KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Joe Mauer went 3-for-4 and scored the winning run in the 11th inning to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Mauer, a career .359 hitter at Kauffman Stadium, led off the 11th with a double off Jonathan Broxton (1-2) and he scored on Josh Willingham’s groundball single to right. Twins reliever Casey Fien (1-0) worked two perfect innings to pick up his first major-league victory. Glen Perkins worked around Alcides Escobar’s leadoff double in the bottom of the inning to pick up his fifth save in…
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Former K-State stand-out Michael Beasley says his marijuana issues are a thing of the past and that he’s ready to show the Phoenix Suns that their support for him is warranted. The 6-foot-10 forward finalized his deal with the Suns signing a three-year, $18 million contract with Phoenix on Friday. Beasley says he believes in his new team. “I just wanna win,” Beasley says. “I feel like with the talent we have and the new players we’ve signed that we could be really good.” Beasley, the second pick overall in the 2008 draft, played his first two seasons with Miami and the…
Two endangered Cuban crocodiles have hatched at the National Zoo in Washington. Scientists believe there are fewer than 6,000 Cuban crocs remaining in the wild in two small areas of Cuba.
The alleged Colorado shooter, James Holmes was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program and grew up in San Diego. Those who knew the 24-year-old describe him as a shy, intelligent person.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A federal jury in Kansas City, Kan., has found that the city of Topeka did not discriminate when it fired a veterinarian from the Topeka Zoo. Shirley Yeo Llizo filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city of Topeka, alleging she was fired from the Topeka Zoo in 2009 because she is a female of Chinese ancestry and a naturalized U.S. citizen. The city denied the allegations. Llizo got her job back in 2010 after an arbitrator ruled the city shouldn’t have dismissed her. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the jury took less than 45 minutes Friday…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has asked for federal disaster declarations for 37 more counties hit by drought, heat, high winds and wildfires. The governor’s office said Friday he’s asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 37 more counties disasters, making farmers there eligible for USDA disaster assistance programs. The request includes Atchison, Brown, Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellis, Ellsworth, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Marion, Miami, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Rush, Russell, Saline, Shawnee, Smith, Wabaunsee and Wyandotte. If the 37 are approved, that would mean…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new government report says drought has spurred declines in the nation’s cattle herd. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Friday that the number of cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1 totaled 97.8 million head. That’s 2 percent fewer cattle than a year ago. It’s also the lowest number since the agency began documenting July cattle numbers in 1973. The agency now estimates the size of the herd each January and July. The calf crop is down 2 percent from a year ago with 34.5 million calves expected to be born this…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Preliminary results show alcohol-related traffic fatalities dropped in the year since the state began requiring an ignition interlock for those convicted of drunken driving. The Kansas Department of Transportation reported Friday that the state recorded 59 alcohol-related traffic fatalities between July 1, 2011 when the law took effect and June 30 of this year. That compares with 125 and 137, respectively, for the previous two years. The law requires those with a DUI conviction to install a device that drivers blow into to show their blood-alcohol level is below .04 before their vehicles will start. Pete Bodyk,…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Original documents from the murders of a southwest Kansas family that became the subject of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” are being auctioned off. Case files about the 1959 murders of the Herb Clutter family in Holcomb are being auctioned by a Seattle-based auction company specializing in film and literature relics. The files from Kansas Bureau of Investigation Agent Harold Nye include original investigation notebooks and photographs from the Clutter investigation. The Garden City Telegram reports the items include crime scene photographs of the killing that have not been made public. Vintage Memorabilia President Gary McAvoy…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police are investigating the seventh vandalism at a city church since late March. Police say windows were broken and a money box was stolen Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Mike McGuire was he is thankful the vandals didn’t do more damage or steal more items from the church. The Hutchinson News reports that in the six previous break-ins, vandals stole several items but also caused damage to some of the churches by causing flooding or spraying fire extinguishers.