Archive for January, 2012

PROFESSOR AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY TO TEACH NEW BEYONCE CLASS. By WENN.com
NEW YORK (WENN.com) – Hip-hop fans can now study BEYONCE thanks to a new course at Rutgers University. Lecturer Kevin Allred has signed up to teach Politicising Beyonce as part of the school’s Women’s and Gender Studies curriculum. The class offers New Jersey students the [...]

MICHAEL SHANK RACING CAME UP BIG AT THE ROLEX 24 IN DAYTONA. Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The little team with no pedigree knocked off the big boys with all those championships. Michael Shank Racing did it with a pair of drivers hoping Sunday’s victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona is the kickoff to [...]

THE HATRED BETWEEN KANSAS AND MISSOURI HITS CRITICAL MASS. By Sam Mellinger
KANSAS CITY (KansasCity.com) – Watching Kansas City’s oldest brand of vitriol from seats close enough to hear the curse words will cost you about $2,000. Normally, that’s insane. Normally, nothing short of a severe allergy to money would justify the cost, but normally, you [...]

MTV’S “TEEN MOM 3″ CHRONICLES THE LIVES OF STRUGGLING MOTHERS. By Mass Appeal
(MTV.com) Teen Mom is an American MTV reality television series. The show is a spin-off of 16 and Pregnant, and it chronicles the challenges of single mothers as they navigate through their first year of motherhood.
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In addition to pregnancy, the series focuses [...]

KANSAS CITY MAYOR SLY JAMES DELIVERS “STATE OF THE CITY” ADDRESS. By Lisa Benson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NBCActionNews.com) – Kansas City mayor, Sly James, delivered his unofficial State of the City address on Sunday morning at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Kansas City. The mayor greeted the congregation with laughs, good cheer and his [...]

JASON MUNJAK CAUGHT AND CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF A WOMAN. By Mass Appeal

MERRIAM, Kan – On Friday morning (Jan. 27), the Johnson County District Attorney charged Jason Munjak, 36, with first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Toby Rock at the Homestead Suites in Merriam on Jan. 19. Her body was discovered by the [...]

HEIDI & SEAL: JEALOUSLY & WORDS NOT INFIDELITY THE DEAL BREAKER. By Rita Watson
BOSTON – In my columns, With Love and Gratitude/Psychology Today, I highlight secrets to strengthen relationships and ward off infidelity and divorce. Gather Celebs tells us today that what ruined the marriage of Heidi Klum and Seal might well be traced [...]

REP. EMANUEL CLEAVER FINDS A WOMAN IN A DITCH AND SAVES HER. By Syed Shabbir
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NBCActionNews.com) – U.S. Congressman and Kansas City icon Emanuel Cleaver found a woman in a ditch Friday morning.  He stayed by her side until paramedics arrived. Cleaver said he was giving a tour of the Green Impact Zone [...]

KANSAS CITY WOMEN MUSICIANS: BETWEEN ROCK AND A GOOD PLACE. By Timothy Finn
KANSAS CITY – “People don’t want to see women do things they don’t think women should do.” — Joan Jett
That was the case back in the 1970s, when Jett and the Runaways were trying to make it in the macho world of rock. [...]