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May 22, 2013Tornado in Pawnee County rated EF-4
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The National Weather Service says a tornado that traveled seven miles across rural western Kansas during the weekend was an EF4, with winds of 165 to 185 mph. Comment?
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May 22, 2013Three children found safe five miles from home in Seward County
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Three young children who wandered five miles from their southwest Kansas farmhouse have been found safe after a frantic, 15-hour search. Comment?
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Did the Cavs win LeBron in the NBA Draft Lottery - again?
... Kentucky 2. Magic: Trey Burke , PG, Michigan 3. Wizards: Otto Porter , SF, Georgetown 4. Bobcats: Ben McLemore, SG, Kansas 5. Suns: Victor Oladipo, SG, Indiana 6. Pelicans: Anthony Bennett, SF/PF, UNLV 7. Kings: Alex Len, C, Maryland 8. Pistons: CJ ... Comment?
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Gray wins Funny Car, in sole possession of points lead
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NHRA Funny Car Johnny Gray is in the midst of the best season in his long drag racing career, with Sunday's final-round win over Robert Hight in the Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka giving him back-to-back wins and sole possession of the points lead for the first time ever. Comment?
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Pro Stock's Coughlin has memorable day with 2 milestones wins
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Jeg Coughlin's day was already guaranteed to be memorable after the Pro Stock driver won his 500th career round in the middle of the NHRA Kansas Nationals on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka. Comment?
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Langdon wins Top Fuel for his first victory at HPT
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Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon raises his trophy up after winning the NHRA Kansas Nationals. Comment?
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Lawrence native Wendland relishes backyard win in Funny Car
... the result was a convincing victory for the Pitch Energy team, with Gray claiming the Funny Car championship in the Kansas Nationals. It was Gray's second straight win, his third of the year, and propelled the 60-year-old driver into the points lead ... Comment?
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OSHA says Wolf Creek employee was fired for reporting safety concerns
Wolf Creek Generating Station is nuclear power plant near Burlington in east-central Kansas. Comment?
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Hi-Park students thrive in bio-tech program
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... I like to brag on this class." The instructors are teaching the students skills to use when they job shadow at the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Washburn University biology department later this semester. Next year, the class also will be ... Comment?
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This is episode 21 of the Kansas Cyclist Podcast, and in this episode we interview Andy Clarke of the League of American Bicyclists, catch up with a few Biking Across Kansas riders on tour, and talk with the folks at Road ID about their personal identification products for cyclists. Comment?
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This is episode 19 of the Kansas Cyclist Podcast, and this time out we talk with attorney Alvin Wolff, Jr., who's written a book called The Total Guide for Motorcycle & Bicycle Accident Victims in Missouri . Comment?
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Teens converge for convention
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Derek Birney, a Sublette teenager, stood onstage with 1.5 tons of food Thursday at the Topeka Performing Arts Center and led hundreds of teens in what he called the "Wiggle Dance." More than 1,100 teens in grades seven through 12, along with their sponsors, wiggled and giggled before the start of the second and final day of the Kansas Nebraska ... (more) Comment?
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... provide help to a much greater degree. Here, we tend to look the other way. If some legislators want to require our Kansas Supreme Court justices to retire at 65, could the people require our legislators also retire at 65? I would also add "with no ... Comment?
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McConnell Selected for New Air Force Tanker Base
... has been selected to be the main operating base for the Air Force's new KC-46A air refueling tanker. Members of the Kansas congressional delegation issued a joint statement Wednesday announcing the Air Force decision. The aircraft will replace the ... Comment?
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... provide about $15 million in federal matching funds for Topeka to correct problems with its levee system along the Kansas River. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has told Topeka to correct levee system deficiencies that could impede flood ... Comment?
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Kan. lawmakers' sales tax talks take new twist
Kansas legislators Wednesday considered a proposal to impose a lower state sales tax on groceries than on other consumer goods in hopes of breaking an impasse among Republicans on tax issues. Comment?
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Local Storm Chaser's Harrowing Encounter with Oklahoma Twister
... the plains states throughout the weekend. After driving through the night, Neal and his friends ended up in western Kansas near the town of Great Bend, about 200 miles north of Wichita. They spent Saturday chasing and documenting three tornadoes in ... Comment?
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... the arrival of the Richardson County, Neb., officers with the requisition papers. A mob from Falls City came to Kansas yesterday afternoon and arrived quietly in Hiawatha. In a few minutes, they were at work trying to enter the Hiawatha jail and ... Comment?
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Old Frank was probably watching when Kansas State last won a conference title in baseball. Comment?
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City leaders shrink government waistlines
... five. While final weights have yet to be certified, the team in first place when the competition ended was from the Kansas Department of Corrections, the release said. "Congratulations to everyone from across the state who accepted this challenge to ... Comment?
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