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Mike Krings
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- Pale Hearts’ first album runs gamut of emotions
- May 23, 2013
- Sometimes, when a certain song comes on, you don’t know whether to dance or to cry. Pale Hearts aims to give people a little something for both urges.
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- Rapper Big Boi focuses on future, wants to break from the familiar
- May 2, 2013
- When you’re half of one of the biggest hip-hop acts of the last 20 years, scoring No. 1 hits and selling out tours, it could be easy to stick with the familiar formula. But Big Boi, half of Outkast, isn’t interested in that.
- Band of brothers: Fourth of July grows Midwest fan base
- April 25, 2013
- A lot of bands spit out the old cliché that the people they play with are like family. But the guys in Fourth of July mean it. By Mike Krings
- Playing dead: Here Come the Mummies bringing funky, ghoulish act to Granada
- March 10, 2013
- Everybody has a dead rock star or two they wish they could have seen before they checked out to that great gig in the sky. Well, a bevy of long-since-buried rockers have been unearthed and will take the stage in Lawrence this week. By Mike Krings
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- House rejects Senate-approved tax package; Legislature adjourns; new plan teed up May 24, 2013 · 10 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 53 comments
- Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says May 24, 2013 · 10 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 50 comments
- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 11 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 16 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 51 comments
- Blog: Two new senior housing projects getting under way in Lawrence May 24, 2013 · 2 comments
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013 · 11 comments
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- FSHS softball season ends in extra-inning heartbreak at state May 24, 2013
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013
- Editorial: Development shift? May 24, 2013
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013
- Theatre Lawrence warns customers of credit card information stolen in cyber attack May 23, 2013
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
- Old Glory shines on west campus June 18, 2003
- Affordable Care Act bringing jobs to Lawrence May 16, 2013
