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KCUR Morning News 11-16-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – A coalition of Midwestern states is studying the creation of a college-credit exchange that could make it easier for some people to finally earn their degrees.

New research shows that many of the recent small earthquakes along the New Madrid fault may not be signs that the "next big one" is coming.

Seven sites in Missouri have been nominated by the state to be added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Kansas basketball and football players will not face charges for a series of ugly, on-campus fights in September.

The Topeka school district has received what it says is the first propane-powered school bus in the state.

The state has granted $1.5 million to three Kansas towns and two counties for fire stations and other projects.

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