Suspected bombers wanted July 4 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspected Boston bomber told interrogators that he and his brother considered setting off their bombs on July Fourth, but they decided to carry...
View ArticleNew security checks for foreign students
WASHINGTON (AP) - Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa. It's the first security change by the...
View ArticleRat meat scandal sweeps China
HONG KONG - Even for China's scandal-numbed diners, news that the lamb simmering in the pot may actually be rat took the country's endless outrages about food hazards into a new realm of disgust. In an...
View ArticleYRC Worldwide stock hits 52-week high on strong earnings report Video
May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Adam Johnson, Julie Hyman and Sheila Dharmarajan report on today's ten most important stocks including Lululemon, IBM and Berkshire Hathaway. They speak on Bloomberg...
View ArticleProsecutors Neighbors thwart kidnapping
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two men sitting on the front porch of a Kansas City home and a security guard helped thwart a kidnapping in Kansas City this week, according to court documents in the case against...
View ArticleiPhone case doubles as a stun gun
TAMPA - It seems that everywhere you go these days everyone has a case on their smartphone to protect it from just about anything.But how about a case that protects you? Yep, they now exist. George...
View ArticleValutrust Solutions expects huge growth after sale
The fifth largest title company in the United States has purchased serial entrepreneur Lance Melbers latest business, Valutrust Solutions LLC, for an undisclosed amount. Valutrust Solutions is a...
View ArticleEconomic development reform bill passes Missouri Senate
A sweeping economic development reform bill passed out of the Missouri Senate this week, continuing its fast progress through the General Assembly. House Bill 698 contains provisions that would repeal...
View ArticleObama likes him but will Sprint
Tom Wheeler The man President Barack Obama is backing as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission may be raising eyebrows at Sprint Nextel Corp. This week, Obama nominated Tom Wheeler...
View ArticleMissouri House computer sought access to gun permit holders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon's administration says a Missouri House computer was used in an effort to access a secure website with the list of people who have a concealed weapons ...
View ArticleSuicides nearly double among 50-somethings
Teen suicides often get the most media attention - tragic stories like that of Canadian teen Amanda Todd remind us that depression is a serious mental health issue for adolescents. But a new report...
View ArticleMissouri state trooper arrested for domestic assault
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KSDK) - A 29-year-old Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is on administrative leave after being arrested last week on a domestic assault charge. According to Officer Latisha Stroer, a...
View ArticleKansas honors slain Topeka officers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas has honored two Topeka police officers who died in the line of duty last year with a Statehouse ceremony. Gov. Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and dozens of...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber heads east
Google Fiber dipped its toes into Eastern Jackson County for the first time Friday. The Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) expansion into Raytown comes on the heels of the company adding another Johnson County...
View ArticleBernstein-Rein named agency of record for Old Dominion Freight
Bernstein-Rein has landed the job of agency of record for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. a big contract for the Kansas City advertising firm. "They told us, 'You are up against the biggest boys in the...
View ArticleKansas Citys Starlight Theatre honors top high school performances of 2012-13
Starlight Theatre , located in Swope Park and adjoining the KC Zoo announced its nominations for their Blue Star Awards, based on student performances and productions across the Kansas City Metro area,...
View ArticleGrowth spells layoffs at Perceptive Software
This is a rendering of Perceptive Software's planned new headquarters in Lenexa. Recent growth at Perceptive Software LLC meant layoffs for roughly 40 employees at the technology firm this week. A...
View ArticleKansas City Southern Promotes Selby to VP Position
has named Darin P. Selby its new vice president of energy markets and short line partner relations. In this role, he is responsible for the coal business unit, relationships ...
View ArticleMay 3 2013 Editorial -- Heart Attacks and Women
Recently, we did a story on a 42-year-old women who had a heart attack. Certainly at that age, no woman thinks that could happen to them, but heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing one in...
View ArticleDozens of Blue Valley NW students suspended for pool party
School district officials said many of the students were seniors and this was part of a senior prank. But officials said the students broke a window to get inside the locked area, and they had been...
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