Monthly Archives: February 2006

Secret lives of TV reporters

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 by BlogKC

Update 3/1/2006: Channel 4 has now fired Shauna because of her appearance in this film. The local Internets are a’twitter over a short film starring Shauna Thomas, a new reporter on the morning news at WDAF/Fox 4. It’s not quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | 16 Comments

Roundup

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 by BlogKC

Anti-science groups have formed Missourians Against Human Cloning to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment that not only protect stem cell research but actually ban reproductive human cloning… www.nocloning.org Two prominent Missourians announce breast cancer diagnoses this week, Secretary of State … Continue reading →

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Jason Klumb running for Wheeler’s state Senate seat

Posted on Feb 27, 2006 by BlogKC

Democrat Jason Klumb is the first announced candidate for the 10th District seat in the Missouri Senate, the seat that Charlie Wheeler is vacating to run for Jackson County Executive. Klumb most recently ran for State Treasurer in 2004, raising … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 12 Comments

City Council Roundtable

Posted on Feb 27, 2006 by BlogKC

Steve Kraske is holding a roundtable today with City Councilmembers Bonnie Sue Cooper, Chuck Eddy, and Al Brooks.  11:00 a.m. on KCUR 89.3 FM or kcur.org.

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CSA makes KC debut

Posted on Feb 24, 2006 by BlogKC

C.S.A.: Confederate States of America is a film by a KU professor that imagines what the country would look like today if the South had won the Civil War and slavery was still legal in the 21st century. The 2004 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts/Entertainment | 3 Comments

Harpers – new restaurant at 18th & Vine

Posted on Feb 23, 2006 by BlogKC

Myra Harper seems to have prevailed in her years-long struggle with the mess of overlapping fiefdoms that dominate the 18th & Vine jazz district.  She’ll be opening her Harper’s 18th & Vine Restaurant in the Lincoln Building this spring.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Downtown | 9 Comments

Nelson from the air

Posted on Feb 22, 2006 by BlogKC

Now is your chance to get a bird’s eye view of the world’s most expensive ($200 million) Butler buildings. Local blog Three O’Clock in the Morning has some good aerial photos of the new expansion going up at the Nelson-Atkins … Continue reading →

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