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The Kansas City Star, on promoting economic development: As a small state with a declining population and a worsening financial picture, Kansas needs to be smart about promoting economic development
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Bill raising state’s minimum wage signed by Sebelius
TOPEKA (AP) — Starting next year, Kansas will no longer have the nation’s lowest minimum wage
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Greensburg signs up for wind farm development
GREENSBURG (AP) — The effort to rebuild tornado-ravaged Greensburg as a “green” community will include a wind farm that could power the entire south-central Kansas town
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Medical gas mishap in Lawrence prompts questions about inspections
LAWRENCE (AP) — A mishap in a dental office has raised questions about the inspections of medical gas systems by private contractors
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Divided Senate committee gives Sebelius approval as HHS secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kathleen Sebelius won Senate committee approval as health secretary over Republican opposition Tuesday, putting her on track for a final Senate vote in coming days
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McCune farm gets Certified Naturally Grown distinction for meat products
MCCUNE (AP) — Kevin Schenker and his wife, Cherie Thomas-Schenker, bought their farm on April Fools’ Day 2008
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Ruling may affect other death cases
WICHITA (AP) — Lawyers are debating whether a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that led to a convicted murderer getting off death row could undermine three other death penalty cases
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Fort Scott hosts ‘Sendler’ premier
FORT SCOTT (AP) — One of the children Irena Sendler worked to save from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II was among the 400 people attending the premier of a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie ab...
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Judge approves charges against Kansas immigrant
WICHITA (AP) — A magistrate judge in Wichita has determined there’s enough evidence for prosecutors to charge a Dodge City woman with threatening an Arizona federal prosecutor
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Re-count confirms passage of Emporia smoking ban
EMPORIA (AP) — A re-count has confirmed that an Emporia smoking ban ordinance has passed
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Sebelius lowballed donations from controversial abortion doctor
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Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health secretary nominee got nearly three times as much political money from a controversial abortion doctor as she told senators
1 dead in SEK drive-by
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COFFEYVILLE (AP) — Police are looking for suspects in the drive-by shooting death of a man in Coffeyville
Kidney transplant extends Lawrence man’s life
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Mother of 26-year-old from Chanute Karrey Britt Lawrence Journal-World LAWRENCE (AP) — Logan Hastings signed up to be an organ donor as soon as he got his driver’s license
Spring freeze raises fears about wheat crop
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Associated Press Writer WICHITA (AP) — A spring freeze has raised fears about possible damage to the Kansas winter wheat crop
New revenue figures make budget shakier
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Associated Press Writer TOPEKA (AP) — State tax collections fell $53 million short of expectations in March, putting Kansas’ budget for the next fiscal year on shakier ground
Smoking ban concerns some Salina businesses
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SALINA (AP) — With a tougher smoking ban slate to go into effect next month, local business owners depending on smokers to frequent their establishments continue to worry
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.


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Soldiers hold a candle light vigil at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Authorities said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.


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FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


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