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Police help bar patrons know their limit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Over the Limit – Under Arrest!”

“You Drink, You Drive, You Lose!”

Both are common slogans used by law enforcement to discourage drunk driving. This summer, police are hoping to show you what your ‘limit’ is, before it’s too late.

The Kansas City, Mo., Police Department’s DUI enforcement unit set up shop outside Tanner’s in Waldo Thursday night. As people passed by they were asked and encouraged to take a portable breath test to see what their blood alcohol level was.

With the current legal limit at .08, several bar goers were surprised to see how high and low their BAC’s really were.

The DUI Enforcement unit plans more stops in different entertainment districts throughout the summer.

Boy Scouts decision leaves people split

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay members is stirring emotions: some outrage and some celebration. The vote allows openly gay members, but not leaders. Thursday Fox 4 Spoke to Eric Jones, a former Boy Scout leader from Kearney, Mo., who was removed from the scouts after revealing he was gay. He celebrates the vote as “moving in the right direction”

But some conservative religious organizations are calling this the downfall of the Boy Scouts. Immediately following Thursday’s vote to allow openly gay kids into the scouts, several religious groups lashed out. The Southern Baptist Convention and Assemblies of God church organizations said the vote wasn’t compatible with the principals central to the scout’s oath and they predict people will leave the scouts by the thousands.

One type of surgery for skin cancer saves face

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — With the sun season getting underway — a reminder that one in five people will have skin cancer at some time in their lives.

“I’ve never worn a hat. I wore a bill cap, but that’s all,” says Howard Gillogly who’s had a lot of sun exposure as a farmer.

Howard has had two common basal cell cancers removed from his nose. He’s about to have another removed from his face.

Dr. Holly McCoppin of College Park Specialty Center will do Mohs micrographic surgery. It spares healthy tissue while almost always resulting in a cure.

“In Mohs surgery, we don’t take a margin of normal skin. When we do the cancer removal, we take out just that specimen,” says Dr. McCoppin.

Chat with “Mr Chow” from “The Hangover”

LAS VEGAS, NV — Ken Jeong’s star rose quickly, once he jumped out of the trunk of a car in “The Hangover.” He chats with Fox 4 Film Critic Shawn Edwards about his delight in playing “Mr. Chow.”

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Four-legged friends about to get help in Okla.

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. — Human beings are feeling the effects of that tornado. So are the animals that live around them. Many of which are now separated from their owners.

Kathy Plant is never far from a furry friend and can’t imagine being separated.

Six days per week, Plant takes her mobile animal care service — Kathy’s Klippery — to customers around Platte County, but her next group of customers might need her help more than others do.

Plant says she’s been asked by as many as five charities, including the Northshore Animal Rescue League, to help out in Moore, Okla. That community was wrecked by a tornado earlier this week, leaving animals and their owners searching for one another.

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Curve ball consequences: something to fear?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lots of kids dream about making it to the majors.  They idolize their favorite baseball players and try to mimic their skillful moves, including the curve ball.

“Every time you throw that curve ball you’re playing Russian roulette with your arm,” said Tom Urquhart.

Tom Urquhart played professional baseball and has been a pitching coach in the metro for 35 years.  He says he never teaches curve balls.

“It’s that one pitch, and one pitch you throw wrong, one pitch you don’t have exactly right, then you pop something or you tear something and you’re done,” he said.

Many doctors agree that throwing a curve ball at a young age may not be safe because the growth plates haven`t closed, but they say according to research, the real danger is in too much throwing.