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Mail thefts being reported
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office is noticing an increasing amount of mail theft being reported throughout Shawnee County. Subjects are removing incoming and outgoing mail from mailboxes looking for checks, credit cards, bank statements, social security numbers, and any other type of information to steal your identity and/or money. These individuals are forging checks, as well as, manufacturing checks using
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Kobach criticized for backing GOP hopeful
Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature are criticizing Secretary of State Kris Kobach (KOH'-bahk) for serving as the honorary campaign chairman for a fellow Republican who's running for a state Senate seat. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, and House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, said Friday that Kobach is violating the ethics code of the National Association
State
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GM Fairfax workers vote to authorize strike
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Workers at the General Motors Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kan., voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The vote on Thursday does not mean the workers will go on strike. It gives those bargaining for the union the authority to call for a strike if negotiations break down. KSHB-TV reports that more than 90 percent
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State says water in Kansas creek healthy again
HERINGTON, Kan. (AP) — State health officials say the water in an east-central creek is safe for animal consumption again, after cleanup of a chemical spill. An estimated 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled in to Lime Creek in northwest Herington in Jan. 8, killing hundreds of fish and prompting a health warning from the state. The Salina Journal reported
National
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Mayor Bloomberg: no NYC parade for Iraq War vets
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no New York City parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials. On his Friday appearance on WOR Radio, the mayor said that officials in Washington "think a parade would be premature while we still have so many troops in harm's
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Barefoot Bandit learns his fate
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced the young man known as the "Barefoot Bandit" to 6 1/2 years in prison for his two-year, international crime spree. Colton Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States carrying out a series of break-ins that included stealing boats and planes. He was finally arrested in the Bahamas in 2010. ©2012 Associated
International
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Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's president is backing away from a possible pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. President Michel Martelly says he will let justice run its course in the case of the man known as "Baby Doc." Martelly says he was misunderstood in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press when asked about Duvalier and responded that he
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UN weapons experts going to Tehran
VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on a mission to Iran on Saturday. The move is an unusually clear statement on the team's prime focus — wresting information from Iranian officials on suspicions the country has secretly worked on atomic arms. Iran has flatly refused to discuss such allegations for more
Business
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Facebook IPO filing could come next week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Wall Street Journal says Facebook could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week. The newspaper cites unnamed people familiar with the matter in saying that the social networking company could raise as much as $10 billion. Facebook's expected launch as a publicly traded company is the most
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Ford posts big profits
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford's stock price fell after weak sales in Europe and production losses in Asia hurt fourth-quarter earnings. Ford Motor Co. reported $13.62 billion in net income, but investors brushed off the result because most of that came from an accounting change. Excluding that change, earnings totaled $1.1 billion, or 20 cents a share, missing Wall Street
