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April 8, 2014

• From Kansas City to the Boston Marathon tragedy
• Filmmaker Errol Morris calls his Donald Rumsfeld documentary ‘a horror movie’
• Teachers union leaders: Stripping of due process protection can’t be applied retroactively
• Garth Brooks’ ‘Friends In Low Places’ eliminated in voting for new Royals’ sixth-inning song
• Tuesday’s Royals-Rays lineups
• Northwest Arkansas loses on play at the plate
• Park Hill pitching staff still a work in progress
• Hunger, abortion and guns, money in politics
• 16 Johnson County homes to be featured in remodeling industry tour
• Car burglaries rise in Leawood
• Rural Broadband Investments acquires Poplar Bluff cable system
• Johnson County names parks director
• Kansas school plan a mixed bag for local districts
• At Smallcakes’ new Overland Park store, cupcakes go wild
• Milton Wolf: The Gumby candidate for U.S. Senate
• The GOP is rockin’ confident about the Ryan budget
• It’s Election Day -- see you at the polls
• Jackson County Legislator James Tindall withdraws from August primary because of felony conviction
• School news in brief
• Community calendar
• Former Royal farmhand Wil Myers has yet to make that splash in KC
• Missouri Revenue Department’s directive to pay sales taxes stuns arts groups
• ‘Lost’ history of Panama Canal is now found in exhibit at KC’s Linda Hall Library
• Brownback to sign bill saving employers money from jobless trust fund
• Missouri budget includes $750K to train on school shootings
• Dress-wearing Missouri man gets 4 years for robbing bank
• Golf star Jimmy Walker is also a stargazer
• Grover Norquist urges Missouri to pass right to work law
• Missing Grandview man found safe in Topeka
• Tips sought in 2008 Kansas City, Kan., killing
• New national campaign against distracted driving includes scary PSA (with video)
• Overland Park preemie photographer Jessica Strom is featured on NBC’s ‘Today’ show
• Paulina Gretzky racy Golf Digest cover spoofed by nine dudes in sports bras
• Twitter unveils new profile design that looks a lot like Facebook
• Kansas man, 79, pleads guilty to child sex crimes
• Kansas teachers vow to fight for rights
• Missouri House endorses 1-cent sales tax for roads
• Motorola defends contracting practices, dismisses McClatchy stories as containing ‘innuendo’
• So long, Archie: Comic book character to be killed off in July
• Lawsuit: Grandma got done over by a stripper
• Emergency repairs on Manchester Bridge disrupting eastbound I-70 from downtown
• Police link some of the 13 recent shootings on area highways and roadways
• The raisins and red peppers in Sweet and Sour Crostini surprise the taste buds
• 816 North notebook: Kearney boys basketball coach leaving for SJ Benton
• Pitching rotation takes shape for Lee's Summit West
• 816 notebook: Decision day arrives for Tigers’ two-sport star
• Amazing races: Find the perfect themed 5K for you
• High school results - April 7
• Lee’s Summit West, Kearney, Liberty, Liberty North among schools set to move to new football classfications
• Kansas Tennis Coaches Association releases rankings
• Gasoline prices could dip a penny a gallon this summer
• Managing the prices of your vices
• Zona Rosa getting a new Avon Mega Store
• Bill Snyder says K-State’s Daniel Sams is focusing on playing wide receiver
• Kansas State baseball team tries to get back on track
• Royals optimistic Omar Infante won’t miss much time after getting hit in jaw by pitch
• Live updates and stats from tonight’s Royals-Rays game
• Infante hurt as Escobar, Vargas lead Royals over Rays 4-2
• Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over Kentucky
• Add Shabazz Napier to list of UConn heroes
• Rich will get richer, but NCAA Tournament should stay dynamic
• NCAA title game buzz: Looking ahead to next year
• Owner of Metcalf South Shopping Center sets two meetings for public comment
• West Elm will open in the former Pottery Barn space on the Country Club Plaza
• Zona Rosa getting a new Avon Mega Store
• Columbia police release report related to MU’s Dorial Green-Beckham
• Assistant coach Mark Phelps leaving Frank Haith’s staff at Missouri
• Dennis says: It's time to prune your roses
• Gardeners, get ready to start your tillers as the chance for last freeze approaches
• Dennis says: Now is the time to start pruning your roses
• "Happy Fac" Bush Cinguefoil -- keep it in container?
• What raised gardens would be educational for school kids?
• Is it safe to put my houseplants out yet?