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​Macramae brings many horrible memories flooding back to me. Not this bad (allegedly), but bad nonetheless. This week, the Crap Archivist relived his own tortured memories while getting tangled up...

Justin Kendall ​Macramae brings many horrible memories flooding back to me. Not this bad (allegedly), but bad nonetheless. This week, the Crap Archivist relived his own tortured memories while getting tangled up...

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​A federal judge sentenced the three pea brains sexual assault scammers who cooked up -- and botched -- a scheme to defraud a local car dealership.Julie Bernet, 39, of Bacyrus, Kansas, and Lindse...

Casey Lyons ​A federal judge sentenced the three pea brains sexual assault scammers who cooked up -- and botched -- a scheme to defraud a local car dealership.Julie Bernet, 39, of Bacyrus, Kansas, and Lindse...

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​Picture the young artist, dreaming of becoming an editorial cartoonist. He's working hard: drawing for a weekly newspaper in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue, placing his pieces in a few small-town p...

CJ Janovy ​Picture the young artist, dreaming of becoming an editorial cartoonist. He's working hard: drawing for a weekly newspaper in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue, placing his pieces in a few small-town p...

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​The Kansas Supreme Court ruled today that the man convicted of murdering Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old University of Kansas student from Johnson County, in a public swimming pool pump room in 2002 cou...

Casey Lyons ​The Kansas Supreme Court ruled today that the man convicted of murdering Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old University of Kansas student from Johnson County, in a public swimming pool pump room in 2002 cou...

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As we've thoroughly documented here, last night Kansas City's favorite performers gathered to declaim from Sarah Palin's new book, Amelia Bedelia Runs For Office. This time, Amelia's literal-minde...

Alan Scherstuhl As we've thoroughly documented here, last night Kansas City's favorite performers gathered to declaim from Sarah Palin's new book, Amelia Bedelia Runs For Office. This time, Amelia's literal-minde...

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​It looks like the K is all but announced as the site of the 2012 All-Star Game. The MLB Owner's meeting just wrapped in Chicago, and Commissioner Bud Selig hinted that Kauffman Stadium's ...

Peter Rugg ​It looks like the K is all but announced as the site of the 2012 All-Star Game. The MLB Owner's meeting just wrapped in Chicago, and Commissioner Bud Selig hinted that Kauffman Stadium's ...

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​If you met mixed martial arts fighter Rudy Bears in a darkened alley, you'd probably ask for directions. Heck, he'd probably offer them.Outside the ring, the 31-year-old Independence man (Truma...

Casey Lyons ​If you met mixed martial arts fighter Rudy Bears in a darkened alley, you'd probably ask for directions. Heck, he'd probably offer them.Outside the ring, the 31-year-old Independence man (Truma...

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​University of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is on the hot seat. KU's meter maids hate him. Former players hate him. The parents of former players hate him. Even some current players don't l...

Justin Kendall ​University of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is on the hot seat. KU's meter maids hate him. Former players hate him. The parents of former players hate him. Even some current players don't l...

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​The big news this week is that photogenic real American Sarah Palin has kinda/sorta written a Young Adult book about why everybody should quit their jobs. But books are hard and take time to rea...

Alan Scherstuhl ​The big news this week is that photogenic real American Sarah Palin has kinda/sorta written a Young Adult book about why everybody should quit their jobs. But books are hard and take time to rea...

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Justin Kendall ​Fox 4 reports that the mother of the alleged sexual abuse victims and a former Mormon bishop in Independence knew about the allegations of sexual abuse inside the Mohler family.  Ex-bishop ...

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​1. Pretend it's First Friday, not the third. The Charlotte Street Foundation is sponsoring a few openings tonight, including Mythmakers at the Paragraph.2. Laugh spontaneously. The Holy Cow! im...

Crystal K. Wiebe ​1. Pretend it's First Friday, not the third. The Charlotte Street Foundation is sponsoring a few openings tonight, including Mythmakers at the Paragraph.2. Laugh spontaneously. The Holy Cow! im...

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​Neither Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II nor Jacob Turk, the Republican challenger who'd like to replace Cleaver in 2010, has taken part in the Department of Energy's Former Beryllium Workers Medi...

Nadia Pflaum ​Neither Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II nor Jacob Turk, the Republican challenger who'd like to replace Cleaver in 2010, has taken part in the Department of Energy's Former Beryllium Workers Medi...

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​Fifth District Councilman Terry Riley led the resistance against Mayor Mark Funkhouser's takedown of City Manager Wayne Cauthen at City Hall on Thursday.Before the chaotic, tedious legislative ...

David Martin ​Fifth District Councilman Terry Riley led the resistance against Mayor Mark Funkhouser's takedown of City Manager Wayne Cauthen at City Hall on Thursday.Before the chaotic, tedious legislative ...

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​ ​Lafayette County prosecutors released additional sordid details of alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by Burrel Mohler, Sr., Burrel Mohler, Jr. and Jared Mohler on several young members of their...

Casey Lyons ​ ​Lafayette County prosecutors released additional sordid details of alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by Burrel Mohler, Sr., Burrel Mohler, Jr. and Jared Mohler on several young members of their...

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​Wyandotte County prosecutors charged Cristian Ruiz late Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Jose Luis Salazar-Moreno.WyCo prosecutors allege that Ruiz, 22, shot and killed Salaza...

Justin Kendall ​Wyandotte County prosecutors charged Cristian Ruiz late Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Jose Luis Salazar-Moreno.WyCo prosecutors allege that Ruiz, 22, shot and killed Salaza...

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