KANSAS CITY, MO(kcur) -
A city council committee has advanced a resolution on volunteers on a 3-0 vote. Mayor Funkhouser called a news conference to protest the measure, which he calls a direct attack on his wife.
Local attendees at the Republican National Convention are calling this week's meetings "the Palin convention."
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback is out of the vice-presidential nominating lineup and will instead speak on behalf of John McCain.
Missouri National Guard troops on Hurricane-relief duty in Louisiana have set up one headquarters in Alexandria.
