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KCUR Evening News 8-18-09

KCUR
Published August 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Employment improves in K.C. area in July, no change in Missouri.
  • "Public Option still alive for health care," say Cleaver, Moore.
  • 90 Missouri nursing homes making payday loans to staff.
  • VA Hospitals in Lawrence, Topeka to pay hazardous waste fine.
  • Children's Mercy to start trials on children's H1n1 vaccine.
  • Appeals court upholds 6 life sentences for Terry Blair.

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