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Search and rescue continues through Oklahoma night; dogs sniff through debris
At 2 a.m Tuesday, not a quarter mile from the obliterated Plaza Tower Elementary School, some 20 search and rescue firefighters watch as a cadaver sniffing-dog searches time and again through a mountain of debris that was once a house. Trees torn naked mix with cars crushed like tin. Homes smashed into jagged tinder gather in sit in heaps like dunes. The dog has a hit. Chainsaws crack the air.
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Downtown Mission awaits a street makeover with hope and apprehension
May 21, 2:17 PM
After more than a decade of discussion, Mission is getting set to rebuild its main street, Johnson Drive. But some downtown merchants are anxious about parking, while others complain about costs and disruptions.
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Missouri life sentence for juveniles still in flux
May 21, 8:15 PMU.S. Supreme Court struck down automatic life without parole for young murderers, but Missouri lawmakers failed to find an alternative.
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Sen. Pat Roberts’ plan to cut food stamp program is defeated in Senate
May 21, 6:56 PMThe Kansan’s proposal to cut the program by more than $30 billion over 10 years, proposed as an amendment to the Senate farm bill, was defeated 58-40.
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Searching through Oklahoma tornado rubble: ‘Find me babies’
May 21, 6:31 PM
While most in this tornado-ravaged city slept overnight, search and rescue team kept digging, kept looking. Authorities expect the number of dead to grow, but they still hope to find survivors.
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Area school leaders cast wary eye on destruction in Oklahoma
May 21, 6:44 PMAdministrators talk about their procedures for keeping students safe in the event of a tornado here.
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Independence man is accused of handcuffing and beating his girlfriend for days
May 21, 4:35 PM
Court records allege that Cornelius Coleman, 32, struck the woman about 12 times with a belt, attempted to choke her with the same belt, hit her about five times with a separate studded belt, burned her with a methamphetamine pipe and placed a gun in her mouth. Coleman also allegedly forced her to urinate on herself.
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Missouri’s social service director resigns
May 20, 11:39 PMAfter less than six months on the job, the director of the Missouri Department of Social Services resigned Monday.
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Kansas lawmakers give final approval to gun bill
May 21, 8:30 PMGov. Sam Brownback gets measure that would prevent governments from using state tax dollars to lobby on gun control.
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Olathe school bond election starts Wednesday
May 21, 5:06 PMBallots for a $244.8 million bond should begin showing up in mailboxes of registered voters in the Olathe School District.
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Suspicious package at Union Station turns out to be empty cooler
May 21, 12:36 PM
Kansas City police evacuated Union Station and blocked surrounding streets Tuesday morning while they investigated a suspicious package that turned out to be harmless.
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Four story lines to watch in the NBA Eastern Conference finals
May 21, 7:02 PM1 Indiana’s rebounding. The Pacers are the leading rebounding team in the playoffs, averaging 47.3 per game, 9.8 more than their opponents.
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New civil suits are filed against priest, bishop and KC diocese
May 21, 5:32 PMThey allege that Bishop Robert Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph aided and abetted the Rev. Shawn Ratigan as he sexually abused and engaged in “child pornographic offenses” with two young girls while Ratigan was employed as a priest. Last week the diocese settled a similar case for $600,000.
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Huge tornado devastates Oklahoma City suburb, killing dozens
May 21, 5:54 PM
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.
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Tornado confirmed Monday near Knob Noster, Mo.
May 21, 8:46 PMThe National Weather Service says it was an EF1 twister.
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Federal child pornography charges are announced against prisoner
May 21, 5:53 PMPaul L. Kannarr, 58, is accused of using a minor girl to produce child pornography six times between December 1999 and September 2000. Kannarr is tentatively scheduled for a parole hearing in November.
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How to help Oklahoma tornado victims? Donate money
May 21, 2:27 PMRelief organizations and Kansas’ emergency management division are urging people to donate cash to help with Oklahoma relief efforts.
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Gordon Parks school can stay open for now
May 21, 9:27 PM
A judge granted the charter a temporary injunction.
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Kansas City Zoo will open early all summer
May 21, 4:52 PMBeginning Saturday and lasting through Labor Day, the zoo will open at 8 a.m. instead of 9:30 a.m., allowing visitors to view animals when they are more active than during the heat of the day.
