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KCUR Morning News 1-11-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Kansas lawmakers are opening their annual 90-day session today with the state facing a big budget shortfall.

The trial of the man charged with killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller begins today with jury selection.

Few details have been released about a weekend murder in Topeka. The unidentified man was shot and killed Saturday evening.

Fire officials say a Kansas City, Kansas man has died in a house fire.

Police have arrested three western Missouri men after rescuing a New Jersey resident kidnapped in his home state a day earlier.

Volunteers are needed to help stabilize two historic structures in the Mark Twain National Forest in April.

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

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