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Thursday, December 3, 2009

New Missouri christened tomorrow

by Bob Priddy on December 3, 2009

in Human Interest, Military

The crash of a bottle of a 2001 vintage Missouri champagne against the steel hull of a new submarine tomorrow morning will officially attach the name of our state to a new Navy warship. [click to continue…]

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Push for mandated insurance coverage for autism begins

by Jessica Machetta 12/3/09 9:15 PM

Governor Nixon is pushing the importance of autism legislation; he made stops in Jefferson City, Springfield and St. Louis with legislative sponsors of a bill that would mandate insurance coverage for treatment and diagnosis, as well as Missouri’s insurance director and doctors.
Nixon asked the legislature last session to pass a bill that would mandate insurance [...]

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Crop harvest might soon be completed

by Brent Martin 12/3/09 8:28 PM

With a little luck and some more dry days Missouri farmers should be able to finish getting their crops out of the fields.
A wet spring delayed planting. A wet fall delayed harvest.
In non-technical terms, it was an odd weather year; a suggestion that strikes Gene Danekas, director of the Missouri National Agricultural Statistics Service Office [...]

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Pro-life group pushes no communion for McCaskill

by Bob Priddy 12/3/09 4:09 PM

An anti-abortion group wants St.Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson to deny Senator McCaskill Holy Communion if she votes for what it considers any public funding of abortion in the healthcare overhaul bill.

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Mizzou being passed up by Iowa State for Insight Bowl? No big deal

by Bill Pollock 12/3/09 8:57 AM

Several news outlets are beginning to leak that the Missouri football team will be passed over for the Insight Bowl in Arizona on December 31st in favor of Iowa State. That has some fans stewing that Mizzou is getting screwed again…I say this works out better for the Tigers.

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