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Protection One Q1 revenue drops

Published May 13, 2010 at 2:34 p.m.

Protection One Inc. on Thursday reported a year-over-year decrease in revenues of 5 percent during the first quarter ...

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Wichita tourism brings $702M economic impact

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Published May 13, 2010 at 2:29 p.m.

Tourism in Wichita generates $702 million in economic impact each year, according to new numbers released by the U.S. Travel Association ...

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Donation to help Big Brothers meet ‘dire need’ for computer equipment

Published May 13, 2010 at 2:27 p.m.

Emprise Bank has donated about $15,000 worth of used computer equipment to Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters ...

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Kansas Disaster Payments Left Hanging

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Published May 13, 2010 at 1:50 p.m.

Kansas legislators left the Statehouse this week having taken care of the state budget, taxes and a new transportation plan ...

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Boeing loses Dreamliner orders

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Published May 13, 2010 at 1:40 p.m.

Boeing has lost another six 787 Dreamliner orders, the company revealed today in the weekly update to its order website. The customer was not identified ... That brings to a round 100 the total number of Dreamliner cancellations after more than two years of delays and the downturn in the aviation business since 2008. The new jet still has a big order backlog of 860 jets ... The canceled order is worth about $1 billion at list prices, though market data from airplane valuation firm Avitas pegs

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Derby Rep. Don Myers announces retirement from the Kansas House

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Published May 13, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

MyersRep. Don Myers announced today that he is retiring from the state Legislature after 18 years in office ... Myers, R-Derby, could not immediately be reached for comment, but issued a statement saying he will retire at the end of this year when his current term expires ... “The 18 years that I have served have been very rewarding and will be remembered as a highlight in my life,” Myers said in the statement. “The support that has been available from my wife and family is the reason for

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Brownback, Tiahrt Introduce Fair Defense Competition Act

Published May 13, 2010 at 11:50 a.m.

Bill would require the Department of Defense to account for WTO rulings in defense acquisitions ...

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Salvage yard workers robbed

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Published May 13, 2010 at 11:50 a.m.

WICHITA — Two armed men robbed a pair of workers at Chrisman Truck and Auto Recycling in south Wichita Wednesday afternoon, police said ... The victims were approached at 4:50 p.m. in the parking lot of the business at 1800 E. 68th Street South by two strangers, they told police. The suspects stole money belonging to the business and the wallet of one of the victims ...

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Woman robbed after cashing check

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Published May 13, 2010 at 11:50 a.m.

WICHITA — A woman cashed her assistance check Wednesday morning — and then was robbed of the cash minutes later ... She told police she was pushed into her car by an unknown man shortly before 9 a.m. in the 2800 block of West 48th Street South. He took more than $700 in cash ... The 55-year-old victim was not seriously injured. It was the second time in recent months that she had been robbed of her assistance check, she said ...

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Budget slashes funds for public broadcasting

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Published May 13, 2010 at 10:40 a.m.

Could there really be a life without Click and Clack, Big Bird and Garrison Keillor? ... Possibly ... This past weekend, the state Legislature passed a budget that moved more than $900,000 out of the Public Broadcasting Operating Grants — a cut that is more than half the $1.6 million in grant money Kansas public broadcasting stations were expecting to receive ...

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