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KU’s Joel Embiid out of Big 12 Tournament because of stress fracture in back

Kansas coach Bill Self ruled Joel Embiid out of the Big 12 Tournament this week because of a stress fracture in his back. Embiid is also unlikely to play in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

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‘Bachelor’ ends in cringe-worthy, hot mess: A rose, but no Juan Pablo love?

There was some speculation going into Monday night’s “Bachelor” finale that Juan Pablo Galavis was the most hated bachelor of all time. Let that speculation now be put to rest. He is. KC's own Nikki Ferrell had to settle only for the final rose – no marriage proposal or declaration of love. And that’s all she really wanted, she said. She just wanted to hear those three little words. Instead, he said, "I like you a lot, a lot.”

Technology

Google Fiber begins sign-ups for more parts of the KC area

Google Fiber is starting its second round of “rallies” to sign up prospective customers in northern and southern Kansas City and in Raytown, Grandview and Gladstone. The process will determine which neighborhoods ultimately get the ultra-fast Internet and TV service. The company says it will complete installations by year’s end.

Chiefs

With McCluster, Albert headed out, Chiefs will look for free-agent bargains

While the Chiefs are apparently in wait-and-see mode before NFL free agency begins Tuesday, it appears a few of their players who keyed last season’s playoff run won’t be back in 2014: namely Dexter McCluster and Branden Albert. The Chiefs — who will have about $9.62 million in salary cap space — will probably shop for bargains during the first phase of free agency.

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Technology

After years of development, KC startup EyeVerify looks like a success

It has taken 10 years for a concept hatched by UMKC professor Reza Derakhshani to be developed into a viable commercial product sold by a company headed by entrepreneur Toby Rush. In the last few months, EyeVerify has won awards for innovation and marketability of its password-replacement invention for smartphone cameras.

Royals

Perez, Infante show why their health is valuable to Royals

Royals manager Ned Yost indicated his level of concern was “none” after catcher Salvador Perez took a foul tip off his hand. He only suffered a bruise. Still, any injury involving Perez is a cause for at least a small bit of worry. He is likely the most irreplaceable player on this club, a 23-year-old with burgeoning offensive skills and a Gold Glove already on his resume.

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Disappearance of Malaysian airliner raises question: How can an entire plane just vanish?

In an age when people assume that any bit of information is just a click away, the thought that a jetliner could simply disappear over the ocean for more than two days is staggering. But Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is hardly the first reminder of how big the seas are, and of how agonizing it can be to try to find something lost in them. It took two years to find the main wreckage of an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.

Editorial

Missouri should fix troubled schools, scrap the transfer law

Conflicting and sometimes inappropriate agendas have long hampered efforts to help struggling schools in Missouri. The task now is for the Board of Education and the legislature to draw clear lines of jurisdiction and mutually embrace policies that will help public schools and their students.

News

Researcher finds ‘work of my heart’ helping Sudanese women in KC

Martha Baird, a 61-year-old psychiatric nurse from Leawood, works in Kansas City’s Sudanese refugee community to heal mental health issues among the women. She wants to see “lay counselors” emerge from within the community and build a network of women helping women to live healthy.

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