Kids Practice Reading to Shy Shelter Dogs at Missouri Humane Society and other top stories.

• Kids Practice Reading to Shy Shelter Dogs at Missouri Humane Society

  Children can practice their reading and help timid shelter dogs learn to socialize in a new mutually beneficial program at the Humane Society of Missouri. In the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, kids can read to a completely non-judgmental audience and ...

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• Shooting Reported at Kansas Lawn Mower Products Business

  

  Authorities say they have responded to a shooting at a business in south-central Kansas that makes lawn mower products. A Harvey County sheriff's dispatcher says the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon at Excel Industries in Hesston. The dispatcher, who would not give her name, said authorities were still at the scene Thursday evening. Hesston is a community of about 3,700 residents about 35 miles north of Wichita. KSN-TV footage showed a large law enforcement presence at the business and..

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• Melissa Click, Missouri professor filmed asking for 'muscle,' is fired

  

  Professor Melissa Click Melissa Click, the University of Missouri professor who was filmed trying to intimidate journalists during a campus protest, has been fired. At an executive session Wednesday, the school's Board of Curators voted 4-2 to terminate Click's employment. Click has the right to appeal the decision. "The board believes that Dr. Click's conduct was not compatible with university policies and did not meet expectations for a university faculty member," board spokeswoman..

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• AP PHOTOS: Virginia, Pennsylvania cleaning up tornado damage

  

  Alice Clerval stands in front of her home that was destroyed during storms in Appomattox County, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. (Jill Nance/The News & Advance via AP) less Alice Clerval stands in front of her home that was destroyed during storms in Appomattox County, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. (Jill Nance/The News & Advance via AP) Photo: JILL NANCE, AP People make repairs in the aftermath of a..

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• Head of Cincinnati-area VA region retires amid investigation

  

  Two Department of Veterans Affairs officials in Ohio were disciplined Thursday in connection with an investigation of hospital management and veterans care. Officials were investigating allegations that Dr. Barbara Temeck, chief of staff at the VA hospital in Cincinnati, had been improperly prescribing medications for the wife of Jack Hetrick, who headed the Cincinnati region of the VA. The network serves some 500,000 veterans in several states. The Department of Veterans Affairs recommended re..

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