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  • Rubbing alcohol sold as Scotch in N.J.

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Twenty-nine New Jersey bars ...

  • Inside a JoCo liquor store robbery

    SHAWNEE, Kan. - An employee and customer at a Johnson County, Kan., liquor store were put into a walk-in cooler Thursday night during a robbery that led to a wild police chase, shooting and crash. Both were rattled Friday and did not want to be identified, but shared their frightening stories with 41 Action News. The employee at Halftime Liquor Store, 15810 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Shawnee, ...

  • Consumer Reports Best sunscreen

    As many head out to begin their Memorial Day Weekend, a lot of people plan to hit the beach, so we're taking action for your health with a look at the sunscreens that protect you best in the sun. Consumer Reports tested 12 broad spectrum sunscreens that claim to protect against cancer-causing UVA and UVB rays. They found some of the least expensive brands were the most effective. The tests ...

  • Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...

  • Kansas still looking for sales tax deal

    House and Senate negotiators’ meeting Friday came after the House voted 109-5 against a Senate GOP to lower the sales tax on groceries to 4.95 percent in January.The plan also would have kept the sales tax on other items at 6.3 percent. The Senate approved the measure Thursday evening on a 24-15 vote.Gov. Sam Brownback wants to cancel most or all of the decrease to stabilize the budget ...


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Movie Review

Henry Fool

Have you ever met someone who can talk for hours and never actually say anything? A stream of words flows from the mouth, all of which sounds grandiose, weighty, and far reaching in deep, metaphorical importance, and yet semantically the entire tirade is meaningless? This is essentially a summation of the titular character of "Henry Fool," the arrogantly intellectual antihero at the center of Hal ... ...

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  • University of Missouri plans $23 million hall renovation

    COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri is considering a proposal to renovate its main administration building and two other halls that currently house ...

  • My aha moment writing about genetic sequencing

    Dr. Stephen Kingsmore As I was sitting in Dr. Stephen Kingsmore's lab discussing genomic medicine for this week's print edition cover story, a box arrived from Turkey containing a human DNA sample. He picked it up, explaining to me how the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics collaborates with researchers and doctors worldwide who want to ...

  • K-10 toll lanes from Lawrence to JoCo

    LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A long-range plan for the state's highways suggests that Kansas Highway 10 between Lawrence and Johnson County become a partial toll road. The Kansas Department of Transportation said Thursday that the highway should be widened in the next 20 years to six lanes. The plan would add high occupancy toll lanes, or HOT lanes, in each direction. The HOT lanes would be free ...

  • May 24 2013 -- Memorial Day

    This Memorial Day weekend we are paying tribute to our troops by raising money through 9 Can Help for our World War II veterans to take another Honor Flight to see their memorial in Washington, ...

  • Wife says trucker saw bridge collapse in mirror

    The wife of a Canadian trucker whose rig caused the collapse of a Washington bridge says a special vehicle called a pole car had travelled the route to make sure the load would ...

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