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• Spain: 50 injured in train station accident in Barcelona

  28-07-2017 11:38 via Top Stories
  
  Emergency services say some 50 people have been injured when a morning commuter train crashed into the buffers in a station in northeastern Barcelona
  
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• Report: 350-pound bear jumps on tent while woman eats inside

  28-07-2017 11:11 via Top Stories
  
  A bear was euthanized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials after pouncing on a tent where a woman was eating
  
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• Wild video: Huge shark jumps onto boat, gets stuck

  28-07-2017 10:38 via Top Stories
  
  Passengers aboard a charter fishing boat were surprised when a mako shark jumped aboard their vessel
  
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• 12-year-old accused of pushing child off roof faces felony assault charge

  28-07-2017 09:28 via Top Stories
  
  A 12-year-old Ohio boy faces a felony assault charge after police said he pushed a 9-year-old boy off a roof
  
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• Officer shot, killed while trying to help car crash victims

  28-07-2017 08:57 via Top Stories
  
  “Lieutenant Allan was a hard worker, and today was no different. He responded to a crash with urgency to preserve life. Tragically, his was lost"
  
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• Senate strikes down ‘skinny’ repeal bill of Obamacare

  28-07-2017 08:52 via Top Stories
  
  The Congressional Budget Office says that if passed the "skinny repeal" would leave 16 million more uninsured.
  
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• Senate health care debate: What are they voting on?

  28-07-2017 07:12 via Top Stories
  
  The Congressional Budget Office says that if passed the "skinny repeal" would leave 16 million more uninsured.
  
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• Police: Man robbed bank, stripped naked and tossed money

  28-07-2017 06:16 via Top Stories
  
  Sperber was taken to the hospital and found to be coherent and uninjured
  
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• Think Steven Avery's guilty? Attorney says take the $10,000 'Proof of Guilt Challenge'

  28-07-2017 05:22 via Top Stories
  
  The challenge offers a $10,000 prize
  
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• Merger looming: The Sprint impact on Overland Park

  28-07-2017 04:50 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  For years, there has been speculation about what the future holds for Sprint and its thousands of employees in Overland Park. With all the recent talk of a possible merger with T-Mobile, some people wonder if the telecom giant might be moving.
  
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• Cass County authorities rescued more than 45 people from flood water Thursday

  28-07-2017 04:48 via Top Stories
  
  It all started with heavy rain pushing over a nearby dam.
  
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• Residents along Indian Creek working to clean up after Thursday's floods

  28-07-2017 04:44 via Top Stories
  
  Homeowners are now working on cleaning out their basements, and someone will need to clear the trail.
  
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• Final two KCPD police chief candidates speak at public forum

  28-07-2017 04:43 via Top Stories
  
  The final two candidates shared their vision for the future of the city's police department Thursday.
  
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• Man convicted of sex offense from 2001 found guilty of four new counts of statutory sodomy

  28-07-2017 04:06 via Top Stories
  
  Michael S. McNurlin of Independence will be sentenced in September
  
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• Two rescued from Missouri river after their boat became caught on debris

  28-07-2017 03:49 via Top Stories
  
  No injuries were reported
  
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• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will take religious freedom ambassador post, but is unsure on timeline

  28-07-2017 03:32 via Top Stories
  
  Gov. Brownback is unsure when he'll be leaving Kansas.
  
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• KC restaurant owners sent loved ones texts goodbye before they could be rescued from flooded building

  28-07-2017 03:13 via Top Stories
  
  The pair could hear the walls breaking in the building as water continued to rush in.
  
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• House committee asks DOJ for special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton, Obama-era officials

  28-07-2017 02:59 via Top Stories
  
  The House Judiciary Committee chairman and its Republicans are seeking a second special counsel to investigate matters related to former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Starbucks to close all Teavana locations

  28-07-2017 02:49 via Top Stories
  
  Starbucks will close down all of its Teavana locations.
  
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• Why you still can't ditch your cable box

  28-07-2017 01:39 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Not that long ago, the clunky cable box looked like it was on its way out. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more competition, and industry leader Comcast promised apps that could render some boxes obsolete.
  
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• Trump honors police who responded first to GOP baseball practice attack

  28-07-2017 01:30 via Top Stories
  
  U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana also expressed his gratitude to the five police officers and also said he would not be here today without the efforts of two of them.
  
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• Grandview neighborhood pulling together after flooding damage to homes

  28-07-2017 01:22 via Top Stories
  
  The Red Cross has set up a shelter and is handing out food and supplies to some of those residents.
  
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• Recent rains promise cooler weekend ahead

  28-07-2017 01:20 via Top Stories
  
  Our temperatures won't hit 90 again until mid-week next week.
  
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• Personal data-stealing virus targets users with fake invoice emails

  28-07-2017 01:17 via Top Stories
  
  Personal data-stealing Trojan virus targets users with fake invoice emails.
  
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• Raytown man charged with DWI after fatal I-435 crash Wednesday

  28-07-2017 00:56 via Top Stories
  
  Terry M. Jones was previously convicted of DWI in Jackson County
  
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• Charges filed after woman dies in 9-vehicle wreck on I-435, Gregory

  28-07-2017 00:47 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  One person has died following a nine-vehicle wreck at Interstate 435 and Gregory Boulevard. 
  
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• Russia sanctions bill heads to Trump after Senate's approval

  28-07-2017 00:46 via Top Stories
  
  Senators voted 98-2 to pass the sanctions bill, two days after the House cleared the legislation overwhelmingly, 419-3.
  
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• 'Shiv in ribs': Scaramucci ignites fierce White House fight

  28-07-2017 00:37 via Top Stories
  
  In a pull-no-punches, impromptu CNN interview that he said was authorized by the president, Anthony Scaramucci went after chief of staff Reince Priebus in graphic terms.
  
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• Health care debate: GOP senators implore House to not pass 'skinny bill'

  28-07-2017 00:37 via Top Stories
  
  A series of senators on Thursday openly insisted that they did not want the House to pass the Senate's proposal.
  
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• Police identify driver killed in Olathe crash Tuesday

  28-07-2017 00:12 via Top Stories
  
  Police are still investigating the crash.
  
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• Number of Twitter users hits plateau

  27-07-2017 23:34 via Top Stories
  
  Its advertising business continues to decline as the social media site struggles to add new users.
  
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• House passes $788B bill including $1.6B down payment on Mexico border wall

  27-07-2017 23:33 via Top Stories
  
  The 235-192 vote both eases a large backlog of unfinished spending bills and gives Trump and his House GOP allies political wins heading into the August recess.
  
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• 'True Detective' taps Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali to star in Season 3

  27-07-2017 23:25 via Top Stories
  
  "True Detective" Season 3 has found its main man.
  
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• Businesses are cashing in on solar eclipse watchers

  27-07-2017 22:29 via Top Stories
  
  The Great American Eclipse will take place next month, and businesses are cashing in on the first event of its kind since 1979.
  
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• ​This online dating service is only offered for those Twitter verified​

  27-07-2017 22:13 via Top Stories
  
  Online dating is fraught with complications. Chief among them: authenticity.
  
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• Independence man, 23, faces felony child sex charges involving two victims

  27-07-2017 21:55 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A 23-year-old Independence man faces felony molestation and sodomy charges involving two children.
  
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• 911 calls, body cam video from Venus Williams' accident released

  27-07-2017 21:50 via Top Stories
  
  Police have released the 911 calls and body cam video from the accident involving Venus Williams.
  
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• Victims identified in fatal ride accident at Ohio State Fair

  27-07-2017 21:39 via Top Stories
  
  An 18-year-old who recently enlisted in the the Marines was killed in the tragedy.
  
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• Independence man, 23, accused of molesting 2 juveniles

  27-07-2017 21:39 via Top Stories
  
  Damon R. Atchley charged with child molestation, sodomy
  
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• Heartbroken veteran creates bucket list for his dying combat dog

  27-07-2017 21:30 via Top Stories
  
  "Our brotherhood is a bond that should never be forgotten."
  
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• First-ever transgender infantry soldier responds to president's ban

  27-07-2017 21:11 via Top Stories
  
  Patricia King has served in the U.S. Army for 18 years. Now, she questions if she will be able to keep her job.
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' actor's new bakery has the perfect name

  27-07-2017 21:09 via Top Stories
  
  Direwolf bread is a real thing.
  
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• Boy Scouts executive apologizes after Trump speech

  27-07-2017 21:05 via Top Stories
  
  The statement came after President Donald Trump spoke Monday at a Boy Scouts of America event in West Virginia.
  
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• Tropical island allows you to hang out with rescued puppies

  27-07-2017 20:57 via Top Stories
  
  Potcake Place works to re-home stray potcake pups, and volunteers can visit and play with the animals.
  
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• Images of flash flooding in Kansas City

  27-07-2017 20:48 via Top Stories
  
  Torrential rains caused flash flooding early Thursday in Kansas City. The area along 103rd Street between Wornall and State Line roads was hard hit.
  
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• This is how long the average modern couple dates before getting married

  27-07-2017 20:42 via Top Stories
  
  How long did you date your partner before marriage?
  
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• How to avoid traffic during the Great American Eclipse

  27-07-2017 20:38 via Top Stories
  
  Up to 7.4 million people are expected to travel during the eclipse next month. Here's how to avoid traffic as much as possible.
  
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• Records: Child's body decomposing on arrival at hospital

  27-07-2017 20:31 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The body of a 6-month-old western Michigan boy had already started to decompose by the time his mother took him to a hospital after she had basically ignored him for two days in her sweltering home with no air conditioning, according to court records.
  
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• Lindsey Graham had strong words in his defense of AG Jeff Sessions

  27-07-2017 20:12 via Top Stories
  
  The senator got biblical in rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of the attorney general.
  
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• The historical reason why Prince George always wears shorts

  27-07-2017 20:08 via Top Stories
  
  He's always spotted in this article of clothing, and it's not going to change anytime soon.
  
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