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NEWS ABOUT: Wichita

Wichita stories: 8 news summaries

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

(Newser) - The ex-wife of the man suspected in yesterday’s fatal shooting of a Kansas abortion doctor says Scott Roeder underwent a mental evaluation and that, though he didn’t consider himself unstable, “everyone else did.” Lindsey Roeder says Scott’s views on abortion were so fierce she stopped... More »

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abortion • crime • murder • Wichita • anti-abortion activists • murder charges • George Tiller • Scott Roeder

Abortion Doc
Was Dedicated Despite Dangers

Kansas physician believed passionately
in right to choose

Jun 1, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. George Tiller persevered as one of the nation’s highest-profile abortion providers despite decades of violence against him and his clinic because he was a staunch believer in a woman’s right to choose, reports the Wichita Eagle. The Kansas physician—who was shot to death yesterday in the... More »

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abortion rights • Wichita • doctor • shooting • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

updated

 Police Arrest 
 Suspect in 
 Murder of 
 Abortion Doc 

Obama 'shocked and outraged' by killing

May 31, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Wichita, Kan., have arrested a 51-year-old male suspect in the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller, who was gunned down today as he walked into church, the Wichita Eagle reports. Wichita police Capt. Brent Allred did not name the suspect but did say other agencies, including the FBI,... More »

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abortion • Wichita • church shootings • shooting • pro-life • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

Top 10 US Cities for Jobs

Salt Lake City's still tops, but Texas boasts work aplenty, Forbes reports

Jan 26, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Where to get that new job this year? The Lone Star State is boasting work aplenty, but Salt Lake City—still high on tech jobs—takes the top spot. Forbes lists its top10 job-growth towns:
  1. Salt Lake City, Utah
  2. Wichita, Kan.
  3. Austin, Texas
  4. Atlanta, Ga.
  5. Fort Worth,
... More »

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Atlanta • Omaha • list • Austin • Houston • Indianapolis • Wichita • Salt Lake City • Fort Worth • Seattle • Raleigh • US cities • Forbes

Missing Co-ed Starred in
Porn Site

Police fear foul play
in Kansas teen's disappearance

Nov 29, 07 4:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A missing Kansas college student apparently led a secret life as an internet porn star, according to police who suspect foul play in her disappearance. Emily Sander, 18, disappeared last week after leaving a bar outside Wichita with a man whose motel room was later found trashed and covered in... More »

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Internet • pornography • Kansas • Wichita • missing person • Emily Sander • Israel Mireles • Zoey Zane • missing student

Shoppers Ignore Dying Murder Victim

Wichita convenience-store patrons snapped photos, kept shopping

Jul 5, 07 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience store murders rarely make national news, but when shoppers at a Witchita store did nothing to help a stabbing victim who lay bleeding to death on the floor—except to snap cell phone photos of her—the lack of response did. Wichita Eagle columnist Mark McCormick reported that... More »

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crime • murder • Kansas • Wichita • convenience stores • stabbing

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