Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood deliberately set up the deadly blast to collect a big insurance payout, authorities said.
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Egypt’s Islamist-backed constitution received a “yes” majority in a final round of voting on a referendum that saw a low voter turnout, but the deep divisions it has opened up threaten to fuel continued turmoil.
Funerals for victims of the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn. were wrapping up Saturday after a week of farewells. Services were held for Josephine Gay and Ana Marquez-Greene, with a service in Utah for Emilie Parker.
What a difference a week makes!! Exactly eight days after a rough outing in Seattle against a very good Gonzaga squad, the Kansas State Men’s Basketball team took the floor at the HyVee Wildcat Classic Saturday night facing their third Top 15 opponent of the season a talented Florida Gators squad that Bruce Weber said after the game is very capable of reaching this year’s Final Four. On paper, this was supposed to a rout in favor of the SEC power, but as we all know the games are played on the hardwood. Junior guard Will Spradling playing in his…
After a frustrating stretch that saw them lose three games in five days, the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team took out their frustrations on the host team at the World Vision Classic with an 80-54 victory over Nevada-Las Vegas Friday evening at the Cox Pavillion. K-State had begun the season 7-0 before a stunning two-point loss at home on Sunday to Texas-El Paso followed by losses in the first two games of the World Vision Classic to nationally-ranked Texas A&M and Notre Dame. However, the Wildcats got back on track in Friday’s game thanks to a strong first half which…
The nation’s largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.”
President Barack Obama has nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, saying Kerry’s entire life “has prepared him for this role.”
Riley County Police have confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a large amount of blood in a building, possibly a bathroom, in the vicinity of the Blue Earth Plaza near the Flint Hills Discovery Center. RCPD Lt. Josh Kyle confirmed the investigation to KMAN early Friday afternoon, and says officers are trying to determine the source of the blood. Manhattan Parks and Recreation Director Curt Loupe confirmed the blood was found in a bathroom at the park, and he and his department are trying to get background and information to police pertaining to who might have used that bathroom.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State labor officials say the unemployment rate in Kansas fell to a seasonally adjusted 5.4 percent in November despite slowing job growth. The Department of Labor reported Thursday the unemployment rate had fallen from 5.7 percent in October. The rate is a full 1 percent below the seasonally adjusted rate in November 2011. Interim Labor Secretary Lana Gordon said the job market is moving in the right direction. Kansas added 1,100 private sector jobs in November and employers have increased payrolls by 4,900 jobs over the past year. The workforce has shown slight growth in recent months,…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence woman whose daughter died after ingesting drugs found in a plastic Easter egg has been sentenced to three years of probation. Twenty-five-year-old Rebecca Lynn Wynne was sentenced Thursday after pleading no contest in November to reckless involuntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated child endangerment. Prosecutors say Wynne’s 5-year-old daughter died in April after ingesting opiates in her parents’ home. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the child endangerment charges involved Wynne’s 6- and 4-year-old children, who have been in protective custody since April. All three of the children were playing with morphine and Oxycontin pills that…