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October 1, 2014

• This week in Kansas City: Zombies, NASCAR, the Kansas City Symphony and the Royals in the playoffs
• Kansas court says Democrats need not provide nominee for U.S. Senate race
• Missouri House leader wants to give voters the option to end the lottery
• Kansas City Council takes aim at threats against walkers, cyclists
• #Yosted: Royals fans express anger toward Ned Yost on Twitter
• Royals win boosts TV ratings over last year’s opening playoff game
• In afterglow of wild win, Royals veterans and youngsters struggle to explain what happened
• Chiefs’ tackle Donald Stephenson returns to team, eager to get back on field
• KC Chiefs’ Jamaal Charles wins AFC offensive player of the week
• Chiefs cornerback Sean Smith is in a groove, having fun on the field
• Black playwrights fill seats beyond traditional theater establishment
• Sporting KC honored for MLS championship at White House visit
• Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer becomes a father for the first time
• Readers sound off on flying, the Plaza, KC Royals
• Beset by troubling lapses, the Secret Service won’t be fixed with platitudes
• Kansas City Royals color October blue
• Fans express joy, disbelief over Royals’ Wild Card win
• FDA to retailers: Drop your caffeinated drawers
• ScratchJr app teaches kindergartners basic computer coding
• Boyfriend will keep his KC Royals playoff promise to get girlfriend a puppy
• Accidental encounters with the art of dance in downtown Overland Park
• Culinary arts program goes beyond the kitchen
• Safehome domestic violence shelter receives the bounty of offenders’ hard work
• Nan Kanter is ‘A bridge to bring people together’
• Letters: U.S. Senate race, Roeland Park anti-discrimination ordinance
• College girls take coordination to new levels of living
• Editorial: Brownback’s tax views are out of step with Johnson County
• Matt Keenan: A positive person in a negative world
• Steve Rose: Continuing education helps put students to work in booming fields
• TheChat: Romney wants to be on camera all the time
• Roberts, Orman ad war continues; Roberts: He’s a liberal. Orman: I’m not one of them.
• Orman tops Roberts in new poll
• Police investigate possible homicide in Kansas City
• Grandview man sentenced to 20 years for assaulting a 2-year-old
• Teen shot in foot during KC home burglary
• Teen charged in Merriam rape, attempted murder
• Man dies from Kansas City traffic wreck injuries
• Guilty verdict in KCK murder trial
• NASCAR’s Joey Logano revives career with extension from Penske
• James Shields and company fulfill promise of his arrival in Kansas City
• KC police use Twitter to request crime-free night so officers can catch the game
• Threat of severe storms, heavy rains pushed south of KC
• How to get extra copies of The Star’s Royals coverage
• Hearing the Royals win through the noise at the stadium
• Kansas City road works: ramp and bridge closures
• American Royal Barbecue may hold the key to Kemper Arena’s future
• Kappa Sigma fraternity at KU placed on interim suspension after sexual assault allegations
• Winning numbers for Tuesday, Sept. 30
• UMKC wins an SBA grant
• Waddell & Reed to honor JJ’s restaurant at special ceremony Thursday
• Kansas City hiring fair targets one urban neighborhood
• Most forecasts expect good U.S. job growth
• KC jobless rate settles at 6 percent
• Sprint owner SoftBank is turning its attention to 'Godzilla' studio Legendary Entertainment
• Manufacturing growth moderates in nation and Midwest
• Drive-in crashes kill; barriers could prevent deaths, injuries
• Electric truck maker in Riverside revs up
• Upgrade and expansion of police headquarters will improve working conditions and bolster public safety
• Royals schedule, TV times for AL Division Series vs. Angels
• Royals to start Jason Vargas in game one, Yordano Ventura in game two against Angels
• Relive the best tweets, Vine videos of Royals AL Wild Card win
• Royals win AL Wild Card Game in walk-off thriller, 9-8
• Young Royals’ bats come through against A’s ace Jon Lester and Oakland bullpen
• A’s continue streak of heartbreak in all-or-nothing games
• Despite base-running gaffe, Billy Butler has a memorable start to the postseason
• TBS has Royals fans cringing, clapping
• Royals go local for national anthem, first pitch
• Once a symbol of the old Royals, Mike Sweeney is soaking up the postseason
• Fans make sacrifices to see Royals in playoffs
• Texas Tech’s Kliff Kingsbury is searching for answers in his second season
• Missouri’s Gary Pinkel hopes bye week gives offense a chance to heal
• Missouri announces that Cam Biedscheid will leave men’s basketball team
• KU’s Tony Pierson looking for more ways to help a struggling offense
• JoyceKC’s Quick Bites: KC votes for best BBQ, Tom+Chee sets opening in Olathe
• Kansas tax collections $21 million short in September