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K-State's Clemente wins national honor
3:59 PM - Bomb threat forces KCK court building evacuation 3:49 PM
- Missouri considers youth concussion legislation 2:10 PM
- Displaced manhole cover snarls rush-hour traffic on I-35 12:57 PM
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Arrest warrant issued in case of stolen Haitian donation jar
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Photos | Trucks hauling soda, milk crash on I-29
Feb 9, 3:51 PM
Two semi-trailers, one carrying soda and the other carrying milk, were involved in a crash early this morning on Interstate 29 near Dearborn. The semi carrying soda spilled its load of soda on the interstate, while the milk truck careened down a 40-foot embankment. Story
Missouri student leader touts live tiger mascot at football games
Feb 9, 12:15 PM
Missouri Students Association President Tim Noce says having a live tiger at Faurot Field would increase school spirit and draw attention to Missouri athletics.
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Cerner bookings soar
3:48 PM - Health Department temporarily closes a LatteLand shop 3:15 PM
- Three new tenants for Independence Center 12:44 PM
- KC financial stress index increases slightly 11:42 AM
- Toyota Corolla complaints being reviewed by safety regulators 11:38 AM
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People flock as Denny's dishes free food
Feb 9, 1:35 PM
A steady flow of customers took advantage of a free Grand Slam meal at Denny's in downtown Kansas City. The promotional offer is good until 2 p.m. today at all Denny's restaurants.
Party Pics | Union Makes Strength silent auction at Austin Walsh studio
Feb 8, 12:50 PM
A Union Makes Strength silent auction Friday at Austin Walsh studio in downtown Kansas City was a benefit for Doctors Without Borders.
A puppy at Half Way Home Pet Adoptions, Kansas City's animal shelter, tried to remain calm as his penmate wanted to play on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. 02052010 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star
Photos | KC’s animal shelter gets second life
Feb 9, 10:48 AMIn the year since switching to private management, more animals have found homes and the city spends half of what it had been for euthanizing animals.
Photos | KU manhandles Texas
Feb 9, 12:48 AM
Top-ranked Kansas overpowered No. 14 Texas on the Longhorns' home floor in a nationally televised Big Monday game that kept the Jayhawks unbeaten in Big 12 play. Story
Photos | Remembering Derrick Thomas 10 years after his death
Feb 9, 2:01 PM
Ten years ago Monday, Derrick Thomas died in a Florida hospital weeks after he was seriously injured in a car accident. Today, we remember the hall of famer's great career as a Kansas City Chief.
- Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite
- SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick's wife on cover
- Ringo Starr honored with Walk of Fame star
- Gary Coleman pleads guilty in domestic violence incident
- Watch all the 2010 Super Bowl ads (Poll)
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.
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- Fewer injured children are being airlifted from Haiti Feb 8, 11:39 PM
- KC’s animal shelter gets second life after switch to private management Feb 9, 1:32 AM
- How Obama pinches pennies Feb 8, 11:11 PM
- College endowment funds shrank across U.S., including at MU and KU Feb 8, 11:11 PM
- In interview, Scott Roeder speaks of lacking sympathy Feb 9, 6:24 AM
- School funding loophole in peril Feb 8, 10:56 PM
- Exhibit to showcase meticulous maps of 19th-century Missouri Feb 8, 10:56 PM
- No. 1 Jayhawks hog-tie Longhorns 80-68 Feb 9, 10:24 AM
- For Kansas, it’s starting to feel like 2008 Feb 9, 6:36 AM
- Saints assistant Williams glad Brees finally on his side Feb 8, 11:52 PM
- Patent lawyers give your big idea an edge Feb 8, 11:15 PM
- Pieroguys Pierogies brings an East Coast staple to KC Feb 8, 8:46 PM
- KCK community college completes purchase of shopping center Feb 8, 8:46 PM
- HAVE A HEART: 14 dipped strawberries Feb 9, 3:58 PM
- Redo your old bras and give your budget a lift Feb 9, 9:22 AM
- Spring is at gardeners’ desks and on their minds Feb 9, 1:11 AM
‘Dear John’ too heavy on clichés | 2 stars
Feb 9, 6:13 AM
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.
news.mcclatchy.com headlines
- Afghan drug capital is U.S. target in coming offensive
- Winter Olympics are full of dangerous sports
- S.C. Republican candidate says anonymous posters do their 'lynching via the Internet'
- Airlines, military experiment with cleaner fuels
- Olympic medal podium designed by man from Wichita
- Theatre in the Park auditions set Feb. 27-28
- Adams-Gabbert & Associates announces acquisition of Milo Belle Consultants
- KC meteorologist to present tips at national storms conference
- Local poet announces 'Wild Joy Released'
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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
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