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April 30, 2015

• High school results - April 29
• KC Chiefs fans need to work on grammar, but they’re way better than Washington
• Bishops ask lawmakers to expand Medicaid in Kansas
• Spring sports postseason preview ... from A to Z
• Robocalls urge Kansans to oppose changes to tax exemption for businesses
• Hundreds rally at Kansas Statehouse to support social services
• Compromise allows some digital signs near Kansas City homes
• Louie Wright’s petition for recount dismissed
• GOP House measure would block local DC abortion rights law
• Supreme Court justices fiercely debate the use of a lethal injection drug
• Kansas City Council modifies rules for liquor cards
• Study: Global warming will push one in every 13 species to extinction
• Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes bill cutting Missouri welfare benefits
• Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura drops appeal, starts serving seven-game suspension Thursday
• Royals’ Alcides Escobar out for Thursday’s game, will be re-evaluated Friday
• Alex Gordon to lead off for Royals on Thursday night vs. Tigers
• Danny Duffy takes mound as Royals begin four-game series with Detroit
• How many Royals have been hit by pitches this season? Here’s a tracker
• The Star’s NFL Draft tracker: Chiefs pick CB Marcus Peters; Bucs take Winston No. 1
• Orioles’ Caleb Joseph signs autographs for imaginary fans in empty Camden Yards
• Kansas City Repertory Theatre breaks ground on major makeover of its home at UMKC
• Mike Parson’s aim: He’ll stay positive and focus on farming, ethics reform
• Readers share views on discrimination, Rep. Kevin Yoder and public education
• Gov. Jay Nixon stands up for kids by vetoing bill that cuts welfare benefits
• Outdoors Digest: Kansas seeking public input about boundaries for duck-hunting zones
• The luckiest people in the world?
• Baltimore police hand report on Gray death to prosecutor
• Kansas City wins approval to become City Year program site
• Not guilty plea for man charged in shooting over daughter’s pulled hair
• Watch Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao talk to media for last time before fight
• Naked paranoids begging police to save them? That’s flakka!
• Ohio State drum major instructor accused of rape, kidnapping
• Pro-style quarterbacks are rare in this draft
• KC charter school builds brains with music, with help from national program
• After officials call for raising Missouri gas tax, bill advances in Missouri Senate
• Former K-State golfer Robert Streb hopes to have other plans during Watson Challenge
• Independence man charged with child molestation
• Rating the top fullback prospects in the 2015 NFL Draft
• Charges filed after big KCK meth bust
• Oak Grove schools resume bus routes in the afternoon after vandals slash tires
• Driver killed when cement truck tumbles off bridge near Smithville
• Springfield man charged in fatal scooter accident
• Get out and enjoy the month of May, day by day
• Passing motorist performs CPR on Osage Beach officer injured in crash
• Denver-area school won’t let girl eat Oreos in her lunchbox
• Barricaded Northland man surrenders to KC police, ending standoff
• Cop investigating burglary kills dog at wrong address
• Ranking the top quarterback prospects in the 2015 NFL Draft
• Toddler seriously injured by lawn mower in Leavenworth County
• TheChat: Jamilah Nasheed seeks tougher standard on police deadly force
• Ward Holmquist is no longer the artistic director of the Lyric Opera
• The Star’s high school athletes of the week (April 30)
• Authorities seek assistance in finding missing Independence man
• FBI seeking vandals who damaged Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City
• New recycling effort will benefit the Kansas City area
• Two juveniles in custody in south KC for firing handgun numerous times
• Winning numbers for Wednesday, April 29
• General Motors will spend $5.4 billion to upgrade U.S. plants
• YRC Worldwide reports a smaller net loss in the first quarter
• New railcar standards for the transportation of flammable liquids will be announced Friday
• Talc powder link to ovarian cancer sparks growing legal battle
• Area building activity enjoys a spring spurt
• Sprint links customers to Boingo Wi-Fi at 35 airports
• Defect in a key component reportedly slows the Apple Watch
• One email ended the pain and saved the career of Royals pitcher Chris Young
• Alcides Escobar hit by pitch, exits early as Royals lose 7-5 to Indians
• New Mizzou athletic director Mack Rhoades wants to restore Border War; KU’s Zenger won’t rule it out
• Kansas’ Bill Self ‘so proud’ of Andrew Wiggins’ rookie of the year honor
• Prairiefire signs Grimaldi’s pizzeria and Made in KC shop
• Downtown’s Ingredient restaurant closes
• Home in Loch Lloyd wins American Dream Award
• Kansas teens arrested for alleged threats against school
• Former Kansas school safety director to stand trial on sex charges