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KCUR Morning News 10-12-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A new audit of the Kansas City Missouri school district shows a significant improvement in the district's operations and finances.

The leader of the Missouri Senate says he'll make one last-ditch effort to reach an agreement with the House on an economic development bill.

Kansas City actor Gary Holcombe - known for his dramatic, comic, and musical performances on many professional stages - died on Monday at the age of 66.

Police say a search of a cistern under a deck at a vacant Kansas City home turned up no signs of a 10-month-old girl who has been missing for a week

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