February 12, 2012

Troopers testing system to spot stolen cars

The Highway Patrol is testing new technology that will spot a stolen car within seconds, even if it’s moving away from the trooper.

Two of the 20-thousand dollar units are being tested in the Springfield and Poplar Bluff troops, scanning license plates of moving vehicles. [Read more...]

Commission worries about biological attack

A special commission sees biological warfare as a real threat to American security and a Missourian who is a leader of that commission worries the country isn’t taking the threat seriously.

Former Senator Jim Talent serves as vice chairman of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, charged by Congress to assess the threat of WMDs being used against the United States.

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Pujols’ surgery a success

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols this morning underwent arthroscopy of the right elbow with debridement of bone spurs and removal of bone chips.

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McCaskill wants healthcare reform done “right”

Senator Claire McCaskill says negotiations about a Senate healthcare bill are widespread throughout the nation’s capitol. She says Senators are “up to our elbows” in discussions.

She hopes the President can get a bill by the end of the year but she says the calendar is less important than it is important to pass a bill that is “right.” [Read more...]

Bond releases report slamming cap & trade legislation

Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO) is sounding the alarm about congressional cap and trade legislation, which is designed to cut carbon emissions, believing it is little more than a national gas tax on American farmers, workers, and truckers. Bond and fellow Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) have released a report, Climate Change Legislation: A $3.6 Trillion Gas TaxHutchisonBondGasTaxReport, which claims the proposals will bring about these higher taxes.