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New Missouri policies could reverse trend in cattle rustling
In 2006, Ralph Mika discovered he had been robbed over the course of two years. A couple living on his property was supposed to be taking care of his cattle, but eventually he realized that instead of looking after his livestock, they were stealing them.
Mo. Supreme Court considers whether Halloween sex offender...
A Missouri prosecutor is urging the state Supreme Court to let him prosecute a man charged with violating restrictions on sex offenders' Halloween activities.
Adjuster aims at uninsured driving trend
A couple years ago, Mark Hunsaker, a Columbia insurance claims adjuster, grew fed up with watching his clients be victimized by uninsured drivers.
On trade, is Obama on offense or defense?
During his first 10 months in office, as global trade contracted sharply, President Barack Obama avoided pursuing free-trade pacts and limited his public moves on the trade front to high-profile and often politically popular retaliatory actions.Critics say hes playing defense when he should be playing offense.There is no trade policy, said Fred ...
Staff Sgt. Eric Corcoran of Anderson received the Sergeant Major award for being among the top 20 recruiters for the Missouri Guard.
Precision ag a " online course
The focus will be the use of Global Positioning System technology to control machinery and store information.
FDA backs off oyster ban after strong criticism
File photo of oysters on a table at a restaurant. WASHINGTON a ' The Obama administration is backing off a plan to ban raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather.
This is usually the time of year that it is not hard to come up with something interesting in the forecast for the Western States.
Federal Building Worker Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Christopher Wenell, 44, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays this afternoon to a federal information that charges him with Social Security fraud.
Voters across mid-Missouri took to the pools today voting on school bonds, sales taxes, and in one county, an energy efficiency propositon.
HEALTHBEAT: Specialists plan how to counter troubling breast cancer rise in poorest countries
Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object.
Man Held in Camden County Could Be Deported For a Second Time
A A A Back on October 19th of 2008, Osage Beach Police found a tan Chevy Trailblazer wedged between the two buildings at Seebold Sports on Highway 54.A It was about 2 in the morning and the car was abandoned.A Police found blood on the airbag.A A A A The Missouri State Highway Patrol crime lab analyzed the blood and in April of this year identified ...
As Honduran elections near, US diplomats seek end to leadership crisis
US envoys are in Honduras trying to broker a last-minute deal between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti ahead of presidential elections Nov.
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms
Mynor Guerra, 25, a citizen of Guatamala who was residing in Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner this morning to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
Mother Of All Dragnets (Report) Hundreds Of Mexican Drug Traffickers Busted
Federal law enforcement agents arrested close to 1,200 suspects on narcotics-related charges and they seized more than 11.7 tons of narcotics as part of a 44-month multi-agency investigation dubbed "Project Coronado," according to reports and documents obtained by the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.
U.S. says businessman sold meth ingredient
A Chinese-Mexican businessman arrested after police found a $205 million stash of cash in his Mexico City mansion has told U.S. prosecutors he sold tons of a chemical used to make methamphetamine on the black market, a top Mexican official told The Associated Press.
Monroe drug raids part of massive nationwide bust
Federal and local authorities announced Thursday a massive takedown of a Mexican drug cartel that includes 16 people charged in Western Washington.
AHIP Million-Dollar Ad Campaign Targets Seniors
In a late-effort push to alter or torpedo health care reform, the major lobby for private insurers has made a multi-state, million-dollar ad purchase claiming that seniors will see their care cut under Democrat-crafted legislation.
Experts on indigenous migration gather in Seattle
A panel of American and Mexican experts on the growing migration of indigenous people from Latin America will hold a conference Friday at the University of Washington.