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  • Santana set for first start against former team

    The Angels will see a familiar face in Royals starter Ervin Santana on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series in Kansas City. Santana spent eight seasons in the Angels' rotation following his Major League debut with the club in 2005, starting 233 games for the Halos before being traded to the Royals during the offseason. Santana is 3-3 with a 2.77 ERA in eight starts for Kansas City ...

  • Bats go quiet as Shields delivers another sharp start

    KC@HOU: Gordon makes a nice play in the fourth HOUSTON -- The Kansas City Royals looked as if they were replaying one of their games last weekend in Oakland. The Royals lost all three games to the A's by one run, and they sustained yet another narrow defeat Wednesday night, falling by a 3-1 margin to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Kansas City starter James Shields (2-5) ...

  • Galeries Lafayette supports 
Shaikh Mansour Festival

    Lager: We are delighted to be associated with the big event Galeries Lafayette has joined the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival as the latest sponsors for the upcoming edition of the World Arabian Horse Racing Conference to be held in Toulouse, ...

  • Preparing Lawrence for the big one

    LAWRENCE, Kan. - Like any city, Lawrence stands to lose a lot of if a tornado tears through. Now, city officials are working to improve their emergency plans to avoid a disaster like the one in Moore, Okla. As the mother of 3-year-old Milo, Missy Combs couldn't help but feel for parents in Oklahoma as she watched searchers dig through a destroyed elementary school. "I didn't think ...

  • KC volunteers make a difference in Moore

    MOORE, Okla. - Even seasoned volunteers, with years of experience responding to the worst natural disasters of the last decade, were taken aback by the scene that greeted them in the shattered neighborhoods of Moore on Wednesday. "This is probably, definitely the worst," said Michele Heaver, a Major in the Salvation Army of Kansas City, Kan. "I've never seen devastation as ...


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Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

The ads for Alex & Emma, both in print and on television, proudly declare that it comes to us from Rob Reiner, the director of When Harry Met Sally, but dont be fooled. For every bit that the latter is a warm, engaging, funny, and knowing exploration of modern romance, the former is an awkward, trite, manufactured romantic comedy that is not particularly romantic or funny. If the ad ... ...

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  • Collapsible shelter about to hit market

    HARRISONVILLE, Mo. - When tornados strike, homeowners look for protection. Since the massive EF-5 tornado hit Moore, Okla., on Monday, companies that make shelters have answered a lot of calls -- including a company in Missouri. Staying Home Corporation in Harrisonville, Mo., has been designing a shelter since last summer that collapses for storage and expands when needed. The Hide-Away Shelter ...

  • Education reformer Michelle Rhee draws big crowd in KC

    To reform a struggling school district, Michelle Rhee closed schools and fired teachers and principals in hopes of creating a better situation for ...

  • Kansas mom hopes to reduce accidental child backovers

    Amber Rollins of the Kansas City-based safety group Kids and Cars said the problem has become known as "Bye-Bye Syndrome," because children often run outside to say one more goodbye to a departing family ...

  • UW softball faces Missouri in Super Regional

    Missouri has the home field. Washington has the momentum. So who's got the advantage in their NCAA softball Super Regional set to start Thursday at 6 p.m.? Maybe Missouri. The sixth-seeded Tigers (38-12), one of six SEC teams among the 16 tournament teams still playing, feature an elite pitcher in senior Chelsea Thomas. Named the Big 12 pitcher of the year as a sophomore and junior, ...

  • Moustakas reunites with Astros Dominguez

    Email HOUSTON -- Kansas City's Mike Moustakas and Houston's Matt Dominguez went out to a pizza place for dinner after Tuesday night's game at Minute Maid Park. It was a good night for the third basemen. Moustakas broke an 0-for-18 skid with a clutch single in the eighth inning that helped the Royals rally for a 7-3 win. Dominguez went 2-for-4. Surprisingly, they talked about ...

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