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Med tech in hepatitis C case pleads not guilty
Associated Press
December 3, 2012
A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes pleaded not guilty to the charges in federal court on Monday.
Congress looks at doing away with the $1 bill
Kevin Frecking, Associated Press
November 30, 2012
American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what’s best for them either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with dollar coins could save taxpayers some $4.4 billion over the next 30 years.
Texas inmate waits more than 30 years for retrial
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
November 29, 2012
A Kansas man who remains in a Texas prison more than 30 years after his murder conviction was overturned has become the subject of a fight between the state, which insists he’s being legally held, and a federal appeals court that says he’s wrongly imprisoned.
Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized
Associated Press
11:19 a.m., November 29, 2012 Updated 05:32 p.m.
Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough.
1 of 2 winning Powerball tickets sold in Kansas City area
Associated Press
09:30 a.m., November 29, 2012 Updated 10:47 a.m.
Two lucky ticket holders — one in Arizona and another in Missouri — are waking up Thursday to new lives as multimillionaires after the largest Powerball jackpot drawing ever.
Ex-Sen. Dole hospitalized for routine procedure
Andrew Miga, Associated Press
November 27, 2012
Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas has checked himself into Walter Reed Army Medical Center for what his spokeswoman described as a routine procedure.
Kansas honor flights halted after money goes missing
Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press
02:10 p.m., November 23, 2012 Updated 03:19 p.m.
As many as 100 World War II veterans missed their chance to travel to Washington to see their war’s memorial after about $110,000 disappeared from a Kansas nonprofit that organized free trips for them.
Army’s failure to provide records of son’s death in Iraq multiplies family’s anguish
Parents piece together details of tragedy
Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublica, and Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
November 23, 2012
Nine years after his son was killed in Iraq, Jim Butler is still waiting for a report he may never get. As an investigation by ProPublica and The Seattle Times revealed, the Army has lost or failed to keep that document and many other field records from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Drought worsens after weeks of improvement
Jim Suhr, Associated Press
November 21, 2012
The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other than a simple lack of rain.
Elmo actor Kevin Clash resigns amid sex allegation
Frazier Moore, Associated Press
November 20, 2012
Sesame Workshop says Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from “Sesame Street” in the wake of allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth.
Hostess lives another day to mediate with union
Candice Choi, Associated Press
November 19, 2012
Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to go into mediation to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge concluded that the parties hadn’t gone through the critical step. That means the maker of the spongy cake with the mysterious cream in the middle won’t go out of business yet.
Oxygen masks used on KC-Dallas Southwest flight
Associated Press
10:04 a.m., November 19, 2012 Updated 10:23 a.m.
Southwest Airlines says a flight from Kansas City to Dallas lost cabin pressure, forcing passengers and crew to wear oxygen masks until the plane had descended to a safe altitude.
Eisenhower Memorial approval delayed into 2013
Brett Zongker, Associated Press
November 16, 2012
Plans to build a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower will be delayed into next year as the World War II general’s family continues to object to a design by architect Frank Gehry.
Autopsy: KU grad who died in Maine was intoxicated
Associated Press
November 15, 2012
An autopsy showed that the Harvard University graduate student who fell into Portland Harbor and drowned in May just days before his graduation had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit to drive in Maine.
2 Fort Riley soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
November 13, 2012
Two 1st Infantry Division soldiers from Fort Riley have died of wounds they suffered in separate attacks in Afghanistan.

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