By Maria Carter
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KANSAS CITY, MO –
KCUR Morning Headlines (3 min 30 sec)
- Missouri and Kansas both saw a heavy turnout in yesterday's Super Tuesday votes. Senator Barack Obama won a close race in the Democratic primary, barely beating Hillary Clinton 49 to 48 percent.
- Arizona Sen. John McCain won 33 percent of the votes cast in yesterday's Missouri Republican Primary, edging out Mike Huckabee, who took 32 percent.
- The economy was the top issue on Missouri voters minds, according to exit polls.
- A federal judge has turned down a request by former Westar Energy executive Douglas Lake for records from the utility's lawyers.