http://www.kansascity.com/103/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star 404 60 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:43:04 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243018/hearts-broken-over-girl-killed.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243018/hearts-broken-over-girl-killed.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20 CDT One day after Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday on May 8, she picked up her Missouri driver's license. One week later, she died in a traffic accident. The Harrisonville High School freshman, an honor roll student and Future Farmers of America competitor, was driving alone on Thursday afternoon, only 100 yards from her house. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242221/good-samaritans-risk-their-own.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242221/good-samaritans-risk-their-own.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45 CDT Three drivers stopped on a treacherous stretch of U.S. 169 north of the Richards Road ramp after a pedestrian was struck by a hit-and-run driver while standing near her disabled car. The 23-year-old victim remains in critical condition. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242627/royals-again-offer-little-support.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242627/royals-again-offer-little-support.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 00:22 CDT James Shields continues to pitch like the No. 1 guy the Royals expected when they acquired him in that big off-season deal from Tampa Bay. And the Royals continue to waste his efforts. Shields gave up two runs Friday night in eight innings but only found more disappointment when the Royals' attack again went quiet in a 2-1 loss to the Oakland A's at the O.co Coliseum. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243067/first-lady-to-high-school-grads.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243067/first-lady-to-high-school-grads.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 14:25 CDT First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242167/as-the-office-ends-other-workplace.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242167/as-the-office-ends-other-workplace.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 20:35 CDT When "The Office" crew clocked out Thursday night, the workers had been at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. for nine seasons, or about twice as long as the average job tenure for most Americans. But even as everyday workers tend to complain about their jobs and bosses and quickly jump ship for better opportunities, viewers have shown remarkable loyalty to TV programs about the workplace. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241489/ben-mclemore-breaks-silence-about.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241489/ben-mclemore-breaks-silence-about.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 12:53 CDT Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb's revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4239646/red-carpet-at-cannes-showcases.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4239646/red-carpet-at-cannes-showcases.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:57 CDT The annual film festival in France previews films of all genres from around the world and draws in a who's who of film stars - with fashion to match. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242312/some-relief-may-be-ahead-from.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242312/some-relief-may-be-ahead-from.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 19:55 CDT Gasoline prices have climbed in the last month because of low stockpiles and refinery outages, but a decline in wholesale prices raises hope that the worst is over. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240156/k-state-baseball-can-make-history.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240156/k-state-baseball-can-make-history.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 17:06 CDT The Kansas State baseball team is on the verge of making history. With one more victory, it will clinch at least a share of its first conference championship since 1933 and add an exclamation point to an already stellar year for the Wildcats' athletic department: becoming the second Big 12 school to win conference titles in football, men's basketball and baseball in the same academic year. 1783243 http://inkkc.com/photos/dollar-night-ernie-biggs/ http://inkkc.com/photos/dollar-night-ernie-biggs/#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 10:54 CDT Dollar drink specials and live dueling pianos provided plenty of entertainment Wednesday night at Ernie Biggs. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242425/despite-what-some-missouri-lawmakers.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242425/despite-what-some-missouri-lawmakers.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 22:16 CDT Jay Nixon is a hands-off governor. That's the word in the statehouse. He's out of sight, disconnected, a distant presence rather than a dominating force, Republicans and more than a few Democrats say. But six hours spent with the two-term governor just two days before final adjournment revealed a chief executive anything but disengaged. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242107/kansas-has-a-death-penalty-but.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242107/kansas-has-a-death-penalty-but.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21 CDT It may be weeks before Kansans know if prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Kyle Flack, accused of killing four people in Franklin County this spring. It will take far longer -- 10 years or more -- before anyone in the state is actually put to death for a crime. And that time gap, advocates on both sides of the death penalty debate say, suggests the state remains deeply uneasy about the punishment -- an ambivalence that muddies its value. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242318/dyson-returns-to-kansas-city-after.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242318/dyson-returns-to-kansas-city-after.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 21:14 CDT Outfielder Jarrod Dyson is expected to miss two-to-four weeks after being diagnosed Friday in Kansas City with what trainer Nick Kenney termed "a mild high ankle sprain." Dyson, 28, suffered the injury in the eighth inning Wednesday when he scaled the center-field wall at Angel Stadium in pursuit of a Mike Trout homer against Kelvin Herrera. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242131/exotic-driving-experience-at-kansas.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242131/exotic-driving-experience-at-kansas.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 00:29 CDT Who could've resisted the sales pitch? Imagine driving the world's fastest and most exotic high-performance cars on a real racetrack … no traffic … no stoplights … no law enforcement … just your dreams, your adrenaline and the wide-open asphalt. 1783243 http://mingle.kansascity.com/photos/2013/rodney-carrington-concertgoers/ http://mingle.kansascity.com/photos/2013/rodney-carrington-concertgoers/#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 09:48 CDT Fans crowded into the Midland theater in downtown Kansas City on Thursday evening to attend the concert of comedian, actor, writer and singer Rodney Carrington. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240404/new-prairie-village-restaurant.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240404/new-prairie-village-restaurant.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22 CDT The neighborhood movie theater may be making a comeback in a new combination of theaters and upscale restaurant under one roof. Standees-The Entertaining Eatery will open to the public May 24 in the Village shopping center in Prairie Village. The owners hope to expand to other markets in the Kansas City area and the region. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240286/albert-situation-major-test-for.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240286/albert-situation-major-test-for.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 18:33 CDT Branden Albert is standing tall, a 6-foot-5 and 316-pound giant, the most confident and sure face he can muster telling you that whatever problems he might have had with the Chiefs are in the past. He very much wants you to believe this. He very much wants to believe it himself. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240197/many-reports-about-priest-preceded.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240197/many-reports-about-priest-preceded.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41 CDT The motion, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, is packed with excerpts from depositions of dozens of witnesses -- including priests and nuns -- and an affidavit from a former school board member at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School, who said she complained about Monsignor Thomas O'Brien's alleged inappropriate behavior to a former bishop, then resigned and pulled her son from the school in the 1980s because nothing was done about it. 1783243 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240705/candice-glover-wins-12th-season.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240705/candice-glover-wins-12th-season.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 00:14 CDT Candice Glover, a 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., won the Fox singing competition after auditioning a trio of times and making it to the finals this year. Glover looked stunned when "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced she bested soulful 22-year-old country singer Kree Harrison from Woodville, Texas. 1783243 http://inkkc.com/photos/well-wednesdays-at-saints-lenexa/ http://inkkc.com/photos/well-wednesdays-at-saints-lenexa/#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 08:06 CDT Wednesdays at Saints are always busy with their 50-cent wells but add in a night with great weather and a huge patio area and you get a night packed with fun. 1783243