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Kansas Citys Top Stories
Top current Kansas City headlines.
&bullSarah Steelman: Rebel with an independent streak
4 hours ago
To Sarah Steelman, there’s nothing contradictory about being a conservative rebel within the Republican Party.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullCorrection
4 hours ago
Today’s review of the movie “Step Brothers” in FYI occasionally misspells the last name of actor John C. Reilly. FYI is printed in advance.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullSen. Pat Roberts leads second-quarter area fundraising
4 hours ago
The slumping economy apparently hasn't hit the business of politics. Federal Election Commission reports filed this week show major party candidates in three area House races — and the U.S. Senate contest in Kansas — talked donors out of almost $4 million since April Fools' Day.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullTribute: Mildred Slavens, 97, of Raymore, helped her blind children succeed
4 hours ago
Who: Mildred Slavens, 97, of Raymore. When and how she died: June 30, of complications related to surgery.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullJackson County death penalty trial set to begin
4 hours ago
With jurors selected, prosecutors and defense attorneys are scheduled to make opening statements today in the first death penalty case since 2002 to go before a jury in Jackson County.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullKC receives extension on plan to ‘green' sewers
4 hours ago
Kansas City has received a six-month extension to submit its plan to federal authorities for overhauling its sewer system.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullFamiliar name is on Aug. 5 ballot for Missouri treasurer
4 hours ago
Charlie Wheeler figures to have geography on his side in the Aug. 5 Democratic primary for Missouri state treasurer.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullKC will resume taking applications for retooled home repair program
4 hours ago
Four years after Kansas City government stopped taking applications for its minor home repair services, it has retooled the program and will resume taking applications Aug. 1.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullUnion Station not viable as transit hub, KC councilman says
4 hours ago
City Councilman Russ Johnson had a message Thursday for anyone who expects Union Station to ultimately become a transportation hub of commuter-rail and light-rail lines:
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullKC considers domestic violence ordinance
4 hours ago
Kansas City Councilwoman Cathy Jolly introduced an ordinance Thursday to strengthen the city’s ability to prosecute people who violate orders of protection in domestic violence situations.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
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Today's Top Stories
From around the world and across the street.
Flooding feared along U.S.-Mexico border from Dolly
25 Jul 2008 at 3:36am
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly, which lashed the U.S.-Mexico coastline, weakened to a tropical depression on Thursday over South Texas, but concern remained over flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley.
[From Reuters: Top News]
Colts' Manning hopes for quick return from surgery
by By MICHAEL MAROT
25 Jul 2008 at 3:26am
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- Peyton Manning's voice resonated through the Colts training camp Thursday - from 90 miles away. The NFL's two-time MVP spent reporting day at home in Indianapolis, his valuable left knee immobilized after having surgery to remove an infected bursa sac....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
'Twilight' fans camp out for a peek (and a scream)
by By SANDY COHEN
25 Jul 2008 at 3:21am
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- If you haven't heard of "Twilight," ask a teenager. The best-selling young-adult book isn't bound for the big screen until December, but fan frenzy for the film practically took over Comic-Con on Thursday....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
Olympian PR bout under way in Washington
by By FOSTER KLUG
25 Jul 2008 at 3:21am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an air-conditioned room in the Chinese Embassy, a vice minister from Beijing chastises Americans for their "very limited" understanding of violent anti-government protests in Tibet....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
Allies of Phoenix mayor fight recall effort
by By JACQUES BILLEAUD
25 Jul 2008 at 3:20am
PHOENIX (AP) -- It's a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn't soliciting votes and the politician's name isn't scheduled to appear on the November ballot....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
Analysis: GOP stroked base in housing vote
by By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
25 Jul 2008 at 2:57am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush pulled the rug out from under Republicans this week when he abruptly dropped his opposition to a massive housing rescue. Their reaction? Good riddance....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
Obama beats McCain in Europe donations
by By GREGORY KATZ
25 Jul 2008 at 2:53am
LONDON (AP) -- Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee....
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
Election loss deals bitter blow to UK's Brown
25 Jul 2008 at 2:51am
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labor Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats, results showed on Friday, deepening doubts within the party about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ability to win the next election.
[From Reuters: Top News]
AP: Food Industry Bitten by Its Lobbying Success
25 Jul 2008 at 2:51am
AP Enterprise: Industry eases rules for tracking foodborne illness; bitten by lobbying success
[From ABC News: HomePage]
AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
by By LARRY MARGASAK
25 Jul 2008 at 2:51am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it."...
[From AP Top Headlines At 4:26 a.m. EDT]
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