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According to a news release from the University of Kansas, researchers at the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, have received funding from the U.S. Geological Survey to map the ... via Emporia Gazette

WHO : Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA officer whose identity was disclosed in 2003, will address the 21st annual Media and the Law Seminar - "Fourth Estate or Fifth Wheel: Government Curbs on Free Speech" ... via The University of Kansas

Even before the killing of 33 people on the Virginia Tech campus a year ago today, northeast Kansas universities were upgrading their security systems. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“These enforcement actions, coupled with pending reforms in the mutual fund industry, should help to restore investor confidence”

Under the terms of settlements announced today between securities regulators and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. via Office of the Kansas Securities Commi...

“We've done our work at this point”

Revenue estimators projected Wednesday that the state would bring in $130 million less than expected over the next two years -- in part because of the federal economic stimulus package. via The Wichita Eagle

What do you think mega-mergers such as the Delta-Northwest Airlines deal will do to air fares? 1. They'll go way up. via WIBW-TV Topeka

Emilee Mayne Delgado was born on Nov. 27, 2001, into a world of hospital stays and doctor visits. via Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

Just for fun, we're holding an imaginary bracket to determine who the top basketball team in the state of Kansas was. via Kansas.com

“She's the poster child for why the records have to be obtained”

Tiller's attorney told the justices that the grand jury investigation -- the second to focus on Tiller -- constitutes harassment. via The Wichita Eagle

“It doesn't seem to get any easier”

One day in October 2006, Ann Mock got a call at her home in the south-central Kansas town of Harper from her 23-year-old son serving in Iraq. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Low to moderate income neighborhoods will have help with spring cleaning during the month of April. via KSNT-TV Topeka

“The Department of Revenue has a lot fewer boats we're collecting taxes on than the Department of Wildlife and Parks is saying are out there on lakes and rivers”

The amendment to lower boat taxes sailed through on a vote of 102-19. Minutes later, representatives approved 99-21 an amendment to guarantee the right to hunt and fish. via Kansas.com

“The semi went into the right lane, and that's when it jackknifed. "The semi hit one vehicle, and that vehicle then struck two other vehicles that were stopped.”

Two accidents that occurred within minutes of each other Thursday afternoon along the same stretch of Interstate 70 in west Topeka snarled traffic for two hours and forced motorists to find an alternate route. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“One day you just get on with your life and everything is OK”

Seven rapes. Seven survivors. Seven women who will never be able to tell their story in court. via Kansas' CW

“His question is, 'Do I think my mother will be a better president than my father,'”

Hot topic: Separate resolutions that would reauthorize the city's lease-purchases of an enterprise resource planning business software system and a second Topeka police helicopter. via Topeka Capital-Journal

The way McPherson County Attorney Ty Kaufman looks at it, the Kansas Supreme Court ruling regarding so-called John Doe warrants issued in rape cases against Douglas Belt contained both good news and bad news. via Salina Journal

Published Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 3:17 p.m. CDT Kansans should contact the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Kansas if they get calls offering an opportunity to be a mystery shopper for a South Carolina ... via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Maybe you're so tired of hearing about the Sunflower power plant, you'd let them pump the smokestack emissions straight into your living room if Kansas lawmakers would just make a decision and get on with it. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“You are being inducted for your long career and many achievements as the first recipient of the Bob Hapgood Award named for one of the founding board members”

Post entering state music hall By FOSS FARRAR Traveler Staff Writer reporter@arkcity.net Geuda Springs musician-songwriter Bill Post will be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame on Saturday in Lawrence. via Arkansas City Traveler

“Ms. Dreasher did a fabulous job.”

The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will unveil a special exhibit titled "You'll Never Walk Alone: The Public and Private Life of Bob Dole" on Friday, April 4, at the Dane G. Hansen ... via The University of Kansas