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KCUR Morning News 9-1-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Rockfest will return to Penn Valley Park in the spring, despite significant damage to the lawn and irritated neighbors.

After a U.S. court issued an injunction last week halting federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, a handful of projects in Missouri and Kansas are in flux.

Seat belt use among Missouri's teenagers has risen, according to the latest stats from MoDOT.

A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for mortgage fraud.

Last night's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers produced 19 runs and 29 hits, yet it was a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth that decided the outcome, with Kansas City scoring the winning run to come out on top 10-9.

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