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KCUR Morning News 5-9-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City, Kansas officials say a man drowned during a family picnic at Wyandotte County Lake Park.

Lawmakers return to the Kansas Statehouse. They're scheduled to wrap up the legislative session in just a few days.

Former Kansas State football coach Ron Prince says he is satisfied with a settlement reached with the school that calls for him to receive $1.65 million.

A local effort to improve access to healthy and affordable foods is growing. Now in its second year, Beans and Greens has doubled the number of farmers' markets in the program to fourteen.

Many state agencies in Missouri and some local government offices are closed today to commemorate Truman Day.

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