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Posted on Wed, May. 18, 2005 A Morel Caught In Red Tape MIKE HENDRICKS To remind us why some people call it mindless bureaucracy, here’s a little story about mushrooms. You’ve heard of morels, right? Joe Bryson and other vendors at City Market have been selling those springtime delicacies for years and no one has ever gotten sick from them — or so say people at the Kansas City Health Department. Still, this might have been the market’s last mushroom season. The Health Department has suddenly discovered a rule in the Kansas City Food Code. “They tell us,” Bryson told...

The New York Times May 13, 2005 DNA Study Yields Clues on First Migration of Early HumansBy NICHOLAS WADE By studying the DNA of an ancient people in Malaysia, a team of geneticists says it has illuminated many aspects of how modern humans migrated from Africa. The geneticists say there was only one migration of modern humans out of Africa; that it took a southern route to India, Southeast Asia and Australia; and that it consisted of a single band of hunter-gatherers, probably just a few hundred people strong. Because these events occurred in the last Ice Age, when Europe...

Automakers, oil industry in fuel fight Car companies want more gas additives By STEVE EVERLY The Kansas City Star “Frankly, we didn't want too much input.” Andrew Buczynsky of GM, about the new fuel standards Some members of Big Auto and Big Oil are at loggerheads over the quality of gasoline pumped into automobiles in this country. A consortium of major automakers, citing persistent repair problems and troubling product tests, recently concluded that the quality of U.S. gasoline varies widely and often doesn't burn clean enough to keep engines running smoothly. And now, in a move that is roiling much...

TheKansasCityChannel.com Texas Refuses To Recognize Mo. Concealed-Gun Permits Mo. Sheriffs Could Issue Some Permits Without Background Checks POSTED: 3:22 PM CDT July 29, 2004 UPDATED: 3:58 PM CDT July 29, 2004 ST. LOUIS -- Missouri's concealed gun permits will not be honored in Texas because of concerns that Missouri permits can be issued before a federal fingerprint criminal background check is complete. gun and bullettguns generic/2004/0414/3002872.jpg/2004/0414/3002872_40X30.jpg/2004/0414/3002872_60X45.jpg/2004/0414/3002872_80X60.jpg/2004/0414/3002872_120X90.jpg/2004/0414/3002872_200X150.jpg Texas officials notified Missouri Gov. Bob Holden of the policy on Wednesday, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in its Thursday editions. Missouri's concealed-weapons law requires a sheriff to conduct a criminal background check on...

[Federal Register: June 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 114)] [Notices] [Page 33404] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr15jn04-67] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Letter Application To Obtain Authorization for the Assembly of a Nonsporting Rifle or Nonsporting Shotgun for the Purpose of Testing.----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and...

Posted on Thu, Jun. 03, 2004 Clay County to accept concealed-weapon applications By MATT CAMPBELL The Kansas City Star Clay County will begin processing applications to carry concealed weapons in mid-August, Sheriff Paul C. Vescovo III announced Thursday. The sheriff said he will ask the Clay County Commission to purchase a $25,000 electronic fingerprinting system to expedite sending the applications to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Clay would be the second Kansas City-area county to accept concealed-weapon applications under an often-confusing 2003 state law. Cass County currently accepts the applications Officials in Clay, Platte and Jackson counties have previously said the...