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How Early Math Skills Add Up (And Hold Back Americans)

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 03.29.2013 | Parents
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WASHINGTON -- We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks o...

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Does A Good Marriage Really Lead To Better Health?

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 02.20.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Stress, Marriage, Health Post50, Marriage Health Benefits, Anti-Stress, Married Couples Healthier Than Singles, Marriage Health Study, Reduce Stress, University of Missouri, Married Couples Healthier, Fifty News

Happily married couples are more likely to enjoy better mental and physical health than their not-so-happy friends, a new study shows. And those in go...

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Questions About Torture

Rev. Colin Bossen | Posted 03.24.2013 | Politics
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This month marked 11 years since the opening of the infamous prison camp at Guantanamo, where over a hundred men, many innocent, remain indefinitely d...

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The 12 Most Popular Colleges For Journalism

Posted 01.14.2013 | College
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There are a couple professions with approval ratings so low, one might wonder why anyone would head to college with a goal to work towards those caree...

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University Offering Class On Sibling Incest

Posted 01.11.2013 | College
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The University of Missouri is offering a class on sibling incest for the spring 2013 semester. Taught by Stefani Engelstein, "Sibling Incest in Th...

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Mizzou Athletics Official Was REALLY Big Sport At Vegas Strip Club

Posted 10.24.2012 | College
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If University of Missouri athletics officials were livid to learn one of their employees had charged more than $7,600 at a Las Vegas strip club on his...

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Will Mississippi Jump In And Provide Funds For Early Learning?

| Jackie Mader | Posted 12.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Child Poverty, Mississippi Early Childhood Education, Early Education, Video, Mississippi Schools, Early Learning, Hechinger Report, Early Childhood Education, Mississippi Building Blocks, Barksdale Reading Institute, University of Missouri, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. Advocates of a privately funded early education program in Mississippi ...

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Mizzou Tigers Suspended After Drug Arrest

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 10.04.2012 | Sports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and two teammates have been suspended for Saturday's home game against Vanderbilt after t...

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Too Close? Mizzou Basketball Fan On Team Plane Arrested On Coke Ring Charges

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 08.11.2012 | College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Missouri men's basketball fan who regularly traveled with the team to NCAA tournament games the past four seasons is among mor...

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John Celock

'Frat Bro' Legislator Panned In Video

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.22.2012 | Politics
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YouTube is the new front in the 162-year-old war between Kansas and Missouri, after a Missouri lawmaker who opposes allowing a Kansas logo on Show Me ...

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John Celock

Missouri Lawmaker: Keep 'Dreaded, Disgusting Jayhawks Symbol' Off Our License Plates

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.17.2012 | Politics
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The 162-year-old border war between Missouri and Kansas heated up again this week as Show Me State lawmakers voted three times to ban a Kansas logo fr...

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What Were These College Newspaper Editors Thinking?

Posted 04.12.2012 | College
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What were they thinking? Some college newspaper editors have been facing criticism recently after publishing content meant to be satire that pushed...

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University of Missouri School Paper Changes Name to The Carpeteater for April Fools' Day

J-School Buzz | Posted 06.10.2012 | College
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The University of Missouri's student newspaper usually goes by name The Maneater, but as part of a hilaaaaaaaaarious April Fools' Day joke, the paper decided to change its name to The Carpeteater for the day.

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Haith Says He Is Cooperating With NCAA Probe

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 04.28.2012 | Miami
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri coach Frank Haith said Monday that he is fully cooperating with the NCAA in the latest round of trouble at the Universi...

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Ex-Missouri Captain Pleads Guilty

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 04.15.2012 | Sports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Imprisoned former Missouri running back Derrick Washington pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault a...

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Gigantic Crocodile Had Strange Structure On Skull, Paleontologists Say

Posted 02.07.2012 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 11/07/2011 10:00 AM EST on LiveScience LAS VEGAS — A newly described species of anc...

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(VIDEO) Professor Documents Cancer Battle Online

AP/The Huffington Post | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 04.03.2012 | College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calci...

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David Lohr

College Student's Mysterious Disappearance Chronicled In New Book

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.06.2012 | Crime
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The father of missing University of Missouri student Jesse "Opie" Ross has chronicled more than five years of searching for answers in a newly release...

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University Of Missouri To Limit Lecture Recording

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 01.17.2012 | College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — From videotaped lectures to podcasts, universities are rushing to embrace the digital revolution. Yet even as some schools invit...

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Universities Buy .XXX Domains To Protect Names From Porn Sites

stltoday.com | TIM BARKER • Tbarker@Post | Posted 01.14.2012 | College
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The world is getting closer to the launching of a new Internet address system for pornography providers, and there are some eye-opening names being re...

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West Virginia To Big 12?

AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 12.25.2011 | Sports
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The Big 12 has a replacement lined up for Missouri before it even leaves the conference. The Big East, meanwhile, is in danger of losing another scho...

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Missouri Tigers Should Let Big 12 Die

Hank Koebler | Posted 12.05.2011 | Sports
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Hank Koebler

Missouri could move to the SEC and remain competitive in both major revenue-producing sports. The Tigers don't need to fear being crushed if they leave the Big 12.

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Missouri: "Working Every Day To Hold The Big 12 Together"

AP | By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 11.15.2011 | Sports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The head of the Big 12 board of directors says the future of the embattled league largely rests with Oklahoma. Missouri chancellor B...

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Deterring College Students From Binge Drinking: Gain-Framing

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.10.2011 | College
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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Robyn Gee Positive reinforcement is o...

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Profs Claim Breitbart Posted Videos Edited To Make Them Look Bad

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 06.29.2011 | College
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Videos posted by the conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart appear to have ended the teaching career of an adjunct at the University of Missouri -- eve...

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