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1 hr ago | Hays Daily News

Kansas gambling machines destroyed Eds: APNew ...

Dozens of illegal gambling machines have been destroyed after they were confiscated from a supplier who had placed them in businesses across Kansas.

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9 hrs ago | KAKE-TV Wichita

Man Killed In NW Kansas Crash

A Norton man was killed in a one vehicle accident late Thursday evening. Highway Patrol troopers said the accident happened on Kansas Highway 23, seven miles south of Hoxie.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Railroad repairs begin

Train whistles sounded as railcars filled with wheat slowly moved eastward along the tracks, headed for export to Mexico via Dodge City.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Satanta, KS, Elkhart, KS, Stanton County, KS, Grant County, KS

OttawaHerald.com

Gov. Parkinson lowers flags upon the death of former Gov. William H. Avery

Gov. Mark Parkinson has directed flags across Kansas to fly at half-staff from now until sundown November 14 in recognition of the death of former Kansas Gov.

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Related Topix: Wakefield, KS, Clay County, KS

Joplin Globe

Kansas: Group cuts revenue forecast by $235 million

TOPEKA, Kan. - A group of economists and policy-makers slashed Kansas tax collection estimates Thursday by $235 million, reflecting signs of continued weakness in the state economy.

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Related Topix: Kansas Government, Topeka, KS, Topeka Metro

The Wichita Eagle

Kansas looks at Colorado sex assault suspect

A man suspected of sexually assaulting more than 12 women in New Mexico and Texas and trying to kill a Pueblo police officer has prompted inquiries from investigators in Colorado and Kansas, authorities said this week.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Kansas.com

Dog from Kansas prison's K-9 unit on the lam

Prison officials say the escapee, named Daisy, is a female Belgian Malinois , resembling a German shepherd in shape and size.

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Related Topix: Prison, Hutchinson Correctional Facility, State Prisons

The Capital-Journal

Officials talk wind energy

State and federal officials say Kansas has great potential for developing wind power but lacks enough transmission lines to spur further development of renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KBSL 10

Kansas Congressional Candidate Responds to Lawsuit

A former mayor of Salina and current Congressional candidate denies allegations of sexual harassment.

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Kansas.com

Kansas Medical Center, PHS sign contract

Kansas Medical Center in Andover and Preferred Health Systems have signed a contract making the medical center part of the PHS network.

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Hays Daily News

Kan., Wash. back Boeing for tanker contract E ...

With hundreds of new jobs at stake, Kansas officials are keeping an eye on the competition for an Air Force contract to build a new refueling plane.

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kansas Government, US Military, US Air Force, Wichita, KS

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The University of Kansas

Project LAUNCH to address health needs of Finney County residents

More than 600 Finney County families will benefit from a $4.25 million grant recently awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Related Topix: Finney County, KS, Garden City, KS

Topeka Capital-Journal

Man gets nearly 4 years for drugs

A California man has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for drug trafficking after a drug-sniffing dog led investigators to a bundle of mailed cash that smelled of marijuana.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Federal Prisons, Prison

KansasCity.com

Two more Kansans die of swine flu

State health officials say two more Kansans infected with the swine flu virus have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 14.The latest two deaths were a 72-year-old man from northeast Kansas and a 53-year-old woman from the Wichita area.The Kansas Health and Environment says both people had underlying health conditions that put ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Wichita, KS

The Wichita Eagle

Kansas pharmacy owners convicted of 'pill mill' scheme

Hogan's Pharmacy owners Mark and JoLane Poindexter entered no contest pleas Monday.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Kansas.com

Brownback: USDA lab will bring companies to Kansas

Sam Brownback said Monday. Brownback, along with state and local leaders, formally announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory is moving to Manhattan from Laramie, Wyo.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Entomology

Hays Daily News

EBay removes anti-abortion memorabilia from sit ...

Online auction house eBay said it has begun taking down several items of anti-abortion memorabilia posted to raise funds for the man accused of killing a Kansas abortion doctor.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Violent Crime

KAKE-TV Wichita

Kan. Senate Leaders Propose Change To Small Claims Court

Monday, November 02, 2009 Kansas Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt wants to allow more cases to be settled in small claims court.

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Kansas.com

Bison brought from South Dakota to Kansas

For a brief hour, rays of sunshine win the battle with a cold South Dakota mist, and the result is a full rainbow, its arc touching two points on the rolling range.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Wind Cave National Park, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, KS

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Kansas' CW

Animal Disease Lab Moving To Kansas

A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to Kansas.

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Related Topix: Entomology

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