Long-term unemployment plagues many job hunters
Five years into a still-anemic jobs recovery, the long-term unemployed face significant re-employment challenges. Many are having trouble landing any job, much less positions akin to what they lost.
Using stem cells, scientists make body parts in lab
In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells. It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S., that are working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab.
Royals are optimistic that Omar Infante won’t miss a lot of time after getting hit in the jaw by a pitch
Royals second baseman Omar Infante emerged from an overnight battery of tests at the University of Kansas Medical Center with a relatively optimistic prognosis, but the team will evaluate him for 48 more hours before making a decision about the disabled list.
KC police say 13 shootings aimed at drivers in one month could be connected
Someone shot a driver in the leg near Interstate 435 and Interstate 470 Sunday night in Kansas City — the 13th such shooting at a motorist in the area within a month. Ten of the shootings have occurred in Kansas City since March 8, and single shootings were reported in Leawood, Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit. Three drivers have been hurt in the shootings, but no one has been killed.
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Fans at Sporting KC vs. Real Salt Lake
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Great Amazing Race
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Brew to Brew Run
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DGD's Deadly Sirens Car Wash
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Parkville Cruise Night
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Easter Eggstravaganza in Parkville
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Walk MS: Greater Kansas City
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West Bottoms Warehouse Weekend
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KC Tip-Off/ Thompson Square concertgoers
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Training for the Mother's Day 5K
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Passport to India
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Play in the Concourse
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Kansas City Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted
Updated April 8: This man is wanted on a U.S. Marshals Service warrant for sale of cocaine and a Jackson County probation violation warrant for forgery. If you have information about any of these fugitives, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (816-474-8477), go to KCCrimeStoppers.com, or text TIP452 plus message and send to 274637. All calls are anonymous.
Missouri Revenue Department’s directive to pay sales taxes stuns arts groups
Missouri lawmakers are taking steps to rein in the Department of Revenue after some arts organizations, fitness centers and dance studios were told that they must pay sales taxes on ticket, tuition and membership fees. Three Kansas City theater companies received letters from the department saying they now were required to pay sales taxes on single ticket and concession sales.
Only 2 midsize SUVs get top rating in crash tests
Only two of nine midsize SUVs got the highest rating in crash tests done by an insurance industry group.
For married same-sex couples, tax season’s complications multiply
For same-sex couples who live in states such as Missouri and Kansas that don’t recognize their legal marriages, filing taxes can be a complicated and expensive process. A couple might have to fill out at least five returns and hire an accountant to do so.
Missouri doesn’t need divisive ‘right-to-work’ law
Right-to-work laws are divisive and unnecessary. If Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones and his out-of-state allies insist on a vote this week, lawmakers should make it a “no.”
Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over Kentucky
Coach Kevin Ollie walked to the Connecticut fans corner, raised his hands, stretched his fingers and hid his thumb. Four, as in four national championships for the Huskies. Connecticut brilliantly slowed the pace of the NCAA final and in the process cooled off the hot Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 on Monday night.
Mizzou receiver Dorial Green-Beckham suspended for unspecified violation
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel indefinitely suspended star wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham on Monday for an unspecified violation of team rules. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s the right thing to do for our football program, for the athletic department, and also for Dorial,” Pinkel said in a release.
End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some
Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP on Tuesday, and the move could put everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people in danger.
April Fool’s prank on college professor goes viral (with video)
A college professor in Michigan fell for a well-executed April Fool’s joke in his classroom last week and is now national news.
‘Lost’ history of Panama Canal is now found in exhibit at KC’s Linda Hall Library
To mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, Kansas City’s Linda Hall Library is showing a collection of photographs, blueprints, maps and journals from A.B. Nichols, the office engineer for the canal’s Culebra Cut. And to make the centennial more fun, a functioning scale model of a Panama Canal lock is being built on the north lawn of the library.
Port Fonda’s Patrick Ryan to help revamp Power & Light's Tengo Sed Cantina
Tengo Sed Cantina has temporarily shut down in the Power & Light District. It will reopen in a few weeks under a new “collaborative partnership” with local chef/restaurant owner Patrick Ryan of Port Fonda fame.
Fans at Sporting KC vs. Real Salt Lake
Saturday night's MLS Cup rematch drew 19,838 fans to Sporting Park to watch Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake play to a scoreless tie. This was the club’s 39th consecutive sold-out match.
Erratic B.B. King performance makes fans blue
At 88, blues guitarist B.B. King is a living legend, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with his own satellite radio channel and a string of blues-themed restaurants in New York, Las Vegas and several other cities.
