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1. Feature

   Sex Edition

   Our second-annual issue dedicated to all things sex.

   By Charles Ferruzza, JUSTIN KENDALL, Berry Anderson, Nadia Pflaum and PETER RUGG

   Published: February 14, 2008

   In the stories that follow, and elsewhere on Pitch.com, it might seem as if we've got one thing on our mind. It's true ­­— and we're not ashamed of it! Welcome...

2. Web Exclusive

   Martin: Cordish Is Drunk on Power

   The Power and Light District's developers fight the neighborhoods’ right to party.

   By DAVID MARTIN

   Published: February 14, 2008

   The company that’s developing Kansas City’s new downtown entertainment district wants to keep the good times from rolling in other neighborhoods. The issue is beer....

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   School Talk

   By Peter Rugg

   Published: February 14, 2008

   Laurie Hines doesn't have any kids in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District, but that doesn't stop her from worrying how her tax dollars are being spent. "I can't...

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   Mars, Meet Venus

   By Lorna Perry

   Published: February 14, 2008

   Gestures of love are always at risk of getting seriously messed up in translation. Take, for instance, the answering-machine message. Good for setting up supper, but on...

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   Seeing Through

   By McKay Stangler

   Published: February 14, 2008

   Author Christine Amsden, a local science-fiction and fantasy writer, appears today from 2 to 4 p.m. at Borders in Olathe (15350 West 119th Street, 913-764-0336) to discuss the...

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   Dakota Ballers

   By Chris Rasmussen

   Published: February 14, 2008

   South Dakota sports heroism is a limited topic, much like Great Moments In Jewish Basketball History. The state has its sports heroes, though they had the good sense to leave...

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   Gestapo: a No-No

   By Caleb Goellner

   Published: February 14, 2008

   As youngsters, most people learn their ABCs, that they should call 911 in an emergency and that the police are their friends. But once you get a little older and rack up a few...

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   Roller Girls

   By Carolyn Szczepanski

   Published: February 14, 2008

   According to Chinese astrology, 2008 is the Year of the Rat. But here in Kansas City, it's the Year of the Warrior —  the Roller Warrior. The all-female league put...

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   Get Some

   By Charles Ferruzza

   Published: February 14, 2008

   February is Great American Pie Month. Celebrate it with a warm wedge of sweet, juicy pie. That sounds innocent enough, but long before the 1999 film American Pie depicted a...

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    Sexy Sex Seminar

    By Jen Chen

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Tonight's Sacred Sexuality for Women 101 class is all about how to improve your sexual connection. The $15 Communiversity course covers how our chakras — the body's...

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    Everybody Wins

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Today, the Irish Museum and Cultural Center inside Union Station (30 Pershing Road, Suite 700) caters to youth who yearn for an American Idol experience, minus Simon Cowell....

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    Fund the Fight

    By Caleb Goellner

    Published: February 14, 2008

    In October, 26-year-old Jack Polson of Overland Park was diagnosed with embryonal sarcoma of the liver, an extremely rare and painful cancer. Polson began aggressive...

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    Simulated Obscenity

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: February 14, 2008

    The cult-movie world lost one of its sickest minds when Peter Jackson ascended to respectability. Long before directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson helmed this...

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    Painter's Pad Preserved

    By Chris Packham

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Thomas Hart Benton moved to Kansas City in 1935 to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he produced the predictably controversial and indisputably sexxxy "Persephone,"...

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    Mob Party

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Sorry, Hallmark — the most enduring image of Valentine's Day isn't puppies in heart-shaped baskets or frilly cursive fonts. Rather, it's seven dead gangsters with...

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    Truman & Israel; Special Exhibition

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Side-by-side exhibitions commemorating the 60th anniversary of President Truman's decision to recognize the state of Israel. Feb. 15-April 13, 2008

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    Fargo

    Published: February 14, 2008

    "No." That's the first thing you've said in the last four hours. That's a, that's a fountain of conversation, man. That's a geyser. I mean, whoa daddy, stand back, man. Shit....

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    World of Wheels

    Published: February 14, 2008

    The 48th annual CARQUEST World of Wheels features exhibits of custom cars and related products. Millions of dollars worth of one-of-a-kind hot rods, concept cars, classic...

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    Electromediascope: Life and Art: Stories from the Borderland

    Published: February 14, 2008

    The series begins with Absolute Wilson by Katherine Otto-Bernstein - an intimate portrayal of Robert Wilson's journey from learning-disabled outsider to internationally...

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    The Year The Space Age Began

    Published: February 14, 2008

    An exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. Jan. 5-March 2, 2008