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KCUR Evening Newscast 4-14-09

KCUR
Published April 14, 2009 at 5:26 AM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Hallmark plans 7-8% workforce reduction, up to 250 in Kansas City area.
  • Kearny, Missouri siding plant to lay off 146 in feeble housing market.
  • Kansas City area misses out on 900 new jobs, Nixon blames Legislature.
  • Sex offenders win one, lose one with Missouri Supreme Court decisions.

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