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KC weighs $1.89M contract with BNIM for streetcar expansion study
Steve McDowell The Kansas City Council may award architecture firm BNIM a $1.89 million contract to lead the study of the potential placement of lines for the second phase of the streetcar project. The council put a first read on Ordinance No. 130424 on Thursday. The ordinance authorizes Bob Langenkamp, the director of planning and development, to enter into a contract with BNIM. Next week, a ...
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Rubbing alcohol sold as Scotch in N.J.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Twenty-nine New Jersey bars ...
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Inside a JoCo liquor store robbery
SHAWNEE, Kan. - An employee and customer at a Johnson County, Kan., liquor store were put into a walk-in cooler Thursday night during a robbery that led to a wild police chase, shooting and crash. Both were rattled Friday and did not want to be identified, but shared their frightening stories with 41 Action News. The employee at Halftime Liquor Store, 15810 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Shawnee, ...
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Consumer Reports Best sunscreen
As many head out to begin their Memorial Day Weekend, a lot of people plan to hit the beach, so we're taking action for your health with a look at the sunscreens that protect you best in the sun. Consumer Reports tested 12 broad spectrum sunscreens that claim to protect against cancer-causing UVA and UVB rays. They found some of the least expensive brands were the most effective. The tests ...
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Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching
A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...
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University of Missouri plans $23 million hall renovation
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri is considering a proposal to renovate its main administration building and two other halls that currently house ...
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My aha moment writing about genetic sequencing
Dr. Stephen Kingsmore As I was sitting in Dr. Stephen Kingsmore's lab discussing genomic medicine for this week's print edition cover story, a box arrived from Turkey containing a human DNA sample. He picked it up, explaining to me how the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics collaborates with researchers and doctors worldwide who want to ...
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K-10 toll lanes from Lawrence to JoCo
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A long-range plan for the state's highways suggests that Kansas Highway 10 between Lawrence and Johnson County become a partial toll road. The Kansas Department of Transportation said Thursday that the highway should be widened in the next 20 years to six lanes. The plan would add high occupancy toll lanes, or HOT lanes, in each direction. The HOT lanes would be free ...
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May 24 2013 -- Memorial Day
This Memorial Day weekend we are paying tribute to our troops by raising money through 9 Can Help for our World War II veterans to take another Honor Flight to see their memorial in Washington, ...
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Wife says trucker saw bridge collapse in mirror
The wife of a Canadian trucker whose rig caused the collapse of a Washington bridge says a special vehicle called a pole car had travelled the route to make sure the load would ...
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Weather Service Kansas Weekend Tornado Was an EF4
The National Weather Service says a tornado that traveled seven miles across rural western Kansas during the weekend was an EF4, with winds of 165 to 185 mph. The report from the agency’s Dodge City office follows a survey of the tornado’s path Saturday night in Pawnee County. An EF4 is the second-strongest on the scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes. No injuries ...
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Water will be cold but most Missouri state park beaches will be open
Remember Joplin was the cry in southwest Missouri on Wednesday. Remember Moore. Remember Tuscaloosa. Remember Greensburg. Remember them ...
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SEA LIFE Aquarium to showcase turtles
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium is opening a new exhibit Friday. The turtle Shelter Exhibit will house more than 10 species of weird and wondrous freshwater turtles, such as the Snake Neck Turtle, New Guinea Snapping Turtle, and Spiny Soft shell Turtle. The Turtle Shelter will teach children turtle's 200 million year history. Visitors can experience the feel of sea turtle ...
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A look at Mondays tornado in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A small tornado touched down early Monday evening in mid-Missouri, causing damage to several buildings along a 14-mile path. The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill reports the EF-1 tornado touched down at 4:57 p.m. about two miles east of Knob Noster. After touching down, the tornado moved northeast for about 14.5 miles, according to the National Weather Service, with a ...
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Day care closed after water main break
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A church day care is closed after a water main break that sent water gushing at least 30 feet into the air Friday morning. The Pumpkin Patch Childhood Development Center, inside First Baptist Church of Kansas City, had to close because of the loss of water service after the break. Skytracker video from over the scene showed the water shooting nearly as high as the steeple of ...
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Robbery suspect caught after wild chase
SHAWNEE, Kan. - A suspect in a Johnson County, Kan., liquor store robbery led police on a wild chase where police shot at him early Friday before crashing on Interstate 70 and being arrested. The Shawnee Police Department says it all started around 8:35 p.m. Thursday when the suspect robbed Halftime Liquor Store, 15810 Shawnee Mission Parkway. The robber put two people into a cooler, but neither ...
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2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...
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Kan. House rejects Senate GOP leaders tax plan
The Kansas House has overwhelmingly rejected a new tax plan drafted by top Senate Republicans to impose a lower sales tax on food but keep the tax on all other items at 6.3 ...
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Plan suggests toll road for K-10
The plan would add high occupancy toll lanes, or HOT lanes, in each direction. The HOT lanes would be free for mass transit vehicles and carpool lanes. But single-occupant vehicles would have to pay a ...
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Officers fire shots before pursuit ends in crash at I-70 K-7
Investigators said the chase went from Interstate 435 back into Shawnee at Johnson Drive. Police said that Shawnee officers fired shots during the pursuit. Authorities said the robbery suspect was driving the wrong way on eastbound I-70 and crashed into a FedEx ...
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Chiefs OL Learning New System Twice as Fast
said. "We've put in a lot of offense; it's new for a lot of guys and our defense definitely flies around a lot, so, we're getting used to communicating, making the right reads and doing the right thing." Chiefs ...
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WWII heros medals found inside Goodwill store in Missouri
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Officials with Goodwill are searching for relatives of a World War II veteran whose medals including the Silver Star and Purple Heart somehow wound up inside a suburban St. Louis Goodwill ...
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Theft of Overland Park school funds investigated
A police spokesman said no arrests have been made in connection with the reported theft of about $30,000 from the PTO at Valley Park Elementary School, 12301 Lamar Avenue. Results of the investigation will be turned over to the Johnson County district attorney.In a letter to school families, PTO co-presidents Jade Van Slyke and Ashley Cherafat, said that when they discovered money missing from ...
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Water shoots high into the air after main breaks in south Kansas City
Restaurant patios around the city are abuzz with al fresco diners eager to sip and sup under the stars. Festivals are in full swing, serving up barbecue, cotton candy and street food. Farmers markets on both sides of the state line supply shoppers with local produce for bountiful dinners on the ...
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Tornado loss estimate $2 billion to $5 billion
The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...
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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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