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March 20, 2014

• Kansas City has dreams of transforming little-used Washington Square Park
• Even if Congress doesn’t act, minimum wage is on the 2014 campaign radar
• Patricia Mansur, Janelle Bailey and Joseph Jackson top contested races for KC Public Schools
• Royals opening day approaches with a thin middle infield
• Sporting KC loses big to Cruz Azul, ending hopes of CONCACAF Champions League title
• FC Kansas City signs forward Sarah Hagen
• Obesity, response to Russia, troublesome traffic lights
• Israel no longer worried about its water supply, thanks to desalination plants
• Trial moved for Missouri man accused of setting wife on fire
• Fire truck stolen during blaze in eastern Missouri
• Kansas House considers plan to avoid federal health law
• ‘Chicken from hell’ dinosaur gets a proper name
• MU looks to revise sex assault reporting rules
• KC rapper Mac Lethal lands spot on Ellen DeGeneres show
• Young the Giant gives a big crowd at the Midland plenty to smile about
• KC home invasion attack reported
• Vandals target cars in Kansas City, North
• KC man stabbed, throat slit in attack
• Reports: Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. has died
• ‘Wheel of Fortune’ guess ‘most amazing’ ever, says Pat Sajak
• Hobby Lobby lawyer starts Missouri religious rights advocacy group
• Kansas City man gets 30 years for killing well-known community advocate
• KC firefighters battle 3 blazes within blocks of each other
• Star reporter wins national writing award
• Kansas City’s May Technology to expand, add jobs
• Southbound I-470 shuts down for evidence search
• Several residents rescued from apartment fire in Independence
• 17-year-old to stand trial as adult in beating death of Liberty man
• Missouri man accused of plan to shoot up a Wal-Mart sentenced to 15 years
• Man dead in crash after a chase involving gunfire in Kansas City
• Woman killed in Cass County accident
• Ray County father charged with leaving two children to die in fire
• Citadel cleanup will likely be less costly than feared
• Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church is dead at 84
• Higher jobless rates for Iraq, Afghanistan vets
• Spring on hold as chance of snow returns next week
• BuzzChatter Thursday: Huelskamp flips out over response to raffle-for-donations deal
• New television ads are rekindling the ‘border war’
• Kansas can require proof of citizenship for voters in federal elections, judge rules
• Stimulus funds allocated by project merit, not politics, study concludes
• City says Citadel ground less contaminated than feared
• McCaskill now considering crackdown on campus sexual assaults
• Authorities identify two people killed in K-10 crossover crash near De Soto
• Mature Lee’s Summit West boys, Lee’s Summit North girls ready for state semifinals
• High school basketball schedule - March 19
• The Star’s All-Metro Missouri girls swim team
• LS North girls advance to state championship game
• Lenexa employer interested in soon-to-be idle Sprint employees
• 91-year-old woman in Lawrence resists developer
• A new barbecue for 39th Street’s restaurant row
• Perez grappling with emotions day after his line drive hit Reds closer in the head
• Moustakas, Duffy try new positions in Royals’ 3-2 loss to Angels
• Reds pitcher suffers facial fracture after being hit by line drive off bat of Royals' Perez
• Video: Reds pitcher suffers facial fracture after being hit by line drive off bat of Royals' Perez
• Eastern Kentucky has a sharpshooter in senior guard Glenn Cosey
• Kansas coach Bill Self confirms Joel Embiid won’t play in St. Louis
• Holding Court: Blair Kerkhoff and Vahe Gregorian rate the three Kansas teams' chances
• And they’re off! NCAA tourney begins with first Round of 64 games
• Patience paid off for Stephen F. Austin’s Brad Underwood
• Country Club Plaza’s Superlatives closing its retail store to concentrate on its interior design business
• Michael Sam has better showing at Missouri’s pro day
• Missouri’s L’Damian Washington seeks more vindication
• Missouri to host Southern Mississippi on Sunday in second round of NIT
• Whole Foods hopes to stock shelves with Kansas products