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  • A study from Australia finds that the current vaccine for whooping cough wanes more quickly than expected, which may be helping to fuel the epidemic that's been plaguing the West Coast of the U.S.
  • At least two people have been hospitalized in a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak tied to ground beef from a Pennsylvania Cargill beef plant. The company is warning consumers to check packages in their freezers before consuming ground beef.
  • The company released its first earnings report as a publically traded company Thursday.
  • Renee Montagne talks to Ben Markus about the shooting in Aurora, Colo. At least 12 people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a movie theater in the Denver suburb.
  • Tiny particles from power plants and fires help create new clouds, which shade the oceans from the sun. This means changes in sea-surface temperatures. And that has profound effects on weather, influencing the time and amount of rainfall in West Africa, and even the number, strength and path of hurricanes.
  • Patrons waited for hours on end at Kansas motor vehicle license offices. The Missouri Legislature sent Governor Nixon a proposed budget. KCUR's Steve Bell…
  • There was a sense of “Finally!” when Billy Butler of the Kansas City Royals was named for the first time to the American League All-Star team. After all,…
  • Johnson County launched its one percent for art program in 2007. This means that one percent of the budget of a new major capital project is set aside for…
  • The crisis between Sudan and South Sudan is heating up, with the north branding its recently-independent southern neighbor "the enemy." This follows two weeks of bitter fighting in the disputed, oil-producing border area between the two Sudans.
  • For Facebook to live up to its valuation, the company will need to redefine advertising as we know it.
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