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SHANE KEYSER/The Kansas City Star_20060307_COLUMNIST_ Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri. (PHOTO BY SHANE KEYSER/STAFF)

Glitzy shopping district drives home economic reality for teens

12:27 AM CDT

The air was warm and the sidewalks were packed on a recent Saturday afternoon when a woman driving a black Mercedes pulled alongside a couple in a red Corvette. “Don’t cut me off ever again,” shouted the woman, who sneered at the other driver and seemed ready to run through an intersection of pedestrians that included my son and two teenage friends.

Shane Keyser | /The Kansas City Star

SHANE KEYSER/The Kansas City Star_20060307_COLUMNIST_ Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri. (PHOTO BY SHANE KEYSER/STAFF)

McDonald’s teams with Visa to offer employees a financial education

11:16 PM CDT

Quarter pounders with cheese and quarter-point credit card interest rate hikes. Both cooking and financial skills are being taught these days to more than 500,000 McDonald’s restaurant employees.

Teen hopes to turn electronics passion into a career

12:58 AM CDT

Jacob Golding is doing what he does best. For the 18-year-old recent high school graduate, the recipe for success has revolved around one thing: Technical-school training for a career in electronics engineering.

Customer service is a lesson — or a nightmare

06:56 PM CDT

I’ll never forget the time my mother took me shopping for my first suit. I was 14 and needed a three-piece jacket, pants and vest for a teen dance and a family wedding.