4 posts and columns on Kansas City

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Google Seeks Approval for Kansas City Video Service

in Media on February 22 at 12:27 pm PT

Google Inc. filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to state records, setting the stage for the Web giant to offer a cable-TV-like package in addition to the high-speed Internet service it plans to market there later this year.

Wait a Minute. Does Google Really Want to Be a Cable Guy?

in Media on November 4, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Running a cable TV operation is an expensive, messy, un-Googley business. Which is why there’s no way Larry Page is going to do that, says Sanford Bernstein.
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Google Jazzes Up Kansas City's Broadband

in Enterprise on March 30, 2011 at 11:43 am PT

Google picks Kansas City, Kansas–part of the greater metropolitan area that’s home to jazz greats and some pretty good barbecue–as the place it will light up superfast Internet service. Sorry, Topeka.

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Abortion Foes Take to eBay to Raise Funds for Roeder's Defense

in News on October 26, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

Abortion opponents looking to help Scott Roeder, the Kansas City man charged with killing abortion doctor George Tiller, have organized an unusual auction: They plan to sell a trove of anti-abortion memorabilia on eBay.