Kansas City jazz district refurbishment lags despite funds
After over twenty years of planning and about 38.8 million dollars in public money, only a few blocks in Kansas City’s famed jazz district have been refurbished, leaving the promised district largely unfinished. Separately, Jun'ichi Watanabe’s steamy novel A Lost Paradise, once a sensation in Japan, now reaches U.S. readers.
Lawrence resident named Farmland chief executive
Lawrence resident Bob House becomes the new top executive of Farmland Industries and will oversee expansion plans including a new line of bread marketing.
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Bob House
OPEC Considers Output Hike to Curb Fuel Prices
International pressure rises as OPEC members back boosting official oil output by at least 500000 barrels per day to curb surging fuel prices. The move signals coordinated action amid market concerns and potential policy shifts.
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Petroleum Producers’ Cartel
Quotable quote captures grim plea about daily danger
A stark line reflects a speaker seeking mercy and safety while tending patients in a high risk environment, revealing fear of harming someone and a daily prayer for protection and survival.
Kathy Clonnger at University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center
Nurse Kathy Clonnger works at the University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center as details from Page 1A note her role and affiliation. The fragment informs her position within the medical facility.
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Kansas University
Margaret Amini
San Antonio
Tex
Maggie Rose Amini
Emily Minor
Louisiana
Kathy Clonnger
The
University of Illinois At
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Kansas students face state test gap in history
Betsy OBrien, an eighth grader in Lawrence, and classmate Rahul Gogineni must answer Kansas history questions on a statewide exam though their district teaches the subject only in ninth grade. Districts statewide argue the conflict highlights accountability efforts in public education as most Kansas districts require a Kansas history unit by seventh or eighth grade.
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Betsy O’brien
Lawrence
O’brien
Southwest Junior High School
Rahul Gogineni
Gogineni
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Education
Betsy O'Brien
Kansas paleontologist backs Xiphactinus as state fossil
Alan Detrich aims to boost Kansas image by pushing to adopt the 85 million year old Xiphactinus fossil as an official state symbol with endorsement from the Kansas State Board of Education before the Legislature in January. He argues the move would signal that Kansas has moved past last year's debate over evolution in public school testing.
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Melissa Laceys
Brad Kemp
Kansas University Natural History Museum
Kansas
Alan Detrich
Great Bend
Detrich
Kansas State Board of Education
Clinton and Barak Meet to Salvage Mideast Talks
President Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in New York to salvage Middle East peace negotiations amid the Millennium Summit. The 90 minute talks yielded no details and left Arafat's stance unchanged as Jerusalem holy site disputes stall talks.
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Clinton
Ehud Barak
Middle East
New York
Kofi Annan
Barak
Jiang Zemin
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Waldorf-Astoria
Midtown Manhattan
Gadi Baltiansky
Yasser Arafat
Jerusalem
Blueblood candidates dress down for campaign
Scranton report notes Gore and Bush scaling back the pageantry toward everyday campaigning. Gore tapes Oprah! in Chicago while Bush leans into an everyman routine amid waning polls. The race centers on education health care and Social Security in battleground states.
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al Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Shooky
White House
Gore
Oprah
Chicago
Bush
Joe
Town Hall
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