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After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industryBy Peter RuggThursday, November 05Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters from Pennsylvania into the pile at Ground Zero. By... More >> -
When it comes to KC's black history, Professor Pellom McDaniels says it's time to get beyond Negro Leagues and jazzBy Casey LyonsThursday, October 29It never takes long for Pellom McDaniels to get the question. It's the first day of a new semester. McDaniels, who teaches history at the... More >> -
The ballad of bar owner Dennis Hess started as a love song and ended with his suicideBy Nadia PflaumThursday, October 22As the owner of Denim & Diamonds, the popular country-and-western bar at 1725 Swift Avenue in North Kansas City, Dennis Hess was known for his... More >> -
63rd Street is ready for its close-upBy Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, October 15The signposts of history hugging the margins of 63rd Street are easy to miss. The wooden marker that highlights the intersection with the dusty... More >> -
In Shawnee Mission Park, Jason Miller’s hunt for attention is onBy Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, October 08Jason Miller pushes aside his tie, pulls up the right side of his black shirt and, squinting at the computer screen in the basement of his Lenexa... More >>
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A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com
By Gail Shepherd
I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>
Dallas
Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
By Megan Feldman
An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the... More >>
Denver
The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caught
By Jared Jacang Maher
Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver... More >>
Houston
Getting Off
Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
By Mike Giglio
Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday... More >>
Miami
Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of... More >>
Minneapolis
Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the Planet
Heavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS Saturday
By Bradley Campbell
SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out... More >>
Phoenix
Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program
By Amy Silverman
Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing... More >>
San Francisco
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>
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Fri Nov 6, 4:00 PM
?Larry Johnson reports back to work on Monday. His suspension will be over, and the news about his homophobic slurs and criticism of his coach will be forgotten and everyone will kiss and make u... More >>
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- 63rd Street is ready for its close-up
- After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
Columns
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Anne Winter: a truth teller, even in death
Thursday, November 05The big chapel at the Muehlebach Funeral Home was overflowing. People who had come too late had to sit in smaller chapels off to the side and... More>>
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Letters from the week of November 5
Thursday, November 05Feature: "Denim & Death," October 22 The Boot "Denim & Death" was a crap article seemingly intended primarily to trash an individual and a... More>>
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Why are people acting weird around me?
Thursday, November 05Dear Mexican: Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not there. Or when you're walking by, the... More>>
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