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- The temperatures will be cool in the low 50s with …
- KU graduates made their way down the hill for the …
- A local family spent the day shaving their pack of …
- Twelve members of the Wounded Warriors Initiative graduated from KU …
- Construction plans for new fields at LHS have come in …
- One Kansas lawmaker is taking a stand against a scheme …
- Students at Kansas State University organized and executed a flash …
- The Jayhawks came up short in their weekend series against …
- Lawrence High and Free State’s baseball teams learned their seedings …
- Part two of Chancellor Bernadette Gary-Little’s commencement speech on May …
- Part one of Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s commencement speech in Memorial …
- Although rain threatened to postpone the 2010 Kansas University graduation …
- The view from the 6News Tower Cam.
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
- Clouds have long been an inspiration for photographers and painters. …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Life after death: Lawrence artist Jason Wood lives with no regrets after devastating injury- May 15, 2010 in print edition on 1D
- In July of 1999, Jason Wood was found lying in a San Francisco street barely clinging to life. As best as anyone could piece together, he had been struck by a car, but no one knows precisely — least of all Jason Wood himself.
10:00 a.m.
First class in Wounded Warrior initiative walks down the hill- May 16, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- They’ve lost eyes. One is missing a foot. They’ve survived helicopter crashes and the detonation of improvised explosive devices.
- Video: Wounded warriors graduate from KU
- Special coverage: 2010 College Graduation
2:00 p.m.
KU ready to celebrate 2010 commencement- May 16, 2010
- Kansas University today will recognize the more than 4,500 members of its Class of 2010.
- Photo gallery: 2010 KU Commencement
- Special coverage: 2010 College Graduation
5:42 p.m.
KU’s Class of 2010 embarks on next journey- May 16, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- The rain stayed away on Sunday and allowed Kansas University’s Class of 2010 to celebrate their graduation without a hitch.
- Videos: 2010 KU commencement
- Photo gallery: 2010 KU Commencement
- Special coverage: 2010 College Graduation
6:00 p.m.
1969 alumna returns to experience pomp- May 16, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- Of all the thousands of paths that will lead underneath Kansas University’s Campanile into Memorial Stadium today, it’s likely none are quite as long as Ellyn Larsen’s.
- Special coverage: 2010 College Graduation
All stories
- KU’s Class of 2010 embarks on next journey
- Class of 2010 bids KU adieu
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A1
- The rain stayed away on Sunday and allowed Kansas University’s Class of 2010 to celebrate their graduation without a hitch.
- KU ready to celebrate 2010 commencement
- May 16, 2010
- Kansas University today will recognize the more than 4,500 members of its Class of 2010.
- Weather moves KU commencement lunch indoors; ceremony at stadium to continue as planned
- 08:40 a.m., May 16, 2010 Updated 12:19 p.m.
- Because of the weather, KU has moved its commencement lunch indoors. The festivities at Memorial Stadium will proceed as planned.
- Americans must face even hard history
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B6
- History is not a Hallmark card. Sometimes, history breaks your heart. I know this because I have often recounted history in this space, tales of black men and women bought and sold, cheated and mistreated, maimed and lynched. And whenever I do this, I can be assured of e-mails and calls of chastisement.
- Behind the Lens: Shooting photos of clouds a challenging enterprise
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D2
- For three days, a bright blue sky provided a backdrop for one stunning display after another. One cloud-scape was so amazing that we quickly searched out a bright green wheat field to include beneath…
- Abnormal growths on plants unlikely to cause harm
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Ever notice the balls of orange tentacles on a cedar tree in the spring or red bladder-shaped growths hanging from a maple leaf? Both are common pests in our area that might catch your attention but are nothing to worry about…
- Big changes ahead for web typography
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D4
- Since the World Wide Web’s earliest days, whether you were shopping on Amazon or researching on Google, chances are you were looking at just one of four typefaces — Arial, Verdana, Georgia or Times — each formulated for computer monitors and trusted by web designers to display properly on your screen.
- Garage sale guerrillas: For profit or the thrill of the hunt, early birds thrive in the height of the season
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D1
- “The early bird gets the worm,” she says. “That’s my motto.” And just like a mama robin, leaving the nest at dawn to feed her young, Julie Vineyard of Lawrence springs from her bed before daylight to feed her garage sale habit…
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘October Evening’
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D3
- A light rain at night.
- Story tells of America’s aim to rid itself of alcohol
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Considering it lasted for barely more than a dozen years, Prohibition really gave American life a kick.
- Polygamy loves company: Udall looks at when big love just isn’t enough
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D3
- It’s hard to imagine a man with four wives and 28 children craving company so badly that he takes on a mistress. But that’s the premise of Brady Udall’s uproarious new novel, “The Lonely Polygamist.”
- KU softball eliminated by Tech
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Brittany Hile and Allie Clark collected two hits apiece, but the Kansas University softball team fell to Texas Tech, 5-3, on Saturday in the opening game of the Big 12 Championship.
- ‘Lost’ fans prepare series finale parties
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D5
- “Lost” changed Cliff Ravenscraft’s life.
- Senior wide receiver Wilson hopeful for 2010
- Forgetful ‘09 season motivates senior WR
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Johnathan Wilson never could make it through a whole game.
- Little-known jockey rides Lookin At Lucky to win at Preakness
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Change of jockeys, change of fortune.
- Hawkins new basketball coach at Perry-Lecompton
- 12:00 a.m., May 16, 2010 Updated 04:15 p.m. in print edition on C1
- Jeff Hawkins plans to borrow from a pair of his mentors as he embarks on his career as a high school head boys basketball coach.
- Taxing test
- The list of private property improvements to be funded with additional sales tax in a local retail district may raise some concerns.
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Judging from letters to the Journal-World’s Public Forum, a number of Lawrence residents already have decided they don’t like the city’s new Community Improvement Districts that will be allowed to charge up to 2 percent additional sales tax to finance certain property improvements.
- Indiscipline is Europe’s unifying thread
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B6
- When Chancellor Angela Merkel decided that Germany would pay part of Greece’s bills, voters punished her party in elections in Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia. How appropriate.
- Kovel’s Antiques: Wicker furniture goes in, out of style
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D8
- Wicker furniture has been made since the days of ancient Egypt.
- Boomer Girl Diary: State of husband’s tighty-whities leads to marital tussle
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Cathy, we need to talk.” “Uh-oh,” I said to myself. “He never calls me by name. Something’s up.”
- Borel laments coming up empty at Preakness
- Super Saver denied opportunity of Triple Crown
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Calvin Borel made no excuses.
- Neb. board OKs plans for transmission line
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C12
- Nebraska Public Power District can move forward with plans for an $87 million transmission line that would connect to one in Kansas and run to just south of Kearney.
- U.S. 56 replacements back on track
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Approval of an $8.2 billion statewide financing plan means drivers on U.S. Highway 56 will need to find a new route between U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence and Baldwin City to the east.
- Poll: Voters tilt toward Democrats
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A4
- People want Democrats to control Congress after this fall’s elections, a shift from April, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Saturday.
- BP’s own probe finds safety issues on rig
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents, which one official warned could “lead to catastrophic operator error,” records and interviews show.
- Generation of Jayhawks to walk down the hill
- May 16, 2010
- Kansas University today will recognize the more than 4,500 members of its Class of 2010.
- Free State soccer home for ONW; LHS on road
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Free State will play host to Olathe Northwest, and Lawrence High will hit the road to face Washburn Rural in first-round Class 6A soccer regionals Tuesday.
- Firebirds learn fate in softball
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C7
- At least Free State High’s softball team knows when it will open its Class 6A regional. Lawrence High’s fate still is up in the air.
- Lion soccer coach reverses resignation
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Matt Anderson took a page out of the Urban Meyer book of coaching this week. Days after announcing his plans to resign his duties as both boys and girls soccer coach at Lawrence High, Anderson, who coached the boys team for two seasons and is currently in his sixth season as girls coach, said Friday that he’ll be back to coach the Lions’ girls team next season, though he won’t return to coach the boys.
- Busch bags Nationwide victory
- Race marred by Bowyer-Hamlin altercation
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Clint Bowyer saw his target and hurried off pit road. Angry after a hard lick only moments earlier, Bowyer sped toward Denny Hamlin and sent him straight into the wall.
- Law keeps RV rally away from state fair
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C12
- RV enthusiasts would like to return to the Kansas Fairgrounds for another rally, and Hutchinson would love the money that the event likely would generate.
- Puerto Rico struggles with high pre-term birth rate
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on E6
- The first thing Dr. Marta Valcarcel notices on a walk through a nursery full of tiny, heavily bandaged babies is the empty incubator in the corner.
- Asian ivory trade poses danger to African elephants
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on E6
- Carefully, the Chinese ivory dealer pulled out an elephant tusk cloaked in bubble wrap and hidden in a bag of flour. Its price: $17,000.
- Outside groups spending big on primaries
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on E6
- Deep-pocketed unions, business groups and others are spending heavily in the year’s early primaries, including a staggering $9.6 million to influence a Democratic Senate race in Arkansas, adding volatility to a struggle for control of Congress that has already produced its share of surprises.
- Horoscope for May 16, 2010
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D5
- This year, open up to possibilities that, up till now, you have nixed. This summer, you could do an inordinate amount of reflecting. Look at this period as your personal evaluation. Once you know what you want, acting will be easy. Communication stars as a high priority. You might want to take a course in communicating if you feel your message isn’t being received. Others might decide that if they just had a new computer, they could communicate better! You will do your own version. If you are single, steer away from someone who is very different. A friendship could be instrumental. If you are attached, emphasize the friendship that exists between you. Cancer always enjoys sharing with you.
- ‘Law & Order’ showed all of NYC’s faces
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D5
- Since television was born, TV shows have been set in New York City. From “The Honeymooners” all the way to “30 Rock,” generations of New Yorkers have grown up seeing their hometown used as a backdrop, or even a central character, in everything from sitcoms and cartoons to edgy dramas.
- People in the news
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D5
- People in the news for May 16, 2010.
- Dolls grace Colby museum
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B8
- It is, of course, home to the Thomas County Historical Society, replete with local items of interest and genealogical information.
- N.M. retrieves body parts from Kansas
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Albuquerque authorities have arrived in Kansas and retrieved 12 containers of body parts linked to a New Mexico business that harvested parts for medical research.
- Wheel Genius: Road work set for this week
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Road work planned for the week of May 16, 2010.
- K.C. father charged in death of son, 2
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B2
- A Kansas City, Kan., father has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his toddler son.
- Killer’s estate sued over murder-suicide
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Relatives of a Wichita woman killed in a murder-suicide are suing the estate of her killer.
- Turbine project set up at school
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The 45-foot-tall, galvanized metal wind turbine towering over Hope Street Academy in southwest Topeka represents more than just green energy.
- BP confident latest attempt to capture leaking oil will work
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- BP was confident Saturday its latest experiment using a mile-long pipe would capture much of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, even as the company disclosed yet another setback in the environmental disaster.
- Astronauts forced into shorter shuttle survey
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A snagged cable forced Atlantis’ astronauts to resort to a more inconvenient and less comprehensive method of inspecting their space shuttle Saturday as they sped toward a weekend rendezvous with the International Space Station.
- Obama honors slain law enforcement officers
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday on behalf of a grateful nation to law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while safeguarding their communities.
- Obama wants light on Wall Street deals
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Closer watch over Wall Street will help consumers make better informed choices about investing and shine light on the shadowy deals that caused the financial crisis, President Barack Obama said Saturday in pushing Congress to pass overhaul legislation.
- Return home for crash survivor bittersweet
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The 9-year-old Dutch boy who miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya returned to the Netherlands aboard an airborne ambulance Saturday and was whisked away to a hospital in his hometown, where he must begin to rebuild his life without his parents or brother.
- Candidates threatened in local elections
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A2
- One candidate was gunned down with his son inside his business. Another is missing after assailants torched her home. In some towns near the U.S. border, parties can’t find anyone to run for mayor.
- They’ll take it! Graduates accept more job offers this year
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A1
- The job market for college graduates is better than it was a year ago, but employment experts aren’t attributing the boost to indications of an economic turnaround.
- Lawmaker takes aim at EPA rules in budget amendment
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A measure tucked into the state budget could prevent Kansas from implementing Environmental Protection Agency rules on greenhouse gases.
- First class in Wounded Warrior initiative walks down the hill
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A1
- They’ve lost eyes. One is missing a foot. They’ve survived helicopter crashes and the detonation of improvised explosive devices.
- KU men’s, women’s track in 5th at Big 12
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Freshman Mason Finley won the shot put, while junior Jordan Scott took home the title in the pole vault to lead the Kansas University men’s track and field team to a fifth-place standing after the second day Saturday of the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
- Road redemption: Selik propels KU baseball to rare win at KSU
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C1
- The bullpen bailed out Kansas University senior right-hander Cameron Selik when he made a mess on the mound the previous week, and it was his turn to return the favor Saturday night in Tointon Family Stadium, where 2,296 spectators witnessed a Big 12 baseball rivalry game.
- Secretive speed traders in spotlight after market fall
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A3
- If you saw a penny on the sidewalk, would you pick it up?
- P.M. considering curfew after 25 die in clashes
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Thailand’s leader warned violence was on the rise after three days of rolling street battles in the heart of Bangkok and hinted today that a curfew may be imposed on the sprawling metropolis of more than 10 million people.
- ‘General Kagan’ holds her own before high court
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Six times in the past nine months, Solicitor General Elena Kagan has come to the mahogany lectern in the hushed reverence of the Supreme Court to argue the government’s case before the justices she now hopes to join soon.
- How Lawrence taxes measure up against cities statewide
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Taxes are always good for an argument.
- Builders nailed with high lumber prices
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A slow rebound in the housing market has sent the price of lumber through the roof. For an industry that is only just starting to emerge from the Great Recession, those prices come on top of costs builders are already absorbing.
- 1969 alumna returns to experience pomp
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Of all the thousands of paths that will lead underneath Kansas University’s Campanile into Memorial Stadium today, it’s likely none are quite as long as Ellyn Larsen’s.
- Around & About in local business
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C10
- News from local businesses for May 16, 2010.
- Is college the key to success?
- Experts say not necessarily
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C10
- In a town dominated by the University of Missouri’s flagship campus and two smaller colleges, higher education is practically a birthright for high school seniors like Kate Hodges.
- Nonprofits may lose tax-exempt status
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C10
- More than 200,000 small nonprofits across the nation are days away from losing their tax-exempt status because they haven’t filed a new form with the Internal Revenue Service.
- Bankruptcies
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C10
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing recently for bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:
- Mortgages
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on C10
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 81 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday.
- Tax burden
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B7
- The city commissioners don’t get it! Past commissioners would not allow businesses to come to Lawrence because of creating competition to already established business. Therefore, there is very little to draw shoppers to Lawrence. Now the new commissioners want to increase sales taxes to encourage businesses.
- Lost business
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B7
- A short while ago, the Republican-dominated U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that it is a great idea for private corporations to have the right of eminent domain, the power to take homes and land from unwilling citizens. Now the Republican Legislature of Kansas thinks it is just swell for private business to tax citizens and keep the money for whatever purpose. So much for the sanctity of private property. Blah, blah, blah.
- 100 years ago: Experts to advise fruit production
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Government experts are due here in several weeks and they will advise on and demonstrate the best procedures for high fruit production.
- W. Virginia was turning point for Kennedy
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Last Wednesday night, the John F. Kennedy Library marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant elections in American history — the West Virginia Democratic primary of May 10, 1960, between Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
- Unhappy voters taking aim at incumbents
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Whoa there. The story line going out across the country — that the public’s fury against politicians is being whipped up, and then reaped, by the tea party movement — might be missing the bigger picture. Look at Pennsylvania’s Democratic senatorial primary and you’ll see a different story entirely.
- N.Y. public garden features poet’s favorite flowers
- May 16, 2010 in print edition on D7
- They’re growing dandelions at the New York Botanical Garden.
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- God, marriage May 25, 2012 · 192 comments
- Critics may bolster Roberts’ resolve May 29, 2012 · 13 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- Famed author takes on Kansas October 7, 2005
- Retreat offered for writers May 28, 2012
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