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Town relies on sandbags WINFIELD, Mo
Town relies on sandbags WINFIELD, Mo. -- The levee was lost today at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes. The breach at about 5 a.m. at the Pin Oak levee at a spot just south of Winfield slowly began to flood about 3,000 acres. Army Corps of Engineers dam safety chief Travis Tutka said muskrat holes caused the breach. The break happened far enough away from the residential area that the water ...
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Olatheshootingleaves man dead OLATHE -- One man has been shot to death and another person is recovering from a gunshot wound after a disturbance in the parking lot of an Olathe apartment complex
Olatheshootingleaves man dead OLATHE -- One man has been shot to death and another person is recovering from a gunshot wound after a disturbance in the parking lot of an Olathe apartment complex. Police said officers arrived at the crime scene at 1:35 a.m. today to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was treated there and rushed to a hospital where he later died. An officer located one of two cars that witnesses said left the scene,...
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N. Korea destroys reactor tower YONGBYON, North Korea -- North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program today, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs
N. Korea destroys reactor tower YONGBYON, North Korea -- North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program today, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. An explosion at the base of the cylindrical structure sent the tower collapsing into debris and dust that billowed into blue skies at 5:10 p.m. local time as journalists a...
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Diocese stops gay pride service
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has told a liberal Roman Catholic church in Minneapolis that it can't hold its annual gay pride prayer service because the event goes against the teachings of the church. St. Joan of Arc Church has held the prayer service for several years in conjunction with the annual Twin Cities Pride Celebration. The archdiocese, however, suggested that the church hold a "peace" service with ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.4080 per lb., N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Copper -$3.8835 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.8235 N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Lead - $1800.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $0.8849 per lb., delivered. Gold - $919.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $913.10 troy oz., NY Merc spot Thu. Silver - $17.530 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $1...
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Venus struggles to victory at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- After a marathon first set, defending champion Venus Williams overcame another erratic performance this morning and pulled away to beat Britain's Anne Keothavong 7-5, 6-2 and reach the third round of Wimbledon. The first set alone lasted 1 hour, 9 minutes as Williams struggled to take command against a determined 92nd-ranked player who came into the tournament with only one win at Wimbledon in seven attempts. Wil...
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Rain threatens Missouri town WINFIELD, Mo
Rain threatens Missouri town WINFIELD, Mo. -- Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early today, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community. Even before the latest storms, crews had long labored to strengthen the earthen levee at Winfield from dirt slides and spots where water soaks up through the sandy soil. Lincoln County authorities on W...
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Fab four set for draft
NEW YORK (AP) -- Go first, and go home to Chicago. Fall to No. 2, and land in the Miami backcourt alongside Dwyane Wade. Either one sounds good to Derrick Rose. "I'm in like a win-win situation," Rose said Wednesday. So are his hometown Bulls. Chicago has the No. 1 pick in today's NBA draft and can choose between Rose, the point guard from Memphis, and Michael Beasley, the power forward who put up huge numbers in his one season at Kansas Stat...
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Wal-Mart pulls 2009 convention from K.C.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning to move its annual national managers meeting from Kansas City, taking away the city's largest annual convention. The retail giant told city officials Tuesday that it was backing out of an informal promise to hold the meeting in Kansas City through 2012. Scheduled for two weeks in January, the meeting was expected to attract 8,000 people and generate almost $8 million in revenue for the...
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Man gets life sentence in death of teen
WICHITA (AP) -- A 51-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life without parole for killing a pregnant 14-year-old girl. A jury in May convicted Ted Burnett of aggravated kidnapping and capital murder in the strangulation of Chelsea Brooks in 2006. Brooks was nine months pregnant when the father of the baby allegedly paid Burnett $500 to have her killed. Brooks' family members, including her mother, father and sister, addressed the court Wed...
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Fresno State wins title OMAHA, Neb
Fresno State wins title OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- With Steve Detwiler providing all the offense pitcher Justin Wilson needed, Fresno State captured its first national championship in a men's sport with a 6-1 victory over Georgia in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. Detwiler homered twice and drove in all six runs, and Wilson allowed five hits in eight innings to cap Fresno State's wild ride to a title.
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N. Korea submits list to China SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities today, South Korea's foreign minister said, paving the way for Pyongyang to receive economic aid
N. Korea submits list to China SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities today, South Korea's foreign minister said, paving the way for Pyongyang to receive economic aid. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told reporters that the North had submitted its declaration to Chinese officials in Beijing. The North was set to blow up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon ...
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Group wants broadcast blocked
TOPEKA (AP) -- A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom is asking the Pentagon to block a Christian cable TV broadcast featuring officers in uniform. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has raised objections to 20 minutes of the two-hour broadcast of "Carman's Red, White and Blue Spectacular," saying the program may violate a prohibition against uniformed officers endorsing a particular...
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Red-hot Royals complete sweep of Rockies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- As a kid in Colorado, Luke Hochevar rooted for the Rockies. On Wednesday night, he took a different approach against them. The 24-year-old rookie pitched a career-high eight innings, Ross Gload drove in two runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Rockies 4-2 for their fifth straight victory. "There's still some guys still playing that I grew up watching," Hochevar said. "To be able to pitch against them is a dream co...
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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 14-21-25-45-53
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 14-21-25-45-53. The Powerball was 9. The Power Play was 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $64.2 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $75 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, ...
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Kansas lifts wheat embargo after tests show grain is safe
WICHITA (AP) -- Kansas regulators on Wednesday lifted an embargo on wheat from 20 fields and three grain elevators in seven south-central Kansas counties after test results showed no detectible traces of a toxic fungicide applied too close to harvest. But a separate later embargo remained in place on wheat from 11 northern-Kansas counties, pending test results from those fields, said Lisa Taylor, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agric...
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Police take 170 roosters OLATHE -- Authorities have arrested two men in an alleged cockfighting operation in rural western Johnson County
Police take 170 roosters OLATHE -- Authorities have arrested two men in an alleged cockfighting operation in rural western Johnson County. The Johnson County Sheriff's Department says deputies confiscated more than 170 fighting roosters and a large sum of cash while executing a search warrant at a home about eight miles west of Olathe. The two men who were arrested have not yet been charged. The Sheriff's Department says representatives from ...
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Some Kansas wheat is embargoed for pesticide testing
WICHITA (AP) -- Regulators embargoed some winter wheat fields in some south-central Kansas counties and grain in three elevators after a spot check showed farmers had applied a toxic fungicide too close to harvest, the Kansas Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. "We hope this is entirely precautionary to protect the integrity of Kansas wheat," said Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polansky. "We are very hopeful that this will not be a fo...
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Report links warming, national security
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments and could add to terrorism, all of which could threaten U.S. national security, according to an assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Logic suggests the conditions exacerbated (by climate change) would increase the pool of potential recruits for terrorism," said Tom Fingar, deputy director of n...
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