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Kansas homeowners eligible for $50 million of $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement

Feb 9, 2012 7:57 pm

Kansans are expected to receive about $50 million as the state’s share of a $25 billion deal with the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses after the housing bubb...

Events in Planeview prompt call to regulate bounty hunters

Feb 9, 2012 4:30 pm

Rhonda Arrington says she let a bounty hunter into her mother’s house to look for a relative last month because “I wasn’t trying to hide anyone.”Arrington n...

Brownback, business allies push tax cut proposal

Feb 9, 2012 2:47 pm

Gov. Sam Brownback and a coalition of Republican and business allies rallied behind the idea of lowering income tax rates Wednesday as hearings on the governor’s tax cutting plan began in a H...

Still on the market, Union Station is a key ‘connector’ in downtown Wichita

Feb 9, 2012 12:45 pm

It is the iconic piece of real estate in the drive to revitalize Wichita’s downtown: a historic train station that once was the front door to a growing city.Yet five years after Union Stati...

Intrust Bank Arena nets $390,000 in second year

Feb 9, 2012 12:01 pm

As it did for the Giants at the Super Bowl on Sunday, the fourth quarter saved Intrust Bank Arena from a loss last year.The arena netted $389,659 last year, which Sedgwick County Manager William Bucha...

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will return to Wichita in September

Feb 9, 2012 2:11 am

Circle your calendar for the last weekend in September – the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are coming back to Wichita after a two-year absence.They will be at McConnell Air Force Base Sept. 2...

City: Please don’t use Meridian Dog Park yet

Feb 8, 2012 11:04 pm

City officials say the Meridian Dog Park under construction in north Wichita isn’t ready for use. Doug Kupper, director of parks and recreation, said dogs are damaging areas where grass see...

Wichita-area groups among finalists for leadership training

Feb 8, 2012 8:06 pm

Two plans by Wichita-area groups are among a handful of proposals in the running for a $1 million leadership training package, designed to promote civic change at a grassroots level.The Kansas Leaders...

Construction on Kansas Star’s permanent casino ahead of schedule

Feb 8, 2012 7:29 pm

Mild winter weather has put construction of the Kansas Star Casino’s permanent facility ahead of schedule.John Gratz, the casino’s construction director, said the permanent casi...

Teacher-poet Taylor Mali speaks to Heights students via Skype

Feb 8, 2012 3:32 pm

Before a group of Heights High School students met poet Taylor Mali via video conference on Tuesday, they watched some of his spoken-word performances:I’m not your mother, I’m not ...

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Feb 9, 2012 2:00 pm

From papers to playdates

Feb 9, 2012 1:51 am

While a lot of students main concerns are papers and tests, some are also concerned with raising a family. Juggling the roles of being parent and student have benefits and challenges for those willing...

Rising tuition a concern for legislators and students

Feb 9, 2012 1:01 am

University of Kansas students joined more than 100 other students in the State Capitol on Monday to participate in Higher Education day. Student body president Libby Johnson, a senior from Lawrence, ...

Governor Tim Pawlenty speaks at the Dole Institute

Feb 9, 2012 12:02 am

The Dole Institute hosted An Evening with Tim Pawlenty Tuesday night, which was free and open to the public. Tim Pawlenty ran as a Republican presidential candidate from May to August, 2011. He was p...

Matson: Kansas should discontinue the Border War

Feb 8, 2012 10:36 pm

Every beginning has an ending. Missouris departure to the Southeastern Conference next season jeopardizes the viability of its rivalry with Kansas. Whether or not Kansas and Missouri should compete ...

Entertainment puzzle answers for Feb. 8

Feb 8, 2012 2:00 pm

Political activist redefines feminism

Feb 8, 2012 4:45 am

In the fall of 1971, Angela Davis received a letter from the leaders of a rally for womens reproductive rights. The leaders asked her if she would write a statement about abortion. Her words would be...

Westar complies with Clean Air Act standards

Feb 8, 2012 4:32 am

The mercury and air-toxic standards, put into action by the Environmental Protection Agency last month, is the most significant piece of environmental legislation approved by the Obama administratio...

Recreation center offers trial cycling classes

Feb 8, 2012 2:43 am

KU Fit is ready to ride. The fitness program introduced its first-ever cycling classes to students Tuesday evening at the Ambler Recreation Center. The event allowed students to try out three hour-lo...

KU engineers, chemists collaborate to advance microscope technology

Feb 8, 2012 1:07 am

The Universitys electrical engineering and chemistry departments, two different disciplines within academia, are collaborating to develop new microscope technology. The project hopes to advance techno...

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Statehouse Live: Public broadcasting dealt setback in House Appropriations Committee

Feb 9, 2012 7:05 pm

The motion to remove the funding request deadlocked 10-10 and then Appropriations Chairman Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, broke the tie and voted to kill the funds.

In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake

Feb 9, 2012 7:01 am

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to pla...

Caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath

Feb 9, 2012 7:00 am

Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.

Romneys losses show conservative doubts

Feb 9, 2012 6:59 am

Mitt Romney still cant seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party.

After wins, new challenges await Santorum

Feb 9, 2012 6:59 am

One day after Rick Santorums startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his cha...

Jobs gap between young and old is widest ever

Feb 9, 2012 6:57 am

Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World...

Study: Electric boost helps brain learn better

Feb 9, 2012 6:56 am

People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may someday help Alzheimers patients keep more of their memories.

New military roles to be recommended for women

Feb 9, 2012 6:54 am

For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Chamber of Commerce names interim vice president of economic development

Feb 9, 2012 6:31 am

The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is turning to a longtime banker and former chamber leader to serve as its interim director of economic development.

Bill would give certification to batterer intervention programs

Feb 9, 2012 6:30 am

A Topeka man, who prefers that his name not be used, said he severely abused his wife for eight years. During this time, he said, he attended several programs to try to change and was told he had an a...