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Faces Of Kansas City: Maria Chaurand
KCTV’s Brad Stephens introduces viewers to local restaurateur and dance leader Maria Chaurand
[From KCTV5.com - News]
Shawnee and Brookside St. Patrick's parades now rival KC's big event
Irish-flavored festivities the weekend before Kansas City’s St. Patrick’s Parade have grown larger than the “big one,” at least in terms of floats and other entries. Though ...
Tribute | Otis Lee Jobe rose from GM assembly line to telecom company president
<strong>Who:</strong> Otis Lee Jobe, 52, of Westwood Hills. <strong>When and how he died: </strong>Feb. 11, while awaiting a liver transplant.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
Man who rented but didn't return $88,000 RV gets prison term
Today’s legal lesson: If you rent an $88,000 RV, they’re going to want you to return it. Milos Gaspar, 44, of the Czech Republic was sentenced Thursday in Platte County to three years i...
We need to be green, instead of bottled up
The soda pop tax has about as much chance of passing the Kansas Legislature as there are calories in Coke Zero. So drink up, free marketers. Save your “nanny state” disgust for the next...
St. Louis aldermen, KC Council members meet to discuss proposal to repeal ear...
Nine St. Louis aldermen met Thursday with Kansas City Council members to strategize about ways to thwart a petition drive to repeal the cities’ earnings taxes. It was the first time that insi...
Salon to boost reward fund to find Waldo rapist
Employees of a Waldo salon will come in on their day off for a good cause Monday. Studio 213 is planning a fundraiser to bolster reward money for tips leading to the arrest of the Waldo rapist, who...
JoCo school districts stand to lose $7 million over special education fund di...
TOPEKA | Three Johnson County school districts would lose $7 million in special education funding under legislation passed by the Kansas Senate on Thursday. It now heads to the House for considerat...
Convicted sex offender back in custody after 33 years
After eluding Clay County authorities for 33 years, a convicted sex offender is back in custody after he turned up in a small town in Oklahoma. Berney V. Ferguson Jr., 71, who was convicted in Marc...
Chrisman teacher won't contest firing
Gene Hoppe, a 37-year teacher in the Independence School District, said he will not contest the school board’s recent decision to terminate his contract. However, he will appeal a finding mad...
Man sentenced to more than four years in $3.5 million embezzlement
A federal judge sentenced a Northland man to more than four years in prison Thursday for embezzling $3.5 million, some of which he put into a youth program. The judge also ordered Scott James Beeso...
In brief | Fatal wreck on U.S. 169; store worker charged in shooting
<strong><span class="subhead">KANSAS CITY | Hit-and-run victim dies</span></strong> The victim of a hit-and-run traffic incident in the Waldo area died Thursday morning.
[From Kansas City Star: Lo...
KC Council re-establishes city's Human Relations Department
The Kansas City Council voted Thursday to re-establish a Human Relations Department, but it narrowly rejected a proposal to create a centralized construction department. The council voted unanimous...
Truck crosses median and kills woman driving car on U.S. 169
A 51-year-old driver died Thursday in the Northland when a truck crossed the center median on U.S. 169 and hit her car head-on. The red Toyota Tundra also ran into five other vehicles just north of...
Samuels, Big Men Key In K-State Blowout Of Oklahoma St.
Kansas State has for much of the season been led by its stellar guards Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente, but on Thursday one of the Wildcat big men came up huge and propelled K-State to one of its m...
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From around the world and across the street.
Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders
NEW YORK (AP) -- After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement...
Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout
BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen,...
'American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- And then there were 12 on "American Idol."...
[From AP Top Headlines At 12:42 a.m. EST]
Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a s...
Suspected al Qaeda Worked at N.J. Nuke Plant
American Sharif Mobley allegedly was picked up in Yemeni al Qaeda sweep.
[From ABC News: ABCNews]
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N.Y. May Pay $657M for 9/11 Health Claims
City agrees to payments to settle health lawsuits filed by Ground Zero workers.
[From ABC News: ABCNews]
Court: 'Under God' not religious
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 (UPI) -- A three-judge federal court panel in San Francisco ruled Thursday the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are not an endorsement of religion.
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Toyota discounts boost sales
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures....
Woods May Return to Golf at Masters in April
2 people familiar with Tiger Woods' plans say Masters could mark his return
[From ABC News: ABCNews]
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