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University of Missouri holding wine school to teach prospective vintners tools of trade

Prospective winemakers can learn the tools of the trade at an upcoming University of Missouri workshop.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine

Thu Jul 09, 2009

KansasCity.com

State using bugs to fight noxious weed in southwest Missouri

State officials are taking a new approach bugs to fight a noxious weed in southwest Missouri.

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Related Topix: Missouri Government, Missouri, Agriculture, Science

Wed Jul 08, 2009

St. Louis Business Journal

University of Missouri curators picked

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a former state senator from St. Louis and a St.

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Related Topix: Missouri Government, Missouri, St Louis County, MO, Willow Springs, MO, Howell County, MO

Tue Jul 07, 2009

KYTV Springfield

Pact means no trial for ex-firefighter for crash that killed deputy

Greene County prosecutors agreed Monday not to go to trial against a former volunteer firefighter whose car collided with a sheriff's deputy's patrol car, killing the deputy.

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KRCG-TV Jefferson City

Nixon appoints new University of Missouri Board of Curators

Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a former state lawmaker and a newspaper publisher to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

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Related Topix: Journalism, St Louis County, MO

KPLR-11

State officials take new approach to fight noxious weed in southwest Missouri

State officials are taking a new approach to fight a noxious weed in southwest Missouri.

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Related Topix: Missouri Government, Missouri

KOMU-TV Columbia

MU Scientists Convert Pig Tissue Into Stem Cells

Researchers at the University of Missouri developed a method to avoid stem cell controversy and still work toward potentially life-saving cures.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Stem Cell Research

Mon Jul 06, 2009

The Sofia Echo

Peering into a flawed mirror

An American journalist's perspective: the media in the region have loyalties, accept financial support, and get around truth-telling. MARK Mulcahy, an American journalist and journalism professor, explored media ethics in Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova for his MA thesis, which he wrote as a graduate student of journalism at the University of ...

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Related Topix: Journalism, Mark Mulcahy, Country, Travel, Europe, Moldova Travel, World News, Moldova

Sun Jul 05, 2009

KansasCity.com

MU animal research lab reorganized amid concerns over conflicts of interest

Conflict-of-interest concerns have led to the reorganization of a lab at the University of Missouri.

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Pasadena Star-News

On-the-job funny business

Humor, it turns out, can be a pretty serious business. Unless you are a professional comedian, work is not a comedy club.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Fort Scott Tribune

Home Canning Workshop to be presented July 23 in Nevada

Is gardening a new passion? Want to home can, but don't know how? Fearful of a pressure canner or in need pf a refresher on home canning techniques? When harvest time arrives for summer produce, local gardeners want to be ready to preserve the extras the family doesn't eat right away.

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Related Topix: Nevada, MO

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

University sees rise in financial aid requests

The University of Missouri-Columbia reports a spike in the number of students requesting financial aid for the upcoming school year.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Missouri Government

Huliq.com

Overweight Kids Experience Loneliness

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Missouri, Alternative

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Joplin Globe

Missouri employers seeking health-care workers

A report by the Missouri Department of Economic Development says employers are working hard to fill jobs in health care and social assistance.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

RedOrbit

Student-Teacher Relationships Improve Student Success

When students are underachieving, school policymakers often examine class size, curriculum and funding, but University of Missouri researchers suggest establishing relationships may be a powerful and less expensive way to improve students' success.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KMIZ

Deal Reached on Mental Health...

While officials say the deal is a win-win, affected employees express concerns. The Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, which has provided more than 40 years of state-run mental health care, is now closed, but it will re-open Wednesday as the University of Missouri's first psychiatric hospital, called the Missouri Psychiatric Center.

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CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV News

Missouri soybean scientist taps computer sleuthing to fight parasites

A University of Missouri plant researcher is turning to computer science to help unravel the inner workings of a common soybean parasite.

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Related Topix: Computers

Mon Jun 29, 2009

KRCG-TV Jefferson City

Jeff City man killed, wife injured after striking tree in car

Posted on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 9:52 p.m. Arthur Bodamer, 83, traveled off the right side of the road and overturned after he struck a tree and overturned.

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The Joplin Independent

Japanese beetles are swarming Missouri

Virginia creeper is one of the plants Japanese beetles enjoy eating voraciously.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Entomology, Science

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kansas City InfoZine

Computers Aid in Cracking Deception in Plants

Columbia, MO - infoZine - If the growing presence of computer 'geeks' on television crime shows is any indicator, computers are increasingly becoming essential tools for detecting and combating skullduggery.

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Related Topix: Computers, Columbia Metro, Columbia, MO, Science, Computer Science, Biology

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