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        • Riley Co. boys accused of posting images of girls 12:00 pm
          Riley County officials say five school boys are suspected of posting pornographic images of at least 10 juvenile girls online.
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          Wichita-based Via Christi Health says tough finances are forcing it to eliminate 350 to 400 jobs at its facilities throughout Kansas.
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          Federal regulators are putting the site of an old zinc and lead smelting operation in southeast Kansas on a list of hazardous waste places with highest priority for cleanup.
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          A Shawnee County District Judge says a Topeka man committed indirect contempt by posting online comments while serving as a juror in a murder trial.
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          Salina's city commission will consider allowing liquor sales in the city on Sunday.
        • Sheriff: Death in Topeka school lot not suspicious May. 21, 2013
          Shawnee County officials say the death of a man whose body was found in a car on the campus of a Topeka school is not considered suspicious.
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          Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.
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          A veteran employee of the Kansas Department of Corrections has been named to the state Prisoner Review Board.
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          A new report says Kansas farmers have planted about 70 percent of this year's corn crop.But Monday's weekly update from Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service also says planting of the corn crop trails the 97 percent planted by the same time last year, and the average of 74 percent.
        • Lois Ann Green May. 21, 2013
          Lois Ann Green, 71, of Westfall, Kan., died Friday, May 17, 2013, at her home.
        • William E. Good May. 21, 2013
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        • Morning Minutes: May 20 May. 20, 2013
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        • Severe weather chances continue Monday May. 20, 2013
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        • Kan. lawmakers to restart public tax negotiations May. 15, 2013
          Republicans in the Kansas Legislature hoped Wednesday to see some movement toward an agreement on tax issues as House and Senate negotiators prepared to restart their public talks on cutting income taxes.
        • Kansas, Armenia tout continued ties May. 15, 2013
          The Kansas adjutant general and top officials with the Armenian Ministry of Defense say a 10-year relationship between the state and the former Soviet republic has yielded benefits for both groups.
        • Kan. Senate approves $202M NBAF bond bill May. 15, 2013
          The Kansas Senate approved an additional $202 million in bonds for construction of the new federal biodefense lab in Manhattan on Wednesday, despite concerns by conservative Republicans about whether the state could afford it.
        • Brenda L. Gannon May. 15, 2013
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