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January 14, 2015

• BV Northwest wrestlers take title at SM South Invitational
• ‘Help Yourself’ to a brand new play that makes its local debut this weekend
• Dave Helling: Kansas City Council races are an all-or-nothing affair
• Missouri girls hoops notebook: Bears turning heads with 11-2 record
• Missouri boys hoops notebook: Park Hill South is fast, and 8-1
• IRS cuts taxpayer services as filing returns gets harder
• No tax increases and no significant cuts in flat Jackson County budget
• Missouri’s highway needs far exceed the dollars available, transportation officials say
• Parking could dwindle as streetcar development continues in KC’s Crossroads district
• Kansans for Life is sponsoring a bill to outlaw ‘dismemberment’ abortions
• Kansas aqueduct cost is pegged at $18 billion
• Conservatives cheer on Romney for 2016 as establishment field grows
• The Star’s food section has new look, name and more offerings
• Nick Besler hopes to follow brother’s path to MLS stardom
• FC Kansas City moving to Swope Soccer Village
• The Monday Poll results: Taking a measure of mixed moods after the Paris attacks
• Milestones of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax cut debacle in Kansas: A timeline
• Readers share views on civil rights, domestic violence and the movie ‘Selma’
• Obituary: David Cromwell Jenkins, M.D., D.F.C.
• Long, remarkably detailed obituary of Kansas City man was written by his widow with love
• Collaborative MLK in Olathe program reaches a milestone
• E-cigs are added to Olathe smoking ban
• As Heritage Trust Fund ends, historical preservation groups look for alternate funding
• Johnson County’s coolest offices are places where people want to work
• Letters to the editor: GOP ‘failure’, voter turnout idea, First Amendment
• Funeral services for Nelson ‘Fuzzy’ Thompson scheduled for Saturday
• As I See It: The breakneck innovation race
• Editorial: Housing makes sense at former Metcalf South
• Snarky in the suburbs: In the world of thank-you etiquette, my mother is the lead teacher
• TheChat: Rex Sinquefield says Kansas tax cuts didn’t trigger budget deficit
• Blunt gives free juco a failing grade
• Texas Republican compares President Obama to Adolph Hitler
• Thieves target cars at OP day care centers
• New hearing is set to determine sentence in 2009 killing of Overland Park teen
• KC police seek men who robbed three businesses overnight
• Missouri again leads the nation in the rate of black homicide victims
• Winning numbers for Tuesday, Jan. 13
• Planning board accepts plan for proposed Shawnee Landing
• Model who says Cosby sexually abused her meets with detectives
• Accused of assault, Kurt Busch says ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll is a trained assassin
• When is a catch not a catch? NFL keeps debating Dez Bryant play
• Web.com golf tourney returning to Overland Park
• Watch Cliff Alexander’s dunk, which drew comparisons to Blake Griffin, MJ
• Black-and-gold Jayhawks are part of Big 12 football uniforms reimagined in rival colors
• UMKC provost leaving for Virginia Commonwealth University
• Author and advocate for economic equity urges support of black businesses
• Semi overturns, closing ramp from Winner Road to southbound I-435
• Fatal traffic crash reported in Miami County
• KC’s cold snap expected to give way to 50s by the weekend
• Charlie Hebdo, with Muhammad on cover, sells out before dawn
• Singapore navy finds fuselage of AirAsia plane in Java Sea
• Good Samaritan attacked, robbed, left unconscious on I-70 near Columbia
• Porn publisher Larry Flynt pushes fight for Missouri execution records
• Missouri man sentenced to nearly 4 years for interstate stalking
• Chilly reception awaits jailed Virginia lawmaker Joseph Morrissey
• Principal: Bring canned goods to school to chuck at intruders
• Handcuffed, arrested teen helped save officer’s life, police say
• At least 10 killed when train hits Texas prison bus
• Kansas City is in talks with Cordish about a second downtown apartment tower
• Commerce to delay earnings release
• Chipotle halts pork sales at a third of stores, including in Missouri and Kansas
• GSA takes first step toward transferring ownership of KC’s Bannister Federal Complex
• Fed’s Beige Book report finds moderate economic growth
• U.S. production of crude oil rises to a record high as oil rigs decline
• Slim Chickens opens its first area restaurant in Independence
• Verizon, Chick-fil-A find new homes in Barry Woods Crossing
• Time Warner Cable adding sales positions
• Next HealthCare.gov signup deadline is Jan. 15
• National Retail Federation reports holiday sales rose 4 percent, shy of projections
• Holiday shopping slump: U.S. retail sales fell in December
• SparkLabKC announces its 2015 class of companies
• William Jewell hires Shawn Weigel as football coach
• Kansas football set to add TCU assistant Kenny Perry to staff, filling last opening
• No. 9 Kansas prevails 67-57 over No. 24 Oklahoma State in hard-fought game
• Kansas notes: Cliff Alexander throws down ‘best dunk all year’ against Oklahoma State
• MU safeties coach Alex Grinch leaves for Washington State
• No. 1 Kentucky overwhelms outmatched Missouri squad 86-37
• Missouri notes: Willie Cauley-Stein sparks Kentucky
• Replay: Updates, stats from Tuesday night’s Missouri-Kentucky game