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Donation revives Biddy Basketball


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:12 p.m.

Three days after Wichita Biddy Basketball appeared to dissolve into history, it's back for at least one more season, according to a group who plans to take over the league ... After the Salvation Army announced Friday it would end its association with the youth basketball league, a private donor stepped in to try to save the program, which is more than 50 years old ... "A major investor has made sure we'll have the funds we need to operate for another year," Jay Wassall, who will serve as

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House Votes To End Illegal Immigrant Tuition Break


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:59 p.m.

House members have voted to end a program that allows some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition to attend Kansas public colleges and universities ...

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Police Officer May Miss Months Of Work After Crash


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:22 p.m.

A Wichita police officer may be off the job for three months after he was injured in a crash over the weekend ...

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Libya's Moammar Kadafi vows not to resign, denounces protesters as 'greasy rats'


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:10 p.m.

In a lengthy address on state TV, Moammar Kadafi calls protesters against his regime a variety of names and urges his supporters to help the military crush the uprising ... A defiant Libyan strongman Moammar Kadafi vowed Tuesday not to resign and denounced the anti-government protesters who have challenged his regime as "greasy rats" and "drug-fueled mice" who deserve to be executed ...

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Gas prices jump again


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:06 p.m.

Another jump at the pump in Wichita Tuesday morning. Gas prices shot up to $3.15 a gallon for regular unleaded at most stations ...

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Wichita weather: Sunny, with highs in the 50s


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:29 p.m.

Temperatures will rebound modestly in the Wichita today under sunny skies, with highs climbing into the low 50s ... It will still be windy, forecasters say, with winds shifting from the east-northeast to the south and southeast. Light breezes will gain strength through the day, gusting to 20 miles an hour ... Overnight lows will slip into the mid-30s, and Wednesday’s high will approach 60. South winds will be steady in the teens, forecasters say ... Read more ...

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Gadhafi support dwindles; reports of bloodshed grow


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:28 p.m.

CAIRO — Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a major government building ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli. Protesters called for another night of defiance against the Arab world's longest-serving leader despite a crackdown ... At sunset, pro-Gadhafi militia drove around Tripoli with loudspeakers and told people not to leave their homes, witnesses said, as security

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Gas Prices Climb In Wichita


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:22 p.m.

Most stations selling gas at $3.15 ...

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Kline testifies that his tactics were sound


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:17 p.m.

TOPEKA — Phill Kline defiantly insisted that his tactics were sound and his cause just during his efforts to bring charges against Planned Parenthood and Wichita abortion provider George Tiller ... Kline took the stand Monday to face allegations that he misled and defied judges, mishandled evidence and said too much to Bill O'Reilly throughout his long investigation of Kansas abortion clinics ... "These charges were supported, and these charges need to be tried," said Kline, a former

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Bad wiring cited in fire at Heritage Restaurant


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:14 p.m.

Regulars of the Heritage Restaurant keep stopping by the popular south Wichita business, oblivious to the fire that heavily damaged the structure Friday afternoon ... One customer pulled into the parking lot Monday morning and blamed the nearly empty parking lot on "a late-arriving crowd," said Rod Engstrand, who is serving as a general contractor for the clean-up and restoration of the Heritage ... Fire investigators suspect faulty wiring started the fire that caused an estimated $250,000 in

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