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KCUR Morning News 10-8-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole was in Kansas City yesterday, speaking at a Blue Cross and Blue Shield health summit.

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder is sounding off on the controversy over the delaying of an E. coli report from the Lake of the Ozarks.

Missouri has received its first batch of swine flu vaccine.

Former Kansas education commissioner Alexa Posny has been approved to serve in the U.S. Department of Education.

A potential initiative for the 2010 ballot seeks to require partisan elections for all judges in Missouri.

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

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