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  • Home Sweet Parking Lot
    When a workingman doesn’t have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
    Thursday, September 04
    Times are tough all over. Today, several families are visiting the office of Catholic Charities at 333 East Poplar in Olathe, just across the... More >>
  • With the end of Bodies Revealed, Kansas City’s troubled Union Station faces another uncertain future
    Thursday, August 28
    It's still spring, and tickets are selling strong for the Bodies Revealed exhibit in the bowels of Union Station. On this late-April Saturday,... More >>
  • Morrison’s Mistress
    Insiders finally tell how Paul Morrison’s lover ran amok — and then brought him down.
    Thursday, August 21
    Linda Carter summoned her inner circle to her fifth-floor office in the Johnson County Courthouse. It was fall 2006, and Carter was the director... More >>
  • Buy This School
    Here’s some sales help for one of the city’s biggest slumlords: the school district
    Thursday, August 14
    Attention real estate investors, speculators and bargain hunters — have we got some deals for you! It's no secret that over the past three... More >>
  • Rock Never Dies: The Pedaljets prove that sometimes it just needs a 20-year time-out
    Thursday, August 07
    "Giants of May," by the Pedaljets, from The Pedaljets (OxBlood Records): It's July 5, and Lawrence's Replay Lounge is packed. Veterans of the... More >>

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Broward - Palm Beach

There Goes the Hood

A legendary underground filmmaker from Sistrunk surfaces to make a movie about Florida homeboys
Don't make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamned hood. The motherfuckin'... More >>

Dallas

Six Pac

The Cowboys are counting on NFL outlaw Pacman Jones to pop the top on their sixth Super Bowl.
Father murdered. Mother imprisoned. Drugs. Fights. Guns. Lies. Suspensions. Handcuffs.... More >>

Denver

William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas left him facing prison time

Few dreamers believe in their dream the way William Orr did. He chased his idea, a search for... More >>

Houston

Hope for the Houston Texans?

Gary Kubiak and team search for their first winning season
The Houston Texans are about to embark on their seventh NFL season. In only one of the previous... More >>

Miami

Skateboard Film Pits Overtown Against Sistrunk

Go behind the scenes of this hood war.
"Don't make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamn hood. The motherfuckin'... More >>

Minneapolis

Tim Pawlenty: Jilted for Sarah Palin

The Minnesotan governor now knows how Carol McCain feels
Wearing a striped polo shirt and a forced smile, Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week handled the... More >>

Phoenix

Warring US Airways and America West pilots have the merged company in a real tailspin

David Braid doesn't look like a gangster. A pilot for US Airways, Braid has the friendly... More >>

San Francisco

Dancing with Words

Choreographer Erika Chong Shuch imagines a strange future.
Erika Chong Shuch and her much-lauded company, the Erika Shuch Performance Project, have been... More >>

St. Louis

Perverts Beware: St. Louis area police have your number

Earlier this summer, Roderick McArthur shuffled into a courtroom at the Thomas F. Eagleton... More >>

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Obama's Scott Fitness Workout

Fri Sep 5, 1:15 PM

By NADIA PFLAUM Last Tuesday, when Sen. Barack Obama's Secret Service agents called with questions about her 24-hour gym, Scott Fitness manager Monica Senter, 23, thought she was being punked. A few minutes later, an unmarked car pulled up, and... More >>

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Letters From the Week of September 4
Thursday, September 04
Martin, August 21 That's Blight I find it amazing that big development companies can take safe, clean homes and property in the name of... More >>

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