Scott Canon

Many think Bales case reflects a military pushed to the limit

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 3:09pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- American soldiers in Afghanistan aren't supposed to drink booze. They're not supposed to stray "outside the wire" of their fortifications on their own.

And they aren't supposed to train their rifles on innocents.

Yet that's just what Army Staff Sgt.

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Nicholas Genovese's research into meat is funded by an animal-rights group. His far-reaching goal is to grow muscle meat separate from the animal -- in a lab and then factories. (Scott Canon/Kansas City Star/MCT)

Petrimeat? Scientist trying to create meat in a dish

Last updated Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:24am

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nicholas Genovese is a lab-coated collection of incongruities.

He's being bankrolled by an animal rights group to make meat.

The molecular biologist is working in a lab at a land-grant university that pulls in millions in grants for its research on livestock. Yet the money backing him pushes the desire to end the use of animals as food.

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My phone, my self. Rabid loyalty follows latest, greatest headsets

Last updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 5:24pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The love affair began last winter.

Annie Sorensen had needs. For business, mostly. But she came to learn that her personal side could stand some nurturing, too.

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