AP: "Senators to Debate Immigration Policy"

And we all know what great masterdebators Senators are.
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Mother and Child - The Voyage Home

The saga continues in Central California's Sacramento Bay.
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BREAKING NEWS: KC-MO Shooting Injures 2

There are 2 injured - including "an about 3-year-old girl" according to a police officer - in a shooting in the 5300 block of Euclid.
No suspect information has been reported by police.
MAST-EMS transported "a 19-year-old male with 5 gunshot wounds to his right flank & chest" emergency to a trauma center.
The young girl's injuries were not life-threatening - "a gunshot wound to her left hand" and an unknown injury to some toes.
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Americans Losing Hope

At least if you believe in the latest AP-IPSOS survey.
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Route 66: A Forgotten Piece of American History

Interstate highways 40 and 44 have made those few stretches of U.S. 66 that remain rundown and desolate.
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AP: Six More American Soldiers Dead In Iraq

This time it was a roadside bomb.
This makes 11 dead American military since Friday.
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PS: The Associated Press reports "15 dead" American servicepeople since Friday. It appears that it may be as many as half these deaths are due to the search for the 3 kidnapped American soldiers.

So Major - lemme get this straight - you're looking for 3 kidnapped soldiers you don't even know are still alive and how many will die before you hope to find them?

Wasn't this a M*A*S*H* episode?
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The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, May 20, 2007

*** Two Men Shot In K.C., MO Midtown - One Brain Dead & One Critical ***
It happened right before 3 am in the 3800 block of Broadway - in the parking lot of the Walgreens drug store where a crowd had gathered. At least 2 vehicles "a maroon (Buick) LaSabre and a blue (Chevy) Tahoe" drove by and their occupants shot into the crowd.
One approximately 20-year-old male was shot in the back of the head He was quickly whisked away to a trauma center by one of 3 MAST-EMS units sent.

A 2nd male victim had been considered "D.O.A."- but some life signs were detected and he too was transported to a nearby trauma center. Two other lesser-injured victims from this shooting later arrived at hospitals.
Police had a several-block area blocked off for several hours that was considered part of the crime scene.
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***Independence MO. Homicide***

A man was shot to death in the 10900 block of East Truman Road around 2:15am Sunday morning.
A male suspect was apparently loose on foot in the area after the shooting - and was caught by police around 3:30am. The "35-year-old" suspect was taken to a hospital "after dropping 35-feet" from something as he tried to prolong his arrest.
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***Missouri-side Wrecks Bring Death and Critical Injuries***
... A 1-vehicle wreck first heard dispatched at 12:48am Sunday morning killed a 50-year-old man.
The crash happened on westbound I-70 at the 42.2-mile marker in Lafayette County MO. according to an official MO. Highway Patrol report. "Michael E. Higginbotham of Concordia, MO." was the fatality.
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... A male in his mid-20's is in critical condition after his vehicle apparently struck a vehicle parked on the shoulder of northbound I-435 near Sni-A-Bar - rolled over - and caught fire. The man was ejected during the crash.
KC-MO police are investigating the incident that occurred just before 1:30am..
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**House Fires Keep Fire Departments Busy - But No Reported Injuries**
KC-KS: Five fire companies fought a fire in a lived-in house just past midway in the midnight hour. It was in the 2100 block of North 30th Street and was brought under control quickly with no injuries. Cause was under investigation.
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BONNER SPRINGS KS: Late in the midnight hour - A fire damaged a house in the 100 block of South Neconi. No injuries reported nor any other details.
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EDGERTON MO: Two minutes before the end of the hour- This northeastern Platte County town's fire department and units from at least 2 others battled a house fire in the 200 block of South Clark. No other details on this firefight that lasted at least 3 hours.
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***OVERNIGHT WEATHER***

Once again a lovely mid-spring overnight. Temperatures slowly dipped to the upper-50's & lower-60's by dawn. Mostly clear skies and light south breezes prevailed.

A change in the weather locally will begin late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms associated with weather systems will bring a chance of severe weather and heavy rains.

At least part of the Memorial Day weekend could be cool and rainy.

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First with Kansas City Metro- Region Breaking News - KSHB NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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Uncle Albert, Paul McCartney

"We're so sorry, Paul McCartney,

We're so sorry if we've caused you any pain...."

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AP: New Jersey Residents Seething Over Military Gunnery Range

The fire that burned everything in it's path may be out - but a new fire is being set under military commanders of the NJ gunnery range.
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AP: Michael Moore's New Movie Applauded at Cannes Film Festival

Moore's new motion picture 'Sicko' focuses on American health care like Fahrenheit 9/11 focused on Bush's Folly- The Iraq "War."

Audiences in Cannes, France reportedly gave it two thumbs-up too.

Can't wait until it opens in the States - if and when it does.

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AP: Former President Carter Thinks Bush Sucks Too

I always liked Jimmy - what former president actually goes on and builds homes for the poor? (Hope he didn't have anything to do with that shabbily-built Habitat home in Independence shown on local news earlier this week.)

President Carter agrees on what many of us have already figured out about President Shrub.

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