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| Horses seized by Kansas sheriff need new homes >> Miscellaneous | karen-ks |
| Burlington, KS - Approximately 50 horses in the custody of the Coffey County Sheriff’s Department are now available for placement to new homes. Individuals interested in obtaining ownership of one or ...more |
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| ACLU and others seek to block Arizona law >> Miscellaneous | maria-a |
| PHOENIX - At a hearing today in a federal court in Phoenix, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups argued that Arizona's discriminatory new law, known as SB 1070, ...more |
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| NAACP condemns Tea Party bigotry >> Miscellaneous | cfleming |
| KANSAS CITY, MO – Over 2,000 NAACP delegates recently unanimously passed a resolution—as amended—called “The Tea Party Movement,” asking for the repudiation of racist Tea Party leaders.
The ...more |
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| Akin finds dead bodies exhibit objectionable >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| by Mari Winn Taylor
Ethical debate regarding Body Worlds and its breakaway version BODIES - The Exhibition has been festering since their first appearances in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Dr. ...more |
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| Edited film shows illegal alien protestors >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is releasing a video clip today that shows an illegal alien supporter in Arizona claiming that shovels and axes will be used against Americans. It was said just ...more |
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| MoDOT releases airport directory >> Miscellaneous | sally |
| JEFFERSON CITY - The 2010-2011 Missouri Airport Directory produced by the Missouri Department of Transportation is now available to the public without charge.
The directory, a flight-planning ...more |
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| Book about rural schools has been updated >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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The book, A History of the Rural Schools in Greene County, Mo., has been updated by the author, David Burton, pictured at right, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the book's original release in ...more |
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| MoDOT archives maps for public use >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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Missouri's historical road maps are now available online. Thanks to the Missouri Department of Transportation's mapping and engineering policy groups that built the archive highway maps for ...more |
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| Budding playwrights are wanted for competition >> Miscellaneous | gdobbins |
| Heartland Theatre has announced that "Anniversary" will be the theme of its fourth annual original short play competition. Funded by the Harmon Arts Grant Program of Normal, IL, the competition is ...more |
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| Creating DVDs from VHS tapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| A simple way to convert old VHS tapes to DVDs has been a popular question for the CNET Community, according to comments from Lee Koo, CNET Community manager.
Most responses from members of the ...more |
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| Did this man case one bank but rob another? >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
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A lone white male entered the Commerce Bank, 1311 S. Madison, Webb City on July 10, 2009, brandished a handgun and demanded money from the bank tellers. After retrieving the money and placing it in ...more |
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| Spam is circulating from IRS inpersonators again >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Beware of spam whose origin is apparently outside of the country (various return paths noted). The message is entitled "Notice of Underreported Income" and it suggests that it is coming from the ...more |
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| Impaired driving: what inhibits the practice? >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Effective August 28, 2009, new legislation signed by Gov. Jay Nixon and sponsored by Rep. Darrell Pollock (R-146) requires the Missouri Department of Transportation to establish a drunk driving risk ...more |
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| MoDot striping crews face narrow escapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| JEFFERSON CITY - MoDOT crews will be out improving Missouri roads throughout the summer months. Drivers have been asked to buckle up, watch for signs, slow down and stay alert when driving through ...more |
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| Bicknell organizes junket to Middle East >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Branson entertainers Stephen Feemster, Bristol Sosa, Kim Barber and Gene Bicknell, owner of The Mansion, are members of a group on a humanitarian junket to the Middle East.
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| Getting rid of deadwood >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| There might be another guy in front of your post office grabbing your arm again, this time to sign a petition to place a term limits initiative on the November 2010 ballot.
The initiative ...more |
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| Bird counts reveal decreasing populations >> Miscellaneous | hugh |
| Washington, D.C. – The first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States recently was released by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. It shows shows that nearly a third of ...more |
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| Agencies tout the need for flood insurance >> Miscellaneous | a.hunter |
| JEFFERSON CITY — Flooding can occur almost anywhere if enough rain falls in a short period of time. Residents of Missouri know only too well the devastating effects that flood can have on lives and ...more |
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| Two motorists killed in I-44 crash >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
| Joplin Police received a call of a collision occurring just west of the Hearne's Blvd exit of I-44. The accident occured just before 10 a.m. on October 6, 2008. A motorist was driving eastbound in ...more |
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| This summer remember to put ICE in your cellphone >> Miscellaneous | hfoster |
| JEFFERSON CITY -Gov. Matt Blunt today encouraged Missourians to participate in the In-Case-of-Emergency (ICE) cell phone initiative.
"This initiative has strong potential for saving lives," Blunt ...more |
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| How clean and green is your vehicle? >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage consumers to purchase SmartWay-certified cars and trucks. SmartWay is an ...more |
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| Off your butt; create a disaster plan >> Miscellaneous | robinson |
| Are you one of the ones who have procrastinated in developing a tornado disaster plan? Gov. Matt Blunt in the wake of the recent string of tornadoes that hit Southwest Missouri wants to remind ...more |
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| Be on the look-out for the spotted knapweed >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Spotted knapweed, a weed that produces a toxin via the roots that kills plants within its root zone, has been showing up in the Ozarks with the potential to be a major problem by displacing native ...more |
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| Johns Hopkins' discoveries in a nutshell >> Miscellaneous | admin2 |
| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) regularly sends us reports describing research with which they are connected. Here is a sampling of what we have received that we thought would be interesting to our ...more |
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| Tropical plant discovered in Newton County >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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The first sighting of Impatiens pallida for Newton County has been made. Dr. Stephen L. Timme, admittedly while not really looking for it, discovered it on June 26, 2006, along the wooded trail on ...more |
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| Oklahoma museum receives large comics donation >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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Michael Vance, noted author and curator of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, displays the newest additions.
The Toy and Action Figure Museum, home of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, ...more |
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| Telemarketer-solicited charity calls piss me off >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| My phone doesn't disturb me very often these days. The number is on the State of Missouri's No Call List, the brainchild of Attorney General Jay Nixon. So, when it rang the other day with a ...more |
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| CODEPINK calls for voter reforms >> Miscellaneous | jeanb |
| Many citizens believe that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul from unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots to partisan secretaries of state and ...more |
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| Blogging is mainstream now >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Personal web blogs may challenge the news media,” said Chris Dean, coordinator of University of Missouri Extension’s Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring, MO, back in October of 2003.
It was ...more |
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| Tips for genealogy research provided >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Where to Start Family History in This Technological Age--
Perhaps, no hobby or research effort has benefited more from the Internet than genealogy, according to David Burton, civic ...more |
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| Like 45-rpms, floppies are becoming antiques >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Floppy disk drives will soon be history on computers from Dell and other manufacturers. Apple's iMac computers eliminated floppy disks when they were introduced nearly five years ago. Now Dell plans ...more |
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| Blogs--the new technology >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| One of the most interesting trends to surface on the Internet is known as the blogging, according to Chris Dean, coordinator of University Outreach and Extension's Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring. ...more |
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| Restaurant review: Osteria Gran Sasso >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Just steps from the southern corner of 4th and North Elm in Pittsburg is the location of an old mill that has been converted into a family restaurant called Osteria Gran Sasso. Operated by two ...more |
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| Links >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Joplin Links
City of Joplin
Joplin Police Department
Joplin Chamber of Commerce
Joplin Convention and Visitors Bureau
Joplin Public Library
Joplin Little Theatre
Joplin Museum
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| Quote of the moment >> Miscellaneous | anonymou |
| I know there is something like a cold fish, but when a person like that starts to warm up a bit, he still stinks.
"You read about all these terrorists, most of them came here legally, but they ...more |
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