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A federal jury quickly found a man guilty of making threats against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner ...a former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the University of Kansas was sentenced Wednesday to time served and two years of supervised release... and the Kansas Department of Commerce is asking lawmakers to extend a financial incentive program. Details on these stories and more can be found in our daily news roundup.

The National Transportation Safety Bureau laid blame Tuesday for last year's Big Dig ceiling collapse in Boston that killed a motorist. Officials said the wrong epoxy was used to secure the ceiling panel, and pointed the finger at designers and inspectors.

Friday's sentencing comes after a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump's family enterprise guilty in December of tax-fraud. Trump was not charged as an individual.

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Brownback Signs "Hard 50" LawTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sam Brownback has signed legislation revising the Kansas law allowing convicted murderers to be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. Lawmakers approved the measure this week during a two-day special session. Brownback signed it yesterday (FRI) and delivered it to the secretary of state's office. The law will take effect September 12th when it is printed in the Kansas register.=====Man Charged in Shooting DeputyEL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A man captured after a four-day search across southern Kansas has been charged with attempted capital murder in the shooting of a Butler County sheriff's deputy. Forty-one-year-old Jan Tracy Kilbourne made a first appearance yesterday afternoon (FRI) in Butler County District Court. The Wichita Eagle reports his court-appointed lawyer did not object when the state requested he be held on $1 million bond.=====Kansas Lawmaker DiesTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The House speaker's office says southeast Kansas Rep. Ed Bideau has died at his home in Chanute. Rachel Whitten, spokeswoman for House Speaker Ray Merrick, says the 62-year-old Bideau died Thursday and is believed to have suffered a heart attack. She says an official cause of death hasn't been determined. Information about funeral services was not available yesterday (FRI).=====Wheat Crop Better than 2012WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Newly released sampling data from 51 Kansas counties show slightly more of this year's wheat graded as top quality. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said yesterday (FRI) in its annual wheat quality report that 85 percent of the samples graded as Number One wheat, compared with 83 percent last year.

After years of death threats, Bibi and her husband left their home country for Canada. She spent years on death row on charges of insulting the prophet Muhammad before her sentence was voided.