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Polls
Have you made special plans to watch the KU-MU basketball game on Saturday?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I’m watching with friends/family at someone’s home | 30% | |
| I won’t be watching the game | 27% | |
| I plan to watch the game alone | 17% | |
| I plan to be at the game | 10% | |
| I’m heading to my favoite bar or restaurant to watch | 10% | |
| I can’t watch the game live, but will watch on my DVR | 4% | |
| Total | 614 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
1 of 2 paths await KU after National Cancer Institute decision- February 19, 2012
- After site visitors pack up and leave Kansas University’s Cancer Center this week, they’ll take with them a recommendation to Washington, and then KU’s Cancer Center, which has aggressively pursued the prize of designation from the National Cancer Institute, will head down one of two paths.
6:00 a.m.
Kansas train-related fatality rate stubbornly steady- February 19, 2012
- On a clear Friday afternoon last February, Kyle Snyder, 22, of Lecompton, hit the brakes on his pickup truck as he approached the railroad tracks on East 950 Road northwest of Lawrence.
10:00 a.m.
Mother of CLO client files lawsuit claiming wrongful death- February 19, 2012
- A McLouth woman has filed a lawsuit against Community Living Opportunities Inc. alleging her son died in 2010 because of injuries he suffered at a west Lawrence residential facility.
2:00 p.m.
School consolidation group looks beyond closings- February 19, 2012
- The issue of which elementary schools to close in Lawrence is one that won’t go away. But before the school district can decide which schools to consolidate, it needs to create a long-term vision.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Power outages in Douglas and Leavenworth County
- February 20, 2012
- About 1700 residents in Douglas and Leavenworth County are without power after Monday night’s storm.
- Former KU men’s basketball captain Al Correll dies
- February 20, 2012
- Former Kansas University men’s basketball player Al Correll, a captain of the 1963-64 Jayhawk team, died on Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.
- Proposal gets aired that would allow in-state tuition for military veterans at Kansas universities
- February 20, 2012
- Boomsma and Sara Sneath, a Marine Corps veteran and Kansas native, said Kansas would benefit by attracting more veterans who are older, more likely married with families and who will settle down where they attend school.
- Lawrence author distills advice into ‘Marriage Rules’
- February 20, 2012
- Clinical psychologist, best-selling author and relationship expert Harriet Lerner, of Lawrence, has just released her 11th book, “Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and Coupled Up” (Gotham Books, 2012). And just as its title suggests, the compact book teaches readers how to stay connected to their partners. How to navigate this most intimate and complicated of relationships, giving the best of ourselves without sacrificing our core values, beliefs and priorities.
- Lawrence ordinance at center of fight over Kansas Preservation of Religious Freedom Act
- February 20, 2012
- “This is nothing more than legislative gay-bashing,” said Thomas Witt, president of the Kansas Equality Commission, after the House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 2260, which is called the Kansas preservation of religious freedom act.
- Suspect in Topeka burglary, battery case held in Douglas County Jail
- February 20, 2012
- Authorities did not say Monday why a Topeka man was jailed in Douglas County on a warrant for a Shawnee County burglary and battery case.
- Senator proposes adding funds to Brownback’s school finance plan
- February 20, 2012
- State Sen. Steve Abrams of Arkansas City said his proposal would allocate the funding based on the number of students in each district who are deemed at risk of failing.
- Second Lawrence library director candidate ready to meet the public
- February 20, 2012
- A former supervisor for the Topeka and Shawnee County Library is one of three finalists for the director position of the Lawrence Public Library.
- Kansas water policy changes moving forward
- February 20, 2012
- Legislators moved forward Monday on Kansas water policy changes aimed at improving conservation efforts and prolonging the life of water supplies.
- Report: Overbrook woman fell asleep before fatal accident on U.S. Highway 56
- 01:05 p.m., February 20, 2012 Updated 03:09 p.m.
- An Overbrook woman whose vehicle drifted left of the center line in a Jan. 3 fatality crash on U.S. Highway 56 told an investigator she fell asleep while driving, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report.
- Statehouse Live: House approves bill that labor says is unfair
- February 20, 2012
- House Bill 2531 was approved 85-36 and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
- Kansas House panel backs away from 401(k)-style plan
- 11:20 a.m., February 20, 2012 Updated 02:20 p.m.
- A Kansas House committee appears to be backing away from a proposal to start a 401(k)-style plan for new teachers and government workers.
- Veritas Christian’s Preston Randall will walk on for KU football
- February 20, 2012
- Preston Randall, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior from Veritas Christian School in Lawrence, will walk on for the Kansas football team next year, Rivals.com is reporting.
- Kansas House panel postpones vote on abortion bill
- 10:03 a.m., February 20, 2012 Updated 02:21 p.m.
- A Kansas House committee has postponed its vote on a bill aimed at preventing the state from subsidizing abortions even indirectly through tax credits or deductions.
- Town Talk: Esquina reopens with new emphasis on Spanish-Mediterranean, seafood dishes; Tapas looks to create open-air storefront; 23rd St. quick lube proposal not so quick at City Hall
- February 20, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- German government, opposition agree on new president
- February 20, 2012
- Germany’s government and the two major opposition parties said Sunday they would jointly nominate former East German human rights activist Joachim Gauck to be the country’s next president.
- Sex-changing treatment for kids: It’s on the rise
- February 20, 2012
- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.
- Iran cuts oil exports to Britain, France
- February 20, 2012
- Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.
- FDA to review inhalable caffeine
- February 20, 2012
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement.
- Arizona sheriff facing long odds after gay outing
- February 20, 2012
- Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu built a reputation as a rising, conservative star by taking a hardline stance against illegal immigration, attacking the Obama administration and appearing alongside Sen. John McCain in a 2010 re-election ad in which McCain urged federal officials to just “complete the danged fence.
- Pilot Club’s antique show to be held this weekend
- February 20, 2012
- The Pilot Club’s semi-annual Antique Show and Sale will be Friday and Saturday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 21st and Harper streets.
- Romney faces questions about intensity of support
- February 20, 2012
- If Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination for president, he’ll face the urgent task of inspiring the party’s conservative core and rallying them to beat President Barack Obama.
- Wichita-area thieves targeting police cars
- February 20, 2012
- Thieves have been breaking into law enforcement vehicles in the Wichita area and making off with weapons and other equipment.
- Santorum backtracks on Obama remarks
- GOP presidential candidate says he was questioning ‘world view,’ not faith
- February 20, 2012
- Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama’s world view that “elevates the Earth above man,” discouraging increased use of natural resources.
- Kansas officials open to NBAF funding alternatives
- February 20, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas legislative leaders are regrouping after the proposed 2013 federal budget failed to include construction dollars for a new biosecurity lab, raising questions about the project’s future.
- Can the stock market pick the next president?
- February 20, 2012
- The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it’s an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent.
- 2 judicial officials slain in Syria
- February 20, 2012
- Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime.
- ‘Riverdance’ saying goodbye to North America
- Farewell tour of production to stop in Kansas City
- February 20, 2012
- When Julian Erskine last saw the American touring company of “Riverdance,” he had to smile.
- Around and about in local business
- February 20, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending February 18, 2012.
- How to Help: Potential DCAP volunteers should attend meeting tonight
- February 20, 2012
- Douglas County AIDS Project (DCAP) is hosting a volunteer orientation Monday night at the United Way Center, 2518 Ridge Court. The session runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- New building to showcase ‘BEST’ of KU’s Edwards Campus
- February 20, 2012
- A new building on Kansas University’s Edwards Campus will fully open soon, and will house students and faculty for what will become 10 new degree programs to be offered at the campus.
- Bankruptcies
- February 20, 2012
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Divorces
- February 20, 2012
- Divorces granted in Douglas County District Court the week ending February 18, 2012.
- Marriages
- February 20, 2012
- Marriage licenses approved in Douglas County District Court the week ending February 18, 2012.
- Man, 21, arrested on aggravated burglary, possession of stolen property charges
- February 20, 2012
- A 21-year-old transient man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and possession of stolen property after breaking into a residence in the 1400 block of Coventry Manor on Sunday morning.
- Heard on the Hill: Nearly 2,000 students show up for Missouri campout lottery; Legal Services for Students offering free tax help; KU alumnus, TV journalist Russ Ptacek leaving Kansas City
- February 20, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Horoscopes for February 21
- February 20, 2012
- This year you channel your enormous creativity and hefty magnetism into your day-to-day life. Individually, these traits could be hard to resist. Together, they could make you a powerhouse. If you are single, and you would like to change your status, you will have an opportunity to do so. If you are attached, as a couple you can steer your relationship in a new direction, if you so choose.
- Quiet hit won’t quit
- February 20, 2012
- Some hits are more expected than others. Everybody knew the Super Bowl would attract a monster audience. The audience for last Sunday’s Grammy Awards shocked everybody. Just under 40 million tuned in to see their favorites perform and to see how the music industry would react to the sudden death of Whitney Houston. (The show must go on; and it did.) Ratings-wise, it was like a lightning strike.
- KU baseball game washed out
- February 20, 2012
- Kansas baseball’s game against Lipscomb on Sunday was canceled because of inclement weather.
- KU softball wins Charlotte Classic
- February 20, 2012
- Kansas University’s softball team was declared the champion of the Charlotte Classic Sunday after tournament officials canceled the championship game in advance of rain and thunderstorms.
- Jayhawk tennis moves to 5-0
- February 20, 2012
- Kansas University’s tennis team remained undefeated in dual competition on Sunday as KU took down Arkansas-Little Rock, 6-1, at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
- Ex-KU star Dave Robisch keeps eye on current team
- February 20, 2012
- Former Kansas University basketball All-American Dave Robisch, who attended practice on Friday and the Jayhawks’ 83-50 home rout of Texas Tech on Saturday, definitely likes what he’s seen out of the 2011-12 squad.
- Sizing up swats: Teammate compares block kings Aldrich, Withey
- February 20, 2012
- Jeff Withey’s recent emergence has led to inevitable comparisons to former Kansas University center Cole Aldrich.
- Jayhawks in the NBA for Feb. 20
- February 20, 2012
- How the former Jayhawks in the NBA fared in games of Feb. 19.
- 25 years ago: Manhattan mayor to pay off wager at KU-K State game
- February 20, 2012
- “But you know who I’ll be rooting for. Let there be no mistake.”
- 40 years ago: No more pet turtles
- February 20, 2012
- The Kansas State Board of Health recently had outlawed the sale or promotional offering of turtles and other reptiles in the state of Kansas.
- 100 years ago: Cooking classes, street repairs, and another wolf hunt
- February 20, 2012
- “This course in cookery is offered in response to requests from housekeepers.”
- Iowa caucus woes raise anxiety
- February 20, 2012
- Iowa seems like scorched earth today, and not only because there has been an unusual drought of snow this winter. The caucuses are over; the candidates are gone. But a sense of anxiety, even embarrassment, lingers.
- Sidewalk stand
- The city’s sidewalk ordinance is a weak tool to combat panhandling in downtown Lawrence.
- February 20, 2012
- Lawrence City Hall leaders are heading off to court to try to prove the constitutionality of a city ordinance that regulates the manner in which people can walk, lie, stand or sit on a public sidewalk.
- Frozen by disease, Ali still Greatest
- February 20, 2012
- They gathered in the bowels of the arena where most of the great fights of the last two decades have taken place, old men now all sharing one shining moment from years gone by. They had come to honor The Greatest, though whether Muhammad Ali remembered who they were or knew what it was all about was a matter of speculation that on this night would go unanswered.
- Assistant football coach Ianello relishes return to roots
- February 20, 2012
- In coming to coach football at Kansas University, Rob Ianello is returning to what he’s used to and doing it with a different eye.
- Improving balance is important at any age
- February 20, 2012
- Some mature health concerns are obvious: osteoporosis, heart problems, loss of hearing, diminished eye sight and weight gain. One problem that doesn’t get much attention until it’s gone is balance.
- Keep your mental edge as you age
- February 20, 2012
- Cognitive decline, including memory loss, is one of the top fears among people over the age of 55.
- Fix-It Chick: How to hang objects on plaster walls
- February 20, 2012
- Hanging anything onto a plaster wall is a bit of a challenge. Depth finders help locate studs behind the plaster, but drilling through plaster and lathe into a stud is often problematic. There are a few good options to consider when trying to hang something on a plaster wall.
- River City Jules: Is that a TV in your pocket?
- February 20, 2012
- “I never thought chuck wagon dinners sounded good before,” my husband confessed at the dinner table. We had been talking about last summer’s voyage to Wyoming, a trip that included a horse-drawn wagon ride to a barbecue dinner and cowboy sing-a-long. What’s not to love?
- Daytripper: Make memories with your grandkids in Truman’s hometown
- February 20, 2012
- Intergenerational travel is a growing trend, and grandparents in Lawrence don’t have to stray too far from home to take the grandkids on a memorable adventure.
- Pharmacists weigh in with advice about vitamin supplements
- February 20, 2012
- When it comes to understanding which vitamins are right for you, it can be tricky to know what your body needs. For some, a multivitamin can help fill in gaps in nutrition, for others, extra calcium and vitamin D are needed to help keep bones strong and healthy.
- Double Take: All parties need sensitivity when a child comes out
- February 20, 2012
- Miranda: There may be no harder life situation for a teen than to be gay and at the point of coming out to your family.
- KU’s Osher Institute offers education opportunities without homework, tests
- February 20, 2012
- Kansas University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which offers courses and special events to people over 50, has a new director and plans to increase its reach and financial base.
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