Subscribe Today!
Digital E-Star






Home

BREAKING NEWS

  • 99 Drums brings children together VIDEO

    - 10/12/2008 04:34 PM CDT

    Accessible Arts Inc. brought children, with and without disabilities, together today to experience music and dance at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kan. Students explored the arts, history, customs and food of various cultures.

Who will rake in an electoral majority?

As the season changes, so does the electoral map. The only thing that’s certain — to turn Franklin D. Roosevelt sideways — is uncertainty itself. That mid-October breeze you feel? It’s a headwind for John McCain.

MONEYWISE

Stumbling economy becomes focus of presidential election

Calamity in the housing, mortgage, banking and insurance industries, combined with shrunken 401(k) retirement savings, creeping health care inflation, dwindling access to credit and greater job loss, have put pocketbook concerns on the political front burner.

STAR TIGHT END WANTS TO CONTEND

Gonzalez asks team to explore trade possibilities

Tight end Tony Gonzalez, a nine-time Pro Bowler who has been with the Chiefs since he was drafted in 1997, has asked the Chiefs to explore trade possibilities, and the team has fielded calls about his availability.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

CRIME SCENE KC | James Hart

» More

KANSAS CITY CRIME MAP by date, neighborhood

Photos of the day
THE DAY IN PHOTOS

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Speaking for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's Committee on Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, left, minister of Economy and Finance of Niger, briefs reporters on efforts to assist developing countries with high levels of poverty and debt, at IMF headquarters  in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.  At center is Sierra Leone's Minister of Finance and Development David Carew, and at right is Matthew Martin, director Debt Relief International.
J. Scott Applewhite | The Associated Press
Speaking for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's Committee on Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine (left) of Niger talked about the plight of developing countries today in Washington.

KC in recession, along with most other U.S. cities

Just in case you are still wondering: Kansas City is in a recession.

Missouri unemployment insurance fund headed toward insolvency

Missouri’s unemployment insurance fund is being pushed toward insolvency — again — by the wobbling economy.

LATEST STAR BLOGS

More Blogs

NATION/WORLD

TODAY'S STAR
FRONT PAGE
  • ‘The Duchess’ | 3 stars

    - 10/10/2008 01:31 AM CDT

    The Duchess” is a soap opera — albeit a visually resplendent soap opera packed with big hair, big houses and big emotions. It also has Keira Knightley, looking fantastic and showing tremendous range as Georgiana, the 18th-century Duchess of Devonshire.

CAMPUS SLANT

Video blogs from The Star's beat writers


MISSOURI OUTDOORS

CHANNEL 41 WEATHER


Get Gary's detailed forecasts, ESP Radar Live, Skyview Camera and the Action Weather Blog.

TOP JOBS
All Top Jobs  »




    ASK THE EXPERT

    Mortgages

    An advertising feature of KansasCity.com
    Become an Advisor