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KCUR Morning news 8-11-11

By Maria Carter

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ka – Reports this week claim that Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder has a history with a former stripper and Penthouse Pet. No one from Kinder's campaign office or from the Missouri Republican Party has responded to the allegations.

Defense attorneys will call their last witnesses today in a hearing at Fort Leavenworth for a soldier who's accused of killing five fellow service members in Iraq.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will be back in Joplin today to discuss funding for schools in the tornado-ravaged city.

It appears the Lawrence SRS office won't be closing after all.

The Missouri State Fair is getting under way this week.

Two swimming beaches at Missouri state parks have been closed because of high bacteria levels.

The Tampa Bay Rays scored five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-7 last night in Tampa Bay.

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