Monday's open thread

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And have a great new year.

Friday's open thread

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Thursday's open thread

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Wednesday's open thread

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Tuesday's open thread

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Oh, and Merry Christmas.

Monday's open thread

Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language. And when you sign your comments, please use only one nickname. If you need to reach me, please email trizzo@kcstar.com. Thanks again, and have a great day!

Three charged with blowing up neighborhood

Two people died in their knucklehead scheme to collect insurance money.

KC cops track robber's footprints in the snow

A snow day is no day to be pulling a robbery.

Alleged "Jane Doe" child pornographer identified

Is the female version of a creep a creepette?

Or is a creep just a creep?

Merry Christmas crime dogs

Remember, no matter how bad your life is going, it could always be worse

Olympian led secret life as a high-priced escort

It was a "coping mechanism" becasue of personal problems, said Suzy Hamilton.

Sex act allegedly forced during robbery

It happened in Olathe.

Shooting threats to Wal-Marts alleged

The suspect says he didn't really mean it.

Friday's open thread

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Waka Flocka Flame

I just had to write that in a headline.

A man shot by the bodyguards of said "artist" wins a $500K judgment.

Sex mishap

A phrase you never, ever want to be associated with.

Sandy Hook conversation leads to shooting at barbershop outside St. Louis

The suspect apparently misunderstood the conversation.

THIS could only happen in Alaska

But what the heck is a snowmachine?

I'm thinking snowmobile, but whatever you call it, you probably shouldn't drive it drunk.

 

Thursday's open thread

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Read more here: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2012/12/wed-1.html#storylink=cpy

Smells like boiling rabbit

But there will be no cyberstalking charge in the Petraeus case.

Signs, signs everywhere (well there used to be anyway)

As if things weren't bad enough for the Chiefs, thieves have been helping themselves to parking lot signs.

Digging up the past

The bodies of the infamous In Cold Blood killers have been exhumed.

Wednesday's open thread

Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language. And when you sign your comments, please use only one nickname. If you need to reach me, please email trizzo@kcstar.com. Thanks again, and have a great day!

Read more here: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2012/12/tu.html#storylink=cpy

Sexual assault and Russian roulette in Missouri

The victim was a 65-year-old woman.

You buy them books and send them to school

And they do this.