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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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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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Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones
Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...
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Honor Flight sends WWII vets on journey of gratitude
When 54 World War II veterans recently made a trip with Heartland Honor Flight to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., they saw gratitude even before their plane took ...
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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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Kansas City launching commission on early childhood education
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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9-year-old first tornado victim buried
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Friends and family attended funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were children. Relatives and friends huddling under umbrellas amid a downpour hurried into a chapel where mournful country songs ...
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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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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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Suburban shopping centers will be auctioned
Three struggling suburban shopping centers in the Kansas City area will be auctioned off after being taken back by their lender, LNR Property LLC. The three centers were acquired by Henry S. Miller Equity Partners for $70 million in 2006. They are Westbrooke Village, a 236,638-square-foot center in Shawnee; Regency Park, a 201,974-square-foot center in Overland Park; and Pinetree Plaza, a ...
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Low-flying military jet clips power lines in western Missouri
. oA low-flying military jet from a western Missouri Air Force base clipped several power lines, but officials said no injuries were reported.The Springfield News-Leader reports that the A-10 Thunderbolt military jet from Whiteman Air Force base hit several power lines crossing Stockton Lake on Wednesday afternoon. A-10 Thunderbolts are single-seat, twin-engine attack jets.Danielle Johnston, ...
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Insurance Companies Make inventory now
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Insurance companies in Moore, Oklahoma are preparing for thousands of claims after Monday's tornado destroyed entire blocks of homes, schools and businesses. Local insurance companies say this latest storm will drive up premiums in Oklahoma. In fact, the state has some of the highest premiums already because of the threat of severe weather, often 1 to 2 percent of the ...
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FBI agent discusses Berrys homecoming
CLEVELAND (WEWS) - FBI Agent Vicki Anderson was with Amanda Berry the day she returned home to live with her sister. In an interview with KSHB Scripps sister station NewsChannel5, Anderson talks about Berry's emotional response to the community support and ...
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Man charged in 10-week-olds death
LEXINGTON, Mo. - An Independence man is accused of killing a 10-week-old baby. The Lafayette County, Mo., prosecutor charged Alex A. Gilbert, 24, of Independence on Thursday with second degree murder. The case began Friday night when paramedics and sheriff's deputies were sent to a house on Linn Road in Lafayette County. They found the baby struggling to breathe, according to a ...
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KC homeowner shoots would-be robber
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police say a would-be robber was shot by a homeowner in Kansas City Thursday afternoon. Authorities say around 12:15 p.m., the suspect tried to rob a home in the 10600 block of Greenwood, just south of Interstate 470 and James A. Reed Road. The homeowner shot the suspect, who fled, making it about three miles to 87th and Blue Ridge, where he was caught by police. The extent of ...
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Obama says US at crossroads in terror fight
President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ...
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Effort to lift Missouri motorcycle helmet law falls short
Missouri motorcycle riders had several favorable bills sent to Gov. Jay Nixon during this year's legislative session, but a big priority could not cross the finish ...
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Kansas GOP lawmakers stalemated on taxes
The top two Republicans at the negotiating table expressed disappointment over where talks were headed. More meetings were likely later Thursday. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and most members of the GOP-dominated Legislature want to cut income taxes further following massive reductions last year. Brownback argues the state must raise additional sales tax revenue to prevent budget problems. ...
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Man injured in knife fight between carnival workers
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 25-year-old Clint Carelse of South Africa allegedly got into a fight with the victim late Tuesday at the Troy Fairgrounds in Lincoln County. The 22-year-old victim, also from South Africa was stabbed in the abdomen. He is hospitalized in serious but stable condition. The two men work for the Southeast Amusement Carnival Co. of Farmland, Ind. Police say ...
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KCPD Shooting possibly connected with attempted break-in
Investigators said that minutes earlier, a woman called police, saying that someone tried to break into her home in the 10600 block of Greenwood Road and she opened fire and shots were fired back at her. The woman told authorities that she believed she possibly hit the ...
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Joplin bankers share disaster recovery experience
Left: Rebecca Dunham, sales manager for Arvest Bank's three locations in the Joplin area Right: Stuart Puckett, loan manager for Arvest in Joplin Two years ago, with huge swaths of Joplin, Mo., leveled by a massive tornado, Arvest Bank's Stuart Puckett learned the personal side of the banking equation. Friends, neighbors and longtime customers were streaming into the bank in great ...
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Police 2 additional arrests in UK hacking death
Police made two additional arrests Thursday as part of their investigation into the slaying of a soldier killed in Woolwich, London Metropolitan police said on the department's official Twitter ...
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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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