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Top Of The Morning News: May 18, 2010

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Kansas City, Mo. – Rain turned this year's Rockfest into a mud-fest. Acres of grass at Liberty Memorial and Penn Valley Park were torn up and left a muddy mess.

A Lenexa man who organized protests against a deer hunt in Shawnee Mission Park has been put on probation for violating a protection order.

IBM is opening a delivery center in Columbia that will create up to 800 jobs.

A state senator who's running for Kansas secretary of state faces allegations that he violated campaign finance laws.

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields has a new job in the private sector.

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