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Friday marks the 50 years since the release of "Jaws," the film that made moviegoers terrified to enter the water. Johnson County Park & Rec is showing the film Saturday night at Shawnee Mission Park. (Flikr)

World Cup Countdown Party Last week, we marked the one-year countdown to the World Cup. Now, get ready for the big party. Kansas City’s host committee is planning a “Countdown to the World Cup Kick-Off Event” on Sunday at the Aspiria Campus in Overland Park. That’s the former Sprint headquarters site near 119th and Metcalf.…

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New Film Documents Legendary KC Ballot Theft Case

In 1945 Harry Truman, then vice president, attended the Kansas City funeral of machine boss Tom Pendergast, and visited with Pendergast’s nephew James (far right).

A new film premiering this weekend tells the story behind the 1947 blowing of a Jackson County Courthouse safe, making possible the theft of dodgy ballots and contributing to the collapse of a planned vote fraud investigation.

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