By Elana Gordon
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Kansas City, MO –
Kansas City's largest annual convention kicks off downtown today. More than 15,000 students, teachers, and judges are convening this week for the national SkillsUSA convention. Former NBA center and Olathe resident, Manute Bol, will be buried in his village in Southern Sudan, family members said last night. Psychologists, in-home care providers for the disabled, and drug abuse counselors in Missouri are bracing for a two percent payment reduction from the state. U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt helped bring in nearly $24 million in earmarks this year to private companies, universities, and school districts in Kansas. A new study by a nonpartisan research group has found that individuals and political committees tied to those groups make up nearly $50,000 in campaign donations to Tiahrt, who's running for U.S. Senate. U.S. General David Petraeus is headlining a Korean War event in Independence Missouri later this morning.
