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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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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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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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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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In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, appear on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington.  (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman)  MANDATORY CREDIT:  WILLIAM B. PLOWMAN, MEET THE PRESS  NO SALESAP - Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.


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Rescuers sits on the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and rescue at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach tens of miners trapped underground Sunday. (AP Photo)AP - When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered.


Sun Nov 22 20:21:35 -0600 2009

This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photos)AP - The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.


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