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Do you watch professional wrestling TV shows like those produced by WWE or TNA?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Not on your life. | 78% | |
| Yes, I love them! I’ve even been to live events. | 12% | |
| Yes, but I don’t openly talk about it. | 7% | |
| No, but my kids watch them. | 1% | |
| Total | 656 | |
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12:00 a.m.
Jayhawks go 1-1-1 on D-Day- May 19, 2011 in print edition on 3B
- Jamari Traylor, who will arrive at Kansas University in a few weeks as the No. 141-ranked player in the class of 2011, in the eyes of at least one observer is much more accomplished than that.
10:00 a.m.
City hears ideas for improving downtown Lawrence- May 20, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- It was like Massachusetts Street on a sunny Saturday — there was a little bit of everything to be had. City Commissioners Hugh Carter and Bob Schumm on Thursday hosted a listening session about downtown issues. Among some of the topics brought up:
2:00 p.m.
Kansas regents tell universities to get creative with funding- May 19, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- With the cost of public higher education increasing, and state tax support decreasing, Kansas Regents officials on Thursday told university leaders to keep searching for new ways to raise funds.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- City Commission agenda for May 24
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A4
- City commissioners will direct staff to receive bids for two major waterline replacements near downtown.
- Lincoln Flag to go on display Friday
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A 34-star Civil War-era American flag will be on display at the Eldridge hotel this Friday in honor of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
- LJWorld.com to live stream KU commencement
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A6
- LJWorld.com and Kansas University are bringing you live coverage of 2011 KU Commencement.
- KU makes weather contingency plans
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Kansas University’s 139th Commencement is scheduled begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, with students marching through the Campanile and down the hill into Memorial Stadium.
- Deer dies after running into afternoon traffic on 23rd Street
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A deer struck a vehicle on one of Lawrence’s busiest streets Friday afternoon leading to some traffic delays along 23rd Street.
- Jeep doors reported stolen
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 26-year-old Lawrence man reported two 2009 Jeep Wrangler doors valued at $3,200 were stolen some time between April 29 and Tuesday from the 1300 block of Valley Lane, near Iowa Street and University Drive.
- Lecompton man reports to police theft of air conditioning unit
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A 53-year-old rural Lecompton man reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen a $5,000 Lennox Air Conditioning unit belonging to Terravest Custom Homes of Lecompton some time between 6 p.m. May 12 and 1 p.m. May 13 from the 200 block of Bramble Bend Court, near Trail Road and Monterey Way.
- Local business employees report flower racks stolen
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Employees at Ace Westlake Hardware, 601 Kasold Drive, reported to police Wednesday that someone had stolen $1,200 worth of metal flower racks from the store around 4:30 p.m. that day.
- CDC’s ’zombie apocalypse’ preparedness advice a hit
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on C8
- “Zombie apocalypse.” That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane.
- Pope sculpture called ’ugly’
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on C8
- A new, modernist sculpture of Pope John Paul II is turning into a monumental bust.
- Al-Qaida eyed oil tankers as bombing targets
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on C8
- Osama bin Laden’s personal files revealed a brazen idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up at sea last summer, creating explosions he hoped would rattle the world’s economy and send oil prices skyrocketing, the U.S. said Friday.
- City commission expected to receive grant to connect 23rd Street traffic signals with fiber-optic network
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A1
- A little fiber may be just the thing for your commute. Lawrence city commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting are expected to accept a $150,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to connect all the traffic signals on 23rd Street to a fiber-optic network.
- Gov. Brownback plans economic summit on life sciences
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A2
- Gov. Sam Brownback will host an economic summit on life sciences Tuesday at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
- Southwest Kansas district to consolidate schools
- May 20, 2011
- A southwest Kansas school district plans to consolidate its middle school and high school in an effort to save money.
- Man who killed girlfriend’s husband denied parole
- May 20, 2011
- The Kansas parole board rejected parole for a man who killed his girlfriend’s husband in Olathe and escaped capture for more than 20 years.
- After more than a century, Wathena school closes
- May 20, 2011
- Principal Bob Blair stood at the microphone inside the Wathena High School gymnasium Thursday morning giving graduation ceremony instructions. The 34 students, some already dressed for summer vacation and wearing gold tassels draped around their neck, listened intently.
- Supporters of school in Marquette fall short of fundraising goal
- May 20, 2011
- As the school year comes to a close, final lessons learned by the Marquette Wolverines includes just how loved the school is in the community. A second lesson they will take with them as they move on to the larger Lindsborg Middle School and Smoky Valley High School will be — even with the best efforts people don’t always achieve their goal.
- Mom sues Derby school district after son doesn’t make marching band
- May 20, 2011
- A south-central Kansas woman who was fined for practicing law without a license is accusing the Derby school district of not accommodating her 17-year-old son’s special needs and unjustly cutting him from the marching band, causing him to struggle in school.
- Kansas’ Land Institute gets new managing director
- May 20, 2011
- The managing director of the Land Institute in Salina is retiring after presiding over substantial growth of the organization that develops and promotes environmentally friendly agriculture.
- Gov. Brownback starts review of tax code
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration has started studying proposals for overhauling the Kansas tax system with a goal of lowering income taxes, and he expects a proposal to emerge by the end of the year, the governor said Friday.
- Bishop Seabury celebrates graduation of 22 seniors
- Students take steps to next level
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A1
- While 22 seniors graduated Friday from Bishop Seabury Academy, the private school’s entire enrollment literally stepped up during a ceremony befitting the tight-knit community that provides a college-preparatory education and more.
- Lightning strike possible cause of KU steam whistle’s malfunction; officials will investigate once weather clears
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Kansas University steam whistle malfunctioned Friday, possibly due to lightning.
- Jury convicts man for punching, injuring Lawrence police officer
- 01:23 p.m., May 20, 2011 Updated 03:37 p.m. in print edition on A3
- A Douglas County jury Friday convicted a 20-year-old Lawrence man of intentional aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer for punching and injuring a Lawrence police officer in February.
- National Weather Service forecast calls for thunderstorms, heavy rain Friday
- May 20, 2011
- Rain and thunderstorms are likely for east-central, north-central and northeast Kansas Friday for most of the day and evening.
- Town Talk: Will Lowe’s take a second look at Lawrence?; 23rd Street traffic flow project on the way; SLT, Poehler building await news on funding; South Park band concerts set
- May 20, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, legislative leaders visit Lecompton’s Constitution Hall
- 08:41 a.m., May 20, 2011 Updated 11:47 a.m.
- In a celebration of Kansas’ past and future, state leaders gathered Friday to commemorate where many say the Civil War started — Constitution Hall.
- First Bell: High praise for Lawrence district’s ESL program; still time to seek a seat with consolidation working group; Lawrence Schools Foundation directs music grants
- May 20, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a look at news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- City hears ideas for improving downtown Lawrence
- ‘Flash stores,’ bringing back athletic events among issues raised at listening session
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A3
- It was like Massachusetts Street on a sunny Saturday — there was a little bit of everything to be had. City Commissioners Hugh Carter and Bob Schumm on Thursday hosted a listening session about downtown issues. Among some of the topics brought up:
- In reminder of ‘90s, LinkedIn has big first day
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A8
- There was an unmistakable echo of the dot-com boom Thursday on Wall Street. LinkedIn, a trailblazer in the online networking craze, went public with a roaring stock offering. Within minutes, shares were trading at twice the value set by the company.
- In speech, Obama embraces 1967 Palestinian borders
- Netanyahu calls president’s remark ‘indefensible’
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Exasperated by stalled Middle East peace talks in a season of tumultuous change, President Barack Obama jolted close ally Israel Thursday by embracing the Palestinians’ terms for drawing the borders of their new nation next door. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejected the idea as “indefensible” on the eve of his vital White House meeting with Obama.
- GOP blocks Obama’s judicial nominee
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A8
- President Barack Obama lost his first vote on a judicial nominee Thursday, as Senate Republicans derailed the nomination of a liberal law professor who leveled acerbic attacks against two conservative nominees to the Supreme Court.
- Earliest mammals sniffed way to smarts
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A9
- The unusually large brains of mammals apparently didn’t evolve so that we could ponder philosophy — but so we could sniff our way to success.
- Paralyzed man freely moves with electrical stimulator
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A9
- After Rob Summers was paralyzed below the chest in a car accident in 2006, his doctors told him he would never stand again. They were wrong. Despite intensive physical therapy for three years, Summers’ condition hadn’t improved. So in 2009, doctors implanted an electrical stimulator onto the lining of his spinal cord to try waking up his damaged nervous system.
- Giver and taker, ‘Mighty Mississippi’ never tamed
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Abraham Lincoln called it “the Father of Waters”; 18th-century English novelist Frederick Marryat deemed it a “vile sewer” — long before our industrial revolution turned it into one. The American Indians, says author Lee Sandlin, imagined it as “a giant sleeping snake that would wake up every seven years and attack whoever was alongside it.” Flowing naturally or overflowing menacingly, it is impossible to overestimate the Mississippi River’s importance to the American economy and psyche. And right now, engorged beyond the limits of our control, the river is awake and on the attack.
- KU’s federal relations director leaving
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Keith Yehle, director of federal relations for Kansas University, is joining Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., as its manager of congressional affairs.
- EN Engineering leaving Lawrence for Olathe after failure to reach deal
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A1
- A promising engineering firm and its 65 high-paying jobs are leaving Lawrence for Olathe after local leaders weren’t able to put together a deal to keep the company.
- Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in sex assault case
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Over the objections of prosecutors, a judge agreed Thursday to free former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn from jail on $1 million bail on the condition he be confined to a New York apartment under armed guard while he awaits trial on attempted-rape charges.
- Pump patrol
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.82 at several stations.
- Good news reported on Kansas, Douglas County employment front
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A2
- The state unemployment rate fell in April, according to the Kansas Department of Labor.
- ‘Unbelievable’ finish: Free State soccer falls just short of state, loses to Manhattan
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on B1
- In few sports can one or two plays make a greater difference than in soccer. This time around, Free State High’s girls soccer team was on the wrong side of that hard lesson.
- Big 12 berth on line in KU-KSU baseball series
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Separated from in-state rival Kansas State by a half game in the conference standings, Kansas University’s baseball team will square off with the Wildcats for three games this weekend with a trip to the Big 12 tournament on the line.
- FSHS diver in finals
- May 20, 2011
- When Free State High diver Annie Soderberg steps onto the board, the silence of the crowd engulfs her. Everything slows down, and her mind goes blank to tune out any excess noise
- Three Seabury athletes sign with colleges
- May 20, 2011
- Three Seabury Academy athletes signed with college on Friday.
- Oklahoma senior linebacker Box dies at 22; overdose suspected
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Police were investigating whether drugs had a role in the death Thursday of Oklahoma senior linebacker Austin Box, and a witness told authorities he believed his friend had overdosed.
- FSHS pitcher Cody Kukuk ranked by Baseball America
- May 20, 2011
- Baseball America, the best source for the sport’s draft news and projections, has Free State High senior Cody Kukuk rated as the 22nd-best left-handed pitcher in the draft and lists him under the heading, “Fifth-/sixth-round talents.”
- KU golfer Chris Gilbert tied for 38th at regionals
- May 20, 2011
- Kansas University sophomore Chris Gilbert is tied for 38th place after the first day of the NCAA regional golf tournament.
- Bench sparks Thunder; series tied
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Kevin Durant scored 24 points, and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each.
- City track teams aim for state
- May 20, 2011
- In terms of qualifying for the state track and field meet, no results truly matter except the ones achieved at the regional meet.
- KU softball’s Brittany Hile, Maggie Hull named to all-region team
- May 20, 2011
- Kansas University senior Brittany Hile and sophomore Maggie Hull were named second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region on Thursday.
- KU freshman sprinter Diamond Dixon honored
- May 20, 2011
- Kansas University sprinter Diamond Dixon was named the 2011 Big 12 Female Outstanding Freshman of the Year on Thursday as voted by the league coaches.
- Unhappy exit
- The resignation of Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Gary Sherrer paints an unsettling picture for a very important board.
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Gary Sherrer’s shocking resignation from the Kansas Board of Regents was a sad note on which to end a long and distinguished career of public service to the state of Kansas.
- Athletic balance
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A10
- To a town with a major educational institution where academics are often defined as “a cosmetic front to a sports enterprise,” I offer the following quote from the latest Yale Alumni magazine:
- Fond memory
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A10
- What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
- Education essential to future
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A10
- We should think twice about indiscriminatingly slashing school budgets. More than ever, we need education in new and important ways
- ‘Arab Spring’ creates political vacuum
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on A10
- The “Arab Spring” has analysts searching for the right historical comparison. Is it like 1848, and the wave of revolution that swept Europe? Or is it 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or perhaps 1979, and the toppling of the Shah of Iran by Muslim radicals?
- AAU coach: KU fans will love hoops recruit Jamari Traylor
- May 20, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Jamari Traylor, who played basketball his senior year of high school in Bradenton, Fla., was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago.
- Royals snap losing skid
- May 20, 2011
- Jeff Francoeur’s game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning allowed everybody in a Kansas City uniform to take a deep breath and relax.
- KU rower earns academic award
- May 20, 2011
- Kansas University rower Nicole Schneider was selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team on Thursday.
- 100 years ago: Union veterans march through downtown in G.A.R. parade
- May 20, 2011
- “Although only about 500 old soldiers marched in the parade arranged in their honor this morning, yet the boys in faded blue were roundly cheered as they hobbled bravely down the street.”
- 25 years ago: Light turnout at school bond election
- May 20, 2011
- As of noon, sunny skies and warm temperatures had failed to lure Lawrence voters down to the polls.
- Tune In: Friday night TV takes shape for this fall
- May 20, 2011
- “Supernatural” (7 p.m. and 8 p.m., CW) wraps up its season with Sam and Dean facing the forces of Hell, or some nasty netherworld, as they do on a regular basis.
- Horoscope for May 20
- May 20, 2011
- This year, frequently evaluate and consider your options. Your circle of friends is supportive, though one person could be unusually insightful. Value that immediate circle. If you are single, there could be a similar tension when you start to date. Take your time integrating a new person into your circle of friends. Capricorn presents a very different point of view.
- 40 years ago: Cable television service planned for city
- May 20, 2011
- Max Falkenstien, “widely known television-radio executive and announcer,” was pictured on the construction site of Sunflower Cablevision.
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