The Examiner As gas prices rise nationwide, Kansas City locals wonder how high it will go During a recent conversation with several area residents, the topic of gas prices made its way into the discussion. Really it can't be avoided consdering during the last election that gas was under ... (photo: Creative Commons / Kéiryn) Hike Kansas Oil Photos Wikipedia: Price of petroleum The Examiner A Big 'Return' for Linda Cardellini Linda Cardellini has two big productions due this month. The former “ER” star is about to give birth to her first child. She also stars in a powerful new drama called “Return ,” ... (photo: Creative Commons / Kevin McShane) Actress Drama Entertainment Photos Wikipedia: Linda Cardellini Top Stories Al Jazeera NATO: Caught in the headlights Editor's note: This article is part two of chapter five, and the fifth of a series of excerpts that Al Jazeera will be publishing from The Invisible Arab : The ... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco) Arab Military NATO Photos Wikipedia: NATO London Evening Standard Iran 'poised for big nuclear jump' Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats ... (photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour) Iran Nuclear Photos Uranium Wikipedia: Tehran The Examiner Weather History: February 19: Record Temps, Fog, Storms, Snow, Wind & Flooding Meteorological events that happened on February 19th : 1871 Professor Cleveland Abbe of the Signal Corps Service issued the first weather synopsis and forecasts along with ... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska) Meteorological Photos Weather Wikipedia: Meteorology Wind The Daily Telegraph London-based oil executive linked to 9/11 hijackers A Saudi Arabian accused of associating with several of the September 11 hijackers and who disappeared from his home in the United States a few weeks before the attacks on ... (photo: US Army / Teddy Wade) Arabian Hijackers London Photos Saudi Wikipedia: September 11 The New York Times Reporter’s Death Puts Focus on Difficulties of Covering a Secretive Syria The conflict in Syria has become, for journalists, one of the most difficult and dangerous assignments in many years, with at least five having died while covering the ... (photo: AP / Ugarit News Group via APTN) Death Journalists Photos Syria The New York Times A Second Front in the Climate War Year after year, the world’s nations gather to find ways to reduce carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, with little meaningful progress. Frustrated by this slow ... (photo: Creative Commons / Suicup) Climate Greenhouse Photos Warming Wikipedia: Extreme weather Atlanta Journal Deadly Honduran fire could occur across region TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The inferno that killed 356 inmates at Honduras' Comayagua prison will almost certainly be followed by disasters in other jails in Central ... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska) Guatemala Honduras LAtin Photos Prison Wikipedia: Latin America The Examiner Putumayo Kids adds instruments to its kids' music product line Children 's record label Putumayo Kids , which last year brought an expanded product line of globally-themed product offerings to Toy Fair , went a step further this year. ... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska) Children Kids Music Photos Product Wikipedia: Putumayo World Music