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Meet the Powder Creek Cowboys: the fastest guns in LenexaBy Peter RuggThursday, July 02The revolvers hanging from his belt are loaded, but at the moment, Croaker's hands are busy with the tin coffee cup suspended less than an inch... More >> -
Drummer Josh Freese — of Devo, A Perfect Circle and the Vandals — doesn’t need the music industry to sell his new albumBy Vickie ChangThursday, June 25Josh Freese is one of the best and busiest session drummers in the music industry. Today, however, he is standing motionless, a pair of shearing... More >> -
In federal prison on a drug conviction, Quentin Carter wrote best-selling novels about Kansas CityBy Peter RuggThursday, June 18Seven other men were in the cell with Quentin Carter, so when he started to work, he put on his headphones. Any other time, their chatter would... More >> -
Scenes from the health-care struggle in Jefferson CityBy Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, June 11The walls of the Capitol in Jefferson City are etched with lofty phrases about liberty and justice. But the quotes from long-buried visionaries... More >> -
A 120-year-old Warrensburg schoolhouse is still separate and not equalBy Scott WilsonThursday, June 04The signs help. On the western edge of Warrensburg, Missouri, past Sunset Hill Cemetery and south of West North Street, new-looking markers... More >>
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South Florida Cigarette Smuggling Funds Terrorism
By Tim Elfrink
Their bags were packed. Their farewells had been said.
Like the rest of the British 38th... More >>
Dallas
SMU Landed the Bush Library, But a Group of Former Condo Owners Still Want the World to Know At What Price
By Matt Pulle
Even though Leslie Davenport is not a party to the litigation, nothing can keep her away from... More >>
Denver
The way the Adams County Coroner is running his office could be dead wrong
By Alan Prendergast
On a quiet Sunday morning last February, Jaime Brown arrived at that dark and unthinkable place... More >>
Houston
Getting Schooled
A group of former condo owners say SMU defrauded them of their homes to make way for the new Bush library.
By Matt Pulle
Even though Leslie Davenport is not a party to the litigation, nothing can keep her away from... More >>
Miami
Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice
The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.
By Tim Elfrink
Their bags were packed. Their farewells had been said.
Like the rest of the British 38th... More >>
Minneapolis
Bowfishing: Catching carp with a bow and arrow
By Bradley Campbell
As a gray curtain of clouds closes around Coon Lake, Brian Petschl skippers a flat-bottomed... More >>
Phoenix
Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed
By Joseph Rossi
Hell hath no fury like a New Age physician scorned.
That's what Sedona healer Reinalda de... More >>
San Francisco
The Man Who Cried Dust
Christopher Muhammad's fight with Lennar over toxic dust has resulted in a restraining order against him, an accusation that he's a shakedown artist, and grudging respect from his rivals.
By Lauren Smiley
When Nation of Islam minister Christopher Muhammad walked into a community meeting at the... More >>
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The City Council moves to keep the Kansas City Plant’s warm glow close to home
Thursday, July 02When the feds sell a project, by God, they really sell a project. Representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration and the... More>>
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Letters from the week of July 2
Thursday, July 02Martin: "Making Her Mark," June 11 Mark One Monitor? Why is it that so-called city employees don't want to do their jobs? If Mark One... More>>
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The one who got away
Thursday, July 02Dear Mexican: Looking back recently on my distant youth in northwest Ohio, I came to the realization that the sweetest, most beautiful girl this... More>>
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Martin: "Making Her Mark," June 11
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Why is it that so-called city employees don't want to do their jobs? If Mark One... More >>
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