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Jen Chen
Thursday, May 8
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How did Kansas City's card maker bank $4.4 billion in revenue last year? Partly by sending hometown jobs to China.
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Eric Barton
Thursday, May 15
Everybody knew what the e-mail meant. It went out last fall to employees of the Production Art Division of Hallmark Cards. It said that manager... More>>
Familia Loca wanted revenge on a rival KCK gang. Instead, they spilled the blood of a 2-year-old girl.
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Carolyn Szczepanski
Thursday, May 1
Before the night of April 3, 2007, Fernando Guzman and Ramona Moreno were unfamiliar with the sound of gunfire. At first, they thought they had... More>>
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Thursday, April 24
On a spring day one year ago, scientists in life vests and blue jeans invaded the bucolic slice of nature where Perche Creek empties into the... More>>
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Peter Rugg
Thursday, April 17
James Vivian puts on scrubs as if he's preparing for surgery. He wraps a silver cross on a chain around his wrist. Next to the leather recliner,... More>>
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Thursday, May 15
Malls can't hide from their destinies. A Che Guevara belt buckle in the window of a former shoe store, for instance, signals a shopping center... More>>
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We intercept a letter for the Star’s Hemingway impersonator, who’s no expert on Iraq.
Thursday, May 15
Occasionally, the Department of Burnt Ends receives misdelivered mail. If the envelope has not been properly sealed and the letter happens to fall... More>>
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Thursday, May 15
My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry responses — by real... More>>
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