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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.

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