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June 17, 2014

• Megan Armstrong: Anxiety and depression make a bad secret
• Artificial turf coming to Olathe District Activity Center and College Boulevard Activity Center
• Claire McCaskill scolds Dr. Oz at hearing on weight loss scams
• FDA prepping long-awaited plan to reduce salt
• Missouri rolls in Mo-Kan All-Star Softball Series
• Requests from KC on hold as Missouri board backs tax credits for Gateway Arch
• Democrat Paul Davis walks fine line in discussing Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax cuts
• Missouri education officials limit transfers from Normandy schools
• Kansas City, Olathe included in presidential entrepreneur push
• Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri scolds TV’s Dr. Oz about diet fads
• Wife of Kansas Senate majority leader ends lawsuit against state over DUI
• Kris Kobach’s Kansas primary opponent, Scott Morgan, attacks Kobach's side jobs
• U.S. captures suspected leader in deadly 2012 Benghazi attack
• Lane Adams hits two homers in Northwest Arkansas' win
• Louis Coleman returns to bullpen as Royals demote Donnie Joseph
• Lineups: Lorenzo Cain sits out as Royals fight for division lead against Tigers
• De’Anthony Thomas feels the KC heat, falls ill at Chiefs minicamp
• Justin Houston not expected to participate in Chiefs’ mandatory minicamp
• The Tippin’s/JCCC ultimate brownie bout has a winner
• Kauffman Center names Paul J. Schofer its new president and CEO
• Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum to make Sporting debut in U.S. Open Cup match
• Priceless leadership, capital punishment, KCI
• Put a fairly worded light-rail tax plan on the Kansas City ballot this fall
• Leawood’s 135th Street corridor plan set
• Fair Trade products are on rise by retailers in Overland Park
• Letters to the editor: teacher rights, diversity, politics
• Editorial: Reducing poverty needs to be a higher priority
• Bob Sigman: Brownback’s support erodes, but a Democrat for governor is still a long shot
• Snarky in the Suburbs: Before embarking on college life, here’s a list of helpful life hints
• Matt Keenan: For a parent, college orientation can be very disorienting
• Back in the Swing makes inroads in cancer survivorship care with Johnson County Community College class, accreditation requirement
• We B Nuts specializes in sweet temptations
• Venture capital company acquires Overland Park-based security software firm
• SelectQuote plans to add 225 employees
• Makers of illegal fireworks can pay a deadly price when the process goes wrong
• Pool workers hurt in KCK chlorine explosion
• Tips sought in vandalism at Independence car dealership
• Grandview police warn of predator
• Mother of three is charged with child endangerment
• Johnson County man, once touted as a teen success, is arrested in fraud case
• In a switch, Schweich orders audit of Joplin schools
• Koch: A benign presence in southcentral Kansas
• Barbara Boxer: Obama forced to clean up Bush’s mess
• Skechers Overland Park outlet carries more than shoes
• Roeland Park City Council closer to vote on discrimination ban
• Grumpy old men? Not here, where the coffee is hot and the conversation flows freely
• Lenexa police register cameras to speed criminal investigations
• Eating for Life recipe: Lemon-flavored yogurt adds zing to poppy seed loaf
• Emily Parnell: We’re not Lewis and Clark, but then they didn’t have air mattresses and Google maps
• For those needing developmental support, years on a waiting list often lie ahead
• High school spring sports playoffs: Five worth a second look
• Ike Skelton political items up for auction
• Kansas City expected to reach into the lower 90s Tuesday
• Beloved New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti dies in Kansas City
• Appeals court affirms $108.6 million award in death of Lee’s Summit woman
• Electrocuted tree trimmer is identified as a Kansas City man
• Kansas City is beefing up downtown parking enforcement
• Overland Park boy is 100th liver transplant patient at Children’s Mercy
• Sporting Kansas City’s Graham Zusi and Matt Besler make impact in U.S. World Cup win
• Missouri frogging season about to start
• Web.com Tour’s Midwest Classic coming to Overland Park in July
• Picasso painting ‘The Blue Room’ reveals hidden man
• Major worldwide child porn distributor sentenced to 30 years in prison
• Missouri execution set to be among first after botched lethal injection
• Ex-employees sentenced in St. Joseph movie theater vandalism
• Hair braiders challenge Missouri cosmetology law
• Missouri appeals panel refuses to vacate stay of execution for convicted killer Winfield
• Lawsuit challenges Missouri teacher tenure limits
• Missouri adds 3,700 jobs; unemployment holds
• Family fights police after knives nixed at amusement park
• Hoarder found dead under debris after floor collapses
• A pill called Sovaldi fights hepatitis C but can cost $90,000
• Harrah’s casino to open new steakhouse
• President Obama pledges to boost U.S. manufacturing
• St. Luke’s Health System plans a rehabilitation facility
• Lockton names Joe Agnello president of the Kansas City operation
• Ferrellgas Partners acquires Topeka propane company
• Dimensional Innovations works on out-of-the-ordinary projects
• Winning numbers for Monday, June 16
• Big 12 basketball coaches go to school on San Antonio Spurs
• UMB’s Scout Investments offers a new mutual fund
• Kat’s Money Corner: Don’t budget your well-being out of the picture
• Businesses grow up fast inside accelerator
• Area home prices and sales pace rose in May
• Royals top draft pick Brandon Finnegan’s focus is TCU title
• Royals outfielder Nori Aoki exits game because of cramp
• Replay: Updates, stats from Tuesday night’s Royals-Tigers game
• Billy Butler, Omar Infante thrash Justin Verlander as Royals win 8th in a row, 11-8
• Missouri basketball team officially adds point guard Keith Shamburger
• Missouri’s Ernest Payton, DeQuinton Osborne leave football team
• KCK’s Wyandotte Plaza signs Marshalls, PetSmart
• Kansas football adds junior-college offensive lineman to 2014 class
• Kansas basketball to represent United States at 2015 World University Games in Korea
• Plant spotlight: Oakleaf Hydrangea