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    A drive to unify area transit

    Today, no fewer than five transit agencies operate in the Kansas City area: the recently created Kansas City streetcar authority and four bus systems run by Independence, Johnson County and both Kansas Citys. On Wednesday, Area Transportation Authority chairman Robbie Makinen and Johnson County Commissioner Steve Klika will present a plan to make the ATA “the regional transit authority it was meant to be.”

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    KC terrorist supported plan to bomb New York Stock Exchange, FBI tells Congress

    Federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who awaits sentencing in Missouri next month on terrorism-related charges, as part of the scheme, Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce told the House intelligence committee.

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    Ben McLemore’s AAU coach to meet with NCAA

    Darius Cobb, the St. Louis AAU coach who allegedly accepted $10,000 and trips to influence former KU guard Ben McLemore, is scheduled to meet with a representative of the NCAA’s enforcement staff on Wednesday, according to a USA Today report.

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    David Lough’s baserunning mistake costs Royals

    Down 4-3 to the Indians in the top of the ninth Tuesday, the Royals got the first two batters on base. David Lough and Mike Moustakas singled. Things started to go wrong when Chris Getz — normally a very good bunter — struck out on a slider after failing to get a bunt down. Then David Lough got almost two-thirds of the way down the line from home plate before turning around.

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    Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow

    Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of 2014.

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    Health insurance exchanges are falling behind schedule, GAO report says

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still developing and testing computer systems meant to determine consumers’ eligibility for government subsidies, the Government Accountability Office said. Plans to train “navigators” to assist people in finding new insurance plans have been delayed about two months past a June deadline, the GAO found. The exchanges are set to open Oct. 1.

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    Doctors call for limits on ads for energy drinks

    A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster to youths. On Tuesday the American Medical Association, in a vote at its annual policy meeting in Chicago, endorsed a policy that called for limiting how the caffeinated beverages are sold to those younger than 18.

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    Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test

    Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu that it's hoping will eventually be hit with its core audience - young men. The menu represents the first products to stem from Taco Bell's announcement in April that it would work to provide more balanced options. Fast-food chains across the industry have been touting healthy new eats in hopes of losing their junk food image.

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    ‘Lego Movie’ looks surprisingly good; battle of the musicals at Christmas 2014

    Our expectations were low when we heard about “The Lego Movie.” And then we saw the trailer. And giggled.

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    Cher credits luck for her lengthy career

    Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder. The 67-year-old singer who has spent most of her life in the spotlight offered this advice to young artists on navigating the world of paparazzi attention: "You're screwed."

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    Editorial

    Resolve the reassessment debacle in Jackson County

    It’s disturbing that Jackson County’s poor performance in fulfilling one of its major obligations to taxpayers has made such a review necessary. Widespread problems like these erode public trust in government.

    As I See It

    Kansas taxes are now flatter and fairer

    “Kansans will pay significantly less in taxes in 2013 than they did in 2012, and the savings will grow from there, even as the state spends billions annually on core responsibilities such as education, roads and Medicaid,” writes Nick Jordan, secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue.

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College Mens Basketball - Wire

Georgetown's Whittington has torn ACL

Georgetown announced Tuesday that forward Greg Whittington recently tore the ACL in his left knee, an injury that could potentially sideline him for the entire 2013-14 season.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

O'Bannon awaits case that could have major impact on college sports

SEATTLE - They demolished the Kingdome years ago, but the likeness of the 1995 NCAA Final Four most outstanding player has lived on in video games.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Smart will use the world championships to improve his game

The final play of Saturday morning's scrimmage showed why the NBA wants Oklahoma State sophomore guard Marcus Smart so badly.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

UConn qualifies academically for postseason

Connecticut's men's basketball team, which was barred from the 2013 postseason because of past problems with its Academic Progress Rate, has qualified academically for next year's NCAA tournament.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

New AAC puts 1st men's tournament in Memphis

The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first men's basketball tournament at the FedExForum in Memphis next March.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Former Akron guard pleads guilty in drug case

Former University of Akron point guard Alex Abreu has pleaded guilty in a drug case.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Longtime Miami (Ohio) basketball coach Coles dies

Longtime Miami (Ohio) basketball coach Charlie Coles, the school's all-time leader in victories, died Friday in Oxford, Ohio, the school said. He was 71.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Indiana not yet at full strength after departures

Indiana's basketball practices are getting lonely these days.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Report: Gun found after UNC's Hairston arrested

P.J. Hairston, the leading scorer for the North Carolina men's basketball team last season, was arrested Wednesday by Durham police during a traffic stop in which a handgun and more than 1 1/2 ounces of marijuana were seized.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Montana dismisses Coleman

The University of Montana has dismissed forward Spencer Coleman from the men's basketball team.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

North Carolina's Hairston arrested on marijuana charge

Durham, N.C., police arrested North Carolina basketball player P.J. Hairston on Wednesday night and charged him with possession of marijuana and driving without a license.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Gun found by police when UNC player arrested

A police report says officers seized a 9mm handgun and ammunition when North Carolina's leading scorer last season, P.J. Hairston, was arrested on a marijuana possession charge.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Ex-Auburn player pleads not guilty to fixing basketball game

Former Auburn basketball player Varez Ward pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to fix a 2012 game that his team lost to Arkansas.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Former Runnin' Rebel Savoy arrested in drug sting

Former UNLV basketball standout Patrick Savoy has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking cocaine after an undercover operation in Las Vegas.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Because of previous turmoil, Julie Hermann says she's 'uniquely qualified'

Julie Hermann, Rutgers University's incoming and already embattled athletic director, made a public visit to the school Wednesday. She shed little new light on the controversy that has clouded her arrival but told reporters that she is "uniquely qualified" because of her turbulent time as a volleyball coach at the University of Tennessee.

College Mens Basketball - Wire

Dorm Report: Controversy continues at Rutgers

This one has to fall under the heading of, "what were they thinking ... if they were thinking at all?"

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