Sporting KCs Vermes joins National Soccer Hall of Fame
Peter Vermes Peter Vermes, head coach of Sporting Kansas City, was named to the National Soccer Hall of Fames Class of 2013. Vermes was elected as the top vote recipient among 15 veteran ballot...
View ArticleBATS loses ground but remains optimistic
BATS Global Markets lost some market share in the United States and Europe but saw nice gains with its equity options business. Kansas City-based BATS Exchanges held a 10.6 percent share in the U.S....
View ArticleKC Streetcar Authority will meet
The Kansas City Streetcar Authority Inc. will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Kansas City Public Librarys downtown branch to continue the ongoing discussion of how the citys planned Main Street line...
View ArticleQA What the BRAIN Initiative means for Alzheimers research
Jeff Burns The White House announced a new initiative Tuesday targeting $100 million in research dollars at an ambitious brain-mapping project. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative...
View ArticleClay County judge named to Court of Appeals
Clay County Judge Rex Gabbert will move to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. Gov. Jay Nixon picked Gabbert Wednesday from a list of three finalists. He fills the seat of Judge James...
View ArticleRoyals stick with lineup after opener
Email CHICAGO -- Even though the Royals were shut out on Opening Day, manager Ned Yost stuck with the same lineup Wednesday in the second game against the White Sox. "I don't want to start mind-fryin'...
View ArticleRoyals face another cold afternoon in Windy City
CHICAGO -- It was 39 degrees, but sunny, during batting practice Wednesday in the Windy City, and it promised to be another cold afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. Although the official high for Chicago...
View ArticleYost not thrilled with arm-strengthening method
Email CHICAGO -- It wasn't just the football-like weather that had Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas throwing the pigskin around to teammates before Wednesday's game. "I do it to keep my arm loose...
View ArticlePresident Obama To Return 5 Percent Of Salary To Treasury
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to...
View ArticleKansas Senate Prepares To Kill Reproductive Rights Republicans Mock Rape Victims
Flying GMA’s blog . Kansas Republicans are gearing up to pass one of the most sweeping and dangerous pieces of anti-abortion legislation in America. The GOP dominated Senate ...
View ArticleKansas exports increased to $11.66B in 2012
Exporting in Kansas increased slightly to $11.66 billion in 2012, according to data released today by the Kansas Department of Commerce. Exports have grown by more than $1.75 billion since 2010. ';In...
View ArticleNorth Kansas City High School locked down
Mark Holland, a United Methodist pastor and fourth-generation Kansas City, Kan., resident, takes over a county thats seen a string of economic development successes but also mounting concerns over...
View ArticleDraft Spotlight - Day 11 Barkevious Mingo
The 2013 NFL Draft Spotlight series continues, as we preview one pro prospect per day, right up until the start of the draft, April 25-27. However, none of the reports in this series are indicative of...
View ArticleMan charged in Texas with terroristic threats
As investigators search for leads in the slayings of a prosecutor and his wife that have put a Texas county on edge, authorities say a man called in a threat to a tip line, naming a county official as...
View ArticleMo. House panel backs right to work bill
The panel voted 7-3 Wednesday to adopt what supporters call "right-to-work" legislation. Sponsoring Republican Rep. Eric Burlison, of Springfield, says the measure makes Missouri an attractive location...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers move closer to gun-rights changes
Kansas lawmakers are close to finishing work on gun-rights measures representing the Republican-dominated Legislature's response to the fatal school shooting in December in Newtown, ...
View ArticleNixon open to many GOP Medicaid expansion plans
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he's open to many of the Medicaid changes sought by Republican lawmakers as part of a plan to expand health coverage to low-income ...
View ArticleInmate Activist hired me to bomb Kansas doctors house
The U.S. Justice Department says a Sedgwick County jail inmate has claimed that an anti-abortion activist hired him to firebomb the house of a Wichita doctor training to do ...
View ArticleNixon No malicious intent with drivers license data
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says a controversial new driver's license process is not an attempt to "mess with people" by building a database of personal ...
View ArticleDeal in Kansas tax law changes unlikely until May
The two chambers have passed different versions of tax-cutting legislation. Negotiators have been trying to work out a compromise, but they said Wednesday a deal was unlikely before lawmakers begin a...
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