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As Honeywell closes its 60-year-old site, workers are dealing with the fatal aftereffectsBy Nadia PflaumThursday, November 19Tony Ross' bat connected, sending the softball rocketing to the fence. While the outfielders scrambled after what should have been a home run,... More >> -
With its Ripple venture, Boulevard Brewing sees the future through recycled glassBy Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, November 12On a gray, blustery Friday afternoon, there are few places in Kansas City lonelier than the 3 Trails recycling center. At one of three drop-off... More >> -
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 >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers
By Lisa Rab
A standing-room-only crowd attended the meeting where Rochelle Gilken decided to end her... More >>
Dallas
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.
By Sam Merten
As temperatures dip into the low 80s, providing a brief respite from the searing September... More >>
Denver
Fixers, feeders, and the strange, hidden world of feral cats
By Alan Prendergast
Kristin Des Marais crouches in the damp and shines a flashlight into the vast crawl space... More >>
Houston
The Tug of War
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a pitched battle over the soul of the GOP. They are also running for governor.
By Sam Merten
As temperatures dip into the low 80s, providing a brief respite from the searing September, a... More >>
Miami
Miami pimp Hugo Gonzalez lavished gifts on his whores to keep them around
By Natalie O'Neill
In a dreary yellow living room, a gang leader named Rudy Villanueva leans toward a video camera... More >>
Minneapolis
Michele Bachmann: Crazy like a fox
The Minnesota congresswoman gives Sarah Palin a run for her money
Matt Snyders
It was just after 12:30 a.m. on election night when Michele Bachmann materialized in the... More >>
Phoenix
School of Hard Knocks: Three-Sport Gamer Mike Nixon’s Tried It All, But Can the Whip-Smart ASU Defensive Star Make It to the NFL?
By Steve Jansen
Mike Nixon walks through the front door of his Tempe home and drops a maroon-and-gold Arizona... More >>
San Francisco
Sanctuary Sellout
Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).
By Lauren Smiley
If you were to compile a list of threats to San Francisco's public safety, Oscar Martinez... More >>
St. Louis
Babe 'n Arms: Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns — and then he became Rachel
By Nicholas Phillips
Scott Clark heard screams as evening fell on May 24, 2007. He had just returned from work and... More >>
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Comment of the Week
Fri Nov 20, 5:00 PM
?Macramae brings many horrible memories flooding back to me. Not this bad (allegedly), but bad nonetheless. This week, the Crap Archivist relived his own tortured memories while getting tangled up... More >>
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KC neighborhoods' latest scourge: a "bulk home buyer" called Go Invest Wisely
Thursday, November 19There's a house on the East Side of Kansas City, Missouri, with bullet holes in the windows and gang graffiti on the front door. Few readers... More>>
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Letters from the week of November 19
Thursday, November 19Janovy: "Still Under Fire," November 5 Winter Blues Thanks to C.J. Janovy for her column on Anne Winter. It showed how deeply Anne touched... More>>
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Dear Madre: Seriously, what have you done to your hair?
Thursday, November 19Dear Mexican: Why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not only do they cut it, but they also... More>>
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