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Ferret chews off fingers of infant, parents charged

Last updated Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 9:11am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The parents of a Grain Valley, Mo., infant who lost seven fingers to a pet ferret could not rescue the child because they weren't home at the time, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Authorities subpoenaed cellphone records to track the parents the night their 4-month-old baby was injured, court records show. Their findings contradict the parents, who originally told police that their baby's screams awakened them.

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Group urges grand-jury inquiry into alleged priest sex

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, Michael Mansur

Last updated Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 9:40am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An activist group on Wednesday urged the Jackson County, Mo., prosecutor to launch a grand jury investigation into what it called priest sex crimes and cover-ups in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri.

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Diana's earrings will sparkle again during royal wedding ceremony

Kansas City Star

Last updated Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 5:54pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo -- You could call it the Case of the Missing Diamond Earrings.

Except in this mystery, we know where the earrings disappeared to.

A pair worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, at her wedding nearly 30 years ago arrived in late February at Kansas City, Mo.'s, Union Station along with everything else in the "Diana: A Celebration" exhibit.

But the 40,600 visitors who have seen the show so far haven't seen the earrings.

They were sent back to England before the show opened March 4.

Kate Middleton, Prince William, Royal wedding, International Read more Comments

Change in airport scanners could better protect your privacy

Brad Cooper, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 10:09am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Shaped like a pear? An hourglass? A brick?

Soon you might be able to walk through airport body scanners confident that uniformed screeners monitoring the machines won't see your particular figure.

The Transportation Security Administration has developed software for scanners that could better protect your privacy at the security checkpoint.

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Court rules cell phone is a computer in child-sex case

Kansas City Star, Mark Morris

Last updated Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 11:15am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Is an ordinary cell phone a computer?

Yes it is, a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. If you use the cell phone to help transport a minor across state lines for illegal sex, a judge can sentence you to more prison time.

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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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Judge overturns student's dismissal for posting photo of placenta

Kansas City Star, Matt Campbell

Last updated Friday, January 7, 2011 - 10:30am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Doyle Byrnes has every intention of resuming her nursing studies after a federal judge overturned her dismissal from the program for posting a photo of a human placenta on Facebook.

The judge on Thursday shot down every argument, legal and otherwise, that Johnson County Community College had used to justify its ousting of Byrnes last fall, preventing her from graduating on schedule in May.

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Sex and space? Houston, we have a problem

Alan Bavley, Kansas City Star

Last updated Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 3:54pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ever dream about a honeymoon in space?

You may want to think twice after you hear about Joe Tash's research.

The near-zero gravity of Earth orbit may do serious harm to the male and female reproductive systems, the University of Kansas Medical Center biologist has discovered.

Sperm counts drop. Egg-producing ovary cells waste away.

At least that's been the case among the laboratory and space-traveling rodents that Tash has studied.

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Nursing student dismissed over posting placenta photo on Facebook

Kansas City Star, Matt Campbell

Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 6:25pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A nursing student at Johnson County Community College is stunned to find herself booted out of school just months before graduation.

Her offense: Posting on Facebook a photograph of herself posing with a human placenta in class.

Doyle Byrnes, who had expected to graduate in May and begin working as a registered nurse in the fall, is now in federal court seeking an injunction against Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan.

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Meat industry unhappy with proposal to limit antibiotics in animals

Kansas City Star, Karen Dillon ahowell

Last updated Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 9:29am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For decades, factory farms have used antibiotics even in healthy animals to promote faster growth and prevent disease that could sicken livestock held in confined quarters.

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Adamson: Enough with NASCAR revenge wrecks

Scott Adamson, Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 8:12pm

Maybe it's time NASCAR rethought that whole "have at it, boys" philosophy.

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Clear-water hunters comb depths of Arkansas reservoirs

Brent Frazee, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 11:16pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Les Sage remembers the exact moment he got an eye-opening look at what he was going up against when he descended into an Ozark reservoir to go fishing with his spear gun.

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