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4:36 pm
Thu January 10, 2013

Crime & Safety In The Urban Core

In 2008, elected officials and urban residents came together under the direction of 2nd District Jackson County Legislator, Bishop James Tindall, Sr. to discuss community change in the urban core.  This was the first convening of the Kansas City Urban Summit.

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Central Standard
3:11 pm
Wed January 9, 2013

Animal Shelters Of Kansas City

Local shelters are seeing a record number of animals coming into their facilities each day.

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Environment
9:44 am
Wed January 9, 2013

Kansas Man Finds Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Credit Bryan Thompson / Kansas Public Radio
Gary Hug stands by his homemade telescope in Scranton, Kansas.

An eastern Kansas man who built his own telescope and operates it from a shed in his back yard has discovered a previously unknown and potentially hazardous asteroid.

Gary Hug lives near Scranton. He was trying to help plot the orbit of a known Near Earth Object when he noticed something Sunday night that appeared to be moving too slow to be a satellite, but too fast to be a main belt asteroid.

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Central Standard
1:35 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Corner To Corner Pt. II - The Northeast

The Kansas City Museum regally resides in the historic Northeast.

Getting to know Kansas City, one neighborhood at a time.

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Central Standard
4:16 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

Corner To Corner Pt. I - The Plaza

Getting to know Kansas City, one neighborhood at a time.

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