News for March 18, 2010

Thursday March 18, 2010
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Sheriff outlines approach for department dispatching
By midyear, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department will start its own dispatching operation, Sheriff Archie Dunn said Thursday. ...
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Globe readers react via Internet's Facebook to forum statements
Globe readers weighed in Thursday night on the Candidate Connection forum, commenting on statements made by some of the candidates who ...
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4 pm (CBS C) - Texas A&M vs. Utah State in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash. Radio: AM-540. 6 pm ...
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Missouri House panel approves budget
JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri House Budget Committee spent more than 12 hours Wednesday and Thursday considering dozens of amendments to ...
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Missouri Senate approves bill for mandated autism insurance coverage
JEFFERSON CITY | Health insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders would be required under legislation passed Thursday in the Missouri ...
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Missouri's Taylor, English hope trip east will be a happy one
COLUMBIA -- For Missouri's Zaire Taylor and Kim English, it would be hard to get any closer to home than they ...
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Missouri Bill Would Make Abortion Doctors Nosier
Right now women in Missouri can walk into an abortion clinic, get their procedure done, and leave -- no questions asked. ...
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Father ordered to stand trial in toddler spanking
A Carthage father was ordered bound over for trial Thursday on a felony charge of child abuse related to a spanking ...
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Texting While Driving
COLUMBIA - Missouri lawmakers want drivers to keep their eyes on the road and their phones out of reach. Missouri lawmakers ...
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NCAA: Missouri Tigers vs. Clemson Tigers
The fans at HSBC Arena will be treated to a game between the Missouri Tigers and the Clemson Tigers when they ...
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Ledgers donated to Powers Museum
Scott Clayton, director of the Joplin Habitat for Humanity, never knows what he might find when people donate old construction material ...
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Univ. of Missouri looks to improve Columbia campus
(AP) -- Stymied by repeated, unsuccessful efforts to get state money for new buildings, the University of Missouri's flagship campus unveiled ...
Posted on 3.18.10 at 8:01 PM
Clemson vs. Missouri: 5 things you need to know about Missouri
Missouri head coach Mike Anderson talks to his players during practice in Buffalo, NY, on Thursday. Missouri plays Clemson in a ...
Posted on 3.18.10 at 7:01 PM
Missouri House, Senate approve bill banning use, sale of synthetic marijuana
Missouri is on track to become the second state in the country to ban the use and sale of K2 -- ...
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Carthage students participate in Bee
Six Carthage Students took a day out of their spring break on Wednesday to represent the R-9 School District at the ...
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TJ to spend $12 million on expansion
JOPLIN - Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School recently announced that the school will break ground in June on a new arts ...
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Obama says Missouri out in NCAA 2nd round
... but backtracks in favor of the Mountaineers when analyst Andy Katz second-guesses his call. He said he thought he was ...
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Their second time around
BUFFALO, NY -- DeMarre Carroll, Leo Lyons and Matt Lawrence will be remembered as the leaders of the Missouri basketball team ...
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Missouri's Mike Anderson remembers when Arkansas was only full of vinegar
When Missouri plays Clemson Friday, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, there will be no walking the ball up ...
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Missouri Senate Passes Autism Bill
Photo by Elana Gordon JEFFERSON CITY, MO (kcur) - The Missouri Senate has passed legislation requiring group insurance plans regulated by ...
Posted on 3.18.10 at 4:01 PM
Ill. House joins Missouri legislature's effort to ban K2
Kansas is the only state to ban the substance, but Missouri lawmakers intent on banning it have described use of K2 ...
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Clemson vs. Missouri quick, get the oxygen!
AP - March 18, 2010 4:35 PM ET BUFFALO, NY (AP) - "The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball" are headed for ...
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Pitt State names Neria first CIO
By Staff reports Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott has announced the selection of Angela Neria as the new chief information ...
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Missouri Senate Approves Autism Bill
(Jefferson City, MO) -- The Missouri Senate gives a green light to a bill that will help families with autistic children. ...
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Missouri Senate approves ban on texting while driving
AP JEFFERSON CITY | Drivers of all ages would be barred from texting while driving under a bill approved by the ...
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Battle Of The Tigers Favors Clemson Over Missouri
After nearly reaching the Final Four last season, the Missouri Tigers managed to put together a respectable year, and earn a ...
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MISSOURI (22-10)
P Missouri is making its 23rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament and owns a record of 21-22. The Tigers have won ...
Posted on 3.18.10 at 2:01 PM
Missouri Senate votes to require health insurer's to provide autism treatment ...
(AP) - The Missouri Senate has voted 26-6 to require some health insurance plans to cover treatment for autism. The bill ...
Posted on 3.18.10 at 1:01 PM
Alex Chilton's Missouri Ties: How the First Big Star Reunion Happened in Columbia
This morning, a friend reminded me that Big Star's first reunion show after a two-decades-plus hiatus took place in Columbia, Missouri. ...
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'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' to feature Missouri Southern grad's work
Sharon L. Plummer, a graduate of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, is among five Houston, Texas-area artists whose will be ...
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BBB says lack of enforcement allows Missouri puppy mills to thrive
Vet tech Mindy D'Angelo of the Humane Society of Missouri, trims the matted hair of two-year-old Rambo, a Yorkshire Terrier, in ...
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Outgoing UCM president finds New York berth
The outgoing president of the University of Central Missouri apparently has landed a job leading a college back in his home ...
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Boater's body found in slough off the Mississippi River in SE Missouri
(AP) -- A 65-year-old man from southeast Missouri has died after his boat capsized in water near East Prairie. The Missouri ...
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Missouri Lawmaker Wants Women to Give Reason For Abortion
State Senator Tom Dempsey (R - St. Peters) has proposed legislation that would ask Missouri women to provide a reason ...
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Clemson Tigers vs Missouri Tigers Preview
Welcome to a detailed look at the Clemson vs Missouri 2010 NCAA Men's College Basketball East Regional First Round game – ...
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Third Thursday event returns to downtown
For Floyd Hackett, Discover Downtown Joplin Third Thursday is a journey back to a bygone era when people went "door to ...
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Purdy resident killed in accident in Barry County
A resident of Purdy was killed and three other people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 8:55 pm Tuesday on ...
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Judge orders man to stand trial in assault
A Joplin man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court on a felony assault charge ...
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Missouri State holds of Mid. Tenn. in CIT opener
Missouri State got 24 points from sophomore Kyle Weems and shot a season high 60.4%, a JQH Arena record for a ...
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Nixon's plans to ax scholarships will cut down Missouri's students
In a speech in Springfield, Mo., on March 11, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon proposed not only cutting Metrolink funding and consolidating ...
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Basketball Q&A with Missouri's Rock M Nation
by DrB on Mar 18, 2010 9:00 AM EDT in Clemson Basketball 0 comments More photos » LG Patterson - AP ...
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Missouri wrestler hoping for better start to NCAA Wrestling Championships
JESSICA BARNETT/Missourian BY Nick Forrester COLUMBIA -- Missouri wrestler Nick Marable could only laugh when he found out who his first ...
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Lawmakers begin slashing Missouri state budget
(St. Louis Public Radio) - The Missouri House Budget Committee spent nearly four hours late Wednesday amending and voting on bills ...
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First Black Priest Considered for Sainthood
Born into slavery in 1854, Tolton's family escaped from Missouri as the Civil War began, settled in southern Illinois, and became ...
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Missouri residents should support family farms
This past month, the issues of industrial farming and the debate of factory versus family farms has been brought to the ...
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Officials call for state scholarships for both public and private schools
A group of private and public college officials in Missouri have agreed the state should provide need-based financial aid to eligible ...
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Black Chicago priest, 1st in US, may become saint
Father Augustus Tolton, the first black Roman Catholic priest in the United States, was seven years old when he escaped with ...
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Missouri 13 northbound lane to close next week
Work to connect existing Missouri 13 to the new northbound lanes of the highway under construction -- about 10 miles north ...
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Missouri considers bill to protect young athletes from head injuries
Sponsored in the Missouri House by Rep. Don Calloway, D-Bel-Nor, the proposal responds to increased attention on the short-term and long-term ...
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Kwadzo leads the way for Northern Iowa
Ahelegbe enters the tourney on a roll, too, after winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament's Most Outstanding Player award with 24 ...
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Missouri man accused in fire that killed fiance's kids
A Springfield man was charged Wednesday with setting a fire that killed his fiancee's three children and critically injured their ...
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Coaches can find major job security at midmajor schools
Former Missouri State coach Steve Alford left Iowa to coach at New Mexico, part of the Mountain West Conference. That step ...
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Mizzou vs. Clemson: Two Tigers who love to run
BUFFALO, NY | Finally, Missouri can anticipate playing basketball the way Missouri coach Mike Anderson believes it was intended to be ...
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Allen put St. Patty's Day thumping on Missouri
ALLEN, Texas -- With the playoffs just around the corner the Allen Americans put together a strong 5-2 win over the ...
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Joplin council hopefuls to present views at forum
Five candidates seeking three general seats on the Joplin City Council will gather at 7 pm today for a "Candidate Connection" ...
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ASU beats Missouri State
Arkansas State starter Brad Allen threw six and one-thirds innings of no-hit baseball before the Missouri State Bears (5-11) rallied, but ...
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Five keys to a Clemson victory
Missouri is second in the country in turnover margin (+6.7), leads the country in steals per game (10.9) and is 44th ...
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Hot shooting carries Missouri State
Missouri State got 24 points from sophomore Kyle Weems and shot a season-high 60.4-percent from the field to beat Middle Tennessee ...

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