<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kansas City: News &amp; Videos about Kansas City - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kansas_City</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kansas City from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:49:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Kansas City: News &amp; Videos about Kansas City - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kansas_City</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kansas City from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Rules changed for fouls on secondary defenders, free throws</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/11/10/rules.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/11/10/rules.ap/index.html</guid><description>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- NCAA basketball officials will begin calling fouls on secondary defenders under the basket this season in an attempt to curb injuries.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The entrepreneur whiz kid myth</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/18/smallbusiness/whiz_kid_myth_entrepreneurs.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/18/smallbusiness/whiz_kid_myth_entrepreneurs.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. FedEx's Fred Smith. The image of the entrepreneur as whiz kid has serious currency in American business lore. But according to a new study from the Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City think tank that studies entrepreneurship, that image is a myth.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Joel Sherman: Hired guns: Cone, Sutcliffe and Sabathia offer advice for Halladay</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joel_sherman/07/22/halladay.difference/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joel_sherman/07/22/halladay.difference/index.html</guid><description>Think of the pressure inching closer to Roy Halladay.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mother, young daughter among four slain in Kansas home</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/kansas.killings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/kansas.killings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A mother and her 3-year-old daughter were among victims of a quadruple homicide at a Kansas home, officials told CNN Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five cool day trips around the country</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/03/day.trips.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/03/day.trips.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With the economy sputtering along, buying a plane ticket for a getaway may not be a priority.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Allan Muir: Economy woes could squeeze NHL teams</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/allan_muir/01/24/nhl.mailbag/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/allan_muir/01/24/nhl.mailbag/index.html</guid><description>There's been lots of talk about the salary cap going down significantly next season. I'm curious about a couple things. What will happen to all those teams that are committed to salaries that put them above the new cap? More important, what does it mean to the Canadiens? They have just 10 NHLers signed to deals beyond this season. Do they add a few missing pieces this spring in an attempt to win the Cup, knowing how much more difficult it will be to start from scratch next year under a new cap?  -- Aaron R., Mount Royal, Quebec</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Precious Doe's' stepfather sentenced to life</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/20/precious.doe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/20/precious.doe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The stepfather of a 3-year-old girl, known as Precious Doe after her body and severed head were discovered four years ago, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for killing the girl.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kansas City Homicides On Pace to be Highest This Decade</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851009,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851009,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Killings in Kansas City are happening at an alarming rate, and police and residents say the slayings can be traced to the same urban maladies that have plagued the city for years</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mo. Officials Suspect Fake Voter Registration</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been accused of election fraud in other states</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colleges Using Self-Defense Training</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Happy Air Travel Tale (For Real)</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835113,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1835113,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A TIME correspondent actually had a good recent experience flying commercial -- even if others had to suffer in the process</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Bite-Sized Media Future</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1811393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1811393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Today's younger generation is under attack from an unlikely source: news it can't adequately process</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter King: Breaking down the QBs, Millen's bad drafts, more</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/16/draft/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/16/draft/index.html</guid><description>The curtain will be pulled back Tuesday afternoon on Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan, the top passer in the 2008 draft pecking order. Ryan will work out in Chestnut Hill, Mass., on the same day another Miami/Atlanta/Kansas City candidate, Virginia defensive end Chris Long, goes on display in Charlottesville.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A series of embarrassing incidents on federal property across the country, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck, is being blamed on budget cuts at the agency charged with securing federal grounds. </description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>One Meal to Good (or Bad) Health</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1703644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1703644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Everyone knows a good diet is important for long-term well-being. But a new study shows that it's also crucial for good health today</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Kidnap Day,' beer, massages among job perks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/12/31/cb.work.perks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/12/31/cb.work.perks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Where can you grab a cold beer from the company keg when the clock strikes four? Where can you take in a yoga class during your lunch hour? And where can you do laundry for free? </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>SI.com HS FB Top 25 </title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/11/27/top25.week13/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/11/27/top25.week13/index.html</guid><description>Hats off to the Hawklets of Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.) for taking home their Class 6 state championship last weekend.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth Davis: Freshman, UCLA overwhelmed competition in K.C.</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/11/21/hoop.thoughts/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/11/21/hoop.thoughts/index.html</guid><description>KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The buzz around here may be about Saturday's Kansas-Mizzou football game, but there was some pretty good college hoops on the docket at the CBE Classic, which was played at the new downtown Sprint Center. I enjoy coming to these two-day events because it gives me a chance to see good teams play twice in person. </description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>My office is a cave</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/01/smbusiness/cave.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/01/smbusiness/cave.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Bennett Packaging of Kansas City, my 120-employee firm (bpkc.com), is in an underground industrial park. Many of them can be found in and near Kansas City. They were built into caves created during the 1950s when miners removed limestone to use in the construction of Interstate 70. They intentionally extracted the rock in a way that left huge rooms with thick, roof-supporting limestone pillars. Developers poured concrete floors and began renting out the space at attractive rates.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge blocks abortion-clinic law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/abortion.ruling.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/abortion.ruling.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Missouri abortion law Monday after Planned Parenthood said the law would harm women by dramatically reducing the clinics available to provide the procedure.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Setting Expectations Tour' is Bush's segue into September</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/22/henry.bush.iraq.vietnam/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/22/henry.bush.iraq.vietnam/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kansas City was the first stop on what you might call the "Setting Expectations Tour."</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fed: Growth moderate despite housing</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/25/news/economy/beige_book.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/25/news/economy/beige_book.reut/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. economic activity expanded further in June and early July, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, as slower housing markets contrasted with improvements in manufacturing and commercial real estate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Life after work</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/08/emails.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/08/emails.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As part of the "Life After Work" special, CNN.com asked its readers about their post-retirement years. Here is a selection of the responses, some of which have been edited for length and clarity:</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospitals try to pick up the ER pace</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/news/companies/bc.healthcare.hospitals.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/news/companies/bc.healthcare.hospitals.reut/index.htm</guid><description>It's the sort of promotion you might expect from a pizza delivery chain, not a U.S. hospital system.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Another duck on the barbie?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0706/gallery.father_days.fsb/index.html</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0706/gallery.father_days.fsb/index.html</guid><description>Celebrate Dad with the latest high-end meats, cured and cut by small companies.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The deal that won't get done</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/05/06/mmqb/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/05/06/mmqb/index.html</guid><description>NFL thoughts of the weekend, from the home office in Montclair, N.J.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 22:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rookie in a rut</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/john_donovan/05/02/Royals/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/john_donovan/05/02/Royals/index.html</guid><description>The fine people of Kansas City are used to looking hard for something good in their baseball team. The Royals have lost 100 or more games four times in the past five seasons. They've been better than .500 exactly three times since 1990. They haven't set foot in the postseason since '85. Finding something -- anything -- good in all that takes some practice.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 15:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Three shot dead at Missouri shopping center</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/29/mall.shooter/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/29/mall.shooter/index.html</guid><description>A gunman suspected of wounding a police officer shot and killed two people and wounded at least two others at a shopping center in Kansas City, Missouri, before being gunned down by police, authorities said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five Up, Five Down</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gennaro_filice/04/27/fiveup.fivedown/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gennaro_filice/04/27/fiveup.fivedown/index.html</guid><description>1. 2006 underachievers: Prior to the 2006 campaign, two middle America cities were abuzz with optimism. Both Cleveland and Milwaukee boasted young, exciting teams that were coming off encouraging seasons in '05. Hopes and dreams quickly came crashing down, though, as both teams vastly underachieved and finishing below .500.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your say: Dealing with delays</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/03/14/bt.delayscomments/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/03/14/bt.delayscomments/index.html</guid><description>Do airlines play fair when it comes to dealing with delays?</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cure for Shoddy Work</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/03/01/8400901/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/03/01/8400901/index.htm</guid><description>LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER MOVING INTO HER new 2,100-square-foot house in Lenexa, Kans., Susan Sabin has strung up lemon lights in her front window. The lemons, she says, go perfectly with the home's m... </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dark side of the housing boom: Shoddy work</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/13/magazines/moneymag/construction.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/13/magazines/moneymag/construction.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Less than a year after moving into her new 2,100-square-foot house in Lenexa, Kans., Susan Sabin has strung up lemon lights in her front window.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The next set of challenges</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/09/playoff.losers/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/09/playoff.losers/index.html</guid><description>Last week we reviewed the 20 teams that failed to make the playoffs and chronicled their impending offseason issues. Here's a look at the first-round playoff losers and the topics they face in 2007:</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Role reversal</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/06/chiefs.colts/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/06/chiefs.colts/index.html</guid><description>Year in and year out, the NFL playoffs are such compelling theater because the games seldom go to script. We should know by now to expect the unexpected, and to brace for surprise in every 12-team bracket. The Chiefs at Colts wild-card playoff opener at Indianapolis on Saturday was merely the latest case in point.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>There's no place like Kansas City</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/08/kansas.city/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/08/kansas.city/index.html</guid><description>Kansas City came of age during America's westward expansion and rose to prominence as a meatpacking center. But today in this leafy Midwestern city, which straddles both Kansas and Missouri, you'll find some of the world's finest jazz and barbecue, stunning art deco and Mediterranean-inspired architecture, and more than 200 ornate fountains. And that's just the beginning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>49 companies batting a billion</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/26/smbusiness/49cos_fsbbillion_fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/26/smbusiness/49cos_fsbbillion_fsb/index.htm</guid><description>What do a cheesecake chain, an online broker, a green energy company and a medical software firm have in common? They are among 49 U.S. companies that hit a special milestone last year: $1 billion in annual sales.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Would You Sign a Prenup?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/04/01/8373334/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/04/01/8373334/index.htm</guid><description>"We're not married, but we wouldn't need a legal agreement to talk about money." --Britney Lasater (with Edward Vandergucht), Paris </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>True Confections</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/02/01/8368184/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/02/01/8368184/index.htm</guid><description>[This article consists of photographs--See PDF or hardcopy of Magazine] </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Do Gen Xers Want?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/bestcos_genx/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/bestcos_genx/index.htm</guid><description>or if you belong to that cohort yourself -- you probably already know all too well that Generation X, as it's often called, just doesn't respond to the same carrots and sticks that motivate its elders.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>City of lights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/12/19/kansas.city/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/12/19/kansas.city/index.html</guid><description>White lights sparkle on a crisp winter night, illuminating the city with a cozy glow. Shoppers pause from the bustle to drink it all in -- the twinkling lights, the gathering dusk, and the way the air buzzes with the holiday spirit.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scams flourish in hot home market</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/05/real_estate/mortgage_fraud/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/05/real_estate/mortgage_fraud/index.htm</guid><description>Beware of that over-friendly real estate agent or buttoned-down appraiser. They may be nothing more than scam artists.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy and momentum</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/20/commentary/column_hays/hays/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/20/commentary/column_hays/hays/index.htm</guid><description>Big Fed chief Alan Greenspan has a lot on his mind this week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 11:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mother, stepfather charged in 'Precious Doe' killing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/05/precious.doe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/05/precious.doe/index.html</guid><description>More than four years after her headless body was found, a child known nationally as "Precious Doe" has been identified, and her mother and stepfather face murder charges in her killing, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 14:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Living and working without healthcare</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/economy/poverty_healthcare/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/economy/poverty_healthcare/index.htm</guid><description>Even though Maribeth Jones works at a hospital, the Kansas City woman doesn't have health insurance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Starting off right</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/19/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/19/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htm</guid><description>I'm a 25-year-old college grad who's built up some savings by living at home for a couple of years and then renting cheap. I started a Roth IRA three years ago and have contributed the max every year, but all my money sits in a money market account that earns a measly 2.1 percent.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How much money can I give away tax-free?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/10/18/8188062/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/10/18/8188062/index.htm</guid><description>I plan to give my daughter $30,000 to help her pay off some debts and buy a new car. I have heard that I can give away only $11,000 a year to anyone without having to pay taxes. Is there a way I ca...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TIME.com: Essay: The Trouble with Polls</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/04/klein.polls/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/04/klein.polls/index.html</guid><description>There is a long-standing Hollywood fantasy about how to succeed in American politics. From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to Bulworth, the story is the same: the hero is liberated when he breaks free from political convention and starts speaking from the heart. In the old days, Mr. Smith fought political bosses. Nowadays the bosses are political consultants. Senator Bulworth?in Warren Beatty's 1998 film?is liberated after deciding to commit suicide while watching his re-election ads.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>One Truck A Minute Ford's Kansas City factory builds             more vehicles than any other assembly plant in the country.    </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/04/05/366350/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/04/05/366350/index.htm</guid><description>Dave Savchetz had a normal office job once, but he didn't much like it. Savchetz, 50, has spent most of his life inside automobile factories, and today he is the plant manager at the Ford factory i...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford's F-150: Have It Your Way Truck-loving consumers want ever more custom features. 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To give you an idea of what you'll be up against, Money asked Judy Keisling, manager of t...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>MONEY magazine masthead May 1988 Volume 17 Number 5 </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/05/01/84512/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/05/01/84512/index.htm</guid><description>EDITOR- IN- CHIEF Jason McManus CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER J. Richard Munro PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER N. J. Nicholas Jr. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Ray Cave CORPORATE EDITOR Gilbert R...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BOOMING AMERICAN CITIES From coast to coast and in between, communities are spiffing up their downtowns, creating jobs, and maki</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69434/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69434/index.htm</guid><description>AS THE SERVICE SECTOR continues to outshine manufacturing, as tomorrow's technology replaces today's, U.S. cities are fast learning to adapt. 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When you express vague interest in a South Seas jaunt later in th...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 1987 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Money Magazine Masthead MARCH 1987 VOLUME 16 NUMBER 3 </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/03/01/83784/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/03/01/83784/index.htm</guid><description>EDITOR- IN- CHIEF Henry Anatole Grunwald CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER J. Richard Munro PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER N. J. 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