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January 29, 2015

• Five things to watch in Best of the Midwest Showcase
• Birdies Has a Lot to Chirp About
• House Dems seek better messaging, not new policies, for 2016
• Jean Peters Baker says she won’t run for Missouri attorney general in 2016
• McCain to protesters: ‘Get out of here, you low-life scum’
• Kansas lawmakers weigh reduced penalties for marijuana possession
• Pay raise for Missouri lawmakers, state officials blocked
• Winning numbers for Wednesday, Jan. 28
• Critics blast Newsweek for ‘provocative’ cover on women in Silicon Valley
• Super Bowl coaches Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll are studies in contrasts
• Look for a record flood of cash in the 2016 elections
• Charges filed in fatal motorcycle wreck in Kansas City
• For the first time, Eagle Days come to Kaw Point Park in KCK
• Grieving two lost sons, Kearney family helps others
• Second suspect is arrested in the kidnapping of a south Kansas City man
• Readers share views on taxes, gender bias and the Koch brothers
• Rare genetic disorder is double burden for family
• Federal judge criticizes prosecutors and investigators at child porn sentencing
• Blast brings down the last section of the Fairfax Bridge (with video)
• Missouri man accused of beating amputee with hammer and stealing medications
• Katy Perry at Super Bowl news conference: ‘I’m just here so I won’t get fined’
• False fire alarm has gone off twice at Patriots hotel in last three days
• Jeremy Guthrie wearing a Seahawks helmet while riding a Segway? Sure, why not?
• Woman is charged in armed robbery in Oak Park Mall parking lot
• The Star’s high school athletes of the week (Jan. 29)
• ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ gets Thursday workout in Kansas, Missouri
• Central Missouri man is convicted in death of 3-year-old boy
• Patriots’ Rob Ninkovich lives up to his number
• Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think
• Snarky in the suburbs: Bragging parents aren’t doing themselves — or their kids — any favors
• Missouri man charged with felony assault after alleged racial slur
• Super Bowl ad featuring 911 call grabbing attention
• Fast-tracking Kansas bill poses a new threat to schools and property owners
• Kansas, Missouri see temporary truce over Common Core standards
• Study: Chances of dying in a car crash plunged over three years
• TheChat: Tom Schweich, Catherine Hanaway are already at odds
• ‘Medical mystery’ still stumps doctors amid outbreak of poliolike paralysis
• Shot fired on ATA bus in south Kansas City
• Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor has extra bounce on special teams
• Wright Career College cancels tonight’s classes over threat
• Readers share views on mass shootings, Martin Luther King’s dream and immigration
• ‘The Thorn Birds’ author Colleen McCullough dies at 77
• John Leis: The January effect -- time to evaluate your finances
• New retailers for the Country Club Plaza
• Missouri’s athletic revenue hits $83 million in 2014, but debt, expenses rise as well
• Mizzou athletic director Mike Alden will resign after school year
• Two MU players selected for USA Softball’s college player of the year watch list
• MU diver Clark Thomas wins second straight SEC weekly award
• Missouri signee Sophie Cunningham selected for McDonald’s All-American Game
• Office project is proposed for Corrigan Building in downtown Kansas City
• Kansas City area could be a foreign investment attraction
• Intuit will undo unpopular changes in its TurboTax software
• DST Systems’ profit jumps on solid operations and asset sales
• Earnings climb 15 percent at Capitol Federal
• CommunityAmerica names Lisa Ginter as its new CEO
• Unemployment claims plunge to 15-year low
• MMGY Global expands to Europe
• Kate Spade closing bargain stores, starting China venture
• Amid a decline in sales, McDonald’s CEO steps down
• NCAA puts Wichita State baseball on probation; team vacates victories
• Kansas, K-State women’s basketball teams get Big 12 Conference victories
• Kansas State’s Nino Williams doubtful to play against Kansas
• No. 9 Kansas survives ugly game at TCU, wins 64-61
• Replay: Updates, stats from Wednesday night’s Kansas-TCU game
• KU commitment Carlton Bragg makes McDonald’s All-American team
• Video: Easy-to-make grow light