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Strong wind around the area Sunday caused minor damage. According to the National Weather Service, strong south wind of 30 to 40 mph with gusts over 50 mph were felt across Central Kansas on Sunday afternoon. These strong winds knocked down some tree limbs and blew over some road signs. The stong wind is a prelude to ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in the state. The large, hairy spiders are often depicted as dangerous. But Jim Mason, of the Great Plains Nature Center, says the spiders are generally docile. He says tarantulas rear up on their back legs when ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Jackson County judge has approved a $1.35 million settlement in a civil lawsuit involving a Kansas City priest who's serving 50 years in prison for producing child pornography. A Jackson County judge approved the settlement in the lawsuit filed in 2011 by a girl and her parents against the Kansas ...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked Attorney General Derek Schmidt for a ruling on whether a new state law allowing concealed carry in most public buildings includes polling places. Polling sites in Kansas are often found in places where guns aren't allowed, such as churches and schools. But Kobach says there's "some ambiguity in the ...

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Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution. The Associated Press was given an advance copy of the open letter that is being ...

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Three Topeka area school districts say their computer systems have been attacked recently. The Capital-Journal reports officials with Topeka USD 501 said Friday no data has been compromised in the attacks on that district. Superintendent Julie Ford says it's an ongoing investigation, and the district is working with federal and state authorities. Shawnee Heights Superintendent Marty Stessman ...

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School districts near Army installations are getting a review of academic progress to ensure students of military families are getting their needs met. The review was announced recently by Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno, who says the results will be used among other criteria in future decisions about where to station soldiers. That review includes the ...

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Police in Kansas City, Kan., say a 2-year-old boy has been taken into protective custody after he was found wandering without clothing in a wooded area. Police said in a release Saturday they were called at about 1 a.m. Saturday about a child needing care. A passerby noticed the child walking in the wooded area with ...

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A Kansas judge won't summarily dismiss the case against an abortion protester accused of harassing the woman who opened Wichita's first abortion clinic since Dr. George Tiller's 2009 murder. Sedgwick County Judge James Beasley says in a ruling released Saturday that only a trial can determine whether a Wichita pastor's statements and acts are protected under ...

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Three students at Hutchinson High School are accused of forcibly branding other students on school property. Police told The Hutchinson News the students are accused of branding four other students on their abdomens with wire hangers. All of the students, including the victims, are on the football team. Hutchinson Police Detective Paul Sack says police learned of ...

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Authorities say a football coach was shot outside a theater and later died. Joplin police said Saturday that 37-year old Derek Moore of Joplin was shot Friday night as he was leaving the Northstar 14 Theatres. He died later at a hospital. Moore was in his first year on the Missouri Southern football staff as the offensive ...