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TOPEKA, Kansas (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum swept the Kansas caucuses on Saturday with 51 percent of the vote, giving him a boost going into crucial primary votes in the South next week. The conservative former senator from Pennsylvania was well ahead of former...

AP - Unstable concrete, hanging steel beams and other damage caused by a powerful explosion that ripped through a Kansas grain elevator are complicating efforts to find three more people likely killed in the blast. More...

(CNN) -- After six months of negotiations with Kansas prosecutors, a veteran accused of stalking with intent to harm members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church pleaded guilty to lesser charges, his lawyer said. Former Army Sgt. Ryan Newell pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of...

A 5-year-old girl could face murder charges in the recent drowning of a toddler in a bathtub, police said on Thursday. Kansas City police are waiting for a medical examiner's report on how Jermane Johnson Jr., died, but have investigated the death as a homicide, spokesman Darin Snapp said...

(CNN) -- One person was killed and at least 20 homes destroyed after a weekend tornado that struck a town in eastern Kansas, state officials said. The storm also damaged another 200 homes around Reading, about 100 miles southwest of Kansas City, said Sharon Watson of the Kansas Division of...

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Chris Getz had two hits and two RBIs, leading the Kansas City Royals over a Cleveland Indians split-squad 6-5 Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The oldest haunted house in Kansas City, and one of the most popular, is now home to the world’s largest snake. Sally, a 300-pound, 24-foot python, is expected to be certified soon by the Guiness Book of World Records as the world’s biggest snake, with the old...

Kansas City area bank fails with bad loans KANSAS CITY, Mo., -- Hillcrest Bank, the seventh largest in the Kansas City, Mo., area with a heavy exposure in real estate loans, has failed. Hillcrest, based in Overland Park, Kansas, has $1.65 billion in assets and 41 branches. It folded...

NFL: Philadelphia 20, Kansas City 17 KANSAS CITY, Mo., -- Mike Kafka hit Riley Cooper with an 18-yard scoring pass in the final minute Friday that gave the Philadelphia Eagles a 20-17 win over Kansas City. Ryan Succop put the Chiefs in front 17-13 lead by kicking a 43-yard field goal with 2:04...

MLS: Kansas City 4, New England 1 KANSAS CITY, Kan., Aug. 22 -- Birahim Diop netted a pair of first-half goals Saturday to power Kansas City to a 4-1 victory over New England. Diop found the net twice in the first 27 minutes. His first tally came in the 16th minute when he broke in alone on...

MLB: Chi. W. Sox 7, K.C. 6 (2nd game) KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 22 -- Juan Pierre's RBI double in the 10th inning Saturday gave the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 victory over Kansas City in the second game of a doubleheader. Gordon Beckham led off the frame with a single off Greg Holland (0-1), was...

Sports Calendar for Saturday, Aug. 21 (All times Eastern) Football NFL Baltimore at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. N.Y. Jets at...

MLB: Kansas City 9, Cleveland 7 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Yuniesky Betancourt had three RBI Wednesday, Mitch Maier delivered a two-run triple and Kansas City held off a Cleveland rally to down the Indians 9-7. The Royals built a 9-4 lead through six innings en route to their fourth win in five games...

MLB: Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Zack Greinke limited Cleveland to one run over six innings Tuesday and the Kansas City Royals topped the Indians 2-1. Greinke (8-11) scattered five hits, walked three and struck out four over six innings to pace the Royals to a win in the first...

MLS: San Jose 1, Kansas City 0 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Chris Wondolowski scored in the 35th minute Saturday, lifting the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-0 victory over Kansas City. Wondolowski produced his seventh goal of the season off a feed from Khari Stephenson. The Earthquakes (7-6-5), who had...

NFL: Atlanta 20, Kansas City 10 ATLANTA, Free-agent rookie Dimitri Nance scored on two short runs Friday and the Atlanta Falcons opened their pre-season campaign with a 20-10 win over Kansas City. Nance, who played his college football at Arizona State, produced a 2-yard touchdown run in the...

MLB: Kansas City 4, New York Yankees 3 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Billy Butler's homer put Kansas City in front in the fifth Friday and the Royals escaped a ninth-inning jam to defeat the New York Yankees 4-3. The teams endured a lengthy rain delay in the fifth, and then battled to a tense conclusion...

MLB: Oakland 6, Kansas City 0 OAKLAND, Calif., Trevor Cahill tossed his first career shutout and complete game Monday, hurling the Oakland Athletics to a 6-0 win over Kansas City. Cahill (11-4) allowed only three hits, walking four and striking out three in the 109-pitch gem. The 22-year-old...

MLB: Kansas City 5, Baltimore 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Alex Gordon homered and Wilson Betemit added two hits and an RBI Sunday in the Kansas City Royals' 5-4 decision over Baltimore. Gordon's solo shot in the fourth inning gave the Royals a 4-2 lead and Betemit's RBI single capped a three-run first...

MLS: Kansas City 1, Toronto 0 KANSAS CITY, Kan., Teal Bunbury scored on a header in the 62nd minute Saturday to lead Kansas City to a 1-0 decision over Toronto FC. The Wizards took the lead when a long ball deflected off a Toronto defender and fell to Bunbury, who headed the ball toward the...