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KCUR Morning News 6-23-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A two-day review of a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Kansas City suburbs continues today.

As volunteers and residents in Holt and Atchison counties in northwest Missouri continue sandbagging to keep the rising Missouri River at bay, Senator Claire McCaskill is looking for answers from the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is making changes in its oversight of sexual abuse allegations against its priests.

Farm subsidies are under fire as Congress looks for budget cuts.

The death toll from the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin has risen to 156.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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