Rehman Tungekar

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On this week's show, we'll hear about a program that funds pork research, and revisit a story about food hubs.

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Since the military takeover in Egypt last month, journalists have been attacked from all sides of the conflict. When security forces shot Tamer Abdel-Raouf at a military checkpoint a week ago, the Egyptian daily newspaper reporter became the fifth journalist to die on the job. On that same day, authorities raided a Turkish news agency and arrested its bureau chief.

On this week's episode, we'll hear about efforts to control feral hog populations.

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Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Votes on Mo. income tax cut could draw challengers
• Missouri Botanical Garden Completes Encyclopedia Of Missouri's Native Plants
• Mo. station rejects Perry pitch for low-tax Texas
  

On Wednesday, former Army private Bradley Manning, now known as Chelsea Manning, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. The sentence, which is the longest ever imposed in a leak case in the U.S., is amplifying the debate over the Obama administration’s prosecution of government employees who leak classified information to the public. 

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Regional news from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Race for Mo. House speaker heats up
• Mo. State Fair attendance appears unaffected by rodeo clown incident
• Sierra Club, KCP&L spar over 2007 agreement