Fire Burns Up A Near-Northeast Side Apartment Building In KC-MO

Crews are just wrapping up a fire that went to two alarms with outside agency mutual-aid in the 1800 block of Brownell- near Independence Avenue and Woodland.

Didn't hear of anyone inside either when fire crews arrived or during the firefight in the 2-story building that began just before 1 am. No serious injuries reported.

The KC-KS Fire department sent equipment to fill empty KC-MO stations and an air truck to the fire.

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Crystaline September Sundown In Vancouver- British Columbia- Canada

From one of the Captain's favorite ports and Web cam: http://www.katcam.ca/

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Overweight Trucks Are Killing America's Roads

Did you know that one 40-ton truck does as much damage to a road as 9600 cars? And did you know that weight restrictions placed on over-the-road trucks are only randomly checked at best?

April Castro of the Associated Press wrote one HECK of an eye-opening article regarding the steady deterioration of America's highways.

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KANSAS CITY'S BREAKING NEWS: Grandview Police Officer Injured In Wreck

It's breaking news - a Grandview police officer has been reported to be involved in a crash with another vehicle on Main Street and White- just east of U.S. 71.

A preliminary report stated the officer has "a hand" injury- yet no word on injuries in the other vehicle- early indications are that those injuries may be serious.

There are also reports that an extrication is needed for one of the injured in the crash- but no word if it's for the officer and it's not known if that Grandview cop was enroute to another call when the crash occurred.

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K.C. NEWS MEDIA: Leave Tina Porter Alone

You HAVE to know that the mother of missing Lindsey and Sam Porter is going through a LOT of pain right now,

Tina Porter without a doubt has been devastated by the news that those remains found in Sugar Creek yesterday might well be her missing daughter and son.

All a thinking and feeling Human Being has to do is to insert themselves in Ms. Porter's shoes.

NEWS MEDIA: Leave Tina Porter the Hell alone! If you-all are camping out near or in front of her house- GO HOME!

When she's ready to speak to reporters- I'm SURE there will be a press conference announced by her family and friends.

Please- allow people who grieve their space and don't ask STUPID questions like "How do you feel?"

How in the HELL do you THINK they feel?

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Monday- September 10- 2007 - NEWS inDIGESTion

* WASHINGTON-D.C. - It didn't take as long as we've already been in Iraq to defeat the Axis Powers in World War-II. Do NOT be confused however- THAT was a noble cause/war started by a clear enemy the President didn't have to lie to the American people about.
Today- American diplomat for Iraq- Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the head of military operations in Iraq- General David Petraeus meet with the equally-ineffective Congress in hearings on Bush's Folly.
Unconfirmed is a report that if the Ambassador and the General see their shadows in D.C. today- we'll have 6 more years of war....

* WASHINGTON D.C. - Incredulously- disgraced by a sex-sting Senator Larry Craig of Idaho will try to recant his guilty plea after being caught trying to solicit sex from an undercover police sergeant at the Minneapolis airport in June.
Craig's excuse for recanting his guilty-as-Hell plea? He claims he was "hounded by the press" to resign.
I guess saving himself- his family and the good people of Idaho further embarrassment wasn't good reason enough for him to STFU and take it like a - man?

* ODESSA-TX - Three police officers responded to a domestic disturbance in this West Texas town Saturday night and all three cops were shot and two were killed by the armed male half of that disturbance.
The shooter was taken into custody after a standoff later that night and is being incarcerated.

* JENA-LA - Reverand Al Sharpton cannot mind his own business and is going to Jena where a gang of black kids set upon a lone white kid- beat him up- and then the members of the gang were arrested and charged. Rev. Sharpton- eerily quiet when a black entertainer recently was booted off a stage using the "N" word- one would logically assume is making sure the beat-up kid gets justice (NOT).

SHEBOYGAN-WI - A female employee of a factory in this northern Wisconsin town was shot and killed by a gunman early Monday. It isn't known yet if the shooter left the Rockline factory or was still inside the building..

* NEAH BAY-WA - The elders of the Native American Makah tribe have denounced the harpooning and machine-gunning of a California gray whale- while the guilty tribesmen expressed "pride" over their act.

* INDEPENDENCE-MO - Police should have DNA results today of bones they found Sunday morning in a shallow grave in neighboring Sugar Creek- thought to be the remains of Lindsey and Sam Porter.
The Porter children were taken by their father for a scheduled weekend visit in early June of 2004 and were never seen again. Their father and the lone suspect in their disappearance- Daniel Porter- is doing a 38-year stretch in prison on a related charge

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KANSAS CITY'S BREAKING NEWS: REMAINS OF MISSING CHILDREN BELIEVED FOUND

On June 5- 2004- Dan Porter picked up his children- 7-year-old Sam and 8-year-old Lindsey for his weekend visitation with them.

Sam and Lindsey were never seen or heard from again- and their "father" refused to tell authorities where they might be.

Dan Porter went to jail- charged with "parental kidnapping" and sentenced to 38 years in prison.

Now Porter faces a double murder charge.

The remains of what police say "with 99-percent certainty" of Sam and Lindsey Porter were found early Sunday off Cement City Road in Sugar Creek-MO- according to this KANSAS CITY STAR article.

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TV Networks Continue To Lose Viewers

They say the 1950's and early 1960's were the golden age of television- when the 3 major TV networks- National Broadcasting Company (NBC)- Columbia Broadcast System (CBS) and the American Broadcast Company (ABC) ruled the roost in numbers of viewers.

This AP article tells how- in the Summer of 2007- the 3 major TV networks- ABC- CBS and NBC lost an additional "9-percent" of what viewers they still have.

Like most American "baby-boomers"- I grew up on broadcast commercial television. By the 1990's- I was taping what few programs I still cared to watch- for the frequent placement of commercials had pretty much burned me out on watching "live" programs.

By 2007- I don't record anything- barely watch television at all- completely turned off by the too-frequent- blatant and overbearing commercialism.

After watching Bill Moyers last week on how network executives pushed their own agenda on "news" talk shows to ram Bush's Folly down our throats- any respect I had for the TV networks as far as delivering "balanced" news is pretty much totally gone.

There's a plethora of information and entertainment options out there. One can now seek the truth without the spin.

The biggest option is the computer or what I call the "library of the screen"- the Internet. I have music videos- interviews- news archives at my fingertips and with more than 20000 MP3's on the hard drives- there's no need to watch what they want you to watch when they want you to watch it and make their mindset YOURS.

I've made a game with myself to learn something new every day and- in spite of TV-Lite- know more today than yesterday (but never quite as much as tomorrow - sorry Spiral Staircase g).

I'm curious how much- if any TV- you- the reader watch and what kinds of programs.

It is no big deal to me certainly- but it very much remains a "big deal" with TV's 'Big-3' networks dealing with their hemorrhaging of viewers.

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The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, September 09, 2008

** TWO SERIOUSLY HURT IN OVERLAND PARK-KS CRASH **

It was reported as a 2-vehicle crash- one was "a GMC S.U.V.- at 119th Street and U.S. 69/Overland Parkway at 1:16am Sunday morning.

Fire and MEDACT-EMS units initially reported 2 heavily-damaged vehicles in "a high-impact" collision- with "an extended extrication" underway on the 2 drivers. EMS termed both's medical conditions as critical.

Both patients get extricated from their mangled vehicles within 10 minutes of those initial reports- and the condition of what appeared to be 2 female drivers did not sound critical- but marginally serious as they went their separate ways to trauma centers.

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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><> <>

Another pleasant late summer morning throughout the Kansas City MetroRegion.

Skies were mostly clear with temperatures in the 60 to 70-degree range. Winds were light from the north to northeast.

We'll get a taste of Fall this coming week- as overnight lows may fall as low as the 40's in parts of the MetroRegion and hopefully- some more rain.

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Kansas City's Breaking News Leader - NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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Latest Tropical Storm Gabrielle Satellite And NHC Forecast

The latest water vapor satellite image and NWS-National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast for Ms. Tropical Storm Gabrielle- wading off the Carolinas.

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OPEN MESSAGE TO OSAMA BIN LADEN: YOU'RE A MORON

So- you say Binny that Americans had better "convert" to your brand of religion (Satanism) or we all die.

Cover the childrens eyes folks- for I'm telling this idiot to kiss- my- ass.

There are 1.7 million religions- plus a few thousand I could dream up- that I MIGHT convert to before I'd give your brand of Satanism ANY consideration.

Boy Binny- for a wealthy man considered intelligent by some- you sure utter some complete nonsense....

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