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Who knew Kansas City, Kansas, was a Triple-A farm club for superheroes? According to the World Superhero Registry, a woman crime fighter named Nyx guards the streets of KCK. But she's about to go to the show: New York. (Staff writer Justin Kendall posted a video of Nyx along with his ...

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The Chiefs Have a New President

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Published May 8, 2009 at 5:51 p.m.

via www.kcchiefs.com ... And we have our first president of the Kansas City Chiefs franchise of the post-Carl Peterson era. And this one has no slashes in his title ... Kansas City Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt today named Denny Thum President of the Kansas City Chiefs. In his new role with the organization, Thum will oversee all aspects of the club’s business operations and will report directly to Hunt ... “Denny has been an outstanding member of the Chiefs organization for almost four

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For Sale and Show

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Published May 7, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Every year, the Kansas City Art Institute celebrates the end of the year with an art blowout -- a three-day exhibition and sale of works by students and faculty. Painting, sculpture and other kinds of art are displayed throughout the campus. Also happening on Friday: Flux Fest, performance art, anim ...

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Chiefs UDFA: LB Bobby Abare

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Published May 6, 2009 at 7:56 a.m.

via cache.boston.com ... View full size photo uploaded May 6, 2009 ... We're tracking all of the Kansas City Chiefs UDFAs here ... While researching information about Yale LB Bobby Abare for this post, I came across a lot of adjectives used to describe undrafted free agents in the NFL ... Hard worker. Intelligent. Excellent preparation. Good instincts ... All of these describe the 131st captain of the Yale football team ... Bobby Abare (that's A-bear) is a 6'2", 220 pound linebacker who came to

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A Few Notes on Matt Cassel's Contract with the Chiefs

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Published May 4, 2009 at 12:31 p.m.

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via media.kansascity.com ... Michael Lombardi of the NFL Network and of the National Football Post reported on April 25th that Matt Cassel and the Kansas City Chiefs had agreed to a long-term contract, in principle, that would pay the quarterback $36 million in guaranteed money over six years. The timing was curious as it broke about an hour and a half before the start of the NFL draft ... Later that day the report was refuted by multiple sources including Peter King of Sports

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Differing Views on Chiefs New Center Ghiaciuc

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Published May 3, 2009 at 10:31 a.m.

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via www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com ... I was out of the "office" on Friday when the Kansas City Chiefs signed former Cincinnati Bengals center Eric Ghiaciuc. Keeping with the theme of many of the offseason signings, I didn't know anything about the guy. Just that he was a center with the Bengals and has been a starter for nearly three years. 27 years old with 42 games started at first glance makes Ghiaciuc look like a steal for the Chiefs, right? ... Wrong. At least according to the

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Chiefs' Connections Abound in Scouting Hires

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Published May 1, 2009 at 1:41 p.m.

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Phil Emery is the Chiefs new director of college scouting (via www.atlantafalcons.com) ... The Kansas City Chiefs announced today that they've hired some new guys in the scouting department while also keeping some of the current staff intact ... First, the retentions ... The Chiefs also announced that Ray Farmer has been retained as the club’s Director of Pro Personnel ... Willie Davis and Terry Delp have been retained by Kansas City in their roles as area scouts, as well ... Farmer has

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The Chiefs have hired Falcons scout Phil Emery to be their new director of college scouting,...

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Published April 30, 2009 at 2:22 p.m.

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The Chiefs have hired Falcons scout Phil Emery to be their new director of college scouting , multiple sources tell PFW ... Emery should be familiar with the ways of Chiefs GM Scott Pioli, as he worked under Thomas Dimitroff — Pioli's understudy in New England — for the past 15 months ... Emery brings a very thorough, militant scouting approach to his new club ... Kansas City - Pro Football Weekly ... H/T tomahawk44 ...

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Interior Designs

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Published April 30, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Local designers have been working around the clock to get the Nelly Don Estate ready for the Kansas City Symphony Alliance's 40th-annual Symphony Designers' Showhouse ... The house, located at 5236 Cherry, is open through May 17 (closed Mondays). The Symphony Alliance keeps the doors open until ...

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Xinyan Li's Convergence

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Published April 23, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Kansas City composer Xinyan Li will present the world premiere of heremotional and striking work, Convergence , in the Chinese temple. The performance is a collaborationbetween the Museum and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance ... Thegoal of the concert is to combine the visual and perf ...

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