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Missouri citizens felt the rumbling of a magnitude 5.2 earthquake this morning that occurred near Bellmont Ill. via Suntimes News

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“The people I deal with say the claim is where it's supposed to be.”

At least two local funeral homes use National Prearranged Services Inc. - a company forced to halt business in Missouri - to hold money paid by customers for prepaid funerals. via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“The rocks here and across much of the central United States are strong, hard rocks, and they transmit the energy very efficiently. So they can be felt far away”

Missouri Department of Transportation inspectors on Friday examined hundreds of bridges in the eastern part of the state, checking for possible damage from a moderate earthquake. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

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“They're accustomed to the dams providing them protection from flooding, but right now they (the lakes) can't do that, because they're full.”

Flood-weary residents were hard hit again by high water in parts of southern Missouri in recent days, resulting in reports Monday of one death and dozens of damaged and water-logged homes. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

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“We wanted it to be huge, and we also wanted it to be a show that would appeal to the majority of people who helped us get this far. We're tickled pink that Tony Bennett has chosen to come and help us open this building.”

Ladies and gentlemen, the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts proudly announces its premiere act for opening night at its newly renovated historic building: What: Premiere show of the renovated theater Bennett ... via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“Rock Port is making the burning of fossil fuels today's alternative energy supply”

Officials in this northwest Missouri town christened a four-turbine wind farm this week, making Rock Port the first U.S. city to get all of its electricity from wind power. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

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“Beyond that, we consider them on a case-by-case basis”

One day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of lethal injection, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon yesterday asked the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for four death row inmates. via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“I don't think it's a big surprise that fundraising has been a bit challenging with the cloud of legal uncertainty hanging over there”

A proposal to reverse part of a 2006 constitutional amendment allowing embryonic stem cell research appears in jeopardy of not making Missouri's ballot. via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“We should not forget how many families of murder victims in Missouri have waited 15 years or more for justice in their cases and for sentences to be carried out”

Gov. Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon on Wednesday pushed for the death penalty to start up again in Missouri, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the use of lethal injection executions. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

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“This case sends an important message to employers that they cannot allow stereotypes or assumptions about disabled people to interfere with those people's right to work in jobs for which they are qualified”

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a job applicant who claimed he wasn't hired because he has cerebral palsy, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said ... via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

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