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KCUR Evening Newscast 9-9-08

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • A construction crane company involved in a deadly collapse near Weston has been fined $14 thousand for two serious OSHA violations at the site.
  • Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden campaigned in Columbia this morning, where he talked up an Obama plan create five-million jobs focused on clean energy.
  • Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius says with more than 12% of Kansans uninsured she will push for a health reform plan again next year.
  • The Missouri National Guard says members now deployed in Louisiana will not be sent on to deal with any damage caused by Hurricane Ike.
  • A jury has sentenced Gary L. Eye and Steven Sandstrom to life in prison for what prosecutors said was the racially motivated killing of William McCay.

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