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Kansas receives failing marks from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network on six of nine state policies relating to cancer prevention and control.

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Facing a budget crunch, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to raise the cost of applications. Attorneys say it could make green cards harder to obtain for working class immigrants.

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More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis.

NPR's Scott Simon offers his thoughts on why the value of baseball cards shouldn't be measured in dollars.

New questions have surfaced about unauthorized spending by former Lawrence Mayor Jeremy Farmer. Records reveal Farmer used a government credit card to pay for personal expenses. He reimbursed the city this week, shortly before resigning from office.

(Flickr Photo by Brent Danley)The two candidates running for a 2nd District congressional seat are sharply divided on the issue of tax credits to help promote wind energy. Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins says she's not opposed to wind development, but believes the credits should be eliminated. She says government has already helped give wind energy a start through the tax credits.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b5ae0000Her challenger is Democrat Tobias Schlingensiepen, who would like to keep the credit. He says investing in infrastructure and energy are ways to speed economic growth in Kansas.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b5ae0001The wind energy tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year. The two spoke last (THUR) night during a debate at the Dole Institute of Politics on the University of Kansas campus. We’ll have more from the debate later this hour.