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July 8, 2014

• Mayor Sly James: Support Amendment 7 for better transit, more jobs in KC
• Area high school athletes win Gatorade Kansas softball, girls soccer awards
• It’s time to try grilling your pizza
• Border influx: tough stance
• City Council approves deal to bring Google Fiber to Overland Park
• ‘Little Free Libraries’ legal in Leawood thanks to 9-year-old Spencer Collins
• National group plans to challenge Kansas gun law
• Choice between two conservatives in Senate primary frustrates moderate Kansas Republicans
• Obama asks Congress for $3.7 billion to contain border crisis
• Storm Chasers knock off Iowa
• Wade Davis not bothered by All-Star Game snub, hopes to keep rolling for Royals
• Royals sign starting pitcher Joe Saunders to minor-league deal
• Raul Ibanez stays in lineup as Royals face Rays
• Wine expert Doug Frost reports from Tuscany: Rossos vs. Brunellos
• German fans in KC exhibit — and also see — passion for 2014 World Cup
• Blue Valley West junior is The Star’s All-Metro boys golfer of the year
• Sleeping Yankees fan sues ESPN announcers for $10 million
• Readers weigh in on clean streets, assault weapons, streetcars
• Nixon vetoes copycat ALEC bill that legislature shouldn’t have passed
• In Leawood, a little free library’s victory for literacy and common sense
• Leawood council formally approves Camelot Court CID sales tax
• Overland Park takes step toward TIF for mixed-use project at 80th and Metcalf
• Leawood plan would create extensive network of trails for walkers, bikers throughout city
• The Olympic dreams of an equestrian: Hunter Holloway is riding all the way to the top
• Olathe School District honored for business, financial excellence
• As I See It: Lisa Johnston on money in politics
• Google Fiber signups underway in Westwood, Westwood Hills, Mission Woods, Roeland Park
• Domestic violence call leads to standoff in Lee’s Summit
• Carjackers shoot at police during chase from KCK into KC
• Two men in apparent murder-suicide were Excelsior Springs neighbors
• Quick-change scam hits Olathe businesses
• The Koch brothers back Pompeo over Tiahrt in Kansas
• Brownback, Roberts face tough scrutiny in Kansas races
• Kander backs Smith for Jackson County Legislature
• The 2016 GOP convention: Way to go, Ohio
• KC streetcar opposition adds to campaign fund with donation from non-profit company
• Freedom Inc. now expected to endorse Missouri highway tax, oppose streetcar
• David Knopf: Bonds of friendship and community endure after death
• Letters to the editor
• Will Merriam be the first Midwest city to adopt modern wheelchair access icon?
• Spotlight shines on KC area rugby on Saturday
• More than 2 inches reported near K-7 and College; power outages reported across the metro
• Park Hill data security breach affects more than 10,000 students and employees
• Swimmer rescued at Northland YMCA
• Desperate search ends tragically as 5-year-old found dead in Cass County
• Archivist wraps up career of saving KC’s past from dustbin (literally) of history
• Drivers, beware of weekend ramp closures at Johnson Drive and northbound I-35
• Missouri governor vetoes bills intended to change oversight of deer farms
• Sporting Kansas City adds midfielder Michael Kafari
• Sporting Kansas City ownership meets with captain Matt Besler to discuss his future
• Verrückt water slide to open at Schlitterbahn Thursday
• Shirtless protesters heckle Toronto mayor Rob Ford to quit
• Air raid sirens wail in Jerusalem as Gaza Strip violence escalates
• Shipbuilding plans imperiled
• Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes background checks for health navigators
• Murder charge in Missouri machete case dismissed
• Missouri lawyer pleads guilty to bank robbery
• Wolf that escaped from Missouri home is captured alive
• NYPD: Mom of baby abandoned in subway in custody
• Oklahoma farmer loses iPhone, gets it back 8 months later ... from Japan
• Holiday weekend death toll climbs to 15 in Chicago
• Man chokes to death at hot dog eating contest
• Officials: Tree fell on roller coaster track, stranding riders for hours
• Washington’s pot debut slowed; few sales licenses are approved
• Kansas City Southern will develop a terminal for heavy Canadian crude oil
• Bannister Federal Complex moves forward with closing
• St. Luke’s to open Wichita clinic
• Kansas City research institute names 2014 honoree
• More Twinkies rolling off the line
• Cellphone recycling saves money, curbs environmental damage, but it’s still underused
• Woodside Village apartment project moving forward
• Kat’s Money Corner: When family or friends need a loan
• Your teen could make $6,000 a month interning at Facebook
• K-State’s B.J. Finney, Tyler Lockett, Jake Waters and Ryan Mueller on preseason awards lists
• K-State’s Marcus Foster has been working on improving his basketball game this offseason
• Replay: Updates, stats from Tuesday night’s Royals-Rays game
• James Shields masters former teammates as Royals down Rays, 6-0
• Missouri center Evan Boehm selected for Rimington watch list
• Missouri’s Evan Boehm selected for Rimington Award watch list
• Mizzou’s Markus Golden, Marcus Murphy make preseason award watch lists
• Hawthorne Plaza begins multimillion-dollar makeover
• L.C.’s Bar-B-Q, new national tenants for Grandview
• KU’s Kelly Oubre ready for competition at LeBron James Skills Academy
• KU tight end Jimmay Mundine selected to Mackey Award watch list
• Kansas linebacker Ben Heeney appears on preseason Bednarik watch list
• Japanese beetles have finally arrived in KC
• After cyberattacks, Kansas won’t release standardized test reports
• It’s been a quiet year, so far, for tornadoes
• Escaped Lansing inmate back in custody
• Kansas school board faces decision on test data after glitches