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KCUR Evening Newscast 12-19-08

KCUR
Published December 19, 2008 at 5:31 AM CST

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton describes the worst case scenario for possible state budget cuts to higher education
  • Man pleads guilty of throwing chronically-ill wife to her death from Plaza apartment balcony
  • Missouri, Kansas unemployment figures spike in November

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