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KCUR Morning Newscast 7-30-08

By Maria Carter, KCUR Newsroom

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Kansas City, MO – Flood waters are receding now after storms dumped up to 6 inched inches of rain in the Kansas City area.

They look like police officers, they act like police officers, but the men and women who order you to move your car at the Kansas City airport are not police officers.

The Woodlands horse and dog racing track may not be gone for good after all. Racetrack officials and the state are still talking about ways to put slot machines at the track in Kansas City, Kansas.

Kansas Democrat Jim Slattery is accusing Republican Pat Roberts of misleading the public with a series of negative TV ads.

A judge in Wichita says misdemeanor trials against abortion provider Doctor George Tiller may be held in front of six-person juries.

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