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Thursday, September 2
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St. Louis Beacon: Campaigns play political football
with bailout, stimulus - but did they help the economy?
P-D Political Fix: Union leader's blue words forecast
colorful Senate contest
KC Star: Democrats unlikely to repeal tax cuts for the
rich
P-D Political Fix: Robin Carnahan continues to press
corruption message against Roy Blunt
Blue Springs Examiner: Carnahan comes to Independence
SE
Missourian: Roy Blunt talks jobs at Cape visit
Beacon Backroom: Russ Carnahan, Ed Martin promote jobs
plans
P-D: St. Louis unemployment 9.5 percent
P-D's Mound City Money blog: Russ Carnahan proposes
federal investment in startup companies
AP: Scott Eckersley, fired aide to ex-gov, to run for
gov's dad's seat
SNL Inside Politics Blog: Former GOP congressional
candidate Steve Hunter endorses Billy Long
Missouri
News Horizon: Green energy projects pause pending new EPA ruling
KTVI: Jaco: St. Louis-China hub almost reality
The Pitch: Twitter star Sen. Claire McCaskill's
deleted tweets: On EPA, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt
P-D: Dana Loesch among most St. Louis' most
influential Twitter users; STL has "large and vocal"
African-American community
AP: Brenda Talent joins Show-Me Institute
SE
Missourian: Pat Buchanan, Tom Daschle, Roland Martin, others
among speakers coming to Southeast Missouri State University
CDT: Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker to
speak in Fulton
Beacon Backroom: GOP contributor David Humphreys gives
$50,000 to Tom Schweich
P-D Political Fix: Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's
error almost leaves independent candidate off ballot
Riverfront Times: Brian Nieves: Protection order
hearing for today postponed
Pulaski County Daily: Frank Barnitz, Dan Brown both
fail in efforts to obtain Farm Bureau endorsement
Beacon Backroom: Former state Sen. Betty Sims named by
Nixon to higher-education board
AP: Betty Sims appointed to higher education board
KY3: Educators examine future of assessment tests
P-D: Promises of opening appear to be empty at charter
school
Hannibal Courier-Post: More money only option for
better roads, transportation advocates say
KOMU: Group bringing faster Internet to state
KC Star: Missouri's new strip club law remains in
effect pending legal challenge
P-D: One judge in state missed retention recommendation
AP: Missouri Bar recommends ouster of St. Louis judge
SNL: Nonpartisan plan takes focus off politics for
judges
KOMU: Public defenders forced to work
KC Star: Deal reached to fix odor problem on company's
Missouri farms
Missouri
News Horizon: Koster settles with Premium Standard Farms on
environmental concern
St. Joseph News-Press: PSF, state reach agreement
AP: Koster, Premium Standard reach deal on hog odor
issue
Missourinet: AG reaches agreement with PSF on barn
odor issue
P-D: AG Chris Koster to host domestic violence task
forces
SE
Missourian: Koster's task force to suggest changes to Missouri
laws on domestic violence
KWMU: Koster creates domestic violence task force
KFVS: KKK wins victory in lawsuit against Missouri
KOMU: Missouri prisons cut back visitation
P-D: Five vie for Missouri's final casino license
Missourinet: Five casino applications filed
AP: Five apply for Missouri's last casino license
KWMU: Five bid for 13th casino license
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Missourian: Isle of Capri the lone applicant for Cape casino
license
KFVS: Isle of Capri: Casino application submitted
CDT: State joins car title database
P-D: AmerenUE to be renamed Ameren Missouri
AP:
AmerenUE to change name to Ameren Missouri
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Missourian: Cape recruiter faces possible reprimand for throwing
away sensitive info
P-D: Union pension mailer reveals recipient's Social
Security numbers
Peterson: Republicans peeved over Dooley plan to honor
Bond
P-D editorial: Patients are less likely to sue when
doctors apologize for errors
Washington Missourian editorial: Another shining
example: Kinder speaks at opening of Mercy Data Center
P-D editorial: Emergencies rate as less urgent for
Missouri's mentally ill; Zweifel is right to push for change
Priddy: "Yanking" spots; Insight into
Carnahan-Blunt and other campaign commercial decisions
STL American Political Eye: La Russa, Pujols,
'lily-white Cardinals' show their true colors; Darlene Green to
deliver speech against Prop A
St. Louis American op-ed: St. Louis Comptroller
Darlene Green: City's future depends on earnings tax
P-D letters: Reader disagrees with Carnahan/Blunt
position on Bush tax cuts
KC Star letters: Carnahan family business; Prop C
SNL letter: Highway mile markers just more pork
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Beacon Backroom: Area Democrats, but only one
Republican (Blunt), offer thoughts on Iraq
SNL: Drawdown of Iraq war brings mixed reaction
The Hill: McCaskill, married to successful businessman
Joe Shepard, is 17th richest member of Congress
KMOX: Carnahan to AFL-CIO: Blunt "failing us" in
Washington
KWMU: Carnahan rips Blunt in speech to friendly crowd
P-D Political Fix: Carnahan skewers Blunt in front of
union crowd
Beacon Backroom: Labor leaders embrace Carnahan's
candidacy, blast Blunt, during convention
The Pitch: Roy Blunt criticized by Democrats for
voting with Democrats
The Hill: Labor leader mocks Rep. Boehner in St. Louis
SNL: Jack Goodman: Republicans needed in
Congress; Ex-candidate endorses party line for national House,
Senate races
SE
Missourian: Jo Ann Emerson receives Missouri Right to Life
endorsement
P-D Political Fix: Tea Party preps for major 9/12
rally under the Arch
SNL Inside Politics Blog: Roseann Moring explains SNL
blog's approach, why she links to press releases and campaign videos
KFVS: Military
social security cards and other papers found in dumpster
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal spending on the rise in
Buchanan County
KC Star: Ballot measure on real-estate transfer tax
cleared by judge
KWMU: Judge orders transfer tax initiative onto
November ballot
AP: Real estate tax to be on Missouri ballot
KRCG: Tour of Missouri race would have started
yesterday
Riverfront Times: Mark Templeton proves it's possible
to advance career no matter your job performance
Beacon Backroom: St. Louisans Charles Burson, Wayne
Goode named to panel to find new DNR chief
AP: Search to begin for new DNR director
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Up to 100,000 gallons
of sewage enters creek; DNR checking contamination levels
Riverfront Times: Brian Nieves' wife subpoenaed to
testify in husband's adult abuse case
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: Understanding changes
to the ethics bill
SNL:
No end in sight for public defender gridlock
St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri manufacturers
drop 7,960 jobs
St. Louis Beacon: Fueled by tax credits, downtown has
building boom
Missouri
News Horizon: School officials begin envisioning future of
Missouri schools
KMOX: Teachers in limbo, getting paid for doing nothing
St. Louis Beacon: School's in, but not all city
teachers are in the classroom
Missourinet: Dept. of Corrections cuts to visitation
hours take effect today
P-D Building Blocks blog: North St. Louis casino,
Great Rivers Greenway, sign deal to cooperate
Riverfront Times: Win, lose or draw: St. Louis
casino bid great for area hikers, bikers
KWMU: MoDOT says teen seat belt use has increased in
Missouri
AP: MoDOT survey: Two-thirds of Missouri teens
wear seat belts
Missourinet: Buckle Up doesn't seem to be getting
through
AP: Missouri joins federal database for vehicle titles
KMIZ:
Missouri steps up to protect car buyers
Missourinet: Torts victims fund makes payouts
Hannibal Courier-Post: State probing accusations
against Louisiana, Mo. mayor
St. Joseph News-Press: Platte City politician charged
with sexual misconduct for allegedly exposing genitals
P-D: Scientists bemoan ruling on stem cells
St. Louis Business Journal: Rep./Dr. Steve Tilley's
Tilley Eye Centers merge with Clarkson Eyecare
KC Star editorial: Group seeking to abolish KC's
earnings tax takes a disingenuous approach
Joplin Globe editorial: Mark Templeton's failed tenure
at DNR
P-D editorial: The road to Easy Street: Become a
school administrator
SE
Missourian editorial: Fair hunting: Lawsuit challenges
Dept. of Conservation's regulations
KC Star editorial cartoon: New strip club regulations
McClellan: Restoring Honor rally: Politics,
religion never mix in this dark comedy
P-D letters: Blunt, Carnahan and jobs;
Professional athletes and citizen activism
Joplin Globe letter: Distribution of broadband funds
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Tuesday, August 31
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Missourinet: Cook Political Report forecasts trouble
for Ds in November
Politico: A confusing TARP maze in Missouri;
DSCC ad on behalf of Robin complicates re-election for Russ
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: DSCC runs ad for
Carnahan; Missouri Democratic Party issues another anti-Blunt Web
video
AP: Robin Carnahan transfers $126K to Missouri
Democratic Party
Missourinet: U.S. House GOP leader John Boehner to
raise money for Hartzler, Martin
P-D Political Fix: House GOP leader John Boehner to
help Ed Martin raise cash
AP: Boehner to raise money in Missouri for Hartzler,
Ed Martin
Missourinet: Ike Skelton is optimistic, though knowing
he's targeted
Beacon Backroom: Russ Carnahan hosts Vietnam veterans
in his office
SNL Inside Missouri Politics: Blunt interns spoof Old
Spice
KY3: Billboard buyer shares why he brought 'Vote
Obama?' sign to the Ozarks
KMOX: Tea Party rally in St. Louis scheduled for next
month
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph Tea Party to meet
next Thursday
St. Louis Beacon: Removal: Unless you're a U.S.
citizen, you could be deported. Here's how.
Fulton Sun: Area farmers eligible for federal disaster
loans
P-D: Mark Templeton resigns from DNR to join BP
Missouri
News Horizon: DNR director heading to BP; Nixon appoints
Kip Stetzler as replacement
AP: Missouri DNR director resigns for BP job
P-D Political Fix: Nixon has another opening:
Mary Nelson gets new job
The Pitch: What does an outlaw stripper look like in
Missouri? (Note: Probably NSFW)
KOMU: Adult business sales down
KRCG: Officers feel the K2 law is going to be
difficult to enforce
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's public schools show
mediocre national assessment scores
Missourinet: MAP tests could be replaced by 2012-13
school year
KOMU: Educators discuss public schools plan
CDT: Vision plan aims for better schools
ArchCityChronicle.com:
Red + Blue = Green? Sen. Robin Wright-Jones sends out release
applauding Drurys
The Maneater: State public defender system up for audit
SE
Missourian: Cape business owners, Isle of Capri exec discuss
effect of proposed casino on downtown
KFVS: Video: Isle of Capri developer answers
questions
KRCG: Missouri cuts prison visiting hours
Beacon Backroom: SEIU holds protest rally at Express
Scripts operation here
P-D: Union protest at Express Scripts
KMOX: Union protestors accuse Express Scripts of
"corporate greed"
Riverfront Times: SEIU rallies outside Express
Scripts, Inc.'s St. Louis headquarters
CDT: All together now: Peace activists take
nature walk, play "collaborative games" in public
Hannibal Courier-Post: Volkmer calls Lee Viorel his
'eyes and ears;' Area Dems comment on passing
Hannibal Courier-Post obituary: Longtime Dem official
Lee Viorel
P-D editorial: Boehner and Blunt: Smoke,
mirrors, buzzwords
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: New strip
club law strips away jobs
Priddy: A look back at Missourinet's 35 years
The Maneater op-ed: Prop B no good for dog breeders
P-D letters: Mental health groups on Zweifel's attempt
to provide housing for mentally ill
SNL letter: Reader upset with McCaskill office's tone,
responses to calls and e-mails
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Monday, August 30
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Washington Times: Pedigrees touted in Missouri
race: Blunt vs. Carnahan
Beacon Backroom: DSCC begins airing ads bashing Blunt
AP: Analysis: Skelton waging military campaign
SE
Missourian: Emerson, Sowers campaign at SEMO Labor Picnic
Berger: Debra Carnahan faces scrutiny
KY3: Billboard criticizing President Obama near Ozark,
MO creates controversy
P-D: Missouri's Adam Smith Foundation puts money in
middle of California battle
Washington Missourian: Police doing further
investigation in case against Rep. Brian Nieves
AP: Biological threats topic of KC conference
KSPR: Impact of new Missouri laws felt by Springfield
businesses
AP: Missouri education officials to develop plan for
future
Missourinet: New law assures refunds for unused
insurance policies
SE
Missourian: AmerenUE making case for rate increase for 2011
P-D's Nicklaus: Old plants helping drive up utility
costs
AP: Missouri Foundation for Health grants SEMO
$150,000 to teach elementary school students about health care careers
Washington Missourian editorial: Who do you
believe? Blunt, Carnahan and effects of the economic stimulus
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri's cigarette
taxes: Let's be average
Washington Missourian editorial: Tilting against the
machine: Nieves and GOP "old guard"
McClellan: Beck's rally had plenty of rights, wrongs
St.
Louis Beacon op-ed: Todd Akin: Peace through weakness is
not viable
St.
Louis Beacon op-ed: Akin opponent Arthur Lieber: Obama and
military control
KC Star op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: Support the
National Guard as its role abroad increases
KC Star's DeArmond: Mizzou can stop trash talk by
winning; Nixon was among those weighing in
Joplin Globe letter: Prop C
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AP: Pujols honored at Beck rally; La Russa
"inspired" by event
P-D: Pujols accepts award and La Russa accolade at
Beck
rally; STL activist rally against Cardinals draws about 30
KSDK: Video: Pujols honor leads to protest
outside Busch; Sign decries "Tony's version of Whiteyball"
KMOX: Anti-Cardinals M.O.S.E.S. rally draws "about 25"
P-D: St. Louisans at Beck rally say nation in need of
'wake-up call'
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Tea Party celebrates King
speech's anniversary at rally; Turnout around 60 people
SNL: McCaskill sides with GOP on border security
P-D: Jobs are top issue in Senate battle
P-D: Stances of Blunt, Carnahan on bailout, stimulus
Joplin Globe: Plan for 7th District debates unsettled,
despite proposals
SNL: Poll conducted by Missouri State group shows Long
with big lead over Eckersley in 7th District race
P-D: Local banks slowly improving; pitfalls
remain
Columbia Missourian: The Show-No-More State:
Adult entertainment businesses face new restrictions
CDT: Sex shops prepare for law to take effect
SNL editorial: Consider linking superintendent pay
hikes to performance
Lake Sun editorial: DNR should end roller coaster of
E. coli results and source test public beaches
SNL op-ed: Missouri State professor, political
commentator Brian Calfano: Local, state candidates needlessly
evoke Obama's 'radical agenda'
McClellan: Missouri Dept. of Mental Health worker
still waiting for work permit from feds
P-D letters: Abortion legislation
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AP: La Russa, Pujols to attend Glenn Beck rally
P-D: La Russa, Pujols will appear at Washington rally
KSDK: La Russa, Pujols to attend D.C. rally
Waynesville Daily Guide: McCaskill: Borders must
remain secure; Democrat says cap and trade will hurt Missouri
economy
Beacon Backroom: On the attack: Campaigns
develop micro websites to target their opponents
Kraske: Things not getting better for Carnahan,
national Dems
P-D Political Fix: Rasmussen, Missouri State poll show
mixed results for Missouri Senate race
St. Joseph News-Press: Democrats turn out in force for
rally; Montee says Republicans "are meaner this year than they
have been"
Beacon Backroom: Former Russ Carnahan worker may sue
blogs linking him to firebombing
SNL Inside Missouri Politics: Eckersley announces
he'll "Give 'Em Eck" on tour
The Pitch: Vicky Hartzler hungers for sailors
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Republicans to have ribbon
cutting Sunday
Missourinet: Nixon: Missouri economy not where
we want it to be, but outpacing other states
AP: Judge sets hearing on Missouri earnings tax measure
KC Star: Earnings tax ballot status will be heard in
court next month
KWMU: New laws take effect in Missouri today
St. Joseph News-Press: New state laws take effect
P-D: Restrictions on adult businesses among new laws
Joplin Globe: Newly effective state laws include
measure to control adult businesses
Missouri
News Horizon: Lap dancing officially illegal as of today
AP: Judge refuses to stop Missouri law on sexual
businesses
KWMU: Missouri judge refuses to block restrictions on
adult businesses
KC Star: Missouri judge won't block regulation of
sexually oriented businesses
CDT: Shops work around K2 ban; State law takes
effect today
KOMU: Nixon touts new insurance protections
KRCG: Nixon urges seniors to brush up on new insurance
CDT: Cyber-bully law already addressed; Columbia
Public Schools has had rule since '07
St. Louis Business Journal: Jefferson County firms get
$82,000 in Missouri training funds
SNL: Alternative Opportunities wins two license office
bids
St. Louis Business Journal: Cape Girardeau backs Isle
of Capri's casino proposal
P-D: Isle of Capri wins endorsement in Cape Girardeau,
Mo.
St. Louis Beacon: St. Louis makes strides in reducing
lead poisoning in children
P-D editorial: Enemies of Missouri's independent
courts will go to extremes
P-D editorial: Corps of Engineers river project needs
independent review
SNL op-ed: Saving state money not worth harm to
residents of closed Nevada Habilitation Center
JCNT letter: Robin Carnahan's support for Bush tax cuts
SNL letter: Prop C and voter turnout
Columbia Missourian letter: Veterinarian opines on
"puppy mill" petition campaign
KC Star letters: Tax credits and school funding;
Dog breeding regulations
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St. Louis Business Journal: Bond, McCaskill return to
China for trade hub efforts
P-D: While Missouri leaders head to Beijing for cargo
talks, a cargo flight lands in Illinois
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: McCaskill says U.S.
should crack down on illegal immigrants' employers
KSMU:
McCaskill visits southwest Missouri, talks immigration
P-D Political Fix: Environmental advocacy groups
making Robin Carnahan the Number 1 priority
Beacon Backroom: Missouri Democrats file FEC complaint
against group running anti-Carnahan TV ads
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: Springfield radio
station pulls anti-Blunt ad
NY Times: New forecast shows Dems losing 6 to 7 Senate
seats; Carnahan, other swing-state Dems have never held a lead
KY3: Poll conducted by Missouri State University group
says U.S. Senate race is a dead heat
P-D Political Fix: Report: Device used by
Carnahan employee against Carnahan's office was Molotov cocktail
The Atlantic: Running against Rush Limbaugh in his
hometown; Talks show host and Howard Dean raise Tommy Sowers'
profile
KSMU:
Billy Long vs. Scott Eckersley: The great debates ... that might
happen?
Hannibal Courier-Post: Akin blasts feds over
flood-control plan
KMOX: SEIU, other
activist group protestors take over lobby of bank - decry rising
foreclosure rates
AP: Seven more Missouri counties get federal disaster
help
SNL:
Public defender closures tested in Missouri Supreme Court
KWMU: State workers union doesn't like new health care
plan
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: State reps tour Noranda plant, discuss
'Training for Tomorrow'
The Maneater: College Democrats plan protest;
Group feels students have been "thrown under the bus" with higher ed
cuts
CDT: Higher education cuts loom next year
P-D Political Fix: Is nude okay? A Missouri
judge will decide
Missouri
News Horizon: Adult entertainment industry argues for restraining
order
KWMU: Ruling pending on Missouri law regarding
sexually-oriented businesses
KY3: Missouri law restricting adult businesses sees
last-minute challenge from opponents
KOMU: Adult businesses try to halt new law
St. Joseph News-Press: Cyberbullying law now in
effect; new school rules in place across Missouri
Missouri
News Horizon: Koster receives four more Lake of the Ozarks cases
P-D: State Rep. Sally Faith may challenge Mayor Patti
York
SE
Missourian: City council votes to recommend Isle of Capri for
Cape casino
KSPR: Missouri Highway Patrol investigating Mt. Grove
audit petitioners' methods
AP: Missouri gets $550,000 for home weatherization
St. Joseph News-Press: Deadline lapse may cost Premium
Standard Farms
AP: State health and agriculture officials halt
production of dairy cheese
JCNT editorial: Poll reflects local interest in
education
Lebanon Daily Record editorial: How "cap and tax"
could affect Lebanon residents
KC Star editorial: Asleep-on-the-job scandal
highlights supervisory problems with the city
Columbia Missourian's Kennedy: Times are tough for
Robin Carnahan, higher ed; Mel Carnahan wouldn't have wavered,
ran as "real Democrat"
KC Star letters: Kansas residents tell Missouri
legislators how to do their jobs regarding puppy mills, abortion;
Prop A supporters respond to editorial
P-D letter: Renewable energy and geographic sourcing
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SNL's "Inside Missouri Politics" blog relaunched by paper's
new state politics reporter Roseann Moring
SE
Missourian: New ozone standards on hold while EPA considers
information
The Pitch: Claire McCaskill, Kit Bond team up to save
the smog
SE
Missourian: McCaskill promotes new border enforcement law at Cape
news conference
P-D Political Fix: Robin Carnahan upbeat, if not
repetitive, at teachers event
CDT: Teachers pitched politics; NEA backs
Carnahan
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: Sarah Steelman:
'Roy Blunt is clearly the best candidate'
KWMU: Steelman defends math on Blunt jobs plan
KOLR:
Missouri State University's Brian Calfano looks at regional Tea Party,
Blunt-Carnahan race
Beacon Backroom: Russ Carnahan confirms that former
campaign worker Chris Powers identified as arson suspect
AP: Russ Carnahan says arson suspect is ex-campaign
worker
P-D: Russ Carnahan links ex-campaign worker, arson
Riverfront Times: Carnahan addresses allegations
firebomb suspect worked for re-election campaign
Beacon Backroom: Tommy Sowers, Jo Ann Emerson both go
negative in 8th District ad war
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, state Rep. Ellen Brandom discuss
agriculture at Jones Heritage Farms
Pulaski County Daily: GOP leader Lloyd Smith says Fort
Leonard Wood voters shouldn't fear ousting Skelton
St. Joseph News-Press: Jean Carnahan, Susan Montee to
appear at annual Dem event
Hannibal Courier-Post: Emotions run high at flood
information meeting attended by McCaskill
Missourinet: USDA offers farm assistance to much of
Missouri
P-D: Arch proposals to be presented this morning
KSDK: Former state Sen. Jeff Smith released from prison
Priddy: Political gymnasts: James Harris'
bravado vs. Missouri Bar's spin
KMOX: Washington, Mo. police wrapping up their
investigation of state Rep. Brian Nieves
Missouri
News Horizon: Missouri school districts prepare policies to
address cyberbullying
KSPR: New cyberbullying law to impact Missouri
schools' handbooks
SNL: Nixon checks in on Jarrett Middle renovations
Hannibal Courier-Post: Nixon touts bonds for school
projects
St. Louis Beacon: Elected city school board charts a
way it can regain authority
St. Joseph News-Press: Recount requested in area state
rep race; 5th District Dem primary in question
SNL's Inside Missouri Politics: It just got easier to
Sunshine the state treasurer's office
KSMU:
Treasurer's office now accepting Sunshine requests online
Missourinet: New ethics laws go into effect Saturday
AP: Missouri judge to consider adult business lawsuit
SNL: Beaches clear of high E. coli levels
Missourinet: Symposium over, review underway, Lake
proposals coming
St. Joseph News-Press: Medicaid babies account for
half of Heartland births
St. Louis American: Metro's CEO process is
questioned; Robin Wright-Jones says Dooley's support of Nations
"let down the home team"
P-D: Wash U. backs out of event with Target because of
donation to GOP candidate
KSDK: Wash U. passes on Target-sponsored event over
political donation
CDT editorial: Bond on biomass: A worthy message
St. Louis American editorial: Less than zero trust for
Metro: How could short list of qualified candidates not include
any African-Americans?
P-D cartoon: Robin Carnahan and Barack Obama
St. Louis American Political Eye: Minority businesses
expect more from Carnahan
NY Times' Gail Collins: The trends of August:
Why is Robin Carnahan bashing Blunt for supporting her president's
financial services bailout?
P-D letters: Education reform, NYC mosque
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