Replacing Poles
\n(Chillicothe Constitution Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Chillicothe, Mo. — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n Winter’s dry weather is providing a rare, and welcomed, opportunity for Chillicothe Municipal Utilities electric crews to replace poles in this area of");
document.write(" northwest Chillicothe. The location shown above is difficult to access most of the year because of continuous wet ground conditions. T...\n
County approaches city, Chamber for tax endorsement - CCHeadliner.com: News
\n(Christian County Headliner News © 02/02/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Presiding Commissio");
document.write("ner Lou Lapaglia knows asking Christian\nCounty voters for an extra 1/4 cent sales tax April 3 is a tall\norder. He also knows he can?t do it alone. That?s why Jan. 23,\nLapaglia approached the Ozark Board of Aldermen and the Ozark\nChamber of Commerce Board of Directors at a joint luncheon meeting,\nfor their help.\n\n\n?What kind of price can you put on safety?? he asked. ?I am\nasking...\n
County approaches city, Chamber for tax endorsement - CCHeadliner.com: Opinion
\n(Christian County Headliner News © 02/02/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Presiding Commissioner Lou Lapaglia knows asking Christian\nCounty voters for an extra 1/4 cent sales tax April 3 is a tall\norder. He also knows he can?t do it alone. That?s why Jan. 23,\nLapaglia approached the Ozark Board of Aldermen and the Ozark\nChamber of Commerce Board of Directors at a joint luncheon meeting,\nfor their help.\n\n?What kind of price can you put on sa");
document.write("fety?? he asked. ?I am asking\n...\n
Oklahoma act set to rock into the next decade with new album
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Lauren Dukoff/Courtesy\n \n \n The All-American Rejects perform Tuesday night at The Blue Note.\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\nPerhaps a litt");
document.write("le more reflection is needed to definitively write the story of the music we heard in the 2000s. No matter which plot lines withstand the test of time and which trends survive the discerning eye of hist...\n
Sixth Ward race draws wide interest
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/02/2012)
The Sixth Ward contains just 16 percent of Columbia");
document.write("?s population, but the race for that ward?s council seat is attracting citywide attention ? and some who are unable to cast a ballot in that race might be weighing in with their wallets instead. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt a campaign kickoff event last night for Bill Tillotson, the challenger to two-term incumbent Barbara Hoppe, attendees included ...\n
Tourism idea ");
document.write("draws backlash
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/02/2012)
JOPLIN (AP) ? Eight months after a tornado laid waste to much of the city, Joplin is wrestling with an emotional question: Should the community market its devastated neighborhoods to tourists?\n\n\nWhen the convention and visitors bureau recently discussed offering guided bus tours and even a smartphone app, storm victims bristled, imagining that their shattered homes could be put on display for legi...\n
3 states offer big tax breaks for Shell Oil plant
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of tax breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region.\n \n\nBut some are questioning why there's been so little public discussion over exactly what's being offered, and how the deals would impact communities and t");
document.write("he region.\n \n\n"Who's going to be payin...\n
AP Interview: Kidnapped Filipino's daring escape
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
As his kidnappers took him in a speeding boat toward a notorious militant stronghold in the southern Philippines, Ivan Sarenas decided that he would die if he didn't try to escape. When he saw ");
document.write("some fishermen, he took his chance, diving deep and hoping his armed captors wouldn't shoot.\n \n\nThe Filipino wildlife photographer, seized with two European tourists during a bird-watching trip, escaped W...\n
Bill Tillotson stresses growth and job creation in Sixth Ward campaign kickoff
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
COLUMB");
document.write("IA — Sixth Ward City Council candidate Bill Tillotson stood before supporters Wednesday night at Sky HiBar & Grill and outlined his vision for the city's future.\n\n\"Columbia is going to grow, regardless of what we want, so we've got to make sure Columbia grows the right way and that we have jobs and economic opportunity for our children,\" Tillotson said.\n\nTillotson will be on t...\n
BROKEN BUDGETS: Governors speeches reflect states cautious mood
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Editor's note: This story is the latest installment in a joint initiative by The Associated Press and Associated Press Media Editors on the fiscal crisis facing U.S. states and cities, how state and local governments are dealing with severe budget cuts, and how American lives will change because of it.\n\nNEW YORK — Glimmers of economic optimism. Deep concerns about jobs and health care costs....\n
Colombia capital tries trial ban on guns in public
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Gustavo Petro was imprisoned as a rebel in the 1980s on a weapons conviction. As Bogota's new mayor, he wants to get firearms off the streets of this city where the conspicuous display of guns has long been the norm.\n \n\nSo he's trying an experimental ban on gun-wielding");
document.write(" in public.\n \n\nThe only people authorized to carry weapons during the 90-day trial that began Wednesday are active and retir...\n
Indiana joins right-to-work ranks, gov. signs bill
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Indiana became the Rust Belt's first right-to-work state Wednesday in a move that is sure to embolden advocates s");
document.write("eeking to curtail union rights across the country. But whether other states can replicate the conservatives' success in Indiana is less certain.\n \n\nThe political factors that aligned in Indiana were so unique, and it is unlikely the same thing could happen in other states _ at least ...\n
Israelis decry Palestinian praise of killer
\n(Columbi");
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest complaints about Palestinian "hate speech," after relatives of the killer of a Jewish settler family praised him in a phone call to the official Palestine TV, spotlight the intense animosity and mutual distrust that have blocked peace talks for years.\n \n\nNetanyahu argues that President Mahmoud Abbas' government has failed to educate P...\n
Republican primary hosts crowded field; lack of significance dampens race
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
REPUBLICANS\n\nGARY JOHNSON\n\nTaos, N.M.\n\nAge: 59\n\nParty affiliation: Libertarian\n\nCampaign website: www.garyjohnson2012.com\n\nGary Johnson was born in Minot, N.D., but his family later moved to New Mexico. He attended college at the University of New Mexico and graduated in 1975. Johnson served two terms as a Republican governor of New Mexico from 1995 through 2003.\n\nWhile in o");
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St. Louis task force seeks to reduce wrongful incarcerations
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has asked a new task force to develop ways to prevent wrongful incarcerations after a report by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch found several cases in which a perso");
document.write("n was charged and jailed based on misidentification.\n\nThe city's chief performance officer, Eddie Roth, told the Post-Dispatch that last month's report brought the problem into sharp focus.\n\nSl...\n
Three parties have candidates on Missouri presidential primary ballot
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
REPUBLICANS\n\nGARY JOHNSON\n\nT");
document.write("aos, N.M.\n\nAge: 59\n\nParty affiliation: Libertarian\n\nCampaign website: www.garyjohnson2012.com\n\nGary Johnson was born in Minot, N.D., but his family moved to New Mexico. He attended college at the University of New Mexico and graduated in 1975. Johnson served two terms as a Republican governor of New Mexico from 1995 through 2003.\n\nWhile in office, he vetoed more than 75...\n
Upgrades eyed for Atlantic City in state plan
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/02/2012)
A dazzling Boardwalk pulsating with light, music, recreation and entertainment, surrounded by pedestrian-friendly enclaves away from the casinos is the vision of Atlantic City's future adopted Wednesday by a state agency tasked with turning around the struggling seaside resort.\n \n\nAnd the world-famous Diving Horse that helped put Atlantic City's Boardwalk on the map may even return.\n \n\nThe C...\n
Magic is Gone From Relationship When Fiance Disappears
\n(Creve Coeur Patch © 02/02/2012)
Disappearing Act?\n
\n\n\nA woman who lives in an apartment on High Ridge Boulevard handed her boyfriend her engagement ring Jan. 11 when he told her he wanted to show her a magic trick. Instead, he ran out the front door and disappeared. The ring is valued at $5,000.
\n\n\nRemember to Turn Off Those Cell Pho");
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\n\n\nArnold police charged a Barnhart man, 19, with disturbing the peace at the Arn...\n
Poll Shows Tight Race Between McCaskill and Challengers
\n(Creve Coeur Patch © 02/02/2012)
Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling?released a survey on Wednesday showing U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) tied with all three of her po");
document.write("tential GOP opponents.
\n\n\nNoting that things \"could not be any closer in Claire McCaskill?s bid for re-election,\" a news release from the company noted that the freshman Missouri Senator ties each of her three prospective Republican opponents?Front...\n
Alderman opposed to current version of bill
\n(Cuba Free Press © 02/02/2012)
Donating to the Community
\n(Daily Dunklin Democrat © 02/02/2012)
Tommy Burgess, President of Farmers and Merchants Club and Fire Chief in Hornersville (left), presents Hornersville Mayor William \"Bub\" Foresythe (right) with a $5,000 check for remodeling the kitchen at the Hornersville Communty Center. \n(Staff photo by Terri Crawford)...\n
Repairs underway on Cardwell Depot building
\n(Daily Dunklin Democrat © 02/02/2012)
CARDWELL, Mo. -- One of the city's older buildings will soon be getting a facelift in the form of a new roof. The long awaited work has finally begun on the roof of the Old Depot building which is located at the corner of Main and Elm Streets. According to city officials, the process of tearing off the old shingles has begun and eventually the roof will be replaced. Even though there are numerous ...\n");
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Free cat adoptions help lower shelter population
\n(East Jackson County Examiner © 02/02/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Independence, MO — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n One of the most basic concepts of economics is that there’s no such thing");
document.write(" as a free lunch.\n\n\n\n On Wednesdays at the Independence Animal Shelter, however, things are a little different: Adult cats are available for adoption at no cost.\n\n\n\n And while it certainly isn’t a “fre...\n
Wildwood Balloon Glow a glowing success
\n(Ellisville West News Magazine © 02/02/2012)
The Wildwood Business Associ");
document.write("ation recently presented the Wildwood Family YMCA with a check for $1,300, the amount raised at the 2011 Wildwood Balloon Glow held in December at the Wildwood Town Center. The funds will be used for the Wildwood YMCA?s Strong Community Campaign, a program that puts money back into the community in the form of direct financial assistance to those who otherwise would not...\n
Ferguson-Florissant Board Member Brian Fletcher Will Not Retain Seat
\n(Florissant Patch © 02/02/2012)
When the Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education filings were announced, one name was noticeably not on the filing list?Brian Fletcher.
\n\n\nFletcher, who stepped in to fill the void left by former board president John Knowles, said he decided to step away from the board for personal reasons.
\n\n\n?It?s been a wonderful experience,? he told Patch Wednesday afternoon. ?I thought it was best to s...\n
?Jersey Shore? cast not angry with NJ city?s snub |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) ? The women of MTV?s ?Jersey Shore? say they?re not angry that Hoboken officials won?t allow a spinoff of the reality show to be filmed in the city of Frank Sinatra?s birth.\n\n\nBut Nicole ?Snooki? Polizzi and Jenni ?JWoww? Farley tell The Associated Press the city w");
document.write("ould have benefited from the proposed show. They say officials likely based their decision on ?stereotypes? about th...\n
3 states offer big tax breaks for Shell Oil plant |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of ta");
document.write("x breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region. \n\n\nBut some are questioning why there?s been so little public discussion over exactly what?s being offered, and how the deals would impact communities and the region.\n\n\n?Who?s going to be...\n
Group to fight urban deer hunting in SE Missouri |
\n(Je");
document.write("fferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) ? An organization has formed to oppose deer hunting in the southeast Missouri community of Cape Girardeau.\n\n\nThe Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/Af6y4G ) reports that the group calls itself Cape Friends of Wildlife. \n\n\nIt formed after the Cape Girardeau city manager appointed a seven-person committee in November to consider allowing trained bow hunters in the city limi...\n
SW Missouri sheriff uses blinking signs to urge vigilance |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) ? The sheriff in southwest Missouri?s Greene County has turned to blinking electronic signs to fight a spike in burglaries.\n\n\nThe Springfield News-Leader (http://sgfnow.co/xdz2Fw) reports that the signs flash ?Sheriff?s Crime Alert. Burglaries/Thefts on rise. Report suspicious activity.?\n\n\nGreene County Sheriff Jim Arnott says financial problems ");
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Your Opinion: ?Rich people? trying to dictate your life |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor: \n\n\nIn a recent letter to the editor, the question was asked ?Who are these people behind the push to pass the Transformation Tax? My personal answer to that question is, the rich peo");
document.write("ple. The people whose companies will receive the contracts to (tongue in cheek) transform Jefferson City by their ?behind the back, under the table, closed door,? affiliation with the City Council. If you ...\n
Your Opinion: Inconsistency among opinions |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor: \n\n\nThe past several ");
document.write("weeks has seen our community in a debate about the upcoming Transformation sales tax issue and your paper has been regularly printing letters from people both in favor of, and opposed to, the proposal. While your attempt to appear even-handed in the selection of these letters should be applauded, it has occurred to me that there is a curious inconsistency in the su...\n
Your Opinion: Initiative will capitalize on assets |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor: \n\n\nOn Feb. 7, Jefferson City voters will have an opportunity to say ?yes? to Transforming Jefferson City and improving the future of our community. I was involved in the Transformation Action Teams and was extremely pleased with the overwhelming interest and support of hundreds of community members.\n\n\nJefferson City is a wonderful place to live and work but there is so much more Jeffe...\n
Your Opinion: Proposal transforms talk into action |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor:\n\n\nGrowing up in Jefferson City, I have always loved this community for the caring, generous people that live here and I am fortunate enough to see that spirit on a daily basis. If you talk with anyone though, our town is known for being very conservative. For years our community ");
document.write("has talked about creating a more vibrant downtown, renovating the MSP site, and redeveloping the Millbottom...\n
Your Opinion: Raising taxes not the answer |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor:\n\n\nThe Transform Jefferson City group has come up with some creative ideas for future economic growth, but has fallen s");
document.write("hort on how to initiate these ideas.\n\n\nRaising taxes is never good especially in a poor economic climate. The group doesn?t shy away from this fact and have publicly stated, ?It?s a tax increase in a bad economy, we know that, we understand that, and we accept that.?\n\n...\n
Your Opinion: Realtor foresees more development |
\n(Jefferson City News");
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Dear Editor: \n\n\nOne only needs to take a look around Jefferson City to see the current state of affairs. We are home to many empty storefronts, vacant lots ripe for development, and hundreds of homes for sale listed by myself and my fellow Realtors.\n\n\nThis all can change with a simple exercise of our constitutional rights on Feb. 7.\n\n\nI support the Transformation economic development half-cent sal...\n
Your Opinion: Similar initiatives succeed elsewhere |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor: \n\n\nI believe we will all agree that nobody enjoys paying a tax on their income, purchases or fuel. However, when the benefit of the tax outweighs the cost, the tax is acceptable as it enables a greater good.\n\n\nI support the Transformation initiative because approval of the half-cent sales tax enables a $40 million, 10-year investment in a citizen based /citizen managed initiati");
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Your Opinion: Survey conflicts with Transformation goals |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor:\n\n\nIn the Jan. 22 Transformation article Mr. Wagner, Transform Jefferson City campaign manager, stated several times that the ideas came from 400 volunteers. He, the Chamber of Commerce, the City Council a");
document.write("nd those business people endorsing or supporting this issue want the people of Jefferson City to believe these 400 volunteers are the voice of Jefferson City.\n\n\nIn April 2010, a surve...\n
Your Opinion: Tax would finance feel-good projects |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Dear Editor:\n\n\nTo all those conservatives out t");
document.write("here who abhor those filthy tax and spend liberals let me remind you a vote in favor of the Transform Jefferson City sales tax increase makes you one of those you so detest.\n\n\nThis spending spree (see the list of projects and who benefits) is expected to cost over $40 million. Since the Jefferson City 2010 population was 41,297 this calculates out to ...\n
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document.write("Plaza developer pleads guilty to asbestos violations
\n(Kansas City Business Journal © 02/02/2012)
The aborted Citadel Plaza project was a mixed-use development envisioned for 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Paul Koepp Reporter - Kansas City Business Journal\n \n Email\n | Twitter\n ...\n
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document.write("b>Kansas City Taxi Cab Drivers Association: Permit system allows exploitation
\n(Kansas City Business Journal © 02/02/2012)
Kansas City taxi drivers rally at City Hall after suing the city over its \"monopolistic\" taxi permit system.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nPaul Koepp\n Reporter - Kansas City Business Journal\n \n Email\n ");
document.write(" | Twitter\n \n \n \n\n \n\nA group of taxi drivers is suing Kansas City f...\n
2012 Caritas Celebrates Award Winners Announced LEAVENWORTH, KS (January 31, 2012) - Caritas Clinics, Inc. - Saint Vincent and Duchesne Clinics, is pleased to announce the 2012 Caritas Celebrates Awar
\n(Kansas City");
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LEAVENWORTH, KS (January 31, 2012) - Caritas Clinics, Inc. - Saint Vincent and Duchesne Clinics, is pleased to announce the 2012 Caritas Celebrates Award winners. For the fist time a Community Servant of the Year and Business of the Year have been named in addition to the existing Sister Rosalie Mahoney Award and Caritas Award. This year?s winners were nominated by the community and selected fo...\n
Fla. Rep. Ros-Lehtien tees off on PGA, German insurer Allianz
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
A Miami congresswoman is again taking aim at a German insurer that is sponsoring a pro golf tournament in Boca Raton, urging the PGA to drop Allianz because it has refused to pay billions in life insurance claims to Holocaust survivors.\n\nIn a batch of letters, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen took the PGA Tour’s brass to task for joining forces with Allianz, among the world’s largest insur");
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Governors' speeches reflect states' cautious mood
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
Glimmers of economic optimism. Deep concerns about jobs and health care costs. These are among the recurring themes as governors across the nation deliver their annual State of the State addresses. And the speeches have this in common, too: a ");
document.write("striking absence of grand and costly proposals.\n\nSome governors have touched on personal matters - evoking childhood experiences with domestic violence and d...\n
Jay Donohue Takes Reins of IAAP Former executive director of Kansas City?s NCCA Final Four? Organizing Committee returns home to captain the world?s leading association of administrative professionals
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
Former executive director of Kansas City?s NCCA Final Four? Organizing Committee returns home to captain the world?s leading association of administrative professionals\n\n\nJay Donohue: IAAP Executive Director Jay DonohueGerald J. ?Jay? Donohue, Jr., CAE, CMP, recently stepped in as the new executive director of the International Association of Administrative Professionals, headquartered in Kansas C...\n
Local taxes keep going up, thanks to positive voters
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
Who made the better decision for the future of the Kansas City metropolitan area?\n\nVoters in the Blue Valley and Gardner Edgerton school districts in Johnson County just approved bond issues to upgrade their educational programs with the help of higher property taxes.\n\nLast year, voters in Jackson and Clay counties endorsed a sales tax increase to improve the Kansas City Zoo");
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Pulse Marketing to Sponsor KC Downtowners February 8th Luncheon January 25, 2012 (Leawood, Kan.) ? Pulse Marketing & Advertising is reaching out to downtown Kansas City businesses and urban-
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
January 25, 2012 (Leawood, Kan.) ? Pulse Marketing & Advertising is reaching");
document.write(" out to downtown Kansas City businesses and urban-core executives by sponsoring the February 8th luncheon of the KCDowntowners.\n\n\nThe monthly luncheon has been garnering significant buzz based on its timely topic ? the installation of Google?s Fiber Optic Network in Kansas City. An expected full house will get the ?ski...\n
Scandal brings sudden fall for Conn. poli");
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\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
The police chief of the embattled city of East Haven is expected to retire this week with a severance package estimated at more than $100,000 - even though the police commission unanimously recommended Tuesday that he be fired and prevented from collecting anything more than his pension.\n\nIt may end up Chief Leonard Gallo's last victory in a career that has weathered twists and turns - often with ...\n
Snyder questions approach of fellow GOP governors
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday questioned the approach of his fellow GOP governors in the upper Midwest, saying in an interview with The Associated Press that their efforts to push divisive legislation may make governing more difficult in the long run.\n\n\"I think it's unfortunate that they've gotten to that, I don't want to see that happen,\" Snyder said of th");
document.write("e high profile fights and protes...\n
St. Louis Rams get $124M plan to upgrade dome
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/02/2012)
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for $124 million in improvements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the city doesn't lose another NFL team.\n\nThe commi");
document.write("ssion had faced a Wednesday deadline to deliver the plan to the St. Louis Rams, which leases the dome.\n\nThe lease requires the dome to be \"first tier,\" or among the top 25 percent of a...\n
Push for new sales tax anticipated
\n(Kearney Courier © 02/02/2012)
After 24 years as a Clay County employee, Charlie Barr has retired. But he&r");
document.write("squo;s far from done working to shape the county.\n\n“If I come back here — no, when I come back here — it will be to come back for a sales tax so that there is no longer a drain on the general population,” Barr said during a Jan. 23 Clay County Commission meeting.\n\nFollowing his last day as interim c...\n
Season?s start for trout fishers
\n(Kirksville Daily Express © 02/02/2012)
Kirksville, Mo. — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n Anglers crowd the fishing dock (above) at Spur Pond Wednesday morning on the first day for winter trout fishing.\n\n\n\n Fishers Ted Tearrant and Dan Yogt cast their lines. Anglers are allowed, with a state fishing permit and trout license, to catch and keep four trout a day, with no size restric...\n
City works on Freddie Lane
\n(Lebanon Daily Record © 02/02/2012)
City crews moved into the Freddie Lane and Rolling Hills Road\nneighborhood Wednesday to begin work that is intended to resolve\nthe flooding issue that has plagued residents there for years.\n\n\nRolling Hills Road was expected to be closed most of today as\ncrews laid storm water drainage pipe beneath it. Work will continue\nin the area for the next two weeks, according to Public Works\nDirector");
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Task force seeks to reduce wrongful incarcerations
\n(Lebanon Daily Record © 02/02/2012)
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has asked a new task force to\ndevelop ways to prevent wrongful incarcerations after a report by\nthe St. Louis Post-Dispatch found several cases in which someone\nwas charged and jailed based on misidenti");
document.write("fication.\n\n\nThe city's chief performance officer, Eddie Roth, told the\nPost-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/xjgIaM) that last month's report\nbrought the problem into sharp focus...\n
City draws boundary lines
\n(Liberty Tribune © 02/02/2012)
Unlike what has been happening with controversial redistricting at the federal and state levels, Lib");
document.write("erty City Council is quietly moving forward with redrawing new ward boundary lines as required each decade after the census.\n\nDeputy City Clerk Janet Pittman was asked to tweak the four ward boundaries to comply with the constitutional requirement that boundary maps be substantially equal in populat...\n
More jobs on the way
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In a whirlwind trip around the state to promote bipartisan support for the Missouri Works legislation, aimed at creating more auto-related jobs, Gov. Jay Nixon stopped by Vari-Form Holdings in Liberty.\n\nThe proposed legislation follows on the heels of the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act passed last year to convince Ford Motor Co. to stay.\n\nVari-Form, which opened in Liberty in 2007, is an example ...\n
Local Democratic candidates announce intentions, committee provides election cycle information (Updated 9:15 p.m. Feb. 1)
\n(Marshall Democrat-News © 02/02/2012)
Saline County Democratic Party Chairman Ron Monnig recognizes a member of the audience during an informational meeting Wednesday, Feb. 1.\n(Eric Crump/Democrat-News)\n[Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]\n\nThe Saline County Democratic Committee held an informational meeting Wednesday, Feb. 2, to let party members know important dates in the");
document.write(" coming election cycle, and several local candidates and pot...\n
Talbot turns 50
\n(Neosho Daily News © 02/02/2012)
Neosho, Mo. — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n On Feb. 1, 1962, Talbot General Wire Products, founded by brothers Robert and Lloyd Talbot, opened in Neosho with ");
document.write("seven employees in a 12,000-square-foot facility.\n\n\n\n Fifty years later to the day, Talbot Industries, Inc. celebrated with its staff on the company’s birthday.\n\n\n\n “I thi...\n
Group to fight urban deer hunting in SE Missouri
\n(Park Hills Daily Journal © 02/02/2012)
An organization has formed to oppose deer hunting in t");
document.write("he\nsoutheast Missouri community of Cape Girardeau.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe Southeast Missourian ( http://bit.ly/Af6y4G) reports that\nthe group calls itself Cape Friends of Wildlife.\n \n \n \n \n\nIt formed after the Cape Girardeau city manager appointed a\nseven-person committee in ...\n
Juarez police l");
document.write("eave their homes after 5 are slain
\n(Park Hills Daily Journal © 02/02/2012)
Every one of the 2,500 police officers in this Mexican border\ncity has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the\nkilling of five officers by a local drug cartel.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe gang threatened a week ago to kill one policeman a day\nunless Police Chief Julian Leyzaola resigns.\n \n \n \n \n\nJuarez Mayor Hector M...\n
Missouri Senator Kevin Engler to address 4th Friday
\n(Park Hills Daily Journal © 02/02/2012)
PARK HILLS ? State Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, will address\nthe crowd at Mineral Area College?s Fourth Friday Luncheon on Feb.\n24.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe public is invited to attend the Fourth Friday luncheon, 11:45\na.m., Feb. 24 in the North College Center at MAC?s Park Hills\ncampus. Lun");
document.write("ch, which is optional, is $7 per person, and seat/lunch\nreservations should ...\n
US Slavery Museum seeks more time on tax returns
\n(Park Hills Daily Journal © 02/02/2012)
An attorney for the U.S. National Slavery Museum in Virginia is\nseeking more time to produce delinquent tax returns in a bid to\nreorganize the museum's debt and ");
document.write("resume fundraising.\n \n \n \n \n\nAttorney Sandra R. Robinson had told U.S. Bankruptcy Court in\nRichmond she would produce the tax returns by the end of January.\nIn a filing this week, however, she said t...\n
Commission backpedals on cuts, approves budget
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
Aft");
document.write("er the explosive County Commission meeting Jan. 3, followed by a week of special budget meetings, the newly retooled County budget was unanimously passed Jan. 10 with little fanfare.\n\n\nLast week, every County officeholder, minus Auditor Kevin Robinson, spoke out against the Commission?s last-minute budget revisions. Those revisions were reductions that would cost County employees jobs, call for...\n
Commission has no reason to fiddle with parks tax
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
I saw many little reasons last weekend for Platte County leaders not to take a wrench to a successful and popular parks program. They ambled about the Kansas City Boat and Sport Show at Bartle Hall with their parents and grandparents leading the way. Many of those children are using county parks?and trails today. Their children will use them in the decades to come.\nSome Platte County leaders want ...\n
County Budget Fiasco Avoidable
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
We?re almost a month into 2012 and few people could have predicted the eventful headlines that would come out of the Platte County administration building so far this year, especially regarding the budget which was finally passed after some initially continuous opposition. While you?ve been able to ");
document.write("keep track of the overall discussion and finger pointing that?s taken place through our news coverag...\n
COUNTY COMMISSION PLAYING HARDBALL
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
The 2012 County budget may have been approved, but the ramifications of the budget disagreements are far from over. \n\n\nOn Jan. 5, the County Commission is");
document.write("sued an order to stop all work on the planned $21 million in expansions at both Platte County Community Centers. The move was made after a Jan. 3 budget public hearing, where Prosecutor Eric Zahnd suggested the Commissioners ask voters to rescind...\n
COUNTY OFFICIALS CLASH
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
After a three-hour p");
document.write("ublic hearing Jan. 3, during which the Platte County Commissioners heard from displeased officeholders, the Commission has unanimously voted to table its approval of the County?s proposed $49.8 million 2012 budget. The Commissioners have set aside Jan. 5 to meet with officeholders to discuss budget alternatives. State statute requires the budget be approved no later than Jan. 1...\n
GOODBYE 2011
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
To the surprise of absolutely no one, 2011 flew by so fast we could hardly keep up with it. There was plenty of good news, but many of the highlights of the year were defined by disaster, tragedy and wrongdoing. Regardless, here are the headlines that appeared on the pages of The Citizen the past 12 months.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJuly\n\n\n6: County no longer needs warrant for blood tests of DU...\n
IT?S OFFICIAL
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
After months of analysis, discussion and planning, the Platte County R-3 Board of Education last week unanimously voted to place a 60-cent tax levy increase question on the April 3 ballot.\n\n\n?This has been a long process,? R-3 Superintendent Dr. Mike Reik said prior to the Board?s vote. ?We have vetted the community and received feedback. We have conducted an extensive");
document.write(" financial review and we know...\n
No raises next year for County workers
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/02/2012)
The Platte County budget process is in the final stretch with the release of the Platte County Commission?s $49.8 million proposed budget late last week.\n\n\nSeveral key items have changed since Auditor Kevin Robinson submi");
document.write("tted his draft budget in November, including the removal of Robinson?s recommended three percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for County employees. The Commissioners added two...\n
Three throw hats into the ring for offices
\n(Sedalia Democrat © 02/02/2012)
The Pettis County Courthouse played host to three separate candidate ann");
document.write("ouncements on Wednesday, with filing for county and state offices still weeks away.\n\nThe flurry of activity began with an announcement by former La Monte Mayor Bill Hering signaling his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Pettis County treasurer.\n\nThat was followed with a potential Democratic challenge to incumbent...\n
Groundhogs badly behaved, poor pr");
document.write("edictors of weather
\n(Southeast Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, center, stands Feb. 2, 2011, on the shoulder of one of his handlers, John Griffiths, while looking at another handler, Ben Hughes, after the Groundhog Club claimed that Phil did not see his shadow and that winter had ended on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa.\n(Keith Srakocic ~ Associated Press) NEW YORK -- They've bitten their handlers, refused...\n
City rejects 'Jersey Shore' spinoff
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
The city of Frank Sinatra?s birth has denied a request for a spinoff of MTV?s ?Jersey Shore? reality show to film in the city.\n\nHoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer says the Film Commission?s decision was made based on quality of life concerns for residents. Hoboken officials say 495 Productions was seeking a 24-hour filming permit to follow two ?well-known reality tel");
document.write("evision celebrities? who would live in t...\n
College of the Ozarks museum hosts area appreciation
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
The Ralph Foster Museum at College of the Ozarks is hosting an area appreciation through Feb. 11.\n\nDuring those days, museum admission will be free for residents of Christian, Greene, Stone and ");
document.write("Taney counties in Missouri, and Boone and Carroll counties in Arkansas.\n\nThe Ralph Foster Museum is dedicated to the history of the Ozarks region and houses thousands of objects representing archaeology, hi...\n
CoxHealth says it's interested in partnering with Skaggs
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
A CoxHealth official sai");
document.write("d today that the hospital is interested in partnering with Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson.\n\n?We respect Skaggs? decision to contemplate partnerships, and we will very likely answer the call to offer assistance and support to our friends and neighbors at Skaggs and in the Branson community,? said CoxHealth spokeswoman Stacy Fender.\n\nSkaggs officials announced Tues...\n
E-Verify Voters should protect jobs
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
With the Springfield E-Verify vote quickly approaching, voters should be educated on the facts and disregard the falsehoods of the E-Verify protesters and City Council members? claims of possible lawsuits, burden on businesses and racism.\n\nThe city of Springfield and local responsible employers are already using E-Verify with no ill effects. All businesses should demand a level playing field from ...\n
Faculty with doctorates rare, but needed, in public schools
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
Over the past several months a number of readers have inquired about differences between the educational doctorate degree (Ed.D.) and the Ph.D. This can be a ?sticky wicket? to unravel, because institutions of higher education that grant these degrees do not necessarily adhere to a commonly agreed-upo");
document.write("n purpose nor do they consistently apply the same requirements within each program.\n\nBoth the Ed.D...\n
List of top 10 scams and complaints released
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
Debt collectors, home repair and telephone cramming were among the most common consumer complaints or scams during 2011, according to Attorney G");
document.write("eneral Chris Koster.\n\nViolations of the no-call law were the most common source of complaints, according to a news release, with more than 22,000 complaints. That?s more twice the number of all other complaints combined.\n\nThe second-highest source of compl...\n
Lorge: Lack of evidence leads to claims in E-Verify debate
\n(Springfield News-Leader");
document.write(" © 02/02/2012)
The Ozarks Minutemen have been unable to offer any reliable data or estimates of how much of Springfield?s workforce consists of illegal workers, other than ?One only has to look at local roofing and construction crews to see the problem.?\n\nNick Weyland in his recent letter to the editor had to resort to this: ?But don?t take my word for the significant illegal immigration presence. Instead consid...\n
NWS: Temperatures in low 60s today
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
Springfield can expect another day in the low 60s today.\n\nAccording to the National Weather Service, today will be partly sunny with a high near 62 with winds of around 7 mph.\n\nTonight the low is expected to reach 35, while a high of 63 is predicted Thursday, according to the NWS.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Tweet\n \n \n \n Email\n Print\n \n Share\n \n \n \n \n LinkedIn\n \n ...\n
Springfield City Council hopefuls will speak tonight
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
City Council members said they?ll be listening for community involvement and concern for constituents as they hear pitches tonight from eight people vying to represent Zone 1.\n\nEach of the applicants ? one, Richard Buchli, has withdrawn due to a scheduling c");
document.write("onflict ? will have five minutes to introduce themselves during a public meeting in council chambers tonight.\n\nCouncil members will vote on th...\n
Springfield City Council seeks feedback from college students
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
City Manager Greg Burris wants to send the mayor and half of City Council back to c");
document.write("ollege, at least a few times a year.\n\n?It?s part of a two-pronged approach to make sure that we?re plugged into the community,? said Burris, who pitched his idea for a ?University Student Advisory Council? in a Jan. 24 memo.\n\nCouncil members this past summer approved formation of a neighborhood advisory committee me...\n
Today is deadline to request absentee ballot");
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\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/02/2012)
Today is the deadline to make a request to vote absentee by mail.\n\nAccording to a news release, the deadline is 5 p.m. Those wanting to vote absentee via mail must make their request in writing to the Greene County Clerk?s office.\n\nThe request must be signed, state the reason for voting absentee, list a party preference and list an address where the ballot should be sent.\n\nCounty Clerk Richard Str...\n
In the Courts, Feb. 2, 2012
\n(St. Joseph News Press © 02/02/2012)
Jurors find restaurant owner guilty of violations\n\nA local restaurant owner represented himself during a jury trial in circuit court Wednesday on two city violations. Following a short trial, jurors said they believed the facts proved him guilty.\n\nDennis Smith, owner of Southgate Grill and Lounge, received two city violations in July for his property at 7201 S. 10th St. A city inspec");
document.write("tor wrote a nu...\n
It's your call, Feb. 2, 2012
\n(St. Joseph News Press © 02/02/2012)
Editor?s note: Comments concerning the Feb. 7 Buchanan County sales tax ballot issue will be accepted until 8 a.m. Friday. The last comments on this topic will publish no later than Saturday.\n\nBe patient\n\nThis is to ?Good thing gone.? It is a sad");
document.write(" thing that the IRS in the UMB Bank building is not doing income tax for free for people anymore. That is because of government cutbacks. But the other pe...\n
Rams gets $124M to upgrade dome
\n(St. Joseph News Press © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for");
document.write(" $124 million in improvements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the city doesn?t lose another NFL team.\n\nThe commission had faced a Wednesday deadline to deliver the plan to the St. Louis Rams, which leases the dome.\n\nThe lease requires the dome to be ?first tier,? or among the top...\n
Your letters, Feb. 2, 2012
\n(St. Joseph New");
document.write("s Press © 02/02/2012)
Editors note: To be considered for publication, letters concerning the Feb. 7 Buchanan County sales tax issue must be received by 5 p.m. today. The last letters on election topics will publish no later than Saturday. Letters should be limited to 200 words and include a phone number for verification.\n\nRon Paul is right\n\nRon Paul is the only presidential candidate who understands our flawed monetar...\n
Fighting the petition effort
\n(St. Louis American © 02/02/2012)
When Safer Missouri Citizens Coalition called for a petition\nceremony for its local control ballot initiative on Monday, they\nwere met with citizens demanding real local control.\n \n \n\nThe group, sponsored by billionaire financier Rex Sinquefield, had\npromised the support of more civic leaders and elected officials\nthan it was able to deliver.\n \n\n\nAldermanic President Lewis...\n
Johnny Otis
\n(St. Louis American © 02/02/2012)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johnny Otis, the \"godfather\nof rhythm and blues\" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic\n\"Willie and the Hand Jive\" and for decades evangelized black music\nto white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was\n90.\n \n Otis, who had been in poor health for");
document.write(" several\nyears, died at his home in the Los Angeles foothill suburb of\nAltadena on Tuesday, ...\n
Simmons takes skills to law firm
\n(St. Louis American © 02/02/2012)
As\nCommissioner of Administration for Gov. Jay Nixon, Kelvin Simmons\nwas the highest-ranking African American in Missouri\ngovernment.\nWorking at the senior level for a");
document.write(" conservative Democrat who had few\nmeaningful ties to black people, Simmons loomed large to the\nAfrican-American political and business communities.\n \n Though\nhis departure from the Nixon administration is perceived...\n
Slay?s boy Boyd wants to count the money
\n(St. Louis American © 02/02/2012)
Most black voters ");
document.write("in the city of St. Louis ? and many white voters\nwith some qualms about Mayor Francis G. Slay?s\noften divisive leadership ? need to know only one thing about\nJeffrey Boyd.\n \n \nIt was February 2009, and Jo Mannies\nof The\nBeacon \nwas putting together a glowing piece about Slay?s bid for a third\nterm as mayor. The EYE suspects she was casting about for a black\npers...\n
Work by American co-founder Judge Nathan B. Young at SLU Art
\n(St. Louis American © 02/02/2012)
Paintings\nby St.\nLouis American co-founder\nJudge Nathan B. Young are featured in Spirit\nand History at The\nSaint Louis University Museum of Art, 3663 Lindell\nBlvd.,\nthrough March 4.\n \n After\ngraduating from Yale University law school, Judge Young practiced\nfor nearly 40 years in St. Louis, co-founded the St. Louis\nAmerican newspaper and became the first African-American\nmunicipal...\n
Dome officials present plan to keep Rams in St. Louis
\n(St. Louis Post Dispatch (Sports) © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The public agency that manages the\nEdward Jones Dome proposed a $124 million overhaul of the\n16-year-old facility, while St. Louis city and county officials\nstressed that no new public money would go to the team without\nvoter approval.\n \n \n ");
document.write(" \n \n\nThe St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission delivered the\nplan to the St. Louis Rams, meeting a de...\n
Officials present $124 million plan to keep Rams in St. Louis
\n(St. Louis Post Dispatch (Sports) © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The public agency that manages the\nEdward Jones Dome today proposed a $124 mi");
document.write("llion overhaul of the\n16-year-old facility, while St. Louis city and county officials\nstressed that no new public money would go to the team without\nvoter approval.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission delivered the\nplan to the St. Louis Rams, meetin...\n
Surest signs Blues are back? Missouri lawmakers, k");
document.write("in got free tickets
\n(St. Louis Post Dispatch (Sports) © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? If you want to see who's hot on the\nice, just look at how many politicians got tickets to see the\naction.\n \n \n \n \n\nFor free, of course.\n \n \n \n \n\nWith the World Series and college football swept away with the\nleaves of autumn, Missouri lawmakers ? who enjoy no restrictions on\nthe amount of gifts they can rec...\n
Weatherford's gifts keep on coming to hometown
\n(St. Louis Post Dispatch (Sports) © 02/02/2012)
The first time Steve Weatherford rolled through the New York\nGiants locker room with a laundry cart, collecting castoff tennis\nshoes and cleats, he made sure to tell teammates he wasn't selling\ntheir stuff on eBay.\n \n \n \n \n\nQuite the contrary.\n \n \n \n ");
document.write(" \n\n\"Every time he asks, I give him a pair,\" Giants receiver Hakeem\nNic...\n
'Jersey Shore' cast not angry with NJ city's snub
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
The women of MTV's \"Jersey Shore\" say they're not angry that\nHoboken officials won't allow a spinoff of the reality show to be\nfilmed in the city of Frank Sinatra's ");
document.write("birth.\n \n \n \n \n\nBut Nicole \"Snooki\" Polizzi and Jenni \"JWoww\" Farley tell The\nAssociated Press the city would have benefited from the proposed\nshow. They say officials likely based their decision...\n
AP Interview: Kidnapped Filipino's daring escape
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
As ");
document.write("his kidnappers took him in a speeding boat toward a notorious\nmilitant stronghold in the southern Philippines, Ivan Sarenas\ndecided that he would die if he didn't try to escape. When he saw\nsome fishermen, he took his chance, diving deep and hoping his\narmed captors wouldn't shoot.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe Filipino wildlife photographer, seized with two European\ntour...\n
Authorities: Bomb kills 6, wounds 71 in Colombia
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
A bomb exploded outside a police station in the Pacific port\ncity of Tumaco just as lunch hour ended Wednesday, killing at six\npeople and wounding 71, authorities said.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe bomb appeared to be a motorcycle packed with explosives,\nTumaco security chief Hernando Cortes told The Associated\nPress.\n \n \n \n \n\nHernand...\n
Cornelius' legacy lives on in Chicago
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
To television viewers, Don Cornelius was the epitome of cool. An\nimpeccably dressed cat whose voice was as smooth as his demeanor\nand who rubbed elbows with both the biggest stars in music and the\nmost promising up and comers.\n \n \n \n \n\nThat's why Chi");
document.write("cago Alderman Walter Burnett says it was so much\nfun to see Cornelius let his guard down last year when his ho...\n
Correction
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
? The name of former Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut was\nmisspelled in Tuesday's Sports section....\n
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document.write("Dome agency presents upgrade plan to Rams
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The public agency that manages the\nEdward Jones Dome proposed a $124 million overhaul of the\n16-year-old facility, while St. Louis city and county officials\nstressed that no new public money would go to the team without\nvoter approval.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe St. Louis Con");
document.write("vention and Visitors Commission delivered the\nplan to the St. Louis Rams, meeting a de...\n
McCallies planning to pull out of Kirkwood
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012)
LEGENDARY EDUCATORS: After more than 30 years\nof spreading his love for children and his goodwill for all across\nKirkwood, Franklin McCallie, principal of th");
document.write("e\ncommunity's high school for 22 years, is pulling up stakes.\n \n \n \n \n\nMcCallie, who comes from a long line of educators, is moving\nback home to Chattanooga, Tenn., where his ancestors started The\nMcCall...\n
St. Louis officials seek remedy for wrongful arrests
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/02/2012");
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ST. LOUIS ? Mayor Francis Slay is calling for a\nmultiagency task force to study ways to prevent wrongful\nincarcerations like the ones revealed last month by the\nPost-Dispatch.\n \n \n \n \n\nEddie Roth, his chief performance officer, said the newspaper\nbrought into 'sharp focus\" the need to reduce the risk that people\nwould be misidentified and held for weeks befo...\n
Mayor Discusses Welcome Center With Chamber - The Missourian: Pacific News
\n(Washington Missourian © 02/02/2012)
Mayor Herb Adams asked the Chamber of Commerce to partner with\nthe city in developing the Pacific Welcome Center that will be\nhoused in the former Hoven residence on East Osage.\n\n\nThe city purchased the historic Queen Anne-style residenc");
document.write("e last\nSeptember to house a welcome center.\n\n\nThe city has sold the former city museum building to St. Bridget\nof Kildare Catholic Parish with plans to include his...\n
St. Louis Rams Get $124 Million Plan to Upgrade Dome - The Missourian: Sports
\n(Washington Missourian © 02/02/2012)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Convention &");
document.write(" Visitors\nCommission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for $124 million in\nimprovements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the\ncity doesn't lose another NFL team.\n\n\nThe commission had faced a Wednesday deadline to deliver the\nplan to the St. Louis Rams, which leases the dome.\n\n\nThe lease requires the dome to be \"first tier,\" or among ...\n
6 spino");
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\n(Washington University Student Life © 02/02/2012)
Facebook\n\n\n Twitter\n\n\n Email\n\n\n\n Print\n\n\n\n Comment\n \n \n \n \n \n\nCourtesy of NBC?The Office??s Dwight K. Shrute (Rainn Wilson) will be starring in his own spinoff on NBC.Just as they did with ?Friends? and ?Cheers,? NBC is considering taking a semi-lead character from ?The Office? and g...\n
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