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January 16, 2015

• ‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood’ top winners at Critics’ Choice Awards’
• Steve Kraske: Sam Brownback could be the most consequential governor in Kansas history
• Mya Mertz leads Blue Valley Northwest past Gardner Edgerton in girls basketball
• Analysis: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback faces tough fights on taxes and school funding
• Gov. Brownback wants tax hikes to address budget woes
• Gov. Sam Brownback, wrestling with budget shortages, says Kansas is headed in the right direction
• Finalists nominated in KC to replace Michael Brooks
• One election season ends, and another one starts
• Some in GOP fear perceptions of Romney could linger into ‘16
• Chiefs’ Eric Fisher heads toward a career-defining offseason
• Sporting KC adds one midfielder, two defenders in MLS SuperDraft first round
• FC Kansas City looking for impact players in Friday’s college draft
• FC Kansas City picks Liberty graduates Shea Groom, Kaysie Clark in NWSL College Draft
• Mya Mertz leads Blue Valley Northwest past Gardner Edgerton in girls basketball
• The Star’s high school athletes of the week (Jan. 15)
• Readers share views on voting in Kansas, Cardinal Raymond Burke and Congress
• Find better ways to support education in rural counties
• ‘Fifty Shades of Hay,’ the story so far
• ‘Fifty Shades of Hay’ lovers burn red hot, then go ice cold
• AirAsia fuselage to be lifted to surface after divers thwarted
• European police arrest 2 dozen in anti-terrorism sweeps
• The heat is on; NOAA, NASA say 2014 warmest year on record
• Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases
• TheChat: Mitt Romney is under fire
• Teenager is charged with shooting another teen in Olathe
• Man wounded in Kansas City shooting is charged in robbery spree
• Man wounds mother and kills uncle in Northland shooting, takes own life
• Vigils in KC and Shawnee mark the deaths of student and businessman
• Overland Park police seek tips in ATM skimming case
• Two-year-old boy is seriously wounded in south Kansas City shooting
• 2015 Volkswagen Passat: Room for five in understated styling
• Classic coupe: A do-it-yourself hot rod project becomes a calendar cover
• The Internet has changed how Lee’s Summit Chrysler sells cars
• Winning a 1962 Thunderbird helps make couple’s year even more special
• Readorama: Grenville Clark would hate the idea of his own biography
• There be dragons, but a good story, too, in Anne Leonard’s ‘Moth and Spark’
• Graphic designer and blogger Tobe Reed makes life look effortlessly pretty
• Eric Foner’s ‘Gateway to Freedom’ tells gripping tales of the Underground Railroad
• Show season kicks off for outdoors enthusiasts
• The Star’s high school basketball rankings (Jan. 15)
• Kansas City-area high school basketball players nominated for McDonald's All-American games
• Gov. Sam Brownback: I would have sent Alex Gordon
• Watch Rory McIlroy’s first-ever hole-in-one
• Nebraska slams educationally challenged Wisconsin fans
• Social media reaction to NCAA’s decision on Joe Paterno is polarizing
• Two patients at Children’s Mercy have died of flu-related complications, hospital says
• With two explosions, the demolition of the Fairfax Bridge begins
• Saudis delay second round of blogger’s public flogging
• Sheriff’s mistaken ‘In Dog We Trust’ rug to be auctioned for animal group
• Police: Strippers, guard, smuggled booze, drugs into prison
• Police: Teen impersonates doctor at Florida hospital
• Key figure in incest sex ring silent about missing victim
• Winning numbers for Thursday, Jan. 15
• Inflation was tame in the Midwest and the rest of the U.S. in 2014
• AT&T to take $7.9 billion charge
• Leawood digital marketer Front Flip is acquired by Texas company Shoutz
• MRIGlobal wins $54 million contract from the National Institutes of Health
• Tim Johnston’s ‘Descent’ is a crime novel as gorgeous as the mountains it begins in
• FYI Book Club picks ‘Data, A Love Story’ by Amy Webb
• Royals agree to terms with arbitration-eligible relievers Tim Collins, Louis Coleman
• The week ahead: Housing numbers and earnings reports will be issued
• Sprint’s Virgin Mobile launches shared data plans
• Deal restores wins for Joe Paterno, Penn State
• Stephen Hurt shooting his way into Kansas State’s rotation
• Kansas State-Baylor men’s basketball preview
• Bill Self says slumping Perry Ellis can still be KU’s go-to-player
• Kansas-Iowa State men’s basketball preview
• Health department temporarily shuts down new restaurant The Rim
• Missouri’s Jakeenan Gant still settling into his role
• Missouri-Tennessee men’s basketball preview
• Missouri women fall to No. 1 South Carolina
• Cottages of Cross Point Creek near everything you need
• New Befort spec planned at Cottonwood Canyon
• Kansas Democrats quiet about Brownback’s budget proposals
• Report: Kansas student financial aid not covering costs