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December 9, 2014

• High school basketball - December 8
• Anne Foster: Ask where your donation for charity fundraising will go
• For three generations of cooks, Hanukkah celebration begins in the kitchen
• BV West cross country runner competing in elite national meets
• Thanksgiving Uncorked
• Police: Rapper Earl Hays shot, killed wife, Stephanie Moseley, himself
• Blue Springs’ Carlos Davis says he, brother Khalil no longer considering Nebraska, will visit MU
• It’s only once a year, so go ahead and indulge in the best eggnog
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback unveils plan to close budget gap
• CIA brutalized terror suspects for little intelligence gain, Senate finds
• Missouri judges question felon’s claim to guns
• GOP’s Issa ready for final assault on ‘Obamacare’
• Obamacare economist Gruber apologizes for voter stupidity remarks
• Updated: Candidates begin filing for seats on the Kansas City Council
• Liberal group urging Elizabeth Warren to seek White House
• Get ready for a dozen days of cute: The 12 strays of Christmas
• Ned Yost shrugs off criticism, says he became more ‘flexible’ as Royals dashed to World Series
• Lee’s Summit QB Drew Lock wins Simone award as top KC area football player
• The Monday Poll results: Readers favor body cameras on police officers
• Readers share thoughts on the Somali Center attack, sports headlines and grief
• Public airing of a Senate committee’s disturbing smackdown of the CIA is chilling but necessary
• Gov. Sam Brownback rolls out demoralizing stopgap measures to shore up the Kansas budget
• Overland Park software company lands $4.5 million in funding
• Wrapping gifts for Hanukkah is a tradition of shared joy
• Snarky in the Suburbs: Marital counseling at the store is an idea that is (pardon the pun) on Target
• Company wants to bring indoor skydiving to Overland Park
• Velvet Cream Popcorn is a family tradition for the Wright family
• Emily Parnell: When did that cute kiddie monitor turn into a sneaky holiday snitch?
• Business notes: California firm opens regional office in Overland Park
• Therese Park: Counting the blessings of new challenges
• Denise Snodell: Batten down the hatches, kids, mom and dad are in safety mode
• Eating for Life recipe: Sweet potatoes are a healthful, delicious side dish
• The General Store & Co. offers laughs, gift ideas in downtown Overland Park
• TheChat: Sam Brownback won’t be rushed when it comes to revealing budget cuts
• The 2016 GOP presidential front runner is ... Rand Paul
• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon: I-70 may toll for thee?
• Thieves hit Agricultural Hall of Fame twice
• KCK police want to interview father in hit-and-run case
• Charges are filed in Kansas City stabbing death
• Authorities identify victim in Dec. 3 fatal Northland crash
• Man shot by U.S. marshals in Overland Park released from hospital
• Police investigate encounter that terrified a Gardner child
• Mother says man accused in Somali teen’s death needs mental help
• Kansas City No Violence Alliance hits the streets, recording 54 arrests
• Man charged with first-degree murder in shooting death of woman in KCK parking lot
• Flu season’s start hits schools in the Kansas City area hard
• Lenexa looks westward in developing plans for a new civic center
• A stand-in for Prairie Village?
• Rangers’ Kevin Klein loses chunk of ear, then scores winning goal
• Royal couple William and Kate get cupcakes from LeBron, meet Jay Z and Beyonce
• TCU, Baylor fans take heed: Wisconsin faithful wonders if Badgers didn’t throw Big Ten title game
• Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton has two fractures in back after car accident
• Man with knife attacks nurses in Oklahoma City hospital
• Police: Deer hunter shoots jogger
• 159 arrested in third night of California protests
• Knife-wielding patient attacks two nurses, guard in Oklahoma hospital
• Ice bucket challenge, World Cup top year’s most popular on Facebook
• Train crushes teen putting coins on track
• Student charged after teacher eats pot brownie
• The 13 interrogation techniques used on detainees
• White Sox acquire pitchers Jeff Samardzija and David Robertson
• Kansas, Missouri among most humble states on social media
• Warm weekend expected in Kansas City
• Judge: Missouri legislature can’t stop KC from recognizing same-sex marriages
• University of Kansas receives $58 million gift from couple’s estate
• Hallmark pulls gift wrap after swastika complaint
• About 25 percent of H&R Block customers will ‘confront’ the Affordable Care Act
• Truckers get $1.7 billion paperwork relief
• Job openings climb to second-highest in almost 14 years
• The business calendar
• Rising pasture prices cramp ranchers’ plans to expand herds
• Hour of Code initiative introduces kids to the skills, thrills of computer programming
• T-Mobile answers Sprint deal by offering an unlimited plan for two lines
• Winning lottery numbers for Monday, Dec. 8
• Kat’s Money Corner: Post-Christmas prep
• KU’s Cliff Alexander could see minutes grow, starting at Georgetown
• KU-Georgetown men’s basketball preview
• Self excited for new Kansas football coach David Beaty
• David Beaty will take time with rest of KU football staff after retaining Clint Bowen
• Missouri’s Marcus Murphy, Shane Ray earn first-team honors from SEC coaches
• College Football Playoff committee’s choices question the Big 12 way