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  • Photos from Oklahoma tell powerful story

    MOORE, Okla. - The pictures from Moore, Okla., are powerful, telling a story without a single word. Scripps media crews spent several days among the survivors, sifting through the rubble, capturing the emotion of the town's tragedy. Volunteers photographed by Scripps multimedia photojournalist Kareem Algazzar captured the paradox of a sometimes beautiful Oklahoma blue sky with people who ...

  • Video captures resource officer tasing a LaFayette high school girl to break up fight

    Lafayette, Tenn. -- A LaFayette High School Resource officer is being criticized on a local blog after a YouTube video began circulating online of the officer tasing a teenage girl to break up a fight. The fight happened outside on the high school campus at lunch on Thursday. The two girls are seen rolling on the ground hitting each other, when Resource Officer Billy Mullis yells for them to ...

  • Ammonia leak at Kansas plant sends 7 to hospital

    EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) -- Seven people have been released from an Emporia hospital after an ammonia leak at the city's Tyson Foods plant.KVOE-AM reports (http://bit.ly/BANTO ) reports that emergency workers were sent to the plant Thursday morning. Officials said the level of ammonia that was leaking was well below what's considered lethal.Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says the leak ...

  • Kansas City Royals staffer revives girl during game

    A pediatric nurse says she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game. Sam Sapenaro was working her second job as a member of Kaufman Stadium's K-Crew on Thursday night when someone yelled that a girl had collapsed. Sapenaro said she rushed over and began performing CPR after she ...

  • KC weighs $1.89M contract with BNIM for streetcar expansion study

    Steve McDowell The Kansas City Council may award architecture firm BNIM a $1.89 million contract to lead the study of the potential placement of lines for the second phase of the streetcar project. The council put a first read on Ordinance No. 130424 on Thursday. The ordinance authorizes Bob Langenkamp, the director of planning and development, to enter into a contract with BNIM. Next week, a ...


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Dream House

Dream House

It is hard to render a thorough judgment of Jim Sheridans psychological thriller Dream House since the Universal Pictures marketing department decided that it would be a good idea to reveal the films twist, which arrives about halfway through the story, in the trailer. If you haven ... ...

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  • Rubbing alcohol sold as Scotch in N.J.

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Twenty-nine New Jersey bars ...

  • Inside a JoCo liquor store robbery

    SHAWNEE, Kan. - An employee and customer at a Johnson County, Kan., liquor store were put into a walk-in cooler Thursday night during a robbery that led to a wild police chase, shooting and crash. Both were rattled Friday and did not want to be identified, but shared their frightening stories with 41 Action News. The employee at Halftime Liquor Store, 15810 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Shawnee, ...

  • Consumer Reports Best sunscreen

    As many head out to begin their Memorial Day Weekend, a lot of people plan to hit the beach, so we're taking action for your health with a look at the sunscreens that protect you best in the sun. Consumer Reports tested 12 broad spectrum sunscreens that claim to protect against cancer-causing UVA and UVB rays. They found some of the least expensive brands were the most effective. The tests ...

  • Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...

  • Kansas still looking for sales tax deal

    House and Senate negotiators’ meeting Friday came after the House voted 109-5 against a Senate GOP to lower the sales tax on groceries to 4.95 percent in January.The plan also would have kept the sales tax on other items at 6.3 percent. The Senate approved the measure Thursday evening on a 24-15 vote.Gov. Sam Brownback wants to cancel most or all of the decrease to stabilize the budget ...

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