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Texas Tech hires 33-year-old Kingsbury as coach
New Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has wanted to be back in Lubbock since he left a decade ago. Late last week the former Red Raiders quarterback ...
Mourners gather at funeral for Chiefs' Belcher
Jovan Belcher was remembered Wednesday for the accomplishments of a life that ended so suddenly and violently. Several hundred mourners gathered for ...
Colorado River seen as depleting regional resource
The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official ...
Shields, Davis get first look at K as Royals
The last couple years, every time that Royals manager Ned Yost would stop to buy a cup of coffee, he would tell the barista his name was Frank.
Notable shootings at shopping malls worldwide
Notable shootings at shopping malls worldwide: — Dec. 11, 2012: A masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire at the Clackamas Town Center in ...
Senator: Rock removal on Mississippi to start soon
Crews might be allowed to begin destroying two rock pinnacles impeding barge traffic on the Mississippi River as early as next week, more than a month ...
US defends $1.9B deal with British banking giant
American authorities on Tuesday cited "astonishing" dysfunction at the British bank HSBC and said that it had helped Mexican drug traffickers, Iran, ...
NTSB: Use ignition locks for all drunken drivers
Every state should require convicted drunken drivers, including first-time offenders, to use devices that prevent them from starting a car's engine ...
Chiefs get back to normal with loss to Browns
Returning to normal for the Kansas City Chiefs is equal parts welcoming and frustrating. The players, coaches and front-office staff may never truly ...
Royals' trade with Rays shows win-now mentality
When James Shields broke into the big leagues with Tampa Bay, the Rays were no better than the Kansas City Royals. They lost more than 100 games his ...
Fiscal cliff stalemate spurs anxiety in states
A plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert ...
Giants, Cowboys, Redskins win in tight NFC East
Winning was required to keep pace in the NFC East playoff race. Losing was all that was needed in the AFC North. The defending Super Bowl champion New ...
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says team is grieving
The Cowboys bowed their heads, put hands over their hearts and honored a teammate killed in a car accident during a moment of silence before their ...
Police video released in NFL player murder-suicide
Police released video Friday night that shows officers finding Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher asleep in his car just hours before he ...
APNewsBreak: Corps not budging on Miss. River flap
The Army Corps of Engineers has turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge operators to release more water from the Missouri River, ...
GOP Senate group aided Akin despite disavowal
Despite publicly disavowing candidate Todd Akin after his "legitimate rape" remark, the National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly sent $760,000 ...
Relative: Woman slain by Chiefs player brought joy
The slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was a loyal friend who brought joy to others with her smiles and laughter, a ...
H&R Block 2Q loss narrows as revenue rises
H&R Block's fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed, helped by cost-cutting efforts. Revenue climbed mostly because of a strong tax season in Australia.
NFL, teams offer support for players in crisis
Brady Quinn can't help but wonder whether he missed something in the final days of Jovan Belcher's life. Could the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback ...
Drought revives old water war among river states
The water wars are raging again in America's heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri ...
Belcher's mom says she loves son, slain girlfriend
The days since Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend then shot himself in the head have been very difficult for his mother, who said Wednesday that the ...
Chiefs players pay respects to Belcher at service
Heads bowed, somber past and present Kansas City Chiefs players turned out Wednesday for a memorial service for teammate Jovan Belcher, who killed his ...
Chiefs' Brady Quinn shines in time of trouble
This should have been a big week for Brady Quinn. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback is coming off one of the best games of his career, helping his ...
Mississippi River dropping slower than expected
A revised Mississippi River forecast offered a bit of a reprieve for shippers Wednesday, showing the water level isn't dropping as quickly as feared.