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May 15, 2014

• Kansas City to vote on 20-year fire sales tax renewal
• Missouri lawmakers approve a Common Core compromise
• Private school funding is sticking point as transfer bill heads to Missouri governor
• Kansas City streetcar tax district vote can proceed
• Missouri governor concerned about abortion bill
• Missouri lawmakers vote to lift food stamp ban for drug felons
• Danny Valencia returns to starting lineup as Royals open series with Orioles
• Wade Davis rests stiff neck
• Scary moment for Royals catcher Salvador Perez
• Phillip Gaines agrees to contract with Chiefs
• Ventura shines but Royals fall to Orioles 2-1
• The Kansas City Star and other news organizations sue Missouri over execution drug secrecy
• A vroom with a view is not what it seems in Parkville
• Lawrence man gets life term for killing sick wife
• Boy might get to claim $10,000 found at hotel
• Bleeding money for years, Agriculture Hall of Fame in Kansas shutters again
• Republican strategy, drones, Obamacare
• Gov. Jay Nixon must veto Missouri’s 72-hour abortion bill
• Kansas regents lose respect with bungled social media policy
• Reverse at Riverstone’s new builders, new activity sparking buyer interest
• Cider Mill Ridge showcases quality of SAB Homes during Parade
• Estates of Wolf Creek has close-out sale for previous phase
• Rodrock Development celebrates successful Spring Parade of Homes
• Three Chapman Farms communities ready for summer
• One Park Place’s new residents appreciate stress-free living
• Chapel Hill named ‘2014 Community of the Year’ by Kansas City Homes and Gardens
• Loch Loch home by Brian Koehler nearing completion
• Rodrock Development express appreciation, celebration at end of Spring Parade of Homes
• At 94, Harry Taff is still playing the music of his life
• Lawrence man, 67, gets life sentence for killing sick wife
• Kansas City man found on middle school roof ‘just wanted to get high’
• Two jailed after Craigslist sale ends in robbery
• Stepson is charged in hammer death of south Kansas City man found in pool
• BuzzChatter Thursday: No ethics legislation (again) in Missouri this year
• Book review | ‘Funny Once’ is emotionally heavy but a pleasure to read.
• Book review | John Quincy Adams gets the credit he deserves
• Public-relations machine muddies Sam’s story
• Trey McIntyre’s contemporary ballet dancers will perform Thursday at Kauffman Center
• Marvel at the plots Jason Aaron crafts for Wolverine, X-Men
• Chorale brings Rachmaninoff’s rumbling Vespers to KC
• ‘Locke’: A guy, a car and a Bluetooth are the makings of a good melodrama | 3 stars
• ‘God’s Pocket’: Philip Seymour Hoffman, not at his finest | 2 stars
• Quick therapy doesn’t provide benefit in prostate cancer relapse
• Operation Jumbo Drop: Animal sculptures installed at Powell Gardens
• Missouri lawmakers pass business truce with Kansas
• Home foreclosure activity in the U.S. fell 1 percent in April
• Owner of Hostess Brands seeks $175 million dividend payout
• Kansas City Council approves Burns & McDonnell expansion deal
• Kansas City development agency leader Al Figuly is retiring at year’s end
• The week ahead in business
• ‘Bill of the Century’ tells of Civil Rights Act’s unsung heroes
• Winning numbers for Thursday, May 15
• Novel ‘Girl in Reverse’ features KC’s Nelson-Atkins art museum
• KU softball pitcher from Blue Springs would relish chance to play MU
• Ukrainian basketball prospect Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk expected to visit KU
• Wichita weather: A slight chance of showers
• Urbandale, Iowa, names trail for Bob Layton
• K-State basketball to play Texas A&M at Sprint Center on Dec. 20
• Missouri golf in second place after day one of NCAA regional
• Guests at Westport’s 816 Hotel get a taste of Kansas City attractions
• Summit Custom Homes adds to awards