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An old white pickup truck may be the key. Investigators appeal for public’s help in catching attacker; there may be other victims who survived. Go to Source Author:

How do you explain this? A Texas Christian team that was winless in the Big 12 Conference on Wednesday took down Kansas and Bill Self, the program and coach that has won eight straight conference titles. Until the 62-55 loss, Kansas hadn’t lost two straight games in seven years. Go to Source Author:

Where can you go to see a rock concert, opera performance, comedy roast, video game tournament, karaoke and pyrotechnics? A Kansas City movie theater. Actually, quite a few of them. Within the last year, many area theaters have transformed from places that merely feature first-run blockbusters to multipurpose venues that freely explore all manner of [...]

Maybe the producers of “Hair,” which runs through Sunday at the Kauffman Center, sent the young cast to hippie school, or maybe they’re just actors doing their jobs. Either way, they committed themselves with high energy and palpable feeling to a show that can still move an audience, even if it has its ups and [...]

for 18-year-old Anthony Sherrils, a Hogan Prep Academy senior who will sign a letter of intent today to attend Missouri on an athletic scholarship, the makeshift football field at a Kansas City housing project served as an escape from a culture of drugs, violence and personal tragedy. For him, the turmoil defines this place and [...]

Kansas City-based Andrews McMeel Universal is the world’s largest independent press syndicate, renowned for books, comic strips and opinion columns. Time to add filmmaking to that list. Go to Source Author:

Despite a rash of turnovers and sloppy performances from Elijah Johnson over the last month, Self said Monday during the Big 12 teleconference that he didn’t foresee any major changes in minutes or playing time in the guard rotation. Go to Source Author:

A star has been ignited, and chances are you’ll notice it, whether you’re looking for it or not. Sunday night at a sold-out Midland theater, Ed Sheeran’s pop and folk tunes whipped the big crowd into a state of obedience and fervor with an uncanny ease. Go to Source Author:

A sporting event with enough cache that corporations elbow each other for the right to pay $4 million for 30 seconds of your attention is apparently a hair dryer away from needing the breaker switches flipped back. You can’t get a ticket to the Super Bowl for less than a year’s worth of utility bills [...]

Kid Rock brought his hybrid of blues, hip-hop, country and classic rock to the Sprint Center on Saturday night as his “Rebel Soul” tour stopped in Kansas City. Hyperactive rockers Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory, a loud honkytonk band from Nevada, opened the show. Click the link for a photo gallery and come back later to [...]

Coach Bill Self questioned his team’s toughness and guard play after Oklahoma State’s dramatic 85-80 victory over Kansas on Saturday ended an 18-game winning streak for the Jayhawks and a 33-game home streak at Allen Fieldhouse. “We got what we deserved,” Self said. Go to Source Author:

In the city where they won their only Super Bowl, the Chiefs could celebrate the elections of both an offensive and a defensive player to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Go to Source Author:

One of my favorite scenes in “The Hangover” is where that obnoxious Las Vegas cop lets school kids use Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms for stun gun practice. That over-the-top cop? That was Rob Riggle, who grew into his funny bones in Overland Park. Go to Source Author:

Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder will be on the sidelines in Manhattan for several more years after agreeing to a new five-year contract on Thursday. Check out photo highlights from his coaching career with the Wildcats. Go to Source Author:

Bruce Springsteen fans are going to find “Warm Bodies” completely implausible. Go to Source Author:

Some years, Academy Awards voters just want to feel right about themselves, their industry, their country. And maybe honor one of their own who hasn’t always shared in the love of his peers. Go to Source Author:

Even without Rodney McGruder, who was benched most of the game in foul trouble, and Will Spradling, who left with a broken nose, No. 18 Kansas State was too much for the Texas Longhorns. The Wildcats raced to a 38-19 halftime lead, used walk-ons late in the second half and won without a hint of [...]

“The Americans,” FX’s smart espionage drama, puts the enemy in Guess jeans and an Oldsmobile with Juice Newton on the eight-track. Starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as a deep-undercover, accent-free Boris and Natasha, the show rewinds the clock to the Cold War and turns the black-and-white America-first mentality of the early ’80s inside out. [...]

Though Super Bowl XLVII will be known for the historic matchup of head coaching brothers in San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh and his brother, Baltimore coach John Harbaugh, another pair of namesakes could dominate Sunday’s game. “Well, the ‘Smith brothers,’ ” John Harbaugh said, “They’re related by their greatness.” Go to Source Author:

The CIA thriller “Argo” continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sunday’s win came a day after “Argo” claimed the top honor from the Producers Guild of America. Go to Source Author:

Late Monday night, as the whistles continued to blow, and Kansas and West Virginia stutter-stopped to an uneven conclusion, Travis Releford found himself open for a corner three-pointer. Go to Source Author:

Derrick Johnson, one of six Chiefs on the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster, returned an interception 42 yards for a second-quarter touchdown, but that may have been the only highlight for Kansas City football fans as the NFC went on to throttle the AFC 62-35 in the NFL’s annual all-star game in Honolulu. Go to Source [...]

The CIA thriller “Argo” continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sunday’s win came a day after “Argo” claimed the top honor from the Producers Guild of America. Go to Source Author:

At times in “Blacktop Sky,” which had its world premiere at the Unicorn Theatre, Christina Anderson’s writing is vivid and compelling. Sometimes the fragmentary narrative makes sense, sometimes it doesn’t. But Anderson deserves props for her willingness to write a play in the style of a free-verse poet. Go to Source Author:

Missouri turned in possibly its best effort of the season during the first half of an 81-59 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday, dominating the Commodores in every facet of the game as the Tigers jumped to a 49-20 halftime lead before a sellout crowd at Mizzou Arena. Go to Source Author:

With coming “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” films reportedly to be made by a director under the same Bad Robot Productions roof, J.J. Abrams is going, yes, where no director has gone before. Go to Source Author:

The Senior Bowl is Saturday (3 p.m. on NFL Network), another chance for the Chiefs, who have the No. 1 overall pick, to evaluate players before the NFL Draft starts April 25. Go to Source Author: