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Free at last: After months of anticipation, bottles of Free State beer on sale Friday- May 20, 2010
- “Barring a flood or tornado, Free State bottles will be for sale Friday morning.” So said owner Chuck Magerl after the last of 1,600 cases of Free State Brewery’s first bottled beer was picked up for distribution to Lawrence liquor stores Thursday afternoon…
6:00 a.m.
Cordley students get a taste of farm-fresh cooking with special lunch- May 21, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- They didn’t put on chef’s hats, but as the children of Cordley School gathered for lunch Friday, they ate a meal of their own making.
10:00 a.m.
Bishop Seabury graduates remember tight bonds as they graduate- May 21, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- Bishop Seabury Academy senior Shannon O’Shea wasn’t graduating with classmates as much as with brothers and sisters Friday morning.
- Special coverage: 2010 High School Graduation
2:00 p.m.
A perspective on tuition- May 22, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- It’s no secret that tuition at Kansas University and elsewhere has been on the rise for some time. And state funding to KU has declined more than $4,300 per full-time student, in inflation-adjusted dollars, since 1985. Over time, the tuition increases have been dramatic.
- Video: KU plans tuition hike
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Leavenworth officer shoots, kills armed man
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Leavenworth Police officer shot at, returns fire, killing suspect, according to media reports.
- Power restored to Lawrence residents
- May 22, 2010
- Westar Energy is reporting more than 2,500 Douglas County customers are without power as the result of a reported blown transformer.
- Medical marijuana faces backlash
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on D10
- Several states say the medical marijuana business has gotten out of control.
- LMH caring eases end of life
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B6
- I am a registered nurse. I am an operating room nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. I am privileged to have been employed there since 1972. I am writing to tell this community how blessed we are for every person that works at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and for the fantastic place it is to both work and to receive care.
- Flawed reasoning
- A measure intended to limit enforcement of federal clean-air standards in Kansas may have just the opposite effect.
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B6
- State Sen. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, probably thought he was doing Kansas utilities a favor when he pushed through an amendment to the state budget bill that would bar Kansas from implementing federal rules on greenhouse gases.
- Oil, ocean waters don’t mix
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B6
- The explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig brings into sharp focus not only a tragic loss of life but also the fragmented and inadequate way in which we manage and protect the nation’s critical marine resources and the fragile ocean environment. Scientifically sound and precautionary policies to reconcile the needs of safety, energy security, sustainable fisheries and environmental protection have become urgent.
- Parents turning ’Babies’ into baby’s first movie
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on D3
- With all the squirming and gurgling, the crowd was positively infantile at a swanky movie house one recent afternoon in Madison, Wis.
- Faith Forum: What’s the reaction when you tell strangers what you do for a living?
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Sanctity and morality are not the domain of rabbis alone
- ‘What a difference a day has made’
- Legendary musicians assemble for Lawrence illustrator’s cancer benefit
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on D1
- Greg Volpert’s favorite song by his favorite band is “Indifference,” a track from Moby Grape’s 1967 eponymous debut.
- Grandparents younger than 50 juggle it all
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B9
- When Jim Maddox got the news that he was going to be a grandfather, he was bewildered. Maddox, then 43, sat down for hours and contemplated what the new family addition meant to his life.
- Club news
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Club news for May 22, 2010.
- Academic funding would reflect credit on KU Athletics
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Last year, Kansas University athletic department officials announced plans to build a “Gridiron Club” facility along the top of the east side of KU’s Memorial Stadium.
- Is Dora the Explorer an illegal immigrant?
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Cartoon figure under scrutiny in the aftermath of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law.
- Official NBA Combine figures released
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C4
- The NBA released its official draft measurements of college players at the NBA Combine Friday at Attack Athletics Training Center.
- LHS baseball stung by Manhattan, 4-3
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C1
- In the end, Dusty Maas’ speed killed any hopes of Lawrence High making a repeat trip to the Class 6A state tournament.
- Familiar feeling: FSHS advances to state for sixth time in eight years
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C1
- After a one-year hiatus, Free State High’s baseball team is headed back to state.
- Air India plane crashes, killing at least 160 people
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- An Air India flight from Dubai crashed Saturday morning in the city of Mangalore after apparently overshooting the runway, killing at least 160 people.
- Iran seen influencing Iraqi P.M. choice
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Iran wants the current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to join forces with a more conservative Shiite group.
- Celtics looking to go 3-0 against Magic
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C2
- The original Boston Garden is long gone, and so is the fear in opponents’ eyes when they play the Celtics on their home floor.
- Lawsuit to be filed in Salina pollution case
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Groups want federal government to pay for cleanup at former Air Force Base.
- U.S. Senate picks include former wrestling executive
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon won the Republican party endorsement for U.S. Senate in Connecticut on Friday, but still faces a primary challenge.
- BP delays attempt to stop leak by shooting mud
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Testing to determine whether the tactic will work a mile underwater is taking longer than expected.
- Yoga has significant benefits for cancer patients, study finds
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Touch toes. Downward dog. Breathe. It’s a yoga routine that cancer doctors have prescribed for years without evidence it would do much good.
- Caterer among 6 arrested in Pakistan in NYC bomb plot
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The co-owner of a catering company that organized events for the U.S. Embassy is suspected of ties to terrorist groups.
- Highway projects revived with legislative approval
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B10
- Gov. Mark Parkinson will sign transportation bill on Tuesday.
- Newton residents put in floodplain by maps
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Harvey County officials say some residents may need to buy flood insurance under new federal maps of the area’s floodplain.
- 25 years ago: KU to upgrade data processing systems
- May 22, 2010
- Computer purchases at the University of Kansas were part of a long-range plan to upgrade the data processing systems. Recent bid specifications called for a VAX computer made by Digital Equipment Corp. or a VAX equivalent, and an International Business Machines Corp. system or its equivalent. The lowest bid received for a VAX 8600 was $684,342.
- 40 years ago: KPL audit reveals hospital underbilling
- May 22, 2010
- A recent audit of Kansas Power and Light revealed the fact that KPL had been underbilling Lawrence Memorial Hospital for 20 years. The difference (an additional tenth of a cent per kilowatt hour) came about because LMH had been billed the reduced rate for bodies fully under city control. Although a municipal hospital, LMH operated primarily on its own funds and was governed by an appointed board and therefore could not legally receive the reduced rate.
- 100 years ago: Sheriff receives letter regarding man who shot deputy
- May 22, 2010
- From the Lawrence Daily World for May 22, 1910: “It will be remembered that Charles Trude is now in the county jail for shooting Deputy Sheriff Woods one day the early part of the week.”
- LHS softball season ends
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Lawrence High extended its softball season with a 3-1 victory over Topeka High in its Class 6A regional on Friday, but it came to an abrupt halt with a 10-0, run-rule-shortened loss to top-seeded Washburn Rural on Friday night.
- Firebirds’ 200-yard medley relay team fastest
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Free State High’s 200-yard medley relay team of Heather Clark, Reilly Moore, Chloe Portela and Morgan Flannigan swam the fastest time in preliminaries Friday at the state swim meet.
- Guillen tags two in Royals’ romp
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C3
- Jose Guillen found his swing in Cleveland. Guillen homered in his first two at-bats Friday night and drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Colorado Rockies, 9-2, a night after going deep in the seventh inning Thursday against the Indians.
- Armstrong fires back at Landis
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Floyd Landis ignored desperate pleas from his sponsor to avoid a public fight with Lance Armstrong, according to e-mails the seven-time Tour de France champion released in trying to prove the disgraced cyclist has “zero credibility.”
- Firebirds’ Davis sets state mark in pole vault
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Throughout a decorated track and field career, Free State senior Drue Davis has turned in no shortage of dominant performances.
- Cemetery owner pleads no contest to theft
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B10
- The owner agrees to repay more than $650,000.
- Around and about
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B7
- News from around and about for May 22, 2010.
- 4-H News
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B7
- 4-H news for May 22, 2010.
- Will ‘Lost’ viewers find the answers they’re looking for?
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B5
- SyFy’s Saturday-night movie franchise departs from its usual goofy fare to offer “Witchville” (8 p.m., today, SyFy), a special effects-driven martial arts epic filled with actors wearing medieval garb and saddled with unbearable dialogue, such as, “Sir, it is your birthright!”
- Horoscope for May 22, 2010
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B5
- This year, let your ingenuity flow. Solutions will come forward. Often, friends and people who you consider “givens” in your life seem to be different. If you are attached, your home and family remain high priorities. Don’t forget the little gestures that add to a romance. If you are single, you could meet someone quite unexpectedly. Libra always makes you smile.
- Student to compete in national geography bee
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B4
- A Broken Arrow sixth-grader hopes to put Lawrence on the map as he represents Kansas next week in the 2010 National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C.
- Barbecue festival draws 204 teams
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Though Pellet Envy was disqualified Friday from the Oklahoma Joe’s World Brisket Open for using the wrong presentation box, the husband and wife team still managed to grab third place overall in the Kansas City BBQ Store Invitational.
- Nominations sought for health champion
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Gov. Mark Parkinson will recognize the state’s first health champion in September.
- Empire District gets OK on rate increase
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B2
- An electric utility that serves parts of southeast Kansas has agreed to a rate increase far smaller than it first requested.
- Video links Kansas, Korean students
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B2
- With the click of a button, Amy Allen’s kindergarten class at Wiley Elementary was on a field trip halfway around the globe.
- Pump patrol
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.54 at several locations.
- County roadways scheduled to close
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Motorists along U.S. Highways 59 and 56 will need to be aware of closures along the routes in southern Douglas County during the next few days.
- Detective arrested, then informs media
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A6
- A Nevada detective who serves as spokesman for a county sheriff’s office was arrested and released, then sent media a release about it, accompanied by his booking photo.
- Kansas’ Barbee tied for 61st at golf regional
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Kansas University golfer Nate Barbee shot a 79 on Friday and is tied for 61st place after two rounds of play at the NCAA Southwest Golf Regional in Santee, Calif.
- James Clapper tops list to replace U.S. intelligence director, sources say
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A5
- The White House’s leading candidate to replace Dennis Blair as national intelligence director is James R. Clapper, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official, current and former U.S. officials said.
- Texas adopts new social studies curriculum, upsetting Democrats and moderate Republicans
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A5
- The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of religious freedoms, America’s relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items.
- Obama orders new vehicle fuel standards
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A4
- President Barack Obama gave federal agencies just over a year to come up with fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for commercial trucks and buses.
- Superintendent appoints members to task force
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The Lawrence school superintendent has appointed 19 community members to the district’s elementary school task force, and it’s possible several other people may join the group.
- Youngest climber tops Mount Everest at 13
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest Saturday, breaking the former record as part of his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.
- Jones, Calipari made for each other
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Hoop News: McDonald’s All-American Terrence Jones, 6-foot-9, from Portland, Ore., has chosen to play basketball at the University of Kentucky after earlier calling a news conference to say he was playing at Washington.
- KU baseball slammed by Sooners, 14-4
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on C4
- T.J. Walz waltzed through the first five innings Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
- Facebook page that led to ban in Pakistan removed
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.
- People in the news
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on B5
- People in the news for May 22, 2010.
- Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese about Tibet
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Dalai Lama tried to hold a rare direct conversation with people inside China on Friday, answering questions live on Twitter about the fate of long-tense Tibet.
- Texas Capitol opens doors to concealed-gun carriers
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Metal detectors finally were installed and turned on at the Texas Capitol on Friday. But citizens, lobbyists and other visitors can escape the lines — if they carry a concealed handgun.
- BP drawing anger over response to spill
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its “boot on the throat” of BP to make sure the company did all it could to cap the gushing leak and clean up the spill.
- Alfalfa sprouts recalled after at least 22 ill
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Salmonella found in raw alfalfa sprouts appears to have sickened at least 22 people in 10 states.
- Late gain ends volatile week for stock market
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The stock market had another tumultuous ride this week as disarray in Europe heightened fears of a global economic slowdown.
- A perspective on tuition
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A1
- It’s no secret that tuition at Kansas University and elsewhere has been on the rise for some time. And state funding to KU has declined more than $4,300 per full-time student, in inflation-adjusted dollars, since 1985. Over time, the tuition increases have been dramatic.
- Oil from Gulf spill could stretch from N.Y. to Buenos Aires and back
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Using worst case scenarios calculated by scientists, a month’s worth of leaking oil could fill enough gallon milk jugs to stretch more than 11,300 miles.
- Kevin Costner may hold key to cleanup
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The actor will allow trials of his centrifugal oil separators to help clean up the Gulf oil spill.
- Banking regulators to help shape new rules
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Banking regulators shared the blame for the financial crisis that buckled Wall Street. Now they’re the ones lawmakers are counting on to give final shape to the new overhaul of financial rules.
- GOP ponders how to help, and tame, Paul
- Kentucky Senate nominee defends oil company blamed for Gulf spill
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The candidate’s remarks on racism, Obama make party uncomfortable.
- One of world’s rarest stamps to be auctioned
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A8
- The Swedish stamp could fetch a record price.
- Blind soldier finds niche in military
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Capt. Scott Smiley is one of only a few blind soldiers to remain on active duty since the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- U.S. aid slow to help Mexico in drug war
- May 22, 2010 in print edition on A7
- The United States has spent just 14 percent of the $1.12 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to combat surging drug cartel violence.
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