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KCUR Morning Newscast 9-23-11

By Elana Gordon

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-987411.mp3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –

 

  • A grand jury in Kansas City handed up indictments yesterday in the biggest tax fraud case ever prosecuted in Missouri. 

     

  • The parents of a Missouri girl are suing a Kansas City priest who already faces state and federal child pornography charges. 

     

  • There probably won't be a vote today in the Missouri House on a wide-ranging tax credit bill. 

     

  • Governor Sam Brownback is throwing his weight behind Texas Governor Rick Perry in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. 

     

  • MU Chancellor Brady Deaton says the school is committed to the Big 12 and hopes to bring a strong reputation back to the intercollegiate athletic conference...though he says anything can happen in the future. 

     

  • Retiring Kansas City Federal Reserve chief Tom Hoenig may be a candidate for president of the University of Missouri school system. 

     

  • The heads of the US Departments of Education and Homeland Security met with high school kids in Joplin, Missouri yesterday to get an update on how they're coping after losing their school - and much of their city - in a May 22nd tornado. 

     

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