It’s not just the leaves turning colors that could make your daily commutes more interesting. The Missouri Conservation Department warns drivers to be on the look out for deer on the road. The department’s Jim Low stresses the danger of striking a deer is greater during fall, when deer are mating. In 2004, more than 8500 Missouri motorists reported deer-car accidents, but Low confirms only a handful are fatal. But, he warns drivers should take the proper steps when hitting a deer. Low says the average deer-car accident costs around 2,000 dollars. But, he says you can take actions to avoid an accident by using high beams whenever possible and cutting your speed by 20 miles an hour whenever you spot a deer.
Wild Wednesday In Big 12 Volleyball
October 18, 2006 By
The Missouri volleyball team is part of a wild Wednesday in the Big 12 conference that will see the top four teams face each other. The No. 12 Tigers are on the road to face the No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners, while ninth-ranked Texas plays host to top-ranked Nebraska.
Oklahoma (16-3, 8-1) has won their last two matches after trailing in the contest. The Sooners came back from two games down against Texas Tech and also trailed Kansas State before winning in five games. The Sooners are in second place, one game ahead of the Tigers (13-5, 7-2), the only loss coming to Nebraska.
Mizzou knocked off then-No. 5 Texas, but lost later the same week to Nebraska in three games. Despite the loss, the Tigers moved up three spots in the polls. The road ahead does not get any rosier for Missouri after tonight. Once they finish against the Sooners tonight, Mizzou hosts Kansas State Saturday and then off to Lincoln for game two versus the Huskers.
Bicycle Race To Come To Missouri
October 18, 2006 By
The state of Missouri will join California and Georgia as states with its own major bicycle race. The Tour of Missouri will run its first race in September 2007, and will include some of the best bikers in the world.
Participating in the race will be bicyclist and teams that compete around the world including the Tour de France. There has been no decision on the starting and ending point for the race. Early speculation has the race perhaps starting in Kansas City and ending under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis lasting from Sept. 11-16.
Tone Seems to Change in Senate Race
October 18, 2006 By
Discussion after the US Senate debate in Springfield and before the final debate tonight in Kansas City centered on the tone of the campaign. One candidate cries foul, while the other says the issues raised are fair. Democrat Claire McCaskill says that she believes that national Republican leaders have decided they aren’t going to elect Senator Jim Talent, but are going to disqualify her. McCaskill’s comments came after the debate in Springfield. McCaskill complains that Talent and his fellow Republicans have resorted to personal attacks as the final weeks of the campaign unfold. Talent became aggressive from the outset of the Springfield debate, held in the studios of KYTV. He criticized her service as Jackson County prosecutor and questioned whether she and her husband, Joseph Shepard, have paid all their taxes. Republicans have long criticized McCaskill for not fully disclosing Shepard’s income. They have asked that Shepard release his tax return. McCaskill defends her husband’s decision not to release his tax returns. She says the two became married four years ago and have always kept their finances separate. McCaskill says she respects her husband’s wishes for privacy. McCaskill acknowledges her husband’s financial holdings are complex, but she says to infer that those complex holdings are evil just because they are complex and to intimate that there is something wrong with what he has done in his business is just dirty politics. Talent dismisses such suggestions, stating that when McCaskill ran for governor two years ago she stated that she and her husband shared in their mutual income. Talent says that where a politician gets the income they live on is obviously relevant. He also says Shepard’s used his wealth to finance McCaskill’s gubernatorial campaign. Talent denies tight public opinion polls, and a concern he might lose this race, has sharpened the edge of his rhetoric. Talent insists he has taken the aggressive stance, because he believes it’s relevant and that McCaskill’s campaign has made it relevant, because it has campaigned on a message that it wants to change things in Washington. The two meet Wednesday night in Kansas City for their final debate of the campaign.
Related web sites:
Talent for Senate
McCaskill for Senate
Eckstein Hurt, Maybe Injured?
October 18, 2006 By
The Cardinals 5-2 win over the Mets in Game 5 might have come with a price. Shortstop David Eckstein sprained his left shoulder diving for a ground ball in the first inning, and bruised three fingers trying to bunt in the eighth. He was rushed for X-rays and a scan after the game, but the results have not been released.
Eckstein missed a month of the regular season due to a strained oblique muscle, but it is pretty certain that the oblique injury was not affected in Tuesday’s game.
