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KC CURRENTS 4-29-2007

By Ty Chandler, Alex Smith and Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – KC-MO schools are reorganized into kindergarten through eighth grade buildings. Examine the effect of some rap music's stop snitching messages on Kansas City crime. The KC-MO city council passed a controversial affirmative action plan for city construction projects. Plus, a local high school student recites poetry in a national competition judged by Garrison Keillor.

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