Brittney Palmer & Kansas City Midday Links

For the lunch hour we celebrate Brittney Palmer and her body of work while scanning these Kansas City mainstream media links . . .

- More Cowtown part-time work: What the jobs report means for KC

- JoCo run-in: Jogger seriously injured after being struck by a pickup in Olathe

- Important lady biz news: The Central Exchange named Joan Cohen as interim CEO after Ellen D’Amato moved up her planned retirement date, the Kansas City Business Journal reports.

- For all the Obamacare we don't have: Top of the List: Kansas City-area outpatient surgery centers

- New York Times summary: Akin Finds Funding in Final Days of Senate Race

- Folly Theater draws the curtain on massive new marquee (video) . . . Turn your speakers down.

- Doggie development: Axxiom, Animalytix plan expansions in Kansas City Animal Health Corridor

- Old school perv cop: A retired Springfield police officer is going to prison for secretly videotaping a 14-year-old girl to produce child pornography.

- Art news from Northeast KC and a few other places

- Classy local link: Projecting Emotion In The Lyric Opera Of Kansas City's 'Il Trovatore'