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Killa City: Tracking homicides in 2009, we learned a few things about our city's psycheBy JUSTIN KENDALLThursday, December 31If I didn't know the awful truth, I'd swear Andre D. Jones was sleeping. But I know the truth. Jones' rest is eternal. He looks peaceful lying... More >> -
The Rev. David Altschul is a gift to one of the city's iconic but troubled streetsBy J. MALCOLM GARCIAThursday, December 24Wind swirls around him, inflates his black robes and blows loose trash above his ankles. The Rev. David Altschul pauses this morning and... More >> -
Greetings from Crown Center at 40: Hallmark's island of misfit ideasBy David MartinThursday, December 17Santa Claus is coming up Grand Boulevard. Two horses are pulling St. Nick in a yellow carriage. White hybrid SUVs, piloted by Crown Center's... More >> -
Will she run for Congress? Who cares – it makes good radio for KMBZ 980's conservative Darla JayeBy Alan ScherstuhlThursday, December 10Darla Jaye doesn't remember hanging up on my dad. But she doesn't doubt that she did. The spitfire host of KMBZ radio's 980 Live … with... More >> -
The Pitch's Crap Archivist finds a holiday gift from 60 years ago: tourismBy Alan ScherstuhlThursday, December 03So you're visiting Kansas City in December 1949. Perhaps you're a conventioneer: The Missouri Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages hits town December... More >>
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Clint Eastwood Tackles Mandela and the Hereafter
By Scott Foundas
On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal... More >>
Dallas
Our Own Glorious Basterds, J. Hoberman, Robert Wilonsky And Scott Foundas Put Their Minds Together And Come Up With Their Favorite Films of 2009
By Robert Wilonsky
1 The Hurt Locker: The decade's strongest Iraq movie is also the year's finest action flick,... More >>
Denver
Kenny Be's Colorado Celebrity Holiday Greeting Cards
By Kenny Be
This week's cover story is a cartoon collection of Colorado celebrity greeting cards by Kenny... More >>
Houston
Year in Film: Director of the Decade
Clint Eastwood talks straight about his prolific career.
By Scott Foundas
On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal... More >>
Miami
Clint Eastwood: Ten years of sequels also gave us one hot old man of Hollywood
By Scott Foundas
On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal... More >>
Minneapolis
Brett Favre at 40: Still holding court
The Minnesota Vikings QB is an Artist of the Year in 2009
By Erin Carlyle
Brett Favre is in the pressroom of the Metrodome, holding court.
"You know, my arm feels... More >>
Phoenix
Is Nothing Sacred?: Apparently Not in Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas’ Wacked Legal World
By Paul Rubin
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe could not be more different from Sheriff Joe... More >>
St. Louis
The year's 10 best movies and more: 2009 in film!
By Ella Taylor
Three Village Voice Media critics agree: here are their ten favorite movies of 2009.
And since... More >>
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Thinking about robbing a bank this holiday season? You are not alone.
Tue Dec 29, 3:29 PM
?There may be no better time to rob a bank in the Kansas City metro area.?Various news outlets and the FBI are reporting dual bank robberies this morning -- one in Kansas City and one in Lenexa. ... More >>
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The spirit of Killa City is no Norman Rockwell
Thursday, December 31First, about this week's cover. Some of you know the story of Norman Rockwell's "The Kansas City Spirit." For those who don't, Kansas City Star... More>>
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Ms. Rockwell gets her diary back
Thursday, December 31For a moment, she wasn't sure. Stepping into a Johnson County Houlihan's for lunch with the Pitch writer who spent 2009 publicly invading her... More>>
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Letters from the week of December 31
Thursday, December 31Editor’s note: Here at Pitch headquarters, we speak the name Marvin Goodman in a reverent hush. We've never met the Lenexa resident, but he... More>>
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To close out 2009, a classic couple of questions and answers
Thursday, December 31Dear Mexican: Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not because I must but because... More>>
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