Also from July 24
Births
Blog entries
Couples
- Wedding: Jones
- Engagement: Robinson
- Wedding: Smysor
- Engagement: High and Anderson
- Engagement: Smaczniak and Noller
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
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Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Meet the dean: Head of KU’s School of Music tackles challenges of reorganization - July 23, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- Nearly 35 years since he last stepped foot in Lawrence as a junior high student attending music camp, Robert Walzel returns to run the college program.
6:00 a.m.
Most responses support coal plant - July 24, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- An overwhelming majority of comments sent to the state about the proposed coal-fired power plant in western Kansas are supportive of the project.
10:00 a.m.
4-H members preparing for Douglas County Fair competition- July 22, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- This time of year is not about relaxation for many area youth like Delaney Dieker, it’s 4-H time.
2:00 p.m.
Possible legal hurdle remains for homeless shelter- July 24, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- A plan to move the city’s lone homeless shelter to a site near Douglas County Jail is facing one of its last hurdles at City Hall on Tuesday.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Severe thunderstorm watch canceled early
- 03:37 p.m., July 24, 2010 Updated 06:06 p.m.
- The National Weather Service has canceled the Severe Thunderstorm watch in effect for Douglas County, as well as for Jefferson County and the Kansas City-metro area counties of Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Johnson.
- 25 years ago: University Symphony Orchestra gains new conductor for one-year-term
- July 24, 2010
- Zuohuang Chen, from the People’s Republic of China, accepted a one-year appointment as KU’s director of orchestral activities and conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra. He was to replace George Lawner, who had died on May 31. After his year at KU, Chen was planning to return to China to assume the musical directorship of the Beijing Central Philharmonic, the nation’s leading orchestra.
- Secrets to a healthier, happier vacation
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on D1
- When you’re leaving for vacation, one of the last things on your mind is your health — you’re too busy packing, wrapping up stuff at work and making arrangements for the neighbor to feed Fluffy while you’re away.
- Faith forum: Why are some religious names so popular?
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on D1
- In Jewish tradition, children are named after deceased relatives. It preserves the memory of loved ones from generation to generation.
- Congressman: Stop horsing around with sports votes
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on D8
- House Democrats and Republicans have put aside their differences this year to honor the likes of golfer Phil Mickelson, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson and the Penn State women’s volleyball team. But when it came time this week to memorialize the start of the 142nd season of the Saratoga race course in New York, one freshman lawmaker decided he’d had enough.
- Diners grilling restaurants on seafood sources
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Distance doesn’t seem to matter. No matter how far they are from the Gulf, waiters and waitresses around the nation are getting the same grilling by diners. Is your seafood clean?
- Vast majority of European banks pass ‘stress tests’
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The results are in: Only seven of 91 European banks flunked the “stress tests” aimed at clearing up market fears about the strength of the continent’s banking system amid the debt crisis.
- Beauty icon L’Oreal unsullied by ugly scandal
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B4
- An ugly battle at beauty icon L’Oreal between Europe’s richest woman and her daughter could end up shaping the future of the world’s No. 1 cosmetics maker.
- Despite spotlight, black farmers denied $1.2B payment
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker. The Senate refused again to pay the bill.
- Ford CEO Alan Mulally helps company reap profits after solid turnaround
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Four years ago, Ford mortgaged everything down to the blue oval logo to save itself. Now, even as Americans remain skittish about the economy, it’s reaping big rewards and stealing business from stumbling rivals.
- Storm Bonnie could force evacuation at Gulf oil spill site
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Ships relaying the sights and sounds from BP’s broken oil well stood fast Friday as the leftovers of Tropical Storm Bonnie blew straight for the spill site, threatening to force a full evacuation that would leave engineers clueless about whether a makeshift cap on the gusher was holding.
- Gulf oil cleanup plants seeds of distrust in Alabama town
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Gulf oil spill has replaced most of the shrimp, oysters and crabs flowing into this sleepy coastal hamlet with cash — gobs of it. But if this is a boomtown, it’s a bitter one.
- Ancient woman’s remains may suggest diverse migration to Americas
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.
- Yankees pour it on, rip Royals
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C1
- A.J. Burnett bounced back from a horrible start cut short by a self-inflicted injury to pitch five scoreless innings, Robinson Cano hit a three-run double, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-1.
- Possible legal hurdle remains for homeless shelter
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A plan to move the city’s lone homeless shelter to a site near Douglas County Jail is facing one of its last hurdles at City Hall on Tuesday.
- Recent grads use summer vacation to build school in Haiti
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Chase McElhaney wasn’t surprised his good friend Harrison Scheib asked him and friend Tim Thompson to go on a trip for the summer.
- Dispute threatens war funding
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- House and Senate Democrats are at odds over how to approve additional funding for U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and will not be able to resolve wide differences until at least next week.
- 38 bodies found at dumping ground
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Authorities found the remains of at least 38 people in a series of pits and scattered on the ground at a suspected drug-gang dumping site near the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official said Friday.
- Floods put pressure on dam
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Record-high water levels at China’s massive Three Gorges Dam have called into question Beijing’s claims that the world’s largest hydroelectric project could withstand a 10,000-year flood.
- Hungry bear takes car on joy ride
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A bear got into an empty car, honked the horn and then sent it rolling 125 feet into a thicket, with the bear still inside, a Colorado family said.
- Pay czar won’t fight banks on exec pay
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- For all his tough talk about excessive pay for bankers, the Obama administration’s pay czar let the executives go without a fight.
- Longtime journalist Schorr dies at 93
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Daniel Schorr, whose journalism career over more than six decades landed him in the dark corners of Europe during the Cold War and the shadows of President Richard Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” in the 1970s, has died. He was 93.
- Record $1.47 trillion deficit predicted
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A2
- New estimates from the White House on Friday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year. The government is borrowing 41 cents of every dollar it spends.
- Ancient woman may suggest diverse migration
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.
- Dems face unsavory choices in Rangel case
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Democrats nervously anticipating Rep. Charles Rangel’s ethics trial know all about the media frenzy and negative ads accompanying election-season scandals. They generated it themselves in 2006, when Republican Rep. Mark Foley was forced to resign in disgrace.
- Tea party leader steps down after charges of racism
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The tea party leader who penned an incendiary and racially derogatory blog post has resigned his position with a prominent conservative group, refusing to apologize but saying he no longer wished to be used as “ammunition” in the “war for the future of this country.”
- Gen. McChrystal retires in ceremony
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Gen. Stanley McChrystal ended his 34-year career as an Army officer Friday in an emotional retirement ceremony at his military headquarters here, marking the last chapter of his swift and stunning fall from grace.
- N. Korea tensions spike at security forum
- Country vows powerful nuclear response if S. Korea, U.S. carry out drills
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A7
- North Korea threatened today to mount a powerful nuclear response to upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, calling the exercises an “unpardonable” provocation on top of wrongly blaming Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean warship.
- Delays may doom U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The Obama administration’s proposed nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, which for months seemed headed for swift approval in the Senate, is suddenly facing delays that some supporters fear could threaten its survival.
- India unveils $35 tablet computer
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A7
- It looks like an iPad, only it’s 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.
- Sentencing of Bush official delayed
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The sentencing of Scott Bloch, a former Lawrence attorney and former head of the Office of Special Counsel under President George W. Bush, has been delayed until Sept. 8.
- Insurance agent’s license suspended
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Kansas regulators have suspended the license of a Wichita insurance agent in a rare emergency order.
- Pump patrol
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.52 at several stations.
- Unemployment, debt continue to plague nation
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Earlier this week, members of the U.S. Senate and House approved massive legislation to restore emergency jobless benefits to millions of Americans who have been out of work for more than six months.
- Children’s Parade opens Eudora’s CPA Picnic
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Hundreds of people lined Main Street in Eudora on Friday for the annual CPA Children’s Parade.
- Scouting news
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Scouting news for July 24, 2010.
- Around and about
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B5
- News from around and about for July 24, 2010.
- Club news
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Club news for July 24, 2010.
- Military news
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Military news for July 24, 2010.
- KU engineering school boosts state economy
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Higher education institutions have been taking it on the chin lately. The daily, behind-the-scenes work faculty, staff and administrators are doing at Kansas University and the associated benefits provided to this state have been drowned out. Because both of us serve on the KU School of Engineering Advisory Board, we’re in a unique position to see first hand the projects, plans and strategies this important segment of the university has under way and the benefits these efforts generate. Here are a few of the specific highlights.
- Governments show how to tax less, do less
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B7
- In another country also called America, there were no credit cards and excessive debt was seen as a character flaw. In that America, my grandparents and their parents had discussions when they wanted to buy almost anything. The conversations focused on two questions: can we afford it and do we need it? If the answer to either question was “no,” they didn’t buy it.
- 100 years ago: New playground to be called ‘Victor Park’
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B7
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 24, 1910: “It is to be called Victor Park. With this announcement the perplexing question which has been disturbing Lawrence most, is permanently settled. The honor of selecting an appropriate title for Lawrence’s magnificently attractive new playground belongs to J. H. Bailey of Kansas City, who wrote, ‘This name is a symbol of everything Lawrence stands for, so far as she has never shown the white-feather nor relinquished the battle until won.’”
- 40 years ago: Theft of $6,000 cash reported
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B7
- A Lawrence resident reported a theft of $6,000 in cash which had been donated as a “liberation fund.” It was not clear what the fund’s exact use would have been. The resident reported that he had taken the money to the home of a Eudora friend for safekeeping. A visitor to the Eudora home had reportedly found the money hidden there and had fled with it, brandishing a gun and saying “I’ve got your bread and I’m splitting.”
- Government officials won’t fill potholes
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B8
- It might have sounded like a good idea for the city of Topeka to have its middle- and upper-level managers help fill potholes.
- Authorities check up on DUI offenders
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B8
- A law enforcement initiative is targeting the homes of drunken driving offenders in the Wichita area to verify compliance with conditions of probation.
- Condemned home has no historic link
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Topeka officials say a house scheduled to be torn down does not have any connection to a slave-era shelter and transportation network.
- Apartment deaths ruled homicide-suicide
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Police in northeast Kansas say the deaths of two people in a Johnson County apartment were a homicide-suicide.
- Horoscope for July 24, 2010
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C7
- This year, you often look at ways to become more efficient. Flow with changes. With the tension that could surround this year, make sure to schedule check-ups with your doctor and dentist. If you are single, you might meet someone who could be quite possessive, or vice versa — be careful. If you are attached, the two of you would benefit from taking up a stress-buster hobby together. Capricorn can be controlling.
- A few laughs go a long way on BBC monster sitcom
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C7
- I can’t be the only one bored with the whole vampire thing. The one-note dreariness of “Twilight,” and Bella’s character in particular, is actually kind of funny. But it’s pretty clear these movies weren’t written for laughs.
- People in the news
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C7
- People in the news for July 24, 2010.
- Bank robber turns to the dark side for disguise
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Times must be tough back at the Empire. A bank robber dressed as “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader made off with an undetermined amount of cash after pointing a handgun at startled tellers inside a Chase bank branch on Long Island.
- Gill gets his swing on: KU football coach tickled to hit links
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Turner Gill, who played both professional football and baseball after his highly successful four-year stay at the University of Nebraska, also knows his way around a golf course. Gill, Kansas University’s first-year football coach, was a surprise participant in Friday’s Mario Chalmers National Championship Classic four-person scramble at Alvamar.
- Cavendish wins his fourth Tour de France stage
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Even without his most important teammate, Mark Cavendish showed yet again that few can touch him when it comes to sprinting.
- Timberwolves fined for Beasley comments
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C2
- The NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn $50,000 on Friday for his radio remarks about power forward Michael Beasley’s past marijuana use.
- Cactus go 1-1 in World Series pool play
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Lawrence’s Cactus rebounded from a lopsided opening loss to edge the Topeka Capitals in the second game of the Hap Dumont NBC 18U World Series on Friday.
- Kansas football freshman finished
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University football signee Jeremiah Edwards will not be a part of the Jayhawk football team after failing a physical, according to KU coach Turner Gill.
- DeJesus out 10 weeks with thumb injury
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on C3
- David DeJesus will have surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right thumb, and the Kansas City Royals outfielder will miss at least 10 weeks.
- Franklin County sheriff’s deputy dies in accident
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy died Friday night after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
- Most responses support coal plant
- Majority are from labor union members, many of whom live out of state
- July 24, 2010 in print edition on A1
- An overwhelming majority of comments sent to the state about the proposed coal-fired power plant in western Kansas are supportive of the project.
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 40 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 149 comments
- 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 · 27 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 · 41 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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