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Triple-Sieger Wolfsburg: “Verrückt, verrückt, Wahnsinn”

Meisterschaft, Pokal, Champions League: Mit dem Erfolg gegen Olympique Lyon haben sich die Spielerinnen des VfL Wolfsburg zum Triple im Frauenfußball geschossen. Danach richtete Siegtorschützin Martina Müller erst eine Kampfansage an die Konkurrenz, dann hieß es: Party nonstop. 

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Heute in den Feuilletons: “Selbst das nächste Opfer”

Britische Medien diskutieren nach der Abschlachtung eines britischen Soldaten, ob man ein Passantenvideo über den Täter zeigen sollte. Die “taz” ergründet den Begriff der “Critical Whiteness”. Und die “Welt” beklagt, dass die DDR durch Trabi-Veteranentreffen und Ostalgie-Filme verniedlicht wird.

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Procter & Gamble: Pampers-Hersteller holt alten Chef zurück

Der neue Boss ist der alte: Alan Lafley lenkt ab sofort wieder den Konsumgüterriesen Procter & Gamble. Er hatte bereits 2000 bis 2009 an der Spitze des Branchenführers gestanden.

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Internet-Kontrolle: Behörde setzt russisches Facebook auf Zensurliste

Die russische Medienaufsicht hat das mächtige soziale Netzwerk VKontakte auf die Zensurliste gesetzt – die Behörde spricht inzwischen von einem Versehen. Tatsächlich dürfte die Drohung Teil einer Kampagne gegen das Netzwerk sein, das auch Oppositionelle gerne nutzen.

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Bundesliga-Relegation: Jetzt muss der Betze brennen

Gerade noch rechtzeitig hat Hoffenheim die Wende geschafft, auch im Relegationshinspiel gelang ein Sieg. Und obwohl 1899-Trainer Gisdol vor dem Rückspiel warnte – für Kaiserslautern wird es nun sogar daheim auf dem gefürchteten Betzenberg schwer.

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Olathe East softball team advances to Class 6A semifinals

Senior pitcher Jenni Brooks scattered five hits and struck out five without surrendering a walk as the Hawks reached the state semifinals for the 14th time since 1998.

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Blue Valley slips by Olathe Northwest and advances to Kansas 6A state baseball semifinals

Blue Valley and Olathe South also move on

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Jaguars advance in 5A, De Soto moves on to 4A semifinal

Sisters Lexie and Lacie Myers fueled a five-run first with hits for extra bases and Mill Valley held off Andover Central 5-1 at the Two Rivers Youth Complex.

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Giving kids something to hold: Kansas girls’ blanket project wins national recognition

Children sometimes arrive at their new foster home with nothing. But these girls aim to change that.

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Young girl hospitalized after fainting at Royals game

A 14-year-old girl was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital after fainting Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium during the Royals’ 5-4 loss to the Angels. A member of the K-Crew was the first to treat the girl. No details were available on the girl’s condi…

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Kansas City Ballet names a veteran dancer and choreographer as its artistic director

Devon Carney is expected to take the creative reins of one of the city’s most important performing arts organizations in July. He succeeds William Whitener, who retired this month.

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Hickman Mills school board stages a coup and ousts its president

Breman Anderson Jr. is removed in a 4-3 vote after one of his allies defects.

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Former KCK police officer indicted for alleged threats of retaliation

The alleged threats apparently stem from a 2011 internal corruption case.

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Royals keep tumbling when comeback falls short in 5-4 loss to Angels

Finding a suitable low-note encore for losing a series at Houston is no easy task, but the Royals pulled it off Thursday night by becoming the first club to roll over for Angels right-hander Joe Blanton. Los Angeles backed Blanton with a four-homer bar…

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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Of the roughly 1,400 …

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KC Ballet names a veteran dancer/choreographer as its artistic director

Devon Carney, who was a dancer with the Boston Ballet for 21 years before becoming the associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Ballet, will become the third artistic director in the history of the Kansas City Ballet.

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Dayton Moore vows recent slide won’t cause Royals to panic

The question was simple and basic to Royals general manager Dayton Moore prior to Thursday’s series opener against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium. What are the Royals going to do to get out of a 4-12 slide? Moore starts by saying what they …

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Falcons begin to hatch on webcam

The events are unfolding atop the Commerce Tower downtown.

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Tiny Flagler College wins Enactus national championship in Kansas City

Enactus, formerly Students in Free Enterprise, held its national event at the Kansas City Convention Center. The competition drew about 4,000 college students on teams that created projects to enhance their communities through entrepreneurial efforts.

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Outdoors digest | Catch of the week

Kansas City angler using vintage tackle hauls in big bass on the final cast of the day at Happy Holler Lake.

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K-State wins Big 12 baseball tournament opener

In tornado-ravaged Oklahoma, Wildcats maintain focus and beat Texas Tech 4-3 on the first day of the Big 12 baseball tournament.

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K-State wins Big 12 baseball tournament opener

In tornado-ravaged Oklahoma, Wildcats maintain focus and beat Texas Tech 4-3 on the first day of the Big 12 baseball tournament.

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Sprint’s Japanese suitor agrees to ‘security director’ on board

The unusual move is meant to reassure officials concerned about foreign involvement in U.S. communications.

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Nixon must protect Missouri by rejecting many bad bills

Here is our fantasy veto session for Missouri. (The real one begins Sept. 11.)

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Prosecutor declines case over KC check for event that never occurred

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office won’t pursue a case against Ossco Bolton, who has refused to return the $15,000 check. The money was intended to bring Las Vegas boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Kansas City for a Dec. 8 youth mentoring event that di…

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KC woman shoots would-be intruder

The woman fired through the back door of her home in the 10600 block of Greenwood Road after three men tried to break in. Three men were later arrested at a hospital.

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Rockhurst zips through state tourney bracket to win state tennis title

Hawklets dispatch Christian Brothers College High School 5-1 in the semifinals and then finish their season undefeated by shellacking Rock Bridge 5-0.

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Independence woman is charged with torching family’s home in racial attack

Victoria A. Cheek-Herrera, 33, is accused of conspiring to intimidate members of an African-American family from living in their rental home because of their race.

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