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CBS anchor Katie Couric believes a “Muslim version of ‘The Cosby Show’” could open the eyes of Americans and perhaps put an end to all the ”seething hatred many people feel towards all Muslims.” (more)

When Ann Wagner, the former United States ambassador to Luxembourg, returned from abroad in 2009, she felt that she has not entirely left Europe behind. (more)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police arrested a man in connection with a carjacking near 33rd Street and Jackson Avenue on Monday morning, where the owner was chained to his front porch. (more)

Drinking alcohol is thought to interfere with a good night’s sleep. But a new survey has found that most adults don’t experience sleep problems due to drinking. (more)

Lil Wayne already has four children with four different women. Now he’s learned he might have fathered a fifth. (more)

The 10 things we’re buzzing about as the Big East continues to court Villanova: (more)

Republican congressional candidate Ed Martin, who ran in Missouri’s 3rd District against incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan, is calling for an investigation into possible voter fraud in St. Louis during Tuesday’s midterm election. (more)

To see how Tuesday’s midterm rout will change the face of Congress, look no farther than the Bible Belt of southwest Missouri. Voters there replaced Rep. Roy Blunt, a savvy insider, with Billy Long, a smack-talking auctioneer with no college degree but a pithy slogan: “Fed Up.” (more)

The first BCS standings are out and Boise State is already chasing a couple of teams from the power conferences. (more)

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, struggling to keep Democrats in power in the upper chamber, raised $15.5 million in September. (more)

Democrats have a mountain to climb in West Virginia. (more)

A new study of population figures offers some unexpected predictions on Congressional reapportionment, which will alter the balance of power of different regions of the country based on the 2010 census. (more)

Senate Democrats who blocked an immigration bill in 2007 say they are undecided on how to vote on the measure this week. (more)

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), one of the nation’s largest trade associations, launched a multi-state campaign Wednesday to oppose increasing energy taxes. (more)

CURRYVILLE, Mo. — A troubled young man from this remote stretch of eastern Missouri, Chester Mast had traveled north in the summer of 2004 to stay with his extended family in Wisconsin. Mr. Mast, a member of a conservative Amish community here that eschews conveniences like electricity and telephones, was meant to apprentice with his uncle, a carpenter. (more)

A Curryville man accused of sex crimes with five underage girls in two states will go to trial Dec. 15. (more)

Americans are fed up with the backroom deals, abuses of power, disregard for the Constitution, and lack of transparency in many bills that have become law this Congress. Open government that is transparent and participatory is the best way to ensure that officials in Washington effectively represent the will of the people and do not overstep their constitutional authority. (more)

SUGAR CREEK, Mo. –A burglary suspect stripped off his clothes and rolled around in the mud to avoid arrest, officials at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. (more)

Looking down on downtown Kansas City gives a perspective on the area that one doesn’t always get, I’d have to imagine. As a newfound friend of mine said about her native city, sometimes one just doesn’t understand the beauty or uniqueness of a view until you get a chance to look at it a little removed and from a new viewpoint. (more)

Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) – An influential group of GOP officials called on the Republican National Committee Wednesday to open an investigation into the leaking of internal documents and sensitive information to the media – a major source of distraction for the party in this critical election year. (more)