Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Missouri

Missouri stories: 59 news summaries

21 - 40 of 59 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

 Governors Face Tight Races 

Eleven states in play, four are close

Nov 4, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Eleven states are choosing governors in a number of tight races today, with both Democrats and Republicans already crowing about victory. The closest contests are in Washington and North Carolina, reports MarketWatch. Neither state has elected a Republican in 20 years, but polls show candidates are neck-and-neck in both states.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New Hampshire • Montana • Vermont • North Carolina • Washington • Indiana • Utah • Missouri • Delaware • West Virginia • Republican Governors Association • Election 2008 • gubernatorial races • Democratic Governors Association

'Perfect Storm' of Problems Forecast for Missouri Polls

Close races plus potential voting chaos could make for a challenge

Oct 27, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Missouri is one of several states anticipated to have voting problems next week, but nobody is sure just how big they might be, the Boston Globe reports. The potential is huge, though, in a sharply divided state where John McCain and Barack Obama are polling dead even and a legion... More »

MORE ABOUT:
voting • Missouri • polling • Election 2008 • polling places

ANALYSIS

John McCain, Here's How You Can Still Win This Election

Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says

Oct 26, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Florida • John McCain • Iowa • Wisconsin • electoral college • New Hampshire • New Mexico • Ohio • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Virginia • Minnesota • Missouri • Colorado • Nate Silver

 'Rednecks' Endorse Obama 

Two seniors look to bridge a cultural gap

Oct 9, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two self-described "rednecks" from the South are on a mission to help elect the nation's first black president. AFP looks at the efforts of the Missouri senior citizens who are defying stereotype with their tounge-in-cheek “Rednecks for Obama” campaign. Their banner drew big crowds at last week's debate,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Missouri • rural voters • Election 2008 • economy • white voters • guns

Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

In patriotism speech, Dem says no to devaluing service

Jun 30, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama today rejected surrogate Wesley Clark’s suggestion that being shot down in Vietnam didn’t qualify John McCain for the presidency, the LA Times reports. A rep said Obama “honors and respects” McCain’s service. In a speech in Independence, Mo., Obama said: “Patriotism is supporting... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • John McCain • Vietnam • Wesley Clark • Missouri • negative campaigning • patriotism

COMMENTARY

Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed

Home-birthing 'strange and magical,' but trade-offs hurt—like Mo. law against midwives

Jun 27, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Home-birthing isn’t only strange and magical—it requires some covert-operation skills, Madeline Holler writes in Babble. After finding she preferred an attending midwife in the birth of her first child, Holler found using one for her second to be illegal in Missouri, where she'd moved. As such, she found,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
pregnancy • motherhood • mothers • felony • placenta • Missouri • midwife • home birth

 Levee Breaks
 Near Eastern 
 Mo. Town 

Sandbags best hope to save homes

Jun 27, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(AP) - A levee failed today in eastern Missouri, but emergency workers say they think an impromptu sandbag levee can save the nearby town. The breach about 5 am in the Pin Oak levee at a spot just south of Winfield slowly began to flood about 3,000 acres. The Army Corps... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Missouri • Amry Corps of Engineers • levees • sandbags

 Ragtag Levees Leave
 Midwest Soaking 

Locals and towns run disorganized barrier system

Jun 22, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Midwest battles massive flooding, the New York Times looks at the region's patchwork of homemade levees—which fail to meet federal standards and tend to spring unexpected leaks. Bill Clinton's White House advised a uniform levy system 15 years ago, but the report was read and forgotten. “... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iowa • flooding • Illinois • Missouri • levees • disaster • Midwest floods

UPDATED

 19 Levees Now Breached 

More failures in Ill., Mo., swamp farmland

Jun 18, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - More levee breaks in Missouri and Illinois today put at 19 the number that have failed along the cresting Mississippi, Reuters reports, further swamping farmland. "They were lower level agricultural levees," said an Army Corps of Engineers spokesman. "We're also watching another seven levees that may overtop... More »

MORE ABOUT:
flood • flooding • Illinois • Missouri • Mississippi River • Army Corps of Engineers • levees

Even As Neb. Honors Fallen Scouts, Floods Pound Iowa

Hospital evacuated in downtown Cedar Rapids, where 100 blocks are submerged

Jun 13, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “We have to make sure people remember," said a 13-year-old who pulled a dead fellow Boy Scout out of the rubble left by Wednesday's fatal tornado. Last night's vigil in Omaha, Neb., was among several for the four teens killed in the Iowa maelstrom; “This is probably... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iowa • Nebraska • flooding • Missouri • Mississippi River • disaster • Boy Scouts of America

Midwest Storms Threaten Worst Flooding in 15 Years

Communities work to repair damage from weekend waters

Jun 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As climbing rivers knocked out an Iowa bridge and flooded Illinois farms, communities along the Mississippi River are bracing for what could be its biggest overflow in 15 years, the AP reports. The National Weather Service warned of crests of 10 feet above flood stage and higher over the next... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iowa • Wisconsin • Midwest • severe weather • Michigan • Indiana • flooding • Illinois • Missouri • Mississippi River

 Obama Aims
 Blue Paintbrush
 at Red States 

Campaign turns to Clinton supporters in new hirings

Jun 8, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign will hit GOP-dominated states as the candidate looks toward November, starting tomorrow with North Carolina, the New York Times reports. Obama hopes he can turn those states blue with the help of get-out-the-vote operations launched during the primaries—and aims to use his financial heft to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • John McCain • Alaska • Montana • Georgia • North Carolina • Missouri • Patti Solis Doyle • political advertising • campaign trail • red state • blue states

 150 Animals to
 Star in Massive
 'Ark' Musical 

Where? Where but Branson, Missouri?

May 24, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hold on to your camels, folks: A full-blown Biblical gala is opening tonight in Branson, Mo., in the form of Noah—the Musical. The show will feature more than 40 actors and 150 animals, half live, half animatronic, the Economist reports. More »

MORE ABOUT:
theater • Christianity • Noah's Ark • Missouri • musical theater • Christians • musical • Branson, Missouri

 Buy Car, Get Gun Free 

Have gun, will travel: Dealer offers pistol bonus

May 23, 08 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales have shot up at a Missouri car dealership with a novel new promotion, reports the BBC. Anybody buying a new car at Max Motors before the end of the month gets a $250 gas card—or a gun. The "God, Guns and Gas" deal was inspired by Barack... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • gas • gun sales • Missouri • car dealers • guns

Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case

Under fake persona, she teased girl who then killed herself

May 15, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Missouri woman has been indicted in the case of a teenage girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, the AP reports. The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with pretending to be a teenage boy on the site and having a helper taunt the 13-year-old victim. Drew... More »

MORE ABOUT:
suicide • MySpace • fraud • Missouri • indictment • federal indictment • Internet hoax • Megan Meier • Lori Drew

UPDATED

 Storms Kill 19 in Mo., Okla. 

Deadly tornadoes rip through the nation's heartland

May 10, 08 9:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tornadoes ripped through nation's heartland today, killing at least 19 people in Oklahoma and Missouri and leaving a wide swath of destruction, AP reports. Seven people were killed in the small mining town of Picher, Okla., and another 12 were killed in southwest Missouri, officials said. Oklahoma rescuers were working... More »

MORE ABOUT:
tornado • Missouri • Oklahoma

 Heartland Tornadoes
 Kill 7 in Arkansas 

Severe storms and hail also hit Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri

May 2, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Severe storms spawned twisters in America's heartland today, knocking out power, toppling tractor-trailers, and killing seven people in Arkansas, the AP reports. Up to 25 tornadoes also hit Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, a state where hail smashed windshields and storms derailed railway cars. “It just seems like we’re... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Texas • tornado • Kentucky Derby • Arkansas • Kentucky • death • Missouri • Oklahoma • natural disaster • heartland • hail

Soaked Midwest Braces
for More Rain, Snow

Missouri levee holds, but weather disrupts flights, Easter services

Mar 22, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Residents of the nation’s heartland are celebrating Easter weekend besieged by floods and snowstorms, which expected to keep hitting Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the AP reports. Forecasters predict up to 12 inches of snow for the Ohio Valley, while other areas remain soaked thanks to a foot of rain... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Wisconsin • Arkansas • Michigan • flooding • Missouri • snowstorm • levees • Meramec River • Ohio Valley

 Midwest Flood Death Toll at 16  

Flood crests expected over weekend; snow blasts Minnesota, Chicago

Mar 21, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Storms that caused flooding across the country's midsection have killed 16 people, and bad weather remains a threat, the AP reports. A snowstorm battering Minnesota and Illinois grounded hundreds of flights, and forecasters predicted a 9-inch total. Thousands were forced into shelters as rivers continued to swell; in many states,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Midwest • Chicago • Arkansas • Kentucky • Ohio • Indiana • flood • flooding • Maine • rain • Minnesota • Illinois • Missouri • snow • snowstorm • rainstorms

States Weigh Lowering Drinking Age

Battlefield-bar disparity irks during wartime, argue supporters

Mar 21, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several states are considering lowering the drinking age, spurred in part by concerns that teenage service members can fight overseas but can’t drink at home, USA Today reports. Kentucky, Wisconsin, and South Carolina are weighing a military-only change to alcohol laws, while other states may lower the legal age... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Wisconsin • alcohol • South Carolina • Kentucky • Vermont • beer • US troops • South Dakota • Minnesota • Missouri • state governments • teenager • drinking age

21 - 40 of 59 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 Next >>


from our news partners