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KCUR Morning News 10-26-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kemper arena's days may be numbered. The American Royal association and the Kemper family proposed yesterday that the 38-year-old arena named for the patriarch of the banking family be torn down.

Sprint Nextel reported its smallest quarterly loss in four years today, as it continued a turnaround and kept getting better at keeping and attracting customers.

Missouri will be the first in the nation to try out a new approach for caring for people with both mental and physical health disorders.

Missouri's special legislative session is over after weeks of disagreements between the House and Senate.

Members of Occupy Lawrence are looking for a new site for their protest encampment after they were ordered to move out of a downtown park.

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