FBI Letters sent to Obama others contained deadly poison ricin
Barack Obama , a senator and a judge tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. The FBI confirmed the letters contained ricin Thursday, CNN reported. However, the FBI said it was "not aware of any...
View Article33 startups funded by Missouri venture capital program
In this weeks print edition I write about the Missouri Innovation, Development and Entrepreneurship Advancement (IDEA) program, which makes equity investments into Missouri startups. The program was...
View ArticleBlue Valley may have tough time acquiring its TARP debt
This chart tracks Bank of Blue Valley's quarterly net income or loss since 2007. As much as Blue Valley Ban Corp would like to bid on its Troubled Asset Relief Program debt, restrictions might make...
View ArticleFertilizer company Competitors product reeks of patent infringement
Specialty Fertilizer Products LLC thinks a competitors conduct is a bunch of bullcrap. The Leawood-based company filed a patent infringement lawsuit Wednesday against ProfitPro LLC, a Minnesota company...
View ArticleEnergy Mexican operations power KC Southerns first quarter
CEO David Starling The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. bested last years net income by $29 million in the first quarter this year, compared with the same time period last year. The firm announced...
View ArticleStueve Kansas bill strips price-fixing protections from businesses
Steuve Siegel Hanson LLP filed an antritrust lawsuit against Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. that accuses the potato industry of price-fixing. Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Tuesday that could...
View ArticleMcCaskill KC businesswomen talk small business financing
From left to right: Jami Henry, president of Bellewether; Denise Farris, regional coordinator for Women Impacting Public Policy; Colleen White, president of Strategic Workplace Solutions Inc.; U.S....
View ArticleFitch Affirms Senior Notes of Higher Ed Loan Authority of the State of...
Fitch Downgrades United Kingdom to 'AA+'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United Kingdom's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'AA+' from 'AAA'. The...
View ArticleNASCAR benefit lasts well past race day
NASCAR Hall of Famer and team owner Richard Petty, along with representatives of Farmland Foods Inc., Smithfield Foods Pork Group and Harvesters, help load 43 cases of pork tenderloin on a truck as...
View ArticleTeamsters meet in Dallas to discuss YRC Freight restructuring
YRC Freight is based in Overland Park. Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are meeting in Dallas on Friday to discuss YRC Worldwide Inc.s proposed change of operations...
View ArticleMLB Kansas City at Boston ppd.
Army National Guardsmen stand by on School Street in Watertown, Massachusetts during a massive manhunt for one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects on April 19, 2013. Monday's Boston Marathon...
View ArticleApp-ril 19 a virtual world at Worlds of Fun
App-rils shower of locally flavored apps continues with a Kansas City amusement parks attempt at maximizing its guests mobile leanings. The Worlds of Fun app provides the expected event and theme park...
View ArticleBowyer returns to Kansas tries selling cars
The popular driver from Emporia, Kan., about a 90-minute drive south of Kansas Speedway, was home this week to celebrate the grand opening of Clint Bowyer Autoplex - formerly known as Emporia Motors,...
View ArticleKansas governor signs far-reaching anti-abortion bill
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Friday signed into law a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that creates new restrictions on the procedure and defines life...
View ArticleAs events unfold Red Sox game postponed
Adjacent to Fenway Park, Kenmore Square, as well as the rest of the Boston metro area, was locked down on Friday. (AP) BOSTON -- The Red Sox were scheduled to return to Fenway Park on Friday for the...
View ArticleRoyals wait out Boston manhunt in hotel
Police surround an apartment building while looking for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Mass. (AP) BOSTON -- The Royals were in a lockdown at their downtown hotel during the...
View ArticleJoey Logano coming of age as NASCAR Sprint Cup hits Kansas
John Harrelson/NASCAR via Getty Images It seems like five minutes ago, especially when you measure the passing of time by how little Joey Logano has physically aged from when we first met more than...
View ArticleFla. runner gets photo of suspect fleeing Boston Marathon bombing scene
This Monday, April 15, 2013, shows a man who was dubbed Suspect No. 2 in the Boston Marathon bombings by law enforcement, in the upper center of the frame, wearing a white baseball cap, walking away...
View ArticleThe Kansas City Startup Village tightens its mission in light of Austin TX
KCSV ) are trying to get back to basics. The mood at Wednesday's open meeting of the KCSV was all business, with passing references to the meeting the week prior, which was the first in a series of...
View ArticleThe Kansas City Star is honored for beef series
The Kansas governor faces a stiff test in persuading a legislature controlled by conservative Republicans to go along with his plan to keep a sales tax that’s supposed to expire this ...
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