Mass. Street Mardi Gras Parade Draws Dozens on Tuesday
Dozens of Mardi Gras revelers parade down Massachusetts Street Tuesday with Tom Krause in a top hat and mask. Ann Pike, Deb Jennings, and Deborah McMullen are pictured center and right with masks, a wagon, face paint, and feathers. Ash Wednesday starts today, the day after Fat Tuesday. See St. John Church preparations on page 3A.
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City leaders oppose school closings in budget crisis
At a joint local government session in Lawrence two city commissioners urged the school board to protect neighborhood schools as the district faces a $5 million budget cut next year due to reduced state aid and higher insurance costs.
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Baldwin City Democrat Tom Holland to run for governor
State Senator Tom Holland of Baldwin City formally announces a bid for Kansas governor with a 1 p.m. news conference at the intersection of 10th and Garfield near Lowman Hill Elementary in Topeka. Holland, 48, faces an uphill race against U.S. Senator Sam Brownback as the presumed Republican nominee.
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Tutankhamun died from malaria and broken leg study says
Egypt's Tutankhamun, famed boy pharaoh, likely died from complications of a broken leg worsened by malaria. DNA tests and CT scans on Tut and 15 others support a family tree linking Akhenaten as father and a sister as mother. The Journal of the American Medical Association report outlines his nine year reign and links to mummification scars.
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Sunny and Warmer With High Near 39
The forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer conditions with a high around 39 degrees. Page 10B features the regional outlook and extended outlook notes for the day.
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