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March 2, 2016

• This week in Kansas City: MIAA men’s and women’s basketball tourney, First Friday gallery openings, Marble Crazy, LunaFest and the Kansas City Roller Warriors
• Frank Higgins’ ‘Gunplay’ looks at gun rights from all angles
• Q&A: Chip and Joanna Gaines
• Royals’ Eric Hosmer swipes right on Tinder and it’s magic
• Super Tuesday: Clinton wins 7, Trump wins 6 states — but rivals take states too
• Monday Poll results: Love for Donald Trump goes only so far
• Readers react to cold weather, Ginger Rogers and Kansas
• As Kansas sinks under Gov. Sam Brownback, a fair tax system must be restored
• New judge will preside over case of Kelli Smith, charged in fatal wreck possibly linked to date rape drug
• Drug-dealing former KC fire captain Gilbert Dowdy will be released from prison
• Odessa woman pleads guilty to using Bates City truck dealership in $924,000 bank fraud
• Readers react to President Barack Obama, the Koch brothers and Bernie Sanders
• ‘Touchdown!’ Scott Kelly returns to Earth with a fist pump and a cult following
• Analysis: Ted Cruz didn’t have the night he wanted
• Audio tape of Raytown fire captures drama
• TheChat: Texas Sen. John Cornyn doubts Donald Trump
• Scenes from Super Tuesday: From Trump trash talk and giant hands to sheer terror on social media
• KC Council panel endorses money for urban youth baseball academy
• Police release name of Kansas City’s latest homicide victim
• New loan fund is intended to help KC urban core developments get off the ground
• Missouri lawmakers discuss ‘stand your ground’ law
• Missouri health care groups oppose 2016 ballot measures to increase tobacco tax
• Kansas business owner is guilty of $800,000 tax fraud
• Missouri man is accused of seeking kids on Craiglist to claim on tax returns
• After Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton enjoy very Super Tuesdays, Wednesday smells like dread
• Super Tuesday victories leave Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in command
• Royals do the honorable thing with Sal Perez contract extension, which has bittersweet timing
• KC will be host to 100 postseason college basketball games in 20 days
• Cheslor Cuthbert made history with his debut last year for Royals
• Alex Gordon leads off for Royals in Cactus League opener
• Fishing report for March 3
• Winning lottery numbers for Tuesday, March 1
• Airing out dirty laundry secret
• Tales of life with boys
• Matt Keenan: We have met the enemy and he smells like Justin Bieber
• Charles Hammer: If you don’t think the climate is changing, ask the armadillo
• Blue Valley Southwest teen gets spirit award
• Stacey Hatton: Who are better mothers, The young or the old?
• Editorial: Right move to inspect rental units
• Guest column: The price isn’t right for a box of gold
• Letters: Religious freedom, ballot box action, remembering history
• Snarky in the Suburbs: Both my kid and my lawyer are on retainer
• Sculpture to serve as memorial to Jewish center victims
• Lenexa gathers input on Old Town area
• Johnson County forums focus on bus options
• New Northland cafe will cater to coffee and beer fans
• Open house showcases master plan for Big Bull Creek park
• Quincy’s dream was cut short but it flourishes on Haitian soccer field
• Volunteers encircle babies with warm arms — and love
• Government Watch: New EPA guidelines to affect Tomahawk sewage treatment plant
• Senior day holds special meaning for Kansas State guard Brian Rohleder
• Three-minute preview: Kansas State men’s basketball vs. TCU
• Country Club Plaza picks industry veteran as its new general manager
• JoyceKC notebook: KC’s oldest brewpub for sale; Belton updates; new Minsky’s
• Leinenkugel’s plans March 7 opening in the Power & Light District
• Pop-up cycling studio extends Leawood lease
• While Mizzou coaches have input, they can’t control athletes’ housing arrangements
• LSU, Ben Simmons weather second-half storm in 80-71 win over Missouri
• Mizzou’s Sophie Cunningham is SEC women’s basketball freshman of the year
• Missouri paid College Sports Solutions $84,720 for assistance in football coaching search
• Kansas City Royals lose 6-2 to Texas Rangers in spring training opener
• Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson could be sidelined for weeks with strained right oblique
• Royals’ Salvador Perez pledges $1 million to KC urban youth baseball academy
• KU football fills out staff with hiring of Tony Hull as running backs coach
• The Kansas City Star names Greg Farmer as managing editor
• Retirement ranking likes Kansas — but not Missouri
• Oil pioneer Aubrey McClendon, charged with rigging bids, dies in crash
• Sports Authority is closing two area stores as it reorganizes under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
• Will Koch Industries buy Corporate Woods?
• Biz Snapshot: As road projects heat up, Gun-Ko is ready to roll
• Sprint chief experience officer Robert L. Johnson will leave company
• Voter anxiety is at odds with economists’ optimism
• Sprint taps former T-Mobile executive for customer experience post
• Sprint finance chief Tarek Robbiati speaks March 9 at industry conference
• It’s already time to be thinking about spring cleaning in the garden. A few tips...