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The politics surrounding Tom Schweich’s death are now starting to emerge

Lots of questions will be resolved in the days and weeks ahead as Missouri prepares to remember the former state auditor at his funeral Tuesday

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Chairman Clark Hunt says Chiefs want to be ‘a smart player’ in NFL free agency

Beginning Saturday, NFL teams will be allowed to communicate with the representatives of free agents, and Clark Hunt, the chairman of the Chiefs, wants to be abreast of whatever plan his football men chart. “We want to sign guys that can be here and make a contribution, not necessarily (sign) somebody just because he makes a splash,” Hunt says.

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Justice Department to fault Ferguson police for racial tensions

The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years of racial animosity before an officer shot a black teenager leading up to an officer’s shooting of a black teenager last summer, law enforcement officials said.

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Traffic concepts such as crisscross overpasses may annoy drivers, but experts say they work

Diverging diamond interchanges are up there with the proliferation of roundabouts, flashing yellow turn arrows, and intersections where traffic lights have vanished, replaced in some cases by two-way stop signs that blink red. But traffic engineers say those intersection stumpers all have been thought out.

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Chiefs place franchise tag on linebacker Justin Houston

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Four KC area billionaires on Forbes’ list

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Kansas woman falls through ice, dies trying to save her dog

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Sen. Mikulski, longest-serving woman in Congress, will retire

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Los Angeles police shoot, kill man in fight caught on video

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Cleveland: Boy shot by cop killed because of his own actions

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Search continues for two people in shooting near KU campus

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Vince Vaughn, Lady Gaga take charity polar plunge in Chicago

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Start of spring training means a new batch of Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain videos

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TheChat: Tony Messenger recalls last conversations with Tom Schweich

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Traffic concepts such as crisscross overpasses may annoy drivers, but experts say they work

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U.S. Senate race in Missouri highlights changing attitude about candidates’ military service

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Attorney representing KU’s Cliff Alexander hopes to help NCAA find ‘clarity’

An attorney representing Cliff Alexander in a potential NCAA eligibility case is remaining mum on the specifics of the eligibility issue and the timeline for a potential resolution.

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Kansas City streetcar construction is on pace for passengers in early 2016

Kansas City’s downtown streetcar construction process is nearly 50 percent complete and should be finished by this fall. But then the vehicles will undergo months of testing before passengers are expected to start riding in the first few months of 2016.

Development

Stoney Creek lodge opens in Independence, sparking development hopes

Independence officials hope the new Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center, which opened Sunday, brings new momentum to the Crackerneck Creek development. The 200-acre district is at the southwest corner of Interstate 70 and Interstate 470/Missouri 291.

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Oklahoma enables a bittersweet realization of Reat Griffin Underwood’s dream

Reat Griffin Underwood, the 14-year-old who was killed last year in the Jewish Community Center shootings, dreamed of signing the national anthem at a University of Oklahoma game. The school made that happen posthumously Saturday.

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Start of spring training means a new batch of Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain videos

Spring training started last month, so the videos that Kansas City catcher Salvy Perez has taken of teammate Lorenzo Cain have started as well. We’ve got the first bunch of them here, and Perez shows he’ll get his camera out anywhere at anytime.

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Many on the MidAmerica Nazarene campus wonder if chaplain was punished for sermon

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Plane’s ‘hard landing’ at Wheeler Downtown Airport causes minor injuries

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Baby bottle chugging and poker: Dads-to-be get in on the fun with ‘man showers’

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Weather doesn’t keep all fishermen away from the Missouri trout opener

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Mark Morris: Forgiveness is harder in practice than in theory

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Kansas ranks No. 1 in community college students going on to four-year degrees

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TheChat: Tony Messenger recalls last conversations with Tom Schweich

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For Pete's Sake

Start of spring training means a new batch of Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain videos

For Pete's Sake

Start of spring training means a new batch of Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain videos

The Buzz

The politics surrounding Tom Schweich’s death are now starting to emerge

Lots of questions will be resolved in the days and weeks ahead as Missouri prepares to remember the former state auditor at his funeral Tuesday

For Pete's Sake

LeBron James misses two key free throws and gets crushed on the Internet

Cleveland star LeBron James missed a pair of free throws with 4.2 seconds left in overtime Sunday, helping the Rockets beat the Cavaliers 105-103. And there were some people reveling in his misfortune.

Local Columnists

Mark Morris: Forgiveness is harder in practice than in theory

People who’ve been subjected to tragic events attest to the difficulty of forgiveness. Examples come from the Wichita serial killings and the slayings at a Missouri abbey.

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Chiefs Q&A: A primer on Justin Houston and today’s franchise-tag deadline

The free agency period is only a week away, so The Star’s Terez A. Paylor is diving into your questions with quick-hitting mailbags. This one will revolve solely around the Chiefs’ star outside linebacker Justin Houston, who is set to become a free agent.

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