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CBRE will join Colliers in American Century tower
American Century Investments is at 4500 Main St. in Kansas City. Kansas City's close-knit commercial real estate brokerage community is about to get even closer. The Kansas City office of CBRE Inc. has executed a 10-year lease for 10,000 square feet on the sixth floor of American Century Tower II, 4520 Main St. home of the 10th-floor, Kansas City offices of Colliers International. The CBRE ...
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Herrera optioned to Triple-A KC calls up Coleman
Email KANSAS CITY -- Reliever Kelvin Herrera, who has had a rough going this season, was optioned to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday. Louis Coleman, another right-hander, was recalled to take his bullpen spot. Herrera had a 2-4 record, two saves and a 4.87 ERA in 19 games. His primary problem was giving up home runs -- eight were among the 19 hits he's given up this season in 20 1/3 innings. ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 23
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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2 Ind. hospital systems cutting jobs other costs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Two Indiana hospital systems said Thursday that they are cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by July 1 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care ...
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Vandals hit Joplin park ahead of ceremony
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Police in Joplin are looking for the vandals who damaged a city park on the eve of a ceremony for the second anniversary of the May 2011 ...
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Another Missouri City To Get Google Fiber
Last night, the City Alderman in Raytown, Missouri voted unanimously to bring Google Fiber to their city. Raytown is the tenth Kansas City-area expansion we've announced, and we hope to bring Fiber to more communities in the area, too. It will be awhile before we can hook up Raytown residents--we need to plan and build our network there first. When we have more info, we'll be sure to ...
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Tnemec Co. sells equity stake
Tnemec Co. Inc. sold $409,493 in equity in a private offering that commenced on May 13, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Kansas City-based provider of industrial coatings offered a total of $1.4 million in equity. Tnemec CEO Peter Cortelyou said the company is not raising capital for any specific business purpose. He said it's an annual stock offering. ...
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Despite debate city-county economic development tie-up wins aldermanic vote
CLAYTON o A plan to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County economic development efforts advanced Tuesday when the County Council introduced ...
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Popular teacher and dean at SLU Medical School dies
James Swierkosz, a popular professor and assistant dean of students at St. Louis University School of Medicine, died Tuesday (May 21, 2013) at age 65.The cause of death was unknown, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. He had no known illness, she said.Professor Swierkosz had no children of his own, but many of his students considered him a father figure, students and colleagues said."He ...
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Groups urge groundwater monitoring at Ameren plants
Environmental groups are urging the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to monitor groundwater at three Ameren Missouri coal-fired power ...
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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...
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Pope Francis defends atheists against backlash
David Gibson, Religion News Service VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is warning Catholics not to demonize those who are not members of the church, and he specifically defended atheists, saying that building walls against non-Catholics leads to "killing in the name of God." "(T)his 'closing off' that imagines that those outside, everyone, cannot do good is a wall that leads ...
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Men use truck for smash and grab robbery
CAHOKIA, Ill. (KSDK) - Police are investigating a smash and grab robbery at a Cahokia, Ill. business early Thursday morning. Police say around 2:35 a.m. three suspects used a truck to drive through the front door of Midwest Petroleum, located in the 200 block of Camp Jackson Road. The suspects took alcohol and tobacco products. The truck is described as a mid-2000s blue Chevrolet with chrome ...
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Ill. Senate approves health-coverage exchange plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would create a state-governed "insurance exchange" so individuals and small businesses can shop for health care coverage as required by President Obama's health law. Lawmakers voted Thursday 37-19 to send the House a bill establishing the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. The exchange will guide people ...
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Kansas City Chiefs Sign Safety Sanders Commings
, the team announced today. He is the fifth of Kansas City's eight draft selections from the 2013 NFL Draft to be signed. Commings joined the Chiefs as the club's fifth-round pick (134th overall) in April's draft. He appeared in 54 games (35 starts) at Georgia, recording 154 tackles (113 solo), one sack, six tackles for loss, three QB pressures, one forced fumble and three fumble ...
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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Nonprofit group Lighthouse for the Blind lays off 24 in St. Louis area
FAIR: Winning re-election to his fourth term this year cost St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay about $3.2 million -- or roughly $126 per vote. Mr. ...
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Obama Outlines Counterterrorism Policy To Confront Shifting Threats
President Barack Obama delivered a highly-anticipated speech on his administration's evolving counterterrorism policies on Thursday, suggesting that the U.S. needs to move away from a "boundless global war on terror."More than a decade after the 9/11 attacks, Obama argued that the terrorist threat has shifted and evolved and said now is the time to ask hard questions about the ...
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JE Dunns former headquarters to be demolished
Bill Dunn Jr. (from left), Steve Dunn, Bob Dunn and Bill (William H.) Dunn Sr. stand in front of JE Dunn Construction Co.'s former headquarters at 929 Holmes St. The building will be razed in a few weeks. Kansas City general contractor JE Dunn Construction Co.'s former headquarters in the East Village district of downtown Kansas City will be demolished. The building at 929 Holmes St. ...
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One Kansas City Places loan goes on sale
The $86.7 million mortgage loan secured by Downtowns tallest office building has been offered for sale. The sale of the debt secured by One Kansas City Place, a 42-story, 822,391-square-foot office tower at 1200 Main St., was announced to brokers on Tuesday by Jones Lang LaSalle, adviser to the seller, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Brokers contacted about the deal, however, said they were ...
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Guarded optimism surrounding Carps rehab process
Said GM John Mozeliak: "For me, it's all about [Chris Carpenter] being able to show that he is healthy and he can contribute." (AP) SAN DIEGO -- The pair of February news conferences took on a tone of solemnity and reflection as general manager John Mozeliak and, a week later, Chris Carpenter, painted a picture void of optimism. Carpenter refused to utter the "R" word, ...
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County sheriffs pot busts draw ire in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A Columbia lawyer says a local ordinance that treats marijuana possession as a municipal violation isn't being followed by Boone County sheriff's deputies patrolling within city ...
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Mo. motorcycle riders had good legislative year
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri motorcyclists would benefit from several bills awaiting the governor's signature this year, but a top-tier priority to waive the state's helmet law for most adults didn't make it out of the proposal parking ...
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Attention non-tech companies Ignore Google+
Businesses overwhelmed with social medias buffet of current options can ignore at least one dish, a Kansas City social media professional advised Thursday. Not having a full-time social media staffer means focusing resources where the customers are, said Alisha Templeton, social media manager for Ameristar Casinos Inc. To be the most efficient, she recommended beginning with Twitter and Facebook ...
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Top 10 tips for grads from Steve Blank
Steve Blank is a professor and serial entrepreneur, the author that inspired the Lean Startup movement, and a popular commencement speaker. This year, he chose to address the University of Minnesota's Science and Engineering graduates. L ong before he was giving commencement addresses, authoring go-to books on entrepreneurship, designing curriculum used around the world and teaching at top ...
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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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