Tag Archives: kansas-city

Russian President: Heat Waves ‘Wake Up Call’ to Climate Change

Image via the Kansas City Star “What’s happening with the planet’s climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us” That’s Dmitri Medvedev, the President of Russia, addressing the record heat waves that are currently devastating the largest nation in the world. Russia has seen crippling heatwaves and record-shattering temperatures all across the nation, and approximately 25 million acres (that’s the size of all of Kentucky) of crops have withered under widespread droughts. A wake-up ca… Read the full story on TreeHugger

Read more from the original source:
Russian President: Heat Waves ‘Wake Up Call’ to Climate Change

NAACP to condemn Tea Party for racism

Tomorrow the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is expected to pass a resolution condemning racist elements of the Tea Party movement. The nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization will vote on the resolution Tuesday during its annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. http://www.examiner.com/x-4383-Portland-Progressive-Examiner~y2010m7d12-NAACP-to… added by: unimatrix0

MLB’er To be Questioned About Amphetamines

Filed under: TMZ Sports Kansas City Royals catcher Jason Kendall will be in court this morning in his bitter child custody fight, and we’ve learned he’ll be asked about his use of a prescription amphetamine that can enhance performance.Chantel Kendall has alleged in legal … Permalink

Read more here:
MLB’er To be Questioned About Amphetamines

Love Triangle in Kansas City Baseball Case

Filed under: Celebrity Justice An ugly love triangle made its way to court today — between Rod Stewart’s son, Sean Stewart, Kansas City Royals catcher Jason Kendall and his estranged with Chantel.TMZ was in court this AM as Kendall’s lawyer made a bid to allow Kendall to take the … Permalink

The rest is here:
Love Triangle in Kansas City Baseball Case

New Royals Mascot — Expert Wiener Handler

Filed under: TMZ Sports The Kansas City Royals have selected the next person to play Sluggerrr the mascot — and TMZ has learned the super fan is training hard to avoid the same wiener-related drama that’s plaguing his predecessor. The man donning the lion costume is Rob … Permalink

Original post:
New Royals Mascot — Expert Wiener Handler

Nightclub Sued for Letting NFL Superstar Inside

Filed under: Celebrity Justice , TMZ Sports , Exclusives NFL star Larry Johnson should never have been allowed into a Kansas City nightclub, in which he allegedly spat on and threatened to kill a woman last year, this according to a new lawsuit. Johnson, a former KC Chiefs running back, has already been … Permalink

See the original post here:
Nightclub Sued for Letting NFL Superstar Inside

Equality Group — Keep LJ Out of Cincinnati

Filed under: Talk Sports Homophobic slur-hurling running back Larry Johnson is expected to sign with the Cincinnati Bengals any minute now — but a local gay rights group is already considering the move a “slap in the face.” TMZ spoke with Lesley Jones, executive director of … Permalink

Visit link:
Equality Group — Keep LJ Out of Cincinnati

Fired: KC Chiefs Release Star Running Back Larry Johnson Over "Faggot" Slurs

The Kansas City Chiefs have released star running back Larry Johnson over his usage of “faggot” when speaking to reporters and on his Twitter feed.

Read this article:
Fired: KC Chiefs Release Star Running Back Larry Johnson Over "Faggot" Slurs

Larry Johnson — Sacked in Kansas City

Filed under: Talk Sports The Kansas City Chiefs have officially kicked Larry Johnson to the curb — cutting the running back from the NFL team in the wake of his gay slur scandal.Johnson was just 75 yards away from becoming the team’s all-time leading rusher when he was … Permalink

See the rest here:
Larry Johnson — Sacked in Kansas City

Wal-Mart Bans Gay Couple For Shoplifting (Even Though They Didn’t Do It)

A Wal-Mart in rural Indiana detained two gay attorneys and their two adopted special needs sons and then banned them from patronizing any store in the chain, even though video records proved that the couple had not shoplifted the packages of Bic lighters that employees claimed they had. One of the men had used the store’s self-checkout lane and security cameras clearly showed him scanning the items in question. According to the couple, Wal-Mart security threatened them in the store’s detention room and made disparaging remarks about their “lifestyle.” Even after their innocence was proven by the store’s own surveillance, Wal-Mart refused to compensate the couple for their ruined frozen groceries and is even demanding that they pay ten times the value of the items they were wrongly accused of stealing

Follow this link:
Wal-Mart Bans Gay Couple For Shoplifting (Even Though They Didn’t Do It)