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By The Herald Staff School teachers play a big role in children’s lives as they mature.  Many go unnoticed for their work. A select group of teachers are recognized for their achievements. There were 138 educators across the state nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction. Nominations are made in each of four regions in the state. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), sponsor of the Kansas Teacher of the Year program, appoints regional selection panels comprised of ...

“I just walk around it,” she said. “Mother Nature at its finest.”  Seitz was one of a dozen park-goers with whom The Topeka Capital-Journal spoke regarding concerns about Canada Geese. Most shrugged off any concerns and said they too are used to it.  Kim Smith was walking around Lake Shawnee, as she does fairly regularly. She hasn’t had any bad experiences with geese but said the park can become covered in poop during the warmer months.  “You have to watch where you are going o...

Share: IRS decision allows financial professionals to streamline the use of annuities in their practices Security Benefit today announced that it has received a favorable private letter ruling (PLR) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that payment of certain investment advisory fees from an annuity contract are not treated as a taxable event by the contract owner. This provides financial professionals and their clients with greater flexibility to incorporate non-qualified fee-based annuitie...

The investment plays on a trend, “which is the blurring of the distinction between traditional insurance products and wealth management products.”

Monmouth poll and not mention cnn poll. same time, same state. >> i think they are on the ground. i think that that was the first poll that showed cruz going ahead of him. there is another poll that showed him behind. trump has been all over the map on this. back in september he said we had to take in syrian vet from at all a terrorist army growing. ban all muslims all together. how are we going to stop them ask them. because people who want to blow us up cant lie to us? zero security benefit, a...

Actually want? are they open to? are they wanting a relationship a more in-depth relationship with the u.s. in the future? you raise the prospect of ab iranian embassy. >> ive actually gone to the u.s. embassy in iran and it is now a museum. the former u.s. embassy. it is still standing. everything has been preserved and still there. but it will take some time. again, like the u.s. relationship with china, it took seven years after the opening to china after the first negotiation between nixon a...

Data on what your grandma calls or receives? i think its difficult to make the case this is necessary, and its easy to make the case that this program of collecting everybodys calling data is incompatible at least with the spirit of the fourth amendment. i explained this at length in our book, and i explained this program in particular and why we need the usa prefreedom act. >> you think there is no evidence that this data collection saved lives or presented major acts of terrorism? >> what i am...

Talks about is destroying the tunnels which are around the perimeter of the gaza strip. that obviously is not a long-term solution. that doesnt mean the end of hamas, that doesnt mean the end of the larger problem here, that you have 2 million palestinians that are a captive population. the economy here is bankrupt. the government, which is hamas, is bankrupt. palestinians cannot leave. there is a feeling of hopelessness or desperation. so eliminating the tunnels, that would be a short-term secu...

neck-in-neck with his top gop rivals. james carville and david are standing by. well talk about that. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." a new wave of fury may be about to explode in afghanistan after a u.s. soldier allegedly walked out of his base and went on a house to house shooting rampage. 16 civilians are dead, nine of them children. military authorities say the soldier acted alone and turned himself in. vowing revenge for the killings, a statement from the tali...