VoteKansas.org

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Murray Lender, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company that introduced bagels to many Americans for the first time, has died in Florida. He was 81....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch groups were designed to be the eyes and ears of police - passively observing what they see and reporting back to law enforcement - not to enforce the law themselves....

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida is among 21 states with a "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Relatives say 88-year-old Alan Purdy doted on his ailing wife, caring for her in a custom-built home north of San Diego through several years of sickness. Now, he's been arrested on suspicion of helping her kill herself....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Relatives say 88-year-old Alan Purdy doted on his ailing wife, caring for her in a custom-built home north of San Diego through several years of sickness. Now, he's been arrested on suspicion of helping her kill herself....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Marine sergeant who started a Facebook group that is openly critical of President Barack Obama and posted comments saying he will not follow the unlawful orders of the commander in chief is facing possible dismissal from the Corps....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank....

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida is among 21 states with a "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pink and white cherry blossoms that color the nation's capital and draw a million visitors each spring began with trees that have survived for a century....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pink and white cherry blossoms that color the nation's capital and draw a million visitors each spring began with trees that have survived for a century....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- As pork producers build new barns and retrofit old ones to give hogs more space, they say consumers opposed to keeping pregnant sows in tight cages can expect to pay for their clearer consciences with higher food prices....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- As pork producers build new barns and retrofit old ones to give hogs more space, they say consumers opposed to keeping pregnant sows in tight cages can expect to pay for their clearer consciences with higher food prices....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer's home....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The parents of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida have vowed to keep fighting to get justice for their son....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch groups are designed to be the eyes and ears of police, not enforce the law themselves....

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Gay rights advocates are declaring victory after New Hampshire's failed attempt at repealing its gay marriage law....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....