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Pentagon Speeding Up Production of Bunker Busters

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Scott Canon - Oct. 23 (News) - This month, the Defense Department awarded $51.9 million to McDonnell Douglas to more quickly adapt a 30,000-pound bunker buster to the B-2 stealth bomber.

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Rejecting reform again would be folly, Dole says

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Barbara Shelly - Oct. 09 (Opinion) - Fifteen years ago, Bob Dole decided it was better to kill health care reform than to hand a Democratic president a historic victory. Since then, praise be, he’s reformed his thinking. In Kansas City this week, the former Republican Senate majority leader and presidential candidate added his voice — still strong at age 86 — to the push to help all Americans afford good health care. “This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes,” Dole told an audience at the Liberty Memorial auditorium.

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Obama battles great racial divide

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Yael T. Abouhalkah - Sep. 17 (Editorial) - Obama doesn't want this furor on his hands right now, given all the incredibly important policy decisions he's handling. But critics are off base when they carp about Carter and his comments. They were truthful. And they sting.

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Gargantuan helpings of fast food surge in popularity

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Joyce Smith - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Restaurants across the land, feeding a trend begun several years ago with the introduction of Hardee’s Thickburger, are offering ever-larger burgers, sandwiches and rich dishes. In this economy, restaurateurs say, they want to give more value for the money. And stressed consumers seem to have a taste for such comfort food. For some diners, words like low fat, diet, organic or healthy are just not on the menu.

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A water crisis

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - Jun. 13 (News Report) - The full impact of environmental degradation is beginning to be felt in Kenya as water and other natural resources diminish. Nairobi and all other urban centers are perennially short of water these days because of the depletion at the source. And the situation threatens to get worse unless drastic action is taken to reverse the trend.

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Sotomayor a brilliant Supreme Court pick

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Yael T. Abouhalkah - May. 26 (Opinion) - Sonia Sotomayor appears to be a perfect pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. She's a woman. She's Hispanic. And she's liberal (but not too much).

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Obama takes on taxes, tough times in KC speech

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Steve Kraske - Oct. 19 (News Report) - “It comes down to values — in America, do we simply value wealth, or do we value the work that creates it?” Obama said in Kansas City. “That’s right, Missouri — John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing that he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people ‘welfare.’ ” Actually, McCain all but called it socialism in a radio address earlier Saturday.

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Voters want solutions as health insurance costs rise sharply

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Suzanne King - Oct. 12 (Special Report) - Working two jobs isn’t exactly the way Dave Coffman envisioned his retirement. But that’s how it’s turning out. “I’m working basically because of health care,” said Coffman, 62, a retired school principal who lives with his wife in Lee’s Summit. Until they qualify for Medicare, they have to buy private coverage. For now, their insurance bills amount to around $1,000 a month — including long-term care insurance, dental insurance and a health plan that has a $2,500 deductible. If he weren’t working two part-time jobs, Coffman said, there would be no way he could afford it. “I never once thought about health insurance before I retired,” Coffman said.

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Blowing the whistle on Iraqi contractors nets no thanks

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:43:01 -0700

Kansas City Star - By DEBORAH HASTINGS, Associated Press - Aug. 25 (News Analysis) - One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted. Or worse. For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods.

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Impeach Bush? "Not a feasible option"

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:32:22 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Steve Kraske - Jul. 22 (Opinion) - "Almost the only thing that could unify Republicans right now would be an attempt to impeach," said Burdett Loomis, a University of Kansas political scientist. "The GOP is starting to come apart on Iraq, starting to come apart on No Child Left Behind, obviously on immigration. From a partisan point of view, why would you want to give them a real incentive to come together?"

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Kokesh Penalty Reduced to General Discharge

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:50:47 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Dave Helling - Jun. 13 (News Report) - Lebowitz said even though the appeal will continue, the general discharge was a good outcome for his client: "I want to stress that we did beat them back on the other-than-honorable (discharge)." Kokesh said he wanted to continue to argue the case for other servicemen and women; that way, he said, "the next Marine who faces harassment and intimidation will have something to stand on."

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U.S. 'in trouble' in Iraq, retired general asserts

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:17:17 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Scott Canon - Apr. 25 (Interview) - [Retired Army General Barry] McCaffrey regularly travels abroad on missions for the Pentagon to give military brass his assessment of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. His most recent trip to Iraq was earlier this month. He spoke with The Kansas City Star about his assessment of the Iraq war and its strain on the U.S. military. His answers have been edited for space and clarity. What sort of evolution do you see to the war in Iraq? We're in trouble. The American people walked away from the war. I don't think they're coming back. Iraq's neighbors are bearing no good will toward a favorable outcome in Iraq.

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Should lawsuits be allowed to halt funding? YES

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:45:00 -0700

Kansas City Star - By Barry W. Lynn - Apr. 08 (Opinion) - American taxpayers cannot continue their protection of the separation of church and state if the courthouse door is slammed in their faces. ... The administration argues that these taxpayers lack the right to sue.

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