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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Price of gas in KC nears $3.50 per gallon, predicted to hit $4.00.
  • Funkhouser State of City message stresses redeveloping urban core.
  • Change in ATA funding schedule prompts Ford suspicions.
  • ACORN voter registration suit targets MO DFS, KC election boards.
  • Sebelius vetoes abortion bill, 'will consider" new power plant compromise.
  • Supreme Court turns down Taylor lethal injection appeal.
  • Blunt calls for death penatlty for child rapists.
  • "Super Mario" Chalmers declares for the draft.
  • GM Fairfax and UAW: still talking, no walking.

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