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KCUR Morning News 4-01-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO –
The cement finishers union is on strike at Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums, idling more than 200 workers there.

The head of the MAST ambulance service Doug Hooten has resigned.
The city of fountains will stay that way.

Truman Medical Center will be taking over emergency services and about half of the psychiatric hospital beds at the region's public mental health center.

Sources say the FBI is questioning Missouri lawmakers about pay for play at the state capitol.

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

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