Kansas legislators urged to fund KU medical education building
KU asks for 75 million in bonds to build a new medical education facility in Kansas City to train about 50 more students a year and update equipment. Support would include 25 million from state, 1 million annually for 15 years, with remainder from university funds and private gifts. Almost half of active Kansas physicians were trained at KU.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Downton Abbey fuels US debates on class and capitalism
George Will argues the PBS series sanctifies aristocratic comfort and paternalist governance, contrasting it with American ideals of mobility and economic dynamism. He cites Dickens and Jefferson Hamilton as foils to show how nostalgia ignores market-driven progress and broader liberty.
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Virginia
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Alexander Hamilton
Manhattan
Old Home Town snow storm hits Lawrence in 1914
The Lawrence Daily Journal-World notes 4.9 inches of snow in 48 hours, the heaviest of the winter up to the storm. Snow shovelers cleared sidewalks and streetcars struggled to maintain schedules over the past two days.
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Thug word reveals bias in Dunn case and public view
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues Dunn used the term thug to demean Jordan Davis and notes how bias shapes perceptions of black youths. He cites Dunn's letters praising violence and racial hostility, urging readers to confront how language obscures truth and sustains racial stereotypes.
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Satellite Beach
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California
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Los Angeles
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Uganda
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Justin Bieber
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The
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