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Allegations of racism and mismanagement spark a power struggle at the Mutual Musicians FoundationBy David MartinThursday, February 04Amid Kansas City's failure to preserve and redevelop 18th Street and Vine — a historic business district that flourished during segregation... More >> -
Which of these three self-appointed princes will be KC’s salsa king?By Nadia PflaumThursday, January 28Ex-cop Howard Carney has been hooked for years. While working with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, he was known to occasionally... More >> -
What happens when an undocumented teen needs a new heart — and a lot of money?By Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, January 21Eduardo Loredo leans against the wall of the cardiology clinic at Children's Mercy Hospital. Slouched like a kid at his locker, with a blue... More >> -
Along Armour, Hyde Parkers battle low renters in an epic urban struggleBy Peter RuggThursday, January 14Taylor Holman was walking along East Armour Boulevard and Cherry on Sunday, September 13, when he was shot in the chest with a .22-caliber... More >> -
With nowhere left to run, refugees in KC's Northeast are still waiting to make this homeBy Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, January 07When Foibe Nibitanga got a ticket to a new life in the United States, she didn't expect the fear and hunger of the refugee camp to follow her to... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
As Haitians Rebuild, a Photographer Captures the Catastrophe
By Michael McElroy
Michael McElroy is a South Florida-based freelance photographer who spent seven days in... More >>
Dallas
In the War of Attrition Waged by the Texas Attorney General Against Robert O'Donnell, There Were Unintended Consequences
By Sam Merten
Robert O'Donnell stands rigidly in the courthouse hallway, his arms folded across his chest,... More >>
Denver
Can a veterans court help former GIs find justice here at home?
By Joel Warner
What are you going to do, shoot me?"
It was around ten o'clock at night when Edward Lynch... More >>
Houston
Crash Reports
Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.
By John Nova Lomax
Steve Morrison probably never knew what hit him that April afternoon in 2008. After the... More >>
Miami
Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Welcome to the land of excess and instant gratification. You sensed it when you got off the... More >>
Minneapolis
Dan Buettner's Blue Zones teach nine secrets of a longer life
Oprah author shares his longevity plan
By Erin Carlyle
The red-walled foyer of Dan Buettner's Lake of the Isles home is packed with party guests.... More >>
Phoenix
Going Rogue: An Obsessive Phoenix Patrol Cop Tried to Nail the Wrong Guy in the Baseline Killer Case
By Paul Rubin
The lead story on KPHO-TV's evening news last April 1 had bombshell potential.
With a mug... More >>
San Francisco
The ABCs of Ditching School
Schools are trying to contain their truancy epidemic. How're they doing? Just ask the students smoking pot less than a block from campus.
By Lauren Smiley
In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of... More >>
St. Louis
Amazing Facts & Beyond! tries to sniff out the truth about the 66-Year Stink
By Dan Zettwoch
It was the summer of 2010, St. Louis was a city
under stench. It smelt of wet vomit, dry hops,... More >>
Blog
Plog
Father of homicide victim Nelson Hopkins Jr. kicks off Operation Promise Land Friday
Tue Feb 9, 2:00 PM
?Nelson Hopkins Sr. considers Kansas City's homicide rate a "state of emergency." His son Nelson Hopkins Jr. became the 105th homicide of 2009 on December 1, and Nelson's cousin Randy Wilson was ... More >>
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Emanuel Cleaver's inattention to detail sent 18th and Vine down Disappointment Boulevard
Thursday, February 04Was the 18th Street and Vine area born with a debilitating disease, or did someone assault it? We know it's hurting. Harper's, a restaurant on... More>>
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Once upon a time, Kansas City worked
Thursday, February 04Title: The Story of Kansas City: The City at Work Date: 1958 Publisher: Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Education Discovered at: River Market... More>>
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Letters from the week of February 4
Thursday, February 04Feature: "Battle on Armour," January 14 Nowhere to Hyde Peter Rugg's story was a great article on a troubling area of town — it sort... More>>
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The narco dilemma
Thursday, February 04Dear Mexican: How can a formerly proud Latina like me feel proud to be Mexican again after my beloved relative was murdered in Mexico by narcos... More>>
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Feature: "Battle on Armour," January 14
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