at an asphalt plant.
- State’s zoo populations aging
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Two Asian small clawed otters who share exhibit space in the Topeka Zoo’s rain forest are good examples of the difference in ages in the zoo’s collection. At 19, Louie is nearly blind. Champei is quite the opposite at age 9.
- Kansan close to winning 1,000th ribbon
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Every year, people young and old receive ribbons in a numerous variety of contests from sports to 4-H to music to fairs and everything in between.
- Recession may have pushed U.S. birth rate to new low
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here’s the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn’t afford more mouths to feed.
- Well received: Speedy Patterson glad to be back at WR
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
- A hint of open space is all it takes to make Daymond Patterson’s eyes light up like a meteor shower in the night sky.
- Study: No. of social-media users over 50 doubles
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- This is not your father’s social network — oh, wait a minute; maybe it is.
- Bikini-clad strippers protest church
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Strippers dressed in bikinis sunbathe in lawn chairs, their backs turned toward the gray clapboard church where men in ties and women in full-length skirts flock to Sunday morning services.
- Economy edges closer to stalling
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The economy turns out to be weaker than we thought, and the outlook for the rest of the year is now looking dimmer.
- Politician raffles breast implants
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants.
- Insurgents attack 2 NATO bases
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks on a pair of NATO bases in eastern Afghanistan today, but were beaten back after inflicting little damage, the coalition and Afghan police said.
- Governor condemns U.N. report
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state’s controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations’ human rights commissioner.
- Analyst accused of leaking secrets
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Obama administration on Friday accused an analyst who worked at the State Department of leaking top secret information about North Korea to a reporter. Steven Kim, who worked at State as an employee of a contractor, maintains his innocence.
- Government signs off on airline deal
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world’s largest airline.
- Indians rip Royals, 15-4
- Backup catcher Gimenez sparks rout
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Chris Gimenez was happy to help the Cleveland Indians win, delighted to get a career-high four RBIs and ecstatic to put his batting average over .200 The seldom-used backup catcher had two hits including one of Cleveland’s trio of three-run homers to beat the Kansas City Royals, 15-4, Friday night.
- KU volleyball nips Lipscomb
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University senior Karina Garlington collected 20 kills, while junior Allison Mayfield had 17 in the Jayhawks’ 3-1 season-opening volleyball victory over Lipscomb on Friday at the Creighton Invitational.
- KU wins soccer opener
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University’s soccer team, which went scoreless in its only exhibition game, exploded offensively in a 3-0 season-opening victory over Eastern Kentucky on Friday at Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
- 18-game schedule too rough on players
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Here’s an idea: Every National Football League owner should be made to participate in one full-pads practice. Just one.
- Suspended Mizzou RBB accused of assault
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Missouri running back Derrick Washington was accused of sexual assault by a former tutor in June and still could face criminal charges related to the incident that may be behind his indefinite suspension.
- Oklahoma State DE pleads guilty
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Oklahoma State defensive end Jamie Blatnick pleaded guilty Friday to an assault and battery charge that was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
- Suspended Mizzou RB accused of assault
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Missouri running back Derrick Washington was accused of sexual assault by a former tutor in June and still could face criminal charges related to the incident that may be behind his indefinite suspension.
- Eagles upend Chiefs
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on C1
- This was one of those preseason games that sent both teams home with plenty to work on.
- Faith Forum: Do you believe religion is ever ‘one size fits all’?
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on D1
- We know we are individuals, with unique thoughts and needs. But the primary need of man continues to be having a way to be safely and blessedly connected with the holy God.
- Stolen Amtrak train station sign located
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The blue neon “Lawrence” sign that was taken from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe depot in east Lawrence has been recovered.
- First ‘Final Friday’ attracts artsy crowd
- August 28, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Residents strolling in downtown Lawrence on Friday night finally had something new to look at. The night marked the kick-off to Lawrence’s first Final Fridays Gallery Walk, a monthly arts extravaganza set to take place the last Friday of every month.
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