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Published June 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Two deaths in first Kansas City heat wave of 2009.

K.C., MO School district spares 3 schools, closes 8.

Council rezones area for Grandview edge defense plant.

Funding for 63rd and Prospect shopping center on hold.

Gardner backs out of rail hub: Edgerton wants in.

Governor cuts $430 million from Missouri spending.

Kansas state universities announce fall tuition hikes.

Domestic violence a factor in quadruple homicide.

Defunded, but not defeated.

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

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