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Albright leaves Wichita State for Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Jane Albright has been named head women's basketball coach at the University of Nevada, Reno. Albright, 52, comes to Nevada after five seasons at Wichita State. She replaces Kim Gervasoni, who resigned last month for personal reasons. At a news conference Wednesday, Albright praised the program's foundation and future prospects. "I'm not making a lot of promises, but I promise this team will work as hard as any team you wil...
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No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 7-18-21-28-49
No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 7-18-21-28-49. The Powerball was 1. The Power Play was 5. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the 25,000,000 jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated 33,000,000 for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,000...
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Topeka gives school more time TOPEKA -- An effort to redevelop a former school linked to the historic Brown v
Topeka gives school more time TOPEKA -- An effort to redevelop a former school linked to the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision is still alive. Topeka City Council members have agreed to give a nonprofit group two more months to show it can renovate Sumner Elementary School. Community First has proposed converting it into a charter school and community hub but needs $3.6 million. It failed to meet a May 31 deadline for showing that...
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Cards win game, but lose Pujols
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Seeing Albert Pujols on the ground in pain dampened the St. Louis Cardinals' spirits after their third straight win. The Cardinals watched their leading hitter be helped off the field with what was diagnosed as a strained left calf in the seventh inning of their 7-2 victory Tuesday night over the Cincinnati Reds. "It's pretty hard to enjoy the win when something like this happens, but you've got to deal with it," Cardinals ...
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Four incumbents don't refile
TOPEKA (AP) -- Four incumbents are not seeking re-election this year to the State Board of Education, creating the possibility of another shift in power between its conservative and moderate blocs. A coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans outnumbers conservative Republicans 6-4. But conservatives have controlled the board in the past. Steve Abrams, a conservative Republican from Arkansas City, filed Tuesday for the state Senate inste...
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Teachers help boost student test scores boost student test scores
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Schools looking to hire teachers should keep an eye out for those with national board certification. Students taught by educators certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards make bigger gains on standardized tests than students taught by other teachers, finds a National Research Council report out today. "I would sure look for the credential," said Milton Hakel, a Bowling Green State University ps...
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HomeSweetHome
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- On his floor and on his game, Kobe Bryant revived the Los Angeles Lakers -- and the NBA finals. With his team one loss from having to make an impossible climb, Bryant was close to MVP form, scoring 36 points on an assortment of spins, drives and jumpers and reserve Sasha Vujacic added 20 points as the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 87-81 in Game 3 on Tuesday night. A change of time zones, jerseys and attitude did wonders f...
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Sandbagged levee protects city CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A sandbagged levee was preventing a swollen river from rising out of its banks and flooding this northeastern Iowa city today, but officials asked for extra volunteers to help shore it up as more rain moved across the state
Sandbagged levee protects city CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A sandbagged levee was preventing a swollen river from rising out of its banks and flooding this northeastern Iowa city today, but officials asked for extra volunteers to help shore it up as more rain moved across the state. Just downstream along the Cedar River, the neighboring city of Waterloo ordered a mandatory evacuation of some neighborhoods, not because of the river but because the gr...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.3375 per lb., N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Copper -$3.6145 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.5570 N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Lead - $1949.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $0.8946 per lb., delivered. Gold - $876.25 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $894.70 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue. Silver - $16.905 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $1...
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Jayhawks lose two players LAWRENCE (AP) -- Kansas defensive tackle Todd Haselhorst and cornerback Anthony Webb will not return to the team for the 2008 season
Jayhawks lose two players LAWRENCE (AP) -- Kansas defensive tackle Todd Haselhorst and cornerback Anthony Webb will not return to the team for the 2008 season. Haselhorst, a senior, left the program to tend to personal matters. He had 17 tackles last year, including four against Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Webb, a junior, has been dismissed for violating team policy. He had two tackles in 10 games and returned 19 punts for 16 yards.
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South Koreans protest beef deal SEOUL, South Korea -- Humbled by weeks of anti-government protests, South Korea's president said today his administration would seek to make a new start as one of his ministers again rejected calls to renegotiate a U
South Koreans protest beef deal SEOUL, South Korea -- Humbled by weeks of anti-government protests, South Korea's president said today his administration would seek to make a new start as one of his ministers again rejected calls to renegotiate a U.S. beef deal that helped spark the rallies. Lee Myung-bak took office in February, but his popularity sank over botched political appointments and privatization plans. An April deal to resume U....
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Lehman's overall financial health questioned
NEW YORK -- Here's a bit of ancient history: Lehman's CFO high-fiving people on the trading floor after the investment bank's first-quarter profits pleased Wall Street. Suddenly, the company finds itself in an eerily similar spot as the former Bear Stearns. Fear drove Bear Stearns' collapse. And fear is what has been plaguing Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as investors fret over the health of its balance sheet. Given the recent past, it's prob...
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Pastor sentenced in case of unrecognized tribe
WICHITA (AP) -- A pastor ensnared in the federal prosecution of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was sentenced Tuesday to time served for falsely claiming he was a U.S. citizen to get a Social Security card. Jaime Cervantes, 45, who had already served nine months, was handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation to Mexico. He was arrested in September as part of the prosecution of the Kaweah Indian Nati...
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National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press NBA FINALS (Best-of-7) Thursday, June 5 Boston 98, L
National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press NBA FINALS (Best-of-7) Thursday, June 5 Boston 98, L.A. Lakers 88 Sunday, June 8 Boston 108, L.A. Lakers 102 Tuesday's Game L.A. Lakers 87, Boston 81, Boston leads series 2-1 Thursday's Game Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Sunday's Game Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m., if necessary Thursday, June 19 L.A....
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Defense costs Royals a win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Royals gave the team with the major's best offense an extra out, and they paid for it. Ian Kinsler scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers used five unearned runs to rally from four down Tuesday night to beat Kansas City 6-5. "If the ball got by him, I was gone," Kinsler said. "There's really no thought process that goes into that. In that situation, we have a tie game an...
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Veterans to honor war dead in Kansas event
TOPEKA (AP) -- A group of veterans is organizing an event this weekend to pay tribute to the men and women of the military who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq. The organizers don't want today's soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to end up like veterans of the Vietnam War, forgotten for their sacrifices. "When we came back from the war, a lot of people ignored us because we were fighting an unpopular war," said Terry Houck, a veteran from...
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SW Missouri artist embraces her great sketching talents
SHELDON, Mo. -- Scherry Talbott is gifted. She sits in her small, simply decorated art room, at her kitchen table or on the back deck of her house with her sketch pad, a look of tranquility on her face, as she sketches out plans for new art projects. This is right where she wants to be. "I just believe that God put me here to be an artist," Talbott said. "I'm happiest when I'm sitting here painting. I couldn't imagine doing anything else." Ta...
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