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New York pastry chef Brooks Headley calls his cookbook Fancy Desserts. But his Italian grandmother is his real inspiration, he says, and she was all about homestyle: simple and fresh.

A new 2024 election poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist shows fundamental divides over concerns for America's future and what to teach the next generation.

On Wednesday, the president showcased models for a grand new monument to be added to the gateway of the National Mall: a large, neoclassical arch topped with eagles and a gilded, winged figure.

Here's a summary of Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by KPR staff.

A Lenexa boxer can take a big step forward with a victory today (TUE) to compete in next year's Olympics. Twenty-two year old Lenroy "Cam" Thompson is at the world boxing championships held in Azerbaijan. A finish in the top six will assure him of making it to the Olympics. Kansas Public Radio's Greg Echlin has more.

Emergency officials are helping prepare areas along the Missouri river for increased risks of flooding this week. Ten Kansas National Guard troops headed to Doniphan County in northeast Kansas last week to help patrol levees. But as KPR’s Stephen Koranda tells us, those levees could be topped by rising waters later this week.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa799b90000

The family of a 1940 K-U pharmacy grad who went on to head one of the nation’s top pharmaceutical firms has given 1.2-million dollars to the K-U Endowment for the School of Pharmacy. As Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson explains, the money will help meet a critical need, especially in rural Kansas.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7458b0000

A top Democrat in the Kansas Senate is questioning Governor Brownback's use of campaign donations to pay off legal fees.

The annual G-8 Summit of the world's leading industrial powers convenes Wednesday in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made climate change her top priority, but President Bush is resisting her proposals.

President Bush nominates the head of one of Wall Street's top financial firms to lead the Treasury Department. Henry Paulson Jr. -- chairman of Goldman Sachs -- is slated to replace resigning Secretary John Snow. The White House hopes Paulson will do a better job than Snow selling the president's economic record.