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Polls
Do you think a male birth control pill would be popular?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 53% | |
| No | 39% | |
| I don’t know | 6% | |
| Total | 538 | |
Have you ever participated in an athletic competition for charity?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 55% | |
| No | 42% | |
| Not yet | 1% | |
| Total | 284 | |
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Berkeley Flats residents assess damage from fire caused by discarded smoking material- September 20, 2012
- Late Thursday morning, Kansas University junior Andie McKenzie — among 14 residents displaced by a Wednesday night fire at Berkeley Flats apartment complex — was still waiting to inspect the damage in her first-floor apartment.
10:00 a.m.
Enrollment in Lawrence public schools increases by 214 students- September 20, 2012
- Enrollment in the Lawrence public schools is up by 214 students with increases at the virtual schools — often areas of growth — and at several elementary schools. But both high schools saw enrollment go down.
- Source document: Enrollment numbers
2:00 p.m.
Court hearing granted in “birther” challenge to Obama’s place on the Kansas ballot- 11:17 a.m., September 21, 2012 Updated 1:38 p.m.
- A California attorney has filed a lawsuit in Kansas challenging President Barack Obama’s listing on the state’s Nov. 6 election ballot.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Jayhawks well aware of road losing streak
- September 21, 2012
- Three years ago, in September of 2009, a Kansas University freshman named Bradley McDougald hopped onto a plane and traveled to the first road football game of his college career.
- Kansas vs. NIU: Tale of the tape
- September 21, 2012
- A unit-by-unit look at Kansas vs. Northern Illinois
- Looking out for Number One: Andrew Turzilli’s finally a starter, and he’s playing to remain one
- September 21, 2012
- A lot has been made about Kansas University wide receiver Andrew Turzilli’s 100-yard game in last week’s loss to TCU.
- Lawrence man booked in jail on three charges of sexual exploitation of a minor
- September 21, 2012
- A 44-year-old Lawrence man was booked into Douglas County Jail Friday on three charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.
- Lawrence man arrested on sex-crime charges
- September 21, 2012
- Lawrence police arrested a 31-year-old Lawrence man Friday on several sex-crime charges, including attempted rape, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated battery and criminal restraint, according to Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley. The original criminal complaint was made Aug. 20, and detectives conducted numerous interviews before arresting the suspect, who was working out Friday at the Lawrence Community Building, 111 W. 11th St., McKinley said.
- Building plan passes historic muster
- September 21, 2012
- A plan for a seven-story apartment and office building at the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets has won a key City Hall approval.
- Off the Beaten Plate: Ikura nigiri at Wa
- September 21, 2012
- Salmon eggs: better than they sound. By Sara Shepherd.
- Romneys paid $1.94 million in fed taxes for 2011
- September 21, 2012
- Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year’s income of $13.7 million, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday.
- Haskell president: NAIA probation traced to academic fraud involving two students
- September 21, 2012
- Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman provided more specifics this week about academic violations that placed all of the school’s athletics programs on probation through 2014.
- Lawrence woman enters plea to New Year’s Day battery at Burrito King
- September 21, 2012
- A 25-year-old Lawrence woman pleaded guilty Friday in Douglas County District Court to one count of aggravated battery stemming from a New Year’s Day assault at Burrito King, 900 Ill.
- Four Lawrence high school students’ successes celebrated
- September 21, 2012
- Four Lawrence high-school seniors were honored Friday as “student champions” at the Lawrence Schools Foundation’s annual benefit breakfast.
- Kansas Supreme Court orders new trial for Lawrence man convicted in 2006 death of girlfriend
- September 21, 2012
- The Kansas Supreme Court Friday ordered a new trial for a Lawrence man convicted in the 2006 death of his girlfriend.
- Ozawkie man, 43, identifed as victim in fatality accident
- September 21, 2012
- The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man who died in a single-vehicle accident last weekend as Brian W. Corum, 43, Ozawkie.
- KUsports.com staff’s Week 4 college football picks
- September 21, 2012
- The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 4 of the college football season.
- Kansas Supreme Court finds no error in sentence of man convicted in attacking woman on bike path
- September 21, 2012
- The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday found no error in the sentence imposed on a man convicted in the 2010 attack of a woman on a southwest Lawrence bicycle path.
- Court hearing granted in “birther” challenge to Obama’s place on the Kansas ballot
- 11:17 a.m., September 21, 2012 Updated 01:38 p.m.
- A California attorney has filed a lawsuit in Kansas challenging President Barack Obama’s listing on the state’s Nov. 6 election ballot.
- Lawrence man, 46, enters no-contest plea to indecent liberties charge
- September 21, 2012
- A 46-year-old Lawrence man pleaded no contest Thursday to one count each of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child and indecent liberties with a child.
- Manhattan’s NBAF may be moving ahead soon
- September 21, 2012
- The stalled plan for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas may be regaining traction in Washington, D.C.
- Town Talk: Rumors of AT&T Wireless and Chipotle headed to new S. Iowa building; new group forms to discuss diversity of City Hall leadership; open house set for proposed West Lawrence interchange
- September 21, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Heard on the Hill: KU professor pops up on NYT politics blog; special-education grant provides suspense; student health center closed this morning
- September 21, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- First Bell: Kennedy and AYP; another teacher honor; more on enrollment
- September 21, 2012
- News, et cetera, from schools in and around Douglas County:
- 25 years ago: Lawrence man charged with first-degree murder
- September 21, 2012
- The man had been charged two days after officers had found his wife’s body in a box in a shed near the couple’s mobile home.
- Notable teen
- September 21, 2012
- Congratulations to Trei Dudley and the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club for a well-deserved honor.
- Safer route
- September 21, 2012
- The completion of the new U.S. Highway 59 is a welcome relief to local motorists.
- Pay to play
- September 21, 2012
- To the editor: I see by the Journal World (Sept. 19) that the city has pretty well decided to build the recreation center. This project has gotten more complicated. If I remember, it started as a $13 million concept and has rapidly increased to about double the original cost in a very short time. Complicated projects seem to turn into costly and wasteful exercises.
- 40 years ago: City annexes church site, defers action on Iowa Street businesses
- September 21, 2012
- The commission this week annexed a three-acre tract of land to the south of the city limits.
- 100 years ago: Lawrence merchant mistaken for burglar after breaking into his own store
- September 21, 2012
- “Breaking through a back window and crawling through the broken pane is not a very ceremonious way for a business man to enter his establishment.”
- Horoscopes for Sept. 21
- September 21, 2012
- For Friday, Sept. 21: This year you focus on your domestic and personal life, though all aspects are important. Excitement comes in from a close friend or loved one who is a walking jack-in-the-box; you never know what will happen next. Hopefully, you can deal with a little stress. Others would like you to be more active, and they will not hesitate to let you know. If you are single, you will gain a sidekick. If you are attached, the two of you need to loosen up more and enjoy the moment.
- Regional prep sports roundups: Sept. 21
- September 21, 2012
- Weekly notes and highlights from Baldwin, De Soto, Eudora, Shawnee and Tonganoxie.
- Firebirds host Olathe North, hope to correct defensive woes
- September 21, 2012
- Not one Free State High football player nor any coach in the locker room felt even an ounce of contentment last Friday following the Firebirds’ 38-35 home loss to Olathe South. But head coach Bob Lisher learned a lot about his team in that Sunflower League battle.
- Injury-stricken Lions visit Shawnee Mission North
- September 21, 2012
- The depth on Lawrence High’s football roster is about to get tested.
- Veritas volleyball tops Cair Paravel
- September 21, 2012
- The Veritas Christian volleyball team only lost one set to Topeka Cair Paravel Thursday night at the Eudora Community Building, winning 25-18, 21-25, 25-14, 26-24.
- Lions golf fourth at Washburn Rural
- September 21, 2012
- The Lawrence High girls golf team placed fourth, Thursday at the Washburn Rural Invitational at Shawnee Country Club.
- Lawrence High volleyball 2-0 at Shawnee Mission North
- September 21, 2012
- Lawrence High’s volleyball team went 2-0 in a triangular Thursday at Shawnee Mission North.
- Free State volleyball takes two at Shawnee Mission East
- September 21, 2012
- Free State High’s volleyball team defeated Shawnee Mission East, 24-26, 25-19, 25-7, and defeated Olathe Northwest, 25-19, 25-19, on Thursday at SM East’s gym.
- Low aspirations
- September 21, 2012
- In the time of Chancellors Malott and Murphy and Professor Seaver, as we all sweated through two semesters of Western Civ, Kansas University aspired to be “Harvard on the Kaw.” But times change, as do aspirations. KU now apparently aspires to be “Walden on the Kaw.”
- Former KU coach Roy Williams released from hospital
- September 21, 2012
- Former Kansas University basketball coach Roy Williams was discharged from UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Thursday afternoon, a day after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his right kidney, University of North Carolina officials announced.
- KU fifth-year McDonald hopes to tackle FBI or CIA after football
- September 21, 2012
- During his last semester at Notre Dame, Anthony McDonald attended presentations but told recruiters there that they’d have to wait a year for him.
- Gillam, Lions celebrate 1-8 with 8-1 dual victory over Manhattan
- September 21, 2012
- Lawrence High senior Abby Gillam wasn’t upset when she first saw that there was a tennis dual against Manhattan scheduled on her 18th birthday.
- Keep-away: Firebirds control ball, top Shawnee Mission North, 1-0
- September 21, 2012
- As long as Free State High’s boys soccer team leaves the field with a victory, coach Kelly Barah doesn’t care about the margin of the score.
- Labels make compromise harder
- September 21, 2012
- Labeling others. I’m tired of it. You should be tired of it, also. We label those who disagree with us so we can discount their opinions, values and intelligence. It’s convenient to our point of view, but it’s terribly unfair to everyone.
- Communication fails in war game
- September 21, 2012 in print edition on A9
- Perhaps it was the “fog of simulation.” But the scariest aspect of a U.S.-Iran war game staged this week was the way each side miscalculated the other’s responses — and moved toward war even as the players thought they were choosing restrained options.
- Show honors Latino actors
- September 21, 2012
- Eva Longoria and George Lopez host the 2012 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) ALMA Awards (7 p.m., NBC), honoring the artistic achievements of Latinos in television.
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