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KCUR Evening Newscast 9-10-08

KCUR
Published September 10, 2008 at 5:31 AM CDT

By Steve Bell

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-757650.mp3

Kansas City, MO –

  • A council committee pondered revisions to Kansas City's smoking-ban ordinance that would end smoking in casino hallways.
  • Johnson County officials discussed some shortcomings voters have to deal with when using new touch-screen voting machines.
  • Fewer Kansas schools missed their "AYP" goals this year, but half of those that did were in the Kansas City area.

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