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KCUR Evening Newscast 4-16-08

By Steve Bell

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-696537.mp3

KANSAS CITY, MO –
KCUR Evening Headlines (1 min 48 sec)

  • A report from a panel of economic analysts predicts Kansas revenues will miss previous projections by 2 percent.
  • Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon says today's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Kentucky's use of lethal injection executions should open the way for the death penalty to resume in Missouri.
  • It is doubtful that a proposal to reverse part of a Missouri constitutional amendment protecting stem cell research will make the November ballot.

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