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An Apple stolenAbout 145 employees at the Kansas City Art Institute have been notified of potential identity theft in connection with the disappearance of a computer from the campus.

Garmin rises 2 cents; analyst suggests company would benefit from buying rival TomTom.

Shares of Cerner Corp. jumped 2 percent today before the company released its earnings report after the market closed. Profits were down but bookings soared in the quarter.

The market was generally kind all around, with a notable exception being the 6.7 percent hit to the low-priced shares of YRC Worldwide Inc.

Cerner Corp. this afternoon announced fourth-quarter 2009 bookings of $680.4 million, up 68 percent from $404.9 million in the fourth quarter 2008.

Full-year 2009 bookings set a record of $1.83 billion, up 19 percent compared to 2008 bookings of $1.54 billion, the report said.

The company said fourth-quarter revenue was $466.3 million -- flat compared to $465.7 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

LatteLand Espresso

On Monday, the Kansas City Health Department temporarily closed one of the Country Club Plaza’s two LatteLand Espresso operations during a routine inspection.

Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

The company will replace the driver’s side air bag inflator on the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator casing to rupture and injure or kill the driver.

The recall now affects more than 822,000 vehicles, including certain 2001 and 2002 Accord sedans, Civic compacts, Odyssey minivans, CR-V small sport utility vehicles and some 2002 Acura TL sedans.

Jim MoffettFans of fund manager Jim Moffett know his Kansas City-based Scout International Fund regularly beats his rivals with a prudent approach that excludes direct investment in fast-growing China.

The New Delhi Times

Now, lodging a complaint for outages is just a text message away for east Delhi residents. With a high number of callers being put on hold for long durations to file complaints with its call centres, BSES Yamuna has launched a new service wherein consumers can just send a text message to their discom for no supply. And they will get feedback as soon as possible.

Independence Center will soon have three new tenants.

Noodles & Co., a quick-casual restaurant serving Asian, Mediterranean and American inspired noodle dishes, soups and salads, plans to open a new location in mid-June.

By Keith Chrostowski
The Kansas City Star

It’s still stunning to think that health care reform is sitting dead in the water.

The underlying cause is Americans’ distaste of top-down, far-reaching efforts. The country doesn’t cotton to elites imposing policy against popular will. We’re not Europe.

And just what is the popular will?

The RealClearPolitics average of polls shows that just 37 percent of respondents favor the House and Senate plans.