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  • Book Finds: Summer reads you can take into fall
    Whether you read every book on your summer list or missed the reading-at-the-beach season altogether, here are some titles that are good any time.
  • The Russell's Spicy Chicken Sandwich has thousand island dressing, pepper jack cheese, coleslaw, buffalo sauce and that fried chicken on a toasted brioche bun.
    Food recs: Kansas City's best sandwiches
    Whether it's a torta, a BLT, bánh mì or a grinder you're craving, here's where to find the best in the metro.
  • Kara Salim, 26, got out of the Marion County, Indiana, jail in 2015 with a history of domestic-violence charges, bipolar disorder and alcoholism — and without Medicaid coverage. As a result, she couldn't afford the fees for court-ordered therapy.
    Signed Out Of Prison But Not Signed Up For Health Insurance
    Most of the state prison systems in the places that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare have come up short on enrolling exiting inmates, despite the fact that many of them are chronically ill.
  • GOP Candidates Gear Up Sunshine State Campaigns
    Florida's GOP primary has become a battleground for the four remaining Republican hopefuls in the 2012 presidential race. The state's size and population are much larger than other primary states', and TV advertising is expected to play its largest role yet in the campaign.
  • Democracy demonstrators wave the Burmese flag in August 1988, when millions of Burmese took to the streets. Students led the protests, but were soon joined by civil servants, police, soldiers and ordinary citizens.
    As Myanmar Opens Up, A Look Back On A 1988 Uprising
    The country also known as Burma is emerging from decades of authoritarian rule. But 25 years ago, in the middle of that dark period, there were six weeks of hope. Demonstrations brought millions onto the streets until a harsh crackdown left thousands dead and landed thousands more in prison.
  • The IRS has extended the filing deadline because of technical problems. Taxpayers now have until midnight Wednesday to file their returns or extension requests and pay their taxes.
    The IRS's Online Payment Service Is Back Up And Everyone Gets More Time To File
    Because of a "high volume technical issue" that kept key services from functioning, the Internal Revenue Service will give taxpayers one more day, till midnight Wednesday, to get their paperwork in.
  • A highway webcam shows a snowy portion of U.S. Highway 89 near Pendroy, Mont., on Monday morning after a record-setting winter storm dumped snow on the northern Rockies.
    Up To 4 Feet Of Snow: Montana Hit By 'Unprecedented' Winter Storm
    Despite coming in September, the amount of snow that just fell over two days in Great Falls is second to only one other two-day total in the city, in any month.
  • Ivy Scott
    Ivy Scott
    I produce community-driven, investigative and public service journalism about the criminal justice systems in St. Louis and Missouri. Email me at iscott@themarshallproject.org
  • Man Reports Car Stolen, Ends Up In Deportation Limbo
    Immigration advocates say Pedro Figueroa's detainment violates San Francisco's sanctuary city law, which has been under scrutiny since a woman was killed by another man in the U.S. illegally in July.
  • A growing number of smartphone apps use internal GPS to help singles locate potential mates nearby. While men are enthusiastic about the apps, women have been slower to adopt them.
    Smartphone Apps Help More Singles Find The Boy (Or Girl) Next Door
    People have long looked to computers to meet potential dates. Some are now using their smartphones, too. A growing number of phone apps are using internal GPS to locate other potentially compatible singles nearby. But to date, far more men than women are signing up for the services.
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