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For more than half a century, the huge star on top of a neon sign above Fun House Pizza and Pub served as a glowing beacon to cars passing by on 350…
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Segment 1: Grassroots organization looks to bring legislative reform to Missouri statehouse.When states fail to promote a culture of transparency, some…
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Coffee carafes were nearing empty and there was a focused silence inside the Plexpod Crossroads on Sunday. It was the last day of Compile KC, a new event…
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Segment 1: How hyper-connectivity and technology have democratized power.Our world has changed a lot in the 21st century. New technologies like Twitter…
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City of Fountains. Heart of the Nation.For more than 25 years, those words and an illustration of a blue and fuchsia fountain have served as the official…
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Segment 1: Local poet writes collection based on his working class roots. For Robert Stewart, poetry isn't ethereal — it's a working class endeavor. He…
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Everybody pees, but who spends time thinking about it?Anyone who plans their outings in consideration of public restroom locations thinks about it.…
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Bailey Miller, an engineering graduate student at the University of Kansas, has a compelling goal: to be among the first astronauts to land on Mars.He's…
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Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards, Inc., gets credit for starting the modern-day gift wrap industry in 1917 an invention created out of necessity during the holiday season.
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It's been a decade since the Bloch Building began illuminating the east side of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and its architect, Steven Holl, says it…
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When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened the Bloch Building, its "lens" architecture was so different from the existing museum that many didn't see how…
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Kansas City has its fair share of historic buildings, but they're not always easy to find and appreciate. Today, learn how a new guidebook is bringing…