BOY SCOUTS PROPOSING TO LIFT GAY BAN FOR YOUTH
By DAVID CRARY FILE – In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as Will and…
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Brownback’s fight for sales tax plan isn’t over
BY BRAD COOPER The Kansas City Star Eliminating or slashing the income tax is a romantic idea for many politicians.Getting there is much less dreamy. Getting there is much less…
Former Mayor Dick Berkley Photographs on Exhibit at Buttonwood Art Space
KANSAS CITY, MO: Never without a camera, for decades former Mayor Richard Berkley has captured portraits of politicians, leaders, sport stars and celebrities. Reagan, Carter, Thatcher, Hope, Kissinger, McEnroe, Channing,…
DIPLOMATS: EU SET TO EASE SYRIA OIL EMBARGO
By JUERGEN BAETZ This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to…
WARSAW MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE UPRISING IN GHETTO
By VANESSA GERA People listen to a short concert as Julian Rachlin, the first violinist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, plays a Bach sarabande in front of the monument to…
BOMBING PROBE HIGHLIGHTS EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE
By DAVID CRARY In this Monday, April 15, 2013, photo, spectators make pictures with camera phones during the Boston Marathon in Boston, before two bombs exploded at the finish line…
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TAKES UP IMMIGRATION BILL
By ERICA WERNER Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks as immigration reform legislation by the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang…
FRENCH FAMILY OF 7 TAKEN HOSTAGE IN CAMEROON FREED
By DIVINE NTARYIKE and LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande speaks at the Elysee Palace in Paris , Friday, April 19, 2013. A French family with four young children kidnapped…