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Dennis Moore won't seek re-election

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat who confounded the GOP by winning six consecutive elections in a heavily Republican district, will not seek re-election next year, key Democrats said Sunday.Moore, who represented Johnson, Wyandotte and a portion of Douglas counties, will issue a statement today explaining his decision and outlining his plans.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Moore, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Johnson County, KS, Overland Park, KS, Washburn University

Sun Nov 22, 2009

High Plains Journal

University of Kansas researchers turn sewage to fuel

University of Kansas researchers are working to turn microbes from treated sewage into a commercially viable biofuel, fluid that one day could be used to power the nation's cars, trucks, airplanes and other modes of transportation.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Science, Ecology, Agriculture

Miller-McCune

The Invisible Woman of Color

A recent study suggests that on an unconscious level, black women are treated as "interchangeable and indistinguishable" from one another.

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Related Topix: African-American

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Topeka Capital-Journal

Class recording religious history

A University of Kansas class is recording the stories of members of the state's lesser known religions as their numbers dwindle.

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Related Topix: Douglas County, KS, Buhler, KS

The Pitch

KS court upholds murder conviction, overturns attempted rape sentence in Ali Kemp murder

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled today that the man convicted of murdering Ali Kemp , a 19-year-old University of Kansas student from Johnson County, in a public swimming pool pump room in 2002 could not also be guilty of attempted rape without violating the "double jeopardy" protection of the Fifth Amendment.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Kansas City Star

KU chancellor says there's no review of AD Lew Perkins under way

Following an online media report that the University of Kansas was reviewing the performance of Athletic Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said today that no such review was underway."The notion that the university is conducting a review of Lew Perkins is false and completely unfounded," Gray-Little said in a statement.

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Related Topix: Sports

Hays Daily News

KU science building to be named for Hemenway ...

The University of Kansas will name a life sciences building in Kansas City, Kan., after former University Chancellor Robert Hemenway.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Art sale to benefit Tibetans

The University of Kansas will host an event next week to benefit a school in China for Tibetans that helps them preserve their culture.

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Related Topix: China, World News

NBC Action News

KU Research Facility to be Named After Former Chancellor

The Kansas Board of Regents Thursday approved naming the KU Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center in Kansas City, Kan.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS

Science Blog

Scientists unravel evolution of highly toxic box jellyfish

With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the public.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Capital-Journal

'Only Good Indian' sweeps awards

A film by a University of Kansas faculty member won three top awards at the 34th annual American Indian Film Festival held Nov.

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Related Topix: Kansas, The Only Good Indian, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Kansas City Star

Retired pharmaceutical exec Tom Wiggans in race for Kansas governor

Calling Sam Brownbacks election as Kansas next governor premature, Kansas Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a candidate of their own: Tom Wiggans, a retired Olathe pharmaceutical executive.Wiggans, 57, is a political newcomer largely unknown in the state he hopes to lead.

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Related Topix: US News, Kansas, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Fredonia, KS, Pharmaceuticals

The Capital-Journal

KU to have student H1N1 clinic

The University of Kansas will have about 900 free doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to students between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Nov.

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Snap Promotions, a Marketing Firm Delivering Promotional Products and ...

Lee and Kristin Eldridge launch a new promotional products company, Snap Promotions.

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Related Topix: Lawrence Metro, Lawrence, KS, Marketing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Kansas City Nursing News

APRNs fill void

As the shortage of primary care doctors in the United States continues to grow, the industry looks for practitioners to fill the gap.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The University of Kansas

Thanksgiving homestay program seeks host families

International Student and Scholar Services at the University of Kansas is looking for host families to help international students experience Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Man assaulted at KU

The University of Kansas Public Safety Office is investigating the robbery, battery and intimidation of a witness that occurred just after midnight Friday.

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Related Topix: Kansas

KansasCity.com

Adults with autism inspire worries and action

Each year, tens of thousands of children diagnosed with autism, from mild to severe, enter adulthood and leave the safe confines of schools and their services behind.Every day, their parents, such as Jennifer Smith-Currier of Gardner, worry what will become of them.Its like, where is the journey going? said Smith-Currier, whose children Corinne, ...

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Related Topix: Autism, Health, Leawood, KS

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Students receive African fellowships

Six graduate students at the University of Kansas have received Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships to study African languages during the 2009-10 academic year.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Education Etc., Michigan State University, Truman State University

KSALLink.com

KU Professor to Help Send Monarchs Into Space

Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says three of his monarch caterpillars will leave Monday on the space shuttle Atlantis to eventually dock with the International Space Station.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Entomology, Science

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