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  • Modern technology has enabled people to find love without the old fashioned rituals like meeting in person or talking on the phone. And the anonymity of social networks has also opened up opportunities for fraudsters and fakes. The movie and TV show Catfish have told versions of this story. But when tech journalist Clive Thompson recently rediscovered a novel from 1879, he found that people have been finding love and anonymity through technology at least as far back as the telegraph.
  • A panel of three federal judges last week issued new political maps for Kansas. New boundary lines were issued for members of Congress, the state Senate,…
  • Matchmaking apps like Tinder can help people find potential dates quickly. But that efficiency can have drawbacks for people trying to find true love.
  • The Missouri General Assembly wraps up today. Will your income taxes be cut? Will sales taxes jump to pay for highways?In the first part of Friday's Up to…
  • Kimberly Koehler shares insight on the online dating scene and advice for those looking for love online.
  • Friday's deadline for President Obama to issue a sequestration order is neither the beginning nor the end of this year's budget battles in Washington. Here are five key moments over the next seven months, and what's at stake in each.
  • When you write about climate change, you have to be able to take the heat from all sides— those who deny what scientists are saying and those who think…
  • Dating can be tough in a small country like Iceland. There are only 320,00 people and many are distant relatives. So the government created a genealogy website.
  • The year ahead offers much more political catnip than 2013. Aside from a full roster of House, Senate and gubernatorial races, 2014 is shaping up as another critical period for the Affordable Care Act.
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