Author: KMAN Staff

Ross Kivett knocked in a career-high five runs as K-State survived a wild game on a frigid Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium, 10-8 over Nebraska.  Kivett drove in a run on a second inning single to pull the Cats within 2-1 of the Huskers.  He followed with a sacrifice fly to score Jon Davis for the second time and tie the game at 2 in the fourth. Kivett doubled in the 5th for the first of three runs scored by K-State to give K-State the lead for good at 8-5.  He complete the scoring for K-State with an RBI…

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A strong earthquake struck rural central Taiwan on Wednesday, swaying buildings, sending school children to seek cover and injuring at least 20 people. The magnitude-6.1 earthquake was felt throughout the island.

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A representative of local landlords laid into the language used in the library expansion literature at Tuesday night’s Manhattan city commission meeting. Manhattan resident Richard Hill says an item pertaining to debt is confusing, and could lead to problems down the road. City Attorney Bill Raymond disagreed with Hill’s assessment of the document, and said there is no ambiguity within the document.  Assistant City Manager Lauren Palmer pointed out the preceding paragraph states the meaning of the phrasing under scrutiny by Hill. The city commission tasked city staff to work to put a proposal together to ensure Manhattan Regional Airport was…

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It’s Pottawatomie County Day, as Cathy sits down to talk with Pat Weixelman, Commission Chair, Robert Reece, County Administrator, and Lois Schlegel, County Appraiser. [mp3-jplayer]

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wisconsin man has been charged with joining a cyberattack on Wichita-based Koch Industries organized by the computer hacker group Anonymous. The U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday that Eric J. Rosol, 37, of Black Creek, Wis., was indicted on one count each of damaging a computer and conspiracy to damage a computer. The indictment alleges that Anonymous asked conspirators in February 2011 to launch a so-called Low Orbit Ion Cannon that sent a high volume of repeated requests to a Koch website. Numerous conspirators complied, and the company’s website crashed. Rosol also is accused of sending a…

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