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My husband and I just moved to Kansas City, MO and we love authentic Mexican food. Our favorite restaurants are the ones that serve individual chips, salsa and queso upon arrival. The only place we’ve ever found these was Oklahoma City. Can anyone let me know if there is one in or around the Kansas City area…Missouri or Kansas?

Thanks!

I am needing to throw a baby shower.
I would like to do it at a cute restaurant with a private room.
I want something that isnt too expensive, and I need advice on places in Kansas City, MO.

Thanks!

I am an international student in Kansas City, MO. My parents are coming this summer to visit me. It will be their first time to the USA. I was planning on meeting them in NYC, and spending a week there.
My “must sees” for now are: a Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Madam Tussauds, Central Park, and Museum of Natural History.
My parents are 61 and 56 years old. I really want them to enjoy their first trip to NYC.
What other places of interest would you suggest us to see? Are there any good restaurants with good food and affordable prices? If you know any, please, leave the name and address of the place.
Thank you, guys so much!
By the way we are going to be there for a week sometime in mid-July. Very excited!!!

Identity theft linked to illegal immigration

Apr. 23, 2008 06:58 PM
McClatchy Newspapers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nobody likes getting a letter from the IRS. So imagine Amanda Bien’s reaction last Valentine’s Day when the agency wrote to demand $3,300 in back taxes.

For jobs she never worked. Five of them. In multiple states.

A Lenexa, Kan., Taco Bell. A Wendy’s restaurant. Two Target stores, one in California. The Engineered Air manufacturing plant in De Soto, Kan. Someone, somewhere, got Bien’s name and Social Security number and gave it a workout.

A 28-year-old illegal immigrant was later arrested at the De Soto plant and faces ID theft charges.

Though illegal immigrants aren’t the only ones stealing identities, cases like Bien’s illustrate the inability of disparate government agencies to tackle the problem.

While lawmakers in Washington debate ways to crack down on illegal immigration, the market for false documents and stolen Social Security numbers is booming.

Particularly vulnerable, authorities say, are legal residents with Hispanic last names. Or, as in Bien’s case, names that could sound Hispanic.

As politicians know and Bien is finding out, it’s a problem that defies easy solutions.

The IRS may suspect that multiple people are using the same Social Security number, but the agency doesn’t investigate ID theft. Local police and prosecutors cannot deport illegal immigrants they arrest.”I feel like nobody’s listening,” said Bien, 23, of Ottawa, Kan. “If this can happen to me, it can happen to anybody. And if we don’t do something about it now, what’s going to happen in 10 years?”

Federal estimates indicate that nearly 10 million Americans become victims of identity theft each year. Officials can’t say how many of those identities are being used by illegal workers, but prosecutors in Kansas say they see more cases of illegal immigrants using fake credentials every year.

It mirrors an increase in overall cases related to illegal immigration. The Kansas U.S. attorney’s office received 18 such cases in 1997; in 2007, the number was 106.

Experts expect the trend to continue, and they’re finding ID theft in surprising places. Last fall, U.S. prosecutors in Missouri charged five noncitizens with ID theft after they were found working in the Kansas City Federal Building’s cafeteria.”We know there are thousands and thousands of people working here who aren’t even supposed to be here,” said Brent Anderson, assistant U.S. attorney for Kansas. “There is rampant ID theft going on … and I’m afraid that given the situation we’re in right now, this is just the beginning.”
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/23/20080423identity-theft0423-ON.html
Do you think your childrens identity is safe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQ9sg4LRvc