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Would-be pipe bomber gets 37-year sentence
An Iowa letter carrier was sentenced to 37 years in prison Tuesday for sending dud pipe bombs with letters signed "The Bishop" in an odd but potentially deadly bid to drive up the value of shares he ...
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2 new lawsuits filed over priest sex abuse
Plaintiff's attorney Rebecca Randles says the latest suits bring the total number of cases filed over the Rev. Shawn Ratigan's conduct to seven. Ratigan pleaded guilty in August to producing child pornography after police learned of hundreds of images of children, most of them clothed, with the focus on their crotch areas. Ratigan's case led Bishop Robert Finn to be charged with ...
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Nixon mulls future of Missouri tax cut bill
KMBC 9's Micheal Mahoney said the measure, in many respects, is Missouri's answer to tax cuts enacted in Kansas. Those tax cuts have been credited with luring businesses across the state ...
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Kansas City Zoo will open early all summer
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 ...
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Pharmacist admits misbranding dialysis drugs
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Tennessee pharmacist has admitted distributing a misbranded Chinese-made drug that was given to kidney dialysis patients in ...
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Kan. deputy accused of sexual contact with inmate
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) -- A deputy at a central Kansas jail is accused of having illegal sexual relations with a female inmate and bribing or intimidating two ...
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Weather service Okla. Tornado was EF5
Search and rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life in the aftermath of the monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of Oklahoma City's ...
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KC residents can help with Oklahoma relief effort
John Miller was one of the Salvation Army volunteers who left for Oklahoma hours after the storm struck. He said even after helping in the relief efforts after tornadoes in Greensburg, Kan., and Joplin, Mo., he said there's no way he'll ever be ...
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Kan. legislators move forward on budget
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Negotiators from the Kansas House and Senate are reporting progress on approving a new state budget, with plans to send the latest House proposal to the chamber floor for a ...
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NetApp confirms it will cut 900 jobs worldwide
Data storage company NetApp confirmed in its earnings release Tuesday that it will be eliminating about 900 jobs globally. The company says its a part of a broader process of restructuring and realigning resources. Were still trying to determine whether the cuts will affect NetApps Wichita site, which had been in the process of adding about 400 jobs. A NetApp spokesman says the company is not ...
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Mo. juvenile life sentences still in flux
Prison sentences for Missouri juveniles convicted of first-degree murder remain uncertain because lawmakers did not pass a new sentencing scheme before ...
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Boy 4 left on day cares van investigation underway
The center's officials said that there was a commotion on the van; children arguing over a toy. By the time the other children were inside the center, the 4-year-old was left behind, perhaps ...
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Tea party activists rally at KC IRS building
About 30 tea party activists are rallying outside the IRS building in Kansas City to express outrage that the agency singled out conservative political groups for additional ...
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Nixon to continue seeking Medicaid expansion
The Democratic governor campaigned throughout this year's legislative session to increase Medicaid eligibility for lower-income adults as called for under the federal health care law. Nixon's proposal would have tapped more than $900 million in federal funds to cover about 260,000 adults. But the Republican-led Legislature repeatedly rejected the plan, citing concerns about the ...
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Man charged with assaulting confining girlfriend
According to court documents, on or between May 16 to May 19, Coleman assaulted his girlfriend by hitting her with a belt and tried to choke her with it. Investigators also alleged that Coleman used a methamphetamine pipe and burned his girlfriend. Authorities said the woman was restrained with handcuffs and at one point, had a .38-caliber revolver put in her ...
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Via Christis job reductions go against recent trends in local health care sector
Health care is the areas second-largest employer and has mostly been experiencing job growth, but Via Christi Health announced Tuesday that it will be eliminating 350 to 400 positions. Via Christi Health has been Wichitas second largest employer since 2010, and the health system has continued to strengthen its hold on that position by growing its work force. Stories the Wichita Business Journal ...
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Wichita City Council approves $200K forgivable loan for Starwood Hotels
Starwood's brands include ALoft, shown in this rendering. The Wichita City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $200,000 forgivable loan for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., which plans to create hundreds of jobs in Wichita with a new call center. Starwood (NYSE: HOT) announced last week that its 50,000-square-foot call center, planned in the former Office This space on Harry Street ...
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Wichita airports DoubleTree hotel No. 1 in the brand last year
Photo cutline: Michael Phipps, general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Airport, shows off the CARE Cup Awards the hotel won for 2012 (gold) and the fourth quarter (silver). The DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Airport has only been a member of the DoubleTree family a little more than a year, but it clearly stands out in the DoubleTree brand. So much so that it recently earned the ...
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Wichita Thunder partnering with Salvation Army to aid Oklahoma tornado relief
The Wichita Thunder, Eddys Toyota and the Wichita Ice Center are joining forces to help the Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma aid disaster relief. Those organizations are collecting donations to help the victims of the tornado that on Monday tore through Moore, Okla. Donations will be collected at the Thunder offices, Eddys and the Wichita Ice Center the rest of the week and will be given to ...
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Via Christi to eliminate up to 400 positions reduce executive salaries 4 percent
Via Christi Health is eliminating about4 percent of its work force in Kansas. Via Christi Health is taking drastic measures to offset volume declines and continued declines in operating margins. Those measures, CEO Jeff Korsmo says, include the elimination of 350-400 positions, or about 4 percent of Via Christis work force in Kansas, and 4 percent reductions in the salaries of 35 senior ...
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Rescuers search board by board for survivors
Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...
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Kan. lawmakers budget tax negotiations to resume
Kansas legislators were preparing to resume their negotiations on budget and tax issues as freshman Republicans in both chambers gathered for a joint ...
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Kansas City Red Cross sends help to Oklahoma tornado victims
Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in the Moore, Okla., area Monday afternoon. The Greater Kansas City chapter of the American Red Cross is seeing an outpouring of generosity from metro-area residents. The receptionist at the Kansas City office, 211 W. Armour Blvd., is being flooded with calls from Kansas Citians, asking how ...
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Former IRS agent faces sentencing for theft
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A former Internal Revenue Service agent faces sentencing after admitting she was paid for meetings with taxpayers that never ...
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Kansas Weather Anchor Evacuates As Tornadoes Hit Wichita
While the Moore, Oklahoma tornado is dominating the news cycle–rightfully so–it’s easy to forget about the weather damage that occurred on Sunday in Wichita, Kansas. While the devastation pales in comparison, the fact ...
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Kansas State Fair in trouble
The Kansas State Fair is a seminal event in the states annual calendar. Since 1903 Hutchinson has hosted what the state legislature initially recognized as the Central Kansas Fair and it quickly grew to become a center for investment, advertising and community engagement. But, financial problems brought on by the recession and much-needed upgrades to State Fair infrastructure, are creating a disconnect between the state legislature and the fair association.
The State Fair typically runs for ten days from the first Friday after Labor Day, last year over 300,000 people attended the fair from all of the state’s 105 counties. There are four main aspects to the fair, areas of life to which it contributes: in terms of commerce, the fair is extremely important to the state, with a captive audience numbering hundreds of thousands, companies are able to take advantage of over 1000 commercial stands to exhibit and sell their product. Read more
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