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1. Feature

   Pay 2 Play

   Hip-hop hustlers are making off with Kansas City rappers’ hard-earned cash.

   By Nadia Pflaum

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Twenty-six-year-old Robert Hardiman, otherwise known as Realla Rezob, stands outside the Walgreens at 39th Street and Broadway in a plain white T-shirt, the straps of a...

2. Night & Day

   Free Prostate Screening

   Published: December 13, 2007

   For three days in December, beginning Saturday, December 15, the National Prostate Cancer Coalition (NPCC) will team up with the Kansas City Cancer Center, US Oncology...

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   Winter Friends

   Published: December 13, 2007

   How do birds and other small creatures survive the winter? Not all birds migrate and not all animals hibernate. We'll study local "winter friends" and make pine cone feeders. ...

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   True Horror

   By Andrew Miller

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Films such as Saw and Hostel, dubbed "torture porn" because of their graphic violence, have drawn criticism for desensitizing viewers to depravity. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib serves...

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   Pages and Pages

   By Crystal K. Wiebe

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Beef up the LGBT section of your personal library by checking out the book sale happening today at the Lesbian & Gay Community Center (207 Westport Road, Suite 218). The center...

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   Hoops All Day

   By Richard Gintowt

   Published: December 13, 2007

   With the Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7050) scrambling to woo an anchor tenant, the debut of University of Kansas basketball in the big glass bowl invites a fleeting...

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   A Film Legend

   By Alan Scherstuhl

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Hollywood may be no country for old men — and it damn sure ain't one for old women. But director Sidney Lumet, who is 83 and looking it, remains master of whatever he...

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   Cut Yourself Some Rug

   By Lorna Perry

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Swing dancing has passed in and out of fashion over the past 70-odd years, and throughout its history, it has been a popular pursuit in Kansas City. Folks in these parts have...

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   Wine in the City

   By Eric Barton

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Kerry and Michael Amigoni had something good going on in their basement. It had been seven years since they bought a 10-acre vineyard near Warrensburg, and the stuff they were...

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    All the LiveLong Day

    By Chris Packham

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Traction enthusiasts are people who, like author Ed Conrad, are interested in the history of now-defunct small rail lines connecting localities and streetcar lines that served...

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    Celebrity Deathmatch

    By Megan Metzger

    Published: December 13, 2007

    It was the "WHY?" heard 'round the world when ice princess Nancy Kerri­gan's kneecap was smacked weeks before the 1994 Olympics. Who was behind the attack? Jeff Gillooly,...

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    Deep Lyrics

    By Penny LaRocque

    Published: December 13, 2007

    In 2001, Jazz Times called Kurt Elling "the thinking man's vocalist." Sure, the University of Chicago Divinity School dropout pens his own lyrics. But what sets Elling apart is...

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    Christmas SleighCabaret

    By Jen Chen

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Kansas City's newest burlesque troupe puts the nip in nippy at tonight's performance of Baby, It's Cold Outside! Burlesque Downtown Underground, which is made up of...

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    Bands of Sisters

    By Lorna Perry

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Nationwide, the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in women is one of the diseases they fear most: breast cancer. Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of...

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    Stand and Deliver

    By Chris Rasmussen

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Is this the final home game of the Carl Peterson era? The Chiefs' general manager, a savior to long-suffering fans when he arrived, is now widely considered an arrogant...

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    Liberian Connection

    By Santiago Ramos

    Published: December 13, 2007

    The United States was instrumental in the creation of the West African state of Liberia, and a local member of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is responsible for...

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    Cosa Nostra Constituency

    By Peter Rugg

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Mark Funkhouser's first seven months as mayor may have been controversial, but at least no one has suggested that he used mob ties to rig the vote. Historically, though, Kansas...

18. Web Exclusive

    The e-Candidate

    Few say Ron Paul has a chance, but that won't stop his ardent KC supporters from hawking the long shot.

    By John Amick

    Published: December 13, 2007

    “I hate Republicans!” a young woman screamed out the window of a sedan as she turned left onto 12th Street from Broadway. The targets of her vitriol seemed indifferent; they...

19. State Lines

    Carriage Lady Returns

    Having served her time, a horse-coach operator convicted in a murder plot revisits the Plaza.

    By Nadia Pflaum

    Published: December 13, 2007

    December has always been M.J. L'Donna's favorite time of year on the Plaza. For a long time, though, she didn't get to see the holiday lights. L'Donna was the owner of a...

20. Martin

    The Two Funkitiros

    After Gloria Squitiro's recent tell-all to the Star, it's clear that the first couple needs a reality check.

    By David Martin

    Published: December 13, 2007

    So appealing as a candidate, Mark Funkhouser as mayor is too stubborn, too obtuse and too unilateral (witness Monday's sacking of City Manager Wayne Cauthen) to lead. Or so...