Last year at this time, voters’ mailboxes, televisions and radios were slammed with political campaign ads as the November election neared.

JEWISH BOOK FAIR: Jon Entine, “Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah; Louise Borden, “The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey,” 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Jewish Community Center, 5801 W. 115th, Overland Park. www.jcckc.org (913-327-8000)

The operation had been planned for weeks. Organizers held a pre-mission briefing days before. Forty volunteers received regulation apparel and instructions to be in place by 5 a.m.

Who: Olga Plishonig Schley of Kansas City Ag

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Heart and cancer doctors will get a smaller fee cut next year from Medicare, the U.S. government program for the elderly, than the Obama administration first sought in a move to shift money to family physicians.

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration said it will cut Medicare payments to heart and cancer doctors next year less than initially planned, bowing to criticism of its proposal to shift more dollars to primary-care physicians.

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration said it will cut Medicare payments to heart and cancer doctors next year less than initially planned, bowing to criticism of its proposal to shift more dollars to primary-care physicians.

Environmental studies course gives students hands-on experience by helping with the deer census.

A metro man who fought off Taliban attacks told his story on the Today show with Meredith Viera.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The board that regulates doctors in Kansas still wasn't saying Wednesday why it...