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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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Earl's gusts, rains lash Outer Banks, reach VA (AP)

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken Friday Sept. 3, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. EDT. Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. National Weather Service meteorologist Hal Austin said the eye of the hurricane was expected to get as close as 55 miles east of the Outer Banks about 2 a.m. Friday. (AP Photo/NOAAAP - Hurricane Earl's powerful gusts and driving rains are churning over the Outer Banks of North Carolina and starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia.


Fri Sep 03 02:31:12 -0500 2010
TSA: Evacuation, 1 detained at Miami airport (AP)

A Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue officers are seen on the arrival level at Miami International Airport in Miami, early morning Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.


Fri Sep 03 03:02:00 -0500 2010
Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers (AP)

FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary last week when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him 'a risk' who would gamble away people's retirement savings. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer. File)AP - Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.


Fri Sep 03 02:35:08 -0500 2010