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August 6, 2014

• Stuff to do in Kansas City: TEDxKC: Changing the Narrative, Beard and Moustache Competition, Crawfish Festival
• Great Midwest Balloon Fest takes you up, up and away from the Kansas Speedway
• Michelle T. Johnson: A new playwright with a lifetime of experience
• Kansas City streetcar plan stopped in its tracks
• Ed Eilert, Patricia Lightner advance in fight for Johnson County Commission chairman
• Leawood’s Ken Selzer heads toward GOP primary win in insurance commissioner race
• Frank White wins Jackson County primary race
• Local Kansas GOP official: ‘Offending Muslims is the duty of any civilized person. Especially with a .45.’
• Incumbent Pat Roberts turns back tea party challenger Milton Wolf in close Kansas primary
• Missouri transportation sales tax defeated
• Incumbent upset in race for Clay County presiding commissioner
• Standard & Poor’s downgrades bond rating for Kansas
• Kansas City school district gains provisional accreditation
• Pompeo easily pushes back Tiahrt’s challenge
• Missouri ‘right to farm’ proposal appears to pass
• Right to Farm opponents weigh recount request
• Royals roll out regulars against Diamondbacks as they go for fifth straight series victory
• Video: Adam Dunn on the mound, two balls on the field in Cleveland
• Alex Gordon thrilled to record 1,000 hits as a Royal, hopes for 2,000 with team
• Streetcar’s success will drive growth, backers say after election defeat
• Chiefs will keep it simple on offense vs. Bengals, but the expectations don’t change
• Besler and Zusi will see familiar faces on both sides of MLS All-Star Game
• Formula One car is coming to Kansas City
• Poll: Will Tiger Woods win another major?
• Spurs make WNBA star Becky Hammon NBA’s first female assistant coach
• KC welcomes a global fan, SungWoo Lee, who has a thing for the Royals
• Readers weigh in on President Obama, college and liberals
• Streetcar vote, road tax failures call for better strategies
• Jackson County shows too much leniency for violent criminals
• ‘Hundred-Foot Journey’ lacks spice: 2.5 stars
• Charge filed in Overland Park stabbing
• Getaway vehicle in KC homicide sought
• Gladstone police seek tips in 2012 stabbing death of Nancy J. Bowman
• Hollywood Casino in KCK was allegedly used to launder profits from illegal drugs
• Republicans will put Barack Obama on Kansas governor’s ballot
• Brownback, Wolf and Roberts reflect on the primary election results
• Quick takes on Brownback, Eilert, Roberts & Pompeo on a wild primary night
• Bridge construction requires overnight closure of I-435 in Overland Park
• Incoming storms could drop 4 inches of rain on KC by Monday
• Kansas is the only state to see a significant increase in its uninsured rate, survey says
• Back open: Northbound U.S. 69 to westbound I-435
• Lawsuit is filed in fatal shooting of KC firefighter by off-duty police officer
• Winning numbers for Tuesday, Aug. 5
• Fishing report for Aug. 7
• Tiger Woods says he will play in PGA Championship
• ‘Contributor’ category will be added to Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Royals Hall of Famer Frank White hits the campaign trail
• Security firm: Russia hackers loot 1.2 billion passwords
• Hackers’ challenge is finding any value in 1.2 billion stolen passwords
• Missouri officials fear rise in fatalities after highway tax defeat
• Teen arrested after body found in Texas motel tub
• Obama welcomes African leaders for unusual dinner
• Otter attacks swimmers in river near Seattle
• Water, Spam fly off Hawaii shelves as storms near
• Two accused of carving man’s tattoo for disrespecting Insane Clown Posse
• Texan known as ‘naked unicyclist’ struck, killed
• New Sprint CEO promises bold moves starting Monday
• Dan Hesse’s farewell to Sprint employees: ‘Always a Sprinter’
• T-Mobile’s John Legere directs twitter tirade at Sprint, new CEO Marcelo Claure
• Sprint names Brightstar founder CEO, replacing Dan Hesse
• Sprint is ending pursuit of T-Mobile, sources say, and replacing Dan Hesse as CEO
• SungWoo Lee’s trip to Kansas City: At The K
• Replay: Updates, stats from Wednesday night’s Royals-Diamondbacks game
• Replay: Royals chat with The Star’s Andy McCullough
• James Shields, Jeremy Guthrie may pinch-hit as Royals play with short bench in Arizona
• Bats is reportedly in SEC settlement talks over perks in high-speed trading
• Kansas State basketball team will open against Purdue at Maui Invitational
• Ridgestone Meadows offers expansive views of western Shawnee
• Marcus Murphy catching on as receiver at Missouri
• Missouri will face Arizona in first game at Maui Invitational
• A.J. Ricker eager to give back to Mizzou as new offensive line coach
• Kansas studies feasibility of whitewater park near Lawrence
• Prepare now for fall vegetable garden