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KCUR Morning Newscast 12-23-08

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Kansas City, MO – Jay Nixon says addressing the impact of the sinking economy on the state will be his number-one priority when he becomes governor of Missouri next month.

Insurance regulators in Missouri need to collect more data on earthquake coverage.

Kansas may be getting less dough from Nebraska in a dispute over a water bill.

Bitterly cold weather across Kansas has led to hundreds of reports of burst water pipes and frozen meters.

An Independence woman has avoided the death penalty in videotaped sexual torture and death of another woman.

UMKC's men's and women's basketball teams had different results in last night's college basketball action: the men narrowly lost to Texas-San Antonio 76-72, but the women's team held on for a 64-59 win over Air Force.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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