Also from November 15
Births
- Joshua and Leslie McCleary, Lawrence, a girl.
- Andrew and Christi Bogue, Ottawa, a boy.
- Catie Roberts and Valdez White, Lawrence, a girl.
- Scott Patterson and Molly Terrazas, Lawrence, a boy.
- Taran and Casey Gussione, Topeka, a girl.
- Bailey Pape and Jason Parker, Lawrence, a girl.
- Alex and Heather Kessler, Baldwin City, a boy.
- Phillip and Chantelle Snodgrass, Lawrence, a boy.
Blog entries
- Tale of the Tait: Cliff’s Notes: Turner Gill press conference, 11/15/11
- Cram Session: Where does KU have an advantage over Kentucky? Plus, predictions for tonight’s clash at MSG
- Sarah Henning’s Blog: How much time do you spend preparing meals?
- Early morning wrap up : November 15th Early Morning Law Enforcement & Fire/Medical wrap up
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
If you smoke, why do you smoke?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I’m hooked and it’s too hard to quit | 30% | |
| It’s pleasurable | 26% | |
| To relieve stress | 22% | |
| It makes me look good | 10% | |
| Other (please explain in the comments) | 5% | |
| To lose weight | 2% | |
| It tastes good | 1% | |
| Total | 349 | |
Videos
- Kansas head football coach Turner Gill said containing Baylor quarterback …
- Kansas head football coach Turner Gill discussed his first time …
- Kansas head football coach Turner Gill discussed his time working …
- Kansas head football coach Turner Gill credits the team’s improvement …
- Kansas head football coach Turner Gill said the team has …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Heritage council backs allotting $163K to farmhouse- November 14, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- A $163,000 project to restore a 121-year-old pioneer home on the site of the Black Jack Battlefield is the big winner in the first round of grants through Douglas County’s natural and cultural heritage grant program.
6:00 a.m.
Neighbors are upset over plans for more apartments along Clinton Parkway- November 14, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Don’t tell Lawrence developer Tim Stultz that the city’s apartment market is overbuilt. His 224 one-bedroom apartments near Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive are all leased, and produce a waiting list of about 40 people each August. That’s why he wants to build another 136 units. But don’t tell neighbors that live near the Remington Square development that they should have to live with more apartments. If approved, the project would bring the total number of apartments to more than 800 along the stretch of Clinton Parkway between Inverness and Crossgate drives.
10:00 a.m.
Man who was twice convicted on child sex charges now advocate for treatment- November 14, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Amid last week’s media frenzy over Penn State’s child sex abuse scandal, Wayne Bowers was reminded of a not-too-dissimilar incident that happened at Kansas University decades earlier.
11:00 p.m.
$100K settlement reached in fatal accident- November 15, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- The parents of a 19-year-old Lawrence woman who died in a 2010 crash in west Lawrence have reached a $100,000 settlement with the insurance carrier for the other driver involved, a 23-year-old Overland Park man, according to Douglas County court records.
All stories
- Expert blames economic crisis on erosion of U.S. middle class
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A3
- If there is a Kansas University alumnus out there who knows how to fix what ails Wall Street, it may be Robert Kaplan, the former vice chairman of the Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs. But there’s one problem: Kaplan isn’t sure that fixing Wall Street is where America should be spending most of its time.
- Feds OK airline service for western Kansas
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Flights between Garden City and Dallas are expected to begin next spring, after federal authorities chose American Eagle to provide commercial air service between the cities.
- Authorities on lookout for two Lansing prison escapees
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Authorities are on the lookout for two escapees from Lansing Correctional Facility.
- U.S. Postal Service moves closer to default as losses mount to $5.1B
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume.
- European economy has all but stalled, report says
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Europe appears headed for a recession — if it isn’t in one already.
- Nuclear defiance provides ‘common voice’ in divided Iran
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Banners proclaiming Iran’s “obvious right” to nuclear technology are draped over building facades. State media describe the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency as an American puppet and dismiss claims about nuclear weapons advances as made-in-USA falsehoods.
- Is he ready? Herman Cain’s comments raise some questions
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Many Republican voters are drawn to Herman Cain’s forceful campaign style. But an examination of his comments and proposals raises questions about his grasp of issues he would face if elected president.
- Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?
- Supercommittee: Boehner endorses tax plan
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise $300 billion in additional tax revenue while overhauling the IRS code, bucking opposition by some GOP presidential hopefuls and colleagues wary of violating a longstanding point of party orthodoxy.
- Lawrence man accused of flashing handgun, faces assault charges
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Douglas County prosecutors Tuesday filed three aggravated assault charges against a 23-year-old Lawrence man who was accused of possessing a handgun in a Lawrence parking lot Monday night after an earlier altercation with several people inside a bar.
- KU coach Bill Self announces signing of Landen Lucas
- November 15, 2011
- Landen Lucas has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas, coach Bill Self announced Tuesday. Lucas is the second signee of the day, joining forward Zach Peters.
- Legislators grill Kan. social services official
- November 15, 2011
- Kansas lawmakers asked the head of the state’s welfare agency Tuesday to explain comments they said he made about some residents being more willing to accept state assistance than find jobs.
- Businesses hope to increase dredging along Kansas River; environmentalists warn that process is destructive
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Several area companies hope to increase the amount of sand and gravel dredged from the Kansas River by 1 million tons per year. But before that happens, the public has the opportunity to weigh in.
- Assurant Employee Benefits to lease space at KU’s Bioscience and Technology Business Center and establish internship program
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Assurant Employee Benefits, a Kansas City, Mo.-based division of the insurance company Assurant, will lease space at Kansas University’s Bioscience and Technology Business Center, becoming the facility’s seventh tenant.
- KU announces signing of Zach Peters
- KU coach Bill Self: Peters ‘a potential top-20 player in the country’
- November 15, 2011
- High school forward Zach Peters has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas, coach Bill Self announced Tuesday.
- KU Hospital reports $141.2 million in capital expenditures
- 12:24 p.m., November 15, 2011 Updated 03:44 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Kansas University Hospital announced on Tuesday it had $141.2 million in capital expenditures during the fiscal year that ended June 30 — a 146 percent increase from the previous year.
- Kansas drought losses now total $1.8 billion
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Kansas agriculture officials say crop losses caused by the continuing drought have reached $1.8 billion.
- Town Talk: Chinese restaurant moving ahead at 23rd and Iowa; Bartlett & West moving to West Lawrence; city to purchase $850,000 fire engine; Varsity House nearing approval
- November 15, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- 1st Infantry Division brigade to mark formal return from Iraq
- November 15, 2011
- Soldiers from a 1st Infantry Division brigade will formally uncase their unit’s colors this week to mark the formal return from deployment in Iraq.
- 32 train cars derail near Topeka
- 08:44 a.m., November 15, 2011 Updated 05:10 p.m.
- Workers are cleaning up after two Union Pacific trains collided near Topeka and several cars derailed.
- $100K settlement reached in fatal accident
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A3
- The parents of a 19-year-old Lawrence woman who died in a 2010 crash in west Lawrence have reached a $100,000 settlement with the insurance carrier for the other driver involved, a 23-year-old Overland Park man, according to Douglas County court records.
- School district reallocates funds, will spend more than $1 million
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A3
- It was largely good news out of Monday’s school board meeting — hedged with a little bit of scholarly caution.
- Heard on the Hill: Online quiz looks for athletics departments with highest revenues; KU administrator gets spot on AMA board; look for something called the NachoTron 3000 at KU-MU game
- November 15, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Spielberg and Williams know the score
- November 15, 2011
- Film buffs will enjoy “AFI’s Master Class — The Art of Collaboration” (7 p.m., TCM). Director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams sit down in a small studio theater and discuss nearly 40 years of working together on movies and their scores.
- Horoscope for Nov. 15
- November 15, 2011
- You express the intuitive and wise side of your personality. Others cannot help but be drawn to you. If you are single, you will need someone quite unique to keep your interest. If you are attached, any fighting you experience is about separation. Refuse to play into arguments. Cancer understands your depth.
- Do the right thing
- The indifference to children exhibited in the Penn State tragedy cannot be tolerated under any circumstances.
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- It’s a toll-free number and can save a life: 1-800-922-5330.
- Militants endanger any hope of peace
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- When Hagit Ofran woke up Tuesday — within days of the 16th anniversary of the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin — she found death threats spray-painted on her door.
- Penn State’s shame — and America’s too
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A8
- “Success with Honor” is the motto of Penn State’s athletic program. They got it half right.
- Rules lag as factory dust explosions kill workers
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A6
- When an accumulation of sugar dust ignited and blew up the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, Ga., in 2008, killing 14 and injuring dozens, the state responded by issuing emergency regulations on combustible dust. No Georgia workers have been killed by exploding dust since.
- Supreme Court to review health care overhaul
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul — more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times — in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election.
- Study finds patients shun free heart drugs
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Give people free prescription drugs, and many of them still won’t bother to take their medicine.
- House GOP leader says deficit deal likely
- November 15, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Sidestepping controversy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., declined to take sides Monday on a proposal for higher tax revenues backed by fellow Republicans on Congress’ supercommittee yet expressed confidence the panel would agree on a deficit-reduction plan of at least $1.2 trillion by a Nov. 23 deadline.
- 100 years ago: Local farmers not in favor of quail hunting
- November 15, 2011
- “There have been many accidents, they say.”
- 40 years ago: Weather is too warm for good hunting
- November 15, 2011
- Local hunters were reporting on their successes (or lack thereof) during pheasant and quail season.
- 25 years ago: Power outage delays game at Haskell Stadium
- November 15, 2011
- A “pack of onlookers” followed the crew, offering advice and opinions.
- Bone up on turkey terms
- November 15, 2011
- Tips for thawing and defrosting the big bird and definitions of the labels on the package.
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
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- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
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- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
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