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    Giving kids something to hold: Kansas girls’ blanket project wins national recognition

    Sseven girls from Heartland Elementary School in the Blue Valley School District, now mostly middle-schoolers at Harmony or Aubry Bend, for a few years had been competing in an international problem-solving educational program, Odyssey of the Mind. This time around, however, they decided to take on a side challenge — Odyssey Angels — and create a real-world project to help people in their own community.

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    Hickman Mills school board stages a coup and ousts its president

    Breman Anderson Jr. is removed in a 4-3 vote after one of his allies defects.

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    Sports

    Watch it or not, you pay for sports on cable TV

    As live sports programming (like the NBA playoffs featuring LeBron James, above) becomes more coveted by advertisers, ESPN and other networks are bidding in the billions to secure broadcast rights. And those costs — ESPN charges TV providers more than $5 per month per subscriber, making it by far the most expensive basic cable channel — get passed to the consumer, whether they like sports or not. Some have called it a sports tax on their cable bill.

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    Royals’ Duffy to start rehab assignment Sunday in minors

    Here’s some much needed good news for the Royals as they look to pull out of their May slide: lefty Danny Duffy is ready to start his minor-league rehab assignment in his recovery from Tommy John surgery.

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    Koch lawyer: Obama administration has tried to intimidate Koch Industries

    The chief lawyer for Koch Industries said Friday that government targeting of conservative political groups is nothing new to the Wichita-based company.

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    FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

    Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

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    JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

    It’s all downhill at Oceans of Fun’s new water slides

    You can bet your bikini bottoms I braved 66 degrees on an overcast Thursday to test drive the new slide park at Oceans of Fun. Why would I do that? For you. Because Saturday, rain or shine, marks the start of water park season.

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    Memorial Day weekend options in Kansas City

    With a three-day weekend, there are plenty of options for fun and entertainment around Kansas City, including the Royals and Celebration at the Station.

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    TELEVISION

    ‘Arrested Development’ keeps everyone — even the actors — guessing

    The cast members themselves still don’t fully understand what they shot, and any actors’ gathering includes requisite huddling sessions where information is shared and theories are floated.

    Movies

    ‘Fast & Furious 6’: Dumb fun in the summer time | 2 stars

    Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these “Fast and the Furious” pictures. And make no mistake about it — they’re bad.

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    Midwest Voices | Kelly Luck

    FBI plan puts our privacy at risk

    Technology is moving faster than before, and laws must move equally fast if they are to keep up with ever-changing reality. But this is not the way to do it. Leaving your emails, IMs, etc. deliberately available at all times for law enforcement (or others) is an overreaction, a move of desperation.

    Editorial

    A summer of reading for low-income children

    Without books, low-income children get out of the habit of reading during the summer and struggle when school resumes. That’s why the effort this week to distribute 10,000 books to elementary children in Kansas City Public Schools is so critical.

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  • Royals fan races onto field and (momentarily) eludes capture with fancy footwork
  • Dayton Moore vows recent slide won’t cause Royals to panic
  • Truck firm says it had permit to cross bridge that collapsed into Skagit River
  • Hickman Mills school board stages a coup and ousts its president
  • Husain Abdullah, who gave up football to take Muslim pilgrimage, is back in NFL with the Chiefs
  • With Andrew Wiggins and Tarik Black, what’s up for KU hoops?
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  • Boy Scouts drop ban on gay members
  • It’s all downhill at Oceans of Fun’s new water slides
  • Royals keep tumbling when comeback falls short in 5-4 loss to Angels

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