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Annual tea to discuss breast cancer
J-W Staff Reports
July 3, 2008
Lawrence Memorial Hospital is hosting the 10th annual Betsy Beisecker Memorial Tea from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Wittig appeals decision upholding sentence
J-W Staff Reports
July 3, 2008
A former Westar Energy Inc. executive is trying to invalidate an appeals court decision that could send him back to prison.
Commodities
July 3, 2008
Agriculture futures traded higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 15.5 cents to $8.6525; July corn jumped 29.25 cents to $7.4875; July oats added 16 cents to $4.54; July soybeans rose 17.75 cents to $16.4575.
Inflation stacks up on household goods
By Michelle Singletary
July 3, 2008
We’ve all been so focused on whether we are officially in a recession that we may not have paid enough attention to the creeping threat of inflation. But a period of rising prices is equally threatening to your financial well-being.
Bigger tax refunds lop state budget
By Scott Rothschild
July 3, 2008
State government’s economic woes worsened during the past two months in part because of huge business tax refunds, officials said Wednesday.
KanREN appoints executive director
J-W Staff Reports
July 3, 2008
Cort Buffington, Lawrence, has been appointed executive director of KanREN Inc., a nonprofit consortium of colleges, universities, school districts and other organizations that enables the members to improve communication and gain Internet connectivity through a statewide network.
Burrito King hit with $1,250 health department fine
By Mark Fagan
July 2, 2008
Burrito King’s owner owes a $1,250 fine after health inspectors in April uncovered several health code violations.
Sale complete, Aquila looks to future
By Mark Fagan
July 2, 2008
Now that Aquila’s long-planned sale of utilities has been cleared by Missouri regulators, employees at the Lawrence headquarters for the company’s gas operations in Kansas and Colorado now can look forward to the future.
Starbucks to close 600 US stores
By Melissa Allison - The Seattle Times
July 2, 2008
Starbucks continues to shrink its empire in an effort to turn around profits and a stagnant stock price. The Seattle coffee company announced Tuesday afternoon that it will close approximately 600 underperforming company-operated stores in the United States in the next nine months, 500 more than it had already targeted.
Commodities
July 2, 2008
Agriculture futures finished mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 6 cents to $8.6475; December corn fell 5 cents to $7.52; December oats fell 5.5 cents to $4.675; November soybeans rose 36 cents to $16.10.
Teacher offers Jockey activewear
J-W Staff Reports
July 2, 2008
Terri Driscoll has joined Jockey Person to Person as a senior comfort specialist, a home-based business that offers women’s activewear for sale.
Allen Press employee earns credential
J-W Staff Reports
July 2, 2008
Christy Classi, an employee of Allen Press, Lawrence, has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the American Society of Association Executives.
Farmers may enroll for ‘safety net’ help
J-W Staff Reports
July 2, 2008
Farmers have until Sept. 30 to sign up for the Kansas USDA Farm Service Agency’s 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, a program designed to provide support counter to the cycle of market prices as part of a “safety net” in the event of low crop prices.
Work-saving choices for decking and stains
By Consumer Reports
July 2, 2008
About 80 percent of homeowners who install decks use real wood, according to Consumer Reports. But CR's latest tests show that synthetic planks can offer lasting good looks with less upkeep. Some stains can also trim the work required to maintain wood.
LMH wins community award
J-W Staff Report
July 1, 2008
Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., receive Community Connection Awards from Kansas Hospital Association.
State revenues miss projections in latest quarter
By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer
10:54 a.m., July 1, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m.
State government collected $61 million less than anticipated in taxes during its recently ended 2008 fiscal year, a 1 percent shortfall that could create budget headaches.
EPA pumped up about new Zarco station
By Mark Fagan
July 1, 2008
Scott Zaremba sells a variety of so-called “flex” fuels, illuminates his fuel pumps with compact fluorescent light bulbs and grows grass that doesn’t require mowing on the roof of his soon-to-open coffee shop at Ninth and Iowa streets. Next up in his environmental drive: installation of solar panels to go on top of the canopy. And an electricity-generating wind turbine is on order.
Stimulus checks available for hundreds who only need to file
By Mark Fagan
July 1, 2008
Nearly 1,000 Douglas County residents are eligible for federal economic stimulus payments but have not yet filed tax returns to confirm their eligibility, the IRS says. And the agency wants them to get their payments, just as 94.8 million other Americans have done so far this year.
H&R Block reports fourth-quarter profit
July 1, 2008
H&R Block Inc., the nation’s largest tax preparer, said Monday it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, helped by a record-setting tax season and the sale of its troubled mortgage arm.

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