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None of the customers laughing through brunch at The Phoenix Jazz Club on Sunday looked familiar to the staff from the Newhouse domestic violence shelter taking tickets at the door. But then, said Susan Whitmore, vice president of development from the shelter, “When we see them, women are usually at their worst. The women who have come back to visit after they’ve gotten their lives together look night-and-day different from when they stayed with us.”

A recent count of the endangered black-footed ferret found 26 of them at two reintroduction sites in west-central Kansas. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist said only seven ferrets were live-trapped, but two dozen volunteers who spent a week in the pastures counted the others.

SALINA, Kan. | Animal-control officers knew the dog they saw looked like a pit bull. It didn’t matter that the dog in question, Angie Cartwright’s family pet Lucey, had never bitten anyone. Nor had she ever acted aggressively.

<strong><span class="subhead">KANSAS CITY | Argument ends in fatal shooting</span></strong> A young man died Sunday night after he was shot while arguing with two men at Cherry Street and Armour Boulevard.

ST. LOUIS | Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, who has kept active politically since losing his re-election race in 2006, is helping lead a panel that says the country could face another terrorist attack by the end of 2013 &mdash; possibly involving a biological agent. The Republican from Missouri, who was defeated by Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, is working in particular on issues such as national security and military preparedness, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported last week.

<strong><span class="subhead">The problem</span></strong> Ben Nicks of Shawnee has wondered for years about a sign alerting motorists to a &ldquo;deaf child area&rdquo; near the 5500 block of Inland Drive in Kansas City, Kan. The sign has been there for at least a decade, he says, wondering, &ldquo;Is the deaf child still in the area or is he a deaf adult by now?&rdquo;

<strong>Who:</strong> Paul Emil Bosch Jr., 81, of Kansas City, North. <strong>When and how he died:</strong> Aug. 26, of natural causes.

<strong><span class="subhead">Is it time for mistakes yet?</span></strong> A point of the day,

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Eric Sill&rsquo;s family and friends remembered the Olathe student on Sunday, a day after he died in a crash with a wrong-way driver. &ldquo;He had a lot of friends and they are reaching out to his family,&rdquo; Jim Little, Sill&rsquo;s uncle, said Sunday afternoon. Mortgage and Insurance Insurance Blog My Insurance Policy Easy Insurance Guide Insurance Hub Insurance Pages Mr Insurance Find Local Insurance Insurance Article Spot Insurance ins and outs Local Insurance Finder 411 Insurance