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Top 5 Insurance Agents in Kansas
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Penn National Gaming Withdraws Kansas Casino Plan - Msn Moneycentral
topeka, kan. (ap) - the only company to show an interest in running a state-owned casino in cherokee county has dropped its plans, leaving southeast kansas without anything to show for its long support for gambling. penn national gaming inc. said ...
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kansas State Fair Highlights
there's lots to see and do on the final three days of the kansas state fair in hutchinson. here's a sampling: 1) shock rocker alice cooper will perform in the sprint grandstand tonight, while country crooner joe nichols will perform there saturday night with opening act jason michael carroll. on sunday, the 'tween crowd can see singer/dancer corbin bleu. 2) the annual celebrity goat ...
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kansas State Baseball Releases 2009 Schedule
over 30 home games, including 13 against teams that advanced to the 2008 ncaa tournament, highlights a 56-game slate as the 2009 kansas state baseball schedule was announced by head coach brad hill on thursday.
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Big Game In The Air For Osu's Laurinaitis - International Herald Tribune
columbus, ohio : an hour or two before kickoff on saturday, james laurinaitis will put on his headphones. other ohio state players will prepare for battle with no. 1 southern california with heavy metal and screaming vocals, or maybe bluesy bass and ...
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Arthur, Chalmers Fined $20,000 Apiece By Nba - Washington Post
miami -- former kansas teammates darrell arthur and mario chalmers were fined $20,000 apiece after being banished last week from the nba rookie symposium, the league said wednesday. security at the resort near new york where the event took place ...
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kansas State To Train With Deploying Soldiers
fort riley, kan. (ap) -- the kansas state university men's basketball team will spend a day at fort riley training and playing ball with an artillery unit that's preparing for war.
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Penn National Gaming Withdraws Kansas Casino Plan
the only company to show an interest in running a state-owned casino in cherokee county has dropped its plans, leaving southeast kansas without anything to show for its long support for gambling.
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Georgia's Jobless Claims Jump In August - Msn Moneycentral
atlanta (ap) - the georgia department of labor reports that 59,090 laid-off workers filed first-time unemployment claims in august. that's a jump of 72 percent from august of 2007. state labor commissioner michael thurmond said the jump is the ...
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100 kansas State Students, Faculty Members Travel To Kansas City To ... - U-wire.com
more than 100 kansas state university students and faculty traveled to overland park, kan., wednesday to sponsor k-state celebrates, an event that promotes the university to kansas city area high school students. the event drew in more than 1,000 ...
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kansas State Notebook
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Applicant For Southeast Kansas Casino Scraps Plans
penn national gaming has pulled the plug on its kansas casino plans. in a lengthy statement issued thursday, spokesman eric schippers said the company could not compete on a level playing field with the $300 million downstream casino that opened july 5 “in the backyard of our proposed project” on land in oklahoma owned by that state’s quapaw tribe.
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kansas State U. Greek System Ranks 1st In Nation For Overall ... - U-wire.com
if an unsuspecting student were to pass by christy dowling and notice her colorful yarn bracelet, the student might think dowling’s accessory is merely a fashion statement. however, the bracelet that dowling, freshman in biology, and many other new ...
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kansas State Notebook - Topeka Capitol-journal
while the rest of the world is celebrating the end of the work week, the wildcats could be battling a case of the mondays. coach ron prince altered k-state's weekly schedule to accommodate the wednesday game at louisville and the resulting 10-day ...
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Kansas Council Sets Hearings On Energy Proposals
the kansas energy council has scheduled two public hearings on proposals that include lowering the state's maximum speed limit.
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Oklahoma Casinos' Proximity Stymies Plan For Kansas
the only company to show interest in running a state-owned casino in southeast kansas has abandoned its plans, saying it couldn't compete with a casino across the state line in oklahoma. penn national gaming inc. said thursday its plan is dead. penn, based in wyomissing, pa., blamed provisions of a kansas law enacted last year to allow a single state-owned casino in four counties. it said ...
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Usc-ohio State A Big Risk ... And Treat For Fans - Nbc Sports
sept. 10: john walters and tiffany simons preview ohio state at usc — how can the buckeyes upset the trojans? also, is fresno state for real? which team will emerge from the kansas-south florida contest with their bcs dreams intact and walters ...
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Kansas Teacher Vacancies Decrease - Topeka Capitol-journal
david fernkopf knew about the teacher shortage and figured he would be in demand as a man entering the female-dominated world of elementary schools. but even fernkopf was surprised when a job offer rolled in before he finished student teaching ...
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Kansas Congressman Applauds Road Money Decision
u.s. rep. jerry moran, r-kansas, says restoring highway trust fund money is especially good news for kansas. he says the state relies on good roads for getting to work and transporting goods.
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Kansas Energy Council Sets Hearings On Energy Proposal
the kansas energy council will hold hearings at fort hays state and wichita state on 15 recommendations. they include encouraging research into new electric generating technology and lowering the state's maximum speed limit.
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Pioneer, Ksu Research Recommends Irrigating Through Grain-filling ... - High Plains Journal
research from pioneer hi-bred, a dupont business, and kansas state university shows corn growers should continue to irrigate into the grain-filling stage. researchers say stopping irrigation too soon can cause significant yield loss. a four-year ...
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