Also from October 29
Births
Blog entries
- Heard on the Hill: Clemson University hires KU professor to lead biology department
- First Bell: Why are graduations in the middle of the week?
- Statehouse Live: Senate, House dealing on tax and budget issues as wrap-up session continues
- Town Talk: Oklahoma City tornado sparks discussion of building code standards at Lawrence City Hall
- Town Talk: Lawrence hosts mayor of Greek sister city this week
- Eat Your Vegetables: Cooking away the CSA, week 6: Salad season
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Which of Shakespeare's classics is your favorite?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I don’t like Shakespeare | 27% | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 19% | |
| Romeo & Juliet | 16% | |
| Hamlet | 16% | |
| Other (tell us in the comments!) | 13% | |
| Othello | 6% | |
| Total | 701 | |
Videos
- KU’s spirit squad dressed out of uniform for a flash …
- Democratic incumbent Steve Six is from Lawrence, and will face …
- A gas line broke at KU’s new pharmacy building Friday …
- Members of the KU department of dance took over a …
- Malott Hall was evacuated after an ammonia spill in a …
- Temperatures will not be as cold as last night as …
- Black Hills Energy crews work on a gas line leak …
- KUSports.com editor Jesse Newell and KU football beat writer Matt …
- Kansas basketball player discuss what they most respect about head …
- About 400 women came to the event, which raised money …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Fundraiser brings Halloween-themed mini-golf to Lawrence- October 27, 2010
- The second annual Caddy Stacks fundraiser transforms the library into an 18-hole mini- golf course. Each hole is decorated by Lawrence businesses and organizations.
- Poll: How often do you play mini-golf?
- On the street: Do you like to play putt-putt?
6:00 a.m.
Lawrence police search house in 500 block of Locust- 2:07 p.m., October 28, 2010 Updated 4:43 p.m. in print edition on 3A
- Officers from multiple agencies conducted an investigation Thursday at a home in the 500 block of Locust Street in North Lawrence after a man was arrested there on suspicion of absconding from his parole.
10:00 a.m.
‘Ladies’ Night Out with Bill Self’ fundraiser draws 400 to Allen Fieldhouse- October 28, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Elizabeth Keller stood up from the crowd of 400 women in Allen Fieldhouse Thursday night and asked the Kansas University men’s basketball team a question.
- Video: Ladies’ Night Out with Bill Self
- Photo gallery: Ladies’ Night Out with Bill Self
2:00 p.m.
All stories
- Free State High School football team defeats Lawrence High, 42-20
- Firebirds break 14-14 halftime tie, roll in final half
- October 29, 2010
- Free State earned a state playoff berth by downing LHS, 42-20, on Friday at LHS.
- Kansas tax collections exceed estimates
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- For the third straight month, the state has collected more tax revenue than earlier projected, officials said Friday.
- Lawrence attorney faces complaints about work; license temporarily suspended
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- A longtime Lawrence attorney’s license to practice law has been temporarily suspended, and he faces four complaints of professional misconduct.
- Details revealed in $1.5 million Carnegie Library building renovation
- $1.5 million project at Carnegie Library to highlight region’s role during Civil War
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Details on how city leaders hope to use the Carnegie Library building to lure Civil War tourists are emerging, as a $1.5 million renovation project is set to be done by year’s end.
- Kansas settles securities case with Goldman Sachs
- October 29, 2010
- The Kansas Securities Commissioner says it has reached a settlement with investment bank Goldman Sachs.
- Malott Hall reopens after chemical spill, evacuation
- 02:54 p.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 05:15 p.m. in print edition on B2
- Kansas University’s Malott Hall reopened about 4:45 p.m. Friday, several hours after a chemical spill caused students and staff to evacuate the building.
- Review: KU Theatre’s ‘Lobby Hero’ offers nuanced study about morals
- October 29, 2010
- Heroes stand divided in University Theatre’s “Lobby Hero,” an intensely personal and character-driven play about the thin line between right and wrong.
- Douglas County fugitive taken into custody in Nebraska after low-speed chase
- 01:18 p.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 04:24 p.m. in print edition on A1
- An inmate who didn’t return to the Douglas County Jail after being released over Christmas 2008 has been arrested near Lincoln, Neb.
- Kansas state board of education candidates disagree on funding issues
- October 29, 2010
- Willie Dove said he continues to campaign as much as he can with the general election just days away.
- Kansas secretary of state race turns on views of scattered voter issues
- October 29, 2010
- The race for Kansas secretary of state is part of a national debate.
- Arts roundup: Karole Armitage returning to Lawrence; City Band Director Bob Foster honored
- October 29, 2010
- This week in arts: Karole Armitage returns for week of dance events; guest artists join KU jazz performers; KU’s Robert Foster honored; KU graduate wins essay contest.
- Campaign Notebook: Nearly half of Kansas’ registered voters expected to participate in election
- 11:47 a.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 03:17 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Turnout for the 2006 and 2002 midterm elections was 52 percent, and it was 50 percent in 1998, the office reported.
- 3 KU graduates make Forbes’ list of most powerful women in the world
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Three Kansas University alumnae have been named to Forbes magazine’s list of the 25 most powerful women in the world.
- KU chancellor to visit university leaders in South Korea
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little is scheduled to visit South Korea next month to visit with university leaders there.
- Official: US probes possible dry run for bomb plot
- 11:32 a.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 12:42 p.m.
- The White House says President Barack Obama was notified about a potential terrorist threat after suspicious packages were discovered aboard two airplanes bound for the U.S.
- Town Talk: Mass. Street pedicab changes; frozen yogurt at Sixth and Wakarusa; basketball parking warning; new homeless stats
- October 29, 2010
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Plans for Free State High’s garden on hold until Lawrence school board gets more information
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Plans for a garden the size of a football field are on hold at Free State High School, as some members of the Lawrence school board question the project’s location, oversight, operational plans and financial arrangements.
- Streets reopen on KU’s West Campus after gas line break near new pharmacy building
- 09:45 a.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 01:21 p.m. in print edition on B2
- Emergency crews are on the scene of a gas line break near the new pharmacy building on KU’s West Campus.
- Spring Hill High School football player dies after collapsing during game
- Father says his son had a concussion in early October
- 09:07 a.m., October 29, 2010 Updated 12:49 p.m. in print edition on C2
- A northeast Kansas high school senior who died Friday after collapsing during a football game had sustained a concussion during a recent football game, his father said.
- Kansan named to National Association of State Boards of Education
- October 29, 2010
- A member of the Kansas State Board of Education has been named to the board of directors of the National Association of State Boards of Education.
- City looking for volunteers to help residents shovel snow this winter
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Shine those snow shovels. With the memory of the 42 inches of snow that fell on Lawrence last winter, city leaders are getting an early jump on asking residents to volunteer for a program to shovel sidewalks for the elderly.
- 25 years ago: Parents concerned about potential LSD presence on stickers
- October 29, 2010
- As of this date in 1985, according to the Centers for Disease Control, 14,125 people had been diagnosed with AIDS. Half of those people had died, and one-third of all AIDS cases were in New York City.
- 40 years ago: Haskell forms speech and drama department
- October 29, 2010
- A speech and drama department was being formed within the General Education program at Haskell Indian Junior College. A total of 36 students were enrolled in the new department’s seven classes.
- 100 years ago: Vandalism, pranks and joy rides discouraged on Halloween
- October 29, 2010
- The ban is on some Hallowe’en stunts this year. The kids can have all the fun they want, they can have ghost scares, jack o-lantern parties, yell, run, wear false faces, and have a general hilarious time. But there must be no acts of vandalism.
- Self: Kansas ‘fast’
- Coach lauds team’s athleticism
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Bill Self and his wife, Cindy, sat in tall director’s chairs in the front of Kansas University’s Hadl Auditorium. They faced wave after wave of questioners during Thursday’s 90-minute Q-and-A portion of Self’s inaugural “Ladies Night Out.”
- Pump patrol for Oct. 29, 2010
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.60 at Presto, 1030 N. Third St.
- Muslim source turned in subway terror suspect, officials say
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A8
- The tip that led to the FBI’s subway bombing sting came from a source in the Muslim community: A Pakistani-born man from a middle-class suburb was trying to join a terrorist group, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
- ‘What Would You Do?’ returns for a full season on ABC
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B9
- The “candid camera” ethics reality series “Primetime: What Would You Do?” (8 p.m., ABC) returns for a full season of new episodes.
- ‘Hawaii Five-O’ actor James MacArthur dies
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B9
- Stage and screen actor James MacArthur, who played “Danno” in the original version of television’s “Hawaii Five-O,” died Thursday at age 72.
- Horoscope for Oct. 29, 2010
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B9
- This year, follow your knee-jerk response, and you’ll come out ahead. Creativity and imagination merge, especially as you learn to understand those in your day-to-day environment. If you are single, a foreigner could have a startling impact on your life. If you are attached, the two of you become closer through taking a seminar or workshop together. Cancer can draw you in quickly.
- More Latinos in U.S. say they are victims of discrimination
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Nearly two thirds of Latinos in the United States think they are being discriminated against, and a plurality believe the backlash over illegal immigration is the central driver of such bias.
- Interest groups target state election races big and small
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- House and Senate candidates aren’t the only ones targeted by interest groups in this year’s campaign. While they have spent at least $185 million just since Labor Day to influence voters in close congressional races, outside money is pouring at similar rates into state elections for governors and down the ticket to city councils and even local sewage boards.
- Free State kicker Moyer cheers, too
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Amanda Moyer — 5-foot-2, blonde, maybe 100 pounds in full pads — will handle the place-kicking duties for the Firebirds at 7 tonight against Lawrence High.
- Lions’ linebacker Pederson plays large
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- It seems ridiculous on paper. Lawrence High’s Jon Pederson, listed at 5-foot-7, 150 pounds, will start at middle linebacker tonight against Free State.
- NCAA will study summer recruiting changes
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Rather than banning summer recruiting just yet, the NCAA’s Board of Directors wants to take a longer look before making any changes.
- OSU: No violations by Blackmon
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Oklahoma State officials have determined that star receiver Justin Blackmon did not break NCAA rules while attending a Dallas Cowboys game earlier this week.
- Mizzou not charging fans
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The University of Missouri says it won’t seek trespassing charges against 30 fans who were arrested for rushing onto the football field after Saturday’s big win over Oklahoma.
- Notre Dame investigates death at practice
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- As the Notre Dame football team drilled on its practice field, Declan Sullivan stood high above the turf in a hydraulic lift, videotaping the session so players could get an aerial view of their performance. Suddenly, the wind, already whipping so much that Sullivan tweeted that it was “terrifying,” surged to 51 mph.
- Giant party in McCovey Cove
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Things are a little crazy out here on the water to begin with, and then the water polo team shows up, dragging along a floating goal. Hey McHale, I think I found your navy.
- Two players back for Lions
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B3
- It’s the City Showdown, so you better believe that everyone who can possibly get on the field will try as hard as he can to do it.
- Kansas football notebook: Oguntodu expected move to LB
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Kansas University senior Olaitan Oguntodu had started KU’s first six football games at strong safety and was the team’s third-leading tackler. Prior to last week’s loss to Texas A&M, which dropped the Jayhawks to 2-5, Oguntodu was moved from safety to linebacker, where he played sparingly against the Aggies.
- Hoffman, Baldwin upend Eudora
- Bulldogs undefeated in districts
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Josh Hoffman had 18 carries for 140 yards as Baldwin beat Eudora in a clash of teams previously undefeated in Class 4A district football play.
- Veritas football moves to 8-0
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B4
- Veritas Christian School’s football team defeated Wichita Sunrise, 50-42, to finish an undefeated regular season on Thursday night at Veritas’ field.
- N.C. State rallies past Florida State
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Russell Wilson threw a fourth-down touchdown pass to George Bryan with 2:40 left to help North Carolina State rally from a big halftime deficit and beat No. 16 Florida State, 28-24, on Thursday night.
- Report: Giants’ Guillen tied to drug probe
- October 29, 2010
- San Francisco Giants outfielder Jose Guillen, left off the team’s postseason roster, is linked to a federal investigation into shipments of performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported on its website Thursday.
- Spiritual caretaker of Indonesian volcano dies
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- As Merapi began spewing 1,800-degree gases and thousands of panicked people streamed down the mountain’s slopes, Maridjan, the 83-year-old man entrusted to watch over the volcano’s spirits, refused to budge from his home deep in the evacuation zone, just four miles from the crater.
- Only slight economic gains foreseen in 2011
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The new Congress that begins in January will confront an economy and a job market that will improve only slightly next year, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists that found them gloomier than they were three months ago.
- Giants roll, 9-0, take 2-0 Series lead
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- For a team that barely made it to the playoffs, the San Francisco Giants are looking more and more like a baseball juggernaut.
- Seven magic number at tonight’s LHS-FSHS football showdown
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Every coach heading into every rivalry game sounds pretty much the same. They talk about how each one on the schedule is important. They count the same in the standings. Meanwhile, in the stands the emotions run far deeper, tell a different story. This time, the coaches are right.
- Indonesia disaster death toll nears 430
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A6
- The death toll rose Friday to 393 as officials found more bodies, although hundreds of people remained missing. Harmensyah, head of the West Sumatra provincial disaster management center, said rescue teams “believe many, many of the bodies were swept to sea.”
- Police capture suspect in series of fatal central Missouri shootings
- October 29, 2010
- A man already facing theft charges was captured Thursday as a suspect in a series of fatal central Missouri shootings that had prompted police to warn anyone associated with him to flee the area.
- Fifth-grade girl suspended for bringing toy gun to Overland Park school
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on B10
- An 11-year-old suburban Kansas City girl who was playing with a toy gun on a school playground on a Sunday has been suspended from school for three months for violating the school district’s weapons policy.
- Britain’s spy chief defends need for secrecy
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Britain’s top spy came in from the cold of a crisp autumn morning Thursday to condemn torture, warn of nuclear proliferation and defend the shadowy world of covert intelligence-gathering as crucial to keeping the country “safe and secure.”
- Net cost of college tuition and fees lower than in 2005, report finds
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- A new report from the College Board might prompt a different sort of sticker shock: The net price of college tuition and fees, after factoring in student aid and inflation, is actually lower now than five years ago.
- Earth may not be so unique, census of planets reveals
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Nearly one in four stars like the sun could be supporting Earth-size planets, according to the first-ever planets census of our celestial neighbors.
- Keep looking
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- I am writing this letter to alert voters that whichever way they plan to vote on the library funding question, it may be hard to find the place on the ballot to do it.
- Money in politics
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- If money is indeed the root of all evil, then one of its taproots must surely be traced to the American electoral process. In California, a candidate for governor has spent $120 million personally and the number may reach $200 million by Nov. 2. In Kansas one candidate for governor has spent over $2 million.
- More input
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- Before you vote “yes” on the library proposal, please consider the following thoughts.
- Valued resource
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- When my family moved to Lawrence in 1977, the recently completed public library was often referred to with civic pride as an illustration of the commitment and interest in education of this city of 40,000. Lawrence is now a city of approximately 90,000, and the proposal for an additional 20,000 square feet of library space will greatly enhance, improve and update this valued community resource.
- Police audit
- City officials should consider new ways to measure the performance of the Lawrence Police Department.
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- During the transition to a new permanent chief for the Lawrence Police Department is an ideal time for city officials to consider some of the oversight issues outlined this week by the city’s auditor.
- Kansas man gets 5 years for setting fire in bedroom
- October 29, 2010
- The U.S. attorney’s office says a 28-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to five years in prison for arson.
- Former Kearny County Sheriff’s deputy to stand trial for sexual exploitation of a child
- October 29, 2010
- A former Kearny County Sheriff’s deputy will stand trial on 13 counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
- Lawrence woman reports burglary, theft of toolbox, television
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 49-year-old Lawrence woman reported Tuesday the burglary and theft of a tool box and a television from the 700 block of Locust Street.
- Tests warned of cement troubles before BP oil well blowout in Gulf
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, but the company and its cementing contractor used it anyway, investigators with the president’s oil spill commission said Thursday.
- Political punishment coming on Nov. 2
- October 29, 2010 in print edition on A9
- In a radio interview that aired Monday on Univision, President Obama chided Latinos who “sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us.’” Quite a uniter, urging Hispanics to exact political revenge on their enemies — presumably, for example, the near-60 percent of Americans who support the new Arizona immigration law.
- Costumes on the cheap: Last-minute costumes made from household items
- October 29, 2010
- No costume? No problem.
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