Kansas City Star: National News http://www.kansascity.com/440/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star National News 60 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:33:56 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) Glenn Garvin: Welcome to 'unwelcome' speech on campus http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249256/glenn-garvin-welcome-to-unwelcome.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249256/glenn-garvin-welcome-to-unwelcome.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00 CDT I know it was hard to hear anything last week over the cacophony of the White House roof falling over Benghazi, the IRS and spying on reporters. But still, I was surprised there wasn't more fuss about the Obama administration's war on Shakespeare. Cleveland kidnapping victims 'happy and safe' http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249245/cleveland-kidnapping-victims-happy.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249245/cleveland-kidnapping-victims-happy.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 07:06 CDT The three women rescued after being held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine. Billie Sol Estes' notoriety included getting cameras kicked out of courtrooms http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249249/billie-sol-estes-notoriety-included.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249249/billie-sol-estes-notoriety-included.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00 CDT The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday, May 21: Sisters ejected from Pa. mall over cancer hats http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249202/sisters-ejected-from-pa-mall-over.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249202/sisters-ejected-from-pa-mall-over.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 06:56 CDT Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer. Teen pleads not guilty in deaths of Ohio brothers http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249201/teen-pleads-not-guilty-in-deaths.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249201/teen-pleads-not-guilty-in-deaths.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51 CDT A 17-year-old boy charged with killing two teenage brothers in northwest Ohio has pleaded not guilty. FBI agent fatally shoots man in Orlando http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249195/fbi-agent-fatally-shoots-man-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249195/fbi-agent-fatally-shoots-man-in.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46 CDT A man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando. Homes next to Florida sinkhole to be demolished http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249136/homes-next-to-florida-sinkhole.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249136/homes-next-to-florida-sinkhole.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26 CDT The homes on either side of the Tampa area house where a sinkhole opened under a man's bedroom are being demolished. Protesters rally over IRS' tea party scrutiny http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249117/protesters-rally-over-irs-tea.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249117/protesters-rally-over-irs-tea.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 04:41 CDT Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups. 600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249090/600-police-photos-of-tucson-rampage.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249090/600-police-photos-of-tucson-rampage.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:16 CDT In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation. Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249085/amid-immigration-reform-calls.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249085/amid-immigration-reform-calls.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06 CDT As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries. Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249084/amid-immigration-reform-calls.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249084/amid-immigration-reform-calls.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06 CDT While Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands more people who flee persecution in their home countries. Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249083/boy-scouts-meet-to-decide-policy.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249083/boy-scouts-meet-to-decide-policy.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06 CDT The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement. Quotations of the day http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249063/quotations-of-the-day.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249063/quotations-of-the-day.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 02:41 CDT "I told him we're going to play tent in the closet. I just felt air so I knew the roof was gone." - Chelsie McCumber, who grabbed her 2-year-old son, Ethan, and rode out the deadly Oklahoma twister in a coat closet. Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why Mark Carson matters http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248994/leonard-pitts-jr-why-mark-carson.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248994/leonard-pitts-jr-why-mark-carson.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00 CDT Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249010/parents-face-tough-choice-when.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249010/parents-face-tough-choice-when.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 02:21 CDT With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Conn. rail service returns to normal http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248981/conn-rail-service-returning-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248981/conn-rail-service-returning-to.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 01:56 CDT Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248926/anthony-weiner-launches-bid-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248926/anthony-weiner-launches-bid-to.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 01:21 CDT Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on. Highway patrol: 29 hurt in Ohio bus, car crash http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248854/up-to-30-hurt-in-crash-in-northwest.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248854/up-to-30-hurt-in-crash-in-northwest.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 00:06 CDT The State Highway Patrol says 29 people have been injured in a crash between a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio. Bernanke testimony to be studied for policy clues http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4248761/bernanke-testimony-to-be-studied.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4248761/bernanke-testimony-to-be-studied.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 23:05 CDT When Ben Bernanke testifies about the U.S. economy Wednesday, the Federal Reserve chairman's words will be examined for any clues that the Fed might soon taper - or increase - its support for the economy. Malcolm X's grandson buried in NY http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4248640/malcolm-xs-grandson-buried-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4248640/malcolm-xs-grandson-buried-in.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30 CDT Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X, has been buried at a cemetery in suburban New York.