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  • Minuteman controversy centers in Kansas City

    09/23/2007 5:01:26 PM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 12 replies · 124+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | Sep. 22, 2007 | Lynne Franey
    A week from now, 81-year-old Kansan Robert Baker will be cruising near the border in Arizona in his four-wheel drive vehicle. He’ll have a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun and lots of pepper spray, plus a two-way radio. When he spots people he thinks are illegal “border jumpers,” he’ll alert his fellow Minuteman Civil Defense Corps members. They’ll call federal Border Patrol agents, who will probably respond and detain the illegal immigrants. Baker and his group find themselves in the middle of a Kansas City debate that is beginning to go national: Just what does it mean to be a...
  • For city's benefit, remove Semler

    09/08/2007 11:04:43 AM PDT · by Lobbyist · 8 replies · 406+ views
    Enough is enough. Mayor Mark Funkhouser must swallow his pride and remove Frances Semler from Kansas City’s Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. As mayor, it is his responsibility to look out for the interests of the entire city. Driving away tourists and major conventions is not fiscally responsible, clear-headed thinking.
  • First transgender officer on KC’s police force looks to the future

    05/31/2007 11:17:51 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 55 replies · 1,546+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | May 31, 2007 | Christine Vendel
    Jessica, a Kansas City police officer, is 6 feet tall with a chin dimple, pink manicured fingernails and a birth certificate that says “male.” But in her mind, Jessica believes she has always been a female. She legally changed her name from David to Jessica last year. And in January, she gained the right to dress as a woman at work. She asked co-workers to refer to her in female pronouns, like “she” and “her.” She started hormone therapy and removed most of her body hair with laser surgery, but she hasn’t had a sex-change operation, known as gender reassignment...
  • Mexico To Get "Sovereign Territory" in Kansas City; America's Heartland[Phyllis Schlafly]

    04/09/2007 3:30:46 AM PDT · by Dacb · 46 replies · 7,400+ views
    Christian World view Network ^ | 04 April 2007 | Phyllis Schlafly
    Grassroots Americans of all parties and economic classes rose up out of their political apathy a few months ago and forced President Bush to reverse his administration's decision to allow a Middle East government to own America's major ports. But the push for foreign ownership continues: the next port scheduled to be taken over is Kansas City, Missouri. Even though public schools stopped teaching geography a couple of decades ago, most Americans (especially residents of the Show Me state) are surprised to learn that Kansas City (where the only waves are "amber waves of grain") is a port. We are...
  • Penguins Will Get What They Want, But Not At Desired Price

    12/21/2006 7:27:47 PM PST · by mcg2000 · 18 replies · 545+ views
    The Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | December 21, 2006 | Gene Collier
    You didn't have to believe in omens to find it a bit odd that on the subway ride toward Mellon Arena yesterday, "I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas" seemed to be squawking in a continuous loop. This was right at the top of zero hour, when the long-awaited, viciously anticipated casino licensing issue would finally be decided. Twenty minutes later, the Penguins had begun practice on the NHL's oldest living hockey pond, and at precisely 11:27 a.m., the franchise learned it was indeed getting nothing for Christmas. Oh yeah, mommy and daddy are mad, the NHL is mad, even the Rooneys...
  • New York Giants vs. Kansas City Chiefs on FOX (Eagles/Ravens Too)

    08/17/2006 5:25:17 PM PDT · by Ultra Sonic 007 · 26 replies · 410+ views
    Eagles beating Baltimore 3-0... Giants jump out early over Chiefs 7-0... WHO SHALL WIN?
  • (Vanity) Political Limerick 02-06-2006

    02/06/2006 8:39:03 PM PST · by grey_whiskers · 206+ views
    grey_whiskers ^ | 2-06-2006 | grey_whiskers
    See this thread first. K.C. has a new set of schools Which break the old liberal rules Races, for a start Are now kept apart so libs look like hypocrite fools!
  • KC of Sunshine Band Falls from stage (or 'I wanna take off ma ma ma ma ma Boogie Shoes!')

    05/09/2005 8:28:34 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 45 replies · 1,365+ views
    Newsday.com ^ | May 9, 2005 | Associated Press
    "NEW YORK -- For KC of KC and the Sunshine Band, falling off the stage during a concert is definitely not the way he likes it. Uh huh, uh huh.
  • Mo. Woman Allegedly Gives Crack to Son, 4

    01/21/2005 2:48:17 PM PST · by El Conservador · 12 replies · 309+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | January 21, 2005 | AP
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A mother has been arrested on charges that she gave crack to her 4-year-old son to "calm him down." Michelle R. Shelton, 32, of Kansas City, was arrested Thursday on a child endangerment charge. Police said the boy did not suffer any obvious injuries from taking the highly addictive drug. He remains in state custody. Police first began investigating Shelton a year ago when officers said they saw her escorting drug users into the apartment complex where she and her son lived. Police said some residents at the complex told investigators Shelton sometimes gave the boy...
  • Pitcher Jose Lima Returns to Kansas City

    12/26/2004 4:54:34 AM PST · by IndyTiger · 4 replies · 347+ views
    AP ^ | Sat Dec 25, 8:55 PM ET | STEVE BRISENDINE, AP Sports Writer
    Jose Lima rejoined the Kansas City Royals (news) when he agreed to a one-year contract Saturday, hoping to provide stability and leadership to a rotation that was awful last season. Lima, who pitched for the Royals in 2003, spent this year with Los Angeles, going 13-5 with a 4.07 ERA. He walked 34 and struck out 93 in 170 1-3 innings, then threw a shutout in the NL playoffs against St. Louis. In 12 major league seasons, the right-hander is 84-82 with a 5.00 ERA. His best stretch came in 1998 and '99, when he went 16-8 and 21-10, respectively,...
  • John Kerry's Political Friends

    03/15/2004 1:42:17 AM PST · by kattracks · 18 replies · 746+ views
    NY Sun via FrontPagemagazine.com ^ | 3/15/04 | Thomas H. Lipscomb
    The anti-war group that John Kerry was the principal spokesman for debated and voted on a plot to assassinate politicians who supported the Vietnam War. Mr. Kerry denies being present at the November 12-15, 1971, meeting in Kansas City of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and says he quit the group before the meeting. But according to the current head of Missouri Veterans for Kerry, Randy Barnes, Mr. Kerry,who was then 27,was at the meeting, voted against the plot, and then orally resigned from the organization. Mr. Barnes was present as part of the Kansas City host chapter for the...
  • Kansas City Support the Troops Sunday April 13th

    04/11/2003 4:26:30 PM PDT · by jmq · 4 replies · 218+ views
    KC Young republicans
    Get ready to show Kansas City that we Support Our Troops! again this Sunday, April 13, from 2-4 at the JC Nichols Horse Fountain on the Plaza. We need all of you and your friends and family to spread the word about this rally. Bring your kids your dogs your flags, signs and enthusiasm and let's show our brave men and women overseas that our hearts and minds are with them. We will have a Dixie Land jazz band made up of veterans playing for us and other entertainers as well. You will have the opportunity to make your contribution...
  • Man arrested in KC after Liberty school shooting

    11/07/2002 4:46:45 PM PST · by Noslrac · 2 replies · 182+ views
    The Kansas City Star ^ | Nov. 07, 2002 | GLENN E. RICE, CHRISTINE VENDEL and DONNA McGUIRE
    Kansas City police arrested a man early this afternoon they believe to be involved in the shooting death of a grade-school boy and the wounding of the boy's mother. The man was arrested about 1:15 p.m. as he sat in a white Jeep Cherokee outside Don's Liquors at 3000 Southwest Blvd. The boy, a student at St. James School in Liberty, was shot in the parking lot outside his school shortly after noon today following an apparent argument between the mother and the man, believed to be the boy's father. The victim's mother was critically wounded, said Lt. Mark Misenhelter...
  • Tornado near Kansas City

    05/08/2002 5:13:47 PM PDT · by codebreaker · 39 replies · 1,152+ views
    KMBC ^ | May 8, 2002 | Brian Busby
    Tornado headed towards Kansas City Airport. All persons taking cover.