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KCUR Morning News 8-10-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An area priest already jailed on state child pornography charges now faces federal charges as a grand jury indicts Father Shawn Ratigan on 13 counts.

A Missouri law seeking to protect students from predatory teachers may be revised this fall.

Missouri's high risk insurance program is cutting premiums by nearly twenty five percent.

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River Basin is as bad today as it was 30 years ago - or worse.

A group of community and religious leaders wants a Missouri ballot measure that would effectively limit the cost of payday loans.

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

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