http://www.mail.com/people/15862-samuel-brownback.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/15862-samuel-brownback.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002580-at-fertilization-declaration-pause.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A phrase declaring that life begins "at fertilization" tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights advocates that the wording will inspire new attempts to prevent the procedure. Supporters of the measure said the language is no more than a statement of principle — similar to those found in s... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:10:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002580-at-fertilization-declaration-pause.html 2013-04-06T19:10:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2002310-obama-budget-ideal-tough-reforms.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his soon-to-be released budget, already criticized by friends and foes, is not his "ideal plan" but offers "tough reforms" for benefit programs and scuttles some tax breaks for the wealthy. That's a mix, he contends, that will provide long-term deficit reduction without harming the economy. In his first commen... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:32:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2002310-obama-budget-ideal-tough-reforms.html 2013-04-06T16:32:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002226-sweeping-anti-abortion-bill-to-kansas-gov.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex. The House voted 90-30 for a compromise version of the b... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:24:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002226-sweeping-anti-abortion-bill-to-kansas-gov.html 2013-04-06T07:24:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918274-storm-brings-deaths-travel-problems-power-losses.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Midwest snowstorm packing heavy snow and strong winds left six people dead in Kansas, hundreds of vehicles crashed or stranded in Wisconsin, and tens of thousands of utility customers without power in Michigan. "It's the heaviest snow we've received all winter long, as far as the largest quantity and it's wet," said Mark Rupnik, a sheri... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:55:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918274-storm-brings-deaths-travel-problems-power-losses.html 2013-02-28T00:55:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913114-2nd-blizzard-bearing-plains-region.html DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region. National Weather Service officials in Kansas issued blizzard warnings and watche... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:16:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913114-2nd-blizzard-bearing-plains-region.html 2013-02-25T07:16:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1905318-midwest-swaddled-blanket-snow-travel-tough.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Powdery snow bombarded much of the nation's midsection Thursday, leaving as much as 17 inches in some places, shutting down airports, schools and state legislatures. The storm system swirled to the north and east Thursday night, its snow, sleet and freezing rain prompting winter storm warnings from Kansas to Illinois. Forecasters say the ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:04:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1905318-midwest-swaddled-blanket-snow-travel-tough.html 2013-02-22T04:04:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903482-storm-moving-plains-blamed-fatal-crash.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — An armada of snow plows and salt spreaders deployed Wednesday on highways across the nation's heartland as a winter storm that's already blamed for one death promised to dump up to a foot of snow in some areas and bring freezing rain and sleet to others. Winter storm warnings were issued from Colorado through Illinois. By midday Wednesday... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:05:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903482-storm-moving-plains-blamed-fatal-crash.html 2013-02-21T02:05:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904154-kansas-homeowners-fight-brownback-plan-to-tax.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Brian Jones has been an admirer of Republican Sam Brownback's fiscal conservatism going back to Brownback's days as an anti-tax congressman in the 1990s. But now the real estate company owner from southeast Kansas finds himself in the odd position of fighting hard against the governor's plan for phasing out the state income tax. Brownb... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:07:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904154-kansas-homeowners-fight-brownback-plan-to-tax.html 2013-02-20T21:07:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1895368-states-choices-set-up-national-health-experiment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds? The nation is about evenly split between states that decided by Friday's deadline they want a say in running new insurance marke... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:05:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1895368-states-choices-set-up-national-health-experiment.html 2013-02-16T09:05:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1870486-push-retention-struggling-readers.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Flunked, retained, held back. Whatever you call it, increasing numbers of states are not promoting students who are struggling to read at the end of third grade. Thirty-two states have passed legislation designed to improve third-grade literacy, according to the Education Commission of the States. Retention is part of the policie... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1870486-push-retention-struggling-readers.html 2013-02-05T19:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year's shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen. The reversal is especially jar... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html 2013-01-23T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates. Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html 2013-01-22T22:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1797010-kan-case-highlights-legal-issues-sperm-donors.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Experts believe a Kansas sperm donor being sued by the state for child support put himself in a precarious legal position by getting involved in a lesbian couple's do-it-yourself artificial insemination. Kansas law states that a sperm donor is not the father of a child if a doctor handles the artificial insemination. But the law does n... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1797010-kan-case-highlights-legal-issues-sperm-donors.html 2013-01-04T07:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1770978-authorities-kansas-man-who-killed-2-cops-dies.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a Kansas grocery parking lot, and was later killed after an armed standoff, authorities said Monday. Hundreds gathered outside Topeka police headquarters with candles in memory of Cpl. David Gogian and Officer J... 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