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Polls
Do you let your children have drinks that contain caffeine?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 42% | |
| No | 32% | |
| I don’t have children | 25% | |
| Total | 1795 | |
Videos
- It’s already snowing and should continue through the night. The …
- More than 80 teams from six states will participate in …
- A Lawrence woman is not letting disabilities keep her from …
- Two Eudora boys were safe at home Friday after a …
- Major Edwards entered a guilty plea to manslaughter charges in …
- A request for Donald Steele to be released on bond …
- The kidcast weather segment from March 19, 2010.
- Journal-World reporter Mark Fagan asked KU fans in Oklahoma City …
- Cole Aldrich won’t be the biggest man on the floor …
- KU will look to win its second tournament game Saturday …
- After dropping game it should have won, the KU baseball …
- A local pitbull lover wants people to know the dogs …
- The two boys who went missing for two hours Thursday …
- A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for Douglas County …
- A crew conducted a controlled burn Friday morning along West …
- Expect to see increasing cloud cover throughout the afternoon changing …
- It should be a nice drive complete with sunshine this …
- Two juveniles who had been canoeing on the Wakarusa River …
- Kansas forward Marcus Morris had a career-high 24 points in …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
FINAL: Marcus Morris scores career high in Jayhawks’ 90-74 victory over Lehigh- 7:30 p.m., March 18, 2010 Updated 12:42 a.m.
- The sophomore forward contributed 26 points on 12-for-15 shooting, as the Jayhawks overcame a sluggish start to put away the Mountain Hawks in the second half.
- Video: GameDay Cram Session: Lehigh
- Video: KU tops Lehigh after slow start
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Lehigh
- Poll: Will Lehigh be within 10 points of KU at halftime?
- Poll: How many good halves do you think KU will play against Northern Iowa?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Lehigh
6:00 a.m.
For KU, what’s up is down- March 19, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Bill Self must be the most disciplined man on the planet to be able to resist the temptation to call a timeout every time his team goes on a double-digit run so that he can air out his players, let them know they’re terrible and tell them every person in the building agrees.
- Video: KU tops Lehigh after slow start
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Lehigh
- Poll: How many good halves do you think KU will play against Northern Iowa?
- Poll: How is your NCAA bracket doing?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Lehigh
10:00 a.m.
Game spurs KU fans’ hopes for another championship- March 19, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- Now that Lehigh is out of the way, you’d think Kansas fans might be ready to brace for the possible: A tough game with No. 9 seed Northern Iowa, champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, loser of four games all year.
- Video: KU tops Lehigh after slow start
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Lehigh
- Poll: How many good halves do you think KU will play against Northern Iowa?
- Poll: How is your NCAA bracket doing?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Lehigh
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence superintendent is waiting for process to play out in Topeka- March 18, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- Lawrence school board members, who already have approved $4.6 million in cuts for next school year, have said legislators must increase taxes to keep the board from having to cut deeper.
3:03 p.m.
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State education department: House GOP education plan would cost Lawrence schools another $1.68 million
- 3:00 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 4:47 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- The House Republican leadership’s plan to cut public school funding by $172 million will short the Lawrence school district another $1.68 million, according to State Department of Education figures.
- Source document: District by District impact of finance plan
- Source document: House GOP school finance proposal
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- California pulls away for 77-62 win over Cardinals
- March 19, 2010
- California’s distractions seem about as distant now as the Pacific Ocean. That disappointing loss in the Pac-10 tournament? Getting sent across the country to open the NCAA tournament? The suspension of a starter?
- Ohio State outlasts UC Santa Barbara 68-51
- March 19, 2010
- Evan Turner took a back seat to slick shooter Jon Diebler and big forward Dallas Lauderdale, and Ohio State outlasted persistent UC Santa Barbara 68-51 in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday night.
- Syracuse overwhelms Vermont 79-56
- March 19, 2010
- Wes Johnson had 18 points to lead five Syracuse players in double figures, and the top-seeded Orange beat Vermont 79-56 on Friday night in the first round of NCAA tournament.
- Lucas, Morgan save MSU in 70-67 win over NMSU
- 09:39 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 11:37 p.m.
- Kalin Lucas scored a career-high 25 points and Raymar Morgan emerged from a quiet night by hitting key shots down the stretch as fifth-seeded Michigan State edged No. 12 New Mexico State 70-67 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
- No. 1 seed Duke rolls in NCAA tournament opener
- 09:32 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 11:34 p.m.
- Duke’s confident mascot wore a piece of tape across his forehead that read: “Played In, Blown Out.” The Blue Devils didn’t disappoint.
- Georgia Tech toes the line, moves on
- 09:25 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 11:35 p.m.
- Too bad the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets gave up their cell phones. They’d sure love to spread the word about this win.
- Bouldin leads ‘Zags to 67-60 win over Seminoles
- 09:19 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 11:33 p.m.
- Matt Bouldin and the eighth-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs showed Florida State it still has a way to go in its quest to be considered a basketball power.
- Texas A&M beats Utah State 69-53
- March 19, 2010
- First-round victories in the NCAA tournament are becoming routine for Texas A&M, although this time it took freshman Khris Middleton to make it happen.
- After slow start, Pittsburgh routs Oakland 89-66
- 05:22 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 05:58 p.m.
- Jermaine Dixon and Gilbert Brown scored 17 points apiece and Pittsburgh avoided becoming the latest Big East powerhouse to get knocked off in the first round of the NCAA tournament, overcoming a slow start to rout Oakland 89-66 on Friday in the West Regional.
- Missouri stifles Booker, beats Clemson 86-78
- March 19, 2010
- “The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball” is still humming.
- Wisconsin avoids upset, beats Wofford 53-49
- March 19, 2010
- Not surprisingly, Wisconsin relied on its defense to beat pesky Wofford.
- Grant, Johnson lead Purdue past Siena 72-64
- 04:50 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 05:26 p.m.
- Purdue played the us-against-the-world game to open the NCAA tournament. Us won.
- KU’s next victory: It’s in the cards — or is that the socks?
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Sure, the Kansas Jayhawks are supposed to win the NCAA Tournament. Oddsmakers say so. All of America says so. The president says so.
- Lawrence man pleads guilty in 2006 shooting death of hip-hop artist
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A Lawrence man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for his role in the 2006 shooting death of hip-hop artist Anthony Vital.
- State education department: House GOP education plan would cost Lawrence schools another $1.68 million
- 03:00 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 04:47 p.m. in print edition on A1
- The House Republican leadership’s plan to cut public school funding by $172 million will short the Lawrence school district another $1.68 million, according to State Department of Education figures.
- Obama, Democrats lobbying hard for health vote
- March 19, 2010
- resident Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining another precious “yes” 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.
- Federal judge declines to allow bond for meth suspect
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A federal judge on Friday denied a motion to reconsider the detention order for a Lawrence man accused of participating in methamphetamine trafficking.
- No. 12 seed Cornell dominates Temple, 78-65
- 01:50 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 05:25 p.m.
- Louis Dale scored 21 points, Ryan Wittman added 20 and No. 12 seed Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple 78-65 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
- Crawford scores 28 to lift Xavier over Minnesota
- 01:48 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 05:19 p.m.
- Jordan Crawford scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half and Xavier continued its run of NCAA tournament success with a 65-54 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the West Regional on Friday.
- Domestic abuse center that serves Douglas County changes its name
- March 19, 2010
- To better reflect its mission of helping the victims of family and domestic violence, Women’s Transitional Care Services has changed its name to Willow Domestic Violence Center.
- West Virginia defeats Morgan St., 77-50, after slow start
- 01:33 p.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 04:56 p.m.
- Kevin Jones scored 17 points and second-seeded West Virginia overcame an early scare to open the NCAA tournament with a 77-50 win over Morgan State on Friday.
- Ethics complaint against former deputy AG under Kline will go forward in May
- March 19, 2010
- A Kansas panel has rescheduled a hearing for a former deputy attorney general facing an ethics complaint over investigations of abortion providers.
- Fort Leavenworth to play host to Defense Department exercise
- March 19, 2010
- Officials at Fort Leavenworth are preparing to host to a joint planning exercise involving the CIA, the International Red Cross and other agencies.
- Winter storm warning canceled for Douglas County, advisory in effect
- 05:44 a.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 09:46 p.m.
- The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter storm watch effective Friday evening through Sunday morning.
- Wake Forest tops Texas 81-80 in OT on Smith’s shot
- March 19, 2010
- From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith’s last shot meant one more collapse for Texas.
- Two missing boys found after two-hour search of Wakarusa River
- Both unharmed after canoe became swamped
- 12:00 a.m., March 19, 2010 Updated 11:38 a.m. in print edition on B4
- Emergency crews from Douglas County spent about two hours Thursday night searching the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence for two missing boys.
- KSU needs Pullen
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Kansas State, which doesn’t necessarily have a future NBA player on its roster, still achieved a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and was playing like it deserved the honor in its opening round game Thursday against overmatched North Texas.
- For KU, what’s up is down
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Bill Self must be the most disciplined man on the planet to be able to resist the temptation to call a timeout every time his team goes on a double-digit run so that he can air out his players, let them know they’re terrible and tell them every person in the building agrees.
- Jitter bugged: ‘Tight early,’ Jayhawks advance over Lehigh
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A1
- It’s a well-known fact that no top seed ever has lost to a No. 16 seed in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Increasing NCAA tourney to 96 teams a bad call
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Savor your bracket this bright March morning, because it might never be like this again.
- Many medical schools update ethics policies
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C9
- A sweeping conflict-of-interest policy that would apply to nearly all employees of the University of Minnesota crossed an important hurdle last week when the regents unanimously approved the plan’s outlines.
- Soldiers’ memory leads to photo correction
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C9
- For 68 years, John E. Love has been haunted by the memory of carrying fallen comrades to a mass grave hollowed out of a Filipino rice field. Now, at last, a bit of history is being rewritten because of those memories.
- Obama’s support of Israel in doubt
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Why did President Barack Obama choose to turn a gaffe into a crisis in U.S.-Israeli relations?
- DNA registry needs discussion
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B7
- As if President Obama didn’t have enough on his platter, he’s calling for accused criminals to have their DNA samples collected and stored in a national database, whether they’re convicted or not. He’s a brave man to open that can of worms.
- Net worth: Internet predictions turn out erroneous … sort of
- March 19, 2010
- Everybody’s an armchair psychic this week. Something about the NCAA tournament makes even the most tight-lipped of personalities blather on about their clairvoyant capacities…
- New Mexico needs big 2nd half to hold off Montana
- March 19, 2010
- After all of Darington Hobson’s big talk about a deep NCAA tournament run for New Mexico, Montana nearly shut up the Lobos right away.
- Art heist rattles investigators 20 years on
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C10
- It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world.
- The big cheese: Swiss Gruyere wins top prize
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C10
- The Europeans are still the big cheeses.
- Study: Pink cigarette ads drew young girls
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C10
- Fashioned-themed advertisements for Camel No. 9 brand cigarettes featuring a shocking pink logo have piqued the interest of teenage girls in what health advocates say is just another example of the tobacco industry’s long history of exploiting women.
- Government gave bank auditors big bonuses
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C10
- As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.
- Flu shots given to those at highest risk — mostly
- Cruise line, financial institutions among 1st to get H1N1 vaccine
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C10
- Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.
- Cloak of invisibility closer to reality
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- From Grimm’s fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.
- Democrats sweeten health bill, set showdown vote for Sunday
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drug costs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.
- Lawmaker: Terror suspect cooperated
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims cooperated with authorities, a congressman said.
- Appeals court won’t rehear Ashcroft suit
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The full Western appeals court voted Thursday to let stand its September decision that former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is not immune from a civil action charging that he violated a Kansas-born Muslim convert’s constitutional rights by having him arrested without probable cause.
- Actor who played ‘Davy Crockett’ dies
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
- Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Hoping to defuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.
- Automaker prepares for economy’s resurgence
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- For the super-rich and everyone else, the economic recovery is taking place in two very different gears.
- Obama signs jobs bill as health care intrudes
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B2
- President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public’s top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation’s health care system keeps getting in the way.
- State Senate panel approves ‘shield’ law
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A8
- A Senate committee on Thursday recommended approval of a “shield” law that is designed to protect journalists from being forced to reveal information.
- Gary Bedore’s KU hoops notebook
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Kansas University has advanced to a second-round match against Northern Iowa (29-4), a 69-66 first-round winner over UNLV.
- Lehigh: Start ‘woke up’ KU
- Hawks expected lead
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Building an early eight-point lead against Kansas University wasn’t much of a consolation prize for Lehigh’s players following Friday’s 90-74 loss to the Jayhawks.
- People in the news
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C4
- People in the news for March 19, 2010.
- ABC puts the daffodils on ice
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Who needs spring? March Madness may be marching, and baseball appears just over the horizon, but ABC hopes viewers will cling to winter for a couple more nights with “Thin Ice” (7 p.m., ABC), a professional skating contest concluding Sunday.
- Horoscope for March 19, 2010
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C4
- This year is a very special period in which you evolve to a new level and create much more of what you desire. If you are single, you’ll discover how attractive others think you are. If you are attached, the two of you will connect on a level that you haven’t experienced in many years. Taurus always brings logic to a situation.
- Middle class feels health insurance pain
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Middle-class workers are shouldering the brunt of the health insurance crisis, according to a new report released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- City nears deal on Farmland property
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence city commissioners are being told that a deal has been struck that will clear the way for the city to soon take over ownership of the former Farmland Industries plant.
- Pump patrol
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.60 at several stations.
- LMH to conduct blood drive today
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Someone needs blood every two seconds.
- Game spurs KU fans’ hopes for another championship
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Now that Lehigh is out of the way, you’d think Kansas fans might be ready to brace for the possible: A tough game with No. 9 seed Northern Iowa, champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, loser of four games all year.
- Parkinson: GOP budget cuts ‘irresponsible’
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B1
- There was a lot of motion in the Legislature on Thursday over the current budget crisis, but no resolution.
- KU diver Proehl in 23rd after Day One
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Kansas University senior Meghan Proehl finished 23rd in the one-meter diving competition on the first day of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday at Purdue University.
- Two Jayhawk golfers sit in tie for 4th
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A6
- KU golfers Nate Barbee and Alex Gutesha got off to a good start in Arizona.
- KU falls to UMass
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The Kansas University softball team dropped a game to UMass Thursday in San Diego.
- Rejection of ban on Atlantic bluefin exports irks environmentalists
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on C9
- Fishing nations won a victory over environmentalists Thursday when a U.S.-backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna was overwhelmingly rejected at a U.N. wildlife meeting.
- Litter hurts
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B7
- As I take my evening walk, I often make an effort to pick up the litter as I go. Recently there has been so much that I’ve begun carrying a bag with me. There is litter in the gutters, our yards, the trees, on the path, in the air and in the creek. Recently, I walked less than half of a mile before my trash bag was completely full! Does anyone else see this as a concern?
- Bank controls
- The nation’s banking system needs more, not less, oversight and supervision.
- March 19, 2010 in print edition on B7
- More and more observers are pointing in disgust to the fact so many big banks, among them disgraced agencies which helped create a lot of our economic troubles, are now prospering while people continue to lose jobs and face financial ruin.
- Zombietube: Area filmmakers prepare undead online series, “Dead Wait”
- March 19, 2010
- It’s been said the Internet will rot your brain. Now, thanks to Justin Parlette and Eric Haven, it will also eat your brain. Their upcoming Web series, the zombie outbreak saga “Dead Wait,” gives literal new meaning to the term “viral video” …
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