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Q: Founded on Dec. 5, 1854, this Kansas community just celebrated its 159th birthday (Thursday). Name it!A marching band helps Topekans celebrate in its Centennial parade, 1954. (Photo Cour...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports that 59 percent of people contacted by a debt collector had outstanding medical bills. Telecommunications and utility bills trailed far behind.

In a number of states, including big ones such as New York and Texas, leading cancer centers like Memorial Sloan Kettering aren't included in insurers' networks. What's a patient's recourse?

Young adult literature has never been so psychologically probing or artistically ambitious as it is today. Marissa Meyer's favorite novels beguile, thrill and, above all, transport younger readers to a Shakespearean magical theater, futuristic Chicago and a netherworld of ghost hunters.

Kansas Republican voters say they're worried about a "radical" shift. And Kansas Democrats say democracy is at risk if Republicans stay in power.

One song has ruled the pop chart for over a month. One album has topped the album chart for two months. But there are signs this week that both could face serious challengers soon.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

Attorneys general from Kansas, Colorado and South Carolina have written President Barack Obama, telling him not to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to their states because doing so would make terrorist targets out of their states.

Senator Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) speaking to reporters. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)Democrats in the Kansas Legislature say their party could pick up some seats in the fall election. A number of Republicans faced primary challenges from candidates promising to bring an even more conservative viewpoint to the Legislature. Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, is the top Democrat in the Senate. He says moderates, regardless of their party, are likely to find some common ground with Democrats running in the fall general election.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b27d0000Hensley says one of their main campaign platforms will be lowering property taxes in Kansas.