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KCUR Morning Newscast 9-24-08

By Maria Carter, KCUR Newsroom

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Kansas City, MO – Crime in Kansas City, Missouri did not drop by more than 20 percent last year after all. In fact, police now report a 10 percent increase, the sharpest rise in crime in more than a decade.

An American Airlines flight to Dallas returned to Kansas City after a report of smoke in the cockpit shortly after takeoff.

Republican nominee for Missouri Governor Kenny Hulshof is proposing changes to state's system for selecting judges to the Supreme Court and lower courts.

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that the health coverage offered by Medicare is less generous than that available through large employer group plans or the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan.

A Senate Committee could vote tomorrow on whether the top federal prosecutor in Kansas gets a seat on the federal bench in Wichita.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox focused on immigration issues in a lecture in Kansas.

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