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UMKC project maps tornado rubble
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - First responders in Moore, Okla., searched for hours for survivors of Monday's tornado. They faced the challenge of not knowing what was underneath the rubble. A UMKC associate professor is heading a NASA-funded project to make the search effort faster with new technology that incorporates high-resolution photography from ...
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Kan. Senate GOP leaders push for votes on taxes
GOP senators proposed having each chamber vote Thursday on as many as three different plans for raising new sales tax revenues while reducing individual income tax ...
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Competition Fierce During Chiefs OTAs
The Kansas City Chiefs close out another week of OTAs today, with practice starting at 11:20 am CDT. If today's practice is anything near what they have been like, competitive and energetic throughout, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and his staff won't be disappointed. As for the team's ...
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Open water swimming opens in May for Kansas City area parks
Shawnee Mission Park (Tuesdays and Thursdays starting May 28th) and Kill Creek Park (Mondays starting June 3rd) with a cost of only $4 per time ($4.50 for non-residents). The parks are under the direction of ...
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U.S. Senate Passes Bill with Kansas River Levee Funding
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that includes funding aimed at improving Topeka’s levee system along the Kansas River. The bill approved in the Senate would provide about $15.7 million in federal matching funds for Topeka to correct problems with its levee system along the river, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Under the measure approved by the Senate last week, the Army Corps ...
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AAA More locals traveling than in U.S.
34.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend. Eighty-nine percent of those will be driving, a slight increase from last year. AAA's Topeka, Kan., office says more people in Kansas and Missouri will hit the road and drive to a holiday destination compared to the rest of the U.S. "For our part of the country, more of the population is traveling over the ...
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Kansas City Chiefs OTAs are More Than Competitive
The Kansas City Chiefs close out another week of OTAs today, with practice starting at 11:20 am CDT. If today's practice is anything near what they have been like, competitive and energetic throughout, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and his staff won't be disappointed. As for the team's ...
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Kansas Legislature approves some changes to liquor laws
Bridges in Kansas: D-plus. Dams in Missouri: D-minus. Overall infrastructure across both states: Does C-minus earn anyone a star? Civil engineers are tough graders. A few gathered in Kansas City on Wednesday to deliver a report card that pretty much ...
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Missouri suspect fleeing from cops runs into police headquarters
Bridges in Kansas: D-plus. Dams in Missouri: D-minus. Overall infrastructure across both states: Does C-minus earn anyone a star? Civil engineers are tough graders. A few gathered in Kansas City on Wednesday to deliver a report card that pretty much ...
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Kmart at it again with Big gas savings
Kmart is at it again. In April one of its commercials went viral for a turn of phrase. Describing the ease of shipping a product to customers for free, the commercial's actors used clever wordplay and continued to repeat the ...
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Fallen KCPD officers remembered
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Thursday morning the Kansas City Missouri Police Department will honor the 119 officers who were killed while on duty throughout the department's history. The Memorial Service begins at 10 a.m. at the Regional Police Academy Sports Field at 6885 NE Pleasant Valley Road. The public is invited to attend the service. The KCPD Color Guard with perform the 21-gun salute. There ...
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Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area
Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...
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Brownback to Kansas Legislature Shut it down
Bridges in Kansas: D-plus. Dams in Missouri: D-minus. Overall infrastructure across both states: Does C-minus earn anyone a star? Civil engineers are tough graders. A few gathered in Kansas City on Wednesday to deliver a report card that pretty much ...
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Bad choice Foot chase ends in police building
The officer chased him to a downtown Clayton building. The suspect apparently didn't know the building is home to St. Louis County police, and he ran ...
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Kan. teacher arrested after threats toward school
MAIZE, Kan. (AP) -- A teacher at a suburban Wichita high school was arrested after the district reported he had made criminal threats against the ...
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Spectacular tech firsts up for auction
A treasure trove of rarities, oddities and tech "firsts" has been brought together -- including an experimental 17th century mechanical calculator, a 108-year-old telephone and an incredibly rare, headline-grabbing Apple 1 computer -- to be sold at auction Friday in Cologne, ...
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Farmhand accused in Missouri womans murder wont face death penalty
oThe state says it will not seek the death penalty against a farmhand in the death of a southwest Missouri woman.But prosecutors say they have not yet made that decision for the victim's estranged husband, Bob T. Beisely II.The farmhand, Jeremy L. Maples, waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in the death of Belinda J. Beisly, who was shot to death inside her farm home near Deerfield in ...
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Sobriety checkpoint planned in Kansas City this weekend
Bridges in Kansas: D-plus. Dams in Missouri: D-minus. Overall infrastructure across both states: Does C-minus earn anyone a star? Civil engineers are tough graders. A few gathered in Kansas City on Wednesday to deliver a report card that pretty much ...
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Former Kansas Gov. ranks among Forbes most powerful women
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is the 25th most powerful woman in the world, Forbes says. Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is one of the world's most powerful women, according to Forbes' latest top 100 list. Sebelius raked in the No. 25 spot. The University of Kansas graduate was noted for her role in pressing aspects of the ...
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Storms slam recovering Oklahoma City area
The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ...
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Gamers get opportunity to become master at University of California
Video game masters will soon have the chance to be validated as the University of California rolls out a new one-year program, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports. A new master's of science degree program in games and playable media will be offered in the fall, the university announced Wednesday. "They will learn to be independent game makers, and they can go on to work in the ...
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U.S. Air Force will invest millions into Wichita
McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita is a finalist to serve as one of the home bases of the U.S. Air Force's new tanker. The U.S. Air Force's new fleet of KC-46A tankers will soon call Wichita home, the Wichita Business Journal reports. The Air Force announced late Wednesday that it had selected Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base to house an additional 36 tankers a measure that will ...
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Elk population in Missouri grows with addition of 40
oMissouri conservation officials have added 40 elk to the state's population as part of a project to restore the animals to the state.Conservation Department officials had expected to bring only 39 elk from Kentucky this week, but a male calf was born on the way.The elk are being held at the Peck Ranch Conservation area in southeastern Missouri until they get accustomed to the state's ...
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American CEOs see paycheck bump
CBS Corp. CEO and highest paid U.S. CEO, Leslie Moonves. A rising stock market helped boost paychecks for American CEOs as their average salaries continue to increase, according to an analysis by the Associated Press with data from executive pay research firm Equilar. In 2012, the average CEO made about $9.7 million a 6.5 percent increase from the year prior. It's the third straight year ...
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Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey who helped rescue women held captive gets free burgers for life
CLEVELAND - The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.Charles Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area ...
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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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