Kansas City terms limit race sparks bitter debate
Kansas City voters backed a two term limit this month opening nine city posts to newcomers as up to 50 candidates race. Incumbents warn of weak council power while challengers hope for a needed fresh start and minority concerns. A lawsuit may challenge the Voting Rights Act implications of district versus citywide races.
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Richard Berkley
Cleaver
Katheryn Shields
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Virginia Beach Boy Hears Hope After Cord Blood Cure
A four year old Virginia Beach boy returns home after an experimental umbilical cord blood transplant at Johns Hopkins for leukemia. Doctors say he shows no cure certainty yet appears to have beaten a rare leukemia form previously deemed incurable. The procedure used stem cells from his newborn sister’s cord blood, giving him a new blood type and bone marrow in a pioneering treatment.
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Virginia Beach
Michael Sancilio
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Michael
Virginia Beach General Hospital
Scout Food Drive Nets 25 Tons From Local Scouts
Thousands of area Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and Mormon youth aided by 200 adults collected 25 tons of canned goods in the third annual Scout for Food drive across Frederick County. Volunteers sorted packed and delivered to six area food banks with help from Frederick Produce Co. and 350 boxes at the center for distribution.
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Ray Rother
Frederick County
Rother
Frederick Community Center
Chris Keller
Braddock Heights
Mark Loop
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