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April 8, 2014

• From Kansas City to the Boston Marathon tragedy
• Voters favor many ballot issues in Missouri
• Eileen Weir is elected mayor in Independence
• Filmmaker Errol Morris calls his Donald Rumsfeld documentary ‘a horror movie’
• Kansas City voters overwhelmingly approve all five ballot questions
• Mansur and Hartsfield win at-large seats for KC school board; Robinson ousts Jackson in 4th Subdistrict
• Results from Tuesday’s elections in Missouri
• Hickman Mills elects school board members despite smear campaign
• Garth Brooks’ ‘Friends In Low Places’ eliminated in voting for new Royals’ sixth-inning song
• Tuesday’s Royals-Rays lineups
• The good news and bad news in Royals minor leagues Tuesday
• Northwest Arkansas loses on play at the plate
• Park Hill pitching staff still a work in progress
• High school results - April 8
• 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
• 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
• O’Hara seeking state Senate seat in southern JoCo
• 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
• Grover Norquist urges Missouri to pass right to work law
• 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
• Government watch | Reimal remains passionate about northwest Independence
• 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
• Letters to the editor
• 816 North notebook: Kearney boys basketball coach leaving for SJ Benton
• Parents’ bittersweet question: When do their tastes meet ours?
• 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
• Lee’s Summit West, Kearney, Liberty, Liberty North among schools set to move to new football classfications
• Three new restaurants rise in the Southland
• Zona Rosa getting a new Avon Mega Store
• Gasoline prices could dip a penny a gallon this summer
• Managing the prices of your vices
• Bill Snyder says K-State’s Daniel Sams is focusing on playing wide receiver
• Kansas center Joel Embiid to announce decision Wednesday on his future
• 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?
• Mike Moustakas ends zero-for-21 start with ninth-inning single
• Tampa Bay Rays prevail over Royals 1-0 in pitchers’ duel
• 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
• NASCAR’s Carl Edwards shows his speed with first pitch at Royals-Rays game
• Yordano Ventura stays in control in season debut
• Columbia police release report related to MU’s Dorial Green-Beckham
• Lee’s Summit’s Drew Lock holds the key for one college football program
• Assistant coach Mark Phelps leaving Frank Haith’s staff at Missouri
• Injuries take a toll on Missouri football practice
• Another national championship for Huskies as UConn women beat Notre Dame
• Rich will get richer, but NCAA Tournament should stay dynamic
• 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