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'Rednecks for Obama' want to bridge yawning culture gap
When Barack Obama's campaign bus made a swing through Missouri in July, the unlikeliest of supporters were waiting for him -- or rather two of them, holding the banner: "Rednecks for Obama." In backing the ...
Bush tries to gain support for 2nd bailout bill, VP debate tonight at ...
Bush tries to gain support for 2nd bailout bill, VP debate tonight at Washington University, good news for those who use natural gas to heat their homes.
Young voters tune into VP debate; will they follow through?
The highly anticipated sparring match between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin Thursday night drew a huge television audience, and around the nation young voters also tuned in and turned up the volume.
Stage is set for much-awaited Biden-Palin debate
US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were preparing to take centre stage Thursday night in a highly anticipated debate barely one month before the November 4 general election.
Hoosiers looking forward to VP debate
In just a couple of hours the vice presidential candidates will go head to head in their first and only debate.
Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Fluoropolymers as Nanoscopic 19F Magnetic...
Department of Chemistry, Department of Radiology, and Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of ...
pH-Responsive Shell Cross-Linked Nanoparticles with Hydrolytically Labile Cross-Links
Department of Chemistry and Radiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, CB 1134, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130-4899 Received July 30, 2008 pH-responsive polymers, as intelligent ...
Danone, Yakult award probiotics science grants
The Global Probiotics Council today announced the awardees of two new research grants, which are designed to develop understanding of the mechanistic processes that promote human health.
Federal judge declined request by ousted union chief Carla Katz to reinstate her.
A federal judge on Wednesday declined a request from ousted union chief Carla Katz to reinstate her as head of the largest state worker union while a bitter dispute between her and national union leaders works ...
Sex offender gets 12 years for letter
A sex offender who wrote a 16-year-old girl a note from jail requesting that she be his pen pal admitted he violated his probation and was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison.
Insurgents Breached Base in Deadly Afghan Attack
International Herald Tribune Eric Schmitt reported from Washington, and Abdul Waheed Wafa contributed reporting from Kabul.
Washington - A gel that uses a popular HIV drug to protect women from the Aids virus is safe and acceptable to women, although it is too early to know if it actually prevents infection, researchers reported on ...
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Boost Agoa trade pact, urges Uhuru
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the United States to enhance the Agoa trade initiative by helping Kenya's exports reach world markets more efficiently.
Philippines to tighten border security
Washington and Canberra have agreed to train, equip and help build up the Philippines' maritime security capabilities to fight Islamist militants, who use the remote and isolated islands in the country's south ...
Postage stamps honor black cinema
The time is 1935, and the St. Louis native who transfixed France and much of Europe with song and dance stares out from a poster advertising the film "Princess Tam-Tam." Baker starred as a simple African woman ...
Columbus brewery ponders Anheuser-Busch sale
COLUMBUS - A Belgian brewer's $52 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch will lead to uncertainty for workers employed at the city's Budweiser brewery, a former marketing executive for the U.S. beer maker said.
Why Is Syria Now? Ahmed Hany. ahmedhany55@hotmail.com The Syrian-Israeli indirect negotiations in Turkey that will be direct eventually serve both regional and international interests.
GOP gubernatorial primary has echoes of 1992 battle w/ links to official campaign Web sites
Four Republicans, two Democrats and a Libertarian want to be Missouri's next governor, but there is only one primary contest generating heat, and it's a doozy.
Federal grant ensures turtles' safe passage in Md.
More Eastern box turtles should find their way to safety thanks to a $130,000 federal grant to improve a Western Maryland project that routes the reptiles through culverts to keep them off a road, the Humane ...