Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Cavern tavern: The Cave carves out a massive new nightclub beneath The Oread - December 31, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Unlike the rest of The Oread, which you can see from virtually any vantage point in Lawrence, the hotel’s new nightclub is almost invisible to the outside world. Were it not for a nondescript little sign on the west side of the building, a passer-by wouldn’t even know The Cave existed…
- Video: New nightspot opening in town
- Photo gallery: The Cave @ Oread Hotel
10:00 a.m.
Top stories of 2009: Year marked by big changes- January 1, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Video: 2009: Year in review
- Videos: Journal-World Photographs of the Year
- Photo gallery: 2000-2009: A decade in photos
- Poll: What is your favorite quirky story from 2009?
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Warinner expected to coach offensive line at Notre Dame
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Former Kansas University offensive coordinator Ed Warinner, who was not retained following the arrival of new KU football coach Turner Gill, is expected to join the staff of Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly in the coming days, a source close to the situation told the Journal-World on Friday.
- Statehouse renovation to stop dome tours
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The dome of the Kansas Statehouse will be off limits to visitors after Saturday.
- People in the news
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B6
- • Van Morrison birth report ‘utter fiction’ • Obama family visits theater to see ’Avatar’ • 2 more grandchildren for Prince Charles’ wife
- Horoscope for Jan. 1, 2010
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B6
- This year, you often see situations as black and white. An in-between exists where both can feel right and solutions can be found. If you are single, you will meet many people who might not be suitable for you. If you are attached, defer more often to your sweetie. Leo understands you well.
- Hopeful beginning
- American optimism apparently knows no bounds.
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A7
- It probably comes as no surprise that 2009 and in fact the entire last decade are getting some pretty low marks across America.
- Top 10 movies of the decade
- January 1, 2010
- If anything, the ‘00s could be remembered as the decade that fantasy/sci-fi/action films really grew up. Looking back at the best works from 2000-2009, there are plenty of films that creatively combined genre elements to reach a higher cinematic truth. It was extremely hard to pick just 10.
- Challenges await KU in 2010
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A1
- In 2010, “change” will be the word at Kansas University. As Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little finishes her first semester leading the university, she said she’s looking forward to the changes that the next year will bring.
- These 2 should be in Hall
- January 1, 2010
- The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is opening two new locations, in Wichita and Newton, to honor Sunflower athletic heroes. Two former Kansas basketball personalities of note are not included on the roster and, considering some of the relative non-entities who are, it’s tragic that Paul Endacott and Dick Harp are missing.
- Child health coverage expands
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A1
- As debate rages in Washington over health care reform, thousands of Kansas children will become eligible, starting today, for low-cost health insurance because of an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
- KU twins eager for return to Philly
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Kansas twins Marcus and Markieff Morris can’t wait for their return to Philadelphia for Saturday’s game against Temple.
- Top 10 prep stories of 2009
- January 1, 2010
- Every year, something happens on the high school sports scene that stands out, be it a state title, a heartbreaking close call, a new record or a fancy first. With that in mind, 2009 was memorable for city sports. Here’s a top-10 list:
- The Bell Firm, P.A., announces new partner
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- The Bell Firm, P.A., a criminal defense law firm, is announces that Carl Folsom III has accepted an offer to become a partner in the firm. The firm will change its name to Bell Folsom, P.A., to reflect the new partner.
- Small business center to host seminar
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- The KU Small Business Development Center will present “The Right Start” seminar from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Lawrence Public Library Business Center, basement level, 707 Vt.
- USDA official to make appearance in Kansas
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Dallas Tonsager, undersecretary of rural development for the United States Department of Agriculture, will attend the Kansas Farmers Union’s state convention on Jan. 8-9 at the Lawrence Holidome.
- Local bank employee attends conference
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Adam Bettis, a UVEST licensed branch employee at Intrust Bank, 901 Vt., attended the Platform Champions Conference Sept. 23-25 in San Diego. Bettis was one of 50 licensed branch employees selected to attend.
- Commodities
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Interest rates should remain steady
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- We are thinking about refinancing our mortgage. Would it be better to do it now, or to wait and see if interest rates will drop even farther?
- 20M-plus collect unemployment checks in 2009
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B7
- A record 20 million-plus people collected unemployment benefits at some point in 2009, a year that ended with the jobless rate at 10 percent.
- Search, budget shaped leaders’ work
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A6
- As Kansas University officials again peer into their crystal balls in an attempt to divine the future, here’s a look back to late 2008, when then-Chancellor Robert Hemenway and then-Provost Richard Lariviere looked to 2009.
- Intelligence lapses persist, report to Obama shows
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A6
- U.S. security chiefs briefed President Barack Obama on Thursday about missteps in the lead-up to the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing as lawmakers joined the White House in racing to find out what went wrong.
- Pyongyang seeks to mend ties with U.S.
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States and renewed its commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula in a New Year’s message Friday.
- State court allows assisted suicide
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.
- Gunman kills 5 at mall, then self
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, including four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking his own life on Thursday. It was the third such massacre in Finland in about two years, and once again raised questions about gun control in a Nordic country where hunting is popular.
- Blackwater shooting case in Iraq dismissed
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.
- Top stories of 2009: Year marked by big changes
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A1
- U.S. scanners went unused at airport
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The U.S. gave Nigeria four full-body scanners for its international airports in 2008 to detect explosives and drugs, but none were used on the man suspected trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, Nigerian officials say.
- Suicide bomber invited on base, sources say
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
- Revelers’ cheers mark new decade in Times Square, around the world
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Paris jazzed up the Eiffel Tower with a multicolored, disco-style light display as the world basked in New Year’s festivities with hopes that 2010 and beyond will bring more peace and prosperity.
- Ammonia-treated beef defended
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products’ safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn’t as effective as the industry and regulators believed.
- City parking passes expire today
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A3
- All city of Lawrence downtown parking passes are set to expire today, City Hall leaders have announced.
- AT&T ends Woods sponsorship
- January 1, 2010
- AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.
- Six asked to challenge health reform
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Four Republican legislative leaders on Thursday said they want Attorney General Steve Six, a Democrat, to challenge his party’s proposed health care reform.
- Democrat won’t seek Jenkins’ House seat
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Another Democrat is giving 2010 a pass. State Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, who sought to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins for the 2nd Congressional District, which includes west Lawrence, bowed out of the race on Thursday. Kelly said she didn’t want a congressional campaign to divert her attention from working on the current state budget crisis.
- Pump patrol
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A3
- ‘Sexting,’ ‘bromance,’ ‘tweet’ among banned words
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Drawing nominations from English enthusiasts and those just plain tired of overused expressions, Lake Superior State University’s Word Banishment Committee has issued its list of words and phrases it deems time to be “unfriended.”
- Vanity license plate law takes effect
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B8
- A new law that goes into effect today will force thousands of Kansas residents to get new license plates.
- Charities banking on last-minute giving
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Charities and nonprofit agencies are hoping for an end-of-year surge in giving to mirror the recent increase in consumer spending and help compensate for a difficult 2009, according to charity officials.
- New Year’s bonus: Champagne is cheaper
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Partygoers worldwide have at least one good reason to forget the economic pain, job fears and mortgage woes of 2009: unusually cheap Champagne for New Year’s.
- Origin of Tasmanian devils’ cancer found
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Fierce as they are, Tasmanian devils can’t beat a contagious cancer that threatens to wipe them out. Now scientists think they’ve found the disease’s origin, a step in the race to save Australia’s snarling marsupial.
- Ready or not, New Year’s shows are here
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B6
- New Year’s Day has arrived. And early in the morning, too! If there’s anyone perkier than Al Roker, who presides over the coverage of the 121st Tournament of Roses Parade (10 a.m., NBC), it’s his sidekick Nancy O’Dell, veteran of the blaring entertainment magazine “Access Hollywood.”
- Limbaugh ‘in good spirits’ at hospital after chest pains
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Honolulu — ConConservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii on Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show.
- Costly vacation
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: President Obama spent millions of taxpayer dollars taking two Air Force Ones (they always take two) on a vacation in Hawaii while the rest of the country languished unemployed in the snow. Congress did not approve the expenditure.
- A safe place
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: Each evening, as temperatures start to plunge, I wonder how many homeless folks in Lawrence find beds at the Lawrence Community Shelter, or maybe they are ushered over to one of the downtown churches who have offered floor space during winter months.
- Congress should tell the truth
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A7
- No one I know makes New Year’s resolutions anymore. In part this may be because the resolutions often deal with our weaknesses — lose weight, quit smoking — so that when we fail, we resolve to stop resolving rather than be reminded of our inability to keep them.
- Columnist seeks to master retirement
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on A7
- There is something fitting about writing my last column on the first day of a new year. January, after all, is named for the Roman god of beginnings and endings. He looked backward and forward at the same time.
- Net Worth: Memorable Web discoveries help bolster 2009
- January 1, 2010 in print edition on C1
- While Americans are spending most of December obsessing over what gifts to give, journalists occupy their time mulling over what awards to bestow.
- Ego, talent explored in ‘Me and Orson Welles’
- January 1, 2010
- Me and Orson Welles” is a sparkling love letter to a gigantic talent, a romance, a comedy, a drama. Above all it’s a tale of puberty, the period between childhood and adulthood for both of its title characters, and for America…
- These 10 articles piqued your interest more than any others this year
- LJWorld.com shows you the most read stories, most watched videos of 2009
- January 1, 2010
- There’s a saying: You are what you eat. But, as a community, is it possible to glean some information from what we read, and what we watch? Take a look at these, the most read stories of 2009, and go back and watch our most watched videos.
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- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 30 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 26 comments
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- Blog: Reasonable Gun Laws May 18, 2012 · 40 comments
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- God, marriage May 25, 2012 · 193 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Book helps family heal after tragedy May 28, 2012
- Fraternal reorder: Clubs, lodges face dwindling membership in modern world January 10, 2010
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