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Last updated 10:37PM ET
December 3, 2008
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Kansas City Star Layoffs Highlight Industry's Struggles
A look at how recent cut-backs at The Kansas City Star may affect local news coverage.
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UAW moves to help carmakers' cause
The United Auto Workers union has decided to make concessions to the Big Three carmaker in an effort to help them make their case to Congress for about $34 billion in loan guarantees and lines of credit. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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US presses Pakistan over Mumbai
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan must "co-operate fully" to bring Mumbai's attackers to justice.
 
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Recession Hurts Midwestern Economic Staple, Businesses Take Long View
These days, if you've got something in your home from Iowa, it's probably in a kitchen cupboard, or in the refrigerator. But for a long time it likely was the refrigerator, or the washing machine, or the dryer. Maytag and Amana once two of the largest appliance companies on Earth, sprang from little Iowa towns. Now those communities are scrambling to deal with that industry's sharp decline, and to capitalize Iowa's emerging alternative energy business. KCUR's Frank Morris reports.
KC Homicide Trend Stymies Solvers
On the last day of last year, Kansas City police tallied figures showing an 18 percent decline in the number of homicides compared with 2006. Before the new year was hours old, another trend began. It has never let up. KCUR's Dan Verbeck examines one death.
Where's the Money, Honey?
In the wake of the current financial crisis, KCUR's Gina Kaufmann set out to understand how money is supposed to work. After a visit to the money museum, and an interview with an anthropologist, she came to some truly frightening conclusions.
Ethanol Burned as Fuel Prices Fall and Credit Dries Up
New Exercise Guidelines Issued
City to Expand Mental Health Court Program
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