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News for February 3, 2012

Friday February 3, 2012
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Couple ordered to pay $25000 in home burglaries
A couple indicted recently by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute heroin have been ordered by a ...
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Joplin man granted suspended sentence in weapon case
A judge granted a Joplin man a suspended sentence this week on a weapon conviction in Jasper County Circuit Court. Brandon ...
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Joplin man enters guilty plea in case involving assault
By Kelsey Ryan news@joplinglobe.com A Joplin man received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty this week to a reduced charge in ...
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Three killed in traffic accidents on roads in area
By Kelsey Ryan news@joplinglobe.com Two men were killed in a single-vehicle accident at 2:04 am Friday on 32nd Street at Ashwood ...
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A follow-up to Missouri bus safety investigation
St. Louis (KSDK) - A NewsChannel 5 investigation shows because of the issues the National Transportation Safety Board says it found ...
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Santorum tells Missouri voters it's time 'for doing your duty'
By DAVE HELLING On Friday, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum urged more than 750 people in Lee's Summit to breathe life ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 10 PM
City official: SEMA rejects helping individuals pay for safe rooms
By Debby Woodin news@joplinglobe.com JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin officials were notified Friday by the State Emergency Management Agency that individual storm ...
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FTC program gains support from national foundation
By Kelsey Ryan news@joplinglobe.com JOPLIN, Mo. -- For Joplin High School junior Drew Holle, taking auto classes at Franklin Technology Center ...
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Lake-business owners worry about any plan to tap Stockton
By Wally Kennedy news@joplinglobe.com STOCKTON, Mo. -- Two Stockton Lake business owners said their questions were answered Friday about reports that ...
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Big 12 schedule looks good for Missouri
Missouri, rather than Texas A&M, is the third team in the free-for-all with Baylor and Kansas for the regular-season title. And ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 9 PM
ESPN College GameDay hosts eager for Missouri's game against Kansas
Leah Beane BY Matt Beezley COLUMBIA -- Outside Mizzou Arena, students huddled in tents and wrapped themselves in blankets bracing against ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 8 PM
Missouri Judge Rejects Congressional District Map Challenge
The Missouri Legislature's new federal congressional district map passes legal requirements for compactness of those territories, a state court judge ruled. ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 7 PM
Joplin looks for planner to oversee the city's rebirth
By Jehan Sheikh, Reporter - bio | email The City of Joplin and the Citizens Advisory Recovery Team work together to ...
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APNewsBreak: Missouri Republican Brunner would be among richest in US Senate ...
"The exposure of Romney's wealth -- and the split within the Republican Party and between Republicans and Democrats -- makes Brunner ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 6 PM
Fight against tooth decay hits the stage in Jasper County
The Tooth Wizard along with his sidekick, Panda, set out to take down their arch enemy Plaque Man. It's all part ...
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Judge Rules Missouri Congressional District Map Constitutional
The Missouri Supreme Court remanded the case to Green in January to gain a ruling on the terms of compactness and ...
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Missouri Hotel fire ruled undetermined
Missouri Hotel residents outside the hotel after an early morning fire forced evacuation, Friday, January 20, 2012. / Bob Linder / ...
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Kansas, Missouri take border rivalry up a notch
Any time Kansas comes to town, it's a big deal for Missouri. It seems a bit bigger this time around. The ...
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Santorum stresses Missouri's importance in the primaries
During the rally, Santorum stressed how important a win is for him at the polls on Tuesday even though Missouri's primary ...
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Mid-Missouri prepares for a big sports weekend
by Mark Slavit The Missouri Tiger basketball team takes on Kansas in what could be their final game in Columbia on ...
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Missouri Revenue Collections Still Below Projections
( Jefferson City , MO ) -- Despite moderate growth in the month of January, state revenue collections continue to run ...
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Missouri's congressional redistricting plan upheld in state trial court
A state trial judge has upheld Missouri's new congressional map, rejecting arguments that the redrawn districts do not meet the requirements ...
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Ameren Missouri seeks 14.6 percent rate hike
LOUIS -- Customers of Ameren Missouri would see their average monthly electric bills rise about $14 under a rate increase proposal ...
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Ameren Missouri files 14.6 percent rate increase
Officials at Ameren Missouri said today that the company filed an electric rate increase request with the Missouri Public Services Commission ...
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Impressed at a distance by Missouri
By Steve Walentik Sitting alongside ESPN broadcast partners Bill Raftery and Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas marveled from more than 1000 miles ...
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Weekend preview: Missouri must control Tyshawn Taylor
Perhaps no Jayhawks player will be more important against Missouri's ferocious defense than point guard Tyshawn Taylor. (AP photo) A Kansas ...
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GOP presidential candidate Santorum visits Missouri
By Dick Aldrich ~ Missouri News Horizon Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum shows off his Farmer's omelet at the Mark Twain ...
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Joe Hadsall: Cheapskate pwned by inner geek
By Joe Hadsall Globe Features Editor JOPLIN, Mo. -- My geekitude is constantly at war with another major part of my ...
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Concept for new studio forged by fire
By Joe Hadsall Globe Features Editor JOPLIN, Mo. -- Heather Grills was tired of having to drive all the way to ...
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Jeremiah Tucker: SOPA raises real question of what music should be worth
By Jeremiah Tucker Globe Columnist JOPLIN, Mo. -- Based on the online reaction I followed among friends and peers, I got ...
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Santorum makes the case for Missouri
Hannibal, Missouri (CNN) - Rick Santorum spent the day before Nevada's caucuses visiting Mark Twain's home town in Missouri. And he ...
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Joplin city finances are on solid ground
Joplin City Finance Director Leslie Jones presented a report to the city council at the January 17, 2012 meeting that summarized ...
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Two killed in Joplin traffic crash
By Staff reports Two men were killed and one man was hurt in a single vehicle crash on west 32 nd ...
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SB439 to make rebuilding more cost-effective
The tornado that tore through Joplin last year destroyed countless homes, leveling entire neighborhoods and devastating our community. We've worked hard ...
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Rick Santorum's Bet on Missouri
GOP contender Rick Santorum is spending the day Friday in Missouri, four days before the state's primary, even though not a ...
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Ameren Missouri seeks 15 percent electric rate hike
Ameren Missouri on Friday asked regulators for permission to raise electric rates by $376 million, or 15 percent, to reimburse the ...
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Missouri Could Be Santorum's Big Break
With Newt Gingrich absent from the ballot, Missouri's upcoming primary election will give Rick Santorum the chance to go head to ...
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Two Joplin men die in early morning crash
JOPLIN, Mo. -- An early morning single vehicle crash west of Black Cat Road has left two Joplin men dead and ...
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Kansas-Missouri, Ohio State-Wisconsin highlight critical Saturday of college ...
By Eric Prisbell Thomas Robinson and Kansas have a huge game at Missouri on Saturday. (Orlin Wagner - AP) Does Missouri ...
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State: Missouri economic development director resigns
By Anonymous AP The director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development has resigned after failing to win confirmation from the ...
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Missouri Highway Patrol Launches Poster Contest
That sad fact underscores the importance of the 2012 Missing Children's Poster Contest that has been launched by Missouri State Highway ...
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Missouri State Senator Introduces Nullification Bill
Earlier this month, Senator Brian Nieves (R-District 26, pictured above) introduced SJR 45, a bill which would place before the citizens ...
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Murray State Tops Southeast Missouri State To Stay Undefeated
Despite falling to Murray State Thursday night, Southeast Missouri State coach Dickey Nutt maintains a positive attitude. "I don't take anything ...
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Missouri House Democrats join Komen backlash
By Eli Yokley – February 3, 2012 Posted in: Missouri House of Representatives -- A day after a similar push in ...
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Loughner still not competent for trial, psychologist says
Loughner will not be transported from Missouri to attend the hearing. Loughner, 23, is charged with 49 felonies stemming from the ...
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Missouri Gets a C in Science Education -- And It's One of the Better Students
3 2012 at 7:31 AM The Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence just released its comprehensive State of State ...
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Weekend tip-off: Kansas and Missouri renew Border War
Tyshawn Taylor's three-point ability for Kansas could be a key in relieving defensive pressure by Missouri on inside force Thomas Robinson. ...
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Missouri is taking Kansas in stride
A television reporter was breathlessly trying to describe what was in store for English and the rest of his Missouri teammates ...
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College Basketball Capsules
By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Yes, he said finally, Kansas-Missouri is a little more meaningful than a typical Big 12 game. "This ...
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KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgOkla. farm group praises change to farm rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Farm Bureau is praising the US Department of Labor's decision to modify its regulations regarding ...
Posted on 2.3.12 at 5 AM
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgMo. Senate passes health insurance measure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri senators have approved a measure that would require approval from lawmakers or voters before the ...
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Missouri economic development director Jason Hall resigns
AP JEFFERSON CITY -- The director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development has resigned after only a month on the ...
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Missouri's costly presidential primary may not mean much
Missouri voters on Tuesday can cast a ballot for a presidential nominee, but the results won't count for awarding delegates to ...
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Six motorists hurt in traffic accidents on roads in area
Two Mount Vernon residents were injured in a single-vehicle accident at 10:45 am Wednesday on Missouri Highway 39, a mile north ...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol: Prescription laws have had effect on meth ...
By Patrick T. Sullivan ~ Southeast Missourian Statistics kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicate that methamphetamine-related incidents have gone ...
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Dane who terrorized Missouri girl online gets 30-year sentence
Stalking of 11-year-old girl stretched from Denmark to Missouri, leaving victim's family "shattered because of this horrible, depraved person." By MARK ...
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Murray St. tops SE Missouri St. to move to 22-0
By Stephen Lance Dennee, AP Murray State's Isaiah Canaan (3) drives against Southeast Missouri's Marland Smith in the first half of ...
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Norm Stewart played up Missouri's rivalry with KU
Missouri fans rush the court after No. 17 Missouri defeated No. 16 Kansas 62-20 in an NCAA college basketball game Monday, ...
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Lawsuit accuses contractor of cheating tornado victims
By Kelsey Ryan news@joplinglobe.com JOPLIN, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court ...
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University of Missouri campuses seek tuition increases
By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS Members of the University of Missouri Board of Curators winced at the numbers they heard. A full ...
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For Missouri coach Frank Haith, success stems from quality players
Missouri head coach Frank Haith shouts commands to his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against ...

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