News on Kansas

Few surprises in seeds as NCAA bracket announced

2010-03-14T23:15:19Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - There were few surprises when the 65-team NCAA championship bracket was announced on Sunday with all the predicted top teams earning number one seeds.</p><p>Top seeds Kansas will begin March Madness in the Midwest against 16t...

College Rejection - Helping Your Teen Handle it Effectively

2010-03-14T00:51:55Z

By April 1st, most college applicants will know where they have been accepted, wait-listed, or rejected. College rejection is especially difficult for teenagers to handle. Many upon receiving the letter that begins "I am sorry to inform you" are devastated. They have spent four years studying hard, did test prep for the SAT and ACT, joined activities and became leaders, and poured out their hearts on the applications and essays. Why wasn't that enough to get accepted?<br><br>Deali...

B12 Kansas Oklahoma St Basketball

2010-03-11T19:32:05Z

Oklahoma State guard Adrea Riley (10) drives to the goal past teammate Megan Byford, top, and Kansas' Carolyn Davis, left, in the first half of an Kansas officials discuss 4 options for expanding rail service from Kansas City to north Texas</div><div><p>Kansas is a step closer to expanding passenger rail service in the state, but trains won't start rolling for several years.</p><p>The state Department of Transportation released a study Thursday out...

Products recalled due to possible salmonella risk

2010-03-10T13:46:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Recalled products linked to potential salmonella risk</div><div><p>The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:</p><p>____</p><p>Dutch Valley Food Distributors Inc. of <...

Big 12 Colorado Texas Tech Basketball

2010-03-10T12:01:41Z

Texas Tech guard John Roberson (21) catches the ball while covered by Colorado guard Nate Tomlinson (1) during the second half of a NCAA college bas...

Highest, lowest state jobless rates at a glance

2010-03-10T11:00:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Highest and lowest state unemployment rates in January, at a glance</div><div><p>The Labor Department on Wednesday said that unemployment rates rose in 30 states in January, as jobs remain scarce across the country.</p><p>Here are the states with the highest and lowest jobless rates:</p><p>HIGHEST:</p><p>Michigan: 14.3 percent</p><p>Nevada: 13 percent</p>&l...

Parkinson calls Kan. jobless rate `discouraging'

2010-03-10T10:16:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Parkinson says rise in Kan. unemployment rate discouraging, urges lawmakers to find solutions</div><div><p>Gov. Mark Parkinson called Kansas' first unemployment report for 2010 "discouraging," urging legislators Wednesday to put politics aside in finding solutions.</p><p>The state Department of Labor says Kansas' jobless rate in January wa...

Kan. mulling new soda tax, raising other levies

2010-03-09T15:00:46Z

<div id="subtitle">A spoonful of sugar helps the budget gap go down? Kan. to consider soda tax amid other plans</div><div><p>Kansas would impose a new tax on soda — a penny for every teaspoon of sugar — under a proposal that a key legislator outlined Tuesday while lawmakers considered raising taxes to erase a projected budget shortfall.</p><p>The soda tax advanced by Sen. John Vratil, a Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."</p...

Top 25 Capsules

2010-03-06T20:45:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Top 25 Capsules</div><div><p>Kelsey Griffin's career-high 36 points helped spark a second-half rally, and No. 3 Nebraska beat Kansas State 82-72 Saturday to become the first Big 12 ...

Doctor Indicted

2010-03-05T19:50:26Z

FILE - In this April 25, 2008 file photo, Dr. Stephen Schneider talks to the media at his home in Haysville, Kan. A new federal indictment implicates the Kansas doctor and his wife in nine additional patient deaths, bringing to 68 the number of fatal overdoses the government contends are linked to illegal prescription writing and a moneym...

A look at reservoirs used for water supply

2010-03-05T13:32:23Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at federal reservoirs being used for water supply without initial authorizations</div><div><p>A list of federal reservoirs by state that were not initially authorized for water supply but are now being used for that purpose:</p><p></p><p>ARKANSAS — Lake Ouachita, DeGray Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Bull Shoals...

Mullen: Troops can't solve world's problems alone

2010-03-04T10:45:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Joint Chiefs chairman says soldiers can't solve world's problems alone, burden must be shared</div><div><p>The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says soldiers can't solve the world's problems alone.</p><p>Adm. Mike Mullen spoke Thursday to a crowd of military officers at the Kansas seeking to be a test hub for a high-speed broadband network being built by Google has temporarily changed its name to... Google.</p><p>Topeka Mayor William Bunten issued a proclamation declaring that, for the month of March, the Kansas capital would...

Sentencing delayed for abortion provider's killer

2010-02-27T09:30:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Sentencing delayed for Scott Roeder, convicted killer of Kansas abortion provider</div><div><p>A court says the sentencing for the convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has been delayed.</p><p>The district court in Wichita said Saturday that Scott Roeder will now be sentenced on April 1. T...

Westar Energy ups quarterly dividend

2010-02-24T13:45:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Westar Energy raises quarterly dividend by a penny to 31 cents, payable April 1</div><div><p>The Westar Energy Inc., an electric utility in Kansas, said Wednesday it increased its quarterly dividend by a penny to 31 cents, payable on April 1 to shareholders of record as of March 9.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/i...

Senate roll vote on tax breaks for new hires

2010-02-24T09:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate approves tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed</div><div><p>The 70-28 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed a jobs bill offering tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 13 Kansas man sues Kansas City Royals claiming injury from flying hot dog</div><div><p>Baseball fans who sit six rows behind the third-base dugout at the Kansas City Royals' stadium know they might have to duck a few foul balls.</p><p>But a Kansas man says it was a flying hot dog, not a baseball, that almost put his ey...

A job, but there's a catch: a 1,000-mile commute

2010-02-22T05:45:25Z

<div id="subtitle">The long road home: GM workers keep their jobs but there's a catch _ a 1,000-mile commute</div><div><p>In the early dawn, after another week building cars, Michael Hanley leaves his job in Kansas. He quickly zips into Missouri, then heads up a ribbon of highway past grain silos and grazing deer, across t...