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Luke X. Martin

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Culture editor @kcur, prev @KCURUpToDate I run for fun & read the news a lot. Lover of sandwiches & yellow mustard. KU Jayhawk & NU Wildcat
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Algeria extends World Cup stay with draw at Kansas City Stadium. 'We're gonna party all night'

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By Luke X. Martin Verified, Cassandra Flores, Frank Morris Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
This is a developing story and will be updated. With a tie at Kansas City stadium Saturday night, Lawrence and Algeria’s lovefest got a lifeline. The World Cup showdown between the Desert Foxes, based in the Kansas college town for the duration of their tournament, and Austria was a cold-and-hot and cold-and-hot-again battle to 3-3. But it secured a place for both teams in the round of 32.
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A Kansas City therapist started a walking group for exercise. She wound up building a community

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By Luke X. Martin Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
Shakea Roper didn’t imagine she would become a leader in her neighborhood. “I really am more of, like, an introvert,” the 41-year-old social worker says. “I wave to my neighbors if they wave, I might have a little chit-chat, but that's the extent.” Even so, Roper has created a weekly walking group in one of Kansas City’s historically disadvantaged neighborhoods that encourages a healthy lifestyle and builds community. “You have to start at home,” she says.
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Preserving Missouri's night sky

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By Luke X. Martin Verified
| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) Verified
People across Missouri and Kansas are losing their starry views to light pollution. But the right lighting decisions can help preserve night skies and benefit animal and human health. Missouri's Thousand Hills State Park is the 12th place in the world to earn a special title: urban night sky place. "The point of this certification is not to just get rid of all of the lights," the park superintendent says. "We just don’t want them pointing up so we can’t see the sky.
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