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Aaron Barnhart

Live from Tornado Alley, it's all chases all the time

Last updated Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 9:46am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When Independence, Mo., tornado chasers Leslie and Dean Burton take to their 1999 Jeep Cherokee during severe storm season, there's a new piece of equipment riding with them.

A dash-cam streams to the Web live video of whatever they're seeing through their windshield. And they're not alone. More than 250 chasers roaming tornado country this year are allowing anyone with broadband to vicariously ride shotgun through the biggest storm season in 40 years.

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Actress Betty White reacts to her surprise birthday party at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday, January 20, 2011. Brad Moore (right), president of Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, surprised White after the screening of her upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "The Lost Valentine."

Betty White marks 89th birthday

Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 2:25pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Brad Moore, president of Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, gave the cue. As America's favorite octogenarian turned around, the Hallmark Gospel Choir, a volunteer group of employee serenaders, tore into their version of "Birthday" by the Beatles.

We know it's your birthday! Your 89th birthday! We know it's your birthday! We hope you have a good time!

Let the record show that Betty White was having a very good time indeed.

"What more can a girl ask?" she told the VIP gathering at Crown Center as confetti fell from the ceiling.

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