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As Kansas City’s HIV infection rate rivals Africa’s, some black ministers admit that silence equals death
By Peter Rugg
Published: May 29, 2008
Donnie Robinson begins to speak. Fifty or so people are seated in the pews in front of him. More sit quietly in the back. Some of the kids have curled up to sleep in the pews...
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Burnt Ends
Our local sports stars have one thing in common: the inability to run a business
Published: May 29, 2008
In a town that worships men in powder-blue jerseys or helmets adorned with arrowheads, it comes as some surprise that sports stars haven't figured out how to sell us cars or...
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Interview
Panic at the Disco loses an exclamation point, discovers the Beatles
By Michael Gallucci
Published: May 29, 2008
Contrary to all those rumors that surged across the Internet a few months ago, there's no conspiracy behind Panic at the Disco's disappearing exclamation points. "We didn't...
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Night & Day
Urban Harvest
By Chris Packham
Published: May 29, 2008
The sheer proliferation of farmers markets in Kansas City means that in the right season, you can buy organic produce directly from a farmer almost every day of the week. Every...
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Night & Day
The Show Before Time
By Caleb Goellner
Published: May 29, 2008
Despite what modern science has proved, the fictional world of the Flintstones continues to shape mankind's destiny. Sure, dinosaurs were long dead before humans hit the scene,...
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Night & Day
Does Your Vote Count?
By Richard Gintowt
Published: May 29, 2008
Election fraud is a notion typically associated with Third World countries. But in the wake of the contested 2000 and 2004 U.S. elections, film director David Earnhardt began...
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Night & Day
Shoot Fast!
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: May 29, 2008
For the independent filmmaker, instant gratification is as rare as a secure source of financing or perfect weather during the magic hour. Once a year, though, the Independent...
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Night & Day
Mind Games
By McKay Stangler
Published: May 29, 2008
Stockholm Syndrome is among psychology's most fascinating phenomena. Sometimes referred to as Patty Hearst Syndrome (after the kidnapped and allegedly brainwashed heiress), the...
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Night & Day
Double Cage
By Andrew Mille
Published: May 29, 2008
Modern moviegoers know Nicolas Cage as the face of the dopey National Treasure franchise and the star of a hilarious YouTube montage of Wicker Man lowlights. But dubious...
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Night & Day
Down Those Dogs
By Peter Rugg
Published: May 29, 2008
The 21st century has been a dark time for American fans of competitive eating. Despite an exploding obesity rate, for six straight years we couldn't even win our own Nathan's...
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Night & Day
30 Years of Pride
By — Penny LaRocque
Published: May 29, 2008
Here's a startling fact about one of our favorite founding fathers: In 1779, Thomas Jefferson — who was considered a liberal by his contemporaries — proposed a law...
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Night & Day
Crank Lovers
By Megan Metzger
Published: May 29, 2008
There's always racy folderol goin' down on Howard Stern's show: strippers, little people, porn stars, little-people strippers who are also porn stars. But who'd have thought...
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Night & Day
World Market Warrior
By McKay Stangler
Published: May 29, 2008
With the crumbling of the U.S. credit markets has come an increasing reliance on foreign capital, especially from sovereign wealth funds, leading many an investment banker to...
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Night & Day
Unwind with Woodwinds
By Berry Anderson
Published: May 29, 2008
The soundtrack of the city can be a constant drone vibrating the psyche. As the sounds of jackhammers, 200-cc crotch rockets, leaf blowers and dogs drag your midtown ass down,...
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Night & Day
Shalom Aleichem
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: May 29, 2008
After wandering the desert for 40 years, what's another 2.3 miles? Today, Israel's supporters in Kansas City join 100 other communities around the world in a global Israel Walk...
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Night & Day
Public Hearing: Off-Leash Dog Park
By Eric Barton
Published: May 29, 2008
Don’t let East Coasters tell you Kansas City isn’t cosmopolitan. We’ve got a rocking music scene, enough art galleries to fill an entire district and enough...
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Night & Day
Blonde Venus
Published: May 29, 2008
Marlene Dietrich stars as a nightclub singer who becomes torn between two men: her husband and the wealthy playboy (Cary Grant). Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Shown as...
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Night & Day
Cover Me Pink
By — Chris Packham
Published: May 29, 2008
Longtime fans of the late, lamented Late Nite Theater might expect a certain flavor of camp humor in Ron Megee's production of Pink Floyd's The Wall at La Esquina (1000 West...
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Night & Day
Party for Addison
By — Richard Gintowt
Published: May 29, 2008
Lawrence residents Shawna Davis and Jeffrey Whitenight start every day hoping they'll receive the phone call that could give their 18-month-old daughter a chance to live a...
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Night & Day
Temple of the Goddess
Published: May 29, 2008
Experience the Council of Women Talking Stick Ritual and learn from the Wisdom of Women. This sacred container allows us the opportunity to experience the sanctity of hearing...
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