http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/ Agency, KS News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/fa1b5565d6ae475c73e8837c04d16389.html Hurrican Ike is expected to weaken as it moves over Cuba but once out into the Gulf of Mexico Ike will likely strengthen again http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/e3468678223f84fe7462c9c51c38f1e2.html Under cloudy skies Saturday a steady stream of vehicles queued through distribution lines as residents received food and water from Kansas National Guard soldiersYou have no idea how much we appreciate you peoplesaid Lee Mullen driving with friend Rita Richardson They munched on honeybuns as they picked up their suppliesMaj Gen Tod Bunting Kansas'adjutant general traveled to Louisiana on Saturday to visit with the 600 Kansas soldiers in the state and see the work they were doing and what may be on the horizonVirtually every work station I went to if they have a split screen or TV on there's that image of Hurricane Ike sitting thereBunting saidHe had briefings from Louisiana and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who said the damage to the state's electricity grid could take a month to repair Another storm could complicate that http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/30bca734f1ecbfb5ea12802399788013.html Joe Hall was unequivocal about what he expects new emissions standards for lawn mowers will mean for his small lawncare business Its going to hurt me bad Hall said Friday while comparing prices on new lawn mowers at a Home Depot in Waldorf Md The prices are going to go through the roof http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/95f2837bd36b085aa67f485ddda27e32.html Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says the federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month Peters blames the shortage of funds on the high price of gasoline which has prompted Americans to drive less And by driving less they use less fuel and pay less in federal gasoline tax http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/47b0fe42805b7246c0025e61b5046b4f.html Kansas Cityamp;rsquo;s Hispanic community likes a good party but when it pulls out all the stops it looks something like Friday nightamp;rsquo;s Blanco y Negro awards gala http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/ea95c0352eb014072bb3797414d4ec8b.html TOPEKA Key legislators say they won't be picking sides when it comes to an unusual competition bet http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/02b1d31cc0bf972477ebb06c39d5dc08.html Some may call it fate that a lastminute schedule change allowed Charlie Hanger to be on I35 as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh made his getaway but the former trooper prefers to see it as divine interventionHanger said in a recent telephone interview that God put him in the right place at the right timeallowing him to arrest McVeigh on April 19 1995It happened shortly after a 4800pound bomb McVeigh had parked in front of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building blew up killing 168The OHP had given me the assignment to go to Oklahoma City to assist that morning but that was canceled and I was told to stay in the area on routine patrolsaid Hanger the featured speaker at the First Person Stories of Hopeprogram at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and MuseumIf that hadn't happened I wouldn't have been there http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kansas/agency/content/88b8bf244d005d73e5a0263ec388d64d.html The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patientsThe first list is a barebones compilation naming 20 medications and the potential issue for each It provides no indication of how widespread or serious the problems might be leading some consumer advocates to question its usefulness and prompting industry worries that skittish patients might stop taking a useful medication if they see it listedFood and Drug Administration officials said they are trying to walk a fine line in being more open to the public while avoiding needless scares Congress in a drug safety bill passed last year ordered the agency to post quarterly listings of medications under investigationMy message to patients is this: Don't stop taking your medicinesaid Janet Woodcock who heads the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research If your doctor has prescribed a drug that appears on this list you should continue taking it unless your doctor advises you differentlyAt least five of the drugs on the list had problems that already have been publicized These included the blood thinner heparin recalled earlier this year and immunesuppressing medications being studied for a link to cancer in youngsters