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St. Louis Mayor announces new Airport Director

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has announced that Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge will become the new Director at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Ga. man accused in 1976 Mo. slaying in court

A 65-year-old Georgia man accused of killing a former University of Missouri student more than 30 years ago is a devoted father who "absolutely" didn't commit the crime, his attorney said.

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Related Topix: Prison, Boone County, MO, Columbia, MO

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Earthquakes along Mississippi could be long-after shocks

Mid-continent earthquakes along the Mississippi and elsewhere might just be long-lived aftershocks of big quakes, not fresh events, geophysicists suggest in a new study.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Missouri, Geology, Science

Southeast Missourian

People on the move 11-2

James Sipe has joined Cape Electrical Supply in Cape Girardeau as chief operating officer.

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Related Topix: Cape Girardeau, MO, Industrial Machines, Benton, MO, Southeast Missouri State University

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Dermatology Times

Skin cancer & aging: Elderly patients need special consideration, but same choices

Skin cancers can occur at almost any time during a person's life, but is there a difference between treating a young adult versus an older person? According to one expert, whether caring for skin cancers in elderly patients or young patients, the medical procedures used to treat them are essentially the same.

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Related Topix: Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health, Family, Elderly, Dermatology, Columbia, MO, Coumadin, Warfarin (generic), Medication

PhysOrg Weblog

Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes

When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Missouri

EurekAlert!

Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

"Web site sponsors might consider increasing their advertising on pages that tend to be accessed via search engines, " said Kevin Wise, assistant professor of strategic communication and co-director of the... COLUMBIA, Mo.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Columbia, MO

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Webster Journal

Agriculture crucial to future of Mo.

Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Jon Hagler speaks on the situation of agriculture in the U.S. while Governor Bob Holden listens at Pizza and Politics on Wednesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Missouri Government, Missouri, Webster University

Science Blog

Timber harvest impacts amphibians differently during life stages

Frogs are croaking in clear-cut forests, but not exactly in their traditional manner.

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Science Daily

Improved Human, Object Detection Technology With New Computer Software

But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball? Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing software that would enable computers to search inside videos, detect humans and specific objects, and perform other video analysis tasks.

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The Dallas Morning News

Study: Texas' teacher merit pay program hasn't boosted student performance

For the $300 million spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Vanderbilt University, Texas A&M University

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Near record rainfall in October

With statewide rainfall averaging more than 10 inches, Missouri weather records show October was the wettest in 68 years and second wettest in history.

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Related Topix: Weather, Missouri, Agriculture, Science, Shannon County, MO, Oregon County, MO

Science Daily

Trident Laser Accelerates Protons To Record Energies

Using this technique, scientists can now accelerate particles to extremely high velocities that would otherwise only be possible using large accelerator facilities.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, Missouri

Mon Nov 02, 2009

City of Ferguson

Ferguson Middle School Probe Student Project

Probe Students from Ferguson Middle School embarked on a project in August of 2009, over the next couple of months the students covered the entirety of January Wabash Memorial Park cataloging and mapping out Dedicated Trees.

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Related Topix: Ferguson, MO, St Louis County, MO, St. Louis, MO

Sun Nov 01, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Analysis: Budget cuts could unplug virtual school

Budget cuts could force a Missouri school to close midway through the academic year, leaving students with half-earned credits scrambling to complete their education.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Education Etc., Family, Kids

Sat Oct 31, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two seats in the Missouri Legislature vacated by guilty pleas draw little interest

In many other cities, it would be a boon to the opposition party: Two sitting Democratic lawmakers convicted of corruption, opening up their seats to fresh competition.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Russ Carnahan, Democrat, St. Louis, MO Metro, 2008 Presidential Election

News-Medical.Net

Patients with disabilities or LEP often perceived that their...

According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy-, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand healthcare information and providers' abilities to communicate complex medical information in an understandable manner.

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Related Topix: Medicine

The Tidings

McNeil Jubilee Singers mark 40 years with reunion concert

Celebrating 40 years of performing African American spirituals all over the world, the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers will gather many of the 170 singers who have performed with the ensemble for a reunion concert Nov.

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Related Topix: Jubilee, Folk, African-American, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Fri Oct 30, 2009

KPLR-11

Former Senate Dem leader Daschle, ex-surgeon general to discuss health care at Mo. summit

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and a Bush administration surgeon general headlined the list of speakers Friday at a Missouri health care summit.

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Ag Professional

UNL study: Missouri Ag Experiment Station No. 1 in return on investment -- 37 % over 42 years

UNL study: Missouri Ag Experiment Station No. 1 in return on investment -- 37 % over 42 years Oct.

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Related Topix: Columbia, MO, Agriculture, Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln

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