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Columbia, MO - infoZine - Sustainable practices and the search for safe, environmentally friendly energy has been a priority of scientists for years.

About a week ago, I wrote a column making a case for Mitt Romney as the GOP nominee.

7, sweeping Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri and putting a huge roadblock in front of Mitt Romney's caravan to the GOP presidential nomination.

For an ugly vision of how Missouri’s Capitol operates, look no further than the current push to renew an expensive and unnecessary mandate requiring eye exams for children entering public school.This mandate has been around since 2007.

Last week, Mitt Romney was supposed to have sealed the Republican presidential nomination.

If I had enough of an ego that I felt I had to be right all the time, I would leave Daily Kos Elections until the GOP got around to settling their damned nomination, and then return.

Move over Mitt romney and make way for Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania Senator is going to eclipse the GOP frontrunner's visit to the Treasure Valley by three days.

A tough campaign week may have just gotten worse for Newt Gingrich, with Bloomberg News quoting a source close to Sheldon Adelson saying that the casino mogul - who has already funneled $11 million into a super-PAC supporting Gingrich - does not plan to donate further to his campaign.

Sustainable practices and the search for safe, environmentally friendly energy has been a priority of scientists for years.

What have we learned this week? Well an awful lot of people are upset about the religious exemption in the contraceptive mandate, and Jon Allen writes in POLITICO this morning that the rule accomplished something President Obama's rivals have struggled to do: unify the Republican Party and fire up its base.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum rocked the Republican world this week by winning caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, plus a nonbinding primary in Missouri.

The image of imminent candidate, the favorite, who wanted to grow My Romney Republican primary for this increasingly more crumbles before the onslaught of competitors, the chagrin of more conservative voters and the triumphs of others in states where it won easily in 2008.

This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," February 8, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Feb. 9 -- The Republican Party's socially conservative base, conflicted for months over which presidential candidate to back, is increasingly coalescing behind Rick Santorum in a shift that some observers say may energize his bid and slow Mitt Romney's momentum toward the nomination.

After months of legislative gridlock and political acrobatics, Missouri's congressional redistricting plan - widely considered a partisan gerrymander - awaits review from a trial judge.

IdleAir , which offers drivers an alternative to idling engines while stopped, opened a new location in Albert Lea, Minn.

Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner. Rick Santorum's stunning success in this week's elections in Colorado, Minnesota and ... (more)

With his wife Callista at left, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks after touring the Jergens manufacturing facility in Cleveland during a campaign stop on Wednesday, Feb.

After going to a four-day school week this year, leaders in the Lathrop School District said students are getting better grades, parents are spending more time with their children and the district is saving money.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - How would you like to pay $20 to $30 in tolls to drive across Missouri on I-70? That's a possibility if a Missouri lawmaker gets his way.