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January 8, 2015

• Unemployment applications fall, suggesting strong hiring
• The Star’s high school basketball rankings (Jan. 8)
• Grand jury investigates loans to the re-election campaign of Gov. Sam Brownback
• Kansas City gets some needed help tearing down dangerous buildings
• Obama issues three veto threats in two days
• Study: Financially insecure people less likely to vote
• Bill would raise Kansas’ minimum wage $3
• Kansas City seeks applicants for municipal judge vacancy
• Chiefs take a chance on receiver Da’Rick Rogers
• Chiefs’ Will Shields is Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist
• Chiefs to work out veteran linebacker Erin Henderson
• The Star’s high school athletes of the week (Jan. 8)
• Readers share thoughts on Rep. Kevin Yoder, drive-by shootings and K-State football coach Bill Snyder
• St. Louis County prosecutor must test DNA evidence before Missouri execution
• KCI’s future deserves more public scrutiny
• Woman plunging toilet pulls out 5 1/2-foot snake
• France hunts for two suspects; nation mourns Charlie Hebdo victims
• Girl, 5, dies after father throws her off bridge
• How the public might help pay for a new stadium in St. Louis
• Gov. Jay Nixon signals that he’s turning a page with lawmakers
• Pat Roberts, Roy Blunt claim Senate committee chairmanships
• TheChat: Sen. Claire McCaskill warns Republicans not to go too far on Keystone
• Kansas City, Kan., pleads for tips to solve the fatal drive-by shooting of baby
• KC police arrest two after car chase
• ‘Zelda,’ ‘Halo 5’ among anticipated games due in 2015
• Elk sightings become more frequent for Kansas hunters
• Madison Duello of Liberty is The Star’s All-Metro volleyball player of the year
• SM East’s Elizabeth Barnickel is The Star’s All-Metro girls tennis player of the year
• PGA Tour season set to resume in Hawaii
• Investigator says NFL should have sought more in Ray Rice case
• Carlton Bragg’s slip-up doesn’t stop Kansas fans from celebrating
• Lorenzo Cain’s jersey has been top seller this offseason for Royals
• Apple says it has created or supported more than a million U.S. jobs
• French police detain nine in massive hunt for two suspects
• Two suspects in Paris newspaper attack elude dragnet
• Boating, traffic fatalities down in 2014 in Missouri
• Missouri teen gets 30-year prison sentence in stepsister’s death
• Missouri town unites to give sick girl a fireworks show
• Man who profanely ambushed on-air TV reporter fined $300
• Friend: Girl thrown off bridge hated water
• Possible explosives force the evacuation of Kansas City, North, apartments
• Patricia Cahill renominated by president for public broadcasting post
• Clock outside Union Station suddenly crashes to the ground
• Body found near Park Hill High School is that of missing woman
• Kauffman Foundation announces $2.5 million in grants for KC area schools, education programs
• Winning numbers for Thursday, Jan. 8
• Macy’s is reorganizing merchandising and marketing and will close a few stores
• Definition of ‘full-time’ work varies widely, debate on shifting Obamacare threshold to 40 hours points out
• Honda is fined a record $70 million for underreporting injury claims
• LaunchKC will attract 10 technology startups to Kansas City
• Supplier for the Ford Transit van will open SubTropolis facility, adding 50 jobs
• Sprint updates customer count, but keeps final tally secret
• Police: Man wearing Joker mask robs Kansas pizzeria
• K-State miracle architect Bill Snyder gets the call from college football’s hall
• Kansas State’s Marcus Foster flashes top form after slump
• Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder elected to college Hall of Fame, according to sources
• Ohio power forward Carlton Bragg commits to KU basketball team
• JoyceKC: Restaurant updates
• Mizzou beats LSU 74-67 in OT of SEC hoops opener
• Missouri notes: Montaque Gill-Caesar out with injury against LSU
• Replay: Tweets from Thursday’s Mizzou-LSU game