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    <title><![CDATA[   Church's ‘Operation Thanksgiving' spreads cheer to 500 families ]]></title>
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        It started at 9 a.m. Saturday on the backside of a Wal-Mart, pallets of frozen turkeys and Sara Lee dinner rolls loaded onto pickups and trailers.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Promise of passing from bitter to better season ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:13 CST</pubDate>
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        On a slate-gray morning between cold rains, a gang of robins passed through. These were not the cheery robins of spring, whose arrival my mother always announced with something like a song in her voice.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   D.C. delegate has high hopes for Voting Rights Act ]]></title>
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        WASHINGTON | With the recent election of President-elect Barack Obama, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate for the District of Columbia, predicts that the passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Act will occur sometime next year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Welcome to Kansas GOP's version of Stalin's purges ]]></title>
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        The presumption of innocence might be the foundation of American jurisprudence. But you&#39;re guilty until proved innocent in today&#39;s Kansas Republican Party.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   GOP must get serious about more women candidates ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:33 CST</pubDate>
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        The burning question of the recent presidential campaign, as cynics put it, was this: &amp;ldquo;Is the U.S. more sexist or racist?&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   With Election '08 in the books, there are new plots to follow ]]></title>
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        You love me when all things politics are hot. Don&#39;t forget me in July. &#149;All you Missourians still stewing over those long Election Day lines can just keep stewing.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Youth program blends academics, athletics and life skills ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:53 CST</pubDate>
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        Deron Jones glances at the mural he created, and a modest smile breaks across his young face. &#147;I can&#39;t believe I did it,&#148; the 16-year-old Grandview High School junior says of his work on a wall at the Education First, Athletics Second Coalition.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Key leadership posts up for vote in Kansas Legislature on Dec. 1 ]]></title>
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        TOPEKA | On Dec. 1, Kansas lawmakers will vote on key leadership posts, deciding who writes the legislative agenda, appoints committees and manages the flow of bills.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Entrepreneur wannabes savvy to hard times ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:13 CST</pubDate>
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        As if it were a confession, Maya Menon admits once thinking she would major in linguistics. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But this economy-mad world has tomorrow&#39;s business leaders pursuing stronger coats of armor for the years ahead.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Another Johnson County political operative charged with stealing political sign ]]></title>
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        Another Johnson County political operative has been charged with stealing a political sign during last month&#39;s election campaigns.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Family wanted: Alia ]]></title>
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        Alia, 10, loves to read. When she doesn&#39;t have her nose in a book, she&#39;s active in her church youth group and plays soccer. Alia would like to be a teacher or lawyer when she grows up.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   No wrongdoing by Unified Government commissioners who appeared in casino video, state says ]]></title>
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        The office of Kansas Attorney General Steve Six has cleared of wrongdoing three commissioners for Wyandotte County&#39;s Unified Government who appeared in a video promoting a casino proposal.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Other news in brief: Honors for keeping it clean ]]></title>
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        The environmental activist organization Bridging the Gap has honored the Metropolitan Community Service Program with its Keep Kansas City Beautiful Award for Organizations. The program has enabled people ordered to community service by the court to use their time beautifying Kansas City. The program, which collaborates with city departments and community groups, has removed more than 17 tons of litter, Bridging the Gap said in announcing the award last week.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Highway crash kills St. Joseph woman, 24 ]]></title>
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        A St. Joseph woman died Saturday morning after she was ejected from a sport utility vehicle that struck an embankment, a utility pole and three trees.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Topeka man wins new vehicle &mdash; twice ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:09 CST</pubDate>
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        TOPEKA | A Topeka man has had a lucky couple of weeks. In a span of 10 days, Michel Horton learned he had won two automobiles in separate contests.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Water samples from Cameron, Mo., in compliance with state, federal standards ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:14 CST</pubDate>
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        CAMERON | Water sampled by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources was in compliance with state and federal drinking water standards, but some residents remained concerned about whether pollution could be responsible for causing recent brain tumors.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   New transportation hub puts an end to &lsquo;Am-shack' in St. Louis ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:13 CST</pubDate>
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        ST. LOUIS | St. Louis residents for years have gotten on the train from a no-frills building known locally as the &amp;ldquo;Am-shack.&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   The Watchdog: Tacky traffic signals ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:13 CST</pubDate>
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        Kansas City&#39;s Louise Jones doesn&#39;t like the traffic signals hanging from what appear to be temporary wires at the entrance to Swope Park at Meyer Boulevard and Swope Parkway.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Public safety news in brief: Man found slain in apartment ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:13 CST</pubDate>
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        Police are investigating the early-morning death of a man at a south Kansas City apartment complex Saturday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Tribute: Kevin Pritchard ‘touched so many people in different ways' ]]></title>
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        Who: Kevin Fort Pritchard of Lawson Age: 48 When and how he died: Nov. 6, after battling colon cancer for more than five years      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Winning lottery numbers for Saturday, Nov. 22 ]]></title>
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        Saturday&#39;s winning numbers: &#149;Missouri Pick 3 Midday: 9-7-4 Evening: 2-4-8 &#149;Missouri Pick 4      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Dog saves family from fire but loses his life ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:28 CST</pubDate>
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        Three years ago, Jennette Gonzalez rescued a stray dog that had been left for dead amid the trash and debris in a bin at a Camden Point gas station.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Wild African cat roamed Northland before being killed ]]></title>
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        When Kansas City police responded to a call Thursday about a possible bobcat prowling the Northland, officers soon realized they were dealing with something more exotic.      
    
  

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        Mayor Mark Funkhouser said Friday that he could support a property tax increase to help Union Station and other museums in the city.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Three plead guilty in vandalism spree ]]></title>
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        Three men pleaded guilty Friday in Independence to felony charges stemming from a September 2006 vandalism spree at the site of a new Bass Pro Shops store.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Improvement money flows to Penn Valley Park area ]]></title>
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        Penn Valley Park and Liberty Memorial will receive more than $5.6 million for improvements, made possible by tax-increment financing and construction of the Federal Reserve Bank&#39;s new building next door.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Power struggle muddies control of Wyandotte County's Democratic Party ]]></title>
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        A power struggle within Wyandotte County&#39;s Democratic Party leadership has led to dueling restraining orders and confusion over who is in charge.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Bates County man reported missing ]]></title>
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        Authorities on Friday put out a national missing-person report on a Bates County, Mo., man who hasn&#39;t reported to work or contacted family members for several days.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Clay County departments work four 10-hour days ]]></title>
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        Two years ago, the Clay County highway department switched to a 10-hour, four-day workweek to save on fuel costs.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lee's Summit/Southland Community Calendar November 22-28 ]]></title>
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        LOVE&amp;rsquo;S OUTREACH COMMUNITY FOOD DISTRIBUTION: Free food for families in need. No qualifying. Free and open to the public. 9-10:30 a.m. Nov. 22, Outreach Center (OC), 136 S. First, Pleasant Hill. (816-246-7625)      
    
  

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