From the daily archives:

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) is again asking the Obama administration to quit dragging its feet on the war effort in Afghanistan.

General Stanley McChrystal has asked President Obama to send additional troops to the war front. Obama, who supported the plan at the beginning, has been reconsidering whether to approve sending additional troops.

Bond says the clock is ticking and the longer the U-S holds out, more troops are getting killed and the Taliban strengthens their grip on the Middle East … and America.

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Aftershocks from 1811-1812

by Bob Priddy 11/4/09 10:01 PM

A new study suggests the small earthquakes we sometimes feel from the New Madrid fault are not a buildup for another “big one.” The study, in fact, suggests just the opposite.

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Wet weather has drastically delayed harvest

by Brent Martin 11/4/09 8:00 PM

Wet weather, both this fall and this spring, has drastically delayed harvest.
A wet spring delayed planting. A wet fall has delayed harvest. According to the Missouri office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Columbia, the corn harvest is only 49% complete, 36 days behind normal. Only a third of the soybean crop has been [...]

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DWI summit aims to help get repeat drunk drivers off the road

by Steve Walsh 11/4/09 5:34 PM

More than two dozen government officials, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from throughout the state gathered in Jefferson City on Wednesday to take part in a summit targeting gaps in Missouri’s DWI laws. Governor Jay Nixon opened the conference, telling attendees he wants to make sure that Missourians are protected against those who drink and [...]

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Treasurer warns of unclaimed property scam

by Brent Martin 11/4/09 5:08 PM

State Treasurer Clint Zweifel is warning Missourians of a phishing scam in which e-mails request personal information in order to receive unclaimed property from the state.
Zweifel says the e-mails ask for personal information, then request payment. In the e-mail a person or group posing as an assistant to the State Treasurer indicates the recipient might [...]

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