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State Supreme Court Hears Challenge in Voter Photo ID Case

October 3, 2006 By

Debate on whether Missourians will have to display photo ID to cast ballots next month comes before the State Supreme Court Wednesday morning. A lower court has overturned the law, calling it an infringement on the constitional right to vote. Attorney Burton Newman won before the lower court and hopes the State Supreme Court upholds that ruling, and makes a decision quickly. Also anxious for a quick decision is the law’s sponsor, Senator Delbert Scott of Lowry City, who is cautiously optimistic. The Court will hear arguments in the morning and likely will rule sometime later, but within a short period of time so the issue can be settled well before the November 7th election.

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Missouri Supreme Court Case Summary

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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Tobacco Tax Initiative

October 3, 2006 By

The sides arguing in favor of and against Missouri’s tobacco tax initiative being on the November ballot appear before the State Supreme Court Wednesday. Initially, the Secretary of State had ruled the initiative lacked the valid signatures needed from the 5th Congressional District in Kansas City. After a legal challenge by initiative supporters, Cole County Circuit Judge Tom Brown ruled there were sufficient valid signatures and ordered the proposal be placed on the ballot. Attorney Marc Ellinger, representing Missourians Against Tax Abuse, hopes for a quick ruling, and hopes the some of what he calls the irregularities associated with the signature collection effort will convince the Supreme Court judges to overturn the lower court ruling. Cindy Erickson is with the Committee for a Healthy Future, which spearheaded the initiative. She expects a very quick ruling in the case and expects her side to emerge victorious. She’s confident the recently found signatures from the 5th District will be included in the total, giving supporters the numbers needed to have the issue voted on next month. A quick decision is desired and expected because the election less than five weeks away and ballots must be printed.

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Missouri Supreme Court Case Summary

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Race Heats Up In MIAA Action

October 3, 2006 By

Pittsburg State University running back and Warrensburg, MO native Germaine Race has been named the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Offensive Player of the Week. Race led the 13th-ranked Gorillas to a thrilling 59-57 four overtime win over Emporia State last Saturday.

The 5-foot-11, 225 pound back scored 26 points in the game (4 tds, 1 two-point conv), all in overtime, breaking the MIAA career scoring mark with 556. The previous record was 544 set by ESU’s Brian Shay (1995-98). Race only needs 15 more points to break the Division II career scoring mark.

Race carried the ball 32 times for 144 yards against ESU and also gained the MIAA rushing lead this season (109.8 ypg).

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Ashcroft Disputes Claims in Woodward Book

October 3, 2006 By

A new book charges that the Bush Administration had been warned about a possible terrorist attack on American soil and didn’t take the threat seriously. The book by Bob Woodward of The Washington Post has caused quite a stir in Washington and a rash of denials by those in the administration, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft of Missouri. Ashcroft says he never received such a briefing. And, former senior intelligence officials say a briefing about al-Qaida in July of 2001 discussed the possibility of attack, but didn’t provide the nature of a possible attack or whether the attack would take place within the United States or American targets overseas. At that time, al-Qaida had already killed Americans in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and East Africa.

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Cardinals Begin Second Season

October 3, 2006 By

After surviving a near total meltdown, the Cardinals will start with a clean slate this afternoon. The Major League Baseball playoffs begin this afternoon. The Redbirds are in San Diego today and will stay there for the first two games of the series. Game 3 and 4 will be in St. Louis. The two teams will return to the west coast if the series goes to a deciding Game 5. The Cardinals swept the Padres in the same round of last year’s playoffs.

The Cardinals are limping into the playoffs having gone 3-7 in their last 10 games and 3-9 in their final 12. They barely avoided a Titanic-sized sinking when a seven-game divisional lead was reduced to just ½ a game in a week.

Reigning Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter is scheduled to start today’s game. Jake Peavy will get the nod for the Padres. Jeff Weaver will go for the Birds in Thursday’s Game 2 with Jeff Suppan to follow in Game 3.

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