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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Missouri lets one slip away on the road

by Bill Pollock on December 9, 2009

in Sports

The Missouri Tigers lost 60-59 at Oral Roberts when Michael Craion got a layup to bounce around and in with .09 seconds to pull off the upset. Mizzou led by as many as 11 in the second half and couldn’t put the home team away.

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Lottery Commission names politically-connected director

by Bob Priddy 12/9/09 10:01 PM

The state lottery has a new director–May Scheve Reardon, a former St.Louis County state representative and former head of the state Democratic party. She had been in the private personal finance business.
Reardon becomes the fifth executive director of the state lottery’s 24-year history, replacing Larry Jansen who quit after a disagreement with the lottery commission [...]

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Short spur makes big difference for Amtrak

by Brent Martin 12/9/09 7:52 PM

It’s only 9,000 feet long, but it is making a huge difference for passenger rail service between Kansas City and St. Louis.
State Sen. John Griesheimer (R-Washington) tied an event in mid-Missouri to the holiday season.
“This is a Christmas present to the state of Missouri; it’s an early Christmas present to the state of Missouri and [...]

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McCaskill doubts rejection of abortion language will sink Senate health care reform bill

by Steve Walsh 12/9/09 6:14 PM

The defeat of an abortion-related amendment to the health care overhaul bill being debated in the U.S. Senate has some observers thinking the legislation might be in jeopardy. But Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) doesn’t think the action will stand in the way.

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Highway Patrol busy working crashes, slide-offs

by Jessica Machetta 12/9/09 5:25 PM

Motorists in Northwest Missouri are navigating the icy roads today after getting anywhere from four to ten inches of snow, which followed freezing rain.
Lt. Scott Meyer with Troop H in St. Joseph says a couple of tractor trailers slid off the road earlier on Interstate 29 …. that’s what caused the back up and closed [...]

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