Ky. ‘King of Pot’ on lam 2 years after giant raid
With authorities closing in to seize 2,400 marijuana plants on John Robert Boone’s farm two years ago, the legendary Kentucky outlaw vanished like a puff of smoke. The prolific grower has been dodging the law ever since, his folk-hero status growing with every sale of a “Run, Johnny, Run” T-shirt and click on his Facebook fan page.
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Minnesota has tournament title hopes after upset
North Carolina could have gone a long way toward erasing a lingering headache from last year by winning an early season tournament.
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Eastern loses to BC after three volleyball wins
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After three wins to start the volleyball season Eastern Illinois lost a three-set match to Boston College at the Harvard Tournament.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison student dies after bout with meningitis
MADISON A University of Wisconsin-Madison senior from Singapore has died after being hospitalized for bacterial meningitis.
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What Others Are Saying | Repeat after us: If it ain’t broke …
If Kansas had a different system for picking judges for its appellate courts, justice would survive. Different states do it differently. But that’s not the same as saying Kansas’ system is broken and demands constitutional change. It isn’t and it doesn’t. Kansas is unique among states: a nine-member Supreme Court Nominating Commission, five attorneys and four nonlawyers, sift through …
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U of Minnesota president takes leave after surgery
MINNEAPOLIS — The president of the University of Minnesota is taking a few weeks off after prostate surgery.
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Minnesota woman seeks dog after fatal crash in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — After losing her husband in a horrific pileup during a blizzard in northern Iowa, a Minnesota woman holds out hope that one of the couple’s little dogs hasn’t been lost too.
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University of Minnesota student returns to classes after being shot on Minneapolis campus
Timothy Schumacher will carry the bullet with him for the rest of his life. But the University of Minnesota freshman won’t carry any anger after a gunman shot him for no reason last week on the Minneapolis campus.
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Butler pie-eyed after victory
KANSAS CITY (AP) — The Royals are making a habit of hitting late home runs.
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N. Ill. teen dies after skateboarding accident
Associated Press – July 31, 2010 12:44 PM ET PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) – A 16-year-old northern Illinois boy has died after a skateboarding accident in which he was reportedly being pulled by a…
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