Showing posts with label Closer to home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Closer to home. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Newspaper Ad Revenues Lowest in 62 Years

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"The decline in print newspaper advertising to a 62-year low is amazing by itself, but the sharp decline in recent years is pretty stu...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Value Diversity, Define it Broadly

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I say hogwash. Diversity for its own sake is no accomplishment, and in fact, only highlights division. David  Stoeffler, in an editorial a...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

College of the Ozarks Encourages Debt-Free Students

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Nicknamed 'Hard Work U,' the College of the Ozarks is a private, Christian liberal-arts college located near Branson, Missouri. The ...
Friday, April 19, 2013

*KC Street Scene from 1938

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It's from an issue of LIFE magazine. I'm not sure who is the photographer. Judging from the landmarks of yesteryear, I'd gue...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Choke 16: KU Jayhawks Loose to Michigan Wolverines in OT, 85-87

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From the AP via Fox Sports KC : 'Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points after halftime, including a long, tying 3-pointer in the final...

Archeologists Find Obituary for Jesus of Nazareth

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Of course it's not a photoshop... Obviously, the reports of His death have been greatly exaggerated.
Monday, March 25, 2013

Sweet 16: Bill Self Kicks Roy Williams Butt (again), 70-58

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OK. That's not the real headline, but it's close enough. Before Missouri headed South East in 2012, whenever KU & MU met on ga...

Kansas City Broadcasting Icon Walt Bodine Dead at 92

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His legendary catch-phrase was “What Do You Say to That?” RIP
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Early Spring Snow Storm Pummels MidWest to Eastern Seaboard

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Global warming. Is there nothing it can't do? From the Kansas City Star:  'A winter storm warning will be in effect from 7 p.m...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Until Further Notice

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I enjoy, appreciate and champion the ideological message embodied in Chris Muir's 'Day by Day' cartoon series, normally featured...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

8 Secrets of Sexually Satisfied Couples

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Mrs. Locomotivebreath - that curvaceous raven-haired beauty whom I'd marry all over again - is a very happy woman. We both agree that th...
Saturday, March 09, 2013

Seattle Mariners end Kansas City Royals’ Win Streak at 11

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The 'surprise' in Surprise couldn't last forever, but it was a nice ride. From Pete Grathoff at the KC Star: "A Seattle...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Modernization Spurs Voluntary Worker Layoffs

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In 2012, the federally owned, but privately managed, munitions plant near Independence, MO. delivered its 2 billionth round of 7.62-millimet...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Bank Employee with CCW Shoots Would-be Robber in Jaw

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Now that's how you write a headline! Clear. Concise. Factual. When finally apprehended by police, the would-be robber sputtered, ...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Publisher Parrish Thanks Her Little People at the KC Star

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A memo from the publisher: Whiteout didn’t deter newspaper’s work. I have to add that Mi-Ai Parrish ain’t no Roy Roberts, but all in all, ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Another Brutal Global Warming Event Prompts Extreme Heat Warnings for Kansas, Missouri

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  Oh. Wait.  I think it's another snow storm. Is there nothing global warming can't do? Call this one 'son of snow-mage...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MidWest Braces for Brutal Global Warming Event Masquerading as Severe Winter Storm

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From a stoic AP: "Winter storm warnings were issued from Colorado through Illinois. By midday Wednesday, heavy snow was already falli...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals

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 "The point isn't that Hollywood has no influence. It's just that its influence is agonizingly hard to predict or dismiss as u...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Gina Goes to the Movies: 'BEAUTIFUL CREATURES'

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"The new movie "Beautiful Creatures," a teen paranormal romance, does what I never thought any movie could do. It makes the ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Jack Goes to the Movies: 'DIE HARD 5'

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There are no 'metamucil' product placements in the fifth installment of this perennial Bruce Willis franchise. Jack Poessiger says i...