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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explodes; Mass Injuries Reported

By Chris Kissel April 17, 2013

An explosion in West, TX, just outside of Waco, spread fires across multiple buildings and injured an unknown number of people earlier tonight.

The explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Plant shortly before 8 PM CT

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Category: National News Tags: Explosion, Texas

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Time to Complete Your NCAA Tournament Bracket – You Could Win a Million Dollars

By Chris Kissel March 15, 2013

Thank you for registering for KGVO's NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge! Now that the field has been announced, it's time to fill out your bracket.

So, who ya got? To complete your bracket, go here. Remember: If you corre

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Category: National Sports Tags: Basketball, NCAA, NCAA Tournament

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Nightclub Fire Kills Hundreds in Brazil

By Chris Kissel January 27, 2013

The death toll in a horrific nightclub fire in Brazil as risen to 232, according to news sources. This number is updated from the original count of 245 first reported by local news sources.

A fire started at the Boate Kiss nightclub around 2 AM in the southern city of Santa Maria

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Category: Missoula-Area Sports, National News, News

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Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf Dead at 78

By Chris Kissel December 27, 2012

Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired American general who led coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War, died of pneumonia Thursday in Tampa, Florida at the age of 78, the Associated Press reports.

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3 Killed, 4 Injured in Shooting at Spa in Milwaukee Suburb

By Chris Kissel October 21, 2012

Three people are dead and four others injured today after a mass shooting at a spa in Brookfield, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee.

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Category: National News Tags: Crime, shooting

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Arlen Specter, Former U.S. Senator, Dead at 82

By Chris Kissel October 14, 2012

Arlen Specter, the bristly former Republican senator from Pennsylvania who often made headlines by playing the political center and confounding Republican colleagues in the Senate, died today at age 82.

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Should the United States End Foreign Aid? [POLL]

By Chris Kissel January 11, 2012

During today's Talk Back program, we discussed in depth the issue of foreign aid. Our guest, Shadman Bashir, a lawyer from Blackfoot, ID originally from Pakistan, spoke a bit about how some Pakistani leaders skim from aid provided by other countries.

What do you think - does the benefits outweigh the cost?

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Category: National News Tags: Talk Back

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