Lawrence school bond debate hinges on community will
Editorial questions the Lawrence school board s assumption that the public wants all elementary schools kept open. It notes prior task forces favored consolidating schools, and warns voters may or may not approve a bond potentially reaching 90 to 100 million. The piece suggests asking taxpayers directly through next April elections.
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Lawrence
Bob Byers
Byers
Wakarusa Valley
Central and
East Lawrence
Lawrence School Board
Election puts foreign policy on hold
Washington columnist David Ignatius argues that President Obama postpones major foreign policy decisions to avoid risking the election, prompting questions about talks with Iran, U.S. allies, actions in Egypt Syria Yemen and Afghanistan, and whether the strategy undermines long term national security.
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Washington
Obama
Iran
United States
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
USS
Ahmadinejad
New York
U.S
Benjamin Netanyahu
White House
Sheldon Adelson
Mitt Romney
Egypt
Mohamed Morsi
Muslim Brotherhood
Yemen
Iraq
United Nations
Christopher Stevens
America
Libya
al-Qaida
State Department
CNN
Stevens
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Osama bin Laden
Afghanistan
John Allen
Kabul
Dimitry Medvedev
Russia
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Old Donnelly home razed in Lawrence for new houses
The 1852 stone Donnelly home at Rhode Island and Quincy streets is torn down today in Lawrence to make way for two modern residences. The house, a landmark dating before the Quantrill Raid, stood for 60 years as a visible link to the city’s early history.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Donnelly
Rhode Island
Quincy Streets
Rant on Self Driving Cars Turns to Reflection
A piece debating California and Nevada laws on autonomous cars weighs human bias against tech benefits. While praising potential for fewer jams and safer mobility, the author warns against losing the human touch and notes Google cars’ limited accident record with a human driver in control. Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald is cited as the columnist.
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California
Jerry Brown
Golden State
Cali
Nevada
Google
Service Department
CNN
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Miami- Herald.com
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Susan Cantrell
Chris Bell
Ed Ciambrone
Ann Gardner
Caroline Trowbridge
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Suzanne Schlicht
Ralph Gage
David Ignatius “Violons
Washpost.com
Old Home Town
Sarah St. John
Readmore
Ljworld.com
Old
Giahler Colomig
Pitts
Miamiherald.com
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