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    Nikita, one of Kansas City Zoo’s two polar bears, is ill

    The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. Nikita is also being fed a diet of boiled beef in the holding area behind the exhibit.

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    KC terrorist supported plan to bomb stock exchange, FBI leader tells Congress

    A Kansas City business owner supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday during a Washington hearing on intelligence gathering.

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    Some KU basketball games will air on Metro Sports under new deal with Time Warner

    KU athletics and IMG College, which holds multimedia rights for KU sports, announced Tuesday a long-term television partnership with Time Warner Cable Sports to distribute 300 hours of original KU sports programming annually, including live games, other coverage and replays. That means KU men’s basketball games carried by “Jayhawk Television” and aired on KSMO-TV Channel 62 in Kansas City last season will move to Metro Sports. Last season, “Jayhawk Television” aired six KU basketball games, including two exhibitions.

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    MU officially adds Mark Phelps as assistant basketball coach

    Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith officially announced the hiring of former Drake coach Mark Phelps as an assistant Tuesday.

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    Missouri moves to lift ban on foreign farm owners

    Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

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    Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

    Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant stance and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.

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    Getting to first base: Meet the mastermind behind the Royals’ Kiss Cam

    Contrary to popular opinion, the most powerful man in the Kansas City Royals organization isn’t owner David Glass or manager Ned Yost or even power hitter Billy Butler. No, the most powerful man in the organization is the guy striding into the office right now, the guy who runs the Kiss Cam.

    FYI / Living

    Americans throw away 90 billion pounds of food a year

    The average American family of four wastes between $1,350 and $2,275 a year in food. Much of that ends up in the kitchen trash can: uneaten leftovers, milk past the expiration date and vegetables that go bad. In the U.S., all that waste adds up to 90 billion pounds of food a year, and the planet is paying a staggeringly high price for it.

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    (Video) Shakespeare Festival starts previews tonight

    This year the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival turns to “As You Like It,” one of the Bard’s pastoral comedies, which follows the circuitous path of true love as embodied in the character of the quick-witted Rosalind.

    Concert review

    Kenny Chesney, Eric Church rock Arrowhead with their polished hits

    For the third straight year, more than 50,000 fans showed up at Arrowhead Stadium to see Kenny Chesney, who has sold more concert tickets over the past 10 years than anyone in the music industry. As he did the past two years, he brought another arena headliner with him. This year was Eric Church.

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    Sanders must provide leadership to review problems and make needed changes

    Resolve the reassessment debacle in Jackson County

    Jackson County taxpayers have been ill-served by an assessment department that can’t shoot straight when it comes to providing crucial values for houses, condominiums and duplexes.

    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.

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