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British consular officials say they've gotten odd requests over the past year, ranging from help in getting Olympic tickets to checking the credentials of an online date.

Researchers at the University of Reading are speculating that today's languages share a common root dating as far back as the last Ice Age. Words like "mother," "man" and "ashes" are categorized as "ultraconserved," meaning they are survivors of a lost language from which many modern tongues are descended.

Last year, Harvard was among dozens of schools the Department of Education said it's investigating for how they handle sexual abuse allegations.

While the partial government shutdown means that fewer creatures are stirring at federal facilities, one of the government services that will be staffed at full strength is the NORAD Santa Tracker.

Missouri voters: Oct. 9 is your deadline to register to vote for the November election. The deadline for Kansas is Oct. 15.

Archaeologists have stumbled on a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations in the buried ninth century city of Xultun. The room was apparently an astronomer's workshop, with calculations painted on the walls counting lunar cycles and predicting eclipses.

A recent episode of FX show Louie raised some controversial questions about women, weight and body image. Did the episode miss the mark? Our panel of writers and bloggers weigh in.

How bad is the Kansas drought? Among the most severe in recorded history. But some other years were more extreme.

This week, performances in downtown shop windows, the Kansas City Symphony welcomes new music director designate Michael Stern, and a night of Jewish…

By Steve BellKANSAS CITY, MO – KCUR Evening Headlines (1 min 48 sec) Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline is asking a judge to extend the…