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    • Could she be KC's next star?

      - 07/18/2008 04:38 PM CDT

      Hold onto your channel changers, Kansas City, another favorite son — er, daughter this time — is chasing reality TV gold.

    THIS WEEKEND IN KANSAS CITY

    Ted Nugent loves KC, hates liberals, music biz

    Ted Nugent – the unabashed, opinionated "Motor City Madman" – brings his 40 years of rock 'n' roll music to the Uptown on Sunday evening.

    STAR STORIES

    When Bonnie and Clyde dropped in

    Seventy-five years ago this weekend, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and their outlaw gang paid a quick visit to Platte County. They left amid a hail of gunfire, barely escaping a nighttime ambush by authorities. In the first of an occasional series remembering Kansas City's big stories, KansasCity.com looks back at this event through previously published stories and photos.

    CRIME SCENE KC | James Hart

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    INFO CENTRAL

    What is your home's value? Check our databases of home values in five KC metro counties.
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    • 
Wind turbines fill the horizon along Interstate 70 west of Salina, Kan. The state is said to have the third-best wind of any state for such projects, and that is raising the hopes of renewable-energy advocates.
      DAVID EULITT | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
      Wind turbines fill the horizon along Interstate 70 west of Salina, Kan. The state is said to have the third-best wind of any state for such projects, and that is raising the hopes of renewable-energy advocates.

      Wind-energy dreams gain altitude

      - 11:33 PM CDT

      That breeze you’re feeling may be the sudden gust of news about wind energy, until now almost a boutique producer of power in America.

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    JESSICA'S TRIAL

    First one trauma, then another

    Child sex crimes are the toughest to prosecute, but it is even tougher on the kids who testify. In a four-part series, The Star follows a trial to examine the process and problems of prosecuting child sexual crime.

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    CLIMATE CHANGE


    Gore: Carbon-free electricity in 10 years doable
    Former Vice President Al Gore is calling for all of the nation's electricity production to be switched to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years, a goal that he said would solve global warming as well as economic and natural security crises caused by dependence on fossil fuels.

    MOVIES

    ‘The Dark Knight’ | 3 stars

    Heath Ledger's riveting Joker enlivens this dark, good-but-not-great superhero film.

    'Mamma Mia' | 3 stars

    As colorful as a peacock feather and just about as insubstantial, “Mamma Mia!” bounces along on the music of ABBA and a cast of pros who sell like there’s no tomorrow.

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