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October 19, 2015

• New Missouri House speaker hopes to restore legislature’s now-tarnished image
• Spinning Tree Theatre’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is frightfully good
• Catholic schools create scholarships to honor two KC firefighters killed in blaze
• KC car fanatic re-creates ‘Back to the Future’ time machine and other blasts from the past
• Phill Kline sues Kansas Supreme Court, seeking reinstatement of law license
• Looking west, KCK to decide Fire Department’s future
• A new generation of activists is rising on college campuses
• Leggio funeral procession to pass several fire stations
• Welcome ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn’ to The Star’s comics lineup
• Two people shot during Tombstone Old West gunfight re-enactment
• TheChat: Jeb Bush defends his brother against Donald Trump
• Electrifying progress: Overhead wires for KC streetcar line will be powered up for testing
• Report: Blunt, Moran expected to benefit from Koch fundraiser
• 'SNL' debate parody boffo with politicos
• New Weight Watchers partner Oprah Winfrey has publicly battled weight over the years
• Gov. Jay Nixon slices $46 million from Missouri budget to cover lost revenue from tobacco settlement
• KU provost Jeff Vitter is poised to be Ole Miss chancellor
• Readers share views on sex education, presidential debates, Kris Kobach
• 10 predictions that ‘Back to the Future Part II’ got right
• Household appliances examined in probe of blaze that killed two KC firefighters
• Fire warning issued for Kansas City area; high temps expected all week
• Charges filed after car hits officers in Overland Park
• Police identify shooting victim found on Kansas City sidewalk
• Man said he was pulled over by someone claiming to be a North Kansas City police officer
• Follow Defense Department lead to crack down on for-profit colleges
• U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas: Benghazi worse than Watergate
• Salvador Perez does impromptu Marx Brothers routine with Lorenzo Cain at Toronto airport
• No smooth ride for Kevin Harvick at Kansas Speedway
• Carl Edwards fails to get Kansas Speedway win he covets
• ALCS Game 2 recap: Stories, videos from The Star
• The Colts ran the worst play in the history of football against New England
• Royals front-office assistant J.J. Picollo interviews for Phillies GM job
• Ladd Biro: Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good
• Chris Young earned ALCS Game 4 role for Royals in wake of father’s recent death
• Kansas Speedway notes: Chiefs pay homage to Jeff Gordon
• Fishing Tournament Trail for Oct. 20
• Chiefs’ West makes no excuses for fumble, which coach calls a learning experience
• Chiefs’ Jeff Allen is “pretty close” to 100 percent
• Chiefs coach Andy Reid is not tempted to give up play-calling duties
• A creative, sad, and darkly comedic loss means the Chiefs need to look beyond 2015
• Chiefs notebook: Jeremy Maclin, Mike DeVito suffer concussions
• Frustrations mount for Derrick Johnson, Chiefs
• Lenexa dad’s bedtime story selected for children’s book
• Shawnee set for renovation of council chambers
• Letters to the editor: Clinton’s gun proposal, Millenials, a response to Danedri Herbert’s column on abortion rates
• Winning lottery numbers for Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18
• Seattle Fish Co. expands in Kansas City area
• Farmers Insurance pays to settle complaint under Missouri no-call list law
• Sprint Accelerator starts Intentional Collisions sessions
• Halliburton sales drop 36 percent as oil downturn reduces fracking
• Baylor receiver Corey Coleman becoming Heisman candidate
• Boulevard Brewing adds six more states to its expanding territory
• Missouri’s Maty Mauk remains suspended
• Chris Young visits Hockey Hall of Fame with wife, a member of NHL’s Patrick family
• The Royals would love an encore performance from Johnny Cueto in Game 3 vs. Blue Jays
• ALCS notebook: Royals look to tie Baltimore with 10th straight win
• Royals playoff memory for Oct. 19
• Royals’ Kelvin Herrera finding success in October after mastering new pitch
• Two-hit games by Edwin Encarnacion, Troy Tulowitzki provide glimmer of light for Jays
• Jays’ Marcus Stroman looks to write another comeback story
• There’s a boom of small hotels in downtown Kansas City
• Kansas State coach Bill Snyder sends apologetic letter to students in wake of 55-0 blowout vs. OU
• How to stop Kansas will be focus of Big 12 basketball Media Day on Tuesday
• Police: 11 injured in Kansas crash involving a spider