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This undated photo provided by the Grassroots Art Center shows the entrance to the Bowl Plaza, a giant toilet-shaped building in Lucas, Kan. The town has been working on its $100,000 public restroom project for the past four years, which is scheduled to open on June 2.

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Lucas can add one more notch in its quirky belt: The town has turned to bathroom humor and created a monument making Lucas home of the largest, most blingy toilet in Kansas.

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On the street: Do you think part of Lawrence should be in the same congressional district with much of Western Kansas? Today 23 comments

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Sound Off: We are on the no-call list, and we get calls from “card member services.” How can we get them to stop calling or make a complaint? May 18, 2012 62 comments

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