Home
Sprint Nextel reports smaller net losses and subscriber losses
Feb 10, 8:40 AMSprint Nextel Corp. posted a $980 million loss in the final months of last year. It continued to lose subscribers, but at a slower pace.
-
Missouri Water Patrol announces serial number verification stations
9:20 AM - Lawrence brawl injures two men; police looking for others involved 8:02 AM
- Missouri driver examination stations to close for president’s birthdays 8:15 AM
-
Fire heavily damages Olathe house
9:48 AM -
NBC Action Weather | Sun in the afternoon 7:44 AM
Poll | Does t-shirt jab at K-State coach Frank Martin go too far?
Feb 10, 10:04 AMIs one of the latest offerings from Lawrence t-shirt shop Joe College racist? Star writer and Ball Star blogger Sam Mellinger thinks the shirt, which takes a shot at K-State coach Frank Martin, crosses the line. What do you think?
Arrests made in case of stolen Haitian donation jar
Feb 10, 7:42 AMNorth Kansas City Police arrested two suspects late Tuesday in the theft of Haitian earthquake donations from an area restaurant last month.
-
Sprint CFO says no layoffs on horizon
7:49 AM - Sprint Nextel reports smaller net losses and subscriber losses 8:40 AM
- Stock futures higher on Greece bailout hopes 6:55 AM
- Target pulls Valentine’s toys over lead concerns 6:39 AM
- Oil near $74 as weak dollar offsets high supplies 7:00 AM
'I do not need to be famous to be happy,' says KC's TV beauty Holly Starr
Feb 10, 12:03 AM
There’s a lot you don’t know about Holly Starr. Get to know more about the Kansas City-bred beauty behind 38 the Spot and emcee of the Missouri Mavericks in this week's "My Essentials" feature from Ink.
Ed and Erica Davis, along with their three daughters, are now living in a south Kansas City hotel, because their utilities were shut off after bills went unpaid. From left are daughters Kaitlyn, 5, Rebecca, 11, and Amie, 8. The room has two queen beds. Meals are cooked in a skillet on the bathroom counter, while a cooler under the sink serves as a refriderator. Laundry is done in the bathtub. RICH SUGG/The Kansas City Star_01282010.
Photos | Tough economic times add to the ranks of the 'new homeless'
Feb 9, 11:31 PMSocial service agencies and school districts in the Kansas City area face growing numbers of people who are coping with job losses and home foreclosures. Erica and Ed Davis and their three daughters are living in a south Kansas City motel room after the utilities to their home were cut off. | Story
Any bumps in the road in KU's pursuit of Big 12 perfection?
Feb 9, 11:59 PM
After Monday's victory at Texas, the idea of the 2009-2010 Jayhawks becoming the second KU team to finish the Big 12 Conference schedule undefeated doesn’t seem far-fetched. The Star's Blair Kerkhoff looks at KU's remaining games and assesses the team's chances.
Phil Harris, captain on TV's 'Deadliest Catch,' dies at 53
Feb 10, 1:23 AM
Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the TV show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. Harris, 53, had suffered a massive stroke Jan. 29.
- White Stripes: Air Forces Reserve ad stole our song
- Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
- Levi Johnston on Playgirl cover
- Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite
- SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick's wife on cover
Photos | Chinese New Year celebration
Feb 8, 3:34 PM
The Society For Friendship With China presented a program of historic Chinese entertainment on Sunday at the InterContinental Hotel to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Tiger.
THE DAY IN PHOTOS
TODAY'S KANSAS CITY STAR
FRONT PAGE
- Tough times relentlessly add to ranks of 'new homeless' Feb 9, 11:32 PM
- Revisions for psychiatry's guidebook would overhaul the treatment of mental disorders Feb 10, 12:18 AM
- Major test arrives for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan Feb 10, 12:17 AM
- Historic Alexander Majors house faces an uncertain future Feb 10, 6:28 AM
- Missouri budget director says schools won't get full funding Feb 10, 6:26 AM
-
Reardon sees successes and challenges ahead for KCK and Wyandotte County
Feb 10, 12:36 AM
- Area man who claimed he received military medals is charged Feb 10, 12:43 AM
- Kansas edges closer to perfect history Feb 10, 6:37 AM
- Father’s death sparks memories for MU coach Pinkel Feb 9, 11:38 PM
- MU’s Denmon doesn’t force shots — he makes them Feb 9, 11:44 PM
- Strong fourth quarter helped Cerner Corp. set bookings record in 2009 Feb 9, 11:41 PM
- Greece's economic crisis eases, helping to push U.S. stocks higher Feb 9, 10:39 PM
- Unless Congress acts, COBRA subsidy will expire May 31 Feb 9, 10:40 PM
- Have a heart | 14 dipped strawberries to share with your valentine Feb 9, 10:22 PM
- With 'MacGruber' movie, 'SNL' traps us in a room with another bomb Feb 9, 7:32 PM
- Stargazing Q&A | Relax — 'Lie to Me' is just on break Feb 9, 7:42 PM
‘Dear John’ too heavy on clichés | 2 stars
Feb 9, 9:01 PM
Old-fashioned I can deal with. Old-fashioned implies an emphasis on story over style. Nothing wrong with that. But “Dear John” isn’t so much old-fashioned as it is clichéd.
KANSAS CITY TODAY
news.mcclatchy.com headlines
- As Iran protests loom, Obama sticks to a cautious script
- Winter Olympics are full of dangerous sports
- Man peddles for basset rescue and against suicide
- Woman in Haitian adoption mission has struggling creditors in Boise
- Washington state visitor centers await Olympic visitors
- Spring Break 2010 - destination Independence
- Local Woman To Compete For The Title Of Mrs. Missouri
- New "Top Dog" at Wayside Waifs
- Kids Free on Valentine's Day at the Kansas City Symphony
CHANNEL 41 WEATHER
Gary Lezak's forecast
Get Gary's detailed forecasts, ESP Radar Live, Skyview Camera and the Action Weather Blog.Special Reports & Projects
- Human Trafficking in America: U.S. failing to find and help victims
- Lake of the Ozarks contamination
- House for sale? A lot of money surrounds Rod Jetton’s political consulting work
- Investigation finds Enterprise Rent-A-Car sold Chevy Impalas without standard side air bags
- Murder Factory: 64130, the ZIP code of notoriety in Missouri
- Whistleblower raises maintenance concerns of aging aircraft at Air Force base
- The Secret Files: A look at complaints made to KC police
- Perks and Pensions
- Murder’s Big Month
- Jessica’s Trial: Child sex crimes are the tough to prosecute, even tougher on the kids who testify
- ‘88 explosion: Witnesses say federal investigator pressured them to lie
- Downtown KC shows improvement
- KC home market turns ‘ugly’
- Happy Town: The KC area’s happiest suburbs
- Paths to College
- Kansans at War: Bravo Battery's ordeal
- Crime falls in KC
- The New Veterans
- Light rail in Kansas City
- Front airbags don’t inflate in hundreds of head-on crashes
- A Way Out: Reporter spends year with KCK students
- KC TIFs: Taxpayers pay for developers’ good deals
- Zeke’s gift: Out of faith and sorrow come strength and peace
- Lax financial oversight riles some First Family followers
- New questions in deadly 1988 explosion
- Hot fuel for you, cold cash for Big Oil
- Rating the Neighborhoods: Steady improvement
- Rating the ‘Burbs: Rankings surprising
I Have No Appetite for Valentine's Day.
I love this, JB!!!!! Your associations with the color red cracks me up.!!!!...
I Have No Appetite for Valentine's Day.
Heart shaped meat loaf or burgers. :)...
Let's talk about health care
They don't offer health insurance, but my husband's employer does provide an Hea...
Let's talk about health care
Same song, second verse. We have insurance, but the deductable is so high, it's...
Let's talk about health care
This is something very near and dear to my heart. I grew up without insurance. M...
It was not meant to be
I'm so sorry.. This is my first time reading a blog here, but I just wanted to l...
Let's talk about health care
Better regulation would help. The first thing I would do is get rid of lobbies....
Let's talk about health care
I agree that something must be done. We pay through the nose for employer provi...
Let's talk about health care
One size fits all ... won't. But when the mud comes down the hill into your hous...
Let's talk about health care
ok. i have to say, i believe that every CITIZEN should have access to affordable...