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Polls
Did you go to Osawatomie to see President Obama speak?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 90% | |
| Yes | 9% | |
| Total | 561 | |
Do you know anyone who remembers the Pearl Harbor attack?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 84% | |
| No | 15% | |
| Total | 465 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Holiday Homes Tours reports record attendance in its seventh year- December 5, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- A record number of people took part in the seventh annual Holiday Homes Tour on Sunday.
- Photo gallery: Holiday Homes Tour
6:00 a.m.
Legislators reaching crunch time for making decisions on future of KPERS- December 5, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- A special commission that has been studying the state’s public employee retirement system is nearing some crucial decisions that could affect the lives of thousands of Kansans.
11:00 a.m.
As number of Pearl Harbor veterans dwindles, area survivors hope to keep lessons of history alive - December 5, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Two area residents are among a handful of living Kansans who can give firsthand accounts what happened that day. They are part of a dying breed who lived through both the shock of the initial attack and the aftermath and horror of seeing fellow sailors who had died or were injured.
- Video: Survivor’s tale: Vincent Muirhead
- Video: Survivor’s tale: Dorwin Lamkin
- Poll: Do you know anyone who remembers the Pearl Harbor attack?
- On the street: Do you remember learning about the Pearl Harbor attack at school?
- Special coverage: The 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
10:30 p.m.
Kansas ranks last in improving numbers of children with health insurance, study says- December 5, 2011
- The number of children nationwide without health insurance coverage decreased from 2008-2010. But Kansas and Minnesota went in the opposite direction.
- Source document: Study on children’s health insurance
All stories
- Man arrested after allegedly threatening Tonganoxie High School principal
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 51-year-old rural Tonganoxie man was arrested Monday following an incident in which he allegedly threatened Tonganoxie High School Principal Jamie Carlisle at the school.
- Iowa State rolls past Prairie View A&M
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B6
- Percy Gibson laid out a simple goal for himself in his first start for Iowa State.
- Sheldon McClellan lifts Texas past Texas-Arlington
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B6
- A fresh face stepped up to lead Texas to another victory over Texas-Arlington.
- Marcus Denmon leads No. 10 Missouri over Villanova, 81-71
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B6
- Missouri was No. 25 in the preseason poll. The Tigers have moved into the top 10 and are playing as though they mean to stay up there.
- 420 KU employees get pay raises
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A3
- 420 KU employees, including four deans, received pay increases for this academic year. KU officials said the 420 pay increases were separate from the planned merit-based pay increases for faculty and staff scheduled to be distributed in January.
- Personal information of some KU students stolen during break-in
- December 6, 2011
- Kansas University police are investigating a break-in at KU Student Housing’s offices that resulted in some students’ personal information being stolen, said KU spokeswoman Jill Jess.
- City commissioners cancel tonight’s vote on Ninth and N.H. multi-story building project; revised design to go back to Historic Resources Commission
- December 6, 2011
- City commissioners have canceled a vote on a downtown project set for tonight.
- For local Japanese-American artist, time spent in internment camps fueled a lifetime of work
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A1
- For Roger Shimomura, the time he spent in an internment camp during World War II has influenced his entire life and his acclaimed art.
- Pearl Harbor survivors return to ships after death
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Lee Soucy decided five years ago that when he died he wanted to join his shipmates killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- Bill Self meets with President in Osawatomie
- KU hoops coach learns that Barack Obama is ‘huge basketball fan’
- 04:12 p.m., December 6, 2011 Updated 02:44 a.m. in print edition on A1
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self met with President Barack Obama at a meet-and-greet session before the President’s speech on Tuesday at Osawatomie High School.
- 2 convicted murderers eligible for parole hearings
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Kansas Prisoner Review Board will hear public comments this month on two prisoners convicted of murder in Douglas County who are eligible for parole in February.
- Speaking in Osawatomie, Obama sees ‘make or break’ time for middle class
- 03:17 p.m., December 6, 2011 Updated 05:27 p.m. in print edition on A1
- President Barack Obama delivered a sweeping indictment of economic inequality in the U.S. on Tuesday as he summoned the memory of President Theodore Roosevelt and pledged to fight for fairness at a “make or break moment for the middle class.”
- Hundreds line up for Obama’s speech in Osawatomie
- December 6, 2011
- Several hundred people have braved freezing weather for the opportunity to hear President Barack Obama speak in a small Kansas town.
- Moscow police clash with anti-Putin demonstrators
- December 6, 2011
- Police clashed Tuesday on a central Moscow square with demonstrators trying to hold a second day of protests against alleged vote fraud in Russia’s parliamentary elections.
- US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
- Former Ill. governor Rod Blagojevich’s sentencing begins today
- December 6, 2011
- Two trials and almost exactly three years after being arrested, Illinois’ ousted governor Rod Blagojevich soon will learn his punishment for corruption convictions that include trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat.
- BP accuses Halliburton of destroying evidence in gulf spill suit
- December 6, 2011
- BP in a high-stakes court filing on Monday accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of its cement slurry that went into drilling the oil well that blew out last year and caused the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.
- Kansas Supreme Court to decide whether smoking is legal at Tonganoxie private club
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Kevin Haislip is about to get his day in court.
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Developers offer to reduce height of 9th and N.H. building; Home sale numbers down 14 percent for the year; city may rely less on bid process for library expansion
- December 6, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County:
- Riley County health department office ransacked
- December 6, 2011
- Authorities in northeastern Kansas are investigating a burglary that resulted in thousands of dollars’ worth of damage at a county building.
- South-central Kansas city holds vote on anti-meth measure
- December 6, 2011
- Voters in a southern Kansas community are deciding whether to require prescriptions for a decongestant that’s also a main ingredient in methamphetamine.
- Chase follows discovery of woman’s body August
- December 6, 2011
- Two people are being questioned in the suspicious death of a 69-year-old woman in southeastern Kansas.
- Kansas mentoring program for convicts reaches goal
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Kansas officials plan to announce that a major goal has been met in a program that matches mentors with convicts to teach the life skills they will need when they get out of prison.
- Fort Riley artillery unit returns from Iraq
- December 6, 2011
- A 1st Infantry Division unit that traces its lineage to the Revolutionary War is returning to Fort Riley after deployment to Iraq, the last unit from the division to leave that country.
- Obama’s visit to Osawatomie highlights 1910 speech by Theodore Roosevelt
- President visits amid economic skepticism
- 10:10 a.m., December 6, 2011 Updated 05:29 p.m.
- President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit unfriendly political territory Tuesday and deliver what the White House bills as a major speech on the economy, addressing a small eastern Kansas town in a state that seems certain to again vote solidly Republican in next year’s presidential election.
- In Osawatomie speech, Obama embracing Roosevelt’s middle-class appeal
- December 6, 2011
- President Barack Obama is channeling President Theodore Roosevelt, embracing a mantle of economic fairness for the nation’s middle class Tuesday that draws parallels to the progressive reformer’s calls for a “square deal” for regular Americans more than a century ago.
- Overheated electrical outlet caused fire Monday at Lawrence mobile home
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Fire investigators have determined an overheated electrical outlet caused a fire Monday morning at an east Lawrence mobile home that displaced one family.
- First Bell: Consolidation Working Group bracing for its endgame; group welcomes two new representatives from Kennedy School
- December 6, 2011
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- Kennedy School representative on school consolidation: ‘Pick us’
- 01:02 a.m., December 6, 2011 Updated 09:25 a.m. in print edition on A1
- As representatives from three schools targeted for potential consolidation pointed out the strengths of their school’s programs, advisability of their locations and community strengths of their programs — all with an eye toward justifying each school’s very survival — Dawn Shew wasn’t having any of it.
- Heard on the Hill: Former KU Libraries director dies in New York; another KU student nominated for Pushcart Prize; professor is quoted about teenagers’ use of cell phones to send explicit images
- December 6, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- KU search may look for current head coach
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B1
- With so many potential candidates and so little information surfacing, it can be difficult to dissect the Kansas University football program’s ongoing coaching search.
- Slow start knocks Seabury boys out of rhythm in 62-52 loss
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B1
- What could have served as a statement game for the Seabury Academy boys basketball team turned into an ongoing struggle Monday night in the first round of the Cardinal Invitational.
- KU coach Bill Self calls for harder, smarter play from Jayhawks
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Bill Self, who has had a lot to say to the media about the lackluster play of Kansas University’s basketball team after the last two games, discussed some of the same concerns with his players on Sunday.
- Big-time coach wants KU job
- December 6, 2011
- Ideally, Kansas University needs to hire a football coach who has won a national championship, has Bill Self’s personality and Bill Snyder’s attention to every detail of a football program.
- 40 years ago: Kansas AG pursues lawbreakers to California
- December 6, 2011
- Kansas Atty. Gen. Vern Miller announced today that he was seeking to return bond jumpers now living on the West coast.
- 100 years ago: Tragic event on ice-covered Kansas River
- December 6, 2011
- “Albert Johnson, 10 years old, ventured too far out on the treacherous ice.”
- 25 years ago: KU libraries suffer financial blow
- December 6, 2011
- It was “an extremely serious matter,” said James Ranz, KU dean of the libraries.
- Tax talks
- State officials have once again declined to provide any information on the work of a group discussing major changes in the Kansas tax system.
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Gov. Sam Brownback says he intends to overhaul Kansas’ tax code and reduce or eliminate the state income tax as a way to grow the economy. This effort sounds good, but it also has naturally been met with concerns about how the state would fund education, social services and public safety. The governor has not addressed those concerns, and the public has been largely kept in the dark about the task force he has selected to review the state’s tax structure and make recommendations about possible changes.
- Plan to delay first-class mail could create headaches for some businesses
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Utility bills are paid, legal briefs are filed and the Christmas shopping all gets done online. But for magazines, clothing catalogues and movies, the mail still matters.
- Too big a risk
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The hotel proposed at 900 N.H. has become controversial. At a recent meeting, the developers indicated that they plan to request tax-increment financing (TIF) for the project. With TIF funding, the city provides funding for development projects, in effect “betting” that tax revenues will increase sufficiently that the city can recover its investment later.
- Protect the river
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The Kansas River faces a new threat: Five private dredging companies are seeking to drastically increase dredging operations from 2.2 million tons to 3.2 million tons, a jump of almost 50 percent.
- Keep it unique
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A8
- If they build it, we may be done. If our city commissioners vote today to approve development of a six-story Marriott hotel at Ninth and New Hampshire street, we will lose a small piece of one of our community’s most precious resources: the unquantifiable attribute we know as character or a sense of place.
- Romney, Gingrich too risky today
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Republicans are more conservative than at any time since their 1980 dismay about another floundering president. They are more ideologically homogenous than ever in 156 years of competing for the presidency. They anticipated choosing between Mitt Romney, a conservative of convenience, and a conviction politician to his right. The choice, however, could be between Romney and the least conservative candidate, Newt Gingrich
- Pakistani leader sees progress in U.S. ties
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- In an overture to Washington, Pakistan’s prime minister said Monday his country wants to repair U.S. relations pushed close to rupture since NATO airstrikes on the Afghan border killed 24 Pakistani troops last month.
- EU seeks to save euro, but S&P isn’t convinced
- December 6, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Seeking to restore confidence in the euro, the leaders of France and Germany jointly have called for changes to the European Union treaty so that countries using the euro would face automatic penalties if budget deficits ran too high.
- Humble pie: Cobbler can stand up to the kings of the season
- December 6, 2011
- Pies and cookies might be the more popular seasonal picks, but a good cobbler can be an unexpected, versatile and oh-so-tasty choice for dessert.
- Premiere shows that ‘Hidden City’ is anything but
- December 6, 2011
- Have attitude, will travel. That philosophy has worked for Travel Channel star Anthony Bourdain. Now the cable network hopes it can do the same for crime novelist Marcus Sakey and his new series, “Hidden City” (9 p.m.).
- Horoscope for Dec. 6
- December 6, 2011
- Understand that negativity breeds more negativity. At times this year you could feel pushed to the max. If you are single, you could meet someone incredibly upbeat, happy and close to perfect. Careful — make sure you are not projecting. If you are attached, the two of you could have a very special year if you would just lighten up. Taurus is anchored but can be dull at times.
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