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  • Bethany man convicted in sons death accused in prison slaying

    KQTV reports 29-year-old Tony King, of Bethany, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Michael Bozarth. They shared a cell at the Buchanan County Jail, where Bozarth was found strangled the morning of June 11. King was awaiting sentencing for the January 2012 death of 7-year-old Jeremiah Lamm, whose body was found in their burned-out mobile home in Harrison ...

  • Blue Springs man pleads guilty in counterfeiting case

    The U.S. Attorney's office said Jehad Shalabi, 45, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit trademark goods. Shalabi, of Blue Springs, Mo., operated a store called Joe Black in Kansas City, Kan. FBI agents reported making undercover purchases in 2011 of phony Nike shoes, a fake Polo Ralph Lauren shirt and other items. Agents later seized nearly 600 counterfeit items ...

  • Wild boars menace hikers on Missouri trail

    KOMU-TV reports the boars were spotted Monday on the trail in Rocheport. An agent with the Department of Conservation said the animals were charging at people and tore up the yard of a business. The agent, Sean Ernst, said Tuesday he shot and killed the two boars, then searched a few miles of the trail for others but didn't find any. Conservation Department regional supervisor Tom Strother ...

  • Paulino recalled from his rehab assignment

    Email CLEVELAND -- Royals right-hander Felipe Paulino has been recalled from his Minor League rehabilitation assignment because of lower back stiffness. Paulino made one start for Double-A Northwest Arkansas as he continues his comeback from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last July 3. "I don't think it's anything major. Very minor," Royals manager Ned Yost said. ...

  • Yost maintaining options in Kansas City pen

    Email CLEVELAND -- The Royals currently are operating with a seven-man bullpen but, with the starting pitchers going much deeper into games this season, would manager Ned Yost consider going with six relievers? "Not really," Yost said. "Because we're not scoring enough runs. Even though our starting pitchers are going deep, I still have to use these guys every day to protect ...


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Life of Pi

Life of Pi

The majority of Ang Lees Life of Pi takes place on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but it has the visual grandeur and majesty of a film set in some fantastical afterlife or on a beautiful alien planet. Based on Yann Martels bestselling 2001 novel, the film purports to b ... ...

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  • Lawsuit filed in fatal party bus crash

    On May 4, Jamie Frecks, 26, died when she was hit by three cars on I-35 after falling out of a Midnight Express party bus. Frecks leaves behind an infant daughter who was only 5-weeks old at the time of the crash. Attorneys Lynn R. Johnson and David R. Morantz filed suit in The District Court of Wyandotte County, Kan., within minutes of the bus getting on Interstate 35, one of the double ...

  • Report on teacher training raises concern skepticism

    The National Council on Teacher Quality, an outside group unaffiliated with those who accredit state teacher training programs, gave Kansas a D+ grade and Missouri a straight D. These teacher training programs provide about two-thirds of all the teachers for the two states. The report criticizes both states for the way it trains teachers to teach read and math. It also says student teachers ...

  • Independence releases photos in stolen statue case

    Police have released photos of two men they want to find and question in connection with the theft of a bronze statue from the National Frontier Trails ...

  • Nikita one of Kansas City Zoos two polar bears is ill

    The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. Nikita is also being fed a diet of boiled beef in the holding area behind the ...

  • What it takes to become an Army Ranger

    There are many different requirements, standards and tests for the wide variety of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and commando units - ranging from infantry and combat engineer to pararescue and special ...

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