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KCUR Morning News 4/13/09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – The annual tradition of prairie burnings in Kansas has pushed air quality levels below federal standards in Kansas City and Wichita this spring.

The Kansas State Treasurer's office is offering a webpage to help Kansans qualify for all the tax benefits they're entitled.

Kansas is helping out a neighbor by letting Missouri have some of its prairie chickens.

A traveling NASA exhibit is coming to the University of Kansas. It contains a moon rock brought back to Earth by KU's first astronaut.

The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum has planned a series of events focusing on the former president's Kansas childhood.

The Kansas City Royals rallied for a 6-4 win over the New York Yankees.

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