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- Project LAUNCH Launched In Kansas
More than 600 Finney County families will benefit from a $4.25 million grant awarded to the Kansas Department of Health Environment by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. - Corps Of Engineers To Waive Fees For Veterans
The Army Corps of Engineers will waive day-use fees for veterans, active and reserve component service members and their families on Veterans Day, November 11. - Caregiving Workshops Scheduled
Two workshops are scheduled to help those caring for elderly parents. - WU Soccer Coach Honored By Student Life
Washburn University awarded soccer coach Tim Collins the October Student Life Achieving Excellence Award. - Package That Smelled Like Pot Sends Man To Prison
54-year old Leon B. Livingston was sentenced Tuesday on federal drug charges. - New Nemaha Valley School Building Opens
The new Nemaha Valley Elementary and Middle School opened Tuesday, more than two years after fire destroyed Seneca's old school building. - Wamego Voters Approve School Expansion
USD 320 voters approved a $9.3 million bond issue to expand and renovate Wamego's Central Elementary School. - Long Line For H1N1 Vaccinations In Riley County
Riley County saw huge demand Tuesday for its H1N1 vaccination clinic.
- 5 British Soldiers Shot Dead In Afghanistan
Five British soldiers were killed and six others were wounded when an Afghan National Police officer opened fire on them, military officials said Wednesday. - Quake Injures 700 In Southern Iran
An earthquake struck southern Iran's Hormozgan province early Wednesday, injuring about 700 people, state-run media reported. - Attorney: Alleged 'Jewish Terrorist' Unstable
An American-born Israeli man, described by police as a "Jewish terrorist," is mentally unstable and in need of psychiatric help, his attorney told CNN Monday. - Gaza On Swine Flu Alert
Swine flu has not reached Gaza yet but with 1.5 million residents squeezed into 360 square kilometers it would appear to be a small miracle. - Czechs Sign EU Lisbon Treaty As Last Obstacle Falls
Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run. - British Mercenary Pardoned Over Equatorial Guinea Plot
British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday. - Somali Pirates Continue Reign of Terror
Somali pirates announced on Saturday that a British couple taken hostage in the Indian Ocean have been transferred from the attackers' ship into central Somalia after a rift between two competing pirate gangs. - Glaciers Disappearing From Kilimanjaro
The ice and snow that cap majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are vanishing before our eyes.
- Ten Key Tuesday Election Races And Results
Tuesday's off-year election might not have the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several significant races are worth watching: - Ten Key Election Races And Results
Tuesday's off-year election may not have had the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several races are significant on the national level. - GOP Wins Key Governor Races, But Lose NY Congressional Seat
A Republican Party left for dead by many in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey. - Months Into Obama's Presidency, Promise Of 'Change' Is A Slow Go
On that unusually balmy Chicago night a year ago, the candidate who campaigned on what he called the "fierce urgency of now" became the president-elect who needed time. - Poll: 54 Percent Approve of Obama
One year after he won a historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House. - Gingrich Set to Speak at Dole Institute
Newt Gingrich speaks up on how to solve America's problems, and looks back to the Republican revolution he created in the 1990s. The former House Speaker speaks Wednesday night in Lawrence. - Aides: Obama Not Watching Election Returns
President Obama is not planning to watch Tuesday nights election returns, Obama aides Robert Gibbs and David Axelrod tell CNN. - Charles Rangel Ethics Probe in Slow Motion
Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel is in the news once again with his introduction of a House bill that will make it harder for taxpayers to hide their money in foreign banks. Critics call him "the poster child for Congressional term limits." Find out why.
- Washburn Rural VS Wichita East Soccer
State quarter finals had Washburn Rural taking on Wichita East in a very intense and exciting game! - Kansas Basketball Opens Exhibition Season With Victory Against Fort Hays State
Preseason All-Americans Sherron Collins, with a game-high 19 points, and Cole Aldrich, with a double-double, paced Kansas to a 107-68 victory against Fort Hays State in its season-opening exhibition basketball game Tuesday. - Lady Blues cruise past Lions
The ninth-ranked Washburn volleyball squad cruised to a 3-0 win over Missouri Southern on Tuesday night at the Young Gymnasium. Washburn took the match with set scores of 25-13, 26-24, 25-18. - Chiefs Claim WR Chris Chambers From Chargers
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the club has been awarded WR Chris Chambers via a waiver claim. - K-State Weekly Football Press Conference
Head Coach Bill Snyder On facing KU head coach Mark Mangino… “The hardest part about it is the fact that he has a very fine football team. That’s what makes it more complex than anything else.’’ - KU FB: Press Conference Quotes
Kansas Football Press Conference Quotes from Nov. 3, 2009 - Nebraska's Suh Faces In-house Discipline For Crash
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh has been disciplined for getting a ticket for negligent driving. - Reesing Ready To Move On After Benching
Todd Reesing is still the starting quarterback at Kansas after being benched during last week's game.
- Package That Smelled Like Pot Sends Man To Prison
54-year old Leon B. Livingston was sentenced Tuesday on federal drug charges. - Tough Economy Linked To Domestic Violence
The tough economy could be leading to an increase in domestic violence calls. - Dog Killed, Agents Injured Serving Search Warrant
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports two agents were injured and a "vicious" dog killed while agents served a search warrant related to the Manufacture of Meth at a home in rural Mulberry, Kansas. - Operation Hot Wheels: Police Look For Stolen Mustang
This week’s featured vehicle is a Purple 1996 Ford Mustang. It was reported taken on October 30th from Topeka in the 2800 block of SE Illinois. - Pharmacy Owners Plead Guilty
A couple who ran a pharmacy in Lyons pleaded no contest to computer crimes and bribery. - Suspects Nabbed in Historic Prescription Drug Bust
Hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxycontin and other drugs are valuable commodities in cities and suburbs. A lot more of them are off the streets in the huge bust. - Former Police Officer Sentenced For Wire Fraud
Former Lawrence police officer Robert Sayler will serve probation for a scheme to steal video games, return empty boxes for cash and sell the disks on eBay. - Police Identify Teen, Toddler As Bodies Found Near Ogden
The Riley County Police Department identified Tanya Maldonado, 18, and Juan Luis Maldonado, 15 months, as the two whose bodies were found near Ogden on Sunday, Oct. 25th. A suspect is in jail in Texas.
- The White House Health Care Plan
Read the full plan outlined by the President in his address to Congress Wednesday night. - The White House Blog
Speaking at the National Academy of Sciences, the President gave assurances on swine flu, tied it to the need for a sustained national commitment to science, and made that commitment. - Centers for Disease Control
Basic swine flu information, answers to your questions, from the CDC - WIBW National News
- Peanut Product Recall
For a complete list of products recalled due to concerns over possibly salmonella-tainted peanut butter, visit the FDA's web site at the following link: - TextWIBW
- Change a Pet's Life Day
For information on Hill's Pet Nutrition's "Chance a Pet's Life Day," January 24th, click the following link: - Peanut Butter Products Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration has a list of products being recalled to due to concerns over possibly salmonella tainted peanut butter at its web site:
- Singer Monica 'Still Standing' After Overcoming Tragedies
At first, R&B singer Monica wanted no part of reality television. - World Needs A Break From Foo Fighters, Says Front Man Grohl
A huge portrait of Dave Grohl hangs in the Control Room of the Foo Fighters' Studio 606. He's wearing a smoking jacket, holding a brandy snifter and looks very much like the Man of the Manor -- albeit one in need of a haircut. - Leno Would Return to "Tonight" if Asked
NBC already has buyer's remorse about moving the former "Tonight Show" host to prime time. Leno says if it's not working with Conan, he would consider the late night shift. - Def Jam Changed Music Business, Still A Power At 25
A recipe that includes a nondescript New York University dorm room, a heavyset Jewish kid from Long Island and a street-wise black guy from Queens seems like an unlikely one to cook up musical history. - Anna Nicole Smith Drug Case To Go To Trial
A judge ruled Friday there was probable cause to try Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two doctors for involvement in an alleged conspiracy to provide drugs to a known addict. - Colbert Boosts U.S. Speed Skating Team
Stephen Colbert may have lost his bid as an underdog presidential candidate last year, but he still wants to represent America any way he can. - Actor Dennis Hopper Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday. - Yankovic Still 'Weird' After All These Years
In the 1980s, it was easy to dismiss the accordion-toting "Weird Al" Yankovic as a one-joke wonder.
- Final Four or Bust?
- Would Jayhawks Bench Make The NCAA Tournament?
- We Weren't Supposed to Get Old!
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- Hot Spot Video Blog: Hot News On The Web
A woman dies trying to win a Wii and Mel Gibson is a father...again. Those stories and more in this online edition of the Hot Spot video blog. - Survivor Samoa SPOILER - Episode 8 - "All Hell Breaks Loose”
Get up to date Survivor Samoa Episode 8 "All Hell Breaks Loose" SPOILER info on the reward challenge, immunity challenge, hidden immunity idol, tribal council, and other events that take place. TRIBES MERGE!
- Mexico Flexes Muscle Against Dangerous, Mysterious Drug Cartel
(CNN) -- Police say that the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia Michoacana this summer killed 12 federal police officers, attacked several police stations, and plotted to drag a cabinet member's name in the mud. - Clinton Calls Aleged Volence, Rapes In Guinea ‘Criminality Of The Greatest Degree’
WASHINGTON (CNN) –Alleged violence by government troops in Guinea represents “criminality of the greatest degree,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. - Homeless Find Hope In Working On TV Show
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (CNN) -- Just a few years ago, Ron Kenebrew was in prison. When he got out, he moved from Arizona to Minnesota, but he soon wound up homeless. - Suspects Arrested In Colombia Massacre Of Indigenous People
(CNN) — Three suspects have been arrested in the August slaying of 12 indigenous Awa people in southwestern Colombia, the military announced Tuesday. - Dalai Lama To Meet With Obama After His Trip To China
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama after the president's trip to China, the State Department said Monday. - Honduras Repeals Emergency Decree
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) — Honduras’ de facto president said Monday he has lifted a controversial emergency decree that had limited some civil liberties. - Annan Arrives In Kenya To Kick-Start Government Reform
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew into Kenya Sunday for three days of meetings aimed at kick-starting the reform process of a coalition government, believed by most observers to be stalled. - U.N. To Inspect Iran Nuclear Plant This Month
(CNN) — United Nations nuclear inspectors will visit Iran’s recently disclosed nuclear power plant on October 25, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Sunday from Tehran.
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