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KCUR Morning News 10-7-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Three young men are in the Johnson County Kansas jail this morning, charged with robbing, kidnapping and murdering an 18 year old woman from Overland Park.

The Lied Center at the University of Kansas will undergo an expansion, using $2.5 million from the Lied Foundation.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stopped in Kansas City yesterday, to promote the use of electronic medical records.

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says his office is responding to reports of sexual misconduct by workers at a Topeka prison.

Missouri State Fair officials say attendance was up 8 percent at this year's fair.

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