Also from November 29
Births
Blog entries
- Tale of the Tait: Manic Monday wraps with ACC calling Texas talk premature
- Tale of the Tait: Monday Rewind: McNeese State
- Meatless Mondays: Meatless Monday recipe of the week: Watermelon Feta Salad
- Rolling along: Confronting Mr. Confrontational
- Operation 100 News blog: September 5th Overnight Law Enforcement & Fire/Medical wrap up
Obituaries
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
After housing, what's your highest monthly bill?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Food | 26% | |
| Car payment | 19% | |
| Utilities | 18% | |
| Credit card | 12% | |
| College loan | 8% | |
| Other (please specify in comments) | 7% | |
| Entertainment (cable, movie subscriptions) | 3% | |
| Cell phone | 2% | |
| Total | 979 | |
Should out-of-state veterans on the GI Bill pay the same tuition as in-state students at state schools?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 71% | |
| No | 28% | |
| Total | 706 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Reality show gives KU alumna inside look at TV work- November 28, 2011
- With a national television audience watching, Kansas University graduate Cassie Rupp said she did her best to represent the Jayhawks during her appearances on the second season of CMT’s “Sweet Home Alabama.”
6:00 a.m.
Brownback apologizes for overreacting to student’s tweet- 12:05 p.m., November 28, 2011 Updated 3:04 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Last week, Brownback’s staff, which monitors social media, saw a tweet by 18-year-old Shawnee Mission East senior Emma Sullivan, who wrote an insulting tweet about the governor while she attended a speech by Brownback at the Youth in Government program in Topeka.
2:00 p.m.
Homemade for the holidays- November 28, 2011
- Caryl Hale’s favorite gift from last Christmas? Something special from her husband, Aaron, of course. If visions of diamonds or iPads or high-end cars adorned with bows are dancing in your sweet little head, you’re wrong. Though the Lawrence mom did gasp with surprise and delight when she laid eyes on her gift: A homemade necklace holder.
6:00 p.m.
KU football turns eye to future- November 29, 2011 in print edition on 1B
- As some members of the coaching staff loaded cardboard boxes into vehicles outside of the Anderson Family Football Complex on Monday afternoon, Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger met inside with the KU football team and a few remaining members of the staff.
All stories
- Topeka Walmart thief believed to have stolen at least $200,000
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Topeka police say they continue to look for a man who they believe stole between $200,000 and $500,000 from a Walmart store in the Kansas capital.
- Westar ratepayers oppose proposed $91 million increase
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A1
- If approved by the KCC, the proposal would increase residential customers’ bills by approximately $6.50, or 5.85 percent, per month and give Westar shareholders a 10.6 percent return on equity.
- Americans’ confidence in the economy surges
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Americans are beginning to feel more confident about the U.S. economy just as the all-important Christmas shopping season begins. But their optimism may be short-lived.
- House votes to ease airport screening for troops
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The House on Tuesday voted unanimously to allow military travelers on official duty to get a special preference to move through airport security checks faster.
- Man in custody after standoff on 3300 block of Iowa Street
- 08:06 p.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 11:28 p.m.
- Police took a man into custody Tuesday night after a nearly two-hour standoff outside a mobile home in the 3300 block of Iowa Street. The man in custody is alleged to have threatened a police officer with a gun.
- China’s entry into vaccine market may be ‘game changer’
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A9
- The world should get ready for a new Made in China product: vaccines.
- U.S. scrambles to contain fallout with Pakistan after NATO assault
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A9
- The Obama administration scrambled diplomatically Tuesday to repair the damage caused by a NATO air assault that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, hoping Pakistan won’t play spoiler in the U.S.-backed plan to shore up Afghanistan’s security and bring international forces home.
- GOP candidates walk tightrope on immigration
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A9
- The Republican presidential contenders are tying themselves in knots over immigration.
- Douglas County mulls accepting items for Sadies Lake Addition
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Accepting dedications of easements and rights of way for a planned rural retreat south of Lawrence will be up for approval Wednesday night by members of the Douglas County Commission.
- Overnight police chase spans 2 Kansas counties
- November 29, 2011
- An overnight police chase spanned two Kansas counties and lasted for an hour and 20 minutes.
- Dedication ceremony planned Saturday for East Lawrence Santa Fe Depot project
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A dedication ceremony for a $1.5 million project at the Santa Fe Depot in east Lawrence is set for Saturday.
- Drug case against Guy Neighbors dropped
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A federal judge in Kansas City, Kan., Tuesday dismissed a drug case against Guy Neighbors, a former owner of the Yellow House Store in Lawrence, but the judge declined to dismiss two other cases Neighbors faces.
- Social service agencies dispute Douglas County census poverty rates
- November 29, 2011
- If you believe the U.S. Census Bureau, Lawrence and Douglas County residents have been doing a stellar job of pulling themselves out of poverty lately. The problem is, several social service providers say they don’t believe the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Cain on Kansas GOP caucus ballot
- November 29, 2011
- Republican Herman Cain will be on the Kansas Republican presidential caucus ballot. The state GOP made the announcement on Tuesday, the same day that Cain said he was reassessing whether to continue his campaign in light of new allegations he had a 13-year affair with an Atlanta woman. So far, Cain, Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have filed to be on the March 10 Kansas Republican caucus. The filing deadline is Dec. 31.
- Panel slams Brownback proposal to move juvenile justice programs to SRS
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Republican and Democratic legislators on Tuesday approved a motion seeking to stop Gov. Sam Brownback from moving several juvenile justice programs to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
- 13 miles of Route 66 in Kansas is historic byway
- November 29, 2011
- The state has designated 13 miles of Route 66 in southern Kansas as a Kansas Historic Byway.
- Preliminary hearing for Lawrence robbery suspects delayed
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A defense attorney withdrew Tuesday from representing a Kansas City, Kan., man causing a Douglas County judge to delay a preliminary hearing for two Kansas City, Kan., men accused in a 2008 Lawrence robbery.
- Kansas cattle producers focus on market, tax policy at forum in Wichita
- November 29, 2011
- Hundreds of Kansas cattle producers will converge in Wichita this week as the Kansas Livestock Association examines options for revamping the state’s tax structure.
- Police questioning man after woman stabbed at northern Lawrence residence
- 03:46 p.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 05:04 p.m. in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police and medics at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday were responding to a report of a possible stabbing at a residence in northern Lawrence.
- Ohio officials take 200-pound boy from mother
- November 29, 2011
- The case of an 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy taken from his family because he weighs more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese.
- Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years in manslaughter death of Michael Jackson
- November 29, 2011
- The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a “disgrace to the medical profession.”
- Boy who accused Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky disputes defense’s approach
- November 29, 2011
- A newly hired lawyer for a high school student described by prosecutors as a sexual abuse victim of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said Tuesday that he has been distressed to hear Sandusky’s attorney dispute the charges.
- Herman Cain tells aides he is reassessing his presidential campaign in wake of affair allegation
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Herman Cain told aides Tuesday he is assessing whether the latest allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him “create too much of a cloud” for his Republican presidential candidacy to go forward.
- US to pay $2.5M in tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens’ 2001 anthrax death
- November 29, 2011
- More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit, according to documents released Tuesday.
- Advocates hope national release of Jana Mackey video will raise awareness about domestic violence
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A3
- The national release of a video about Jana Mackey, a Lawrence woman who was killed by her former boyfriend, will be Dec. 6.
- American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The parent company of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, seeking relief from crushing debt caused by high fuel prices and expensive labor contracts that its competitors shed years ago.
- Pakistan steps up anti-US rhetoric after attack
- November 29, 2011
- Pakistan withdrew from an international conference on stabilizing Afghanistan to protest the deadly attack by American forces on its troops, widening a fresh rupture in ties with a nominal ally that is endangering the U.S. plan for gradually ending the war.
- Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik found insane, unfit for prison
- November 29, 2011
- BJOERN H. AMLAND,Associated Press Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik belongs in psychiatric care instead of prison, prosecutors in Norway said Tuesday after a mental evaluation declared him legally insane during a bomb-and-shooting rampage that killed 77 people.
- Sheriff: DNA identifies John Wayne Gacy victim
- November 29, 2011
- More than 30 years after finding bones beneath John Wayne Gacy’s house, authorities have identified a 19-year-old Chicago construction worker who disappeared in 1976 as one of Gacy’s eight unnamed victims.
- Facebook settles with US over deception charges
- November 29, 2011
- Facebook is settling with the Federal Trade Commission over charges it deceived consumers with its privacy settings to get people to share more personal information than they originally agreed to.
- After exoneration, Topeka case reopened to find DNA match for real rapist
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A1
- A detective with the Topeka Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit said he’s been in contact with a California scientist who might hold the clue to a decades-old unsolved rape case.
- House voting to ease airport screening for troops
- November 29, 2011
- Military travelers on official duty would get a special preference to move through airport security checks faster under a bill before the House.
- Study: Number of uninsured American children fell 14 percent
- November 29, 2011
- A new study shows the number of uninsured children in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years even as the number living in poverty has risen.
- Child molester Scott Bivins sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for crimes against two girls east of Baldwin City
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A3
- A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a 46-year-old Edgerton man to serve 11.5 years in prison for molesting two girls, ages 5 and 6, east of Baldwin City in 2010.
- Overheated refrigerator likely cause of weekend fire at KU’s Malott Hall
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Kansas University officials said Tuesday that an overheated refrigerator likely caused a Saturday morning fire that damaged a medicinal chemistry lab at Malott Hall on campus.
- Gov. Sam Brownback to host forum on literacy
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Gov. Sam Brownback will host a forum next week on literacy.
- Opponents on Kansas school finance to speak at forum in Baldwin City
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A forum on school finance — featuring speakers on opposite ends of the issue — will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Baldwin City High School.
- Man who was in coma following K-10 accident has died
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A 45-year-old Missouri man died Monday after he was injured in January in a crash on Kansas Highway 10 near De Soto, according to a Kansas City, Kan., funeral home.
- Federal report shows Kansas City is a hub for drug traffickers
- 10:52 a.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 01:05 p.m.
- A federal report indicates Kansas City continues to be a hub for drug traffickers to move their illicit goods across the country.
- Titanic exhibit to return to KC’s Union Station
- November 29, 2011
- Kansas City’s Union Station is bringing back its most popular exhibit.
- Blue Rapids Museum north of Topeka to host Smithsonian exhibit
- 10:16 a.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 02:43 p.m.
- The Blue Rapids Museum in Topeka will be a partner site for the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit highlighting the working world.
- Brownback names Missouri River panel
- November 29, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback has named an advisory committee to help the administration assess future flooding issues in Kansas along the Missouri River.
- Police: Man stole at least $200K from Topeka Walmart
- November 29, 2011
- Police say a man has stolen between $200,000 and $500,000 from a Walmart store in Topeka.
- Colorado man sues Topeka-area couple he kidnapped
- 10:10 a.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 04:08 p.m.
- A Kansas couple is asking a judge to dismiss a breach of contract lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver man who held them hostage while fleeing from authorities.
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Meeting about Gaslight Village development tonight; More apartments slated for NW Lawrence; Eudora sand pit proposal heating up again; depot to host dedication ceremony Saturday
- 08:01 a.m., November 29, 2011 Updated 11:53 a.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Kansas Humane Society tries Black Friday sale
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A2
- These Black Friday steals aren’t sticking around in the closet until Christmas.
- Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton to host Christmas Vespers and open house Sunday
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A2
- The Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave. in Lecompton, will hold its annual Christmas Vespers and open house at 2 p.m. Sunday.
- Vinland United Methodist Church dinner, program to benefit Youthville of Kansas
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A2
- The Vinland United Methodist Church this weekend will be hosting its annual benefit for Youthville of Kansas, a nonprofit group that works to assist children who are victims of abuse.
- KU architecture professor earns top acoustics educator honor
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A2
- A Kansas University architecture professor has been named as the nation’s top educator in acoustics by the Acoustical Society of America.
- First Bell: ‘Grading for Learning’ to include large-group Q&A; district offers free developmental screenings
- November 29, 2011
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- Lawrence school district testing new math assessment
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Nearly half of all students in the Lawrence school district either already have or soon will be taking a new assessment test, one devised by the district to help guide math instruction.
- Blogger, political activist tells the tales of oppression in her country of Azerbaijan
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Arzu Geybullayeva, a 28-year-old Azerbaijani citizen, knew her blog was taking off when the Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan came up to her, introduced himself and offered a bit of advice.
- Heard on the Hill: Law students win moot court competition; look for emergency texting system test on Wednesday; Ian Cummings named editor of University Daily Kansan
- November 29, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- 25 years ago: Packer Plastics begins expansion project
- November 29, 2011
- Officials at the Packer Plastics plant in Lawrence announced that they were ready to begin construction on a 197,000-square-foot expansion project.
- 40 years ago: Stringent budget recommended for Kansas higher education
- November 29, 2011
- The chair of the Kansas Board of Regents was expressing shock and amazement at the austere budget recommendations recently made by the state budget director.
- 100 years ago: Full-page ad gives glimpse of Lawrence businesses
- November 29, 2011
- “Fresh New York Buckwheat Flour just received. Now is the time for hot cakes and maple sugar.”
- Kyle Orton eager for shot at starting job
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Kyle Orton finished dressing after the Chiefs’ loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday night and then turned to face reporters for the first time since he was claimed off waivers from the Denver Broncos.
- KU volleyball players honored
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University’s volleyball team collected a couple of awards Monday.
- Haskell hoops earns a split
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Conditioning has been an issue for the Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team. So coach Shane Flanagan made sure his team ran over the holiday break. Hard.
- Brock Berglund sad to see Turner Gill go
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Although he spent nearly all of the 2011 season away from the team, Kansas University freshman quarterback Brock Berglund expressed disappointment over the news of the firing of former KU coach Turner Gill.
- Firebirds gear up for winter
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B1
- As is the case for most teams, no one knows for certain what lies ahead for each of Free State’s winter sports teams. There might be some uncertainty surrounding the Firebirds, but that won’t make them any less ready to compete as seasons get started this week.
- Tyshawn Taylor: Turnovers fixable
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University senior point guard Tyshawn Taylor refuses to blame fatigue for his school-record 11 turnovers against Duke.
- Timing right for Mike Leach
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Mike Leach’s off-the-field issues — multiple lawsuits he has filed — don’t necessarily have to scare off Kansas just because they reportedly kept Maryland from pulling the trigger.
- KU football turns eye to future
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on B1
- As some members of the coaching staff loaded cardboard boxes into vehicles outside of the Anderson Family Football Complex on Monday afternoon, Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger met inside with the KU football team and a few remaining members of the staff.
- Dream house: Gingerbread experts share the secrets of the trade
- November 29, 2011
- Patience, technique and creativity build a strong foundation, even if it’s laced in sugar and spice.
- Energy security
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Congress is developing a plan to tackle the U.S. deficit and get people back to work after the supercommittee’s failure.
- Broken promises
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- All things are connected, but some folks don’t get it.
- Citizens or sheep?
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- We need all three: education, liberty and democracy. Free people think (education), then speak (liberty) and finally vote (democracy).
- No apology
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Not content with his attacks on education, the environment, the arts and SRS, Gov. Brownback has recently shown a dramatic misunderstanding of freedom of speech.
- A rational GOP stand on immigration
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Finally, there is a voice of reason on immigration among the front-runners for the Republican nomination, who until last week’s debate seemed to be competing with one another to see who could take the craziest stand against Hispanic immigrants.
- Shelter success
- The determined efforts of Lawrence Community Shelter supporters are paying off.
- November 29, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Many good things have happened in Lawrence during the past 11 months, and one of the best was the successful effort to raise the money to establish a new facility for the city’s homeless. Most communities in the country — large and small — have a homeless population and, for years,
- Horoscope for Nov. 29
- November 29, 2011
- You have an unusual amount of bounce this year. Even in difficult moments you come back strong. If you are single, you have quite a portfolio and revolving door of admirers. With so many potential suitors, you might be quite challenged by the process of choosing. Summer 2012 on could be instrumental for romance. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy your time together even more. Aquarius draws you out of your shell.
- TNT rushes to fill TV movie vacuum
- November 29, 2011
- Watch television long enough, and every popular format goes out of style just long enough to return again. Television movies have been neglected almost to the point of extinction. The annual Emmy Award judges are often hard-pressed to find enough movies to nominate, and they are generally drawn from British-made PBS fare and a handful of films from HBO.
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