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Kansas City Residents Lobby for Vicki Lawrence 'Mama' Statue

Even if the efforts of Detroit film fans to erect a Robocop statue fail, their actions are inspiring residents of other cities to honor their local pop culture icons. Case in point: Two Kansas City disc jockeys are lobbying local leaders to honor "Mama" -- the character played by Vicki Lawrence on "The Carol Burnett Show"...

Midwest Buckles Under Monstrous Blizzard

CHICAGO -- A massive storm billed as the worst in decades barreled toward the northeast Wednesday, leaving vast swaths from Chicago to New York paralyzed by snow and ice, leaving hundreds of motorists stranded all night and shuttering airports and schools. Chicago received up to 17 inches of snow with more still possible,...

Groundhog Day 2011 Will be a Snow Day for Midwest Schools

Tomorrow may be Groundhog Day, but when Punxsutawney Phil emerges he'll probably be thinking snow day. Chicago is bracing itself the potential of two feet of snow over the next 24-hours, and Chicago public schools have already cancelled after-school activities for today and tomorrow due to the weather. According to...

Massive Storm Begins Trek Across Midwest

ST. LOUIS -- As a monster storm began to bear down on the middle of the nation Tuesday, those in its frigid and dangerous path could only hope it wouldn't live up to the hype. The storm threatened to leave up to a third of the nation covered in a hodge-podge of brutal winter weather. Its reach was impressive: Snow and ice...

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Art Brodsky: Google Network Shows Hollywood Trap: Between Fiddlers and Franklin

The entertainment industry today is caught in a kind of purgatory, somewhere between Zero Mostel and Franklin Roosevelt.

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Operation Rescue, Anti-Abortion Group, Says It Has Patient Records From Women's Clinic

An anti-abortion group says a confidential informant has delivered to it abortion records of 86 females who were treated last month at a Kansas City, Kan., women's clinic.

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Jeff DeGraff: Learning to See the Future First

I was walking through the engaging new Decorative Arts of the World's Fair exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City when I chanced to see a photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson depicting the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

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Jason Grill: Flyover Country? Not This Kansas City

Try entrepreneurship, high tech and the arts.

Kansas City News From the Web

05/29/12 Dancefestopia, a hip-hop and pop-oriented festival,... Source: The Pitch - Kansas City MO America's appetite for music festivals has proved remarkably strong over the past decade, and there's been no shortage of promoters and organizers cashing in on the demand.
05/29/12 Final Push Seeks to Restore Historic Disney Studio in... Source: Animation Magazine A group looking to restore Walt Disney's first professional animation studio, in Kansas City, is launching the final push of its 15-year campaign with an eye toward completing the project by 2015.
05/29/12 Kansas City police concerned over rise in PCP use Source: The Alva Review-Courier - Alva OK KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) PCP use appears to be increasing in Kansas City, and police are concerned because the hallucinogenic drug often makes users violent and unpredictable.
05/29/12 Passenger counts continue ascent at Kansas City... Source: Kansas City Business Journal - Kansas City MO Passenger counts continued to increase in April at Kansas City International Airport Kansas City International Airport Latest from The Business Journals Kansas City cracks down on cab problems ahead of All-Star Game Southwest gets world's top ranking for frequent fliers Kansas City ranks as No. 8 affordable place to fly this summer Follow this company , rising 4.7 percent from a year ago despite a drop in available seats.
05/29/12 Federal court opens 2-day trial in Kansas remap suit Source: Lawrence Journal-World & 6 News - Lawrence KS Kansas City, Kan. The first morning of a federal court trial over the redrawing of Kansas political boundaries was mostly filled with procedural issues.

Background on Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri (informally abbreviated KC) is the largest city in the US state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri.

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