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The Fifth Annual Kansas Author Dinner is February 26th at Hotel Old Town. Susan Dyer talks withs KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon.
The new book from Jay Price, Associate Professor of History and Director of WSU’s Public History Program, is Wichita’s Lebanese Heritage. He will be one of the featured authors at the Kansas Author Dinner Feb. 26. Jay Price talked with KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon.
Today we’ll hear Danielle Hayworth talk to her friend, Tammy Hyder, about the difficult birth of her first child
If it’s true that infant mortality is a good indicator of a population’s health, Kansas isn’t doing so well. A blue ribbon panel has been trying to figure out what’s to blame and what to do about it,
A state program that helps pay for special education could explode in cost this year. A legislative audit recommends changing the rules so fewer students qualify. Lawmakers this week are considering the changes. Statehouse Reporter Stephen Koranda has more.
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Events Calendar:
WSU Conniosseur Series Presents: The Tap Kids
Friday, February 12th
Youth and athleticism collide onstage when the Tap Kids from New York City hit Century II in Wichita. Eight of the nation's most talented young tap dancers take to the stage in this rousing, joyous celebration of American Youth Culture. Since its debut at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in 2002, the show has enjoyed tremendous success across the country and abroad. The WSU Dance Program and The WSU College of Fine Arts Connoisseur Series is excited to bring you this program that will delight young and old with exhilarating rhythms and flying feet. Tickets for this event go… More
NPR Headlines:
Some companies have no traditional office at all — and they like it that way. At one multimillion-dollar company, all 40 employees telecommute. The firm weeds out job applicants who look down on working from home.
Teams of American structural engineers are in Haiti looking into the integrity of the thousands of buildings still standing. U.N. officials say perhaps 20 percent of the structures in Port-au-Prince collapsed, and 80 percent of those still standing suffered serious damage. Some of these structures shouldn't be occupied.
The crash of Continental Flight 3407 last February — in which 50 deaths were attributed to pilot error — sparked an inquiry that found safety problems. Among them: long hours and low pay at regional carriers, where some pilots become captains with less than a year of experience.
Critics call the president's plan to hold a summit between Democrats and Republicans on Feb. 25 a purely political gambit designed to give the appearance of momentum for the health bill. Even supporters of the summit see room for common ground with Republicans on only a few narrow issues.
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