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August 1, 2015

• Smarts and heart: The great divide in contemporary plays
• In a culture deeply dependent on surveys, accurate polling gets more elusive
• At the Gem Theater, Mayor Sly James and 12 Kansas City Council members are sworn into office
• Saturday’s Royals-Blue Jays lineups, pitching probables and TV info
• Wade Davis gives up first home run since Aug. 24, 2013
• Designers look abroad for cutting-edge trends
• Herniated disks, like the one Chiefs’ Dontari Poe has, can be tough for linemen
• Midday squalls down trees, power lines, mostly in Johnson County
• The Conversation: Lawyer Mark Johnson assesses the impact of the Voting Rights Act 50 years after its passage
• Woman arrested in stabbing of man in Overland Park
• As the Raymore-Peculiar school year approaches, teacher ousted after showing anti-gay film is sad
• Olathe Northwest graduate pens NBA book, ‘Ranketology’
• Apparent attack by man with ax leads to arrest in Shawnee
• Man pulled from Missouri River was OK
• Search continues for man charged with murder
• Part of Smithville Lake to be closed Saturday afternoon
• 1991 BMW 318iS: Owner has changed almost everything in his ’91 BMW, except the paint
• McCarthy Auto Group makes Make-A-Wish trips of three children come true
• Vargas Custom Body Shop has been restoring cars for 36 years
• 2015 Jeep Cherokee Latitude 4x4: A lot of SUV for the money
• New and old hot rods turn out at Gladstone Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram
• KCK man lost at sea when torpedoes sunk USS Indianapolis is not forgotten
• Man still at large is charged in homicide near University of Kansas Hospital
• 2-year-old dies after being found in a Kansas City hotel swimming pool
• Those who remember tiny Armstrong community in KCK gather to share memories
• Natural Baseball Academy wins Ban Johnson championship
• Lenexa police offer their own videos in response to video of arrest posted online
• Readers react to discrimination, Cecil the lion and the U.S. math team
• For Kansas City’s arts scene, leadership shifts and building projects mean summer is a season of change
• Former Missouri player who is now in the NFL buys his parents a surprise wedding ceremony
• Accident snarls traffic on I-70
• KCK police investigating woman’s death
• Sobriety checks yield DUI arrests
• Meet Michael Andrew, the 16-year-old possible heir to the U.S. swimming throne who trains in his Lawrence backyard
• Family wanted: James hopes for a home
• Robert Hemenway, former University of Kansas chancellor, dies at 73
• Hunters love getting together with friends to pursue big (and tasty) bullfrogs
• Toys and miniatures score raves at museum reopening in Kansas City
• ‘The Dorito Effect’ gets 5 stars for showing how science changed food
• Hunter S. Thompson haunts a disappointing ‘Gonzo Girl’
• Workshops offer space and tools to scratch your DIY itch
• Atom bomb survivors tell painful, riveting stories in ‘Nagasaki’
• Winning numbers for July 31, 2015
• Readorama: Explorer William Clark had dubious dealings before he was famous
• Getting to the heart of Harlem: History at the Apollo, food on restaurant row
• YRC stock jumps 26 percent on good earnings, the most since 2013
• Stocks end lower as oil giants’ earnings and shares slump
• Database shows University of Kansas Medical Center doctors got $116,000 in free meals in 2014
• Ben Zobrist homers twice, Royals outlast Blue Jays 7-6
• Royals fall to Blue Jays 7-6 in 11 innings for third straight loss
• Business is popping at the new KC Soda Co. in the Legends
• Shoal Creek Valley provides promotional offer for few remaining home sites
• Stonebridge to showcase three sets of model rows
• Final phase now open in Bluestem
• KC mirrors national housing trends
• Eagle Creek offers variety of homes featuring one-level living
• Chapel Hill releases new home sites, building new models
• Escape the summer heat at Cedar Creek
• Village of Loch Lloyd has open house weekend