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• Colorado woman fined $500 for having an apple

  22-04-2018 05:14 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A Colorado woman says the U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to fine her $500 for a free apple she received from an airline on her way home from Paris.
  
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• 5-year-old’s headache leads to rare brain disorder diagnosis

  22-04-2018 05:12 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A five-year-old girl in North Carolina has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder after complaining she had a headache.
  
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• Authorities trying to identify owner of dog who bit minor at Kensington Park

  22-04-2018 01:54 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The authorities are trying to find out who the owns a dog that bit a minor on Friday in Overland Park. The incident happened around 3:35 p.m. in the 9500 block of W. 123rd Street at Kensington Park. Two dogs were off-leash with their owner and one of them bit a minor. The owner of the dog was described as a white woman who is about 70 years old. She was about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. She had shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair, freckles, and a gap in between her two front teeth. S...
  
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• Investigation says Prince was isolated, addicted and in pain

  22-04-2018 00:44 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Investigative files in Prince's death show that members of his inner circle were growing increasingly alarmed about an opioid addition as his health waned in the final days of his life, and that they sought help.
  
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• Verne Troyer, actor best known as 'Mini Me' in 'Austin Powers,' dead at 49

  22-04-2018 00:11 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Verne Troyer, best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies, died Saturday, according to a statement posted to his Instagram. He was 49.
  
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• 2 men shot, injured in Lee’s Summit after pounding on someone's door

  21-04-2018 21:12 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Two men were injured after they were shot with a shotgun through the door they were pounding on.
  
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• Missouri House Democratic leadership asks representative to resign

  21-04-2018 19:24 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A release from Missouri's House Democratic leadership said they are asking for Representative Bob Burns to resign in light of "disturbing recordings of calls" made to a radio show with a host who makes "racist on-air statements."
  
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• Clay County Public Health Center releases notice about possible measles exposure

  21-04-2018 19:02 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The Clay County Public Health Center informed those in the North Kansas City School District of the time and location where individuals may have been exposed to measles. 
  
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• Driver in custody after running from police at sobriety check overnight

  21-04-2018 17:24 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has taken a man into custody in connection with the aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer after he ran from a sobriety check overnight. The sheriff's office was conducting the sobriety check in a lane in the area of K-10 Highway and Evening Star when, around midnight, a vehicle entered the area while driving in an aggressive way.  Stop sticks were deployed and the vehicle was stopped in the area of K-10 Highway and Cedar ...
  
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• Missouri deputy, 26, dies in head-on crash

  21-04-2018 15:26 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed a deputy from Miller County died in a head-on crash Friday.
  
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• Harley-Davidson offering internship of a lifetime

  21-04-2018 05:08 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Harley-Davidson is not only paying eight lucky interns, but is asking them to travel across the country and document their experience on social media.
  
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• Caught on camera: Craigslist thief sprays seller with bear mace, steals Hummer

  21-04-2018 05:08 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The victim said just before the suspects stole his vehicle, they sprayed him in the face with bear mace.
  
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• Family files lawsuit after missing man’s body is found 8 months later in KCI parking lot

  21-04-2018 02:12 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Randy Potter’s body was discovered in his truck in a lot at the airport in September of last year after he took his own life. The lawsuit filed by the Potter family’s attorney names the company Standard Parking Plus and two of its employees. For months, we’ve been tracking the story. Potter went missing January 17, 2017. A week later his family filed a missing person’s report. Potter was a frequent flier for business reasons, so the family said they came t...
  
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• Missouri Governor Greitens charged with felony tampering with computer data

  21-04-2018 01:47 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  According to the probable cause statement, the governor has been charged with two counts of "tampering with computer data to defraud or obtain property."
  
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• 'Smallville' actress accused of recruiting women to be sex slaves, prosecutors say

  21-04-2018 00:52 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Federal prosecutors say a television actress best known for playing a young Superman's close friend has been charged with sex trafficking for helping recruit women to be slaves.
  
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• Making waves: Indoor/outdoor concert venue planned for downtown Wichita

  21-04-2018 00:24 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The idea started during a conversation between friends over coffee.
  Now it's about to make waves — quite literally — in downtown Wichita.
  Adam Hartke, co-owner of Barleycorn's and the director of events for Wichita Festivals Inc., said the idea for a new indoor/outdoor concert and event venue downtown was initially just a conversation between friends.
  "I was talking to Alex Pemberton over coffee one day and I was telling him about my thought of having an outdoor venue," Hartke says.
  
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• Changes to the way people enter Westport will be enforced beginning Friday night

  21-04-2018 00:13 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  It's Friday night, and many people will be headed out to bars and restaurants in Westport, and tonight for the first time they'll encounter new rules on entering the area and parking their cars.
  
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• CDC: Don't eat any romaine lettuce

  20-04-2018 23:27 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The number of people hospitalized due to an E. coli outbreak in multiple states continues to grow.
  
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• Police: Man fatally shoots wife at Lee's Summit salon, kills himself

  20-04-2018 22:36 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Lee's Summit police say a man shot and killed his wife inside a hair salon on Friday morning and then took his own life near Longview Lake.
  
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• 'Cash mob' to descend on Douglas Design District

  20-04-2018 21:59 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Hampered by a recent road construction project, organizers of a "cash mob" event are looking to give Douglas Design District businesses a boost this weekend.
  
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• Engineering firm moving to east Wichita

  20-04-2018 21:50 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The business is expected to move to its new location in July.
  
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• Longwell: Youth Employment Project helping to combat area's workforce challenges

  20-04-2018 21:24 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell was one of 10 in a group of local and regional civic, business and education leaders who talked Friday morning about some of the workforce development needs of the area's employers.
  
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• KCKPS school resource officer charged with fondling teens

  20-04-2018 21:12 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Police Department officer has been charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child. 
  
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• Boeing delivers first converted 737-800 freighter

  20-04-2018 20:48 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Boeing Co. has delivered the first aircraft under a new program that converts existing 737-800 passenger jets to cargo use. Boeing (NYSE: BA) says in a press release that the first delivery went to GE Capital Aviation Services. The freighter will be operated by Sweden-based West Atlantic Group, with four more expected to be delivered to the group during the next 11 months. “The 737-800BCF brings customers the next generation of freighters,” said Mike Fleming, vice presi
  
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• Bank CEO: Organization not done growing

  20-04-2018 20:47 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The organization's leader says efforts to grow organically are intensifying.
  
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• DJ and EDM artist Avicii has been found dead

  20-04-2018 20:37 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Avicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday. He was 28.
  
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• Boeing and Embraer reportedly near pact; deal said to exclude business jets and defense

  20-04-2018 20:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Boeing Co. and Brazil’s Embraer are reportedly in “very advanced” stages of tie-up talks that would give the U.S. manufacturer a majority position in Embraer’s commercial jet business. According to a report from O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, which cites unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations, Boeing (NYSE: BA) would take an 80.01 percent stake in a new company created by a partnership with Embraer for its commercial aviation division. The deal bein
  
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• Man kills self after deadly Lee's Summit salon shooting, police say

  20-04-2018 19:39 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Lee's Summit police say a man shot and killed a woman inside a hair salon on Friday morning and then took his own life near Longview Lake.
  
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• Tax reform boosts manufacturing optimism

  20-04-2018 18:03 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Boosted by tax reform, manufacturers of all sizes across the country are as optimistic as they have been about the future of their businesses. According to a the National Association of Manufacturers’ first quarter outlook survey, http://www.nam.org/outlook/ overall optimism checked in at 93.5 percent. That was the second-highest total in the survey’s more than 20-year history, bested only by the 94.6 percent reported in December.For large manufacturers — such as Spir
  
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• Woman lost 2 sons in one night to opioids; fighting the crisis is now her life's work

  20-04-2018 15:19 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  "Everything just kind of seemed like a blur that day," Becky Savage said. 
  
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• Man who dressed as Spider-Man at hospital gets 105 years for child porn

  20-04-2018 14:39 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Prosecutors said the 36-year-old man took sexually explicit videos and pictures of a toddler-age girl and an infant boy that he was babysitting.
  
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• BizTalk with Bill Roy Podcast Episode 47: Wichita's Underground tech workers

  20-04-2018 14:38 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Imagine being able to wake up when you want and begin work when you decide it's time.
  Or imagine not having to go into an office every day.
  There are Wichitans who are doing just that; working remotely in Wichita for companies in California, or Washington or any number of locales outside the Sunflower State.
  Wichita Business Journal reporter Bryan Horwath found some of those remote workers and talked to them for the big story in the weekly edition.And one of Bryan's sources, Sandip Southekal,&he
  
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• Police: Couple killed Vietnam War veteran, burned body in front of kids

  20-04-2018 14:32 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A couple arrested in central California in the torture and killing of a 70-year-old Vietnam War veteran made their children watch as they burned the man's body.
  
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• Southwest gives $5,000 checks to passengers on Flight 1380

  20-04-2018 14:24 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Some passengers aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 received a $5,000 check after a deadly engine failure that led to an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
  
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• Woman arrested after drive-by shooting in Mission

  20-04-2018 14:04 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Police in Mission, KS, have arrested a woman after a drive-by shooting on Thursday.
  
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• Off-duty nurse body slams suspect who ‘viciously attacked’ officer

  20-04-2018 13:08 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  An off-duty nurse body slammed and restrained a suspect, who punched a Wisconsin police officer during a violent struggle. 
  
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• List analysis: Upgrades create a new experience for country club members

  20-04-2018 12:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Multi-million dollar upgrades at Crestview Country Club and Rolling Hills Country Club highlight area improvements last year.
  
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• When is the best time to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend?

  20-04-2018 05:22 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Want to go to a spectacular light show this weekend? All you need to do is look up!
  
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• $20,000 reward offered for missing explosives

  20-04-2018 05:12 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $20,000 reward for any information that leads to the discovery of a set of missing explosives.
  
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• If you have romaine lettuce, the CDC says you should throw it out

  20-04-2018 05:11 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  The number of people hospitalized due to an E. coli outbreak in multiple states continues to grow.
  
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• Alabama executes 83-year-old Walter Moody

  20-04-2018 04:00 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Alabama has executed Walter Moody. Moody was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 19. 
  
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• No one injured in Mission drive-by shooting

  20-04-2018 03:33 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Police in Mission are investigating after a drive-by shooting was reported in the 6400 block of 61st Street. 
  
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• KCK shooting victim drives to Wyandotte County Courthouse

  20-04-2018 01:19 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A man who was shot in Kansas City, KS drove to the Wyandotte County Courthouse.  
  
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• KCKPS officer charged with indecent liberties with child; 3 victims in case, DA says

  20-04-2018 01:08 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Police Department officer has been charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child. 
  
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• Number of Kansas City female homicide victims have grown from 2014-2017

  20-04-2018 00:15 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Police in Kansas City are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead on a sidewalk early Thursday morning.
  
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• 4 brothers found dead in rubble of Lake of the Ozarks home after a fire

  19-04-2018 22:46 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Authorities say four children have been found dead inside a house destroyed by fire in Missouri.
  
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• Independence woman, 20, shot and killed inside home on South Oxford Avenue

  19-04-2018 22:40 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Independence police have identified a 20-year-old woman as the victim from Thursday's homicide. 
  
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• Judge rejects request from Gov. Greitens to dismiss felony criminal indictment against him

  19-04-2018 21:29 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  A St. Louis judge on Thursday rejected a request from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to dismiss a felony criminal indictment against him.
  
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• You might want to change your go-to credit card

  19-04-2018 20:13 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Just like old habits, old credit cards can be hard to break away from. If you haven’t freshened up your wallet in a decade or more, you could be missing out on some big perks.
  
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• Cat gets new home after walking 12 miles to family who rejected him

  19-04-2018 18:09 via KCTV Kansas City - Old App News (DO NOT ASSIGN AFTER JULY 2014)
  
  Toby the cat has finally found a loving family after the folks he felt the closest to tried to have him put down. 
  
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