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KU vs. Texas Crossroads Cowboy Church People & Places, November 21 Renovating a historic house of worship The day in photos, November 21
Polls
How would you grade the KU football team's performance against Texas?

Poll results

Response Percent
C
 
28%
F
 
21%
D
 
21%
B
 
21%
A
 
7%
Total 14
Will Todd Reesing throw for more that 300 yards against Texas?

Poll results

Response Percent
No
 
71%
Yes
 
28%
Undecided
 
0%
Total 42
How much are you contributing to the United Way this year?

Poll results

Response Percent
I do not give to the United Way
 
71%
The same as in previous years
 
12%
Less than in previous years
 
11%
More than in previous years
 
5%
Total 506
Videos

Lead stories

12:00 a.m.
Ken Starr, whose investigation as independent counsel led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, visited the Kansas University School of Law on Thursday. Starr said Americans should be thankful for the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it provides. Former independent counsel praises Constitution in speech
November 20, 2009 in print edition on 3A
If Ken Starr could change the U.S. Constitution, he would eliminate the requirement that the president must be a natural-born citizen.
6:00 a.m.
Headquarters counselor and director Marcia Epstein closes her eyes as she listens to a Wichita caller routed through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on Thursday at Headquarters. The counseling service is approaching its 40th anniversary. In 1969, Headquarters started as a drug abuse counseling center. It has expanded over time to help people with a broad range of issues. Four decades in crisis mode
November 21, 2009 in print edition on 1A
“We Never Close.” That was the short but clear slogan for the Headquarters Counseling Center in central Lawrence when a small group started it in November 1969. Four decades later it’s a Lawrence institution.
10:00 a.m.
Jim Mann, left,  and Dustin Short, with Wilcott Construction Inc., Kansas City, MO., position a steel beam into the roof of St. Luke AME church, 9th and New York St, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. After more than five years of fundraising, work is underway to install a new steel cross-gable arch to stabilize the historic church. Historic church gets makeover
November 21, 2009 in print edition on 1B
Instead of the sounds of a choir, the buzzing noises of saws fill St. Luke’s AME Church in East Lawrence. After several weeks of construction, the church got new steel supports for its roof Friday.
2:00 p.m.
Terrol Johnson, center, speaks at Minoka Hall on Haskell Unversity's campus during the Harvest Food Festival to raise awareness of the obesity rate among American Indians. Obesity activist crossing country to urge American Indians to embrace healthier diet
November 20, 2009 in print edition on 4B
Terrol Dew Johnson has stopped in Lawrence during a 3,000-mile journey to raise awareness of the obesity rate among American Indians. Johnson started in Maine in June 2008 and is on his way home to Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona. The reservation has the highest rate of adult-onset diabetes in the world with over half of the population suffering from the disease. Johnson, 37, is one of them.
7:00 p.m.
Kansas University head football coach Mark Mangino speaks with Texas head coach Mack Brown before kickoff Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. FINAL: McCoy leads Longhorns over Jayhawks, 51-20
5:56 p.m., November 21, 2009 Updated 10:23 p.m.
Kansas falls to 5-6 overall and 1-6 in the Big 12 after Saturday’s loss to Texas.

All stories

KU’s Wright didn’t approach Perkins
November 21, 2009
A source familiar with how the investigation into Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino started said that a clarification is in order in regards to Arist Wright’s role in it.
FINAL: McCoy leads Longhorns over Jayhawks, 51-20
05:56 p.m., November 21, 2009 Updated 10:23 p.m.
Kansas falls to 5-6 overall and 1-6 in the Big 12 after Saturday’s loss to Texas.
No line at H1N1 immunization clinic
09:01 a.m., November 21, 2009 Updated 10:09 a.m.
About 100 people lined up to get the H1N1 vaccine this morning outside the Community Health Facility.
What’s the ideal prayer for Thanksgiving?
November 21, 2009
Rev. Josh Longbottom and Rev. Maria Campbell give their takes on the ideal prayer for Thanksgiving.
KU vs. UT Head to Head
November 21, 2009
A look at the matchup between KU and Texas Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Austin.
Offenses sputtering: Without standout quarterbacks, league teams struggling
November 21, 2009
Colt McCoy remembers the Year of the Quarterback in the Big 12 last season. It’s no mystery to him why the league’s offenses haven’t been able to keep up the blistering scoring pace this year.
Nothing to lose: Reeling KU huge underdog for a change
November 21, 2009
For each of the past five weeks, the Kansas University football team either has been favored or a single-digit underdog according to Las Vegas oddsmakers. Not this week.
Club news
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D3
University Bridge Club announces results of its Nov. 14 meeting, with hosts Dale and Wanda Kring, Donna Gatts and Janet Dunn.
Around and about
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D3
Lindsey and Corey Ingram, Lenexa, announce the birth of their son, Aiden Allen Ingram, on Nov. 6, 2009, in Overland Park.
Scouting news
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D5
Fifty-two Scouts from Troop 55 earned nearly 270 merit badges while attending Camp Bartle from July 16-25 in Osceola, Mo.
Table of contents: Food adds spice to creative centerpieces
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D5
The food may be the crowning glory of any Thanksgiving table, but an imaginative centerpiece on the holiday table can whet the appetite and make a meal memorable.
It takes two
A tuition/budget compromise could help Kansas students, but it only works if both sides play along.
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
With college tuition continuing to rise, a strategy being pursued by Missouri officials might be worth a look in Kansas and elsewhere.
Where but in Lawrence?
It would be nice to give a local entrepreneur the chance to try out his rickshaw venture.
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
A pedal-driven rickshaw service could be a fun addition to downtown Lawrence. Doing it in a way that won’t create a traffic hazard could be tricky, but the city should try to give this would-be entrepreneur a chance to try it out.
Palin stirs feminist ambivalence
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.”
GOP should give Palin some competition
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
No busker ban
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
To the editor: Controversy swirls about banning panhandling in downtown Lawrence.
Safe pathways
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B6
To the editor: Perhaps the city of Lawrence should be green enough to provide two “pedestrian/cyclist safe pathways.”
Nation has right to ask ‘why?’
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B7
It was a cold, cloudy day at the Dole Institute on Nov. 10, the time when Marines from the Lawrence area came together to celebrate the 234th birthday of the Corps.
Just 2 years left: It’s not too soon to start missing Oprah
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D7
Is it too soon to begin missing Oprah?
Horoscope for November 21, 2009
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D7
For Saturday, Nov. 21:This year, you make waves. Others back off in the face of your excellent verbal skills. Consider possibilities in your immediate environment. If you are single, don’t count on a relationship being long-term until it actually has gone a year. If you are attached, it is as if someone put TNT in your lives.
The cowboy way: Williamstown church ministry draws unique following
November 21, 2009
They arrive in their coats and jeans, huddled on metal folding chairs that have seen better days. They dodge raindrops springing from holes in the yellow-and-white striped tent.
Lawrence couple excel in triathlons
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C1
At the Ironman World Championship 70.3 on Nov. 14 in Clearwater, Fla., one Lawrence couple stood happily on the winner’s podium.
On target
Shots start dropping for guard Reed
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C1
Kansas University junior Tyrel Reed’s personal stat line wasn’t pretty heading into Game Three of the 2009-10 basketball season.
Johnson closes in on Sprint Cup title
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C2
Jimmie Johnson’s run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole.
Mangino facing long odds to stay
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C2
Apparently, Mark Mangino has made it successfully to tonight’s game at Texas as the football coach at Kansas.
KU’s Proehl takes fifth
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C3
Kansas University diver Meg Proehl captured fifth place in the three-meter diving competition on the first day of the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational on Friday. Kansas finished the day in eighth place.
TV evergreens have Santa splitting heirs
November 21, 2009 in print edition on D7
Even the most forgettable Christmas movie says something about the time in which it was made. Long before the real estate bubble burst, Kelsey Grammer starred in the fascinatingly preposterous 2002 TV movie “Mr. St. Nick” (7 p.m., today, Hallmark).
Americans save more but earn less as interest rates fall
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B5
The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money.
Independence Inc. elects board officers
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B5
Independence Inc., Lawrence, announces the election of officers for the organization’s board of directors.
Financial consultant opens in Lawrence
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B5
Patrick Brown has founded Abram Brown Financial Consultants LLC, Lawrence.
Leaders offer tips for chancellor’s successful tenure
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B1
Last week, this column focused on the challenges facing Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little as she nears her 100th day as KU’s 17th chancellor.
Historic church gets makeover
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B1
Instead of the sounds of a choir, the buzzing noises of saws fill St. Luke’s AME Church in East Lawrence. After several weeks of construction, the church got new steel supports for its roof Friday.
Pump patrol
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B1
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.52 at several locations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
Researcher: Writing proves Shroud of Turin is real
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A5
A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Big Bang machine up and running
World’s largest atom smasher broke last year
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A5
Scientists switched on the world’s largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
Four decades in crisis mode
Headquarters Counseling Center has become a Lawrence institution
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A1
“We Never Close.” That was the short but clear slogan for the Headquarters Counseling Center in central Lawrence when a small group started it in November 1969. Four decades later it’s a Lawrence institution.
GOP: Women’s health recommendations could affect care
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.
More states add jobs; many just temporary
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
Law banning genetic discrimination in effect
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.
FBI looking into use of Taser on 10-year-old
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer’s use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.
23 dead, 90 trapped in mine explosion
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China today, killing 23 people and trapping another 90 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A3
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
Know the foe: Texas
UT boasts two Heisman hopefuls
November 21, 2009
When Kansas University’s football players first saw the 2009 football schedule, they knew they’d be facing a likely Heisman Trophy candidate during the Nov. 21 game at Texas.
Defendant in indecent liberties case sentenced
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B4
A 67-year-old Basehor man was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with elementary-age students.
Reward increased in missing person case
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B4
The reward for information in the case of a missing 58-year-old Atchison County woman has reached $50,000.
Pregnant woman arrested in thefts
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B4
Wichita police say a pregnant woman has been arrested after she allegedly robbed homes.
Center for East Asian Studies celebrates 50 years of accomplishments
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B4
Kansas University’s Center for East Asian Studies turned 50 this week.
Moderate Democrats pivotal in today’s health care vote
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Museum to display Galileo’s lost fingers, tooth
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
Floods devastate U.K., much of Ireland
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
Raging floods engulfed northern England’s picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
Blackwater shooting case to be dropped
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
More e-mails may have warned of shooting
November 21, 2009 in print edition on A2
There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.
Lawrence man arrested on assault, kidnapping charges
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B2
A 22-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping.
Pendleton’s to offer Christmas sale
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B2
Lawrence-area farmers and crafters will be having a “Christmas Sale in the Country.”
Ohio State-Michigan not what it used to be
November 21, 2009
The Game has lost a lot of luster. Ohio State has beaten Michigan five straight times, its best winning streak and the longest in the series since the 1920s.
Ashcroft endorses Todd Tiahrt
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B8
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, who on Friday endorsed fellow Republican Todd Tiahrt’s U.S. Senate campaign, condemned the Obama administration for moving the trial of Sept. 11 terrorism suspects to civilian rather than military court.
Boise State routs Utah State, 52-21
November 21, 2009
Doug Martin ran for 121 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 6 Boise State remained unbeaten and in BCS contention with a 52-21 victory over Utah State on Friday night.
City commission agenda for November 24
Wesleyan Church seeks property annexation, rezoning
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B8
City commissioners will consider several ordinances for the Lawrence Wesleyan Church development near 31st Street and Kasold Drive.
Cy Young has new look
November 21, 2009
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: win a lot of games.
Nebraska, KSU playing for Big 12 North title
November 21, 2009
The North Division representative in the Big 12 championship game will be decided in a back-to-the-future matchup tonight.
Tech seeking bowl-eligibility
November 21, 2009
Mike Leach wants his Texas Tech team to leave behind last year’s loss at Oklahoma when the Red Raiders play the Sooners on Saturday.
Tigers looking for win at home
November 21, 2009
Blaine Gabbert is coming off one of his best games, even if he occasionally threw to the wrong guy. That’s a good sign for Missouri heading into the finale of what has been a most disappointing home schedule.
Meier mature, classy
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C1
With all the mud-slinging flying through the eight years of Mark Mangino’s soon-to-end reign as coach of the Kansas University football team hogging the headlines, it ought to come as no surprise that one man standing above the fray is a guy who always has managed to sound a voice of reason and conduct himself with class and maturity.
100 years ago: Turkey as high as 25 cents per pound this year
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B7
If you are planning on a nice fat turkey for Thanksgiving, you better plan to pay a high price for it. There seems to be an absolute dearth of birds in our area since so many sent their birds to Chicago. Wet weather in the spring also added to the shortage and some may have to pay as high as 25 cents a pound for a bird this year.
40 years ago: Construction begins on Meadowlark addition
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B7
Preliminary construction was begun on a $2.4 million addition to the Meadowbrook apartment complex at 15th and Crestline. There were to 132 new units, boosting the total well past 300.
25 years ago: Firefighters test new equipment
November 21, 2009 in print edition on B7
Local firefighters tested their new attire and equipment in simulated emergencies and the report on the results was gratifying to city officials.
KUsports.com staff’s Week 12 football picks
12:00 a.m., November 21, 2009 Updated 05:41 p.m.
The following are the Journal-World/6Sports staffers’ picks for Week 12 of the college football season.
Mangino’s contract outlines probe
Investigation is first step for potential ‘termination for cause’
November 21, 2009 in print edition on C1
News this week that Kansas University administrators have launched an investigation into the actions of football coach Mark Mangino might have come as a bizarre development to some, but those familiar with the wording of the coach’s contract might not be surprised.