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  UPDATE: Power Outage Around Downtown Wichita

  Electricity goes out for hours for hundreds of customers; restoration underway.

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  UPDATE: Naked Man Falls From Downtown Window

  Report of shooting at a downtown hotel turns out to be a naked man who cut himself falling from a window.

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  Rain Leads To Mud Routes In Leoti

  Enough rain has fallen in western Kansas that one school district is operating buses on mud routes only Friday.

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  Margaret Thatcher, Former British Prime Minister, Dies

  Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87.

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  KU Fans In Texas Surprised By Michigan's Late Comeback

  It was looking like the Jayhawks were on their way to victory and the Elite Eight.

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  Michigan Assistant Coach Still Close With WSU's Marshall

  Jeff Meyer served on Gregg Marshall's first staff at Winthrop.

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  Salina Man Sentenced To Life For Rape Of Minor

  A 53-year-old Salina man who had sex with an underage girl more than 100 times is sentenced to life in prison for rape.

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  NJ's Powerball Winner Owes $29K In Child Support

  The New Jersey man who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot owes approximately $29,000 in child support.

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  Kansas Lawmakers Taking Long Weekend Before Big Push

  Kansas lawmakers are taking a long weekend before what they hope is a final push to finish most of their business for the year.

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  Feds Charge Kansas Veteran With Explosives Charge

  Prosecutors have narrowed their case against a 66-year-old Kansas veteran after an appeals court tossed out key evidence in a case charging him with unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices.

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  Sentenced Postponed For Kansas Man In DUI Fatal Crash

  Sentencing has been postponed for a 20-year-old Topeka man convicted of killing a teenage passenger while driving drunk.

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  Governor Brownback To Sign Court Change Bill

  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to sign legislation altering the way judges are appointed to the state Court of Appeals.

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  Kansas Lawmakers Open Negotiations On Tax Proposals

  The Kansas Senate's top negotiator on taxes says canceling a scheduled decrease in the sales tax is vital to allowing future reductions in income tax rates.

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  North Korea Says It Will Cut Key Military Hotline

  North Korea says it's cutting off a key military hotline with South Korea that allows cross border travel to a jointly run industrial complex in the North.

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  Legislature Passes Industrial Hemp Bill In Kentucky

  Kentucky's Legislature has approved a bill that would allow the state to quickly license hemp growers if the federal government ever lifts a ban on the crop.

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  RECALL: BrightLight Blankets Could Cause Burns

  The batteries in the blanket can overheat, posing a burn hazard.

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  Italy High Court Overturns Knox Acquittal

  Italy's highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial.

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  Kansas Hunters Able To Use New Equipment

  Deer and turkey hunters in Kansas will be able to use more legal equipment during upcoming hunting seasons.

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  Kansas Budget Talks Set To Start Slowly

  Kansas House leaders say they'll take their time on a final version of the new state budget, waiting first to resolve differences with the Senate over taxes.

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  UPDATE: Police Arrest 2 Teens In Georgia Baby Killing

  Police have arrested two teenagers suspected in the shooting death of a baby in a stroller and the wounding of the baby's mother.

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  2 Men, 1 Woman Dead In Shooting At Marine Base

  Officials say a Marine killed a male and female colleague at a base in Virginia before committing suicide.

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  UPDATE: Kansas Senate Panel Advances Big Anti-Abortion Bill

  A Kansas Senate committee is taking up legislation to block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

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  Parents, Union To Fight Chicago School Closings

  Parents, teachers and community members are vowing to push back against a plan by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration to close 54 schools.

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  Senate Democrats On Track To Pass Budget

  Democrats controlling the Senate appear on track to pass their first budget in four years, promising a second, almost $1 trillion round of tax increases on top of more than $600 billion in higher taxes on the wealthy enacted in January.

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  Reid: Background Checks Will Be In Senate Gun Bill

  Democrats say they will include expanded background checks for firearms purchasers in the gun-control measure the Senate debates next month