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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Nebraska to pay Kansas $5.5 million in a long-running legal dispute over use of water from the Republican River.
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Read More »Anti-evolution group challenging Kansas school science standards
TOPEKA, Kan. — An anti-evolution group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block Kansas from using new, multistate science standards in its public schools, arguing the guidelines promote atheism and violate students’ and parents’ religious freedom. The group, Citizens for ...
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Read More »Employers eager for new foreign worker program
WASHINGTON — As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing. But employers that struggle ...
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Read More »Eye Opener: Baltimore casino could be approved July 31
The Video Lottery Terminal Location Commission — more commonly known as the slots commission — has announced that it will meet July 31. The biggest ticket item on the agenda? The award of the license for a downtown Baltimore casino, ...
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Read More »3 Md. school workers split Mega Millions win
Some lottery players might fantasize about resigning from the rat race in a spectacular way if they win. An anonymous trio of Maryland educators who will split a share of the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot say they’re staying ...
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Read More »Law blog roundup
Here are some news items to hold you over until tonight’s major court case, Kansas v. Kentucky. — Facebook’s attorneys must act quickly. — Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer laments. — Do the NFL players, coaches allegedly involved in “Bountygate” need criminal ...
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Read More »3 Mega Millions winners still at large
The record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot climbed to $656 million on Monday, though no one holding one of the three winning tickets has come forward yet to claim a share of the prize, officials said. Three tickets — one each in ...
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Read More »To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land ...
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Read More »Cantaloupe outbreak from possible listeria is deadliest in a decade
WASHINGTON — Health officials say as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that 72 ...
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Read More »Kansas works on abortion rules despite challenge
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas health officials moved ahead Tuesday with work designed to preserve new regulations for abortion providers despite a legal challenge in federal court that so far has blocked their enforcement. The state Department of Health and Environment ...
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