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Friday Jan 27 | KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Not straight A marks to raise high school drop out age to 18

Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds-Not straight A marks to raise high school drop out age to 18 JACKSON, MO - President Obama is asking all states to require students to stay in high school until they graduate, or until they turn 18.

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Tue Jan 03, 2012

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Clay Waller scheduled to be sentenced for threats

Cape Girardeau County, Mo -- The estranged husband of a missing Missouri mom is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for threatening his sister-in-law. Waller is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife Jacque.

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Wed Dec 28, 2011

KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

How is Cape Girardeau doing in this "difficult national economy"?...

National unemployment is lingering near 9-percent. Missouri unemployment in November was 8-point-2-percent. Cape Girardeau County is at 6-point-7-percent. Locally the economy isn't perfect - but it's good.

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Tue Dec 27, 2011

KMTR Eugene

Sugar Bowl, BP to promote Gulf seafood, tourism

A sign advertises the price of gas at a BP Service Station on September 27, 2006 in Jackson, Missouri.

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Sat Dec 24, 2011

Daily Mail

How Singing Christmas Trees became the secret weapon of the evangelical congregations

Extravaganza: At the centre-piece of these mammoth pageant productions is a institution that is unique to America - the singing Christmas tree Choirs from churches and the community sing and dance, while standing in layers inside an enormous Christmas tree that reaches to the ceiling.

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