Royals’ legend Brett goes ballistic!
May 24th, 2009
ROYALS LEGEND, GEORGE BRETT (pictured above), RIPS KC SPORTS MEDIA by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, MO – On Monday, May 18th, Royals baseball Hall-of-Famer George Brett went berserk during an interview with NBC Action News. The profanity-laced tirade, which took place at the Joe McGuff ALS Golf Classic tournament, was directed at the Kansas City sports [...]
Colleges consider 3-year degrees
May 23rd, 2009
ACCELERATED PROGRAMS COULD SAVE TIME & MONEY by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post 05/23/09
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an era when college students commonly take longer than four years to get a bachelor’s degree, some U.S. schools are looking anew at an old idea: slicing a year off their undergraduate programs to save families time and money.
Advocates [...]
Wanda Sykes rips GOP!
May 11th, 2009
COMEDIAN WANDA SYKES DRAWS CRITICISM FOR REMARKS AT WHITE HOUSE DINNER (MSNBC.COM)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer’s joke comparing conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist. On Monday, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs was asked for President Barack Obama’s reaction to Wanda Sykes’ comedic performance Saturday at the [...]
Shawnee Mission District to cut jobs!
May 2nd, 2009
EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
TO SCALE BACK ON EXPENSES, SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CUT 144 JOBS FOR 2009-2010 by Wayne Hodges
OVERLAND PARK, KS – The sad state of our nation’s faltering economy, in addition to massive shortfalls in state budgets, has now affected the Shawnee Mission School District. And, unfortunately, more jobs will be lost as a result. Recently, school [...]