http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Nation 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:57 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2008/09/16/800451/government-announces-85-billion.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/09/16/800451/government-announces-85-billion.html#storylink=rss Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:26 CDT The U.S. government has agreed to provide an $85 billion emergency loan to rescue the huge insurer AIG, the The Federal Reserve said Tuesday. The Fed said the U.S. Treasury Department was in full support of the decision. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2008/08/02/731479/new-fair-food-to-debut-on-a-stick.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/08/02/731479/new-fair-food-to-debut-on-a-stick.html#storylink=rss Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:43 CDT The Iowa State Fair is adding pineapple and salad to the food fairgoers can buy on a stick, adding to traditional favorites, such as corn dogs and the pork chop. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2008/07/28/724470/jazz-guitarist-joe-beck-dies-at.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/07/28/724470/jazz-guitarist-joe-beck-dies-at.html#storylink=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:10 CDT Joe Beck, a jazz guitarist who collaborated with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and James Brown, died July 22. He was 62. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/25/635448/new-zealander-scott-dixon-wins.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/25/635448/new-zealander-scott-dixon-wins.html#storylink=rss Sun, 25 May 2008 15:57 CDT Scott Dixon came out of the pits first after the final caution of the day and held on to win the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 Sunday. It was the New Zealander's first victory in the world's biggest race. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/23/634104/anheuser-busch-beer-co-to-pay.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/23/634104/anheuser-busch-beer-co-to-pay.html#storylink=rss Fri, 23 May 2008 23:29 CDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Brewer Anheuser-Busch Inc. and a Rhode Island beer distributor have agreed to pay $21 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, according to court papers filed Friday. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/21/630711/sen-ted-kennedy-leaves-massachusetts.html http://www.kansascity.com/2008/05/21/630711/sen-ted-kennedy-leaves-massachusetts.html#storylink=rss Wed, 21 May 2008 23:43 CDT HYANNIS PORT, Mass. | Smiling, waving, and flashing a thumbs-up, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy walked out of Massachusetts General Hospital days earlier than scheduled, greeted well-wishers outside his family compound on Cape Cod, and immediately departed shore for a familiar refuge: the waters of Nantucket Sound. 846695 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243162/shadows-of-dishonor.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243162/shadows-of-dishonor.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14 CDT The military, ranked as America's most trusted institution by its citizens but strained by 11 years of war, faces a troubling confluence: acts of mayhem, a growing sexual abuse scandal, a flurry of other misconduct cases. "We're seeing a strain on an institution," one expert says. 846698 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242950/military-deaths.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4242950/military-deaths.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 11:54 CDT IED kills three soldiers in Afghanistan. Another drowns in combat there. 846698 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237101/senate-dem-revives-media-shield.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237101/senate-dem-revives-media-shield.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32 CDT A top Senate Democrat plans to revive legislation that would protect journalists and their employers from revealing their sources, days after it was revealed that the Justice Department secretly obtained Associated Press phone records. 846698 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237881/administration-releases-benghazi.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237881/administration-releases-benghazi.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20 CDT President Barack Obama succumbed to days of withering criticism Wednesday, releasing dozens of emails in an effort to demonstrate that the White House did not try to cover up information about the September 2012 attacks on diplomatic facilities in Libya that killed four Americans. 846698 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238408/benghazi-emails-show-internal.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238408/benghazi-emails-show-internal.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 21:37 CDT White House releases dozens of emails regarding the 2012 attacks in Libya. 846698 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235811/report-details-irs-behavior-as.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235811/report-details-irs-behavior-as.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 18:06 CDT The Internal Revenue Service asked "unnecessary, burdensome questions" of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, questions that unfairly delayed the applications, according to an investigative report obtained by McClatchy. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232302/actions-by-the-irs-are-called.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232302/actions-by-the-irs-are-called.html#storylink=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 23:09 CDT New details emerge about how the agency eyed groups that "criticize how the country is being run." 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232301/actions-by-the-irs-are-called.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232301/actions-by-the-irs-are-called.html#storylink=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 23:01 CDT New details emerge about how the agency eyed groups that "criticize how the country is being run." 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/11/4230414/military-deaths.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/11/4230414/military-deaths.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:21 CDT IED kills five in Afghanistan. Aircraft crash in Kyrgyzstan kills three. Two Marines die in combat in Afghanistan. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4227705/senators-say-theyre-close-to-writing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4227705/senators-say-theyre-close-to-writing.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 May 2013 23:45 CDT A U.S. Senate committee hears broad support for new federal regulation of compounding manufacturers, who make medications and then sell them out of state. The changes were prompted by a fungal meningitis outbreak traced to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/08/4225354/police-build-case-against-3-brothers.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/08/4225354/police-build-case-against-3-brothers.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 May 2013 14:01 CDT The three women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were apparently bound with ropes and chains, police said Wednesday as one of the victims was welcomed home by a cheering crowd of hundreds and investigators built a case against the three brothers under arrest. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221797/airman-who-led-sex-assault-unit.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221797/airman-who-led-sex-assault-unit.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 16:43 CDT An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a parking lot. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/04/4218061/military-deaths.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/04/4218061/military-deaths.html#storylink=rss Sat, 04 May 2013 14:31 CDT A vehicle crash killed two soldiers. An MC-12 crash killed four Air Force personnel. An IED killed a soldier. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4217437/gun-lovers-and-foes-converge-at.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4217437/gun-lovers-and-foes-converge-at.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 May 2013 23:05 CDT Amid calls to "stand and fight" new restrictions come requests for accord on background checks. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4205544/military-deaths.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4205544/military-deaths.html#storylink=rss Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:59 CDT Three soldiers die of wounds from Afghanistan. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4203175/a-twist-of-fate-spared-new-york.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4203175/a-twist-of-fate-spared-new-york.html#storylink=rss Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:19 CDT The Tsarnaev brothers were headed there to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square before they were intercepted by police in a blazing gunbattle, officials said. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4201120/design-of-boston-bombs-proves.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4201120/design-of-boston-bombs-proves.html#storylink=rss Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:02 CDT CIA reveals that it sought in 2011 to get the elder Tsarnaev brother on a terrorism watch list. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/21/4195668/bostons-injured-face-rough-path.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/21/4195668/bostons-injured-face-rough-path.html#storylink=rss Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:31 CDT At least 13 victims of the Boston bombings confront futures with lost or maimed limbs. Their recoveries will be long and arduous, experts say. But a decade of wars has helped fuel breakthroughs that could help many Boston victims -- including those with amputated limbs -- live full, active lives. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/21/4194301/boston-bombing-suspect-still-hospitalized.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/21/4194301/boston-bombing-suspect-still-hospitalized.html#storylink=rss Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:12 CDT As the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalized under heavy guard, the American Civil Liberties Union and a federal public defender raised concerns about investigators' plan to question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him his Miranda rights. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/12/2515543/payroll-tax-cut-worries-social.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/12/2515543/payroll-tax-cut-worries-social.html#storylink=rss Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:15 CST President Barack Obama's plan to cut payroll taxes for a year would provide big savings for many workers, but makes Social Security advocates nervous that it could jeopardize the retirement program's finances. 846690 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245528/report-says-poor-are-moving-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245528/report-says-poor-are-moving-to.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 11:04 CDT A new report shows more poor people have moved to the nation's suburbs, outnumbering those in urban areas. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245489/apnewsbreak-ll-bean-keeping-it.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245489/apnewsbreak-ll-bean-keeping-it.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00 CDT L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as company chairman after more than 50 years as chairman or CEO, but the privately held company is keeping the position in the family. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245402/calif-suspects-accidentally-dial.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245402/calif-suspects-accidentally-dial.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45 CDT Two suspects arrested for breaking into a car in Central California accidentally called 911 on a cellphone, which led police to them. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245307/carl-hiaasen-irs-went-after-small.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245307/carl-hiaasen-irs-went-after-small.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00 CDT "Please provide copies of all your current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature you have disseminated to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles that have been published about you." 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245273/proposed-calif-measure-requires.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245273/proposed-calif-measure-requires.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 08:09 CDT A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245247/frida-ghitis-amid-crisis-europe.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245247/frida-ghitis-amid-crisis-europe.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00 CDT It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and protracted economic contraction. When a story, no matter how shocking, goes on for years, the natural inclination is to let it fade to the background of our awareness. But a visit to Spain - even to one of the cities where the economic tragedy does a good job of hiding behind hordes of tourists and beautiful architecture - is a reminder of the extent of the disaster that has befallen Europe, until recently one of the world's most prosperous regions. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245246/internet-back-doors-would-create.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245246/internet-back-doors-would-create.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00 CDT The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Friday, May 17: 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245245/ban-bullies-and-bullhooks.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245245/ban-bullies-and-bullhooks.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00 CDT Every day it seems we learn more about the astounding sophistication of elephant communication. The most recent revelations, coming from experts who have studied elephants in the wild for decades, further establish the scope and scale of these animals' intelligence, social relationships and emotional complexity. Before your family goes to the zoo or circus, please consider what your tickets are supporting. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245111/10-things-to-know-for-today.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245111/10-things-to-know-for-today.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 05:05 CDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245080/gunmen-shoot-into-calif-home-10.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245080/gunmen-shoot-into-calif-home-10.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04 CDT Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245056/arias-returns-to-court-for-penalty.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245056/arias-returns-to-court-for-penalty.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 02:20 CDT Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her one-time lover as jurors consider a sentence of life in prison or execution. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245019/quotations-of-the-day.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245019/quotations-of-the-day.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 02:04 CDT "Tomorrow's commute will be extremely challenging. Residents should plan for a week's worth of disruptions."- Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, saying the aftermath of Friday's commuter train collision will cause traffic problems in his state. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244993/bc-ceremony-notable-for-who-will.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244993/bc-ceremony-notable-for-who-will.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 01:34 CDT Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports of a bill in his country that would allow abortion. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244984/civil-rights-trial-on-nypd-tactic.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244984/civil-rights-trial-on-nypd-tactic.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 01:24 CDT The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is winding down after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officials who believe the nation's largest force operates with integrity. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244980/ny-town-eyes-limit-on-use-of-plum.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4244980/ny-town-eyes-limit-on-use-of-plum.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 01:24 CDT Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244845/united-to-restart-787-flights.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244845/united-to-restart-787-flights.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:04 CDT United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241596/polygraph-worlds-close-ties-spark.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241596/polygraph-worlds-close-ties-spark.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00 CDT When polygrapher Walt Goodson began moonlighting for a private company, he didn't think the law enforcement agency he worked for would care. After all, his supervisor had worked for his company's competitor and had approved his outside job. But after investigators found Goodson's relationship with the manufacturer to be improper partly because of his involvement in a bid, Goodson agreed it looked bad. Public employees are supposed to avoid conflicts of interest because they could give a company an unfair advantage over competitors or create a greater expense for the public agency that's buying a product. Even so, Goodson is one of 14 current or former law enforcement officers across the country who've been described by Lafayette Instrument Co. Inc. as dealers over the last six years. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241595/glitch-in-widely-used-polygraph.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241595/glitch-in-widely-used-polygraph.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00 CDT Police departments and federal agencies across the country are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has found. As a result, innocent people might have been labeled criminal suspects, faced greater scrutiny while on probation or lost out on jobs. Or, just as alarming, spies and criminals may have escaped detection. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241594/fbi-turns-away-many-applicants.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241594/fbi-turns-away-many-applicants.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00 CDT Thousands of job applicants come to FBI offices every year, eager to work for the top law enforcement agency in the U.S. But many of them have their hopes dashed, and it's not because of their work experience or education or criminal records. They're turned down because they've failed their polygraph tests. The FBI's policy of barring applicants who fail their polygraph tests clashes with the view of many scientists that government agencies shouldn't rely on polygraph testing to decide whether to hire or fire someone. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244713/us-adviser-on-board-of-firm-that.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244713/us-adviser-on-board-of-firm-that.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39 CDT Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244616/phoenix-police-officer-dies-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244616/phoenix-police-officer-dies-in.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 20:14 CDT A Phoenix police officer and firefighter both died Sunday after suffering critical injuries in separate accidents on the job, officials said. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244587/10-things-to-know-for-monday.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244587/10-things-to-know-for-monday.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 20:04 CDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244475/trace-volcano-ash-reaches-small.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244475/trace-volcano-ash-reaches-small.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 18:35 CDT Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244474/weeklong-traffic-mess-possible.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244474/weeklong-traffic-mess-possible.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 18:35 CDT Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. 846691 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244428/ap-photos-college-commencements.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4244428/ap-photos-college-commencements.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 18:25 CDT In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless." 846691