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Friday May 10 | KPLR-11

Phineas' Fans Await Judge's Decision For Life Or Death

The fight to save a condemned Labrador Retriever in Dent County has turned into a global campaign.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Daily Kos

Censorship Near the Ozarks

The summer of 2010 brought the start of an interesting chapter in the life of a young resident of Salem, Missouri.

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Mon May 06, 2013

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Thousands rally to save yellow lab sentenced to death

A yellow Lab in Salem, Mo. is set to be put down after he bit a little girl last summer.

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KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Weekend crashes leave two dead, three injured

In St. Francois County late Friday, one man was killed and two others hurt after the pick-up they were in left Route F west of Best Road and slammed into a tree.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Examiner.com

Dog bites child who fell on him, now city wants to have him destroyed

A family in Salem, Mo., is fighting to save the life of their three-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, "Phineas," who is slated for destruction by the City of Salem , reported Wednesday's Ozark's First.com . Phineas is accused of biting an seven-year-old neighbor girl, who, according to Phineas' guardians, fell on him prior to the bite.

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