Another Peeve With Local Newscasts

Who hires these news orchestras?

Any more- EVERY news story HAS to have some symphonic musical opening before it's shown on a local newscast.

It's really- REALLY lame and adds NOTHING to these no-newscasts.

You don't see this on network news. What's up with this locals?

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Photo Of Phoenix News Copters Crashing

This photo apparently was shot by a newspaper reporter (credit on the photo) just after the 2 TV news helicopters collided in Phoenix yesterday- killing the four people on the 2 copters.

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FWH: AP- "Cheney's Heart Device Is Updated"

Doctors working for their best-medically-provided people in the world- American politicians- recently returned from Oz with a new heart device for VP Richard "Head" Cheney.

Doctors for years have been amazed at the VP's health- considering he had no organ to pump his blood.

Physicians installed a fake heart in Cheney early in this Administration- but were seeking a device that also simulated the emotions and other feelings associated with a real heart.

The last device rejected itself.






Here's the ACTUAL story....

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CENTRAL STATES WEATHER ALERT: Heavy Rains In SE Kansas And SW Missouri

Thunderstorms that formed over eastern Kansas and western Missouri this Saturday afternoon continue to slowly move southward into the alerted areas (click on images) as you can see by the latest NWS radar image.

Rainfalls (next image) are radar-indicated to be approaching 3 inches in some areas- with these small but intense rain-producing thunderstorms seemingly slowing down as they moved south into the alerted areas.
Please use caution while driving in SE Kansas and SW Missouri this afternoon and evening.

At this time- there is no thunderstorm activity threatening the KC Metro.

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Illinois Woman Pimps Child She Was Babysitting

This story comes out of Granite City-IL- where a 20-year-old young woman is charged with "pimping" the 12-year-old girl she was babysitting to a 48-year-old man the 20-year-old had been "romantically-involved" with.

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Three Young Boys Scarred Forever By Priest

They were young boys in the San Diego Catholic arch-diocese during the 1970's.

Read HERE how they each suffered over the years because of being sexually abused by one of the diocese's priests.

I truly wonder how the American Catholic church will survive this cancer and remain viable- much less believable....

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FOOD RECALL: Sara Lee Bread May Contain Metal

One hell of a way to get your daily iron- it's being reported that 27 brands of Sara "Everybody Doesn't Like Something" Lee bread may contain pieces of metal. The problem occurred at their Meridian-MS bakery.

According to the AP article: "The recall involves EarthGrains, Publix, Sara Lee Delightful, Sara Lee Hearty & Delicious and several other brands that were stamped "best if purchased by" July 25, 2007, to Aug. 7, 2007, and included the code "222."

The products were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee."

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The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Saturday, July 28, 2007

*** KC-KS CYCLE CRASH LEAVES 1 DEAD- 1 CRITICAL-INJURED ***

... The crash happened just before 2 am at the intersection of College Parkway and Parallel.

The motorcycle with 2 people on it was struck by a car- the driver of the car was not injured.

The driver of the motorcycle was dead at the scene- his female passenger in her 20's was taken to an area trauma center with critical injuries.

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** MAN SERIOUSLY-INJURED IN LIBERTY-MO WRECK **

... A 48-year-old man was taken to an area trauma center after he crashed his pickup truck around 12:30 am.

The wreck happened at Kansas and Forest streets and the driver had to be extricated from the vehicle. It sounded as if alcohol played a part in the crash.

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

Skies were variably cloudy overnight with a few showers moving through the Kansas part of the Metro into Cass County MO early this morning. Temperatures held in the low to mid-70's through dawn with winds calm or light generally from the north.

There will continue to be a chance of a few- light showers over the same areas until about mid-morning.

Once again later this afternoon into this evening there are thunderstorm chances. No severe weather is expected- but watch out for the cloud to ground lightning and very heavy rainfall in the storms. Temperatures will be around normal- but high dewpoints will make it feel hotter with light winds.

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First with Metro Kansas City Breaking News - NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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Four Dead After 2 TV News Helicopters Collide In Phoenix-AZ

TV news choppers from Phoenix stations KNXV and KTVK collided while covering a police chase and crashed to the ground in a city park- killing both pilots and photographers aboard.

No one on the ground was hurt.

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Citizen Letter From KC-MO's Mayor: "Notes From Funk's Front Porch" VIII

Funk's Front Porch

27 July 2007

Dear Folks,

Last night’s town hall meeting was out south. I didn’t Mapquest it because it was on 103rd Street and I know where that street is. Unfortunately, 103rd is cut up by the Grandview Triangle at the exact place where the meeting was, so as it turned out, I had no idea where we were going and Funk ended up being 3 minutes late. Funk hates being late. Luckily, the crowd was forgiving and we had another great meeting with lots of voices heard.

The City Manager’s contract automatically renews for another year – from April 30, 2008 to April 30, 2009 – if the City takes no action before October 25, 2007. The Finance Committee voted on Wednesday to terminate the existing contract so that the new Council can negotiate a contract with him that takes into consideration the Council’s goals and priorities. The Ordinance will go to the full Council next week.

Along those lines, the Council will participate in a daylong retreat to firm up their goals and priorities as a group over the next four years. They will hire a facilitator to make the most of their day. The hope is to come out of the retreat with a clear focus of not only what they want to accomplish as a group together, but also how they want to go about accomplishing it. The idea to work together as a group is very powerful, as they will accomplish far more for the City when working together rather than individually. This is not as hard as it seems as they pretty much have the same priorities already – who wouldn’t want to help prevent crime or make the city work better for regular folks?

The Economic Development and Incentive Task Force has begun to hold public hearings this week and will continue to meet on Wednesday evenings at various locations around the city. The schedule is on the Mayor’s webpage at www.funksfrontporch.com. If you would like your voice to be heard on this issue, please come out and participate.

Councilmember’s Cindy Circo and Russ Johnson have been working hard on the renewal of the one-cent sales tax for capital improvements. They make a great team; Cindy is especially good at meeting with groups and Russ is a great number cruncher. Both just came off the Public Improvements Advisory Committee so they know a lot about how the process works and how it could work better.

Funk’s first draft of his book is due on Tuesday. The shouts of joy coming from midtown on Tuesday evening will be attributed to me. It has been a long road and our family is glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

In faith,
Gloria & Mark

You can respond to this newsletter at funksfrontporch@gmail.com.

Please help us by forwarding this email to as many people as you think might want to be more informed about their city government. They can sign up to receive the newsletter at, www.funksfrontporch.com.

The Mayor’s top ten priorities:

1. Establishing a good working relationship with the Council
2. Getting the City’s finances in order
3. Making downtown work
4. Tending to our neighborhoods
5. Implementing the Housing Policy task force recommendations
6. Improving the perception and the reality of public education in Kansas City
7. Reducing Crime
8. Repairing our sewer systems
9. Establishing an excellent regional transit system, which includes light rail
10. Improving citizen satisfaction with City services.

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Two Sewer Workers Missing In St. Paul-MN After Sudden Storm And Other Central U.S. Weather Woes

Yesterday afternoon a thunderstorm developed rapidly over St. Paul-MN- sending an NWS-reported 0.44 of rain in 30 minutes into storm sewer tunnels where a crew of workers were.

The crew made it to an exit point in waist-deep water- but two of that crew apparently didn't make it out- according to the Associated Press.

In south Texas- more rain is expected today and through the weekend- prompting Texas Governor Perry to place quick-response emergency crews on alert.

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