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Inside Westboronew
At Westboro Baptist Church, Steve Drain found religion but lost a daughter.
Tags: Westboro Baptist Church
Tracking Homicides, We Learned a Few Things About Kansas City's Psychenew
Andre D. Jones, 33, was the victim of one of the metro's most disturbing murders of 2009: a quadruple homicide in Raytown whose other victims were his 21-year-old girlfriend, Precious Triplett, and her nephews, 10-year-old Amir Clemons and 7-year-old Gerard Clemons.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
01-05-2010 |
Crime & Justice
How a Throwaway Idea at the Barkley Ad Agency Became the 'Sonic Guys'new
The campaign was supposed to last just four months, from September 2003 to the beginning of a new campaign in January 2004. Five years later, the campaign is still going and has become a pop-culture phenomenon. The commercials have given the quirky drive-in an identity and made Sonic as recognizable as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's.
The People vs. Erotic Citynew
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
Blood for Blownew
The Raya and Rios slayings looked like another act of random violence until the trial revealed what they had gotten themselves into.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
01-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Sex Police Invade Kansas Citynew
An anti-porn crusader wants the city's juries to redefine what's obscene.
The Search for the Mormons' Garden of Edennew
Mitt Romney and his fellow Mormons believe Adam ate the forbidden fruit in Independence, Missouri -- we set out to investigate.
Sicko Juniornew
Kidney cancer killed Julie Pierce's husband -- now she fears it will claim her 15-year-old son.
Tags: Health & Science
Granny the Terroristnew
Senior war protesters say Bush spies on them -- now they're going after the government.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
09-26-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
From High School Slut to Board of Education Anti-Evolutionistnew
In her tell-all autobiography, Connie Morris reveals that before she was an enemy of evolution, she was a black-haired siren -- frolicking in free love, drowning in drugs and enduring domestic violence before giving herself to Christ. But even Jesus couldn't tame her.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
08-23-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
