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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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EDC announces new senior managers
The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City introduced two new senior leadership team members during its Friday board meeting. Bernardo Ramirez will serve as the EDC's executive vice president and chief operating officer, and T'Risa McCord will serve as senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Ramirez, who succeeds retiring COO Gloria Wood, has been executive director of ...
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Federal cuts affect poorest Kansas schools
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- School districts in Kansas face the loss of about $7.2 million this coming school year in federal funding that's reserved for the highest-poverty ...
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Kansas City Business Journal announces CFO of the Year honorees
The recession has made for rough sailing for many businesses over the past few years, but some have had exceptional CFOs to help steer them through it. Those are the executives the Kansas City Business Journal will recognize as CFO of the Year. The awards program, now in its sixth year, honors the Kansas City area's top financial executives. Applicants were judged for their contributions to ...
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Social Media Matters Amys Baking a lesson in what not to do
Amys Baking Co., a bakery and bistro in Scottsdale, Ariz., received quite a bit of attention on countless social media platforms and in the media recently and not for good reasons. The resulting word-of-mouth firestorm was enough to fill, well, this column with social media, crisis communications and plain ol business lessons. Mass media like TV can amplify and broadcast your business problem. ...
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SoftBank Dish continue to wrangle for Sprint Clearwire
The four-player mess Sprint Nextel Corp., SoftBank Corp., Clearwire Corp. and Dish Network Corp. thats been dominating wireless news lately hasnt let up as the parties continue to wrangle for control of one or the other. Sprint (NYSE: S) recently sweetened its offer for Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) by 14 percent in its best and final offer, but that has failed to sway opponents, raising ...
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Kansas Senate giveth taketh away on taxes
Kansas Republicans in the Senate signed off on a bill maintaining a sales tax set to sunset, cutting income taxes and lowering a food sales tax, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. The Senates colleagues in the House, however, adjourned without addressing the Senate plan, sending the Kansas legislative session into extra time, The Topeka Capital-Journal ...
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Tech roundup Google inquiry iPhone urinalysis the Amazon paradigm
Get caught up on the days biggest tech news: The feds have cranked up a new antitrust investigation into how Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) handles its advertising sales, Reuters reports. Google seems to be following the lead of online e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), getting into the business of selling industrial and B2B goods, The Wall Street Journal reports. Will wonders never ...
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Top of the List General Contractors
This week, the Kansas City Business Journal ranks the areas top general contractors based on 2012 local billings. See the top 5 >> For the full list, subscribers can take a look at the print edition of the Kansas City Business Journal. The list also includes 2011 local billings, number of employees, areas of specialty, top local executives, and a re-ranking based on revenue. (Subscribers, click ...
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Bank lobbyists arent leaving financial reform to chance
Bank lobbyists looking to ease the financial burden of government regulations are taking matters into their own hands, writing the legislation for lawmakers in Congress to advance, The New York Times reports. The lobbying campaign shows how Wall Street has rallied in Washington in the three years since Congress passed the Dodd-Frank legislation, the report ...
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ACAs unexpected consequences may turn backer into opponent
Unions helped President Barack Obama push for passage of his landmark Affordable Care Act, but now they worry that an unpredicted consequence of the law could cost workers health benefits, The Washington Post reports. Unions plans already are complex, unique and more expensive than other plans, and the ACAs provisions have added to that cost, the report says. That may tempt some small employers ...
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McCarthy adds office in Kansas City
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has increased its presence in the Kansas City market with two nearby construction projects underway and an announcement earlier this spring of a new downtown office. According to REJ Blog, McCarthy now has more than $1.4 billion worth of construction underway in the region. Two major projects for McCarthy include work on a $80 million National Bio and Agro-Defense ...
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Local school board president ousted
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The president of the Hickman Mills School Board was ousted during a meeting Thursday night. In a surprise move, the board voted to remove Breman Anderson 4-3, and elected board member Eric Lowe as the new president. When Anderson found out voting on leadership changes had been added to the agenda, he was hesitant to move forward. The board voted 4-3 to proceed with the new ...
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Ceiling cant hold KIPP graduates
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Forty-five eighth graders at the KIPP Endeavor Academy marched into an auditorium full of family and friends for a historic celebration, to the tune of ...
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Local boys best friend dies in tornado
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - From Moore, Okla., to Blue Springs: The connection to the deadly tornado is incredibly painful for one local family. Eric Tupin and his family's old home is demolished, along with much of his former neighborhood and what used to be his children's school. "My kids went to Plaza Towers, so this really hit home for a lot of reasons," Tupin said. He ...
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Car hits gas line area evacuated
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - An Independence neighborhood is being evacuated after a car struck a high-pressure gas line in the area. The crash occurred just before 10 p.m. Thursday near 44th and Phelps. Police evacuated everyone within a one-block radius. MGE was able to stop the flow of gas to the line around 11 p.m. The driver of the car that hit the line was not injured. Stay with KSHB.com for ...
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2 hurt in JoCo golf cart crash
LAKE QUIVIRA, Kan. - Two people were hurt in a golf cart crash at Lake Quivira Country Club. The wreck occurred around 8:30 p.m Thursday. According to Johnson County paramedics, one person was seriously hurt. The other victim sustained moderate injuries. No other information has been released at this time. Stay with KSHB.com for ...
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Nurse gives teen CPR in scare at the K
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - When a 14-year-old girl collapsed during a Royals game at Kauffman Stadium, a member of the K Crew stepped up to the plate and performed CPR. The medical emergency occurred in the upper deck during Thursday night's game against the Angels. A nurse who volunteers as part of the Royals' first aid team performed CPR and resuscitated the girl on the scene, according to a ...
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4-year-old boy struck by car in KCMO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 4-year-old boy was struck by a car early Thursday evening near 35th Street and Van Brunt. Police say the driver stayed on the scene. The boy sustained serious injuries, but is expected to survive. Stay with KSHB.com for ...
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Teen raises $1 million before turning 20
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Jeff Hanson's favorite paintings are the ones with all the bright colors. Bright colors stand out to him, because he has limited vision.That limitation hasn't stopped the 19-year-old cancer survivor from painting and selling his work at auctions for the last seven years, raising money for charities worldwide. This past weekend, Hanson surpassed the $1 million mark ...
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Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake
The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...
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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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