Also from January 14
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Polls
Have you already or will you donate to a Haitian earthquake relief effort?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 55% | |
| Yes | 44% | |
| Total | 723 | |
Videos
- The temperatures are warming slightly and hanging in the 30s …
- After two alcohol-related student deaths in the past two years, …
- Douglas County residents have a record of giving during disaster …
- The snow and ice that have blanketed Lawrence for weeks …
- State leaders are looking to ban chemicals in K2, a …
- The Kansas Department of Transportation is gearing up to discuss …
- A Manhattan business withdrew its proposal for sand-dredging operation. The …
- Renewable energy efforts in Kansas are rolling along nicely. Kansas …
- The city of Eudora will be looking at candidates for …
- The KU men took care of business after suffering their …
- The FSHS girls’ basketball team has won four of its …
- After starting the season with six losses, the Lions have …
- The LHS boys and girls bowling teams captured first place …
- The boys swim team hosted several other area teams in …
- Winds will be light and variable, switching from the south …
- Temperatures are warming up, making things a bit messy with …
- A small Lawrence congregation maintains the traditions of the orthodox …
- Expect mostly cloudy skies, with patchy drizzle possible throughout the …
- The roads may be wet from melting snow and there …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
FINAL: Hot shooting lifts KU to 84-72 victory over Nebraska- 6:55 p.m., January 13, 2010 Updated 11:07 p.m.
- The Jayhawks made 26 of 45 shots (58 percent) and 13 of 21 threes (62 percent).
- Videos: KU vs. Nebraska
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Nebraska
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Nebraska?
- Poll: How many road losses do you think the Jayhawks will have in Big 12 play?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Nebraska basketball
6:00 a.m.
Morris responds to punishment- January 14, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- Kansas sophomore forward Marcus Morris found his basketball coach’s tone and words more to his liking after Wednesday night’s 84-72 victory against Nebraska inside the packed Devaney Center than those sent his way after Sunday’s loss in Tennessee.
- Videos: KU vs. Nebraska
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Nebraska
- Poll: How many road losses do you think the Jayhawks will have in Big 12 play?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Nebraska basketball
10:00 a.m.
Report: City should recruit retirees- January 14, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Big business in Lawrence may mean attracting more people who have retired from it, according to a new report commissioned by an offshoot of Douglas County Senior Services.
- Video: City considering attracting retirees
- Poll: Do you expect to live in Lawrence when you retire?
- Source document: Attracting retirees to Lawrence/Douglas County
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence families connect with loved ones stuck in Haiti after earthquake- 1:50 p.m., January 13, 2010 Updated 4:49 p.m. in print edition on 3A
- As a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti on Tuesday, it left people in northeast Kansas with no reliable way to contact loved ones still in the country.
- Video: Residents seek status of relatives in Haiti
- Video: KU professor laments Haiti’s loss
- Photo gallery: Earthquake strikes Haiti
- Special coverage: 2010 Haiti Earthquake
6:00 p.m.
Committee approves making K2 chemicals illegal- 2:49 p.m., January 13, 2010 Updated 4:33 p.m. in print edition on 3A
- A Senate committee Wednesday quickly recommended approval of a bill to make illegal the allegedly high-inducing chemicals in a herbal mixture called K2.
All stories
- Local businesses offering opportunities to help in Haiti
- January 14, 2010
- Some local businesses and charities are stepping up efforts to help people donate to the Haiti relief effort.
- County commissioner urges development moratorium to study FAA’s position on land near airport
- County commissioner responds to dredging plan near airport
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County Commissioner Nancy Thellman is pondering a proposed moratorium on all new industrial development applications outside Lawrence Municipal Airport in Grant Township.
- Be wary of those asking you to help in Haiti
- Resources available to verify charity’s authenticity
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A1
- State and federal law enforcement officials are warning consumers to be wary of scams targeting donors to Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
- Various local governments looking to fix potholes, but most repairs only temporary
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Now that snow is melting, another menace for drivers — a rash of potholes — is taking aim at automobile alignments.
- Surveys indicate continuing alcohol problems among KU students
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A1
- New data are helping paint a clearer picture of what may be behind the drinking problems among students at Kansas University.
- Kansas Air National Guardsmen helping with Haiti earthquake relief
- January 14, 2010
- Kansas Air National Guard members are helping assess personnel and equipment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of the nation’s effort to respond to the earthquake in Haiti.
- Hurdles remain to implementing a statewide smoking ban in Kansas
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Health advocates believe efforts to ban smoking in public places in Kansas got a boost when Gov. Mark Parkinson endorsed the idea.
- Connecticut Street reopens; crews will continue work on water meter Friday
- 12:19 p.m., January 14, 2010 Updated 03:30 p.m.
- City crews reopened the 1100 block of Connecticut street to traffic at about 3:20 p.m. on Thursday.
- Lawrence parks department closes ice-skating areas because of unsafe conditions
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Because of rising temperatures, parks and recreation leaders said they have closed the ice skating area at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum, 5100 W. 27th St., and the area at Watson Park at Sixth and Kentucky streets.
- Statehouse Live: Steineger to run for secretary of state; Parkinson stands by tax plan; Legislative furlough on hold
- 11:45 a.m., January 14, 2010 Updated 10:00 p.m.
- State senator unveils candidacy; Governor says Legislature will come around to realize tax increase needed; Problems arise over how to enact unpaid days.
- Franklin County community of Pomona in disarray after lawsuit
- January 14, 2010
- The city government of Pomona is in disarray, which began after the mayor sued the city council and the town’s zoning administrator.
- Aid begins trickling into earthquake-ravaged Haiti
- U.S. pledges immediate $100 million contribution
- 09:10 a.m., January 14, 2010 Updated 01:49 p.m.
- Desperately needed aid from around the world slowly made its way Thursday into Haiti, where supply bottlenecks and a leadership vacuum left rescuers scrambling on their own to save the trapped and injured and get relief supplies into the capital.
- Kansas Legislature committee votes to curtail salary raises
- January 14, 2010
- A House-Senate oversight committee voted Wednesday to abandon efforts to secure millions of dollars for raises scheduled to be paid in December 2010 to thousands of state workers under a new compensation program.
- School closing for Thursday, Jan. 14
- Water in city causing problems
- January 14, 2010
- The Overbrook Attendance Center in USD 434 (Santa Fe Trail) will be closed Thursday, Jan. 14 because of water problems.
- Earth’s cruelty rains down on Haiti
- January 14, 2010
- Sometimes, the earth is cruel. That is ultimately the fundamental lesson here, as children wail, families sleep out of doors, and the dead lie unclaimed in the rubble that once was Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- A fresh start
- Collins, KU open Big 12 with win
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A red-clad Nebraska basketball fan, who was seated in the student section, yelled in the direction of Sherron Collins after Kansas University’s 84-72 victory over the hometown Huskers on Wednesday night in Devaney Center.
- Report: City should recruit retirees
- ‘It looks to me like seniors really could be considered a new industry for Lawrence’
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Big business in Lawrence may mean attracting more people who have retired from it, according to a new report commissioned by an offshoot of Douglas County Senior Services.
- Style scout: Jamie McGovern
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A6
- I always carry moisturizer with me in my purse!
- Quake in Caribbean had been predicted for years
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- When news spread of Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, most of us probably said: “What? They have earthquakes in the Caribbean?”
- Snow-removal citations
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Property owners who were issued citations under the city’s snow-removal ordinance, as provided by the city:
- Pump patrol
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.49 at several stations.
- Bowen not named to K-State coaching staff
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder named San Jose State defensive coordinator Keith Burns the team’s defensive-backs coach Wednesday, a job that former Kansas University defensive coordinator Clint Bowen had previously interviewed for.
- Kinetik Energy: Lawrence’s The Kinetiks up the ante and the tempo on second album “Science Is Magic”
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A6
- In the midst of putting on silver tights and a cape prior to a recent show, Rani Waugh had a revelation about her band. “I don’t understand why we aren’t taken seriously’” …
- ‘We didn’t get it done’
- Huskers bemoan home setback
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Nebraska basketball coach Doc Sadler wasn’t in the mood to talk about moral victories following his team’s 84-72 loss to Kansas University on Wednesday.
- Morris responds to punishment
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Kansas sophomore forward Marcus Morris found his basketball coach’s tone and words more to his liking after Wednesday night’s 84-72 victory against Nebraska inside the packed Devaney Center than those sent his way after Sunday’s loss in Tennessee.
- Style scout: Wiley Sharp
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Sometimes I try to match the colors of my argyle socks to my shirt…
- Gary Bedore’s Kansas basketball notebook
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B4
- As promised, Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self met with sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor after Tuesday’s practice to discuss Taylor’s assertion to reporters that, at times, he’s unsure of his role on KU’s basketball team.
- Obama promises all-out relief effort for Haiti
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A1
- President Barack Obama dispatched military troops and an air and sea flotilla to speed earthquake relief to Haiti on Wednesday, and governments from China to Venezuela rushed to help with aid and rescue workers, as well.
- Men more evolved? Study stirs debate
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man male — is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.
- Seating Mass. Senate winner could be delayed
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Massachusetts’s top election official says it could take weeks to certify the results of the upcoming U.S. Senate special election.
- Protein variation linked to lower Alzheimer’s risk
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- People with a gene variation that blocks a cholesterol-transport protein in the body have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study found.
- Morphine treatment may prevent PTSD
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the psychological fallout of war.
- Helmand may be first big battle in bigger war
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The U.S. military is openly telegraphing a plan to clear out an insurgent haven in what may be the first major battle since President Barack Obama’s expansion of the Afghanistan war, hoping that all but the most hardcore Taliban will sit out the fight.
- Tight penalties weighed for air security scofflaws
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Georgia man dashes through a checkpoint at the Atlanta airport and gets 10 days in jail.
- Bankers apologize for actions leading to crisis
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Challenged by a skeptical special commission, top Wall Street bankers apologized Wednesday for risky behavior that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
- Jury selection starts in Tiller slaying case
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A10
- The trial of the man who admitted killing one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers began behind closed doors Wednesday, after the judge overseeing it agreed to open only the latter part of jury selection.
- Lawmaker introduces bill on sex crimes
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A10
- A Kansas House member wants to rewrite parts of a 2006 law mandating long sentences for sex offenses.
- ‘Archer’ aimed at men with issues
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A9
- As a cartoon, “Archer” (9 p.m., FX) is fairly interesting to look at.
- First lady reviews first year in White House
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A9
- First lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday she is pleased with her inaugural year in the White House, thinks she’s been effective and regards the much-publicized state dinner gate-crashers as nothing more than a “footnote.”
- Horoscope for January 14, 2010
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A9
- This year, you get a chance to renew, to begin again in some area of your life. You become increasingly creative and more dynamic. Do be careful about being too me-oriented. If you are single, you’ll discover the power of a strong relationship. If you are attached, give your mate power by giving more weight to his or her ideas. Capricorn reads you cold.
- Broad impact
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A5
- To the editor: Lawrence public schools face a $4 million deficit next year. Teachers will lose their jobs, class sizes will increase, and the school board is considering closing some elementary schools.
- Reid out of touch, but right
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Somebody please tell Harry Reid there are no Negroes in America.
- Constitutional challenge looms for bill
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Although Democrats think their health care legislation faces smooth sailing to implementation, there is a rock dead ahead — a constitutional challenge to the legislation’s core.
- Better incentive
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A5
- An economic development incentive being worked out with a company at the Lawrence airport takes a different approach to guaranteeing local job creation.
- Baldwin district principals retiring
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A4
- After serving a combined 37 years as principals in the Baldwin school district, Connie Wright and Joe Gresnick are retiring.
- Berry Plastics able to use federal bonds
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Douglas County commissioners Wednesday gave unanimous approval to giving Berry Plastics access to $11.7 million worth of federal recovery zone bonds to finance building of a warehouse and distribution facility in Lawrence.
- Free State’s Lisher invited to Shrine Bowl
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Free State High senior Michael Lisher has been selected to the Kansas Shrine Bowl’s East squad as the lone representative of Lawrence to land on the all-star game’s roster.
- Our Town Sports
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Youth Wrestling: Alan Clothier and Tristan Star of Lawrence Sunflower Kids Wrestling earned gold medals Saturday at the Northland Tournament in Parkville, Mo., and teammate Dylan Gillespie captured gold at a Sunday novice tournament in Bonner Springs. At Parkville, Ryan Walter earned silver and Ryan Bellinger bronze. At Bonner, Chase Dressler picked up a second place, and Holden Andrews, Hagen Andrews and Cale Lynch posted thirds.
- Crennel to be Chiefs D-coordinator
- January 14, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Just call them the Kansas City Patriots.
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- Sound Off: What kind of herbicides and chemicals does the city use in the parks and other areas? And May 22, 2012 · 59 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 255 comments
- 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
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 130 comments
- Blog: Reasonable Gun Laws May 18, 2012 · 40 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 81 comments
- 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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