Just a quick note about this blog — we’ll be looking around the Web to see where Lawrence and KU pop up in news coverage from around the country, and not just on the sports pages. It happens surprisingly often. Take a look:Author/cartoonist David Rees (“Get Your War On”) says he’s moving to Lawrence in this interview on a book Web site.A columnist for the San Antonio Express-News talks a little smack on Lawrence – and pretty much every other Big 12 town – in this commentary.Lawrence continues to get mentioned worldwide for its role in the doping scandal involving sprinter Justin Gatlin. Here’s a recent link from FoxSports.com.A Lawrence woman, Brenda Frei, was featured Wednesday night on the Morgan Spurlock (“Supersize Me”) show “30 Days.” Read the Dallas Morning News report.The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the Kansas Geological Survey at Kansas University has been involved with pesticide testing in wells in Minnesota.Susan Winner of Lawrence will be one of the featured fighters in a boxing event in Midland, Texas this weekend, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reports.John Randle is making news in his new home, Carbondale, Ill. Read the Southern Illinoisan’s report on the former KU football standout/scofflaw.