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5 Mohler Family Members Charged With Sex Crimes Against Children

AP | BILL DRAPER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Lafayette County Jail, Sex Crimes With Children, Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., Rape, Sex Crimes, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., Jared Leroy Mohler, Missouri, David A. Mohler, Lexington, Bates City, Roland Neil Mohler, Crime, Criminals, Home News

LEXINGTON, Mo. — Authorities on Wednesday searched a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes writte...

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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Winter Olympics, Chicago, Tony Blair, Christopher Bond, Anderson Cooper, South America, Cbs, International Olympic Committee, Diane Sawyer, Missouri, London, Rio De Janeiro, Katie Couric, Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Russia, Los Angeles Times, Vladimir Putin, Ram Productions, General Mcchrystal, Summer Olympics, Sochi, Abc, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Food Channel, Funen Island, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Cnn, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Fox News, Afghanistan, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Denmark, Ioc, Newspapers, William Shakespeare, David Letterman, Msnbc, Politics News

Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Promising Models for Reforming Juvenile Justice Systems

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, Missouri, Children, California, Politics News

The pipeline to prison in the U.S. is not an act of God or inevitable but a series of choices that can be changed with strong leadership and a focus on meeting child and youth needs.

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Bad Seed Farm in Kansas City Brings Urban Farming to the Next Level: Legislation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Urban Agriculture, Zoning, Food Access, Urban Farming, Kansas City, Missouri, Organic Food, Green News

How do we value urban land, and what are the existing laws on the books that keep urban agriculture from flourishing and feeding locals?

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Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Herbicide, Indiana, Epa, Ohio, Utilities, Filtration, Lawsuit, Syngenta, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Atrazine, Filter, Kansas, Weed-Killer, Tillery, Water, Missouri, Illinois, Drinking Water, Green News

Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

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Former Dem Strategist Connected To Missouri Bombing

STL Today | Tony Messenger, Robert Patrick, and Jake Wagman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Missouri, Fbi, Democratic Operative, Clayton Bombing, Milton Ohlsen III, Federal Election Commission, Politics News

A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a Clayton bombing last year that seriously ...

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What's In It for Jim?

Sally Kohn | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Rural America, Health Care Reform, Missouri, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Barack Obama, Town Halls, Tea Party, Politics News

Jim is like many of us sandwiched in the middle: He earns too much to qualify for subsidized insurance programs, and insurance from his employer is more than Jim's monthly rent.

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The Senate Climate Bill Will Bring Jobs to Your State

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Virginia, Green Jobs, Ohio, Waxman-Markey, Missouri, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Labor Unions, Global Warming, Colorado, Green News

In a time of record unemployment, steelworkers are finding new jobs in one of the few burgeoning sectors in our economy: wind energy.

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Green News Report - July 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, India, Clean Coal, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Green News Report, Smart LEDs, E. Coli, Tourism, Biomass, Fish, Missouri, Green News, Climate Change, Hillary Clinton, Sustainable Seafood, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, California Budget Crisis, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Honey, I shrunk the fish!; Off-shore drilling vs. California's budget; "Clean coal" vs. reality; Tourism vs. Safety in Misso...

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Car Dealer Gives AK-47s To Buyers

KCTV Kansas City | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Machine Gun, Free Guns, Missouri, Gun Control, Ak-47, Max's Motors, Car Dealer Machine Gun, Business News

BUTLER, Mo. -- Those purchasing a vehicle at Max Motors in Missouri will receive an AK-47 assault rifle with their purchase during the month of August...

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Lost & Found: How a Three-Year-Old Survived 52 Hours in the Woods (and How You Can Too)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Twain National Forest, Nova Scotia, Three Year Old, Ken Hill, St. Mary's University, Missouri, Survivors Club, Joshua Childers, Lost Person Behavior, Halifax, Woodsproofing, 3 Year Old Found, Lost 3 Year Old, 3 Year Old Lost, 3 Year Old Lost in Woods, Three Year Old Lost in Woods, Living News

The story of Joshua Childers presents an opportunity to revisit the most important survival rule if you get lost in the woods (or anywhere else for that matter).

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Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Stupidity, Richard Burr, Louisiana, Roy Blunt, La-Sen, Bank Run, Fiscal Crisis, Fema, Republicans, Nc-Sen, Missouri, David Vitter, North Carolina, Mo-Sen, Politics News

We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.

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Concerned About Coerced Abortions? Try Saying No to Cesarean Surgery

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Birth, Abortion, Women, Coercion, Pregnant, Cesarean Section, Woman, Pregnancy, Legislation, Reproductive, Cesarean-Section, Health, Cesarean, Hospitals, Missouri, Episiotomy, Medical Costs, Medicine, Vbac, Politics News

The rise in cesarean surgery rates has not been accompanied by overall improvements in maternal or child health and creates risks to pregnant women and babies that do not exist with vaginal births.

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Focusing the Heartland on a Clean Energy Future

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Climate Policy, Focus the Nation, Russ Carnahan, Ohio, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Climate Change, Pennsylvania, Claire McCaskill, Missouri, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Colorado, Green News

Forget Seattle and Berkeley. When it comes to deciding America's energy future, it's place like Akron and Pittsburgh, St Louis and Detroit that deserve the spotlight right now.

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The Year My Wife Discovered Basketball

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 04.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Unc, Uconn, President Obama, Ncaa, Basketball, Pittsburgh, Missouri, Cornell, Memphis, Division I, March Madness, Louisville, Michigan, Rollie Massimino, Donkey Basketball, Office Pools, Clemson, Podunk, Lexington, Entertainment News

Fran had never become a sports fanatic, at least until now. The 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, however, has changed all of that.

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Missouri Republicans Question Obama's Citizenship With Constitutional Amendment

Politico | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Missouri, Obama, Obama Birth Certificate, Obama Hawaii, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Citizenship, Politics News

Fifteen Republican members of the Missouri General Assembly have signed on to a state constitutional amendment that appears aimed at advancing the cla...

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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GOP Rep. Roy Blunt To Run For Senate In 2010: AP

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Missouri Senate Race, Blunt Senate Run, Missouri Senators, Missouri, Roy Blunt, Blunt for Senate, Politics News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — People close to Missouri congressman Roy Blunt say he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2010. People familiar with Blunt'...

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Should American History Incorporate the Confederacy?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, Robert Ford, St. Louis, Farmington High School, Racism, Politics, South Carolina, Confederate Flag, Civil War, Missouri, Barack Obama, Politics News

Is it necessary to revisit the Confederacy and unabashedly accept it into the historical fold? Are post-Obama Americans willing to canonize such a bleak event?

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Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Al Gore, White House, Women's Rights, Sweden, George W. Bush, Sex Trade, Asia, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, South Africa, Angola, Kay Hagan, Dan Quayle, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Nancy Pelosi, Racism, Nigeria, Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Treasury, African-American Issues, Latin America, Speaker of the House, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Netherlands, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Secretary of Energy, Condolleezza Rice, Secretary of Agriculture, Janet Napolitano, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Claire McCaskill, Secretary of State, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, Arizona, Laura Bush, Gay Rights, Vietnam, Slavery, Sexism, Secretary of Defense, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President, Bill Clinton, Islam, John McCain, Africa, Belgium, Secretary of Transportation, Homeland Security, Attorney General, North Carolina, Colombia, Cia Director, Cambodia, Secretary of Interior, Death Penalty, Gay Issues, Politics News

Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Please, Bobby! End the Iowa/New Hampshire Hostage Crisis!

Will Bower | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Primaries, Primary, Bobby Jindal, New Hampshire, Iowa, Democratic, Jindal, Missouri, Caucuses, Voting, 2012, Republican, North Carolina, Politics News

Bobby Jindal has begun the process of pandering to the upcoming, 2012 cycle of the "Iowa/New Hampshire Hostage Crisis."

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McCain Wins Missouri, Breaking Bellwether Streak

AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Missouri, The South, Electoral College, Electoral Votes, John McCain, Mccain Wins Missouri, Missouri Bellwether, Politics News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri _ the last state to be decided in the 2008 pr...

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Did John McCain Lose Arizona?

Denis Campbell | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Humboldt County CA|, Citizen Warrior, Obama, Mccain, Missouri, Minnesota Senate Race, California Turn Blue, McCain Won Phoenix, Colorado, Nevada, Denis Campbell, Jim March, Ensure Ballot Integrity, New Mexico, 14 Days After the Election, December 2nd, Public-Private Cooperative Effort, Elections Director, Election 2008 Coverage, Maricopa County (Phoenix), John McCain, Conspicuously Red, Razor Close Senate Race, Georgia Run-Off Election, Barack Obama, Mandatory Recount, Judge Edward O. Burke, Libertarian Party, Banana Republic State, Did John McCain Lose Arizona, Systemic Problems Diebold, Problems Pima County, Unbroken Custody Chain, Election Authorities Pima County, Auditaz, BlackBoxVoting.Org, Obama Wins, Breaking Election Law, Tucson, Election Law, Republican Presidential Candidate, Battling Election Authorities, Obama Arizona, John Brakey, 2008 Presidential Race, Wtf, Politics News

We still do not have a final Presidential result in the state of Missouri, 14 days after the election. As was shown time and again this election, our nation's voting systems are badly broken.

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Proposal For 2012 Primaries

Will Bower | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Primary, Obama, Mccain, Democratic, Election Results, Missouri, Caucuses, Election, Republican, 2012, Margins, Primaries, Elections, Clinton, 2008, Calendar, Iowa, New Hampshire, Margin, Results, Oregon, Politics News

The primary calendar we need most is one that is built on an orderly and rational plan, and not on an arbitrary, publicity-driven, system of one-upsmanship.

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