http://www.kansascity.com/115/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star News 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:10:43 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/587746.html http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/587746.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:58 CDT Thousands of workers on the public’s payrolls in Kansas and Missouri make six-figure salaries, but eight of 10 make less than $50,000. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617099.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617099.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Kansas State University President Jon Wefald, who is credited with turning around a once-declining institution, will step down next year after more than two decades leading the school. http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_penn/story/617086.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_penn/story/617086.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:22 CDT Every eye was cast on a wicker basket full of rolled-up paper. No amount of smokes, food items or good behavior could buy one. They had to be earned. http://www.kansascity.com/649/story/609515.html http://www.kansascity.com/649/story/609515.html Wed, 07 May 2008 11:53 CDT Who needs my help? Kansas City Chalk & Walk Festival When am I needed? June 14 and 15 on 22nd Street between Wyandotte and Avenida Cesar E. Chavez. http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/615701.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/615701.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:16 CDT I remember 20 years ago when JoCo was so white-bread that you couldn’t always find fresh bratwurst in the big supermarkets. Now, you’ll find just about anything that tickles your taste buds in the ethnic groceries serving the waves of immigrants. http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/cw_gusewelle/story/614691.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/cw_gusewelle/story/614691.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:31 CDT Any devoted momma’s first thought is for her kids. Or, in this case, her kits. Evidently that gray fox vixen, who last year bore her litter of five in the crawl space under my cabin at the edge of the Ozarks woods, knew a good place when she found it. http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_kraske/story/614611.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_kraske/story/614611.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:35 CDT Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty were in town Tuesday. So what? Here’s what: The Washington Post just rated them the most likely Democratic and Republican vice presidential running mates. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617108.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617108.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Daniel Riemann, 25, disappeared from a party Saturday night at a friend's house in the 4900 block of Summit Street in Kansas City. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616943.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616943.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT JEFFERSON CITY | Voter ID legislation most likely will see action on the Senate floor this week as lawmakers rush to approve the measure before the session adjourns on Friday. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616951.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616951.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Convicted killer Gary Eye grew up in a chaotic home infused with alcohol, drugs, sporadic abuse and violence, defense witnesses testified Monday in federal court. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616942.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616942.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT TOPEKA | Sometimes branching out is a good thing. Ask Topeka-rooted Chris Yorke, an artist who has spent the past several months traveling the world and shooting photographs of tree houses for Pete Nelson's new project. Nelson, president of a residential design and construction firm in Fall City, Wash., is the author of Treehouses of the World. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616955.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616955.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT TOPEKA | President Bush is scheduled to attend a luncheon raising money for Republican congressional candidate Nick Jordan later this month. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617257.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617257.html Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59 CDT A mother and her daughter were killed Monday night when their car apparently was struck by a vehicle that had fled a police stop a short time earlier. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616173.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616173.html Mon, 12 May 2008 12:32 CDT ST. LOUIS | Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland. But the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that oversees levees, lacks an inventory of thousands of them and has no idea of their condition, the corps’ chief levee expert told The Associated Press. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617131.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617131.html Mon, 12 May 2008 22:44 CDT Who: Callie Mae Eldreth, known to all as “Mae,” 77, of Parkville. When and how she died: April 28 of probable heart failure. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616507.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616507.html Mon, 12 May 2008 16:54 CDT A pharmacy employee was attacked Sunday night by five men, who stole 2,500 doses of liquid narcotics and 45,000 pills, police said today. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617087.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617087.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT DE SOTO | Crews are working to reassemble a traveling Vietnam Wall toppled by strong winds over the weekend. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616953.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616953.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Kansas City's Frank Harrison writes that motorists traveling north and south at 43rd and Main streets have a no-left-turn restriction between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616957.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616957.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT PUXICO, Mo. | Snakes would not be at the top of most people's favorite critter list. They're feared, misunderstood and, often, killed. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617091.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617091.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:20 CDT Olathe’s top executive is set for a raise again this year. The City Council last week unanimously approved a 5 percent raise for City Manager Michael Wilkes, taking his salary above $167,000. Wilkes also received a $10,000 bonus for his work. In 2007, Wilkes received a 4 percent raise. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616941.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616941.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT ST. LOUIS | Two people were killed in a triple shooting during a robbery at a St. Louis business Monday afternoon. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616925.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616925.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Former Mayor Mike Swoboda, who was shot in the head during a Feb. 7 rampage that left six people at a City Council meeting dead, is back in the hospital. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616952.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616952.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Monday's winning numbers: •Missouri Pick 3 Midday: 1-5-6 Evening: 6-0-3 •Missouri Pick 4 http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616956.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616956.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star 's political correspondent, is host of “Up to Date” from 11 a.m. to noon weekdays on 89.3 FM, KCUR. Today: Joe Reardon, mayor/CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., discusses the differences between economic development in western Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616916.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616916.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will hold two meetings this week to gather input for a light-rail starter line. They are from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Ruskin High School gym at 7000 E. 111th St. and from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at 5001 N. Oak Trafficway. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616928.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616928.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT MISSION | A thief with a stolen backhoe tried — but failed — to steal an automated teller machine about 2 a.m. Sunday, causing from $50,000 to $75,000 damage. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617083.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617083.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Nine years ago, few knew how Irena Sendler had saved 2,500 children during the Holocaust. But because of the work of four Kansas high school girls and their teacher, when Sendler died Monday tributes from across the world poured in. Sendler was 98. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617110.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617110.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Bald eagles are nesting again in the Kansas City area, giving wildlife watchers a chance for more frequent sightings. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616924.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616924.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT A Hutchinson woman died when fire swept her apartment Monday afternoon. The victim's name was not immediately released, but officials think she lived in the low-income apartment operated by New Beginnings. Fire Chief Kim Forbes said that the flames were contained to the single ground-floor apartment and that all of the other units in the complex were evacuated. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616961.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616961.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Oregon Trail Park in west Olathe is due for a $3 million face-lift that will bring four baseball fields, a soccer field and a walking trail to the site. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617070.html http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/617070.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27 CDT Stories about girls' lacrosse in the May 7 Blue Valley/Leawood Neighborhood News and the May 10 Shawnee Mission Neighborhood News incorrectly stated that St. Teresa's Academy has a girls' lacrosse team and that Jessie Hanna is a coach there. There is no school-sponsored team, and Hanna is not affiliated with the school. The Blue Valley/Leawood story also incorrectly implied that Carol Cintra is a lacrosse coach at Notre Dame de Sion. She is not affiliated with the school...