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“It's simply a matter of price.”

' Three businesses have sued to block the Missouri Department of Revenue from increasing its fee for motor vehicle and driver records. via Columbia Missourian

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“I hope that every Democratic member of the Missouri Senate will stand up next week and stop this assault on our voting rights”

Some of Missouri's top Democrats are calling upon their colleagues to throw up a blockade in the state Senate against a Republican drive to enact a voter photo identification requirement. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

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"It wasn't thunder. It was an explosion." Suffolk Community Clean Up A Florida judge has sentenced Hulk Hogan's son to eight months in jail for driving recklessly and critically injuring a friend. via WTKR-TV Norfolk

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“Is he too liberal, is he too conservative, how do voters handle an African American, et cetera”

Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain on Saturday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is more patriotic.

Barely mentioning Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama said he was open to campaigning with McCain in "town hall" events. But he also warned that controversial issues such as McCain's ties to the Keating Five savings and loan scandal are fair game, and he called McCain's proposal for a temporary halt in the federal gasoline tax a pander and a gimmick. Read more

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Tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least five people, mangling buildings and trapping people in the rubble of their homes in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather.

At least four people died in southwestern Missouri after storms plowed through, the National Weather Service said. Three died after a tornado hit near Seneca in Newton County, said meteorologist Bill Davis.

A twister left a half-mile-wide path of destruction in Oklahoma, killing at least one person and devastating the northeastern towns of Picher, Peoria and Commerce, an official said. Read more

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“No matter how you look at it, there are only so many places you can cut, and we are having too many faculty and graduate positions being cut”

Nearly a year ago, University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton announced "Compete Missouri," a plan that would leave vacant faculty positions open to make resources available to improve faculty salaries, ... via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“There is no state statute that covers that, but if we encounter an illegal alien, we notify ICE.”

Missouri police officers next month will get special training to enforce federal immigration laws through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

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“It makes you wonder just what was in these e-mails that needed to be destroyed”

Gov. Matt Blunt's administration is forging ahead with a plan to archive state e-mails - even though lawmakers have not approved the money needed to run it.Blunt tapped into existing state money in January ... via KansasCity.com

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The extended deadline for people living in 35 Missouri counties to file their taxes is approaching. via KSDK NewsChannel 5

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Lawmakers have approved legislation intended to increase organ donations. The legislation blocks families from overruling their dead relatives' decisions to donate. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro

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