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09/15/2009 11:55 PM
There aren’t usually a lot of tattoos in the conference room where multimillion-dollar development deals are made in Kansas City. But that may not be the only change for the Tax Increment Financing Commission if the City Council on Thursday approves Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s latest nominees to the board.
09/16/2009 05:11 AM
Black hospital patients are far less likely to survive cardiac arrest than white patients, research shows. The reason: Many black patients usually go to the hospitals that do the poorest job resuscitating patients.
09/15/2009 11:47 PM
The Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System is considered the first public pension fund in the U.S. to invest heavily in so-called commodity indexes. But should public pension money be invested in such a way that can pump up the price of gas for everyone?
09/15/2009 02:28 PM
There was plenty to see at the fourth annual Wheels and Dreams show on Sunday in Shawnee. The fourth annual car and motorcycle show along Johnson Drive and Nieman Road was hosted by the Shawnee Downtown Business Association.
09/16/2009 05:14 AM
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival — chock full of jousts and pirates, lords and ladies, and ogres and bards — runs through Oct. 18 in Bonner Springs. Check out the photos, and keep a sharp eye out for the king and queen.
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Dina Massoud's son Yaseenn El-Demerdash reached for the baklava while his mother prepared for the Ramadan meal, the iftar. Children are not required to fast during Ramadan.
11:26 PM CDT
During Ramadan, Muslims the world over fast from sunup to sundown. Once sundown arrives, Kansas City Muslims break the fast with a dizzying array of culinary traditions from America, the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and elsewhere.
09/15/2009 11:44 PM
Two of the Chiefs? most visible projects continued Tuesday, and the team?s long-term plans came into clearer focus. Kansas City added veteran wide receiver Bobby Wade and the organization took another step toward distancing itself from its old ways by releasing linebacker Turk McBride (pictured).
09/14/2009 03:24 PM
When Taylor Swift was on stage making her acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video award, Kanye West came onstage, took the microphone from her to give a shout-out to Beyonce, one of the other nominees.
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09/10/2009 04:59 PM
The ironically titled “World’s Greatest Dad” is one sick movie. That’s a compliment. The latest writing/directing effort from stand-up comic and all-around bizarre character Bobcat Goldthwait is a deadpan black comedy, though one can safely predict that unsuspecting moviegoers who stumble onto it may storm out proclaiming it’s not funny at all.
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