Author: KMAN Staff

Ukrainian riot police block the entrance of the regional administrative building during a pro Russian rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Following an extraordinary meeting of the Ukrainian government, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he would be flying later this week to the United States for high-level talks on “resolution of the situation in Ukraine,” the Interfax news agency reported Sunday.

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A U.S. Navy helicopter lands aboard Destroyer USS Pinckney during a crew swap before returning to a search and rescue mission for the missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 in the Gulf of Thailand, Sunday, March 9, 2014. The plane, which was carrying 239 people, lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam after leaving Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning for Beijing.

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“High Speed, Low Drag” is a common saying in the military, and the new U.S.  Department of Defense budget for 2015 seems to be taking a cue from its meaning as it calls for a slimmer military force relying more on technology to do the heavy lifting. Kansas Governor’s Military Council Executive Director John Armbrust says the plan also assumes a toning down of the military’s operation tempo with the withdrawal of military forces from deployments. Armbrust says a focus on technology is driving a smaller forecast of manpower requirements.  However, Armbrust says the budget will have to change as…

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas couple and their four newly adopted children have made it home after a grueling trip to Ukraine, where civil unrest delayed their return for weeks. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Don and Lisa Jenkins arrived in Ukraine on Feb. 2 and had hoped to finalize the adoptions of their four children by Valentine’s Day. Those plans came to a halt when thousands of people took to the streets to protest the government’s movement toward Russia. Much of the fighting in Kiev happened just a mile from the apartment where the Jenkinses were staying. After the fighting…

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Tanner DeVinny had two hits and three RBI’s and Austin Fisher, R.J. Santigate, and Mitch Meyer added two hits apiece as the Kansas State Baseball team rallied from a 7-2 deficit to defeat Iowa 12-8 before 2,738 Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. The Hawkeyes jumped on starting pitcher Landon Busch for four runs on six hits in the first two innings with two of the runs coming on a home run by Jake Mangler. K-State cut the deficit in half with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second before Iowa plated two more runs in the…

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Kansas State Athletics Director John Currie announced Sunday that Deb Patterson has bee relieved of her duties as Women’s Head Basketball coach. Through K-State Athletics, Currie released a statement saying: “Coach Patterson and I met Friday night and I shared with her my decision to make a change in leadership of our women’s basketball program.” Currie also thanked Patterson for her service to the university and the women’s basketball program. Patterson became coach of the Wildcats in 1996, the first year of the Big 12 and in that first season led the Wildcats to the Big 12 Tournament Championship game…

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Crimean Premier Sergei Aksyonov, right, attends the swearing in ceremony for the first unit of a pro-Russian armed force, dubbed the “military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea” in Simferopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Some 30 men armed with automatic weapons and another 20 or so unarmed, were sworn in at a park in front of an eternal flame to those killed in World War II.

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A woman cries at the arrival hall of the International Airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Relatives and friends were arriving at Beijing airport for news after a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was reported missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday. While the plane has not been located, two oil slicks consistent with fuel tanks of an aircraft were found off the Vietnamese coast. There are also reports that two of the passengers on board were traveling with stolen passports.

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Kenny Cherry scored 29 points and was perfect from the free throw line as Baylor made their finals 17 attempts from the charity stripe helping the Bears hold on to defeat Kansas State 76-74 on Senior Day Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. After the game was tied 4-4 early on, K-State went on a 9-0 run to lead 13-4 with 12:47 left in the first half on a Shane Southwell jumper. Both teams struggled from the floor for the rest of the half and while Baylor did close to within three points, the Wildcats used a 10-4 run closing out the…

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