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KCUR Morning News 10-27-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five gunshots hit a bus full of Southwest High School football players Friday night at the football field at the former Southeast High School.

A city council committee put off a decision on funding to operate the Kansas City animal shelter for another month yesterday, saying time was needed for some business leaders to explore a way to avoid taking the dollars from the general fund.

The National Endowment for the Arts has again denied Kansas federal matching funds for arts programs.

Kansas is making its permanent abortion licensing rules public.

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

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