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One dead in KC building collapse

Published June 8, 2010 at 8:07 p.m.

One person is dead after a two-story building partially collapsed shortly before noon between Forest and Troost Avenues in Kansas City ... Fire Department officials believe the victim was walking near the warehouse-like building when it suddenly fell, spewing cinder blocks and lumber into the street ... A witness said he heard a loud cracking noise and saw the building come down ...

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Grand jury reviewing Kansas ticket scandal

Published June 8, 2010 at 10:09 p.m.

A federal grand jury has convened to review evidence in the Kansas ticket scandal, sources say ... A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed on Tuesday that at least one grand jury subpoena had gone out, directing a witness, whom the source would not identify, to appear last week in Topeka ... The grand jury probe is the latest development in a burgeoning investigation that has forced top athletic administrators to deal with outraged KU donors even as the future of the Big 12

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Expert Slams Autopsies In Schneider Trial

Published June 8, 2010 at 9:02 a.m.

A cardiac pathologist testifying on behalf of a Kansas doctor whose clinic has been linked to 68 deaths has criticized the Sedgwick County Regional Forensics Center ...

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Report: Grand Jury Investigating KU Ticket Scandal

Published June 8, 2010 at 1:58 p.m.

A newspaper is reporting that Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins missed two days of last week's Big 12 meetings because he was testifying before a federal grand jury ...

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Kris Kobach files for Kansas Secretary of State

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Published June 8, 2010 at 2:12 p.m.

TOPEKA – Calling for the state’s top election official to take on more of prosecutorial roll Tuesday, Republican Kris Kobach filed to run for Secretary of State ... “Some people in the past have seen the Secretary of State as an elected bureaucrat as someone who oversees the keeping and filing of records but basically keeps a hand on the tiller and keeps the boat moving the same direction without any changes,” he said. “I would change things substantially and I would go from a

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Wichita lawyer faces Rwanda threat

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Published June 8, 2010 at 7:40 a.m.

A timely letter from Kansas may have kept a Wichita lawyer out of jail last week in central Africa ... Kurt Kerns has traveled to Rwanda during the past year to interview witnesses in a federal case in Wichita involving a Kansas man accused of participating in that country's genocide 16 years ago ... As part of that case, Kerns had consulted with Peter Erlinder, a law professor from Minnesota, whose opinions on the genocide were critical of the current Rwandan government ...

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Job Openings Jump Nationwide; Thousands Available In Kansas

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Published June 8, 2010 at 5:43 p.m.

USD 259's new busing company says it's accepting applications for several hundred driver and monitor positions ...

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Royals fire Trey Hillman; Ned Yost is new manager

Published May 13, 2010 at 6:38 p.m.

Trey Hillman became the first manager to get fired this season when the Kansas City Royals let him go Thursday after a final win ... Former Milwaukee manager Ned Yost, who joined the Royals' front office in January, immediately took over the struggling team and will remain as manager the rest of the season ... The Royals announced the move after beating Cleveland 6-4, a win that left Kansas City at 12-23 and last in the AL Central. Hillman was told of the decision Thursday morning and given the

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