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Kansas City, Kansas, is expanding its trash collection pilot program despite resident concerns about switching from unlimited pickup to a two-cart system.

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Prosecutors say a city official on Jeju Island in South Korea stole more than $400,000 by pocketing the sale of government-issued trash bags that cost as little as 7 cents each. By John Yoon ...

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