Freedom's Frontier to receive $25,000 grant
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area will get a $25,000 donation from the Kansas Health Foundation in honor of Deanell Tacha who leaves the foundation’s board after 18 years. The funds support a comprehensive heritage map linking Civil War sites and events across 41 Kansas and Missouri counties.
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Kansas Health Foundation
Deanell Tacha
The
Freedom’s Frontier
Tacha
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawrence
Kansas Health Foundation Board
Community Founda
Billings
Community Christmas dinner seeks donations in Lawrence
Donations requested for a Lawrence Christmas dinner to serve the community. Deb Engstrom says needed items include turkeys ham and pies. Call 330-3105 to arrange drop offs or pickup pies to First United Methodist Church 946 Vermont on Christmas Day. Volunteers may report to the church at 11 a.m. for meal delivery or serving. Meals served 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Christmas Day.
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Lawrence
Deb Engstrom
Engstrom
First United Methodist Church
Westar helicopter crew to inspect 400 miles of lines
ToPeEKA A helicopter team from Westar Energy will survey about 400 miles of transmission lines from Johnson County west to Salina and south to Wichita to verify compliance with federal clearance requirements. The task, starting Dec 1 in Johnson County including Lenexa and Olathe, will move through Lawrence Topeka Manhattan Junction City and Salina before heading south to Wichita, with completion expected by year end.
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Westar Energy
Johnson County
Salina
Wichita
Westar
Gina Penzig
Lenexa
Olathe
Lawrence
Topeka
Manhattan
Junction City
Two drown as boy missing after lake incident near Coffey County
In Coffey County at John Redmond Reservoir, an 11-year-old boy named Jeremy Jenkins is missing and presumed drowned after his father Jason Jenkins and uncle Clinton Yeager died in a boating accident. Deputies found the two bodies on the shoreline following the wreck on a weekend call.
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Burlington
Kansas
Jeremy Jenkins
John Redmond
Coffey County
Topeka Police Shoot Stolen Car Suspect
Topeka police shot and wounded a suspect after a vehicle theft during a home invasion. Police say the suspect pointed a firearm at an officer during a brief pursuit, prompting the police to open fire.
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Topeka
Conservative leaders push tax cuts amid budget gaps in Kansas House
Kansas Republicans push a GDP aligned tax cut plan to lure business while facing a near 500 million dollar deficit after cuts. Arlen Siegfreid won House majority leader 54 to 36 vows unity. Jean Vickrey edged Anthony Brown 47 to 43 for speaker pro tem amid GOP contests. Democrats re elected Paul Davis as minority leader and Barbara Ballard as caucus chair.
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O’neal
House
Arlen Siegfreid
Olathe
Richard Carlson
St. Marys
Siegfrei
Siegfreid
Ray Merrick
Anthony Brown
R-Eudora
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Jim Ward
Wichita
Barbara Ballard
Davis
Vickrey
Ballard
Sprint to phase out Nextel network by 2015
Notable Sprint Nextel Corp plans a 2013 start to phase out the Nextel portion, with complete shutdown by 2015 after subscriber losses since the 2005 merger. Borders Group could grow via a Barnes & Noble buyout, but analysts warn of risks to both in a shrinking book market. Activist William Ackman and his firm offer to back a 963 million Borders bid for Barnes & Noble Inc.
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Sprint Nextel Corp
Nextel
Sprint
Barnes & Noble
Borders Group
William Ackman
Borders
Barnes & Noble Inc
Market indices and futures close lower on Monday
Dow falls 1990 points to 11362.19 while Nasdaq dips to 2594.92 and S P 500 at 1223.12. Bond yields rise with 30 year treasuries at 4.25 percent. Commodities turn down with corn 5.5 cents, soybeans 11.75 cents, wheat 14 cents, and oil up 19 cents to 89.38.
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Dow Industrials
S&p
Treasury
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Google opens U.S. store for electronic books
Google launches eBooks in the United States challenging Amazon with 3 million titles from 4,000 publishers including Simon & Schuster and Random House. The service aims to expand to 15 million scanned works and beyond, pending a federal antitrust settlement with publishers and authors.
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Google Inc
Amazon.com Inc
Kindle
Internet
U.S
Google
CBS Corp
Simon & Schuster Inc
Random House Inc
Pearson PLC
Penguin Group
Amanda Edmonds
USS. Publishers
Amazon.com
U.S. Justice Department
Apple Inc
Forrester Research
Mountain View
Calif
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