Danie Alexander

Hopefully you're enjoying the day off just like we are here at Up to Date.  In our place, Christopher Kimball and the crew from America's Test Kitchen will taste some wine, check out the latest kitchen gadgets and throw some shrimp on the barbie as only ATK can.  Have a great holiday and we'll be back Tuesday!

The Kansas City Star reported Thursday afternoon on comments made by Bishop Robert Finn regarding pornographic images of children on a priest's computer.

Eye scanning used to be the stuff of science fiction and spy thrillers but not anymore.

A fact is something that actually exists; reality; truth.  Until it isn't anymore.  How does that happen?

Today guest host Brian Ellison talks with the man he's sitting in for, Steve Kraske. 

As thousands of students make their way through an academic day at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, a dedicated group steadfastly works to make environmental improvements to the campus. 

What if the next great breakthrough in cancer treatment or developing alternative fuels resides in the mind of someone living today? 

It’s the guy who cuts you off in traffic. The woman who just walks to the front of the line. No doubt about it, the world is full of, well...assholes. The self-assured, the snotty, the blowhards, and the all-around jerks are everywhere, whether its in our daily life or in the media.

As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated seven years ago this week, the destruction wrought by hurricanes is evident not just in the storm's power, but also in poorly executed evacuation plans.

Last September President Obama signed the America Invents Act which made some significant changes to the patent System.

Social theorist John Gerzema set out to learn what the next generation of entrepreneurs will be like.

The documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry tells the story of China's greatest contemporary artist who is also one of his country's most passionate dissidents.

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of August 24-26, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

Cynthia Haines: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Queen of Versailles, Ruby Sparks

Steve Walker: Moonrise Kingdom, Queen of Versailles, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Ruby Sparks

A dream house, the perfect woman, and one of our greatest singer-songwriters are among the topics of the films being reviewed today.