Hot air balloons will be in the air this weekend as the Great Midwest Balloon Festival comes to the Great Mall of the Great Plains. But that’s the backstory. Our top story – that The Great Mall of the Great Plains is still open.
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Facebook has teamed with Skype to create a giant video chat feature for Facebook users. This is a breakthrough for Hearne Christopher because he’s not used to actually seeing the person who’s poking him.
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The state of Missouri has closed the agency created to lure filmmakers to the Show Me State. There goes our last real shot at landing Smokey and the Bandit 4.
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Former Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has left Kansas City for Washington D.C. to join an institute that helps local governments all over the nation. May be a good time to buy stock in metal street plate removers.
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