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Polls
Who do you think will win the Republican caucus Saturday?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Santorum | 46% | |
| Mitt Romney | 31% | |
| Ron Paul | 19% | |
| Newt Gingrich | 2% | |
| Total | 209 | |
Did you take part in the Kansas Republican Party Caucus?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 88% | |
| Yes | 11% | |
| Total | 526 | |
Who's your favorite professional wrestler from the '80s and '90s?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I’m not a professional wresting fan | 35% | |
| Hulk Hogan | 15% | |
| Macho Man Randy Savage | 11% | |
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | 11% | |
| Other (please specify in comments) | 7% | |
| Nature Boy Ric Flair | 6% | |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 5% | |
| Hacksaw Jim Duggan | 3% | |
| Brutus the Barber Beefcake | 1% | |
| The Honky Tonk Man | 1% | |
| Total | 684 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
KU Medical Center concerned that anti-abortion bill could jeopardize accreditation- March 7, 2012
- State Rep. Sean Gatewood, D-Topeka, who opposes the bill, said Wednesday that if the measure were enacted into law, the KU Medical Center would lose accreditation for its Obstetrics/Gynecology program.
6:00 a.m.
Matchup of Perry Jones III, Thomas Robinson should be doozy- March 8, 2012
- Perry Jones III, the sleeping giant of the Big 12’s sleeping giants, awakened on his opening day of the postseason, Thursday in the Sprint Center.
- Photo gallery: KU v. A&M (Big 12 Tournament)
10:00 a.m.
Schools prepare for tornado season- March 8, 2012
- Last week’s devastating series of tornadoes throughout the Midwest raised tough questions on what schools should do when severe weather threaten to hit during the school day.
2:00 p.m.
It’s official: Bill Self, KU want to join city in development of rec center, fieldhouse- 2:07 p.m., March 8, 2012 Updated 3:29 p.m.
- Kansas University men’s basketball coach Bill Self has thrown his support behind a proposed public-private partnership that would build a new youth fieldhouse and recreation center in northwest Lawrence.
10:00 p.m.
All stories
- KU ousted from Big 12 tournament
- March 9, 2012
- Baylor beats KU.
- Former KU standout Charlie Hoag dies
- 05:41 p.m., March 9, 2012 Updated 07:54 p.m.
- Charlie Hoag, a four-sport star at Kansas University and a member of the school’s 1952 national-championship basketball team, died Thursday at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., the school announced Friday.
- Gingrich: I won’t quit if I lose Tuesday in South
- March 9, 2012
- Spurning calls for him to get out, Newt Gingrich insisted Friday that he’ll stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even if he loses two Southern primaries next week.
- Paul seeks Kansas delegates, ‘the more the merrier’
- March 9, 2012
- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is calling Kansas “a fertile field” as he pitches his libertarian views the day before state caucuses for delegates to the party’s national convention.
- Santorum: Obama, Romney share distrust of America
- March 9, 2012
- Hoping to tap into deep distrust of Washington, Republican Rick Santorum suggested Friday that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney share a top priority: to take away Americans’ money and freedom so they can tell them how to live.
- Romney eager to connect with Southern voters
- 04:49 p.m., March 9, 2012 Updated 04:49 p.m.
- Eager to connect with Southern voters, Mitt Romney on Friday burnished his business credentials — and his newfound love for cheesy grits — as he sought support for his Republican presidential campaign in Alabama and Mississippi.
- House supports concealed carry in public buildings, but allows universities to opt out
- March 9, 2012
- Under House Bill 2353, people who have a concealed carry permit would be allowed to bring a gun into a state or city facility unless the building had adequate security measures, such as electronic screening equipment and guards, to ensure that no weapons could be brought in. Because of the additional security costs, many public buildings will have to allow concealed carry if the measure is enacted into law.
- Anti-abortion group opposes KU Medical Center efforts to change bill
- March 9, 2012
- House Bill 2598, called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, would make numerous changes to state law sought by anti-abortion advocates. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee will probably vote on the measure next week.
- Tyshawn Taylor named Cousy Award finalist
- March 9, 2012
- Kansas senior guard Tyshawn Taylor has been named one of five finalists for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday.
- Economy adds 227K jobs, jobless rate unchanged
- March 9, 2012
- U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force.
- Pittsburg State receives $5 million gift
- March 9, 2012
- Pittsburg State University officials say a $5 million gift will help efforts to build a Fine and Performing Arts Center.
- Kansas House finishing work on budget
- March 9, 2012
- A key Kansas House committee is nearing the end of its work on a draft of the state budget.
- State Senate panel to review voter citizenship bill
- March 9, 2012
- A Kansas Senate committee is preparing to review a proposal to require some potential voters to prove their citizenship starting in June, ahead of this year’s presidential election.
- Town Talk: Clothing resale store opens near Hy-Vee on Sixth; a story of old Packards at 11th and Rhode Island; one-bedroom apartments planned near KU
- March 9, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Statehouse Live: Senate leaders propose tax incentives for bioscience, manufacturing businesses
- March 9, 2012
- The “Kansas Works” proposal is contained in two bills that will be considered next week by the Senate tax committee.
- Handcrafted goodies to be featured at festival
- March 9, 2012
- Jacque Knighton started crafting — and what would become her business, Touch of Light — a few years back in
- Journal-World earns 26 awards of excellence in Kansas Press Association contest
- March 9, 2012
- The Lawrence Journal-World news and advertising divisions Thursday won 26 Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence.
- Stocks double in three years, but it’s a lonely party
- March 9, 2012
- The stock market is missing you.
- Senate blocks bid to speed pipeline from Canada
- March 9, 2012
- Under pressure from the White House, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday blocked a Republican bid to speed approval of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.
- Syrian oil minister defects, calls regime sinking ship
- March 9, 2012
- Syria’s deputy oil minister appeared tense as he looked at the camera and announced in a video that he has defected from President Bashar Assad’s regime, acknowledging he expects government forces to “burn my home” and “persecute my family.”
- Fire destroys rural Tonganoxie home
- March 9, 2012
- A rural Tonganoxie home was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.
- Woman released from hospital after March 2 motorcycle accident
- March 9, 2012
- Elizabeth Stark, 44, of Lawrence, was released Wednesday from Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., hospital spokesman Bob Hallinan said.
- Baldwin City man, 70, arrested for illegally shooting decoy deer in December
- 12:43 a.m., March 9, 2012 Updated 12:18 p.m.
- A 70-year-old Baldwin City man was arrested Thursday afternoon for illegally shooting a decoy deer during a December 2011 sting operation.
- Heard on the Hill: Brackets are everywhere (and more to come); KU vertebrate paleontologist weighs in on new dinosaur find; KU Student Senate committees OK funds for Wescoe Beach
- March 9, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Wall or hedge?
- March 9, 2012
- I strongly protest politicians advocating an “absolute wall of separation between church and state.” Probably I do not know — nor has it been explicit — what an “absolute wall” means.
- ‘On Death Row’ genuine and insightful
- March 9, 2012
- The words haunting, thoughtful, strange and compelling don’t begin to describe “On Death Row” (9 p.m., ID), a new four-part series from director Werner Herzog that airs on Fridays through March 30. “Row” dispenses with the lurid melodrama of most true-crime series and the longing for vengeance that permeates many stories about capital crimes. Instead, the filmmaker, reviewing cases in Texas and Florida, describes the nearly unimaginable horrors in calm, conversational tones and conducts carefully modulated interviews with hardened killers.
- Report: FBI probes Auburn for point shaving
- March 9, 2012 in print edition on B2
- Federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving involving in at least two games this season, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday.
- Horoscope for March 9
- March 9, 2012
- For Friday, March 9: This year you see life from a more caring perspective. You develop more empathy and gain understanding. Sometimes you could be jolted by your insights. Use care with your finances. Do not take risks where you cannot take the loss. If you are single, your circle of friends might change, and you could meet someone quite intense. If you are attached, there could be financial struggles. Consider getting separate bank accounts.
- K.C. tops Rockies
- March 9, 2012 in print edition on B2
- Royals rotation candidates Felipe Paulino and Aaron Crow each pitched two scoreless innings and Kansas City beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-0, on Thursday.
- How former Jayhawks fared (March 9)
- March 9, 2012 in print edition on B2
- Here’s a look at how former Kansas University players fared in NBA games of March 8.
- Aggies pick poison, Elijah Johnson makes ’em pay
- March 9, 2012
- Three times now, the Texas A&M men’s basketball team has tried to limit the production of Kansas University’s All-Big 12 stars Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor, and three times other Jayhawks have made the Aggies pay.
- Bill Self ‘not a fan’ of Baylor’s neon uniforms
- March 9, 2012
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self heard Baylor’s Bears will wear black jerseys today, not the bright neon green outfits they sported in an 82-74 Big 12 tournament quarterfinal victory over Kansas State on Thursday in Sprint Center.
- Coach Bill Self not happy with KU board work
- March 9, 2012
- Kansas coach Bill Self entered the halftime locker room and told his team that it needed to rebound better and that it stunk in that area Thursday. Or, at least his words were close to that, KU guard Tyshawn Taylor said.
- Kansas women fall, anxiously await fate
- March 9, 2012
- Let the waiting begin.
- 25 years ago: KU faculty discuss unionization
- March 9, 2012
- Two union organizations were competing for a chance to represent Kansas University faculty members.
- 40 years ago: Gambling struck down by Kansas Senate
- March 9, 2012
- A 22-18 vote in the Kansas Senate today killed a resolution which would have amended the state Constitution to allow lotteries in Kansas.
- 100 years ago: Weaver’s owner returns from NYC buying trip
- March 9, 2012
- “‘Most of the men are too busy talking politics to do business.’”
- Home cookin’: Family visit gives Elijah Johnson boost
- March 9, 2012
- Kansas University junior combo guard Elijah Johnson headed home to Gary, Ind., with a heavy heart Sunday as he mourned the death of his beloved uncle, William D. “Dough Boy” Couisnard, Sr. Johnson returned to campus Tuesday night with a smile on his face, feeling invigorated after spending quality time with his loved ones at Monday’s visitation and Tuesday morning’s funeral service.
- What rivals can teach Romney
- March 9, 2012 in print edition on A8
- Some presidential candidates surge toward a nomination; some sneak up upon a nomination in the dead of night. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, believing his hour has come round at last, at best seems to be slouching toward the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
- Partisan appearance
- If Secretary of State Kris Kobach wants Kansans to be confident in their election process, he should step aside from his partisan political activities.
- March 9, 2012
- As the Kansas secretary of state, Kris Kobach’s most important job is to oversee elections in the state.
- Break oil cycle
- March 9, 2012
- The price of gasoline has hit $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, and many are worried we could see $5-a-gallon gas by the summer. These higher gas prices threaten to slow our economic recovery, and some politicians are citing this as a reason to open more areas up for oil drilling and to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
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- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013 · 17 comments
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- Lawrence pastor seeks to reconnect youth to NAACP May 25, 2013
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- Opinion: New Orleans has inspiring rebirth May 5, 2013
- Graduation and 'stepping up' an all-school event at Bishop Seabury May 24, 2013
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- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
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