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Polls
Which is your favorite 24-hour cable news channel?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Fox News | 33% | |
| CNN | 20% | |
| MSNBC | 15% | |
| None | 12% | |
| The Weather Channel | 7% | |
| ESPN News | 6% | |
| Other | 3% | |
| Total | 926 | |
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Game dull, but outcome not- February 28, 2012
- Midway through the second half Monday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena, Thomas Robinson stole the ball at midcourt and dribbled in for a dunk, but the rim rejected it because it didn’t fit this game. Too exciting a play.
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Oklahoma State
10:00 a.m.
C Jay back for centennial celebration of the Jayhawk- February 28, 2012
- Henry Maloy would certainly approve. The cartoonist for the University Daily Kansan in 1912 created the first official visual depiction of the Jayhawk, a smiling, big-beaked, spindly-legged design complete with shoes “for kicking opponents, of course,” according to an online university history of all things Jayhawk.
2:00 p.m.
City law interpretation spares lives of chickens slated for slaughter in public display of art- February 27, 2012
- A public slaughtering of chickens won’t happen inside Lawrence city limits after a local artist was warned her planned art project could subject her to a fine under the city’s animal cruelty ordinance.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Mitt Romney sweeps to double Republican primary victory
- 09:26 p.m., February 28, 2012 Updated 10:07 p.m.
- Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona Tuesday night, gaining a two-state primary sweep over Rick Santorum and precious momentum in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.
- Tornado, severe thunderstorm warnings Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson counties canceled
- 08:16 p.m., February 28, 2012 Updated 12:22 a.m.
- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson counties. It is in effect until 1 a.m. Wednesday.
- New images show Ike’s DC memorial amid criticism
- February 28, 2012
- As critics of a planned monument honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower object to everything from its giant scale to its depiction of the Cold War president and famed World War II general as a “barefoot boy from Kansas,” new images and documents released to The Associated Press reveal other key elements overshadowed by the furor and show how the controversial project developed.
- Brownback voices disapproval of Obama rule on contraceptives
- February 28, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback said women who want health care coverage that includes birth control but work for employers who oppose birth control based on religious reasons should go work elsewhere.
- Lawrence police investigating whether man’s death was related to previous physical altercation
- 12:33 p.m., February 28, 2012 Updated 05:50 p.m.
- Lawrence police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man, Nicholas J. Sardina, who officers think was injured in a physical altercation several hours before his death.
- Death toll rises to 3 in Ohio school shooting
- 12:06 p.m., February 28, 2012 Updated 12:19 a.m.
- The Ohio teenager accused of killing three students in a shooting rampage in a high school cafeteria chose his victims at random and is “someone who’s not well,” a prosecutor said Tuesday as the slightly built young man appeared in juvenile court.
- Anti-immigration law would hurt U.S.
- February 28, 2012 in print edition on A8
- If Mitt Romney becomes the next president of the United States and honors his latest vow to turn the Arizona immigration law into a “model” for the entire country, life in America could become quite unpleasant for many of us who look like immigrants, or speak English with a foreign accent.
- Trial ordered for rural Valley Falls man accused of shooting neighboring landowner
- February 28, 2012
- A Jefferson County judge has ordered a trial for a 62-year-old rural Valley Falls man accused of shooting another man during a dispute in December.
- Ottawa man gets probation for stealing from 95-year-old woman
- February 28, 2012
- A Franklin County judge Monday sentenced a 65-year-old Ottawa man to serve two years on probation and pay $90,431 in restitution after he was convicted of stealing from a 95-year-old woman while he was designated her power of attorney.
- Kansas panel mulls cutting remedial course funds
- February 28, 2012
- A Kansas House committee is considering legislation that would eliminate state funding for remedial courses at state universities and community colleges.
- Topeka man sentenced for his role in robbing KU student during drug deal
- February 28, 2012
- A Douglas County judge Tuesday morning sentenced a 21-year-old Topeka man to serve a 32-month prison sentence for his role in robbing a Kansas University student who had planned to sell him and a co-defendant marijuana in 2009, attorneys said.
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Planners split on North Mass plan; Chinese restaurant opens at 23rd and Iowa; rental registration fee topic of city audit; weekly land sales, including activity at Bella Sera condos
- 09:53 a.m., February 28, 2012 Updated 10:11 a.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Land transfers for the week ending Feb. 20, 2012
- February 28, 2012
- Land transfers from the Douglas County Register of Deeds for the week ending Feb. 20, 2012.
- Final library director candidate to interview today
- February 28, 2012
- An administrator in the Wichita Public Library system will be the third and final candidate to interview to become the next director of the Lawrence Public Library.
- Brandon Woods seeks dismissal of lawsuit
- Sexual assault of former resident alleged
- February 28, 2012
- Attorneys for Brandon Woods at Alvamar are asking a Douglas County judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a family of a former resident alleging she was sexually assaulted at the retirement center.
- Board gives go-ahead to school improvement projects
- February 28, 2012
- The Lawrence school board agreed to move forward with more than $750,000 worth of building improvements for elementary schools that had been earmarked for potential closure just a few months ago.
- C Jay back for centennial celebration of the Jayhawk
- February 28, 2012
- Henry Maloy would certainly approve. The cartoonist for the University Daily Kansan in 1912 created the first official visual depiction of the Jayhawk, a smiling, big-beaked, spindly-legged design complete with shoes “for kicking opponents, of course,” according to an online university history of all things Jayhawk.
- Heard on the Hill: Academic boycott begins to have effect; women study abroad more than men; ‘SNL’s Jason Sudeikis enjoys KU-MU game, ‘Mad Men’ star Jon Hamm not so much
- February 28, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Kansas to face A&M or OU in tourney
- February 28, 2012
- Big 12 officials indicated that as No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big 12 Tournament, KU will meet either Oklahoma or Texas A&M at 2 p.m. a week from Thursday in Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
- Cowboys credit Taylor for ‘big’ shots
- February 28, 2012
- During almost every timeout of the second half, coach Travis Ford kept telling his players that they had enough time to make a comeback. The score was manageable. All Oklahoma State had to do was make one run at Kansas University to be right in the game. In the end, Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor never let that run happen.
- Game dull, but outcome not
- February 28, 2012
- Midway through the second half Monday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena, Thomas Robinson stole the ball at midcourt and dribbled in for a dunk, but the rim rejected it because it didn’t fit this game. Too exciting a play.
- Kansas women’s golfers in 8th at Pizza Cards
- February 28, 2012
- Thanuttra Boonraksasat’s 4-over-par score of 148 led Kansas University’s women’s golf team to an eighth-place finish after Monday’s first day of the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge.
- CELEBR-EIGHT: Kansas clinches outright crown
- February 28, 2012
- After dancing with the Big 12 trophy late Monday night in a jubilant visitor’s locker room, Kansas University team leaders Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson modeled their ‘8 Str 8 Champs’ T-shirts and hats for media members in the Gallagher-Iba interview area.
- 25 years ago: KU faculty object to cut in subscriptions
- February 28, 2012
- Faculty members at Kansas University were up in arms about a 20 percent cut in academic journal subscriptions.
- 40 years ago: KU recycling effort recognized
- February 28, 2012
- The Kansas University recycling operation known as the “Whomper” had received an award.
- Oil supplies
- February 28, 2012
- This is in response to your Feb. 24 news story about President Obama being held responsible for the high price of gas.
- Threat to democracy
- February 28, 2012
- Historically in the U.S., corporations were forbidden from participating in politics for good reason: the correctly anticipated power of highly concentrated corporate wealth to severely undermine an otherwise increasingly representative and pluralistic democracy in the U.S. With a major break from tradition in interpreting constitutional law, the highly biased 2010 Supreme Court judicial-overreach decision regarding “Citizens United” has severely damaged our country’s democracy. We now have the “best democracy that corporate money and the wealthy can buy.”
- Free to discriminate?
- February 28, 2012
- Does “religious freedom” mean freedom to discriminate? Should we legalize discrimination against anyone? Should our religious leaders determine, on the basis of their claims of “freedom of religion,” who in our society merits “equal rights”?
- Deserting the arts
- February 28, 2012
- The governor’s funding plan isn’t enough to put the Kansas Arts Commission back on its feet or, apparently, even to claim the state’s share of federal arts money.
- Combine mixed bag for Steven Johnson
- February 28, 2012
- In terms of all of the things casual fans believe the NFL combine to be about, Kansas University linebacker Steven Johnson had a pretty uneventful Monday in Indianapolis.
- 100 years ago: After snowstorm, residents arrested for failure to shovel
- February 28, 2012
- “They pleaded guilty to the charge and each paid a fine.”
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