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Kansas Citys Top Stories
Top current Kansas City headlines.
&bullGenerous donations keep Liberty Memorial flame burning
20 minutes ago
The “eternal flame” atop the Liberty Memorial will continue to light the sky after tonight thanks to a fundraising campaign that far exceeded its goal.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullNeighbors want sign on Lenexa house removed
48 minutes ago
In a pristine Lenexa neighborhood, a house on a corner has high grass and soggy newspapers in front but also much worse: on its garage windows a sign screams “sodomy.”
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullKansas lawmakers consider current law on late-term abortions
48 minutes ago
Abortion foes are split over whether the Kansas abortion law should be rewritten now that a grand jury has declined to indict Wichita abortion provider George Tiller.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullKU grant will put grad students in urban classrooms
51 minutes ago
The University of Kansas this week received a $2.9 million federal grant to fund a program that will place science, math and engineering graduate students in urban Kansas classrooms.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullClosings on the Fourth of July
51 minutes ago
U.S. financial All area cities All area counties National Frontier KANSAS CITY, KAN. City pickup
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullTribute: Mae O'Dell Thomas, 74, was a challenger of norms
51 minutes ago
Who: Mae O’Dell Thomas of Shawnee, 74. When and how she died: June 19, after battling ovarian cancer.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullAppeals court upholds dismissal of challenges to candidate
51 minutes ago
The Missouri Court of Appeals this week upheld a trial court's decision to dismiss civil lawsuits challenging Ed Quick's status as a candidate when he was elected Clay County presiding commissioner.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullHoliday sees drop in drivers
51 minutes ago
If you're headed out on the highways this Independence Day, you may find them safer and less crowded than they've been in years.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullIndependence, KC districts mix bluster, conciliation
51 minutes ago
There was a mix of bluster and conciliation Thursday from the Independence and Kansas City school districts heading into a weekend meeting aimed at resolving their financial dispute.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
&bullFerrellgas wins civil suit against former employee
54 minutes ago
A Platte County judge has ruled that the founder of a student-mentorship program is liable for more than $3.2 million that his former employer accused him of embezzling.
[From Kansas City Star: Local News]
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Today's Top Stories
From around the world and across the street.
Amtrak flood disruptions to end
3 Jul 2008 at 10:28pm
CHICAGO, July 3 (UPI) -- Service on all Amtrak routes between Chicago and the West Coast is about to return to normal as the Midwestern floods recede, the agency announced Thursday.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee
by By AMANDA FEHD
3 Jul 2008 at 10:25pm
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover....
[From AP Top Headlines At 9:22 p.m. EDT]
Wis. gays warned of big marriage penalty
3 Jul 2008 at 10:21pm
MADISON, Wis., July 3 (UPI) -- Gay couples in Wisconsin have been warned that they could face jail time and fines if they marry outside the state.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
Star-struck workers look at passport files
3 Jul 2008 at 10:15pm
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- An audit at the U.S. State Department has found that employees frequently took unauthorized looks at the files of celebrities.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
Massive wildfires threaten two California towns
3 Jul 2008 at 10:06pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California firefighters made a desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than 4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning about 170 miles apart along the California coast.
[From Reuters: Top News]
New Calif. blaze threatens Santa Barbara
3 Jul 2008 at 9:59pm
GOLETA, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters struggled Thursday in Southern California to keep a wildfire as small as possible as it devoured brush they said had not burned for 50 years.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
Obama wades into controversy with Iraq comments
3 Jul 2008 at 9:38pm
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.
[From Reuters: Top News]
Obama Faces Rebellion From Bloggers
3 Jul 2008 at 9:36pm
Some of Obama's centrist views put his support from liberal bloggers at risk.
[From ABC News: HomePage]
U.S. salmonella probe expands to Mexico: report
3 Jul 2008 at 9:07pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation of a salmonella outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported on Thursday.
[From Reuters: Top News]
Intrigue, Revenge Part Of Jungle Rescue
3 Jul 2008 at 9:00pm
Rebel disarray, acting lessons, payback all part of Colombian rescue.
[From ABC News: HomePage]
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