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KCUR Evening News 12-22-09

KCUR
Published December 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM CST

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Judge rules against "necessity defense" for Scott Roeder in Tiller murder trial.
  • Passengers fatally injured in KC area traffic crashes increases by 80 percent.
  • Teamsters, bankers give consent on YRCW revised stock-for-debt swap plan.
  • Kansas schools group speaks out on reopening funding suit against the state.
  • Suicide by cyanide sends four Sugar Creek emergency responders to hospital.
  • KCK National Guard unit to be sent to Djbouti on the Horn of Africa.

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