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The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth: For Kansas City's Catholic sex-abuse victims, this was a parish of pain.By Peter RuggThursday, October 09The cold face of the St. Elizabeth rectory gives no indication of comfort within. Inside, its walls are painted in bright crimsons and calming... More >> -
KC: Big Small TownThough it’s a city of nearly 2 million people, the metro can feel a lot like Mayberry.By Jen ChenThursday, September 25One Saturday evening early in the summer, 32-year-old Rachel Cahill went to Kauffman Stadium to see the Royals take on the Indians. Cahill went... More >> -
For the makers of Shatto Milk, success is cold and tastyBy David MartinThursday, September 18A woman at Whole Foods Market on 119th Street in Overland Park asks Leroy and Barbara Shatto about the boiler at their dairy that burst into... More >> -
Trail NutsRegular folks run hundreds of miles through mud and mayhem to call themselves Kansas City Trail Nerds.By Carolyn SzczepanskiThursday, September 11Yellow "Race Event" signs pockmark the ground at Wyandotte County Lake Park, a 1,500-acre expanse just a few minutes from The Legends... More >> -
Home Sweet Parking LotWhen a workingman doesn’t have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.By Nadia PflaumThursday, September 04Times are tough all over. Today, several families are visiting the office of Catholic Charities at 333 East Poplar in Olathe, just across the... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
Roller Jam: Every night is '80s night at South Florida roller rinks
By Amy Guthrie
“Spring Love” by Stevie B:
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds the... More >>
Dallas
DISD In the Hole
Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
By Robert Wilonsky
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop:
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time."
"How are... More >>
Denver
America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperwork
By Lisa Rab
Eleven years ago, Peter arrived in America, desperate for a place to hide.
In his native... More >>
Houston
Ronald Taylor Is One of Perhaps Hundreds of Innocent People Harris County Has Sent to Prison
Our local justice system would prefer to leave them there
By Randall Patterson
Ronald Gene Taylor's long night began one morning 15 years ago when he was awakened by the... More >>
Miami
Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating Rinks
Remember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.
By Amy Guthrie
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly... More >>
Minneapolis
The top 10 most dangerous bike intersections in Minneapolis
Is biking in Minneapolis becoming treacherous transit?
By Bradley Campbell
Jimmy Nisser just might have been the nicest person in all of St. Louis Park. He had a trimmed... More >>
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend,... More >>
San Francisco
Building Overtime
Off-duty police officers making time and a half are swarming over construction sites, handing out tickets. Only in S.F.
By Joe Eskenazi
Six hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-one cents. This is a figure virtually every... More >>
St. Louis
Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians
By Matt Kasper
It is a Friday afternoon in August and Keith Jozsef is shuffling cards at Tucker's Place in... More >>
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Flack: Car-wash owners behind anti-rail campaign
Tue Oct 14, 5:28 PM
By DAVID MARTIN A couple building a car wash on Main Street is bankrolling the campaign to defeat the light-rail initiative, according to a spokesman. Citizens for Sensible Transit has raised approximately $58,000, the committee's spokesman,... More >>
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Home Sweet Parking Lot When a workingman doesn’t have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
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KC: Big Small Town Though it’s a city of nearly 2 million people, the metro can feel a lot like Mayberry.
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Trail Nuts Regular folks run hundreds of miles through mud and mayhem to call themselves Kansas City Trail Nerds.
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Sore Losers Rejected by voters, conservative Christians target the judiciary.Thursday, October 09The Christian right in Kansas resembles the Royals in the middle of summer — desperate for a win. In 2006, voters put moderates back in... More>>
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Jazzed Up
Thursday, October 09In another example of the contrast between the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns — the former history-minded and well-oiled, the... More>>
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Thursday, October 09Janovy: "The Surreal Life," September 18 We the Media I have to finally say something somewhere, so The Pitch gets to catch my verbal... More>>
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Here are the timeless answers to The Mexican’s FAQs
Thursday, October 09Dear Readers: I don't like to rerun columns 'cause it makes me look like a lazy Mexican, but I realize that, as my column invades foreign... More>>
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