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May 12, 2014

• Kansas board upholds Sen. Pat Roberts’ re-election filing
• Billy M. Blackwell, the mayor of Lansing, dies at age 61
• Congress considers tax breaks from horse racing to stock car racing
• Keystone vote dies along with energy efficiency bill
• Tesla Motors fights proposal to ban direct car sales in Missouri
• Orlando Calixte hits walk-off homer for Northwest Arkansas
• Chiefs sign six undrafted free agents
• Chiefs draft pick De’Anthony Thomas is tough to catch on field
• Chiefs release fullback Eric Kettani, receiver Rashad Ross
• Graham Zusi, Matt Besler of Sporting KC called to U.S. pre-World Cup camp
• Amy Rodriguez leads FC Kansas City to third victory in four games
• Missouri abortion bill insults women
• KCI, fitness center, bad legislation
• On Nigeria, awareness is only a first step
• Obama, Uruguayan president discuss trade at White House
• Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx backs same-sex marriage
• Village Crawfish Festival
• Color Foam 5K, Vol. 2
• KC Express Mother’s Day 5K Run/Walk
• Lenexa Art Fair
• Top Boehner aide leaving for health care group
• White House says US team is helping in Nigeria
• Mission Family Festival
• Overland Park Farmers Market
• National Train Day Celebration
• BuzzChatter Monday: MO Dems thinking twice about backing highway tax
• Americans: Leave Obamacare alone or make it better
• Columbus, Ohio worries about lack of public transit
• Roberts Kansan enough to run for the Senate, board concludes
• Pizza delivery driver killed in crash into pole
• Kansas City police investigate suspicious death
• Two men wounded in Westport area shooting
• UMKC law students fight for those turned down for unemployment benefits
• One dead in shooting at Lawrence apartment complex
• Domestic danger rises for women with trend in KC area homicides
• U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins allowed to keep CPA title despite lapsed permit
• Missouri lawmakers to consider constitutional amendment for voter ID
• KU's Natural History Museum gets a new bee colony
• I-35 back open after multiple vehicle crash in Olathe slows morning commute
• Lawmakers seek to complete Missouri school bill
• Crime down sharply at University of Kansas
• Health code violations at area food establishments for May 12
• Boston drivers told to 'Use Yah Blinkah'
• Third homicide in three days reported in Kansas City
• Group wants to fly Confederate flag over Missouri cemetery
• Is Sen. Pat Roberts a Kansas resident? Board of his supporters will decide
• Gladstone bank robbed
• Robber sentenced for shooting Leawood McDonald's manager
• Gladstone bank robbed Monday morning
• Wreck closes eastbound I-70 in Independence
• KCPD releases name of man run down early Sunday
• Classes canceled at Orrick schools for the rest of the year
• James C. Wirken, once a prominent Kansas City lawyer, pleads guilty to money laundering
• Missouri community colleges will have a role in pilot program for competency-based education
• Kansas City seeks temporary restraining order against Lyft ride-sharing service
• Overland Park museum gets 85-million-year-old fossils
• Police arrest masked man on the roof of Eastgate Middle School
• House cleaning turns up live grenade in Roeland Park home
• Kansas board upholds Sen. Pat Roberts’ re-election filing
• Cirque du Soleil acrobats eat to stay fit
• Almost a month passed before Nigeria sought help in search for kidnapped girls
• Questions arise about wisdom of huge China water project
• Supreme Court looks at wrinkle in right to face your accuser
• NASCAR Jeff Gordon wins at Kansas Speedway: Fox Sports Video
• Medical devices could fall prey to computer malfunctions, hackers
• Second U.S. MERS case discovered in Florida, airline passengers notified
• Color Foam 5K, Vol. 1
• ‘The Hummingbird’ takes flight at museum’s Mother’s Day celebration
• Kansas sees tornadoes as spring storm system hits Plains, West
• Jury selection starts for Wichita man accused in fatal crash
• Is Conchita’s the voice of doom? Russians think so
• Trilogy author Tony DiTerlizzi comes to KC with ‘The Battle of WondLa’
• Second U.S. MERS case discovered in Florida, airline passengers notified
• $255 million offered for Lee’s Summit company Viracor-IBT Laboratories
• Electric truck maker Smith Electric attracts $42 million investment, plans to reopen Kansas City plant
• First Federal names new president
• Masayoshi Son invokes 'hungry spirit' as SoftBank looks to expand beyond Sprint
• AT&T is reportedly negotiating to buy DirecTV
• Shocker report: Dallas Baptist 6, WSU 4
• Royals face decision time on Mike Moustakas
• Replay: Royals Q&A with The Star's Andy McCullough
• Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie frustrated after ugly start against Mariners
• Video: Vahe Gregorian on what's next for Michael Sam and the Rams
• Molly Kreklow chosen for U.S. women’s volleyball team
• Former Missouri cornerback arrested, charged with rape
• Missouri softball will play host to regional that includes Kansas
• Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid to skip NBA Draft combine
• Rosedale Bar-B-Q spruces up its decor, menu for anniversary
• Mo’s Italian Spot opens on Prospect Avenue
• Health code violations at area food establishments for May 12
• Are coffee grounds at all useful in gardening?
• Severe weather and most of the rain miss Wichita
• Historic B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ expected to fly by year’s end
• Ex-jail deputy Kendall pleads no-contest to sex crimes against inmates
• Car hits East High graduate as he leaves commencement
• Wichita leaders to propose next steps toward downtown high-tech learning center
• Varsity Kansas Big Show May 12, 2014
• Liberal man killed when minivan strikes embankment
• Question of Sen. Pat Roberts’ Kansas residency to be decided Monday
• A&W to open in front of Lowe's near 29th and Maize Road in June
• Wichita weather: More showers and thunderstorms
• Ukraine native sees what she already knew: Americans are good
• Wichita homeowners, city at odds over sewer backup