May 20, 2013
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Terry Eftink had the battered knees of a 20-year U.S. Postal Service carrier, five kids who are 12 or younger and hopes of finally finishing college after leaving Southeast Missouri...
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Associated Press A helicopter is used during an urban combat demonstration in 2011 at Fort Campbell, Ky. The Army's most elite aviation unit has proposed a test program to let women serve as pilots and crew chiefs, pending congressional approval.
Night Stalkers opening ’copters for women
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Another one of the many military jobs on the front lines of combat may be opening to women: Flying the high-tech helicopters that move special forces under cover of darkness for ...
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Waitress fired for posting customer comment online
ST. LOUIS — The note at the top of the restaurant receipt read simply, “I give God 10%, why do you get 18?” The snarky comment has created a furor online after a waitress posted it on the websit...
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Haslam would sign supermarket wine bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam said Thursday that he would sign a bill seeking to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets and convenience stores into law if lawmakers approve it this y...
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Storms boost river levels; some near flooding
ST. LOUIS — Some drought-starved Midwestern rivers that had been near record low levels were on the verge of flooding Wednesday, after storms dumped up to 3 inches of rain on some parts of the regi...
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Associated Press Timothy Hoag (left) and University of Missouri scientist Jeong H. Im, who was killed in 2005, appear. University officials said Wednesday that Im was killed by Hoag, who took his own life five months ago.
DNA ties dead man to professor’s slaying
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Authorities announced Wednesday that they know who killed a University of Missouri professor in a campus parking garage eight years ago, but that they may never be able to explain t...
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Ex-governor faces changed world upon release
CHICAGO — When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan steps out of prison today after serving five-plus years for corruption, he will return to a life altered by personal tragedy and to a state altered b...
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Grafton wants to revive river ferry
GRAFTON, Ill. — Efforts are underway to revive a Mississippi River ferry service linking southwestern Illinois’ Jersey County to Missouri’s St. Charles County. Grafton Mayor Tom Thompson tells T...
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Associated Press Supporters of granting illegal immigrants drivers licenses rally during a House committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol on Jan. 7 in Springfield Ill. The proposal that could make Illinois the next state to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses has passed out of the House committee.
Fraud concerns linger over new license law
CHICAGO — As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the ident...
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Cracker Barrel to sell its products
LEBANON, Tenn. — Cracker Barrel plans to begin selling its some of its products in grocery stores. The Lebanon-based restaurant chain already sells items like pancake and corn muffin mixes, cobb...
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