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1. Feature

   As Kansas City’s HIV infection rate rivals Africa’s, some black ministers admit that silence equals death

   By Peter Rugg

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Donnie Robinson begins to speak. Fifty or so people are seated in the pews in front of him. More sit quietly in the back. Some of the kids have curled up to sleep in the pews...

2. Burnt Ends

   Our local sports stars have one thing in common: the inability to run a business

   Published: May 29, 2008

   In a town that worships men in powder-blue jerseys or helmets adorned with arrowheads, it comes as some surprise that sports stars haven't figured out how to sell us cars or...

3. Interview

   Panic at the Disco loses an exclamation point, discovers the Beatles

   By Michael Gallucci

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Contrary to all those rumors that surged across the Internet a few months ago, there's no conspiracy behind Panic at the Disco's disappearing exclamation points. "We didn't...

4. Night & Day

   Urban Harvest

   By Chris Packham

   Published: May 29, 2008

   The sheer proliferation of farmers markets in Kansas City means that in the right season, you can buy organic produce directly from a farmer almost every day of the week. Every...

5. Night & Day

   The Show Before Time

   By Caleb Goellner

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Despite what modern science has proved, the fictional world of the Flintstones continues to shape mankind's destiny. Sure, dinosaurs were long dead before humans hit the scene,...

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   Does Your Vote Count?

   By Richard Gintowt

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Election fraud is a notion typically associated with Third World countries. But in the wake of the contested 2000 and 2004 U.S. elections, film director David Earnhardt began...

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   Shoot Fast!

   By Alan Scherstuhl

   Published: May 29, 2008

   For the independent filmmaker, instant gratification is as rare as a secure source of financing or perfect weather during the magic hour. Once a year, though, the Independent...

8. Night & Day

   Mind Games

   By McKay Stangler

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Stockholm Syndrome is among psychology's most fascinating phenomena. Sometimes referred to as Patty Hearst Syndrome (after the kidnapped and allegedly brainwashed heiress), the...

9. Night & Day

   Double Cage

   By Andrew Mille

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Modern moviegoers know Nicolas Cage as the face of the dopey National Treasure franchise and the star of a hilarious YouTube montage of Wicker Man lowlights. But dubious...

10. Night & Day

    Down Those Dogs

    By Peter Rugg

    Published: May 29, 2008

    The 21st century has been a dark time for American fans of competitive eating. Despite an exploding obesity rate, for six straight years we couldn't even win our own Nathan's...

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    30 Years of Pride

    By — Penny LaRocque

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Here's a startling fact about one of our favorite founding fathers: In 1779, Thomas Jefferson — who was considered a liberal by his contemporaries — proposed a law...

12. Night & Day

    Crank Lovers

    By Megan Metzger

    Published: May 29, 2008

    There's always racy folderol goin' down on Howard Stern's show: strippers, little people, porn stars, little-people strippers who are also porn stars. But who'd have thought...

13. Night & Day

    World Market Warrior

    By McKay Stangler

    Published: May 29, 2008

    With the crumbling of the U.S. credit markets has come an increasing reliance on foreign capital, especially from sovereign wealth funds, leading many an investment banker to...

14. Night & Day

    Unwind with Woodwinds

    By Berry Anderson

    Published: May 29, 2008

    The soundtrack of the city can be a constant drone vibrating the psyche. As the sounds of jackhammers, 200-cc crotch rockets, leaf blowers and dogs drag your midtown ass down,...

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    Shalom Aleichem

    By Nadia Pflaum

    Published: May 29, 2008

    After wandering the desert for 40 years, what's another 2.3 miles? Today, Israel's supporters in Kansas City join 100 other communities around the world in a global Israel Walk...

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    Public Hearing: Off-Leash Dog Park

    By Eric Barton

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Don’t let East Coasters tell you Kansas City isn’t cosmopolitan. We’ve got a rocking music scene, enough art galleries to fill an entire district and enough...

17. Night & Day

    Blonde Venus

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Marlene Dietrich stars as a nightclub singer who becomes torn between two men: her husband and the wealthy playboy (Cary Grant). Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Shown as...

18. Night & Day

    Cover Me Pink

    By — Chris Packham

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Longtime fans of the late, lamented Late Nite Theater might expect a certain flavor of camp humor in Ron Megee's production of Pink Floyd's The Wall at La Esquina (1000 West...

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    Party for Addison

    By — Richard Gintowt

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Lawrence residents Shawna Davis and Jeffrey Whitenight start every day hoping they'll receive the phone call that could give their 18-month-old daughter a chance to live a...

20. Night & Day

    Temple of the Goddess

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Experience the Council of Women Talking Stick Ritual and learn from the Wisdom of Women. This sacred container allows us the opportunity to experience the sanctity of hearing...