Kansas City Star: Breaking News - Wire http://www.kansascity.com/437/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Breaking News - Wire 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:13 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) 5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4253169/57-magnitude-earthquake-shakes.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4253169/57-magnitude-earthquake-shakes.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25 CDT An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. Some unions now angry about health care overhaul http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253354/some-unions-now-angry-about-health.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253354/some-unions-now-angry-about-health.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50 CDT When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters. Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253362/plastic-ocean-debris-the-target.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253362/plastic-ocean-debris-the-target.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:10 CDT It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253315/safe-room-mandates-remain-rare.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253315/safe-room-mandates-remain-rare.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20 CDT After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their neighborhood. Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253356/obama-sketches-more-targeted-anti.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253356/obama-sketches-more-targeted-anti.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55 CDT Out with the global war on terror. In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad. Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4253124/education-department-giving-newtown.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4253124/education-department-giving-newtown.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05 CDT Schools in Newtown, Conn., will receive $1.3 million in federal aid to recover after the shootings that left 26 students and educators dead last year. Obama's drone policy at a glance http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253363/obamas-drone-policy-at-a-glance.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253363/obamas-drone-policy-at-a-glance.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:10 CDT President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone attacks. Quotations of the day http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253320/quotations-of-the-day.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253320/quotations-of-the-day.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20 CDT "We have a ton of people now. It's just like buying a refrigerator or a stove for your house. You put in a storm shelter." - Moore, Okla. community development director Elizabeth Jones. What's a drone? How is US drone policy changing? http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253357/whats-a-drone-how-is-us-drone.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253357/whats-a-drone-how-is-us-drone.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00 CDT President Barack Obama defended America's drone attacks as legal, effective and necessary in America's campaign to counter terrorism. Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253364/obama-addressing-naval-academy.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253364/obama-addressing-naval-academy.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:10 CDT A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates. Wheelchair lift out of Wis. promises more access http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253344/wheelchair-lift-out-of-wis-promises.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253344/wheelchair-lift-out-of-wis-promises.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:45 CDT An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make more places wheelchair accessible. Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253360/counting-us-drone-strikes-in-pakistan.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253360/counting-us-drone-strikes-in-pakistan.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05 CDT President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan. Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253314/hurricane-center-beware-of-the.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253314/hurricane-center-beware-of-the.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15 CDT During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means. Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253370/top-10-items-found-during-2012.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253370/top-10-items-found-during-2012.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 03:50 CDT The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington DC-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected, with nearly 1.5 million pounds in California alone. The top items found during the cleanup: Evacuated residents of ND city to return Friday http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251842/evacuated-residents-of-nd-city.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251842/evacuated-residents-of-nd-city.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10 CDT The threat of a possible dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city eased on Thursday, and officials said most of the 1,300 evacuated residents would be allowed to return to their homes within 24 hours. New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252099/new-federal-prosecutor-nominated.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252099/new-federal-prosecutor-nominated.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45 CDT The Obama administration has chosen a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Illinois' senators announced Thursday. IRS replaces official who revealed targeting http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252629/irs-replaces-official-in-tea-party.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252629/irs-replaces-official-in-tea-party.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35 CDT The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago. Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252332/dallas-man-gets-death-for-drowning.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252332/dallas-man-gets-death-for-drowning.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40 CDT A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death. I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on' http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252962/i-5-bridge-collapses-in-nw-wash.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252962/i-5-bridge-collapses-in-nw-wash.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 21:50 CDT Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249303/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249303/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 08:36 CDT A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said.