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Original Kansas Lineup Set to Reunite

Mary Ouellette — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:14:01 +0000

In 2013 Kansas will be chalking up a major milestone when they celebrate four decades as a band. In honor of the special event, the band has unveiled their 40th Anniversary Celebration and Fan Appreciation Concert scheduled for Aug. 17 at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pa.

35 Years Ago: Kansas' 'Point of Know Return' Album Released

Eduardo Rivadavia — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:30:56 +0000

It’s been 35 years since Kansas plunged beyond the ‘Point of Know Return’ and over the edge of progressive rock oceans into mainstream unknowns below. The year was 1977, and the rising progressive rockers’ fifth studio album had to be wrangled into shape amid escalating band member disagreements and no small pressure that they double [...]

NCAA Title Game: Kentucky Beats Kansas 67-59 To Win National Championship

Joe Student — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:50:35 +0000

Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky held off a spirited Kansas rally to beat the Jayhawks 67-59 in the NCAA title game in New Orleans on Monday night. The win gave the Wildcats (38-2) their eighth national championship in school history and first since 1998. After a first half that saw them surge ahead [...]

Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Betty Ford's Funeral

Amory Gritta — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:52:46 +0000

The Westboro Baptist Church is at it again.

The fundamentalist and anti-gay group has announced it will picket the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford, who died last week, because she got divorced before marrying the man who would later become President Gerald Ford. This, the group says, made her an adulterer who "loved to sit with tawdry reporters and blather about sex."

Woman Attacked by Secret Pet Python, Saved by Police

Amory Gritta — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:14 +0000

There seems to be a trend among people who house dangerous, exotic and/or illegal pets in their home: they end up attacked by their very own beloved creature.

Such is the case for a Kansas woman who, after harboring a secret pet python, wound up with its jaws around her neck until a police officer intervened.

Barack Obama Picks Kansas to Win The National Championship

Amory Gritta — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Barack Obama didn’t take a whole lot of risks when filling out his NCAA Tournament brackets. The President has all four number one seeds — Duke, Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Kansas — advancing to the Final Four, with Kansas winning it all. This is the second straight year Obama predicted the Jayhawks to take the [...]