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Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 +0000

The deal to buy Handmark, which owns social media app maker OneLouder, is expected to be formally announced today. Augie Grasis, who founded Handmark 13 years ago, declined to provide the amount Sprint paid in the cash sale.

Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

U.S. suburbs have more poor than the cities do, study finds

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

The number of impoverished people in America's suburbs surged 64 percent in the past decade, creating for the first time a landscape in which the suburban poor outnumber the urban poor, a new report shows. Around Kansas City, patterns of poverty have been quietly shifting for some time.

Langdon continues Top Fuel streak against Schumacher

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:44:00 +0000

Langdon faced Schumacher in a Top Fuel final on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka for the third time dating to last season, and he made it 3-0 in finals against The Sarge.

Johnny Gray wins Funny Car finals at NHRA Kansas Nationals

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:36:00 +0000

On Sunday, Johnny Gray, 60, won for the second straight weekend and third time this season when he beat Robert Hight in the Funny Car finals at the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park.

In Kansas, it’s lawmakers versus the courts

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:32:00 +0000

The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature nears an end with the chief justice of the state Supreme Court accusing a leading senator with political coercion. Meantime, efforts are picking up steam to force appellate judges into retirement and to build separate civil and criminal appeals courts.

Charlotte area students win ‘Blumey’ awards

Charlotte Link — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:45 +0000

The Belk Theater was brimming with evening gowns and tuxes Sunday, and performers received their awards with aplomb and grateful speeches. It was all part of the second annual Blumenthal…

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Volunteer divers train for swift water, rope rescue in Catawba River

Charlotte Link — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:42:51 +0000

The York County Emergency Response Team sponsors swift water rescue training, which includes zip-lining exercises and overcoming rocks and floating objects in the water, in the Catawba River at the…

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Two $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Missouri

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:04:00 +0000

The Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million wasn't sold in Missouri. But two Missouri Powerball players were so close to picking all the winning numbers that that their tickets are worth $1 million each.