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Fresno State wins title OMAHA, Neb
Fresno State wins title OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- With Steve Detwiler providing all the offense pitcher Justin Wilson needed, Fresno State captured its first national championship in a men's sport with a 6-1 victory over Georgia in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. Detwiler homered twice and drove in all six runs, and Wilson allowed five hits in eight innings to cap Fresno State's wild ride to a title.
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N. Korea submits list to China SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities today, South Korea's foreign minister said, paving the way for Pyongyang to receive economic aid
N. Korea submits list to China SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities today, South Korea's foreign minister said, paving the way for Pyongyang to receive economic aid. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told reporters that the North had submitted its declaration to Chinese officials in Beijing. The North was set to blow up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon ...
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Group wants broadcast blocked
TOPEKA (AP) -- A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom is asking the Pentagon to block a Christian cable TV broadcast featuring officers in uniform. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has raised objections to 20 minutes of the two-hour broadcast of "Carman's Red, White and Blue Spectacular," saying the program may violate a prohibition against uniformed officers endorsing a particular...
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Red-hot Royals complete sweep of Rockies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- As a kid in Colorado, Luke Hochevar rooted for the Rockies. On Wednesday night, he took a different approach against them. The 24-year-old rookie pitched a career-high eight innings, Ross Gload drove in two runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Rockies 4-2 for their fifth straight victory. "There's still some guys still playing that I grew up watching," Hochevar said. "To be able to pitch against them is a dream co...
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No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 14-21-25-45-53
No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 14-21-25-45-53. The Powerball was 9. The Power Play was 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $64.2 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $75 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, ...
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Kansas lifts wheat embargo after tests show grain is safe
WICHITA (AP) -- Kansas regulators on Wednesday lifted an embargo on wheat from 20 fields and three grain elevators in seven south-central Kansas counties after test results showed no detectible traces of a toxic fungicide applied too close to harvest. But a separate later embargo remained in place on wheat from 11 northern-Kansas counties, pending test results from those fields, said Lisa Taylor, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agric...
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Police take 170 roosters OLATHE -- Authorities have arrested two men in an alleged cockfighting operation in rural western Johnson County
Police take 170 roosters OLATHE -- Authorities have arrested two men in an alleged cockfighting operation in rural western Johnson County. The Johnson County Sheriff's Department says deputies confiscated more than 170 fighting roosters and a large sum of cash while executing a search warrant at a home about eight miles west of Olathe. The two men who were arrested have not yet been charged. The Sheriff's Department says representatives from ...
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Some Kansas wheat is embargoed for pesticide testing
WICHITA (AP) -- Regulators embargoed some winter wheat fields in some south-central Kansas counties and grain in three elevators after a spot check showed farmers had applied a toxic fungicide too close to harvest, the Kansas Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. "We hope this is entirely precautionary to protect the integrity of Kansas wheat," said Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polansky. "We are very hopeful that this will not be a fo...
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Report links warming, national security
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments and could add to terrorism, all of which could threaten U.S. national security, according to an assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Logic suggests the conditions exacerbated (by climate change) would increase the pool of potential recruits for terrorism," said Tom Fingar, deputy director of n...
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Arizona regulator takes Kansas job TOPEKA (AP) -- An Arizona medical regulator has been picked as the next executive director of the Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Arizona regulator takes Kansas job TOPEKA (AP) -- An Arizona medical regulator has been picked as the next executive director of the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. Jack Confer will take the position being vacated by Larry Buening, who resigned earlier this year as head of the Kansas agency that licenses and regulates doctors. Buening and chief counsel Mark Stafford resigned effective July 1 after legislators and others put pressure on the boar...
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Greinke strikes out 10
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Zack Greinke is developing into a strikeout pitcher at age 24. The right-hander matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer as the surging Kansas City Royals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 Tuesday night. "When there are runners on base, that's the only time I really try to strike anybody out, at least from the first pitch," Greinke said. "I threw a lot of quality pitches and got ahea...
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KSU still in running for biodefense center
TOPEKA (AP) -- Kansas State University remains in the running as the site for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility after the release of a federal report. The Manhattan campus is among five locations being considered for a $451 million lab that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to build to replace an aging lab on Plum Island, N.Y. A decision is expected later this year, and the new lab could be operating by 2013. The Depart...
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Chiefs sign draft pick KANSAS CITY, Mo
Chiefs sign draft pick KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs today signed offensive tackle Barry Richardson to a three-year contract. The Chiefs selected Richardson with the first of two sixth-round picks in this year's NFL Draft. Terms of the deal were not released. Richardson, a 6-foot-6, 319-pound lineman, played in 49 games at Clemson including 45 starts in four years. He earned first-team All-ACC honors the last two seasons. Ka...
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Ivanovic scrapes through
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Novak Djokovic was upset in straight sets by Marat Safin in the second round at Wimbledon today, ending the Serb's chances of testing his theory about Roger Federer's vulnerability. The 75th-ranked Safin won 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Centre Court. It was a stunning loss for the third-ranked Djokovic, who came to the All England Club confident after beating top-ranked Federer in the semifinals at this year's Australian Op...
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Fed signals rate increases WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues, concluding a two-day meeting, are expected to keep talking tough about inflation while stopping short of actually doing anything, at least right away
Fed signals rate increases WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues, concluding a two-day meeting, are expected to keep talking tough about inflation while stopping short of actually doing anything, at least right away. The Fed is widely expected at the conclusion of today's discussions to express more concerns about inflation and in that way signal that rate increases could be on the way later this year. However...
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Opposition leader speaks HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's opposition leader briefly emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy today and called for African leaders to guide talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, saying a presidential runoff this week was no solution
Opposition leader speaks HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's opposition leader briefly emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy today and called for African leaders to guide talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, saying a presidential runoff this week was no solution. Morgan Tsvangirai said the goal of the talks would be forming a coalition transitional authority for his country. He said talks could not begin until there was an end to attacks on his ...
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lets Klan reference slip COLUMBUS (AP) -- A Cherokee County commissioner insists he meant nothing racial when he referred to the Ku Klux Klan during a recent meeting
Commissioner lets Klan reference slip COLUMBUS (AP) -- A Cherokee County commissioner insists he meant nothing racial when he referred to the Ku Klux Klan during a recent meeting. But the comment didn't sit too well with Richard McIntire, a national spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Commissioner Pat Collins referenced the Klan during a Monday meeting about Terry's Outlet, a new adult-video sto...
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Independence opensnew genealogy library
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- Dedicated family researchers in the Kansas City area and beyond now have a library to match their ambitions. The new Midwest Genealogy Center, which opened Saturday, is billed as one the nation's largest libraries specifically for people tracing their ancestry. The 52,000-square-foot building replaces a facility one-quarter its size that was housed in the Mid-Continent Public Library's north Independence branch. "...
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Scientists find primitive tetrapod
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists unearthed a skull of the most primitive four-legged creature in Earth's history, which should help them better understand the evolution of fish to advanced animals that walk on land. The 365 million-year-old fossil skull, shoulders and part of the pelvis of the water-dweller, Ventastega curonica, were found in Latvia, researchers report in a study published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. Even though V...
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Plane crash leaves two dead TONGANOXIE -- Two people were killed Tuesday when their small plane crashed in Leavenworth County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said
Plane crash leaves two dead TONGANOXIE -- Two people were killed Tuesday when their small plane crashed in Leavenworth County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. The patrol identified the victims as James Phillip Jambor, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Murray Brown, 47, of Kansas City, Kan. Patrol dispatchers said investigators were still searching wreckage Tuesday evening, but declined to release other information about the crash. The plane crash...
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