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KCUR Morning News 9-17-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – A new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas is on track to get a state environmental permit by the end of the year.

University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little says she's close to naming a search committee to find a new athletic director.

The Kansas Republican Party says it will file an ethics complaint alleging illegal cooperation between a political action committee and Tom Holland, the Democratic candidate for governor.

New research led by Washington University in St. Louis has linked a gene to the rapid progression of Alzheimer's.

Missouri health officials say the state's immunization rate for a series of seven vaccines for toddlers is the lowest in the nation.

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