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<title><![CDATA[Washington University To Lay Off 25 Staff Members, Cut Jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(St. Louis)  --  In order to tackle an expected $30-million budget shortfall, Washington University plans to lay off 25 staff members and cut 25 more vacant jobs.<br>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:03:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Winter Storm Impacting Little Rock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Little Rock)  --  Heavy snow which fell in Little Rock Monday will continue into Tuesday.
   Forecasters say up to a foot of snow could pile up before all is said and done.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:02:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roeder Seeks New Trial]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Wichita, KS) -- Attorneys for Scott Roeder have asked for a new trial, or an order of acquittal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:37:42 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missourian Among Dead in Connecticut Plant Explosion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Florrisant, MO) -- One of the five men killed in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut was from Missouri.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:06:26 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fire in St. Joseph, MO Kills Two People]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(St. Joseph, MO) -- An early morning fire destroyed a home in St. Joseph and took two lives. Fire investigators say the wooden duplex was burning strong when crews arrived around 3 a.m. Monday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:36:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[23 Arkansas Counties See Snow-Covered Roads]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Little Rock, AR) -- At least 23 Arkansas counties are reporting snow-covered roads and plows were out early to get ahead of the storm.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:36:07 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Walmart Decentralization Impacting Employees ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Walmart&#39;s corporate restructuring is impacting the way regional offices handle business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:08:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Governor Talks About Historic Legislative Session]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Little Rock)  --  In his weekly radio address this weekend, Governor Mike Beebe said Arkansas is taking a historic step in how its fiscal policies are created.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:06:38 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[USDA Scraps Plans for National Animal ID System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Washington, D.C.) -- Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is praising the U.S. Department of Agriculture.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:44:50 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Hit, Killed by Train]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Neosho, MO) -- Police in Neosho are investigating the circumstances after a man was struck and killed by a train early Friday morning.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:44:28 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New HIV Cases Higher in African-American Missourians]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Jefferson City, MO)&nbsp; -- A recent study shows the rate of newly
diagnosed HIV cases in Missouri is more than eight times higher among
blacks than whites.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:12:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MO Study: New Cases of HIV Strike African-Americans ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; (Jefferson City, MO)&nbsp; A recent study shows the rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Missouri is more than eight times higher among blacks than whites.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:09:31 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nationwide Life Settles With Investors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Undated)  Nationwide Life Insurance Co. and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Co. have settled claims with five state insurance regulators regarding unsuitable variable annuity sales to clients of a Kansas-based financial advisory firm.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:07:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Library Users Trade Food for Fines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) --&nbsp; The Springfield-Greene County Library District says three tons of food was collected during its food for fines drive.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:40:26 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adult Business Buffer Zones and Drug Testing Bills Get Lawmaker Approval]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Jefferson City, MO) -- The Missouri Senate wants to put buffer zones around strip clubs and adult video stores in Missouri.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:39:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MO Water Patrol Dive Team Wins Silver Fin Award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Jefferson City, MO) -- The Missouri State Water Patrol Dive Team was recently honored with a national award.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:13:36 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ozarks Businesses Accused of Not Paying Hazardous Waste Fees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- Caplan Property in Springfield and Southwest Vanguard in Branson are accused of not paying hazardous waste-related fees.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:45:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Houston, MO Woman Accused of Embezzling from Father's Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Houston, MO) -- 49-year-old Shirley Ann Scheets of Houston, Missouri is charged with stealing from her father&#39;s business. Scheets pleaded guilty Thursday morning to embezzling as much as $200,000 in a mail fraud scheme from her father&#39;s dental practice.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:47:46 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clydesdales To Be Seen During Big Game]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; (St. Louis, MO)&nbsp; --&nbsp; The Budweiser Clydesdales will be seen during the Super Bowl after all.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:34:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ McCaskill Concerned About Haitian Customs Practices.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are concerns about corruption within the Haitian government preventing relief supplies from getting to the people who need them.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:56:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dillard's, Inc. Reports January Sales Results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Little Rock, AR)&nbsp; Dillard&#39;s, Inc. announced today that sales for the four weeks ended January 30, 2010 decreased 6%, $353,854,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended January 31, 2009 of $376,611,000.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:54:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On-Line Joy Ride Leads to Arrest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Chesterfield, MO) -- A car salesman from the St. Louis area faces charges of careless and reckless driving, after he posted some concerning videos on YouTube.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:58:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Teen Faces Escape Charges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Pine Bluff, AR) --&nbsp; Teen accused of escaping from a juvenile detention facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas&nbsp; faced a judge Wednesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:56:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pot Bust Near Springfield, MO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- Missouri Highway Patrol troopers find more than 40 pounds of pot in an SUV traveling through Greene County.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:05:33 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Soybean Farmers Applauding EPA Ruling]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Jefferson City, MO) -- Missouri soybean farmers are applauding an EPA ruling on biodiesel. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:40:05 EST</pubDate>
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