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  • Mayors Club KC a hot ticket

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The hottest ticket on a Friday night for Kansas City teens is actually free. Hundreds of kids lined up to get into the Brush Creek Community Center for "Club KC," which is part of the Mayor's Nights summer program. "We dance, we party," 16-year-old Jazmine Cooper said. "It's fun!" The doors opened at 8 p.m. for the event monitored by ...

  • Hobby Lobby fights birth control mandate

    DENVER (AP) - In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Incorporated has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law. The retailer said Thursday it shouldn't be required to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill and other contraceptives that the owners oppose on religious grounds. The ...

  • Wichita considering water-use fines

    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita officials will consider imposing fines of $1,000 per month on residents and businesses that use too much water as part of a short-term plan to respond to dwindling water supplies. The water conservation plan was unveiled Wednesday by city officials seeking to remedy issues with the drought-plagued Cheney Reservoir, which supplies 64 percent of Wichita's water. ...

  • Shields Big in game of life with foster kids

    KANSAS CITY -- When James Shields was first called up to the Majors by Tampa Bay, he was asked to do a public service announcement for the Heart Gallery, an audio and photographic exhibit that tries to match foster children to adoptive families across the country. Since that humble start, he and his wife Ryane, a photographer, have adopted the cause and continued their work with foster ...

  • Royals honor late White with tribute video

    Royals.com . The 2 1/2-minute video features White's play-by-play calls of great Royals moments, including George Brett's 3,000th hit and his postseason home run off Yankees reliever Goose Gossage in the 1980 American League Championship Series. Also shown are his days broadcasting Kansas State athletics and his later years as director of the Royals Alumni. The video, which was on ...


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Movie Review

Storytelling [DVD]

Storytelling [DVD]

Prior to Storytelling, Todd Solondz had only written and directed two feature films, 1995's Welcome to the Dollhouse and 1998's Happiness, both of which were at the center of critical and cultural controversy owing to Solondz's darkly comic willingness to creatively explore taboo topics. Adolescent sadism, pedophilia, sexual hang-ups--all of these are central to Solondz' visi ... ...

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  • Getz enjoying role as Royals leadoff man

    Email KANSAS CITY -- Chris Getz is quickly warming up to his new responsibilities as the Royals' leadoff hitter. "I love being up there," Getz said. "It gives me an opportunity and I feel good at the plate right now. I'm there to embrace the role if [manager Ned Yost] is going to put me out there." Going into Friday night's game against the Angels, his third ...

  • Royals going to bat for tornado victims

    Email KANSAS CITY -- The Royals are doing their part to help residents of Moore, Okla., who were affected by the tornado on Monday. Royals Charities donated $10,000 to Heart to Heart International, an emergency response organization based in Olathe, Kan. They also partnered with the American Red Cross for a fund-raising campaign during the Angels series to support relief efforts. The Red Cross ...

  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Boy dies faith-healing parents arrested

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care. But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another involuntary manslaughter charge, they're ...

  • Kansas City Public Schools to offer breakfasts lunch during summer

    Kansas City Public Schools will offer free breakfast and lunch to its students 18 and under and eligible disabled adults 18 or older on weekdays between June 3 and Aug. 2, according to a news ...

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