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KCUR Morning News 6-9-09

By Maria Carter

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KCUR Newsroom – A new report says graduation rates in Kansas and Missouri are on the rise and staying above the national average.

The new KU chancellor will earn almost 25 percent more than her predecessor.

With a public hearing on proposed school closings less than a week away, one Kansas City school board member says some closings are inevitable, and adds that some people are overreacting to another message about reducing the number of teachers.

A Midwest governors group has come up with new recommendation for a carbon cap trade system.

A sixth-grader from Lenexa is in California to sign her name on the NASA rover she named.

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