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KCUR Morning News 7-29-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Kansas City's mayor and police chief have vastly different plans on how to use a special sales tax to make the police department grow and better fight crime. Both sides made their pitch to a city council committee.

A Lenexa has been found in Shawnee Mission Park almost three weeks after his empty vehicle turned up there.

The mayor of Tonganoxie has resigned, admitting to using a city computer to send pornographic email for the second time.

The Missouri Department of Higher Education has little say over which college construction projects should receive state funding. That's the finding of two state audits.

The Minnesota Twins finished off a three game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 6-4 win yesterday.

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