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Published September 26, 2005 at 11:28 AM CDT

By Ben Embry

Kansas City, MO – Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon investigating 50 gas stations for price gouging. Kansas City police are talking to four people in the weekend shooting death of 20-year-old Terrell Barnes. Platte County schools experiment with animal-assisted therapy to help children learn to read. Sprint Nextel Corp. launches 19 live TV stations for wireless phone customers.
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