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How many times a year do you donate blood?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 80% | |
| 3+ | 10% | |
| 2 | 5% | |
| 1 | 4% | |
| Total | 487 | |
Videos
- Tonight we’ll dip to 67 degrees and see a slight …
- Betty Taylor and Freddy Simon, of Freddy’s Frozen Custard and …
- The group is considering pushing to change a rule that …
- The plan will set guidelines for future developments in the …
- Police say the man asked his girlfriend’s friend for beer, …
- More discussion is needed before commissioners approve outdoor drinking spaces …
- The building was a collaborative project, and Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little …
- Flushing meds or keeping them at home can be unsafe …
- The task force is examining the current school buildings to …
- People met at Broken Arrow to discuss the changes due …
- Injuries that were previously brushed off during games, such as …
- Coach Turner Gill said KU needs to execute their plays …
- KU golfers brought the team up from seventh after the …
- This game is the only time the two teams will …
- The dog has the extra toe so it can cling …
- Turner Gill addressed the media Tuesday, Sept. 21.
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Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
LHS Hall of Honor inducts new members- September 20, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Two successful businessmen, a doctor and an athlete. Four men from different backgrounds who have excelled in their careers. The one thing tying them all together: Lawrence High School.
6:00 a.m.
Jim Clark car lot changing hands- September 21, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- A deal has been struck to sell a longtime Lawrence auto dealership that likely will open the door for a Chrysler franchise to return to the city.
10:00 a.m.
Choice desserts: Yogurt concept lets Lawrence customers dress treat up and down- September 21, 2010
- What’s pink, brown and white all over? The inside of Vivian Moriarty’s frozen yogurt dish.
2:00 p.m.
GOP candidate Moran takes 10th annual conservation tour- September 20, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Douglas County rancher John Bradley stood on a rock channel creek crossing Monday morning, explaining the natural benefits for the animals and the minnows in the stream versus installing, say, a culvert there.
6:00 p.m.
Elementary school task force looking ahead- September 21, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Tom Waechter and his five volunteer colleagues are busy visiting schools, gathering floorplans, gauging quality of lighting and compiling dozens more measures of the Lawrence school district’s elementary schools — all with two goals in mind.
All stories
- World Company human resources director wins award
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Kelly Calvert, human resources director for The World Company, is the recipient of the 2010 George Trombold Achievement Award.
- Take-Back Day allows residents to safely rid homes of expired, unused and unwanted medication
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Law enforcement agencies across the nation this weekend want people to open their medicine cabinets to check for expired, unused and unwanted medication.
- Administrators take “redesigning” talk to Lawrence schools
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Junior highs will become middle schools, and high schools will become four-year schools — all in time for classes to begin next August in the Lawrence school district.
- Friends remember former Lawrence Mayor Jack Rose
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Those who knew Jack Rose well recalled his dry wit and his devotion to his church and his family.
- KU student to make Thursday appearance on “Jeopardy!”
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A Kansas University doctoral student is set to appear Thursday on the trivia game show “Jeopardy!”
- KU Band Day parade set for Saturday afternoon in Downtown Lawrence
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Musicians from more than 30 high schools are set to converge on Lawrence this weekend for Kansas University’s 63rd annual Band Day.
- The true story of Hippie Chow
- A Lawrence-made granola gains overnight success with Dean & Deluca pairing
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Overnight success is the stuff entrepreneurs dream of, but that wasn’t on Valerie Jennings’ mind when she stepped into her kitchen to make a batch of granola for her snack-loving boyfriend, Joe Parrish.
- School finance lawsuit expected to be filed next month
- 12:17 p.m., September 21, 2010 Updated 09:34 a.m. in print edition on A1
- Legislators on Tuesday started preparing for a lawsuit that will be filed against them by schools that allege the state has failed to fulfill its constitutional obligation to adequately fund education.
- Consumer advocates question Efficiency Kansas Loan Program
- 10:19 a.m., September 21, 2010 Updated 07:15 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Consumer advocates are raising questions about a utility’s proposed involvement in a program aimed at helping people make their homes and businesses more energy efficient.
- Statehouse Live: Sierra Club seeks EPA involvement in permit process of proposed coal-burning plant
- 08:35 a.m., September 21, 2010 Updated 08:48 a.m. in print edition on A1
- An environmental group has asked federal regulators “to play a more active role” in the permitting process for a coal-fired electric plant in southwest Kansas because the group says state officials are succumbing to political pressure from supporters of the project.
- Complaint against Holland moves forward at Tuesday meeting
- 08:31 a.m., September 21, 2010 Updated 08:34 p.m. in print edition on B10
- The complaint alleges gubernatorial candidate Tom Holland received an in-kind contribution of television ads from the PAC that exceeds the monetary limit.
- U.S. Sen. Roberts wants public health care reform hearing
- September 21, 2010
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says the Senate should convene a public hearing to look into whether federal health care reforms are increasing premiums.
- 25 years ago: City asked to support downtown revitalization efforts
- September 21, 2010
- The Downtown Lawrence Association was asking the city to approve a resolution of support for its application for a national downtown revitalization program. The DLA also asked the city to consider funding $70,000 worth of capital improvements over the next three years. Among their desired projects were permanent stripes on downtown crosswalks, installation of four drinking fountains, and improving the corner of Ninth and Massachusetts with trees, benches, an information board and a sheltered bus stop.
- 40 years ago: Water balloons thrown from Naismith Hall damage car
- September 21, 2010
- A local resident reported to police that two water-filled balloons were tossed at his car from an upper floor of Naismith Hall as the driver was passing the building. One balloon hit the car, causing an estimated $110 in damage.
- 100 years ago: Streetcar company celebrates one year of serving Lawrence
- September 21, 2010
- One year ago this morning the first street car was started for carrying passengers by the Lawrence Railway Company. The first year has been a most satisfactory one to the company. There have been some surprises. It had been supposed that the loop over the campus would be the most popular route and therefore the best paying, but so far this has not been true. On the contrary this line was operated at a loss during the summer while the Massachusetts and New Jersey street lines are the money makers.
- U.S. fearmongers help radical Islamists
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Last week, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused the U.S. government of orchestrating the desecration of Qurans. Clearly facts are irrelevant to Iranian leaders as they seek to crank up anti-American outrage over a Quran burning that never occurred.
- Moving forward
- Actions being taken by Kansas University’s chancellor, including her appointments for an athletics director search committee, appear to be promising steps for the KU athletics department.
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little should be congratulated for recent moves to take control and move the KU athletics department forward.
- Insurance woes
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Case study: 61-year-old woman; very active, walks and does yoga daily; had Lyme disease (main symptom: severe arthritis in all joints) in 2008; all arthritis gone since winter 2009. DENIED health insurance due to Lyme arthritis.
- Trimming the trees
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- During the past 30 years, we voters became so complacent that we didn’t see the forest for the trees. As a result, citizen statesmen were replaced by career politicians. These career politicians were allowed to make decisions based solely on staying in office rather than economic decisions that would benefit society as a whole. The career politicians have systematically transferred massive amounts of wealth from the middle class to the rich.
- Coal plant regrets
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- On Sept. 16, the New York Times ran a front-page story about the closing of Hungary’s last remaining coal-fired power plant. This plant was one of the town of Oroszlany’s main employers and biggest taxpayers. Quite simply, the action was taken because of the European Union’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Another factor in the closure of the coal mine and its neighboring power plant was the growing realization that coal-fired plants are financially unsustainable, relying for their existence on hefty government subsidies.
- Double Take: Overcommitted teens can’t give their all
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C1
- We’ve gotten so busy trying to enjoy ourselves that we’ve forgotten to do so.
- Food trucks are rolling into mainstream
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Familiar restaurant names are starting to show up in the parade of brightly painted food trucks jostling for customers.
- Choice desserts: Yogurt concept lets Lawrence customers dress treat up and down
- September 21, 2010
- What’s pink, brown and white all over? The inside of Vivian Moriarty’s frozen yogurt dish.
- Despite accidents, data on gas pipelines elusive
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Public records can reveal a lot about a neighborhood: who’s not paying their taxes, where sex offenders live, whether a house for sale has lead paint. Yet if a 2 1/2-foot-wide pipeline carrying highly pressurized, explosive natural gas runs beneath the neighborhood, it’s a different story.
- Enforcement an issue for laws on distracted driving
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Send police on a mission and they will catch a bucketload of people violating laws against cellphone use behind the wheel, but laws without enforcement seem to get ignored.
- Distracted driving deaths fell in 2009
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- The number of people killed in crashes connected to driver distraction declined last year, but the government said the problem remains an epidemic for motorists in the U.S.
- Candidates in Afghan election linked to ex-leader with al-Qaida ties
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- Dozens of candidates in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections represent a party linked to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former prime minister with ties to al-Qaida who is believed to be a mastermind of attacks on U.S. troops.
- Anti-immigration fervor grows in Sweden
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- A far-right group’s election breakthrough has shattered Sweden’s reputation as a bastion of tolerance after years of being seemingly inoculated against the backlash on immigration seen elsewhere in Europe.
- Report: Obesity hurts your wallet as well as your health
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Obesity puts a drag on the wallet as well as health, especially for women.
- Elementary school task force looking ahead
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Tom Waechter and his five volunteer colleagues are busy visiting schools, gathering floorplans, gauging quality of lighting and compiling dozens more measures of the Lawrence school district’s elementary schools — all with two goals in mind.
- Lawrence public school enrollment increases by 2 percent
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Enrollment in Lawrence public schools climbed by another 2 percent this year, growth powered in large part by continued popularity of the Lawrence Virtual School.
- Jim Clark car lot changing hands
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A deal has been struck to sell a longtime Lawrence auto dealership that likely will open the door for a Chrysler franchise to return to the city.
- Horoscope for September 21, 2010
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- This year, you benefit from substantial changes. Tune in to your instincts when you feel off. You often juggle different concerns, not knowing which choice to make. If you are single, you head in a new direction and meet some very intriguing people. If you are attached, you open the door to a new type of interaction by being a little less covert and more forthright. Pisces can be challenging.
- Cheerful anarchy on ‘Raising Hope’
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Life is messy, and love endures. That’s the message of the anarchic sitcom “Raising Hope” (8 p.m., Fox).
- Arrest warrant issued for Lohan, jail possible
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- A judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for Lindsay Lohan after the actress acknowledged failing a drug test less than a month after she was released from inpatient rehab.
- Paris Hilton pleads in Vegas arrest, avoids jail
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Just a few years ago, Paris Hilton claimed her lawless days were behind her after she served 23 days in jail for violating probation.
- Lady Gaga fights ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ in Maine
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Pop star Lady Gaga visited the state Monday on the eve of a key Senate vote to urge its two U.S. senators to help repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays.
- Wonder to U.N.: Ease copyrights for the blind
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Stevie Wonder wants global copyright overseers to help blind and visually impaired people access billions of science, history and other books they cannot read.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd inspiration dies in Fla.
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Monday in Florida, his daughter said. He was 77.
- Gill’s message remains the same to Jayhawks
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Three weeks into the 2010 season, fans of Kansas University’s football program have seen three vastly different KU teams take the field.
- KU volleyball’s Riley earns rookie of week
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University freshman libero Brianne Riley, who led the KU volleyball team with 3.67 digs per set in two matches last week, earned Big 12 Conference rookie of the week honors Monday.
- Pump patrol
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.57 at several stations.
- France steps up pledge to combat poverty
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The 10-year-old promise to lift the world’s poorest is unfulfilled and with world economies clawing back from the worst recession since World War II, the French president and others implored leaders on Monday not to return to their “old bad habits” of ignoring global poverty.
- Obama defends economic effort, pleads for voters’ help
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama reached out fervently Monday to skeptical voters who are still hurting long after the declared end of the recession, imploring them to stick with him in elections that could inflict catastrophic losses on Democrats in just six weeks.
- U.K. seeks to limit altered photos in magazines
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Beware those impossibly tiny waists and never-ending legs: looking at too much airbrushed beauty in glossy magazines can be hazardous to your health.
- Lawrence man reports $1,500 cash stolen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 19-year-old Lawrence man reported $1,500 in cash stolen from him on Sept. 9 in the 2200 block of Harper Street.
- Lawrence woman reports bike stolen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 45-year-old Lawrence woman reported a $1,600 purple mountain bike stolen from her on Saturday while she was along the Kansas River.
- Lawrence woman reports $1,000 cash stolen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 24-year-old Lawrence woman reported $1,000 in cash stolen from her Friday from the 1400 block of East 24th Street.
- KU student reports electronics stolen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 23-year-old KU student reported Sunday the burglary and theft of electronics from the 1200 block of West 19th Street.
- Lawrence woman reports personal property stolen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 23-year-old Lawrence woman reported Saturday the theft of a Coach purse, Coach wallet, $500 in cash and other personal items between 1:15 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Protein offers clue to Alzheimer’s
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A6
- That sticky gunk coating Alzheimer’s patients’ brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might determine how fast patients go downhill.
- Fed to ponder whether bolder action needed
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A6
- Federal Reserve policymakers are wrestling with what additional steps — if any — should be taken to strengthen the plodding economy and drive down near double-digit unemployment.
- Defense ignites Saints over S.F.
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Drew Brees is getting plenty of extra chances thanks to his opportunistic defense.
- Rookie’s first HR sinks K.C.
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B4
- To beat Zack Greinke, the Detroit Tigers needed one of their most unlikely home runs in years.
- Lawrence fourth at home tennis quad
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Monday was Lawrence High sophomore Abby Gillam’s 16th birthday, so tennis coach Steve Hudson let her leave her team’s quad on Monday night a little early. Gillam got the HP laptop she wanted and couldn’t wait to use it.
- Gilbert paces KU golf to seventh place
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University junior golfer Chris Gilbert shot a 71 and a 74 to put him in a tie for 14th place, and the Jayhawks sat in seventh place after two rounds of the Kansas Invitational on Monday at Alvamar.
- Broncos WR dies of apparent suicide
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his apartment Monday in an apparent suicide.
- Yeah, I voted Boise No. 1; so tweet me
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- My crime is simple — I am the only one on this week’s AP football poll to vote Boise State No. 1.
- MU end Smith breaks leg
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Missouri coach Gary Pinkel says star defensive end Aldon Smith will miss the Tigers’ game Saturday against Miami of Ohio due to a broken bone in his leg.
- Browns center says Chief dirty
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Browns center Alex Mack accused Kansas City defensive lineman Shaun Smith of grabbing his private parts during Sunday’s game.
- ‘Bobcat’ says mascot tussle premeditated
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Turns out, the Bobcat had it in for the Buckeye all along.
- Grind-it-out Chiefs ecstatic at 2-0
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The fact the 2-0 Kansas City Chiefs could so easily be 0-2 is even more encouraging for Todd Haley and his players.
- Stressful situations: With recent scare, Big 12 coaches cognizant of health concerns
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Gary Pinkel likes to get away from a stressful day and sneak in a quick shopping trip with his granddaughters, even it’s just for 15 minutes.
- Simien tickled by team induction
- For former Jayhawk, group honor trumps individual recognition for KU Hall of Fame
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Wayne Simien will be inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday morning as an individual and as part of the 2003-04 Jayhawk team, Bill Self’s first team at KU.
- Lawrence man arrested on charge of aggravated assault
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday afternoon on charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat in the 1500 block of East 25th Terrace for an incident that occurred in the 1400 block of Eddingham Drive.
- Lawrence city commission to look at plan for Oread Neighborhood
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The future of the Oread Neighborhood will take center stage at Lawrence City Hall this evening.
- Proposal calls for expanding sidewalk drinking areas in downtown Lawrence
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- A proposal to allow more sidewalk drinking areas in downtown Lawrence will be up for discussion by city commissioners today.
- Report: Man approaches girl on Schwegler playground
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Lawrence police are investigating a report of a man approaching a female student in an after-school program Monday afternoon at Schwegler School, a school district spokeswoman said.
- Caffeine use cited as defense in Kentucky murder trial
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The lawyer for a Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife argued at trial Monday that excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left the defendant so sleep-deprived and mentally unstable that he falsely confessed to the killing.
- Sheriff’s officers searching for Lecompton burglary suspects
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Douglas County Sheriff’s officers are looking for three suspects who burglarized Kroeger’s Country Store in Lecompton early Monday.
- Douglas County conservation easement to be dedicated Wednesday
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A 135-acre conservation easement, which includes one of the finest examples remaining of the original eastern oak-hickory forest in Kansas, will be dedicated Wednesday.
- Ex-KU alumni center director to lead Club Managers Association of America
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A5
- A former director of Kansas University’s Adams Alumni Center is in line to become president of a professional association for managers of membership clubs.
- Thousands flee battle with al-Qaida in Yemen
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Thousands of people have fled a village in southern Yemen where security forces are laying siege to al-Qaida militants, a security official said Monday, signaling an escalation in the government’s U.S.-backed campaign to uproot the terror network’s local offshoot.
- Bahrain king revokes Shiite cleric’s citizenship
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Bahrain’s king warned that mosques would be key targets in sweeps against suspected Shiite dissent in his tiny Gulf nation and vital U.S. ally. The first blow was a big one: stripping the citizenship of a powerful Shiite cleric with close ties to Iraq before next month’s parliamentary elections.
- U.S. Muslim groups seek dialogue on religious intolerance
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Leaders of prominent U.S. Muslim groups called Monday for a national week of interfaith dialogue to combat religious intolerance and said they support the right to build a controversial Islamic center near ground zero.
- More jobs created in August but Kansas unemployment rate rises
- 12:00 a.m., September 21, 2010 Updated 02:51 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Kansas’ unemployment rate rose slightly in August, but state officials still saw some positive economic news.
- Lawrence man arrested after battering girlfriend with full beer can
- September 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday afternoon on charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery in the 1100 block of Stone Meadows Drive for an incident that occurred about 2 a.m. Saturday morning.
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
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- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
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