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KCUR Morning News 7-7-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Johnson County has received about half a million dollars in federal funds for certain teen-pregnancy and STD prevention programs, but the county's board of commissioners has not yet decided whether to accept the money.

A federal judge has postponed the first hearing in a lawsuit over a decision by Kansas to deny family planning funds to a Planned Parenthood chapter.

An investigator with a history of handling high profile arson cases is convinced detectives will find whoever set fires outside three Johnson County schools in less than a week.

Missouri has shut down an office that helped lure filmmakers to the state.

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