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Missouri wrestling wins team title at Midlands Championships

December 31, 2010 By

The Missouri wrestling team won the Midlands Championships team title, finishing the tournament with 103.5 points to beat out Wisconsin (95.5), Lehigh (93.0) and Iowa (91.0). Missouri wins the Midlands title after finishing third in 2008 and fourth in 2009.

The Tigers entered the final day in sixth place but had more wrestlers remaining than any other team in the tournament with eight. Mizzou ended up placing six wrestlers overall, with freshman Alan Waters finishing in third place at 125 pounds. Redshirt freshman Zach Toal (165), sophomore Mike Larson (184) and sophomore Brent Haynes (197) each finished fourth. Senior Todd Schavrien took fifth at 141, while junior Patrick Wright took eighth at 174.

Final brackets courtesy of mutigers.com

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New MO law affects fire risk of cigarettes (AUDIO)

December 31, 2010 By

A new law goes into effect January 1st that will change the design of many cigarettes sold in Missouri.

Missouri will now require all cigarettes sold in the state to be certified as ‘fire safe.’ Assistant State Fire Marshall Greg Carrell explains the difference.

“The most common technology used in this is to wrap the cigarettes with either two or three thin bands of a less porous paper. A lot of people call them ‘speed bumps.’ Basically, what it does is slow down the burning cigarette. If it’s left unattended, the burning tobacco reaches one of these speed bumps and should self-extinguish,” Carrell said. [Read more...]

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Bond exit interview (AUDIO)

December 30, 2010 By

President Truman referred to his return to Missouri as “being promoted to private life.”   Senator Christopher Bond is experiencing the same promotion. 

Bond’s forty-year office-holding career has taken him through eight statewide elections, of which he won seven.  He thinks his career in public service is rooted in family history–his great-great grandfather was a state senator from Ste Genevieve County when Missouri became a state. Other ancestors have held public office, too. [Read more...]

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Denmon leads Mizzou over Old Dominion (AUDIO)

December 30, 2010 By

Missouri Tigers Marcus Denmon (12) battles Old Dominion Monarchs Chris Cooper for the rebound in the first half at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri on December 30, 2010. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Missouri Tigers continue their dominance over non-conference opponents at Mizzou Arena, as Marcus Denmon led Mizzou with 22 points as the Tigers beat the Old Dominion Monarchs 81-58. The Tigers improve to 12-1 on the season.

Mike Anderson postgame comments

Denmon led five Tigers in double figures on 8 of 15 shooting including 5 of 8 from the three point line. Michael Dixon had 18, Matt Pressey 15, Kim English 11 and Ricardo Ratliffe had 10.

The biggest factor in this game was rebounding. The Monarchs came into this game with one of the biggest rebounding differentials in the nation and the Tigers were only outrebounded by one…30-29.

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Program putting youth to work in parks renewed

December 30, 2010 By

Governor Nixon has announced he plans to renew the state’s State Parks Youth Corps Program. The program uses federal funds to pay Missourians between the ages of 17 and 21 to do work in nearly all of the 85 state parks and historic sites. Scott Holste, the Governor’s spokesman, says there’s a wide range of tasks.

“During the last year, the State Park Youth Corps workers put in more than 187,000 hours at the parks. They put roofs on 25 buildings, they used 2,000 gallons of paint; painting buildings and fences. They blazed almost 650 miles of trail in 58 state parks and they did research and cataloguing of animal and plant life, as well as helping with event planning,” Holste said. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy, Environment & Conservation, Politics & Government, Recreation & Entertainment
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