KU Men's Team Reaches Final in Academic Performance Tournament
Kansas University's men's team advances to the Academic Performance Tournament final, matching its basketball success with a perfect APR of 1000 for four straight years. Belmont University wins the title as KU falls short in the final. Colorado eliminates the women's team in the first round with an APR of 982. Kansas reporter Matt Erickson notes KU office hours March 27 in the Kansas Union.
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Road work on 23rd Street suspended by KDOT
The Kansas Department of Transportation suspended a road maintenance project on East 23rd Street between Haskell and Barker avenues. The three day milling and overlay plan was halted due to cold temperatures and possible snow this weekend. Traffic will be reduced to one lane 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until rescheduled.
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Obama warns of enclave for extremism in Syria
President Barack Obama warned that Syria could become an enclave for extremism after Assad's collapse, while noting a risk of chaos and a hotbed for extremists. He in Amman brokered a Israel Turkey phone call yielding Netanyahu's apology for the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, a regional diplomatic win. Jordan's King Abdullah II accompanied the visit, as regional tensions persist amid unrest and reforms.
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Groundhog Phil Indicted Over Early Spring Claim
AP Cincinnati reports Punxsutawney Phil faces a mock indictment in Ohio after predicting early spring without his shadow. Officials describe the charge as misrepresentation of spring, a playful count with a joking death penalty cited by Prosecutor Mike Gmoser as the checkered timing of the season lingers in the 30s across the region.
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Palm Sunday Parade Reenacts Jerusalem Entry In Lawrence Church
Members of Family Church of Lawrence invite neighbors to a Palm Sunday parade from 9 a.m. starting at 16th and New Hampshire, reenacting Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem. The route proceeds to 15th and Massachusetts then 17th before returning to the church for breakfast and a 10:30 a.m. service.
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