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A person does not start a theater and run it for 25 years without a serious devotion to the craft.

Scott Roeder confessed Monday to killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, saying he had no regrets because "pre-born children were in imminent danger." In a 20-minute phone call from the Sedgwick County Jail, Roeder told the Kansas City Star that he believed shooting Tiller saved lives.

Mr. Contract with America Newt Gingrich is in Kansas today and tonight, speaking at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on the University of Kansas' campus.

Come join the fun at University of Missouri, Kansas City for the Sally Ride Science Festival.

Kansas Citys reliance on public charter schools has placed it fourth among U.S. cities in the percentage of students being taught in them.This year the city has 29 percent of its public school children enrolled in charters operating inside the boundaries of the Kansas City School District.

In an episode of the Seinfeld TV show, Kramer complained that his new romantic interest had the jimmy legs.Shes throwing off my whole sleep, he said, and then demonstrated by raising one leg and juddering it in the air.Turns out that the likelihood of having jimmy legs or restless legs syndrome, as doctors call this sleep disorder can vary greatly ...

Groups from across the Show-Me State are set to discuss climate change Wednesday night in Washington.

William Black, professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, says he's dumbfounded by the loss of taxpayer dollars in the failure of CIT: "We put ourselves on the hook in a completely inept way where we lose first.

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2009 - People with type 2 diabetes who are taking the blood-sugar-lowering drug Byetta may be at increased risk for kidney problems, including kidney failure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported this week.

Taxpayers are out of $2.3 billion because of the incompetent and outrageous deal Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made with CIT Group for receiving its bailout funds, according to William Black, professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, and former leading federal banking regulator.

New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome , a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than African-American women.

One would think it shouldnt take rocket science to figure out how to spend $800,000 in federal dollars to create more teachers of, well, rocket science.But so far, the University of Missouri-Kansas City hasnt gotten off the pad.The university has used just $20,000 of the National Science Foundations Robert Noyce Scholarships that cover tuition and ...

Blogging: it's the perfect distraction when a stack of ungraded papers is staring at you.

B efore dawn, on a mountainside in rural China, a 15-year-old doctors' daughter from the city of Guangzhou starts hauling 80-pound sacks of earth and stones up to the top of a slope, where an army watchtower is taking shape.

FDA approves Reclast to prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with convenient less frequent dosing.

A St. Louis County judge will decide Dec. 11 whether to accept a jury's recommendation and sentence convicted murderer Gregory Bowman to death.

For the past three years students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have strived to give a voice to domestic violence victims.

It may become a bit easier for the University of Missouri System to access its employees' e-mails. The system's Board of Curators will vote Friday morning on a proposed amendment to the Acceptable Use Policy that would grant access to system employees' e-mails in the case of a "legitimate business need." Thursday afternoon, the Academic, Student ...

Federal financial aid programs are too complicated and often leave students and parents under served.

Youre driving around Kansas City in an electric car and notice its battery is nearly out of power.