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KCUR Evening News 8-12-09

KCUR
Published August 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • KC council committee ponders repeal of funeral picketing ordinance.
  • Bulky item appointment system overwhelming city's 311 lines.
  • Kansas' Jenkins town hall meeting on health care uninterrupted.
  • Kansas unemployment fund nearly bankrupt, federal loan in sight.
  • Focus on Guantanamo detainees shifts from Kansas to Michigan.
  • Cat hair DNA sends man to jail in Clay County robbery-killing.

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