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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Westar Energy is proposing raising the rates on residential and small business customers and lowering the rates for large businesses. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that homeowners or small businesses would pay 6 to 9 percent more under Westar Energy's latest plan. Big businesses that buy lots of power would pay 6 to 15 percent less. Westar officials say industrial users and other large-volume customers are now paying more than their share. The Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board is opposing the changes, saying it's unfair to raise rates on small customers to pay for millions of dollars of cuts for the big users. Ultimately, the Kansas Corporation Commission will decide whether to grant or modify the company's proposal. The Westar proposal will have its first public hearing tonight (MON).

Hawker Beechcraft corporate headquarters in Wichita. (Photo Credit: Raytheon)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hawker Beechcraft plans to furlough about 240 employees now that negotiations with the government have fallen behind schedule. The Wichita Eagle reports that the furloughs will affect hourly workers on T-6 and AT-6 production and will begin later this month. Hawker Beechcraft spokeswoman Nicole Alexander says the furloughs will likely be in one- or two-week increments and total several weeks throughout the year to match production. The company builds T-6 military trainers to sell to the U.S. government as part of the Joint Primary Aircraft Training Systems contract. The company is currently negotiating with the government for the next lot of airplanes, and negotiations are behind schedule. Each lot is negotiated separately and pricing for the next lot of airplanes is a main piece of the negotiations.

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

Well-known artists and designers are taking over billboards (donated gratis) to brighten the landscape in an emptier-than-usual Times Square. One work simply reads: "Hopefully no one will see this."

A weekend standoff in Overland Park ends with the death of a suspect... a Union Pacific train derails in Kansas... KU basketball coach Bill Self now recovering from a heart procedure... and more mountain lion sighting are reported across the state. Those stories and more... here.

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

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