Bahrain forces crush protest camp in Manama riot crackdown
Bahrain's army and police moved on Pearl Square early, killing four and sealing off the capital with tanks. Demonstrators report brutal clashes as doctors treat dozens wounded while banners burn and citizens fear a broader crackdown.
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Manama
Bahrain
Gulf Kingdom
Pearl Square
Iran
Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa
Salmaniyah Hospital
Interior Ministry
Mahmoud Mansouri
Sadek Al-Ikri
State grapples with expanding sale sites for alcohol
A Kansas bill would allow more grocery and convenience stores to sell full strength beer and wine while liquor stores keep licenses. The measure faces opposition and support from business groups and witnesses, including QuikTrip and Wal Mart, with debates over jobs, enforcement, and underage sales.
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Kansas
Frances Wood
Topeka
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Coalition For Jobs and Consumer Choice
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
QuikTrip Corp
QuikTrip
Mike Thornbrugh
Kansas City
Missouri
University of Kansas
Dennison Woods
Wichita
Armijo Club Hosts Six by Six Art Show Fundraiser
Students and faculty display works in oils pastels and multimedia pieces for a yearly fundraiser. Prices range around 20 dollars with some pieces about 50 dollars. Proceeds fund a Wichita trip for the Final Friday Gallery walk, the club’s sole revenue source. Works by Armijo Hubbard Tamayo Lozano and Virgil will be on view and for sale.
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Kinder
Wichita
Tamayo
Virgil
Armijo
Hubbard
Lozano
Kinzer pushes immigration bill with race neutral aims
Kinzer plans an Arizona style measure to require offices to justify immigration checks by factors other than race. Democrat Paul Davis doubts a neutral provision can stop profiling, noting Latinos may face citizenship questions on traffic stops. The bill seeks committee sponsorship, with deadlines waived for Federal and State Affairs action.
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Kinzer
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kinzers
Local Servicemen Complete Training and Deployments
Nickolas S. LaPlant graduates basic combat training at Fort Jackson. Sean Villarreal returns from Afghanistan after six years with the U.S. Marine Corps and lives in Garden City with his wife and four children. Brendan D. Schnaithman completes U S Navy basic training at Great Lakes and is a 2008 Garden City High School graduate.
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Army
Nickolas S. LaPlant
Fort Jackson
Columbia
S.C
LaPlant
Garden City High School
Kansas State University
Sean Villarreal
Afghanistan
San Diego
Garden City
Villarreal
U.S. Marine Corps
Iraq
Navy
Brendan D. Schnaithman
Sherry Schnaithman
U.S. Navy
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
Ill
Schnaithman
Rojas named Finney County emergency management director
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue announced Rojas will lead the emergency management department, citing his two decades of county service and broad disaster relief experience with the Red Cross. Rojas chairs Garden City Red Cross and will oversee a two person team in the Law Enforcement Center, starting March 14 at a $20.50 hourly rate.
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Ing County
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Sheriffs Office
Bascue
Rojas
Kansas
Garden City
American Red Cross
Greensburg
Carolyn Henry
Red Cross
Henry
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