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    <title><![CDATA[   Revised lawsuit accuses Gov. Blunt of violating sunshine law ]]></title>
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        A revised lawsuit against Gov. Matt Blunt of Missouri contains the sharpest accusations yet that the governor&#39;s office broke state law by denying requests for administration e-mails.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Clues sought in brutal attack on two women in Waldo ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:28 CST</pubDate>
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        Two men broke into the detached garage of a home in Kansas City&#39;s Waldo area last week. Then they waited.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Autistic teen ensures animals at Olathe shelter have ‘free ticket home' ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:53 CST</pubDate>
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        For months, Molly Bergman, 18, collected aluminum cans worth 5 cents a pound &#151; so many that she made $95.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   In Northland, new tow law gives peace a chance ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:26 CST</pubDate>
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        The revisions in Kansas City&amp;rsquo;s towing ordinance were aimed, of course, at quelling the controversy downtown.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Kansas City school board fills two vacancies ]]></title>
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        The Kansas City school board went young Thursday night. The board filled its two vacancies with a doctoral student fresh off the thrill of the Barack Obama presidential campaign and a Cerner business strategist who wants his first-born, 3-month-old son to be able to attend public school.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Council committee approves $2.4 billion KC sewer plan ]]></title>
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        A Kansas City Council committee voted 4-0 to approve a $2.4 billion sewer plan that will result in higher and monthly sewer bills.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   KC man convicted of killing grandfather with hammer ]]></title>
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        A Jackson County jury convicted a 25-year-old man of voluntary manslaughter Thursday for killing his 71-year-old grandfather with a hammer.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   KCK officer describes apprehending suspect in shooting of off-duty detective ]]></title>
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        A Kansas City, Kan., police officer testified Thursday that he apprehended Fredrick Douglas, the man accused of shooting an off-duty detective at Kansas Speedway.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Trucks shouldn't stay for long on boulevards ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:52 CST</pubDate>
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        Christina Craver wants to know whether Kansas City has restrictions against tractor-trailers using boulevards.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Tribute: For Elizabeth Lynn Felling, &ldquo;her legacy is her passion&rdquo; ]]></title>
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        Who: Elizabeth Lynn Felling, 43, of Overland Park. When and how she died: Nov. 20, of breast cancer.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Northland man gets life sentence in killing of tenant's husband ]]></title>
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        A Northland resident on Thursday was sentenced to life plus 75 years in prison for fatally shooting a man in a landlord-tenant dispute last year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   KC man convicted in rape, robbery ]]></title>
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        Jackson County Circuit Court jurors took a bad man off the streets Thursday, convicting Lawrence E. Neal of forcible rape and robbery.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Bikes for ‘Christmas in the City' ]]></title>
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        How you can help: Take used children&#39;s bikes to the United Auto Workers Local 31 hall at 500 Kindelberger Road in the Fairfax district in Kansas City, Kan., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today or from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Missouri high court suspends attorney ]]></title>
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        The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the unusual interim suspension of an Independence attorney who has been the subject of a state Securities Division investigation.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Other news in brief: Relatives sought to claim body ]]></title>
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        The medical examiner&#39;s office is asking for help finding the family of Lisa M. Gonzalez, 43, who lived in the 100 block of 85th Street in Kansas City. She was found dead Nov. 25. Anyone with information about her relatives is asked to call the on-duty investigator at 816-881-6600.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Public safety news in brief: Assault added to alleged shoplifter's charges ]]></title>
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        Jackson County prosecutors on Thursday charged an alleged shoplifter with assault in connection with a scuffle that injured a Kansas City police officer Wednesday at Wal-Mart, 11601 E. U.S. 40.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Calendar for Friday ]]></title>
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        MULTICULTURAL NIGHT: 6 p.m.; Room 155 of the Commons Building and Craig Community Auditorium, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park. Includes dinner, international cultural arts performances and fashion show. $10. (913-469-7657)      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Nixon starts laying groundwork for Missouri state budget cuts ]]></title>
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        Missouri Gov.-elect Jay Nixon on Wednesday began laying the groundwork for midyear budget cuts by calling for financial reviews of all state agencies, long-term contracts and tax-credit programs.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Detective recalls events in shootout during foiled robbery at Kansas Speedway ]]></title>
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        As Kansas City, Kan., Detective Susan Brown lay inside an ambulance two years ago, wounded from a shooting at Kansas Speedway, she heard a colleague say a prayer.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   The Watchdog: Worry arises over absence of crosswalk ]]></title>
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        Larry M. Brummet asks the Dog to find out if the pedestrian crosswalk at 5115 Oak Street, and the sign warning motorists that they are approaching a crosswalk, will be restored and when.      
    
  

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