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KC charity event breaks world record
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nearly 5,000 participantshelpedbreak aGuiness World Record to make Kansas City the site of the world's largest pub crawl. Crawl for Cancer, a group that organizes the charity events in citiesacross the country, helda pub crawl on June 1 at downtown Kansas City's Power & Light District and intended to break the record. Crawlershad a choice of 21 different ...
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Lanes closed on SB I-435 at 83rd in Mo.
Two lanes of southbound Interstate 435 are closed at 83rd Street in Missouri. Drivers are urged to use another route. Kansas City Scout cameras showed a piece of construction equipment across the highway. Drivers were getting by the crash in the far right ...
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Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally
Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
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Kan. congressman NSA surveillance program saves lives
Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on Wednesday laid out his most specific plan yet for when the central bank will start easing up on its controversial stimulus program, which is pumping $85 billion a month into the ...
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Police seek 2 men in shooting on I-635
"(I) started hearing the police cars and the fire wagon and the ambulance, and I just walked up on that hill and looked," said a man who lives near the scene who asked to be identified as Robert. "I saw that truck sitting over there, but I didn't go no ...
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Drunken Kansas man takes ax to girlfriends cars house
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 ...
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Construction firm improperly got minority status Kansas City auditors say
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 ...
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Best Buy recalls 5100 replacement batteries for MacBook Pro due to fire risk
Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that there have been 13 reports that the battery caught fire. One consumer suffered a serious burn on the leg. Best Buy Co. is voluntarily recalling both black and white ATG lithium-ion replacement batteries for the notebook computers. The ...
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Man stabbed with sword in Overland Park
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - A man in his mid-30s suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed with a sword early Wednesday morning. Overland Park police were called to the 6400 block of W. 151st Place at 3:30 a.m. According to police, Dustin Evans, 27, and another man were involved in horseplay with the sword. Police said Evans stabbed the other man with the sword. The man was taken to an ...
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Mo. student transfers have until Aug. 1
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's education agency says parents wanting to transfer their children from failing schools should provide notice by Aug. 1. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released guidance Wednesday on how to handle student transfers. That comes a week after the state Supreme Court upheld a 1993 law requiring unaccredited school districts to pay for ...
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KC Zoo says polar bears health improving
The Kansas City Zoo's star polar bear, Nikita, is continuing to be treated for a gastrointestinal illness, but he is improving, zoo officials said ...
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Mo. woman claims $1M Powerball prize
The Missouri Lottery on Wednesday said 57-year-old Mona Diss of Pevely bought the ticket for the Match 5 Powerball prize for the June 8 drawing at a Mobil on the Run store in Pevely. She didn't realize she was a winner until store employees encouraged her to check her ...
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Father gets prison in bound children case
A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern ...
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Missouri offers some relief on impending school transfers
directives from the state that provide leeway in how to handle a potential influx of students transferring from unaccredited school systems this fall.To avoid overcrowded classrooms, school district officials may make final building assignments for students wishing to transfer into their schools, the guidelines say.If there isn't room to enroll all students trying to transfer into a ...
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Boulevard makes best national beer list
, a publication for home brewers and beer lovers, have recognized beers from Kansas City-based Boulevard Brewing Co. as some of their fermented ...
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Survey How can Wyandotte Co. improve
Kansas City, KS - The Unified Government of Wyandote County is trying to figure out what should be focused on for the 2014 budget. So, members have decided to set up an online survey for residents to complete. If you are a resident of Wyandotte County and want to tell officials what you think the top priorities for improvement should be, ...
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A giant push for a Fit-tastic summer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics is launching a health initiative to encourage the entire Kansas City community. It's called 12345 Fit-Tastic! It's an effort to reach out to individuals and families that want to take the first steps toward healthier living. "It doesn't matter where you are in life," said project coordinator Sandy Seitz. ...
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Medical group labels obesity a disease
KJRH - For the first time obesity is being called a disease by the American Medical Association. The move now means one in three Americans has a health condition. AMA board members say recognizing obesity as a disease will change the way the medical community tackles the complex issue. They hope it also helps doctors jump the hurdle in discussing weight issues with their patients. More than half ...
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Man sentenced in Walmart tied kids case
A man who tied up his children outside a Walmart store in Lawrence was sentenced Wednesday. After an emotional testimony from Adolfo Gomez, the Douglas County, Kan., judge sentenced him to 30 months in jail. He's already served 371 days, so that'll be taken off his sentence. Gomez, 53, and his wife Deborah Gomez, of Northlake, Ill, were arrested last June in Lawrence after police found ...
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Race for the Cure on Team Cynthia
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be August 11 at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. The race supports efforts to help prevent breast cancer, raise awareness about breast cancer and assist women in receiving early detection and treatment. 41 Action News, KSHB, is a proud sponsor of the event. You can be part of the team by signing up on your own or by joining Team ...
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No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus
The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...
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Missouri releases guidance for school district transfers
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released guidance Wednesday on how to handle student transfers. That comes a week after the state Supreme Court upheld a 1993 law requiring unaccredited school districts to pay for students to transfer to nearby ...
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Frank Gehry redefines design for Eisenhower Memorial
Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in ...
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Armed employees could cost Kansas schools insurance coverage
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 ...
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Driver shot in head on I-635 in KCK
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A driver was shot in the head Wednesday morning while heading south on Interstate 635. The incident happened around 11 a.m. just north of State Avenue. Kansas City, Kansas police said a bullet grazed the victim in the head, and his injuries are non-life threatening. Authorities said a black pickup truck occupied by two white males pulled up alongside the victim, who is in his ...
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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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