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KCUR Morning News 7-15-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – A 5 percent wage cut and no pension payments for a year and a half are the latest options that union leaders at YRC Worldwide are considering.

One man escaped and two others are jailed in Clay County after what police say was a particularly vicious home invasion early yesterday.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is getting involved in the settlement of lawsuit against former Governor Matt Blunt.

Republican Roy Blunt and Democrat Robin Carnahan both report raising more than $1 million in the last three months for their respective campaigns for the U.S. Senate.

The University of Kansas is considering allowing student housing supervisors to enter dorm rooms without permission, if they suspect someone is drinking or using drugs.

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