News

Leon Jordan murder case re-opened

By Nadia Pflaum, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 12:00PM
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"Avenge me!"
​The Kansas City Police Department has been using the shotgun that killed Freedom Inc. founder Leon Jordan as a service weapon for the last 33 years.

That revelation comes from a press release sent this morning by KCPD spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart regarding the re-opening of Jordan's unsolved murder case. The decision precipitates from renewed interest in Jordan's assassination -- described in this recent article in The Kansas City Star -- and the police department's discovery of the shotgun and partial fingerprints from the murder scene. More >>

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Alvin Sykes, cold case, Green Duck, KCPD, Leon Jordan, shotgun
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Sports

Chiefs settle second lawsuit with man beaten by Raiders fan in Arrowhead's parking lot

By Justin Kendall, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 11:15AM
Categories: Law, Sports
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This rivalry isn't just for the field.
​Chiefs fans, if you see a 6-foot, 270-pound, face-painted Raiders fan this year, run. This man is a destroyer.

The Chiefs have settled two lawsuits this year with local men who claim that a Raiders fan kicked their asses in the parking lot during a game in November 2005, according to The Daily Record in Kansas City. More >>

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Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders
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Politics

Scary 'Don't Tread on Me' trailer features Cynthia Davis, Brian Nieves and a call to arms

By Justin Kendall, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 10:15AM
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Cynthia Davis (pictured) is ready for the bloody war that's a comin'.
​O'Fallon loon (and outgoing Missouri state Rep.) Cynthia Davis says there's a line being drawn in the sand in the call-to-arms trailer of Don't Tread on Me. She's not along. Missouri represent! State Rep. Brian Nieves " gets out his pointing finger and says "30 years from now, somebody's going to ask you what you did during the patriot uprising." Cuckoo!
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Brian Nieves, Cynthia Davis, Don't Tread on Me, patriot uprising, tea party
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Media

Volkswagen's 'Shoot the Gap' commercial infuriates truckers

By Nadia Pflaum, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 9:30AM
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Land Line says no to "shooting the gap."
​Have you seen Volkswagen's "Autobahn for All" commercial, featuring the Jetta LE? The one in which a husband is test-driving a Jetta when his wife in the backseat orders him to "shoot the gap" between two semi trucks on the highway?

As it turns out, actual truckers aren't amused.

The folks at Land Line Magazine, the trade publication for the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association, started a Facebook page called "Shut down the 'Shoot the Gap' commercial for VW Jetta LE." They say the spot undermines highway safety and professional truckers. More >>

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Land Line, shoot the gap, truckers, Volkswagen, VW Jetta LE
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Killa City

17-year-old boy killed in drive-by in ... Parkville?

By Justin Kendall, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 8:53AM
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A 17-year-old boy became Parkville's first homicide victim in about 15 years.
​A homicide overnight in usually quiet Parkville shows that nowhere in the metro is immune from violence. A 17-year-old boy was gunned down in a drive-by shooting near Missouri 45 and Missouri 9 around 1 a.m., the Star reports. One shot was allegedly fired from the rear of a Ford Contour and hit the driver of a Ford Thunderbird. More >>

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drive-by shooting, homicide
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News

Nebraska town forced to pay Shirley Phelps-Roper $17,000 for arresting her during protest

By Peter Rugg, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 8:00AM
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More painful: Writing a check to these people, or cutting off the hand you write with?
​No one likes to lose in court, but it must really chap the ass to know that your money is going to fund a group like the Westboro Baptist Church.

It's a severe pain Bellevue, Nebraska, is feeling all too well right now. The city just shelled out $17,000 to WBC's favorite daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper to get her to drop a lawsuit. More >>

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Bellevue, Shirley Phelps-Roper, Westboro Baptist Church
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Media

Supposedly nonpartisan Missouri Record calls Jean Carnahan a 'crazy aunt'

By David Martin, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 7:00AM
Categories: Media, Politics
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The "indepedent" Missouri Record sure dislikes those Carnahans.
​When it began publishing a year ago, the Missouri Record promised to raise the level of political dialogue. At the website's launch, the founders stated their commitment to substance and original thought. Editor Patrick Tuohey, a Kansas City-based public opinion researcher, wrote in his hello to readers last May that the Missouri Record was "an independent publication, not beholden to a party or ideology, any candidate or issue, any consultant or client."

But was Tuohey just farting into a piccolo? More >>

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Jean Carnahan, Missouri Record, Patrick Tuohey, Robin Carnahan, Russ Carnahan
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Studies in Crap

'Nobody Wanted His Popcorn': Five hilariously sad inspirational magazine covers

By Alan Scherstuhl, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 6:00AM
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​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.

A stack of Guideposts and Plus magazines

Date: Late '80s to early '90s
Discovered at: Overland Park estate sale
The Cover Promises: "Orville Redenbacher: Nobody wanted his popcorn."

From the deeply depressed to those bored at their aunt's house, each month millions of Americans page glumly through Guideposts, the inspirational leaflet for people who find Parade too hardcore. More >>

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Amy Grant, Guideposts, Norman Vincent Peal, Plus magazine, positive thinking, Studies in Crap
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Law

Kansas City teen shoots up Texas juvie hall

By Ben Palosaari, Thu., Jul. 29 2010 @ 5:00AM
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A KC teen opened fire in the Smith County Juvenal Detention Center, east of Dallas.
​They say on your first day in prison, you should prove you're tough by picking a fight. A 16-year-old Kansas City boy had a different idea when he was locked up in a Texas juvie hall last week. He shot the place up. Nobody was injured.
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juvie hall, shooting, Texas
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News

Larry Schnackenberg, missing Lenexa man, found alive

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 6:20PM
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Larry Schnackenberg has been found.
​Larry Schnackenberg, who has been missing since July 8, has been found.

Lenexa police say the 58 year old was found "walking along a trail at approximately 2:20 p.m. today." This is stunning, to say the least. More >>

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Larry Schnackenberg
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Killa City

Keith Wilkins, KCMO homicide No. 63: Mayor and police chief disagree on how to hire cops

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 3:18PM
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Someone shot and killed Keith Wilkins at 2105 Lexington Wednesday morning.
​The same day that 25-year-old Keith Q. Wilkins became Kansas City's 63rd homicide victim of 2010, Mayor Mark Funkhouser called for a "police surge" of 100 officers to be included in the public safety sales tax.

Police Chief Jim Corwin disagreed with the Funk's plan. Corwin has his own ideas of how to spend the money, arguing the city should hire 40 more officers in the next few years with permanent city money, not a temporary tax, according to the Star. More >>

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Jim Corwin, Keith Q. Wilkins, Mark Funkhouser, public safety sales tax
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Business

Kansas City 15th in yet another random ranking of cities, this time for new college grads

By Joe Tone, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 1:01PM
Categories: Business, News

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Unemployed graduates have plenty of fountains to use as showers.
​We know which cities are best for raising kids, for getting drunk or getting high, for having safe sex or not-so-safe sex, for doing business or for letting your dog do its business. We know, thanks to the heartthrobs at Forbes, which cities are best for singles, and we know, thanks to the guys who make cheese-filled pretzels, which cities are the manliest.

And now, finally, we know which cities are best for new college graduates -- and we know that Kansas is right behind Tulsa and right ahead of Philly. Except, of course, we don't know that at all.

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News

Jimmy Dicapo admits being a bookie on top of selling fake D&G purses

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 12:00PM
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Jimmy Dicapo wasn't selling the real thing.
​James "Jimmy" Dicapo is having a bad 2010.

Last week, the 57 year old pleaded guilty in federal court to selling more than $400,000 worth of counterfeit purses and shoes with some big time labels (Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada etc.) and money laundering. This week, he pleaded guilty to being a bookie in a $3.5 million illegal sports gambling operation, which included guys with blood ties to Kansas City's organized crime past. More >>

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counterfeit purses, Gerald "Jerry" Cammisano, illegal sports gambling, James Dicapo, Jimmy Dicapo
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News

Richard King Jr. is a 'flashy fugitive,' but JoCo cops are having a hard time finding him

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 11:30AM
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The JoCo Sheriff's Office calls Richard King "flashy," but they're having a hard time finding him.
​If you see this guy getting out of a limo at a Starbucks, give the Johnson County Sheriff's Office a jingle. His name is Richard Wayne King Jr. and he's on the run for writing bad checks.

Despite the JoCo Sheriff's Office calling him "flashy" for his limousine riding, Wi-Fi using, contractor claiming son of a gun, they're having a hard time finding him. So if you've seen him, give the sheriff a ring at 913-791-5212 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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Richard King Jr.
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Shut Yer Foxhole

The Three Trails Crossing sinkhole stars in this week's Shut Yer Foxhole

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 11:00AM
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Construction workers love comics.
​Grab you hard hats, and check out this week's Shut Yer Foxhole after the jump. And for past comics, see the Shut Yer Foxhole archive. More >>

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sinkhole, Three Trails Crossing
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Media

Six classic American magazine stories reimagined for the digital age

By Joe Tone, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 10:00AM
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"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" was way more than 140 characters.
​Earlier this week, a list of some of the best magazine stories of all time bounced its way around Twitter, paying tribute to some of literary journalism's pioneers, including Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.

Of course, those kinds of stories -- thousands of words meticulously placed after dozens of hours of reporting, eagerly lapped up by a much-less-harried reading public -- are fewer and farther between these days (although they certainly still happen.) That got us thinking: What would some of those stories look like if they were written today? More >>
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Random Life

Lawrence gets booze-free bar on wheels ... what's the point?

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 9:00AM
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Why would you want to pedal a bar around without booze?
​The last thing I want to do when I'm drinking is pedal 15 of my drunk friends around. I'll pass. So I can't imagine wanting to pedal their asses around sober.

But that's what's going on in Lawrence (and will be for the next year). Luke Stone borrowed the idea after seeing the Pedal Pub in Minneapolis and decided to bring it to Lawrence, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. So if you see a 16-seat, pedal-powered bar on the street, that's what's up. More >>

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Pedal Hopper, pedaling
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Killa City

Kansas City records 63rd homicide; Mayor Funkhouser sales tax to put 100 new officers on the street

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 8:45AM
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Mayor Funkhouser is pushing a public safety sales tax.
​This is going to help Mayor Mark Funkhouser's case for hiring 100 patrol officers and upgrading the KCPD's resources. A man was shot to death in the parking lot of a northeast Kansas City apartment complex near Lexington and Garfield around 2 a.m., the Star reports.

Police are looking for a dark colored Sedan. Not a lot of information out yet. The victim's name hasn't been released. He's described as a black male in his mid twenties. But if you know something, you should call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. More >>

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homicide, Killa City, Mark Funkhouser, public safety sales tax
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Politics

Sam Brownback, watch out! You've got competition for the Republican nomination

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 8:00AM
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One Kansas gubernatorial candidate biblical and constitutional tests for new laws, and it isn't Brownback.
​I thought Sam Brownback was going to have an easy road to the Republican nomination for Kansas governor. That was until I heard about Joan Heffington, who runs a nonprofit called the Association for Honest Attorneys. Guess who sits on the board? God! Beat that, Brownback!

Oh, you can't. And here comes the Topeka Capital-Journal (saw it on Wonkette) with more reasons why Heffington just might pull off a stunner in the Republican primary. More >>

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Barack Obama, Joan Heffington, Kansas, Mark Holick, Sam Brownback
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Media

Foursquare is for stalkers ... Kansas City blogger finds out

By Justin Kendall, Wed., Jul. 28 2010 @ 7:00AM
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​Internet pervs can ruin everything so it was just a matter of time before Foursquare got stalkery. Unfortunately for Kansas City blogger Shea Sylvia, she found that out herself (shared in a blog post that ended up as a bylined article on the Guardian's website and later on sharp-clawed Jezebel).

Sylvia was at a restaurant having dinner with friends with the manager stopped over and told her that she had a phone call. She thought it was a joke. It wasn't. The creep's name was "Brian," and he started off with the subtle, "I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare, Shea." Freaky. It gets worse. More >>

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Foursquare, Shea Sylvia
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