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  • Could armed employees hurt Kan. schools

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The company that insures most of Kansas' school districts says it won't provide coverage for districts that allow armed employees. EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents around the state not to offer policies to school districts that allow concealed weapons under a law that takes effect July 1. EMC will not renew policies for districts it already insures if ...

  • Kan. regents to consider proposed tuition hikes

    Some public university students in Kansas would see tuition increase by almost 9 percent this fall under proposals being considered by the state Board of ...

  • Missing elderly Kansas couple found safe in Michigan

    Today, no fewer than five transit agencies operate in the Kansas City area: the recently created Kansas City streetcar authority and four bus systems run by Independence, Johnson County and both Kansas Citys. On Wednesday, Area Transportation Authority chairman Robbie Makinen and Johnson County Commissioner Steve Klika will present a plan to make the ATA “the regional transit authority it was ...

  • Final report on JJs explosion delayed due to need for more data Missouri Public Service Commission says

    Federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who awaits sentencing in Missouri next month on terrorism-related charges, as part of the scheme, Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce told the House intelligence ...

  • Inside the Kansas City Startup Village

    The Kansas City Startup Village runs right along State Line Road, where one side of the street is in Kansas City, Missouri and the other side is in Kansas City, ...


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Movie Review

Strapless [DVD]

Strapless [DVD]

David Hare's Strapless is both cynical and poignant in its examination of the opening stages of romance. It is cynical because it suggests that some people are incapable of moving beyond that opening stage; it is poignant because it is often adept at invoking the wonderful euphoria of a blossoming relationship, especially between adults who have been there before. ...

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  • Google Fiber spawns startup renaissance in Kansas City

    Google's super-fast Internet service launched a year ago in Kansas City. CNET's Marguerite Reardon takes a look at the impact it has on the local startup ...

  • Missouri Man Who Set Wife on Fire Arrested

    A Missouri man who set his wife on fire and evaded capture for more than 24 hours was arrested Tuesday night and charged with first degree assault, armed criminal action and arson, according to the local sheriffs office. Willard Hunt, of Higbee was found at approximately 8:30 p.m., wandering the railroad tracks behind a residential community. "Hunt dropped to his knees and said he was ...

  • Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt

    The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...

  • Man uses car horn to alert rescuers hes stuck in ravine

    Police said the man mistakenly stepped on the accelerator, believing it was the brake, veered through traffic before crashing down a ravine in the 6200 block of Raytown Trafficway about 8:30 ...

  • Woman pleads guilty in dog-neglect case

    A St. Louis woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal abuse charges for starving her two dogs to near death, then tossing one in a trash bin behind her ...

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