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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Kansas City gasoline prices drop below $2 per gallon
  • Presidential, vice-presidential candidates continue MO barnstorm
  • Light rail plan survives court challenge -- Proponents tout jobs
  • Stolen campaign signs put Johnson County race in the headlines
  • Record voter turnouts predicted in Missouri, Kansas
  • Volunteers from both parties to police the polls Tuesday
  • Johnson Countians vote early in unprecedented numbers
  • Jackson County election official predicts slow returns nationwide
  • YRC to cut 15% of workforce as economy, merger take toll
  • Funkhouser criticized by council for heavy home-office schedule

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