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    A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas. A spokeswoman for the Douglas County district attorney’s office says 53-year-old also was ordered during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing to serve 24 months of post-release supervision after his prison term ends. Gomez and his ...

  • Guthrie looks to rebound against White Sox

    Jeremy Guthrie isn't hiding his problem keeping the ball in the park. After the Royals' right-hander gave up three home runs in a 5-3 loss to the Rays on Saturday, he was well aware at where he ranked among baseball's worst at surrendering the long ball. "I've got 19 of them, right?" Guthrie said. "Yeah. Dan Haren has 18. I'd like someone to pass me. ...

  • Rescuers recover man from Missouri River

    Emergency rescue crews took to the Missouri River east of the Interstate 435 bridge late Wednesday after receiving a report that a person was in ...

  • Animal shelters face capacity concerns

    INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The Great Plains SPCA just moved into its new Independence Animal Shelter two months ago. It is already far beyond its capacity. "In the last two months, we've seen an intake of 1,371 pets, which is three times as many that the city saw in the same time period last year," Chief Operating Officer Shannon Blizzard said. Shelter organizers are calling it a crisis ...

  • Royals string of series victories ends at four

    KC@CLE: Johnson grounds an RBI single to center field CLEVELAND -- Minnesota, Houston, Detroit and Tampa Bay all floundered in the wave of Kansas City victories. The Royals won a series from each of those clubs, four in a row. That successful run ended at Cleveland where, on Wednesday night, the Indians beat the Royals, 6-3, and took the series, two games to one at Progressive Field. It was ...


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Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) [DVD]

Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) [DVD]

Like all of his films, Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (Smultronstllet) is a deeply personal work. It is of little surprise that Bergman used it as the starting place for his 1990 memoirs, Images, which he wrote at the age of 70, and in which he noted, after having screening 40 of his films over the course of a year, "I suddenly realized that my movies had mostly been conc ... ...

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  • Its slow growing for summertime crops

    The stretch of cold, wet and rainy weather that lingered in Kansas City in the first part of the spring is going to mean a longer wait for summertime ...

  • Families face tough decisions about older drivers

    Hunt family members said they can't be sure that age had anything to do with the 400-mile detour, but many families do struggle with a decision to tell a loved one that his or her driving days are ...

  • Kansas firm recalling beef products for possible E. coli contamination

    National Beef Packing Co. of Kansas is recalling nearly 23,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli, federal officials say. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a release Tuesday the products were produced May 25 and shipped to various institutions and retail establishments in Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Mississippi, ...

  • Man’s sentence includes social media ban

    LAWRENCE, Kan. - A Douglas County, Kan., judge has barred a Lawrence man from using social media sites out of fear he will harass a victim in a recent sexual assault. Alexander Beglinger, 21, was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to 30 days "shock time" in jail and 18 months probation stemming from an incident in January. Beglinger sexually assaulted a female college ...

  • Dating app takes dating to a new level

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There is a new phone app on the market that is causing quite a controversy over its suggestive purpose. The app was created by three California men in their 20s, including 28-year-old Colin Hodge. It's called "Bang With Friends." Hodge explained the process is as simple as three steps. You download the application, and then it uploads all your Facebook friends. ...

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