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Gay marriage may soon be legal in Kansas By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJW_pqhancock
Topeka — A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages is expected to clear the way for the unions to happen in Kansas — but it
U.S. Supreme Court clears way by letting 10th Circuit ruling stand may take a bit more legal wrangling before the conservative state will do so. Without commenting, the nation’s highest court brought to an end delays in gay marriage in five states — Indiana,
Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. That effectively makes gay marriage now legal in 30 states. Couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyo-
ming — should be able to get married soon, as those states would be bound by the appellate rulings that earlier had been put on hold. “Marriage equality is coming to Kansas,” said Thomas Witt,
executive director of the gay rights group Equality Kansas. “It may not be this morning, but it may be another morning very soon.” Please see MARRIAGE, page 8A
Broadband competition heats up as plan shrinks
‘Be in control of your own health’
By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
A proposed pilot project to bring super-fast Internet service to Lawrence has decreased in size, but the competition between two local companies hoping to bring the Google Fiber-like service to the city is getting sharper. City commissioners at their meeting tonight will hear proposals from Lawrence-based Wicked Broadband and Baldwin City-based RG Fiber to bring gigabit Internet service to parts of Lawrence.
“The good news is we’re getting some competition,” Commissioner Bob Schumm said. “We’re getting people who want to get into the Please see CITY, page 5A market.”
Area hospitals say they’re ready for Ebola case if it occurs
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LETICIA COLE, WITH HER CHILDREN, from left, Emery, 2, Carson, 9, and Cali, 2, prepare for a family dinner recently. Cole survived a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer a year ago and is urging women to be vigilant about early signs of cancer.
Survivor of rare breast cancer urges women to be proactive By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce
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eticia Cole is normally a private person. But she figures that if any good can come of her recent battle with cancer it will be from sharing her story with others. Unlike many of the one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer, Cole didn’t find the disease through a mammogram. She discovered her rare form of cancer during a self-exam. So she encour-
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out,” said Cole, 40, an architect who lives in Lawrence with her husband The cancer issue and three kids. “Be in control of your own health. Know what’s norSee WellCommons, page mal and what’s not.” 1B, today for a special edition A little more than a year ago, on detecting, coping with and Cole thought everything was norsurviving breast cancer. mal. She had recently passed her annual well-woman checkup with flying colors. ages other women to listen to what Not long after, though, she felt their bodies are telling them. discomfort and swelling in one of “The main thing you have to do her breasts. She had a mammogram, is notice any changes. If you noPlease see CANCER, page 5A tice any changes, get them checked
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With the confirmation last week of the first case of Ebola in the United States since the recent outbreak of the deadly virus in West Africa, area hospitals say they’re ready if an Ebola patient shows up in HEALTH this region. “We’d treat them like any infectious disease patient and isolate them and give them supportive care,” said Julie Robbins, infectious disease specialist for Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Please see EBOLA, page 3A
No ‘tornado days’
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Kansas officials say giving school-aged children the day off because of a severe weather threat would cause more harm than good. Page 3A
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