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Do political endorsements influence how you vote?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 84% | |
| Yes | 15% | |
| Total | 563 | |
Videos
- According to the victim, the man came up behind her, …
- Madelynn Spencer was taken off life support Thursday afternoon.
- The accident occurred Thursday morning about three miles east of …
- The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will not say why the …
- Daisy Lopez finally has her specially modified bike back after …
- Ricardo Quinones came to the United States when he was …
- The most controversial parts of the law have been put …
- The tax increase will be used to fund a new …
- About 200 more people have voted in this advance voting …
- For many, this is a way to show athleticism that …
- Tonight will be muggy, and tomorrow temperatures will reach the …
- The vehicles were recalled after a potential problem was discovered …
- The game is scheduled for Thursday, October 14.
- Chalmer’s time with the Miami Heat will now include playing …
- Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps practiced in the heat outside …
- The cold front that moved through on Wednesday will continue …
- Isolated storms are possible in the area, which could slow …
- Expect a decent amount of sunshine through the first half …
- This morning will start in the mid-70s but temperatures will …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Tonganoxie mayor resigns in wake of obscene e-mail scandal- 12:53 p.m., July 28, 2010 Updated 4:21 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal resigned as mayor of the city at noon Wednesday, two days after it was revealed he had sent an improper e-mail from a computer he uses in his duties with the city’s answering service.
6:00 a.m.
Transplant recipients revel in new athleticism at games- July 29, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Not many people can say they have had a life-changing experience, a live-or-die moment, a miracle.
10:00 a.m.
Pumping up the cultural volume- July 29, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Fifth-graders in Heather Watgen’s class at Cordley School can look forward to composing their own urban rhythms in a couple of weeks.
2:00 p.m.
KU hosts leadership program for women from Egypt, Morocco- July 28, 2010
- A group of 20 international students received a crash-course in American leadership at KU this week.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Incoming KU student faces deportation after arrest
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Ricardo Quinones has spent all but the first six months of his life in the United States.
- Third child dies after car accident in Jefferson County
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A third child has died after Wednesday’s car accident in Jefferson County, Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Tim McCool confirmed Thursday afternoon.
- Kansas elections group endorses Ensley in GOP race for secretary of state
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A5
- The association that represents Kansas county election officials has endorsed Elizabeth Ensley in the Republican race for secretary of state.
- Police seeking suspect in late-night sexual assault in downtown Lawrence
- 03:59 p.m., July 29, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on A3
- Lawrence police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman just before 1 a.m. Thursday in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.
- Army leaders meet at Fort Leavenworth to discuss use of computer gaming for training
- July 29, 2010
- Army leaders are meeting in Kansas this week to review proposals to enhance its use of computer gaming for unit and individual training.
- Students’ arrival delays Lawrence yard waste collection service
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The rush of students moving into Lawrence apartments will disrupt the city’s normal yard waste collection service.
- Report: Death of Shawnee firefighter while searching for victims was accidental, as was fire
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The investigation into the May 22 fire that led to the death of firefighter John Glaser has determined that Glaser’s death was accidental, the Shawnee Fire Department has announced.
- Statehouse Live: Davis endorses Biggs in secretary of state race
- 12:03 p.m., July 29, 2010 Updated 04:05 p.m. in print edition on A5
- Biggs faces state Sen. Chris Steineger, D-Kansas City, in Tuesday’s primary election.
- Semi carrying haybales rolls over into ditch on Kansas Highway 32 east of Linwood
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Kansas Highway Patrol troopers Thursday morning responded to a semitrailer that rolled over into a ditch on Kansas Highway 32 about 3 miles east of Linwood.
- Brownback heavily favored in Kansas governor GOP primary
- July 29, 2010
- An obscure candidate in the Republican primary for Kansas governor has promised that if elected she would put every piece of legislation that reaches her desk to a biblical test and public poll.
- KBI investigating Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
- July 29, 2010
- The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says it is investigating the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, but will not say what prompted the investigation.
- GOP candidate for Kansas secretary of state asks others for ‘full-time’ pledges
- July 29, 2010
- A Republican candidate for Kansas secretary of state is challenging his rivals to promise to be a full-time state official.
- Police make two arrests in connection with stabbing death of Ottawa man
- 12:59 a.m., July 29, 2010 Updated 12:36 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Police have arrested two suspects in a fatal stabbing that occurred Wednesday night outside an Ottawa residence.
- Delaware race is tonic for cynicism
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- A lot of the mail I receive these days reads like this letter from a Milford, Utah, man, who says: “Truly, there is a lot of anger in the land, and one other thing that columnists like you appear to have missed or perhaps are ignoring. That thing is disgust with the obvious, deliberate refusal by elected officials to do their duty and actually represent the will of the people.”
- Bioscience momentum
- The national attention Kansas is receiving certainly won’t hurt its efforts to become a leader in biotechnology ventures.
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- A ranking released this week by a national site selection publication is great news for people who envision a bright future for Kansas in bioscience research and industry.
- Many U.S. jobs not coming back
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Ain’t no hiring. And ain’t likely to be any for a good long time. The problem isn’t merely the greatest downturn since the Great Depression. It’s also that big business has found a way to make big money without restoring the jobs it cut the past two years, or increasing its investments or even its sales, at least domestically.
- Trophy debacle
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- After reading Tom Keegan’s July 28 column on the Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy debacle, I had to laugh — not at anything Tom wrote, but at the Heisman Trophy voters. This whole mess could’ve been avoided if they would’ve awarded the ’05 trophy to the man who actually deserved it. Vince Young was the heart and soul of the ’05 national champion Texas Longhorns. Reggie Bush was just one of many multi-talented cogs on that ’05 USC machine.
- Minority rule?
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A7
- This is in reference to the tax article in the July 21 Journal-World, “Public voices support for tax increase.”
- Style Scout: Hillary Armstrong
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on C1
- People often confuse me with someone else that they know…
- Style Scout: Jared Smith
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Casual and work appropriate.
- Worth the trip: Red X
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on C1
- It’s not easy describing a place like Red X in Riverside, Mo. Even for the owner, Zeke Young. “Well, we’re the most unique store you’ll come into,” he laughs. “We’ve been here since 1948. We’ve got 90,000 square feet, and there’s just a little bit of everything. Plus, with all the collections and museum pieces, it’s just unique.”
- 40 years ago: KBI continues Lawrence investigation
- July 29, 2010
- Fourteen KBI agents had been assigned to Lawrence since July 20 and were continuing a seven-point investigation. A large number of witnesses had been interviewed, but the attorney general asked that any person who was related to the recent events and who had not yet been contacted by the KBI please contact the Bureau by phone or mail. In addition to the recent shootings that had resulted in two deaths and several injuries, the KBI was also investigating the alleged purchase of guns and ammunition in large quantities paid for by a check from the Black Student Union at KU.
- 100 years ago: 500-pound vinegar cask rolls over deliveryman
- July 29, 2010
- From the Lawrence Daily World for July 29, 1910: “A front axle of Krum’s delivery wagon snapped on Bridge street yesterday, throwing J. W. Krum to the ground and allowing a heavy vinegar barrel to roll over his body. The cask was full and weighed nearly 500 pounds.”
- 25 years ago: County commission unanimously approves trafficway funds
- July 29, 2010
- Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved a motion to set aside $4 million for a new trafficway proposed to run south and west of Lawrence, as well as $500,000 for a rail-served industrial park to be built somewhere in the county. Commissioners then had to await an opinion from the attorney general on whether the county could issue the new bonds without a public vote.
- Sprint Nextel posts rare subscriber gain
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention.
- Seniors need protection from payday loans
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Over the years, I’ve met too many people who were stuck in a hellish payday loan cycle, rolling one loan into another until the fees and outstanding balance crushed them.
- Big 12 media days notebook
- July 29, 2010
- Kansas University coach Turner Gill said Wednesday that the race to replace three-year starter Todd Reesing at quarterback could last the entire preseason.
- Proposed bus routes hit obstacles
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B8
- The launch of a new bus route between Kansas and Colorado and a smaller route in Kansas have been delayed because of a lack of bus stops, a delay in getting federal approval for an operating permit and a need for buses.
- Investigators bust marijuana farm
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Investigators on Wednesday destroyed a clandestine marijuana farm in a rural area north of here that apparently had been tended by people living in a makeshift camp.
- Transplant recipients revel in new athleticism at games
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Not many people can say they have had a life-changing experience, a live-or-die moment, a miracle.
- Pumping up the cultural volume
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Fifth-graders in Heather Watgen’s class at Cordley School can look forward to composing their own urban rhythms in a couple of weeks.
- Pump patrol
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.52 at several stations.
- Immigration an issue in secretary of state race
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A national debate on illegal immigration has loomed over the Kansas Republican Party primary for secretary of state.
- After WikiLeaks, a return to silence?
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Dismayed by the massive war-documents leak, intelligence experts are raising alarms that post-Sept. 11 changes promoting information sharing have made it too easy to lose control of the nation’s secrets.
- Americans want government to be more efficient, not smaller
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- The American people don’t have much confidence in government, but that doesn’t mean they want less of it.
- Census reveals disparity in rates of uninsured
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- New census data released Tuesday confirm a huge spread in the rate of uninsured from state to state and the big difference in impact that can be expected as a result of the health care overhaul recently passed by Congress.
- Horoscope for July 29, 2010
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- This year, you remain direct but tuned in, especially to partners, loved ones and close associates. You might question just how much you can or want to give. If you are single, realize that you are as attractive as you are. You don’t need to lure others. If you are attached, the two of you open up to new vistas. Pisces understands perhaps more than you would like him or her to.
- Probe of other Jackson doctors ends
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- State investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson have decided not to file charges against seven doctors who treated him, authorities said Wednesday.
- Real-life drama: Lucci working on memoir
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- It’s a breakthrough for Susan Lucci. No, not a second Emmy. She has a book deal.
- Youth versus age on next ‘Survivor’
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- “Survivor” is going to exploit the generation gap.
- A change of shore on ’Jersey Shore’
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B6
- “Jersey Shore” (9 p.m., MTV) now enters its second season of peculiar media attention. It’s hard to say when in the course of human events that people with so little talent got so famous so fast for doing nothing.
- For vets, GOP puts budget ax aside
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- House Republicans who have spent months demanding spending cuts blanched Wednesday at their first opportunity to actually make them, instead joining Democrats in treating a bill to pay for veterans programs in 2011 as politically sacrosanct in an election year.
- After 100 days of spill, Gulf life will never be the same
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fishermen. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist Enid Sisskin was preparing a speech about the dangers of offshore drilling.
- International visitors attend KU event
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A group of 20 international students received a crash course in American leadership at KU this week.
- Funding not meeting road construction needs
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The good news for Hesper Heights residents is that the cost to maintain their nearby paved roads won’t go up.
- Oread Ave. to close for paving project
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The 1200 block of Oread Avenue will be closed for much of today for a paving project.
- School supporters seek to rally voters for Internet contest
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A group of Lawrence high school graduates and students are seeking lots of votes in the next three days.
- Firefighters gain on worst of wildfires
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Hundreds of firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada.
- Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
- Survey: Economic outlook bleaker
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.
- No. 3 Nazi suspect charged
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The world’s third most-wanted Nazi suspect, who lived undisturbed for decades after World War II, has been charged in Germany with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews while serving as a low-ranking guard at a death camp.
- Jury weighing Blagojevich case
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Rod Blagojevich’s fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain.
- 152 die as plane crashes in rainy hills
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan’s capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.
- Cocaine sentencing gap narrowed
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug.
- KU’s Yowell wins opening golf match
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University sophomore-to-be Audrey Yowell won her first-round match at the 80th annual Women’s Trans Amateur Golf Championship on Wednesday.
- Six KU track and field athletes named to academic team
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the women’s 2010 Division I All-Academic Track & Field team Wednesday, with six Kansas University athletes on the list.
- Chiefs sign two second-rounders; Berry unsigned
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The Chiefs have signed both of their second-round draft picks, wide receiver Dexter McCluster and defensive back Javier Arenas.
- Cowboy safety charged with possession
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Oklahoma State safety Victor Johnson will face a possession of a controlled substance charge in addition to an accusation of obstructing a police officer leveled against him after his weekend arrest.
- Pitino testifies, portrays woman as aggressor
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an empty Italian restaurant, he testified Wednesday.
- Our town sports
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A compilation of local events, accomplishments and goings-on.
- Recruit Perry Ellis shows versatility
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Wichita Heights junior sensation Perry Ellis played mostly on the perimeter, hitting mid-range jump shots and three-pointers, as well as driving layups at last spring’s Jayhawk Invitational at Haskell.
- Royals trade Podsednik to Dodgers
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Kansas City Royals for a pair of minor leaguers Wednesday night, trying to boost their chances in the NL West.
- Twins sweep Royals
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- OK, so what if they did all their damage against a couple of last-place clubs?
- Comfort zone: Gill, Jayhawks getting to know each other
- July 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A quick look at the attendance sheet for this week’s Big 12 media days outside of Dallas revealed most teams had sent their best player. Pencil the Kansas University football squad into that category.
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- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 149 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 27 comments
- District Attorney Charles Branson to run for third term May 29, 2012 · 1 comment
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 36 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 255 comments
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 40 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 30 comments
- Study suggests continued population drop in Kansas May 29, 2012 · 1 comment
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 130 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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