Former US Rep. Karen McCarthy dies at age 63 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease

Ex.-US Rep. Karen McCarthy dies at age 63

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former U.S. Rep. Karen McCarthy, who represented the Kansas City area for more than a decade but left amid allegations that she misused her staff and campaign funds for personal gain, died Tuesday. She was 63.

Broken foot sidelines 7-foot Kansas center Jeff Withey for 4 to 6 weeks

Kansas C Jeff Withey has broken foot

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas center Jeff Withey will be out four to six weeks with a broken foot.

Vanity Fair reporter acknowledges misidentifying Palin’s Down syndrome son in recent article

Vanity Fair reporter admits error in Palin article

Air Force says it’s investigating whether sergeant exposed others to HIV at ’swinger’ parties

Air Force: Sergeant may have exposed others to HIV

Kansas’ Sunset Zoo says chimp in her twilight years gave birth after coming off birth control

56-year-old chimp gives birth at zoo in Kansas

Medical board files complaint against Kansas doctor over referrals for late-term abortions

Kan. medical board files complaint over abortions

Michelle Obama to discuss childhood obesity at NAACP annual convention July 12 in Kansas City

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Trial starts for Kan. doctor, wife accused of peddling prescriptions to addicts to make money

Kan. doctor tried on charges he ran ‘pill mill’

Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays; worst of storm still to hit Midwest

Winter storm starts to spread across Midwest

$100 bills in hand, Kansas’ new Secret Santa hands out about $14K in one day; recruits others

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Brownback says USDA animal disease lab will attract entrepreneurs to Kansas, help create jobs

Brownback: USDA lab will bring companies to Kansas

Kansas commission recommends closing state hospital for mentally disabled in Topeka

Kan. panel backs closing state hospital in Topeka

After more than 120 years, girls’ reformatory closing prompts reflection

Horror or haven? As reformatory for ‘incorrigible’ girls shuts, they reflect on contradictions

Kansas, Oklahoma conduct first 2-state drill testing response to foot-and-mouth disease

Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill

TOPEKA, Kan. — Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation’s food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.

Ambulance companies start charging extra fees to transport extremely overweight patients

Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients

TOPEKA, Kan. — As America battles the obesity crisis, ambulance companies increasingly are charging extra to transport patients who weigh several hundred pounds.

Kansas doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing painkillers to woman who wasn’t a patient

Kan. doctor guilty of writing illegal prescription

WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas doctor who worked for a physician accused of causing dozens of patient deaths from prescription drugs has pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing a painkiller for a women he never met.

In rush to get out swine flu vaccine, suppliers report delay, cutbacks in winter flu versions

Suppliers face winter flu vaccine delays, cutbacks

Waiting for the swine flu vaccine? Well, you might have to wait a bit longer for a seasonal flu shot, too.

French supplier of seasonal flu vaccines acknowledges delay in producing doses for US

Seasonal flu vaccine delayed for some US providers

The biggest manufacturers of seasonal flu vaccines for the U.S. said they are delaying or reducing the number of doses shipped to health care providers — partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine.

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