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July 17, 2014

• Matt Johnson: Rand Paul’s disingenuous commitment to Ronald Reagan
• Johnson County girls put Kansas on 12-under volleyball map
• From the archives: Surviving the Hyatt skywalk disaster
• Dave Helling: Brownback-Davis race is a guide to the GOP’s 2016 presidential contest
• Tonganoxie’s Sandburg receives Kenneth Smith Award
• Jan Meyers says she didn’t endorse Paul Davis over Sam Brownback
• Kansas City Council approves $500,000 settlement with former prosecutor
• Senate GOP blocks bill on contraception coverage
• Two others seek GOP nod for U.S. Senate race in Kansas
• Pat Roberts’ years in Washington are both advantage, vulnerability
• Poll: Should the Royals trade Billy Butler?
• Former Royals, A’s equipment manager Alex Zych dies
• Minor-league baseball team will wear chihuahua-inspired jerseys
• James Shields opens second half for Royals in Boston
• Alex Smith hopes his long-term future is with the Chiefs
• Winning numbers for Thursday, July 17
• Elaine Stritch, brash stage performer, dies at 89
• Lauren Holiday set to return in FC Kansas City’s match against the Western New York Flash
• McIlroy Leads British Open at 6-under; Woods three shots back
• Property tax hike forced by state act
• Letter writers share views on guns, transportation sales tax, KCI
• Step one: an open mind on options for Kemper Arena
• Twitter updates: Dutch investigators arrive at crash site; families want bodies returned
• Snarky in the Suburbs: Run for cover from this bombing blitz
• Denise Snodell: The plane truth
• ‘Disruptive’ passenger met by police at KCI
• Bomb squad disposes of Missouri City device
• Man charged in Kansas City bank robbery
• Man found wounded at scene is charged in Lenexa double homicide
• Liberty couple shot, a third man robbed in Craigslist transactions
• KC shooting victim dies at hospital
• BuzzChatter Fri: Don’t worry too much about Jay Carney
• Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery coming to Overland Park
• Emily Parnell: The tell-tale heart beats for skipped thank yous
• Mission council OKs $9 million development plus taxing district
• Overturned semi blocks lanes of northbound I-635 in KCK
• Church pantry worker fired for being a lesbian sues Catholic diocese
• Speech from Debi Jackson, mother of a KC transgender girl, garners global attention
• Lee's Summit West senior is The Star’s All-Metro baseball player of the year
• Matt Besler prefers to stay with Sporting
• It took a team effort to land this giant catfish
• Kansas City’s Tom Watson has wild first day at British Open
• Rory McIlroy takes lead with Matteo Manassero at 5-under at British Open
• Durant, Rousey win top athlete honors at ESPYs
• Jobless claims unexpectedly drop
• Microsoft is eliminating 18,000 jobs
• Missouri weighs ban on payday loan outlets collecting utility bills
• BNSF and union reach tentative deal to allow train operations with one employee
• Ecco Select to add jobs, expand
• Malaysian plane shot down by missile, U.S. intelligence says
• Former Missouri police officer pleads to harassing transgender man
• Former Northwest Missouri State professor wins legal victory in drug case
• Car hits, kills man sitting on St. Louis porch
• Couple bringing crazed cat home after calling 911
• State trooper pleads guilty to stealing from dying driver
• Arrested man orders 5 pizzas to police station
• Israel sends troops into Gaza after cease-fire talks fail
• 3 dead in Stockton, California, bank robbery, gunbattle
• K-State third, Kansas last in Big 12 preseason football poll
• Will the SEC like the College Football Playoff as well as the BCS?
• Texas issues measles alert after Kansas softball tournament
• 3.6 earthquake recorded in south-central Kansas
• Royals outfielder Alex Gordon’s obsession with preparation has made him a star
• Missouri picked to finish fourth in SEC East
• N Valentino is closing on the Country Club Plaza