Also from January 30
Audio clips
- Ben Coates on the death penalty
- Bill Self full press conference
- Cole Aldrich on Sherron Collins: "He's something else"
- Cole Aldrich says it was a fun game to play in
- KSU coach Frank Martin, guard Jacob Pullen and forward Dominique Sutton full press conference
- Langston Hughes Award-winner Amy Stuber reading an excerpt from her short story "When Thou Art King."
- Langston Hughes Award-winner Jeff Tigchelaar reading his poem "Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)."
Births
Blog entries
Chats
Couples
- Engagement: Hamel and Schanbacher
- Engagement: Bishop and Jones
- Anniversary: Ross
- Anniversary: Craig
- Wedding: Pisani
- Engagement: Wright and Frye
- Engagement: McClain and Kucza
- Engagement: Bonebrake and Anderson
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Which Jayhawk was most vital in the overtime period of KU's 81-79 victory over Kansas State?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Sherron Collins | 63% | |
| Cole Aldrich | 21% | |
| Tyshawn Taylor | 11% | |
| Other | 2% | |
| Total | 3283 | |
Who was KU's first-half MVP against Kansas State?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Aldrich | 76% | |
| Marcus Morris | 17% | |
| Tyshawn Taylor | 5% | |
| Other | 0% | |
| Total | 17 | |
Who will score the most points in tonight's game?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| KU’s Sherron Collins | 45% | |
| KU’s Marcus Morris | 30% | |
| KU’s Cole Aldrich | 12% | |
| KSU’s Jacob Pullen | 9% | |
| KSU’s Denis Clemente | 2% | |
| Other | 2% | |
| Total | 100 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Ozark stomp: Ben Miller might just be the best juke joint vagabond in the Midwest- January 29, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- Ben Miller went down to the crossroads, but he didn’t sell his soul.
6:00 a.m.
Jurors find Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder of George Tiller- 10:13 a.m., January 29, 2010 Updated 5:22 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- A jury took just 37 minutes Friday to convict an anti-abortion activist of murder for putting a gun to the head of abortion doctor George Tiller and pulling the trigger in the foyer of a church.
- Video: Roeder convicted of murder
10:00 a.m.
City leaders looking at how they could give a boost to private curbside recycling efforts- January 29, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Curbside recycling efforts in Lawrence may soon get a city-sponsored boost, but not a new city-run service.
2:00 p.m.
Sending out an S.O.S.- January 30, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- The Percolator event highlighting East Lawrence grade-school art is far from child’s play…
- Video: Parents create Save Our Schools exhibit
- Special coverage: Class Dismissed
5:45 p.m.
FINAL: Clutch Collins helps sink KSU, 81-79, in overtime- 4:21 p.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 9:54 p.m.
- After sitting out most of overtime with an ailment, Collins’ floater with 9 seconds left in overtime helped the Jayhawks seal the victory.
- Video: GameDay Cram Session: Kansas State
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Kansas State
- Poll: Which Jayhawk was most vital in the overtime period of KU’s 81-79 victory over Kansas State?
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Kansas State?
- Poll: Who will score the most points in tonight’s game?
- Audio clips: KU-Kansas State basketball
- Chat: KU-KSU pregame
All stories
- Kansas women get rare road victory
- 10:01 p.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on C1
- Freshman forward Carolyn Davis recorded a career-high 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds, senior Danielle McCray added 19 points and the Kansas University women’s basketball team held off Missouri, 61-59, on Saturday night in Columbia, Mo.
- FINAL: Clutch Collins helps sink KSU, 81-79, in overtime
- 04:21 p.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 09:54 p.m.
- After sitting out most of overtime with an ailment, Collins’ floater with 9 seconds left in overtime helped the Jayhawks seal the victory.
- Tiahrt, Moran contest heats up
- 04:02 p.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 04:36 p.m.
- Tiahrt says criticism of families is out of bounds; Moran says he didn’t do that
- Wild overnight incident leads to gunshots, standoff, but peaceful resolution
- Investigation into accidents, incident remains ongoing
- 05:23 a.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 09:25 p.m. in print edition on A4
- A man who was involved with two car accidents overnight Friday is the subject of an ongoing investigation Saturday after fleeing from police, hiding in his residence and firing multiple gunshots.
- Police searching for two suspects in connection with armed residential burglary
- Two men reportedly held residents at gunpoint, stole property Friday night
- 03:38 a.m., January 30, 2010 Updated 09:12 p.m.
- Police were searching Saturday for two suspects in connection with an armed residential burglary that occurred late Friday night.
- O-East stifles Firebirds
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B1
- When the Free State High boys basketball team found itself in a 31-point hole against Olathe East on Friday, Firebirds coach Chuck Law called a timeout. His message in the huddle was simple.
- Ex-KU leader lauded for efforts
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Citizen of the Years is a retired Kansas University administrator who has since logged numerous hours of giving back to the community.
- Faith Forum: What’s your favorite story from the Bible?
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C1
- • Two disciplines find Jesus on the road to Emmaus • The lost son a parable of God’s forgiveness
- Around and about
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C3
- News from around and about for January 30, 2010.
- Sending out an S.O.S.
- Save Our Schools exhibit set up to help prevent New York, Cordley from closure
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C1
- The Percolator event highlighting East Lawrence grade-school art is far from child’s play…
- Defense fuels Free State girls
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Rarely does a team hold another squad scoreless in a single quarter once during an entire season.
- ’Cats perfect vs. Top 25
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Kansas State University’s basketball team takes a 4-0 record against ranked squads into tonight’s Sunflower Showdown in sold-out Bramlage Coliseum.
- New faces spark Kansas track
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Given the level of acclaim bestowed upon the Kansas University women’s track team’s 2009 recruiting class — a group that featured three high school All-Americans and was tapped as the nation’s fourth-best by “Track and Field News” — it was reasonable to assume the unit eventually would have a major impact on the program.
- Rivalry reborn: K-State fans have returned to chicken-throwing roots
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Kansas State nemesis Wayne Simien dodged some debris tossed from the Bramlage Coliseum stands during pregame Sunflower Showdown warmups on Feb. 9, 2005.
- KU women seek road win at MU
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B6
- It’s no secret Kansas University’s women play better — usually MUCH better — basketball at home.
- Sizzling Seabury victorious
- Seahawks rally for 53-45 win over Veritas
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B5
- It’s tough to lose when you make nine shots in a row, and Seabury Academy didn’t. Nevertheless, the Seahawks struggled to subdue Veritas Christian in a boys basketball battle of Lawrence private schools at the Eudora Learning Center.
- KU-KSU won’t be pretty
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Officially, the sport Kansas State plays in Bramlage Coliseum is known as basketball. In reality, it blends elements of football, wrestling, boxing and basketball.
- 9/11 terror trial may move from Manhattan
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration appears likely to move the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin towers attack.
- Blair fights for legacy as he defends Iraq war
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- He was right and he’d do it again. That was Tony Blair’s message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.
- Toyota: New gas pedals en route to dealers
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that could become stuck.
- Bin Laden blames U.S. for climate change
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Osama bin Laden sought to draw a wider public into his fight against the United States in a new message Friday, dropping his usual talk of religion and holy war and focusing instead on an unexpected topic: global warming.
- Walmart recalls jewelry; Disney bans cadmium
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of “The Princess and The Frog” pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat in children’s jewelry.
- LHS girls lose, 50-31
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Cassie Potter and Jordyn Tolefree scored eight points apiece in Lawrence High’s 50-31 girls basketball loss to Washburn Rural on Friday night at the Capital City Classic at Seaman High.
- Gates makes $10B vaccines pledge
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world’s poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.
- Genealogist: Obama, Sen.-elect related
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- It was bad enough that President Barack Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the U.S. Senate to a Republican.
- Obama, GOP trade barbs in rare face-to-face encounter
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A2
- In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt.
- Theft of electronics reported Monday
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 32-year-old woman reported Monday the burglary and theft of items from the 1600 block of West 21st Street.
- One transported to LMH after weather-related accident
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A4
- One person was transported Friday to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle accident in Lawrence.
- Member seeks 2nd term on state school board
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A western Kansas member of the State Board of Education is running for re-election.
- City businesses lauded by Chamber
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A4
- For its Business of the Year awards, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce selected two local businesses in the middle of expansion efforts.
- Community dedication prompts 3 awards
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce has honored three residents with individual awards recognizing their commitment to the community.
- Haskell women hold on
- January 30, 2010
- Maria Parker scored 21 points, Justina George added 18, and Haskell Indian Nations University defeated Peru State, 79-76, on Friday night in women’s college basketball.
- Economy expands at fastest clip in 6 years
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The U.S. economy grew at a breakneck rate of 5.7 percent at the end of 2009, the government said Friday, providing the strongest evidence yet that the nation will avoid a dip back into recession.
- Defense Secretary is Kansan of Year
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Citing the example of his parents, teachers and fellow Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower, Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised his home state Friday for literally preparing him for the world.
- Governor faced hospital decision with care, compassion
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Faced with the challenging and emotional situation associated with the state’s responsibility to care for thousands of Kansans with various disabilities, there really wasn’t any way for Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson to come up with a plan or solution that would please everyone involved. However, the state is fortunate to have a governor such as Parkinson, who made a special effort to examine every facet of the situation before arriving at what he thought was the best way to deal with the matter.
- Pump patrol
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.42 at several stations.
- People in the news
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway has received a good-natured ribbing from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals student drama troupe.
- Edwards’ ex-mistress wants ‘private’ tape back
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C6
- The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a “very private and personal” videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents.
- Miss America missing relevancy
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C6
- Should the Miss America Pageant (7 p.m., today, TLC) be put out of its misery?
- Horoscope for January 29, 2010
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C6
- For Saturday, Jan. 30: This year, your actions could be, at best, provocative to some and distorted to others. Make sure you have all the facts and are not coming from a place of judgment. Often you only see situations as you would like them to be. If you are single, you meet people with ease, yet maintaining a long-term tie is challenging at best. If you are attached, the two of you need to work on mutuality and better understanding.
- Tragic choice
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A7
- I have been horrified by the devastating tragedy unfolding after Haiti’s recent earthquake. However, there was a story beneath the story that caught my eye.
- Cheap shot
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A7
- As a physician who has visited residents in all of the Lawrence nursing homes for more than 29 years, I was annoyed by the front-page article “Nursing homes: The good and the bad” (Journal-World, Jan. 20) about the quality of Kansas nursing homes.
- Embracing the party line
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A7
- If you live long enough in Washington you’ll learn there is literally nothing new under the sun. That’s why it is amusing to listen to the House “Progressive Caucus” and Moveon.org in a full-page newspaper ad attempt to explain the victory of senator-elect Scott Brown in the special Massachusetts election last week this way: Brown didn’t win because Democrats were too liberal; Brown won because Democrats weren’t liberal enough. Conservatives sincerely hope the rest of the party buys that reasoning and pushes it all the way to defeat in the November election.
- So simple
- Using airplane-type checklists in medicine seems to have many benefits.
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A7
- It’s so simple and practical, but it’s been ignored far too long — to the detriment of people receiving medical treatment. We’re talking about a checklist for physicians, surgeons and their aides, much like the lists that airplane pilots have been using for decades to “prep” their equipment for takeoffs and landings.
- Politics kills bipartisan deficit bill
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on A7
- On the very same day this week when the Congressional Budget Office warned that the succession of previously unimaginable trillion-dollar-and-more budget deficits could inflict ruin on the United States, the Senate faced a moment of truth.
- Club news
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Club news for January 30, 2010.
- Scouting news
- January 30, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Scouting news for January 30, 2010.
- 100 years ago: Bowersock unlikely to enter governor race
- January 30, 2010
- J.D. Bowersock says his business is growing so rapidly he is not likely to enter the race for governor. He is being urged by many to run but says he may not be able to do so.
- 40 years ago: Welfare department moves to new location
- January 30, 2010
- The Douglas County Welfare Dept. was moved into new quarters at the former Woodlawn School in the 300 block of Perry Street.
- 25 years ago: Chamber opposes moving KU-Missouri game to Arrowhead Stadium
- January 30, 2010
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board of directors unanimously adopted a resolution opposing any move of the Kansas-Missouri football game to Kansas City and planned to telephone and send letters to that effect to KU chancellor Gene Budig and athletic director Monte Johnson. The board’s action followed new rumors of a movement to get the game in KC’s Arrowhead Stadium the coming fall.
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- 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
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