Also from January 19
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Have you ever seen a movie being filmed?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 59% | |
| No | 37% | |
| I don’t know | 3% | |
| Total | 347 | |
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10:00 a.m.
Data show this November to January is 16th warmest in Lawrence since 1909- January 18, 2012
- The past couple of days in Lawrence notwithstanding, it sure seems like it’s been a pretty warm winter so far.
2:00 p.m.
Bill aimed at online piracy panned by Internet companies, Kansas Congressional delegation- 9:56 a.m., January 18, 2012 Updated 2:56 p.m.
- Kansas University graduate Maggie Koerth’s employer, BoingBoing, was one of numerous prominent websites — including Wikipedia and Reddit — that “blacked out” their sites Wednesday in protest of controversial legislation being considered by Congress.
- On the street: Have you heard about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)?
6:01 p.m.
Donations pour in for family who lost home- January 18, 2012
- This time of year routinely can be slow for Eric Marx and his lawn and landscaping company. Then he saw last weekend that Douglas County United Way and AmeriCorps members needed help collecting donated furniture for a Douglas County family of 11 that lost their home west of Lawrence in a Dec. 30 fire.
10:00 p.m.
Lied Center to host KU’s Chinese New Year celebration- January 19, 2012
- Shenji Pan is helping to plan a big celebration for the Chinese New Year. In fact, the party is so big it’s outgrown its previous digs at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. It’ll be Sunday at the Lied Center, which seats more than 2,000 people.
All stories
- Family claims in lawsuit that former 87-year-old resident of Brandon Woods at Alvamar was sexually assaulted
- January 19, 2012
- The family of a former 87-year-old resident of Brandon Woods at Alvamar claims in a lawsuit filed last week that she was sexually assaulted October 2010 in her room and that the Lawrence retirement cent
- Proposed ban on abortion introduced in Kansas House
- January 19, 2012
- A proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to ban abortion has been formally introduced by 25 state House members.
- Douglas County jurors determine 42-year-old Lawrence man is sexually violent predator
- January 19, 2012
- A Douglas County jury deliberated for 20 minutes Thursday afternoon before finding a 42-year-old man was a sexually violent predator, meaning he will to return to state custody for treatment.
- Attorney enters plea of not guilty for KU basketball player accused of possessing alcohol
- January 19, 2012
- Kansas University basketball player Ben McLemore pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon to a misdemeanor charge of minor in possession of alcohol.
- Attorneys for South Lawrence Trafficway supporters, opponents square off in oral arguments in Denver appeals court
- January 19, 2012
- Attorneys on both sides of the South Lawrence Trafficway argument made their cases in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Thursday.
- First-year math teacher at LHS singled out for honor
- January 19, 2012
- When students ask Lawrence High School math teacher Jason Karlin why they need to know those complicated algebra II equations, Karlin has 15 years of corporate experience to back up his answer.
- Speaker O’Neal apologizes over anti-Obama email, but will stay in office
- January 19, 2012
- In a prepared statement, O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, issued an apology. O’Neal’s office said he is not stepping down.
- Consultant Laffer praises Brownback’s tax plan
- 12:43 p.m., January 19, 2012 Updated 04:49 p.m.
- Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to increase taxes on poor Kansans will help them in the long run because the plan will produce jobs and improve the state economy, nationally known low-tax advocate Arthur Laffer said Thursday.
- Ex-wife says Gingrich wanted ‘open marriage’
- January 19, 2012
- Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate’s second ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an “open marriage” in which he could have both a wife and a mistress.
- Details of his vast personal fortune trail Romney
- January 19, 2012
- Under duress two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney acknowledged he has invested part of his millions in the Cayman Islands, although his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven.
- Santorum edges Romney in belated Iowa GOP count
- January 19, 2012
- In a surprise flip, Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in the final tally of the Iowa caucuses, Republican officials said Thursday. But no winner was declared because some votes still remain missing two weeks after the event’s closest contest ever.
- Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11
- January 19, 2012
- Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, raising the specter that the 132-year-old trailblazer could become the most storied casualty of a digital age.
- Tradition of mystery figure who toasted Edgar Allan Poe appears over, as ‘Toaster’ fails to show for third year
- January 19, 2012
- Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur nevermore.
- Unemployment claims at 352,000, fewest since 2008
- January 19, 2012
- The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening.
- Rick Perry drops out of presidential race, endorses Gingrich
- January 19, 2012
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed Newt Gingrich, adding a fresh layer of unpredictability to the campaign two days before the South Carolina primary.
- Kansas River considered as National Water Trail
- January 19, 2012
- The federal government has begun the process for designating the Kansas River between Junction City and its junction with the Missouri River near Kansas City as a National Historic Water Trail.
- Another Jefferson County resident dies on U.S. Highway 59, south of Oskaloosa
- January 19, 2012
- For the second time this week, a Jefferson County resident has died in a one-vehicle crash on the same stretch of U.S. Highway 59 three miles south of Oskaloosa.
- Town Talk: From Denver, site of today’s oral arguments in the SLT case; a primer on the fight over whether the road should be built through the Baker Wetlands
- January 19, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- KU School of Pharmacy applauded by Senate committee
- January 19, 2012
- “We talk about economic development, but the bottom line is we are saving lines,” Stella, a distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, told the Senate Commerce Committee.
- Charlie Weis names DeMontie Cross as new KU linebackers coach
- 09:59 a.m., January 19, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis has announced the final piece to his coaching staff puzzle. Thursday, Weis named DeMontie Cross as KU’s linebackers coach.
- Pump patrol
- January 19, 2012
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.15 at several stations.
- Principals set standards list for elementary schools
- January 19, 2012
- From full-day kindergarten to a full-time nurse, elementary school principals have set a list of standards that the district’s elementary schools should follow.
- KU bioscience and tech center gets new tenant
- January 19, 2012
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals, a drug-discovery company, will move into the Bioscience and Technology Business Center at Kansas University and bring the incubator space on KU’s West Campus to 100 percent occupancy.
- Prosecutors want sex crime convict to remain in state custody
- January 19, 2012
- A Douglas County jury Wednesday began hearing evidence in the case of a 42-year-old man convicted of sex crimes whom prosecutors aim to keep in state custody instead of released on parole.
- Landmark National to buy Wellsville Bank
- January 19, 2012
- Landmark National Bank, which operates two banks in Lawrence but is based out of Manhattan, has reached a deal to purchase The Wellsville Bank.
- Heard on the Hill: E-textbook programs gain traction in other universities; KU prof’s mass extinction theory getting new attention; Student Union Activities accepting submissions for film contest
- January 19, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Lied Center to host KU’s Chinese New Year celebration
- January 19, 2012
- Shenji Pan is helping to plan a big celebration for the Chinese New Year. In fact, the party is so big it’s outgrown its previous digs at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. It’ll be Sunday at the Lied Center, which seats more than 2,000 people.
- Our Town Sports for Jan. 19
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B5
- A weekly roundup of local events and results.
- P-OF Alex Jones to miss KU softball season
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B3
- Alex Jones, a two-year starter at center field and pitcher for Kansas University’s softball team, will miss the 2012 season because of a torn anterior-cruciate ligament.
- Top prep basketball tournaments on tap
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B3
- The Topeka Invitational rarely is an easy tournament to win, and this year will be no different.
- Coach Charlie Weis a Jersey straight talker
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B1
- Charlie Weis must have played hooky the day the media consultant visited the football coaches convention and taught how to speak in politically correct platitudes, how to put a greater premium on image than integrity. Ask Kansas University’s new football coach a question, and he answers it as honestly as he can. If he can’t, he might even tell you why he can’t.
- Charlie Weis heaps praise on QB
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B1
- New Kansas University quarterback Jake Heaps doesn’t appear to fit the major-college quarterback stereotype. He’s married. He’s shorter than the ideal height for the position. And, despite coming to KU during the middle of his sophomore year at BYU, he looks as if he’d fit in fine posing as a high school sophomore.
- FSHS wrestlers rout Cougars
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B3
- A Wednesday night wrestling dual between Free State High and Shawnee Mission Northwest might have been billed as Senior Night, but it was the Firebirds’ younger wrestlers who snagged the spotlight.
- Travis Releford exemplifies KU’s thieving ways
- January 19, 2012 in print edition on B1
- While talking during a postgame interview just outside the Kansas University locker room Monday night, KU small forward Travis Releford was interrupted by someone behind him. “Great game,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said, shaking Releford’s hand. “Good luck this year.”
- 25 years ago: Sculpting it or shoveling it, Lawrence deals with a foot of snow
- January 19, 2012
- Nearly a foot of snow had fallen in Lawrence on the recent weekend.
- 40 years ago: Computer-aided enrollment goes faster than ever
- January 19, 2012
- Do you remember the “enrollment maze” at Kansas University?
- 100 years ago: Son of local family stationed in China during revolution
- January 19, 2012
- “Paul Atkinson is stationed on the U.S. Gunboat Pompey now at Shanghai.”
- Fambrough St.
- January 19, 2012
- Don Fambrough positively affected thousands of lives during his many years of service to our community. Obviously he impacted football players and their families — not just helping them become better athletes but mentoring them to become productive and giving citizens as he was. I had the honor and privilege of being around Coach Fam in a number of settings: leading and playing in bands, civic organizations, supporting good causes, education and many others. I came away from every encounter a better person.
- War is a different universe
- January 19, 2012
- Nearly 30 years ago, Greg told me how it was, cutting the ears off dead men.
- Photography unfairly tied to terrorism
- January 19, 2012
- Shawn Nee, 35, works in television but hopes to publish a book of photographs. Shane Quentin, 31, repairs bicycles but enjoys photographing industrial scenes at night. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department probably wishes both would find other hobbies. Herewith a story of today’s inevitable friction between people exercising, and others protecting, freedom.
- Salary scale
- Like private businesses, nonprofit groups must offer competitive salaries to keep top leaders.
- January 19, 2012
- In business, the axiom “you get what you pay for” often rings true. And if a business wants to keep its top talent, it has to be competitive, offering its leadership salaries and benefits in line with its industry. The same goes for nonprofits.
- Teen antics are animated on ‘Unsupervised’
- January 19, 2012
- Adolescence can be awkward and ugly, but the good news is the animated “Unsupervised” (9:30 p.m., FX) shows a glint of humanity beneath its teenage characters’ crude language and behavior. A lot of the talent behind this FX cartoon comes from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” ‘‘Unsupervised” is more restrained and character-driven in comparison.
- Horoscope for Jan. 19
- January 19, 2012
- This year you choose to keep much of your life hush-hush. At least many of your feelings about what surrounds you will not be known to anyone but you. If you are single, someone you choose might be withdrawn and secretive. If you are attached, share more, and your relationship will bloom. Sagittarius sees past your defenses.
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 12 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Club Magic shooting May 20, 2013 · 29 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 11 comments
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013 · 2 comments
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 11 comments
- 100 years ago: Housekeeping expert to give presentation at Y.M.C.A. May 20, 2013 · 4 comments
- On the street: Would you rather have a lower income tax and higher sales tax, or lower sales tax and higher income tax? May 17, 2013 · 41 comments
- Death toll from Oklahoma City tornado climbs to 91, expected to rise May 20, 2013 · 20 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 66 comments
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 44 comments
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- Two Topeka men shot in Lawrence early Sunday morning; police seeking persons of interest May 19, 2013
- For Kansas basketball, recruiting never ceases May 20, 2013
- Daytripper: We're in the money May 20, 2013
- Project to build intergenerational retirement community in Lawrence moving ahead April 29, 2013
- Joe’s Bakery reveals doughnut recipe September 6, 2009
- Roy F. Dodge Jr. June 24, 2000
- Two men arrested in connection with Club Magic shooting May 20, 2013
- City expecting 5 percent reduction in Community Development Block Grant funding May 20, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
