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Kansas stories: 42 news summaries

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GOP Pol
Ripped Over
'Redneck Rap' 

Anti-Obama video touts opossum, 'the other dark meat'

Oct 16, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas lawmaker Bill Otto brushed off accusations of racism after his "Redneck Rap" video was pulled from YouTube yesterday. The Republican sported a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" in the video, in which he slams President Obama's policies and then repeats the hat's slogan, adding,... More »

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YouTube • Republican • Kansas • racism • rap video • President Obama

Drunk Man Steals Ambulance, Leads Low-Speed Chase

No one harmed in brief incident

Oct 12, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most drunk people grab a cab home, but a 21-year-old Kansas man was charged yesterday with stealing an ambulance and leading police on a low-speed chase through downtown Lawrence. The ambulance had been left unattended while rescue workers responded to a medical emergency, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. After a... More »

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thief • Kansas • drunk driving • ambulance • car theft

Fugitive Holding Newlyweds Caught Napping

Pair gave Colo. suspect blankets, pillow; fled when he dozed

Sep 13, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fugitive who’d dodged the law for days was nabbed when he fell asleep after taking a pair of newlyweds hostage in Kansas, AP reports. The couple gave the escaped con pillows and blankets and slipped out unharmed after he dozed off. Now, he’s set to return to... More »

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sleep • Kansas • fugitive • arrest • Colorado • hostage

OPINION

 'Great White Hope' 
 Outcry an Overreaction 

Lawmaker's remark clichéd, not racist: Tucker

Aug 28, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lynn Jenkins' remark that Republicans are seeking "the great white hope" has been blown far out of proportion, Cynthia Tucker writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Sure, the freshman lawmaker welcomed young GOP stars "who are, well, white," but she was just drawing on a cliché... More »

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Kansas • Republican Party • gaffe • Jack Johnson • racist remark • Jack London • Lynn Jenkins • Cynthia Tucker

(Newser) - As if the GOP wasn't already a bit too lily white for the 21st century, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Kansas Republican, had this to say about her party at a town hall forum last week: "Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope. I suggest to... More »

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race • House of Representatives • Kansas • Republican Party • Lynn Jenkins

(Newser) - A Homeland Security plan to build a $700 million lab handling highly infectious animal diseases in Kansas' 'Tornado Alley' probably isn't the best idea it's had, the Washington Post reports. A withering report from the Government Accountability Office found that the DHS based its decision on a flawed, hastily done... More »

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tornado • Kansas • Department of Homeland Security • foot and mouth disease • GAO • Government Accountability Office

Doctor Will Do Late-Term Abortions in Kansas

Neb. physician will fill role of murdered Tiller

Jun 10, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(AP) - A Nebraska doctor said today he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, even though Tiller's clinic is closed. Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss details of his decision, which he made public a day after Tiller's family announced his Wichita clinic was... More »

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abortion • Kansas • George Tiller • Scott Roeder • late-term abortion • LeRoy Carhart

Pro-Lifers Eye Slain Abortion Doc's Clinic

Operation Rescue's offer to buy is publicity stunt: Tiller's lawyer

Jun 10, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pro-life group that long tried to shut down the abortion clinic of slain doctor George Tiller wants to buy the Kansas site for office space, an offer Tiller’s attorney dismisses as a publicity stunt, the AP reports. The Tiller family announced yesterday that the clinic offering third-trimester abortions... More »

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abortion • Kansas • Wichita • George Tiller • Operation Rescue

Tiller 'Knew Something
Was Coming' 

Murdered abortion doc worried about upsurge in protests, threats

Jun 6, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Tiller noticed a worrying rise in protesters outside his clinics and threats against him and his staff in the weeks before his death, the Kansas City Star reports. The abortion doctor shared his concerns with a colleague in North Carolina two weeks before he was shot. "I said,... More »

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abortion • murder • Kansas • Wichita • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

New Kansas Governor Is Party Switcher

Mark Parkinson, who turned Dem to run with Sebelius, sworn in

Apr 29, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Kathleen Sebelius now confirmed as the country's new health and human services secretary, Kansas has a new governor: Mark Parkinson, a Republican-turned-Democrat who will serve out her term until the end of next year. At a hastily assembled inauguration ceremony Parkinson pledged to alleviate "the real pain that... More »

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Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Mark Parkinson • Obama Cabinet • switching parties

updated

 Swine Flu Cases Rise to 11 
 in US; 8 Probable in NYC  

'We don’t think we can contain the spread of this virus:' CDC official

Apr 25, 09 9:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu pandemic fears grew today as three new cases surfaced in Kansas and California, bringing the US total to 11. Meanwhile, doctors diagnosed eight "probable" cases among New York City schoolchildren, MSNBC reports. The US victims appear to be recovering, in contrast to Mexico, where 81 people have... More »

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New York City • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Kansas • virus • outbreak • swine flu

Senate Panel Clears Sebelius for HHS Post

Vote means Obama
is likely to have a full Cabinet soon

Apr 21, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like President Obama will finally get his full Cabinet. A Senate panel today approved his pick of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be director of Health and Human Services, the Hill reports. The vote, largely along party lines, all but assures that Sebelius will be approved by the... More »

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Senate • Department of Health • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • Max Baucus • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Sebelius Made Little Progress on Health in Partisan Kan.

Kansas guv could get another shot as health secretary

Mar 2, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - As governor of Kansas, President Obama’s new pick for health secretary has plenty of experience working with Republicans—but little success pushing her health plans through the GOP-controlled legislature, the New York Times reports. If she is confirmed, she’ll have another chance to expand coverage in what could... More »

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health care • Department of Health • Kansas • health care reform • health secretary • Kathleen Sebelius • state legislature • Obama administration • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - President Obama has decided to pick Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his health secretary, the New York Times reports. The Democratic governor is now being vetted, and Obama hopes to make the announcement next week when he turns his attention from the economy to health care. One of Sebelius'... More »

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Health and Human Services • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

VP Longshot Sebelius Offers Bipartisan Lure

But the popular Kansas governor lacks foreign policy clout

Aug 20, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kathleen Sebelius, the dark horse among Barack Obama's potential running mates, is the best suited to carry his postpartisan torch, writes the New York Times. A popular Democratic governor in strongly Republican Kansas, her lieutenant governor is a Republican and she even married a GOP member. But Sebelius is a... More »

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Barack Obama • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate

Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate

Cartoon brings flood of donation, but Dem's bid for state legislature hardly done deal

Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is... More »

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social networking • Internet • Kansas • campaign fundraising • social conservatives • personal privacy • comic strips • Sean Tevis

 AP Pulls Faked Tornado Video 

Storm chaser allegedly doctored another man's old footage into his own

Jul 10, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Associated Press has pulled a video described as depicting a tornado that hit Nebraska last weekend after a storm chaser claimed that it was faked. After Andy Fabel sold the clip to the AP, which passed it along to 2,000 websites, another man noticed similarities between it and... More »

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tornado • Nebraska • Kansas • video • Associated Press • fake photos

OPINION

 Feisty Sebelius Has VP Chops 

Kansas governor brings red-state cred, history of standing up to Bush

Jun 10, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Among Barack Obama's potential running mates, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius brings a history of standing up to the Bush White House and credibility for having won over a historically Republican state, Sam Stein writes in the Huffington Post. "Kansans of all political stripes loved" Sebelius' blasting of Bush's war... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • Kansas • vice president • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • McCain 2008 • vice presidential candidate

 Storms Pummel Midwest, 
 Scare Visitors 

Kansas tornadoes smash homes, spook elephants

Jun 6, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Severe weather lashed the Great Plains yesterday after forecasters warned of a possible tornado outbreak as bad as the 1974 one that spawned 39 twisters, AP reports. At least four tornadoes touched down in Kansas, causing widespread damage and spooking a pair of runaway circus elephants. Heavy rains caused rivers... More »

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weather • Iowa • Great Plains • tornado • severe weather • storm • Nebraska • Kansas • twister • thunderstorms

OPINION

Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

But nice try, right wing

May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Kansas • Catholicism • Kathleen Sebelius • vice presidential sweepstakes

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