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Polls
Will you be getting a flu shot this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 49% | |
| No | 45% | |
| I don’t know | 5% | |
| Total | 935 | |
Videos
- The Florida pastor and his church members who were threatening …
- The accident, which happened shortly after 8:30 p.m., involved a …
- The new room was paid for with $150,000 in donations …
- The school was one of five in Kansas recognized with …
- Tonight we’ll see some fog and mist and temperatures around …
- After multiple recent accidents involving teens and semi trucks, the …
- United Way hopes to raise $1.7 million this year, and …
- The zoo, which has been plagued with multiple violations the …
- Both KU football players will see playing time this game …
- Tonganoxie will travel to Piper tomorrow night for the high …
- A 7-year-old Zebra is expected to give birth in the …
- Mostly cloudy skies will continue through your Thursday as the …
- A car chase that ended near Clinton Parkway and Kasold …
- Drive carefully this morning because the roads could be wet …
All stories
- Kansas Department of Transportation hit by computer virus, sends out thousands of virus e-mails
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B8
- The Kansas Department of Transportation says a computer virus forced a brief shutdown of its e-mail system.
- United Way kicks off 2010 campaign
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The uncertain weather Thursday evening has led organizers of the United Way kickoff carnival to move the event from South Park to Abe and Jakes Landing, 8 E. 6th Street.
- Statehouse Live: Kansas Inc. decides not to renew membership in Kansas Chamber
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The state’s economic development policy agency has split from the state’s most high-profile business organization.
- Cable industry publication gives Sunflower Broadband high marks
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A8
- A leading cable industry magazine has chosen Lawrence-based Sunflower Broadband as its System of the Year.
- Kansas lawmakers, federal regulators butt heads over greenhouse gas regulations
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Federal environmental officials on Thursday urged Kansas to adopt greenhouse gas regulations, but some state legislators balked at the idea.
- U.S. Dept. of Education names Lawrence’s Woodlawn as one of five Blue Ribbon Schools in Kansas
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The U.S. Department of Education named Woodlawn School as one of five Blue Ribbon Schools in the state on Thursday.
- Campaign Notebook: Brownback releases two ads; Holland campaign says they lack details
- 08:32 a.m., September 9, 2010 Updated 09:43 a.m.
- Brownback, currently a U.S. senator, faces Holland, a state senator from Baldwin City in the Nov. 2 election.
- State, federal officials face off over greenhouse gas regulations
- 08:25 a.m., September 9, 2010 Updated 11:26 a.m.
- States are being told by the EPA to adjust their rules to accommodate federal greenhouse gas requirements that require large carbon dioxide emitters, such as coal-fired electric power plants, to utilize “best available control technologies” to reduce emissions.
- Kansas State Fair to host emergency preparedness fair
- September 9, 2010
- “Be prepared” is more than the Boy Scout motto. It’s the theme for a special day at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
- Police searching for driver from car chase
- 06:34 a.m., September 9, 2010 Updated 11:33 a.m. in print edition on A4
- One person was taken to the hospital, and Lawrence police are searching for several suspects after vehicle chase ended early Thursday in west Lawrence.
- Garden City police find missing 2-year-old Issiah Martinez, safe in his hometown
- 06:26 a.m., September 9, 2010 Updated 11:34 a.m.
- Garden City police say a 2-year-old who had been reported missing at 12:30 a.m. Thursday has been found nearly nine hours later.
- Phase Two of the Obama presidency
- September 9, 2010
- Nov. 2 is likely to be marked as the official start of Phase Two of the Obama presidency, but in some respects, the turn to the right that will mark his tenure became visible in this first week in September.
- Profile of Koch brothers misguided
- September 9, 2010
- The Aug. 30 issue of The New Yorker Magazine ran an article called “Covert Operations: The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Waging a War Against Obama.” The article, of course, is about the Koch family from Wichita, and primarily about brothers Charles, who runs Koch Industries from its Wichita headquarters, and David, who lives in New York and spends much of his time involved in philanthropy.
- Broken food system
- September 9, 2010
- Sickening reports released recently from an investigation of two large egg-producing farms in Iowa would shake anyone’s confidence in the safety of America’s food supply.
- Real labor
- September 9, 2010
- Ah, Labor Day. The once-public national holiday gives us an excuse to stay home, cook out, or take a last fling at summer fun. That’s nice.
- 100 years ago: Downtown Lawrence now fully lit at night
- September 9, 2010
- When the shades of night fall upon the city of Lawrence, instead of the business street being enshrouded with darkness, it is now one blaze of light from the bridge, across the turgid waters of the Kaw to where the court house stands forth, gleaming white under the rays of a score of tungsten lamps.
- 40 years ago: Future highway development posing concern
- September 9, 2010
- At a meeting with members of the Kansas State Highway Commission, city commissioners were presented with a “generally bleak” picture about the possibility of future highway development in Lawrence and Douglas County.
- 25 years ago: Three rescued from arson fire at Pinecrest Apartments
- September 9, 2010
- A morning fire at Pinecrest Apartments on Redbud Lane was described by Fire Chief Jim McSwain as a serious arson fire, the second in the building in recent weeks. It was unknown if the two fires had been related. Responders, arriving at 5:03 a.m., had discovered that three people — a man, a woman, and a year-old child - were trapped on the second floor. Firefighters raised a ladder to their window and helped them escape.
- High Drama: Film festival brings peek at mountain life to Kaw Valley
- September 9, 2010
- There is a sizable contingent of local flatlanders who relish mountain sports. Thanks to those folks, the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Lawrence has snowballed the last nine years.
- Questions, worries, arguments preceded Gulf blast
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Something was wrong.
- BP blames itself and others for oil spill
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on C8
- BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.
- Self puts on happy face
- Addressing metro leaders, KU coach spins ‘opportunity’
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self, who emerged as the unofficial face of the KU athletic department through a turbulent 2009-10 school year and again into the start of 2010-11, conveyed an optimistic outlook to top business leaders in the metro area at Wednesday’s Boots, Barbecue and Business Luncheon in Kemper Arena.
- Is another ‘Nikita’ really necessary?
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B7
- How’s this for recycling? The “new” series “Nikita” (8 p.m., CW) offers a reboot of a 1997 Canadian series “La Femme Nikita” (seen here on USA), which was itself based on “Nikita,” a 1990 French-language thriller directed by Luc Besson. Just to complicate matters further, “Nikita” was also remade in 1993 as the movie “Point of No Return,” starring Bridget Fonda and directed by John Badham.
- Horoscope for September 9, 2010
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B7
- This year, unprecedented creativity emerges from you. What would be the most appropriate manner in which to use this unusual energy? Be open. If you are single, romance always is on the horizon. If you are attached, avoid getting into hassles over little issues. You could have an unusually intense and romantic year. Libra encourages you to enjoy life more.
- ‘Snooki’ fined $500 for annoying beachgoers
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Calling her “a Lindsay Lohan wannabe,” a judge fined “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.
- Piers Morgan named King’s replacement
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B7
- British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King’s replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he “came here to win.”
- Chancellor speaks on athletics search
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University’s chancellor will be looking for a new athletics director with experience, integrity and a style that relates well to people.
- Men found dead in S.E. Kansas
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Investigators are trying to figure out what caused the deaths of two men within three days inside a southeast Kansas home.
- Pump patrol
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.49 at several stations.
- Three men face robbery charges
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Prosecutors Wednesday said three Lawrence men used a gun to rob two other 20-year-old Lawrence men Monday night in a south Lawrence apartment, taking cash and other property.
- Harrah’s drops bid for casino south of Wichita
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday dropped its proposal to build a casino south of Wichita, leaving two smaller regional companies to compete for a contract with the Kansas Lottery.
- Dinosaur with hump most complete carnivore fossil ever found
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A1
- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.
- Rosy outlook for Community Theatre move
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A1
- To an actual chorus of “Everything’s Coming up Roses,” the Lawrence Community Theatre on Wednesday unveiled a $6.2 million campaign to build a new 300-seat theater in west Lawrence.
- Wildfire destroys 135 homes
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A6
- A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 135 homes in just three days.
- Job openings on the rise
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Job openings are rising modestly, a sign that employers may step up hiring soon.
- Lawrence man reports car stolen
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man reported Monday the theft of a 1981 gold Mercedes Benz from the 700 block of New York Street.
- Courthouse windows to be upgraded
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A5
- To help save energy at the Douglas County Courthouse, county commissioners agreed Wednesday to spend close to $40,000 to upgrade the building’s windows.
- Cowley County’s chief judge dies at 74
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Joseph Michael Smith, the chief judge of the Cowley County District Court, has died at the age of 74.
- Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he’d bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online.
- Colbert, Biden fete U.S. troops
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A hot dog vending cart was wheeled back and forth. Cocktail waitress hurried past with trays full of beer. Vice President Joe Biden led New York Yankees great Yogi Berra by the arm.
- Obama won’t yield on tax hike
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
- Prostitutes await Ramadan’s end
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Wearing white to symbolize purity, worshippers throughout the city of Dakar gathered to pray on one of the final nights of Ramadan.
- Massacre suspects arrested
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Hooded gunmen killed the mayor of a small town in the northern Mexico state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday, and prosecutors announced the arrest of seven suspects in the massacre of 72 migrants in August.
- 4th U.S. missile strike in 24 hours
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early today, an intelligence official said, the fourth attack in 24 hours as the U.S. steps up the tactic to keep al-Qaida and its allies under pressure.
- Castro: Cuban model doesn’t work
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic model doesn’t work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.
- Minister determined to burn Qurans
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam’s holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.
- Our town sports
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Our town sports for the week of September 9, 2010.
- Twins continue Greinke mastery
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The Minnesota Twins can’t seem to explain why they have so much success against Kansas City ace Zack Greinke. For whatever reason, they just seem to have Greinke’s number.
- LHS golf 11th, FSHS 13th
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence High’s girls golf team took 11th out of 16 teams Wednesday at the Olathe North Invitational. Free State High finished 13th.
- Union leader: NFL lockout looms
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The NFL players’ union leader has a message for fans: Enjoy the games now, because there may be none next year.
- Underdog role vexes Boise St.
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B2
- What’s happening with Boise State right now is remarkable on several phony fronts.
- Federer blows away Soderling at U.S. Open
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Treating the whipping wind and his familiar foe as only slight nuisances, 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer served his way to a convincing 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over the fifth-seeded Robin Soderling in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Wednesday night.
- LHS soph tough, but FSHS wins
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Lawrence High sophomore Carly Davis was quietly making her way through the final match of her first day as a varsity tennis player Wednesday when, suddenly, a hush fell over the crowd as she walked off the court, blood streaming down her face.
- NDSU coach rips KU
- September 9, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Don’t be surprised if the back of the new massive Memorial Stadium scoreboard is fitted for corkboard today. The insults dumped on the Kansas University football team in the wake of a 6-3, season-opening loss to North Dakota State are far too plentiful to fit on any bulletin board.
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