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Economic crisis creates a cultural divide between ‘ants’ and ‘grasshoppers’

- 11/22/2008 10:25 PM CST

Two-and-a-half millennia before anyone thought of bundling toxic derivatives, Aesop knew what bugged people.
- Obama plans economic stimulus plan to save 2.5 million jobs
For GOP, as one fight ends, another begins

- 11/22/2008 10:24 PM CST

Lean to the left Lean to the right Stand up! Sit down! Fight! Fight! Fight! The decades-old chant echoes from the grandstand as the Republican Party — tired, grass-stained — leaves the field after a serious Democratic shellacking.

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Thigpen’s evaluation will come down to one thing: Can he win?

- 11/22/2008 11:53 PM CST

The questions began soon after Tyler Thigpen finished his second NFL start, a game that looked nothing like his four-interception debut. It wasn’t a win, but it wasn’t a total loss either. Thigpen had completed nearly 70 percent of his passes and thrown for two touchdowns against the New York Jets.

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Big-screen TVs expected to sell well this holiday season

- 11/22/2008 11:10 PM CST

Ike may have kicked butt in Normandy in 1944, but he obviously never went shopping for a big-screen TV the day after Thanksgiving.

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Noteworthy Books 2008: 10 panelists, 10 books each

- 11/22/2008 07:25 PM CST

Thorough and wide-ranging, but rather impersonal. That sums up The Kansas City Star’s 2007 crop of Noteworthy Books. We employed a large panel of staffers and freelancers and vigorously debated the results. It worked out just fine.

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Danny Manning, now a KU assistant coach, never wanted notoriety, but it was never really his choice.

‘Reluctant star’ Danny Manning will find lasting fame in college hall

- 12:06 AM CST

LAWRENCE | Danny Manning just wants to blend in. Sitting with Manning in the Kansas basketball meeting room on a weekday morning, you can see why that’s hard.

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