Perkins resigns as Kansas athletics director after seven years
Editorial calls Perkins exit overdue amid ticket scandal IRS and FBI probes. It notes his controversial point system and massive facility spending, questions Hemenway's role and Perkins high pay, urges thorough investigations and a careful, independent search for a superior successor.
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Lew Perkins
Kansas University
Perkins
University
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Allen
Robert Hemenway
Hemenway
U.S
Journal-World
Sean Lester
Lester
IRS
FBI
State of Kansas
Peace talks unlikely to succeed in Mideast
Trudy Rubin surveys the failing path of Israeli Palestinian negotiations. She argues entrenched mistrust, leadership weaknesses, and regional dynamics thwart progress, predicting a drift toward a single state unless a broad regional accord shifts the approach.
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Mideast
Ben Gurion
Anwar Sadat
White House
Bill Clinton
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
Obama
Washington
Jerusalem
West Bank
Gaza
Israel
Hamas
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu
U.S
Iran
Hezbollah
Abbas
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Marwan Muasher
Muasher
Carnegie Endowment
Burning a Quran Day sparks global condemnation
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues against International Burn a Quran Day proposed by Terry Jones of Gainesville Florida. He notes Muslim leaders condemn the plan, U S preachers plan readings in solidarity, and some suggest counter acts. The piece links the event to broader intolerance and warns of threat to safety.
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Terry Jones
Dove World Outreach Center
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Miami Herald
Jones
U.S
Temecula
Calif
Sheboygan
Wrs
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
MiamiHerald
Public Forum on Obama’s faith and media influence
A reader argues Barack Obama is Christian and urges citizens to seek independent news sources, urging critical thinking beyond party lines. The letter cites Rev. Jeremiah Wright and poll beliefs about the president’s religion, and notes submission guidelines for The Journal-World letters.
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Barack Obama
America
Obama
Jeremiah Wright Jr
Daniel Patrick Schamle
Lawrence
Journal-World
Journal- World
Ijworld.com
Old Home Town 1910 Lawrence School Books List
Lawrence Daily World item from September 8, 1910 lists required books for first grade and second year high school. Priced primers, readers, grammars, algebra, geometry, Latin and botany texts are specified with costs, compiled by Sarah St John Readmore.
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Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence
Ward
Stebbin
West
Coulter
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Dan C. Simons
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Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
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Mahmoud Abbas
Trudy Rubin
Philadelphia Inquirer
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