Kansas City Star

The Big D is getting a big theater. The biggest of theaters. Kansas City-based AMC Entertainment Inc. has started construction in Dallas of its first 24-screen movie theater complex. When...

In the spring issue of Out West, you can read of Pete Jensen, a nomadic dishwasher whose dread of responsibility goes hand-in-hand with his pugnacious independence. "I just like doing...

What do you do when you're tired of neighbors complaining about noise, dust and pollution? Or when county officials try to impose zoning regulations you don't like? You start your...

The truth about 9-year-olds regarding architecture is this: They just don't give two hoots about Georgian Revival or Second Empire or Italianate. "I've been in this field for 15 years,"...

Randy Gardner and Julie Runtz wrestled with a problem earlier this year that all small-business owners face: choosing the best way to set up shop. They found a solution that...

On Kansas City's West Side, a newly renovated red brick duplex charms its block with wrought-iron fencing and wood trim painted in olive and turquoise. Two families live there now....

It's the legroom. That's what propelled Trans World Airlines to the top among major airlines in making travelers happy, according to a recent survey by J.D. Power and Associates. In...

First it took power suits to fit in. Now it's power voices. "This is a small fragment of the glass ceiling," said Keith G. Saxon, a physician in Liberty, Mo.,...

In relationship lingo, you might call it the great "Yeah, but" syndrome, and every would-be lover surely knows it. You meet someone new and become enchanted. Life is great. All...

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend serves as the starter gun for the year-end vacation scramble. With just five weeks remaining in the year, workers tend to fall into two distinct camps:...