Also from February 20
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Chats
Couples
- Anniversary: Demby
- Anniversary: Hirschberg
- Anniversary: Jehle
- Engagement: Jones and Urban
- Engagement: Fisher and Dillon
- Engagement: Urban and Wattier
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Whose offensive game were you more pleased with following the Jayhawks' 94-74 victory over Colorado?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Tyshawn Taylor (17 points, 6-for-7 shooting, six assists, three turnovers) | 69% | |
| Cole Aldrich (17 points, 6-for-8 shooting, four offensive rebounds, no turnovers) | 28% | |
| Undecided | 2% | |
| Total | 2069 | |
Who was KU's first-half MVP against Colorado?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier Henry | 55% | |
| Cole Aldrich | 25% | |
| Tyshawn Taylor | 17% | |
| Other | 1% | |
| Markieff Morris | 1% | |
| Total | 92 | |
Do you agree with coach Self's decision to start Tyshawn Taylor over Brady Morningstar in today's game?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 60% | |
| No | 26% | |
| Undecided | 12% | |
| Total | 101 | |
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Major Midwest trash company making push into Lawrence with weekly curbside recycling pickups- February 19, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Less than a month after city commissioners said they were content to leave the future of curbside recycling to private industry, the largest recycler in the Midwest has announced plans for an aggressive program in Lawrence.
- Video: Curbside recycling to get new look
- On the street: Would you be willing to pay for a private curbside recycling service?
10:00 a.m.
U.S. Attorney’s office charges Lawrence men with methamphetamine trafficking- 11:40 a.m., February 19, 2010 Updated 2:59 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Three Lawrence men have been charged with methamphetamine trafficking, in connection with a two-day raid at a home just east of Lawrence.
- Videos: Investigation on North 1500 Road
- Photo gallery: Investigation on North 1500 Road
3:00 p.m.
FINAL: Tyshawn Taylor shines in return to starting lineup; KU rolls, 94-74, over CU- 2:12 p.m., February 20, 2010 Updated 6:30 p.m.
- The KU sophomore guard had 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting with six assists, helping the Jayhawks to the blowout win.
- Video: GameDay Cram Session: Colorado
- Video: KU vs. Colorado postgame
- Video: Kansas defeats Buffaloes, 94-74
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Colorado
- Poll: Do you agree with coach Self’s decision to start Tyshawn Taylor over Brady Morningstar in today’s game?
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Colorado?
- Poll: Whose offensive game were you more pleased with following the Jayhawks’ 94-74 victory over Colorado?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Colorado
- Chat: KU-Colorado pregame
6:30 p.m.
Bill to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate- 8:15 a.m., February 19, 2010 Updated 5:42 p.m. in print edition on 1B
- Since 1994 when capital punishment was re-instated in Kansas, 10 men have been sentenced to die, but no executions have occurred.
All stories
- FINAL: Tyshawn Taylor shines in return to starting lineup; KU rolls, 94-74, over CU
- 02:12 p.m., February 20, 2010 Updated 06:30 p.m.
- The KU sophomore guard had 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting with six assists, helping the Jayhawks to the blowout win.
- What to do in Larry, Saturday edition
- February 20, 2010
- A spectacular Saturday featuring Andy McKee, KU basketball, The International Film Festival at KU, Ira Glass, Miles Bonny, Cowboy Indian Bear, Deadman Flats, Asher Roth, Cheap Girls, Arthur Dodge and Danny Pound, and “Shutter Island”…
- ‘It’s going to be a bad night’; Latest forecast calls for ice accumulation and 4”-7” of snow
- 12:00 a.m., February 20, 2010 Updated 01:07 a.m. in print edition on A1
- The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter storm warning extending through Monday morning for Douglas and surrounding counties.
- Mariachi Divina: New film celebrates legacy of Kansas mariachi legends, Mariachi Estrella de Topeka
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Teresa Cuevas is the prototypical abuela in virtually every way, save one — she’s a member of the trailblazing band Mariachi Estrella de Topeka and is a living legend in Mexican music circles…
- KU’s Collins can tie wins record today
- 12:00 a.m., February 20, 2010 Updated 12:38 p.m. in print edition on C1
- Cole Aldrich grew a bit emotional Thursday as he reflected on the career of one of the greatest players in Kansas University basketball history.
- New law allows guns in national parks
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Loaded guns will be allowed in Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and other national parks under a new law that takes effect Monday.
- Japan hopes Toyota can clear image
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Japan is looking to Toyota president Akio Toyoda’s appearance before U.S. lawmakers next week to help burnish an image marred by a flood of recalls — and to prevent grievances over the issue from fanning broader political tensions.
- Haiti P.M.: Government to take land for camps
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims.
- Club news
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Club news for February 20, 2010.
- KU track and field signs pole vaulter
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- The Kansas University track and field team received a commitment from pole-vaulter Demi Payne on Friday.
- Sports, show business overshadow more important issues
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Friday morning, the nation’s three major networks and three wire services, along with niche television networks and radio stations, all carried live reports of the Tiger Woods press statement.
- City commission agenda for Feb. 23
- City to consider homeless outreach
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B5
- The Lawrence city commission agenda for February 23, 2010.
- Man arrested after striking another with liquor bottle
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday evening after allegedly striking another man in the head with a liquor bottle.
- Rural economic survey shows drop in confidence
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Rural bankers believe that a hiring drought, fear of anemic commodity prices and concern over the high cost of farming are hurting the Midwest’s rural economy, according to survey results released Friday.
- People in the news
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B5
- People in the news for February 20, 2010.
- Brutal competition meets soft-focus commentary
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Skating takes center stage in the Winter Olympics (7 p.m., today, NBC) coverage. Look for a focus on Apolo Ohno’s attempts to add to his medal collection as well as Shani Davis’s chances in the long track.
- Horoscope for February 20, 2010
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B5
- This year, the words you choose and the style in which you relate encourage your cause. Knowing this fact, you might want to take a class or workshop in communication. If you are single, you’ll have quite your pick of suitors. If you are attached, you’ll move in a new direction as a couple if you dialogue more. Taurus brings you out, helping you bloom.
- Students’ boat sinks; all rescued
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A8
- A Canadian sailing ship filled with high school and college students sank off the coast of Brazil in strong winds, but officials said all 64 people aboard were rescued Friday after about 16 hours in rafts tossed by rough seas.
- Figure skating costumes: Snakes and some sizzle
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A8
- It was a tight — and very stretchy — showdown on Olympic ice for Evan Lysacek and Evegni Plushenko.
- Insurgent leader escapes U.S. missile
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A7
- CIA missiles struck the most feared Afghan Taliban faction, narrowly missing its commander and killing his brother in the latest blow to the insurgents, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday.
- U.S. Marines seize Taliban headquarters, IDs, photos
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A7
- After a fierce gunfight, U.S. Marines seized a strongly defended compound Friday that appears to have been a Taliban headquarters — complete with photos of fighters posing with their weapons, dozens of Taliban-issued ID cards and graduation diplomas from a training camp in Pakistan.
- $3.8B in stimulus funds for welfare jobs untouched
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Desperate though they are to fill gaps in their budgets, more than half the states in the country haven’t touched a $5 billion pot of federal stimulus funds meant to find work for welfare recipients.
- Using ladder, vet rescued people from IRS building hit by plane
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Robin De Haven was driving the company truck to a job when he saw something that didn’t look right — a small plane, flying extremely low over a heavily congested area of Austin.
- Who speaks for the GOP? Many voices, messages
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A5
- “Tea party” darling Marco Rubio raised the roof. Presidential aspirants Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty tested campaign themes. Dick Cheney and John Boehner had their say, too, at this week’s big gathering of conservatives. Not to mention TV’s Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter.
- Premiums jump 14% on private Medicare plans
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance.
- Obama challenges GOP on health care, boosts Reid
- Bipartisan summit set for next week
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Days before hosting an intensive health care summit with both Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama made a fervent push for his overhaul, calling it critical not just for the millions without insurance but for the entire country’s economic well-being.
- FBI closes book on 2001 anthrax killings
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide.
- Supreme leader denies seeking nuclear arms
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- From the deck of Iran’s new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied Friday that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons and criticized the U.S. military presence in the Gulf.
- Both sides take tobacco fight to Supreme Court
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to allow the government to seek nearly $300 billion from the tobacco industry for a half-century of deception that “has cost the lives and damaged the health of untold millions of Americans.”
- Sen. Lautenberg, 86, has stomach lymphoma
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Sen. Frank Lautenberg, at 86 the nation’s second-oldest U.S. senator, has curable lymphoma of the stomach, his office said Friday.
- U.S. asks Cuba to release jailed American
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Top U.S. diplomats used a high-level meeting with their Cuban counterparts Friday to call for the release of an American held in a maximum security prison without charge for nearly three months.
- Stocks edge up after Fed eases bank support
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The stock market ended a strong week with modest gains after investors found good news in the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin dismantling emergency lending measures for banks.
- Justice Department: Torture memo lawyers didn’t commit misconduct
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Justice Department lawyers showed “poor judgment” but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism, an internal review released Friday found.
- Report: Fewer homeowners falling behind on loans
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is declining.
- Police capture escaped zebra downtown
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- An Atlanta highway turned into a circus Thursday afternoon when an escaped zebra galloped along a busy section of interstate with police in hot pursuit.
- FBI probing school webcam spy case
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The FBI is investigating a Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly activating webcams inside students’ homes, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Friday.
- Lawyer: Prof. accused in slayings remorseful
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Alabama university professor accused of shooting six colleagues has a genius-level IQ, yet wonders whether she has been fired from her job — a clear sign that she has trouble relating to the world, her attorney said Friday.
- Shuttle undocks from space station
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Shuttle Endeavour departed the International Space Station on Friday night and headed home, leaving behind an outpost that is nearly complete and now has the best windows ever on the world.
- Government collapses over Afghan mission
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Dutch coalition government collapsed today over irreconcilable differences on whether to extend the Netherlands’ military mission in Afghanistan.
- KU missed on Burks
- Jayhawks didn’t pursue CU standout
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Kansas University didn’t recruit Colorado freshman Alec Burks, a 6-foot-6, 185-pound freshman sensation from Grandview, Mo., who has emerged as one of the top first-year players in the country.
- Tiger’s mess gets messier
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Once, a young sportswriter calling from Florida went on and on about a new girlfriend. After extolling the virtues of her appearance and wit, her brains and grit, he said he envisioned spending the rest of his life with her.
- Missionaries describe Haiti ordeal on TV
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B8
- American missionaries who faced allegations of child trafficking in Haiti but were freed from jail described their trip to the earthquake-ravaged country as a simple humanitarian effort that left them even more concerned about the Haitian people.
- Lawrence High girls basketball team shoots poorly in loss
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C3
- When the Lawrence High girls basketball team’s shot are falling, it can make for a long night for opponents.
- Military news
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D5
- Military news for February 20, 2010.
- Lawrence High boys basketball team drops another close one
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C1
- It’s safe to say that, for Lawrence High boys basketball coach Mike Lewis, the narrow losses are beginning to take a toll.
- Free State girls fall on Senior Night
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C3
- If you think Olathe South’s boys basketball team is good, you should see the Falcons’ girls.
- Falcons too much: Free State boys hang early with Olathe South, but fall
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C1
- If you think Olathe South’s boys basketball team is good, you should see the Falcons’ girls.
- Around and about
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D3
- News from around and about for February 20, 2010.
- Scouting news
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Scouting news for February 20, 2010.
- 4-H News
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on D3
- 4-H news for February 20, 2010.
- Haskell women win 20th game
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Haskell Indian Nations University earned its first 20-victory women’s basketball season Friday night, defeating College of St. Mary, 78-72, in overtime.
- KU reportedly makes offers to two Blue Springs football players
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Rivals.com is reporting that KU has offered scholarships to two juniors from Blue Springs High in Missouri.
- Former KU football players Reesing and Zook to appear together
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Two of the most memorable players from the Kansas University football program’s Orange Bowl appearances (1969 and 2008) will team up tonight at a book-signing appearance.
- Hulls deliver, but KU softball drops two
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Free State High graduate Rosie Hull went 3-for-3 in her first career start, but it was not enough as the Kansas University softball team fell to Florida, 12-4, on Friday in the Lipton Invitational. Marshall upended KU, 7-3, earlier Friday.
- Veritas boys, girls prevail
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Led by Elijah Penny, Veritas Christian’s boys basketball team rolled past Flint Hills Christian, 40-23, on Friday night. Penny led all scorers with 19 points.
- Eudora sweeps
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Justin Ballock scored 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds, and Drew Noble added 13 points and six boards to help lead Eudora past Metro Academy in boys basketball Friday.
- Miller secures silver medal for U.S.
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Two races, two medals. Bode Miller is putting together one heck of a Vancouver Olympics.
- Lawrence High School honor roll
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The Lawrence High School honor roll for its first semester, 2010.
- Greensburg city hall boasts new LED sign
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Work on a new Greensburg City Hall sign has been under way for a couple of weeks, but a lot of the final pieces came together Thursday.
- Free State and Lawrence High swimmers advance to finals at state
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Lawrence High’s Zach Andregg and Free State’s Nolan Frank placed fourth in preliminary events Friday at the Class 6A state swimming and diving meet. Both advanced to today’s finals.
- Medical board wants interim leader to stay
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The state board that regulates Kansas doctors wants its interim executive director to have the job permanently.
- Pump patrol
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.45 at several locations.
- Austin crash exposes security gap
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on A1
- After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.
- Pay for play
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The Office of Congressional Ethics recommended recently that its investigation of Congressman Todd Tiahrt’s involvement with PMA Group, a now-defunct Washington lobbying firm that was raided by the FBI last year, be referred and extended to the full House Ethics Committee. This action from the OCE came despite its recommendation that investigations against other members of Congress be dismissed.
- Muslim envoy spurs concern
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B7
- President Obama’s appointment of Rashad Hussain, his deputy associate counsel, as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations, charged with safeguarding and protecting “the interests of the Muslim world,” should be of serious concern to Congress and the American public.
- 100 years ago: Inspector looks at local food operations
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 20, 1910: The state pure food inspector spent a day here checking various food operations and said he left with a lot of evidence about what needs to be done for better and healthier food and better service.
- 40 years ago: Wescoe plans made public
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The new architect drawing of Wescoe Hall, due to be built on the Kansas University campus, was published. The structure, once scheduled to have 25 stories making it the then-tallest building in the state, had been scaled down to four levels, with two levels above ground, two below.
- 25 years ago: Commission approves purchase of park site
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The city commission unanimously approved purchasing a 5-acre tract for a future city park near a proposed school site in western Lawrence. The price was $5,000 an acre for the site north of 15th Street and east of Wakarusa Drive. The purchase was to be funded by park bonds.
- Closing motives
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- School Board President Scott Morgan commented (Journal-World, Feb. 16) that he didn’t necessarily want people to react strongly when he let them know that closing schools was an option in the current budgetary crisis. I’m sure that’s true. When the citizens let them know what they care about, it limits their options.
- Viable options
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Just when you think you are too tired to fight anymore, someone says something that lights the fire again. For me it was the quote from Scott Morgan, board of education president, in Sunday’s Journal-Word. Mr. Morgan stated “We know what the community doesn’t want us to do, which is everything that’s on our list.”
- Regressive tax
- Despite the need to look at all options to raise tax revenue, state legislators should avoid new taxes that fall heaviest on the state’s low-income residents.
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- When state or local officials suggest an increase in the sales tax rate, there almost always is discussion about the fact that Kansas collects sales tax on food. Taxing the food people purchase at the grocery store is a “regressive” tax because it falls disproportionately on low-income people who spend a higher percentage of their money on necessities like food and shelter.
- Congress careening toward deadlock
- February 20, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The last time Sen. Evan Bayh was the subject of this column was back in October, when he organized a letter from 10 moderate Democrats informing Majority Leader Harry Reid that they would oppose any increase in the statutory debt ceiling unless it was accompanied by a serious move to rein in the national debt.
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