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Royals turn to Mendoza in finale with Tribe
Perhaps it's only fitting that the Royals and Indians will play a rubber game to decide their series on Wednesday night. Cleveland entered the three-game set with a half-game lead over Kansas City for second place in the American League Central and a .500 record. After the Royals' 2-1 win in the opener on Monday night, they took over second place with a half-game lead and a .500 ...
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Thousands of complaints about Mirena IUD
CLEVELAND (WEWS) - An exclusive Scripps investigation has uncovered concerns about the safety of a popular form of birth control. There are currently 2 million women using the Mirena intrauterine device (IUD). Scripps station WEWS investigators obtained complaint records from the Food and Drug Administration. They show there have been 70,072 complaints about the Mirena IUD since ...
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Kansas City police chase ends with crash into bystanders
Police are investigating a chase that ended with a crash in Kansas City, Mo., late Tuesday night. Officers said the suspect's vehicle crashed into innocent bystanders at Linwood Boulevard and Montgall Avenue. There were reports of injuries, but it's not clear how serious they were. Officers have not released what started the crash. Stay with KMBC.com for breaking news ...
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Police seeking elderly Kansas couple
GARNETT, Kan. - Law enforcement authorities in three states are on the lookout for an elderly Kansas couple after they left their home Monday morning bound for Illinois, but never showed up as expected. Vernon and Goldie Hunt left Garnett around 6 a.m. Monday and were expected to arrive Monday evening at the home of friends in Dwight, Ill. They were driving a black, 2005 Chrysler 300 automobile ...
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PICS Statue theft persons of interest
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Police released photos of persons-of-interest in the case of a missing statue. Authorities say the "Pioneer Woman" statue was missing from the National Trails Museum Monday morning. It had been ripped from its granite base. Employees reported the theft. The statue, located at the back of the museum, was commissioned by community leaders. Anyone with information ...
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Merriam mans Marine dream survives cancer battle
A Merriam man whose dream of becoming a United States Marine was put on hold after being diagnosed with cancer has seen it happen for him after ...
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Mom Man who died after Taser shock fought mental illness
The mother of a man who died after police used a Taser while attempting to arrest him said she wants Kevin Ellis remembered as someone with a kind heart who struggled with the demons of mental ...
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Boulevard draws crowd for new brew debut
Crowds gathered at Rye to sample Terra Incognita. Boulevard teamed up a California brewery, Sierra Nevada, to create the limited-edition beer. Steven Pauwels of Boulevard Brewing Company said customers can savor it now or let it age. "The idea behind the beer is from two regions, Missouri and California," he said. "We aged some of the beer in wine barrels and some in whiskey ...
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Independence police seek man in Family Dollar robbery
A man came into the Family Dollar store on U.S. Highway 40 just before 5:15 p.m. He showed a gun to a worker at the register and demanded cash. He left after getting some money. No one was injured in the robbery. Police said the man was wearing a red ball cap, a black jacket with a white or gray T-shirt, black shorts and black shoes. Investigators released a picture of the man and asked anyone ...
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Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings
"You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...
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Pair sought in Grandview gas station heist
Investigators released surveillance images from the June 9 robbery at the Shell station on Blue Ridge Boulevard. Police said two men, both believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, went into the store and threatened the clerk with a gun. Anyone who recognizes the men are asked to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at ...
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Royals bullpen cant hang on late vs. Indians
KC@CLE: Perez singles home an insurance run CLEVELAND -- This time, the bullpen couldn't hold the lead. Cleveland struck for three runs in the eighth inning against Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera and Tim Collins and the Indians took a 4-3 comeback victory on Tuesday night in front of an appreciative crowd of 14,853 at Progressive Field. Herrera was put in charge of a 3-1 lead in the ...
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Blue Springs daycare shut down by state
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - A Blue Springs, Mo., daycare has been forced to shut down after a toddler was injured at the facility. In documents obtained by 41 Action News, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims a 17-month-old child was slapped and physically held in a timeout while at the daycare operated by Mary Douglas. The documents also show the toddler sustained injuries to ...
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58k homes to get second look
JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. - The Jackson County Assessor's office says it is in the process of sending letters to 58,000 homeowners notifying them that assessors plan to take a second look at their home values. The homes were among the 68,000 targeted for reevaluation this year. Hundreds of those homeowners have contested their home's new values. County leaders initially flagged 18,000 homes ...
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FBI KC man had ties to NYSE bomb plot
Kansas City, Mo. - A Kansas City man was involved in a plan to attack the New York Stock Exchange. On Tuesday, the FBI's deputy director Sean Joyce testified that the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled about 50 terrorists plots since September 11 worldwide, some plots planned for US ...
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Liberty man describes close call with intruder
Surveillance cameras set up outside the house in the 1900 block of Buckingham Drive recorded pictures of the man looking into the house. He had trouble seeing through the tinted windows and even yanked on the back door while the homeowner and two young boys were inside. "It was a little weird knowing he was out there for five or six minutes while I was with the kids in the house," said ...
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Kansas couple disappear on trip to Illinois
Vernon Hunt, 91, and his wife Goldie Hunt, 81, left home early Monday morning en route to Dwight, Ill. They've made the 500-mile trip many times but have not yet arrived. Authorities said the couple planned to take Interstate 35 into Kansas City before heading west on Interstate 70 toward St. Louis. They were driving a 2005 Chrysler 300 with Kansas license plate 473FNM. Garnett police said ...
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Kan. police find huge cash stash in drivers trunk
Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown says a K-9 unit stopped the westbound truck for a traffic violation around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 70. Brown says a search turned up some boxes containing the cash in the bed of the pickup. Police seized the money and the truck, which had Colorado tags. The Tucson man was booked into the Geary County jail on suspicion of speeding and transporting drug ...
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Missouri adds Mark Phelps as assistant basketball coach
Jury’s award ‘wonderful’ for Lee’s Summit woman who sued Vatterott College A Jackson County jury found in favor of Jennifer Kerr in her lawsuit against Vatterott and found that the Missouri-based Vatterott Educational Centers Inc. had violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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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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 ...
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Kansas City women focus on micro-finance
Kansas City women are trying to make an impact in the world by teaming up with micro-finance providers for people living in poverty.
All too often charitable causes and organisations looking for funding focus on symptomatic poverty, responding to the causes of poverty worldwide in a similar manner to a doctor giving a patient painkillers for a cancer tumor instead of removing the tumor. We donate so that children in poverty around the world can get food, education, clothing, medicines and various other basic needs. But it doesn’t solve the problem of why they’re in poverty in the first place. Read more
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