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APNewsBreak: Deal reached in Catholic lawsuit
A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn by a girl who was 2 years old when Kansas City priest Shawn ...
Chamberlain scolds Rivera before Yankees game
New York Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain scolded teammate Mariano Rivera before Saturday night's game, telling the star closer never to "shush" him.
2 inmates charged in Mo. with attempted kidnapping
Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of ...
Lester pitches 1-hitter, Red Sox top Blue Jays 5-0
Jon Lester was inducing Toronto's aggressive batters to make outs by getting them to swing at first pitches — until Macier Izturis came up in the ...
Tiger, mountain lions seized from Kansas property
A tiger and two mountain lions were among a menagerie of wild cats seized from private farmland in rural northeast Kansas, where they lived in ...
Peavy to miss a 2nd straight start
Jake Peavy will miss a second consecutive start for the Chicago White Sox because of back spasms. The team announced the right-hander has been ...
MLB looks into verbal spat between Price, Hallion
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price is not concerned about potential discipline from Major League Baseball after his verbal spat with umpire Tom ...
Chiefs' Fisher feeling welcome in Kansas City
It was sometime after the Senior Bowl when Eric Fisher realized he was going to be picked early in the NFL draft. He might even have a shot at being ...
Chiefs pick Central Michigan's Eric Fisher at No 1
The Kansas City Chiefs began to realize about two weeks ago that Central Michigan's Eric Fisher would be their choice with the No. 1 overall pick in ...
This year's draft heavy on size, light on glamour
This year's NFL draft is heavy on size and light on glamour. There's no high-profile quarterback destined to go No. 1 and instantly become the face ...
Chiefs could make rare choice of OT at No. 1
Playing on the offensive line is about as unglamorous as it gets in professional football. Nobody pays much attention to the guys in the trenches ...
Chiefs hold No. 1 pick in draft for first time
The running joke around Kansas City at the end of last season went something like this: "The Chiefs are so bad" — pause for effect — "they can't even ...
Google buying $39M fiber service in Utah for $1
Google Inc. will pay $1 for a municipal fiber-optic system that cost $39 million to build, according to terms of the Internet company's agreement with ...
Provo, Utah, next city for ultra-fast Google Fiber
Google will take over a troubled municipal fiber-optic system and make Provo, Utah, the third city to get its high-speed Internet service via ...
Some states dropping GED as test price spikes
Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next ...
Toronto's Reyes likely out until All-Star break
All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break because of a severely sprained left ankle. Ten games into his Toronto ...
Jose Reyes hurt as Blue Jays beat Royals 8-4
Jose Reyes heard a pop in his left ankle as he awkwardly slid into second base. After that, everything else was a blur to the Toronto Blue Jays on ...
Eyeballs found in KC gas station trash not human
Police say a pair of eyeballs found in a medical box in a Kansas City gas station's trash bin aren't human. Police spokesman Steve Young said Thursday ...
Spring snowstorm hits central states, pushes east
A wide-ranging storm is burying thoughts of springtime weather across a number of Midwestern states under a blanket of snow and slush, leaving in its ...
Kansas survives, La Salle surprises in Kansas City
Bill Self didn't have much to say to his team at halftime, not with Kansas playing as poorly as it had all season and North Carolina just 20 minutes ...
Second-half run sends Kansas past Tar Heels
Top-seeded Kansas was on the ropes, turning the ball over about as often as it was putting up shots, and had allowed North Carolina to build a ...
Mom of boy killed by Ala. airport sign unconscious
As airport officials tried to figure out how a 300-pound arrival-departure panel fell off the wall and onto a family, the mother of a boy who was ...
Midwest sees spring transform into winter weather
Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm tracks eastward mostly along Interstate 70, bringing heavy snow and high ...
Snowstorm takes aim at Plains, Midwest
An early spring snowstorm forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Denver International Airport and closed several roads Saturday as it ...
KC fights violent crime with carrot-stick program
Despite decades of initiatives to stem violent crime, Kansas City residents continue killing each other at a rate five times higher than the national ...