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Service with a smile: The Cassie Wang story

One of Johnson County’s stellar students, Olathe Northwest High School's Cassie Wang is now headed to Harvard, but Harvard is getting more than a scholar. It is getting a philanthropist, an athlete and a young woman who is on a mission to make the world a better place.

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KU heptathlon champion springs from unlikely roots in Hamilton, Mo.

On the surface, the antiquated gravel track and absence of field amenities at Penney High School in Hamilton, Mo., make baffling what blossomed from here earlier this month in Eugene, Ore: Lindsay Vollmer, a sophomore at Kansas whose hometown training hinged on what she playfully called “strange stuff,” won the NCAA heptathlon championship to help stake the Jayhawks to the first women’s national title in school history.

Politics

Two finalists for open Wyandotte County commission seat failed to pay taxes on time

The commission is to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to pick a new commissioner who could swing the balance between a panel controlled by Mayor Mark Holland or one led by Ann Murguia, who lost to Holland in the April mayoral election. With finalists Don Budd and Nathan Barnes both delinquent in recent years, Holland said the commission should consider reopening the selection process.

NBA Finals

LeBron James helps Heat beat Spurs in OT, stave off elimination

LeBron James shrugged off a poor start and got 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game six of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.

Politics

New group will push lawmakers for drug compounding safety

Tommy Thompson, health and human services secretary under President George W. Bush, and pharmacist Sarah Sellers said they founded the Working Group on Pharmaceutical Safety to ensure that all the medications taken by U.S. consumers are safe and effective.

Technology

Dish Network fails to meet Sprint Nextel’s bid deadline

The satellite television company blamed Overland Park-based Sprint and its revised agreement to be acquired by SoftBank Corp. Sprint had set the deadline for Dish’s “best and final offer” after rejecting an earlier proposal from Dish as one it could not act on.