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  • May 2008
    • Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back

      Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back

      (Newser) - Memorial Day observances in Kansas City this weekend had a very special guest: the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Frank Buckles, 107, who hoodwinked a recruiter to enlist in 1917, was honored today at the World War I Museum, Fox 4 News reports. "I was gung-ho," the onetime ambulance driver told the Kansas City Star yesterday after receiving a VFW medal. More »

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      veterans   Kansas City   World War I   Veterans of Foreign Wars   centenarians

  • March 2008
    • America's 10 Underrated Cities

      America's 10 Underrated Cities

      (Newser) - Already done the all-star US cities like New York and LA? Try one of these underappreciated destinations from MSNBC: Baltimore: Bag some blue crab in the Inner Harbor and check out 300 years of history. Fort Lauderdale: Take advantage of great shopping and awesome upscale beaches. Houston: No problem, just vibrant performing arts and NASA’s space center. Kansas City: Just jazz, blues, and great barbecue. Louisville: Check out the Derby, the Slugger, and don't forget the mint juleps More »

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      Minneapolis   Houston   Baltimore   Pittsburgh   Sacramento   Louisville   Kansas City   Portland   Providence   Fort Lauderdale

  • November 2007
  • May 2007
    • Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

      Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

      (Newser) - BlackBerry magnate Jim Balsillie will pay $220 million for the Nashville Predators, one of the NHL's best and lowest-revenue teams, and likely move them out of Tennessee. Possible new homes include Kansas City, which is courting teams for its new arena, and Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton in Ontario, threatening the theft of fans of nearby Toronto and Buffalo. More »

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      NHL   hockey   Pittsburgh Penguins   Nashville Predators   BlackBerry   Tennessee   Kansas City   Jim Balsillie

  • April 2007
    • Shooting at Kansas City Shopping Center Leaves Three Dead

      (Newser) - A young man wielding a rifle opened fire in the parking lot of a Kansas City shopping center this afternoon, killing two people  and wounding at least two others before he ran into the mall and was gunned down by police. Fifteen minutes before the mall shootings, the gunman also wounded a police officer who pulled over the car he was driving. More »

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      murder   shooting   violence   gun control   Kansas City

    • Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

      Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

      (Newser) - Police nabbed "The Bishop"—the bandit who's been sending unwired pipe bombs to Midwestern investment firms for the last two years—they announced yesterday. John P. Tomkins, a 42-year-old machinist in DuBuque, Iowa, was charged with one count each of mailing an extortion letter and possessing an unregistered explosive device. More »

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      stock market   police   bombing   Denver   Kansas City   pipe bomb

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