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NEWS ABOUT: Missouri

Missouri stories: 59 news summaries

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 13 Dead in Midwest Floods 

Three people remain missing; Missouri especially hard hit

Mar 19, 08 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Massive flooding across the central US has left 13 people dead and three missing, the AP reports. Record or near-record crests were reported across Missouri; Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio also saw flooding. Rescuers were searching for a Texas teenager washed into a drainage pipe and for two people in... More »

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Texas • Ohio • Indiana • flooding • rain • Illinois • Missouri • storm system

Pumas Prowl Midwest

Big cats migrate east in search of prey

Feb 22, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Pumas, normally prowlers of the Rocky Mountains, are slowly pushing east, ecologists say, which has led to a rash of sightings throughout the Midwest. Wisconsin just had its first confirmed puma sighting in over a century, and since 1990 the big cats have cropped up in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Great Plains • Midwest • wildlife • Minnesota • Illinois • Missouri • Big Cats • pumas

Storm Snarls NE Flights

Snow falls from Ohio to New England; icy roads kill 5 in Missouri

Feb 22, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A nasty winter storm swept across the country today, forcing major flight delays at New York City airports, closing schools from Ohio to Connecticut, and causing road accidents in Missouri that left 5 dead, the AP reports. Heavy snowfall in the New York metro area grounded 900 flights and led... More »

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New York City • Boston • car accident • Ohio • JFK Airport • Connecticut • Philadelphia • Missouri • air travel • Logan Airport • LaGuardia Airport • Newark airport • travel delays • winter storms • Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Town Mourns City Hall Dead

Gunman was town gadfly; feuded with city council over 150 parking tickets

Feb 9, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds gathered in Kirkwood, Missouri, last night for a vigil to mourn the five victims of Thursday night's City Hall shooting, including two police officers and two city council members, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The shooter was identified as Charles "Cookie" Thornton, a local contractor with a history... More »

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lawsuit • Missouri • city council • shooting • Kirkwood, Missouri • Charles "Cookie" Thornton

Obama Hopes Kansas Roots Will Yield Votes

Red state's blue governor greets hopeful with endorsement

Jan 30, 08 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has been hitting the pavement in staunchly Republican Kansas, the Los Angeles Times reports, returning to the town where his maternal grandparents lived during the Great Depression. The Democratic presidential candidate also picked up an endorsement yesterday from Democratic governor Kathleen Sebelius—something that might help the Illinois... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Super Tuesday • Kansas • Missouri

Elmer Fudd, Have You Tried the Raccoon?

Illinois foodies 'overcome inhibitions,' dine on masked critter

Jan 19, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Sweet raccoon meat is in vogue in the nation’s heartland, where the masked critters have been selling as fast as some hunters can snag them, the Chicago Tribune says. One Illinois dealer says he’s sold about 2,500 to more than 50 customers in the last 10... More »

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Wisconsin • Chicago • Missouri • hunting • Native Americans • barbecue • raccoons

'Missouri Miracle,' 1 Year Later

Kidnapping case with happy ending rocked state

Jan 11, 08 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A year has passed since police cracked the 4-day-old kidnapping case of Ben Ownby, and with it, astonishingly, the 4-year-old case of Shawn Hornbeck. After police found both boys alive and brought their kidnapper to justice, the feel-good tale became known as the “Missouri Miracle.” The St.... More »

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crime • kidnapping • Missouri • miracle

Freak Twisters Ravage Midwest

Two killed in unseasonal storms

Jan 8, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of freak tornadoes touched down last night across the Midwest, killing two Missouri women and leaving a swath of destruction in their wake, CNN reports. Another person was killed when another twister hit Arkansas this morning. “I’ve never seen damage like this in the summertime,”... More »

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Wisconsin • tornado • Arkansas • storm • Illinois • Missouri • Oklahoma

UPDATED

Rudy Released
From Hospital
in St. Louis

Spokesman says he's in 'high spirits' after flu-like symptoms

Dec 20, 07 6:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani left a St. Louis hospital in "high spirits" today after spending the night there with flu-like symptoms, the New York Times reports. The GOP candidate started feeling sick while campaigning yesterday; shortly after his plane took off for New York, his condition deteriorated. After consultation... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Missouri • Republican candidate

Storm Drops a Foot of
Snow on Kansas

But Oklahoma is spared a second blast

Dec 15, 07 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A foot of snow hit Kansas this morning as thousands huddled in shelters there, unable to return home after power outages, the AP reports. Oklahoma, which still has 181,000 homes and businesses blacked out, caught a break this morning when heavy snow warnings were canceled. But Missouri is still... More »

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Midwest • Chicago • severe weather • Detroit • Kansas • Missouri • Oklahoma • ice storm

Storm Gives Northeast
First Blast of Winter

In the Midwest, more than 400,000 people remain without power

Dec 13, 07 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The deadly storm that shut down much of the Midwest is now giving the Northeast its first major taste of winter, the AP reports. Heavy snow snarled roads and airports in Boston, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Forecasters say some areas could get up to a foot of snow by morning,... More »

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Northeast • airport • Missouri • Oklahoma • winter storm

Midwest Million Left in Icy Dark

Massive power outage as new storm prepares to blast region again

Dec 12, 07 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Nearly 1 million people are without power in the aftermath of a nightmarish ice storm that wreaked havoc with roads, homes and airports through a Midwestern swath of the nation. The storm has claimed 24 lives so far, most on ice-slicked roadways. Forecasters predicted a new storm building in the... More »

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Midwest • Chicago • storm • power • Missouri • Oklahoma • ice • ice storm

600K Lose Power in Icy Storm

15 fatalities reported; weather service warns of more storms tomorrow

Dec 10, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - An icy storm plunged more than 600,000 Midwesterners into freezing darkness today, crippling power and causing about 15 fatalities on slippery roads, the AP reports. Oklahoma fared worst, declaring a state of emergency as schools shut down and hospitals ran on backup generators. More is on the way, according... More »

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weather • Midwest • severe weather • storm • Kansas • FEMA • US Army • Illinois • Missouri • Oklahoma • state of emergency • ice • ice storm

Anger Brews Over Cyber Suicide

Hoaxers who drove teen to kill herself untouched by law

Nov 17, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Police fear a "mob mentality" is brewing in a St. Louis suburb after a 13-year-old girl killed herself, and the hoaxers who allegedly prodded her have gone free. Two adults—parents of the girl's friend—badgered Megan Meier online until she hanged herself in her closet last October. Cops... More »

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suicide • MySpace • St. Louis • Missouri • cyberbullying • Dardenne Prairie • Internet hoax

Stepfather, Pal Charged in Rape & Murder of Missouri Girl

Friend confessed to attack on 9-year-old

Nov 11, 07 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The stepfather of a slain 9-year-old Missouri girl and a friend were charged yesterday with her rape and murder, reports CNN. The friend confessed to the crime after the girl's body was found in a hillside cave, according to a local sheriff More »

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murder • rape • Missouri • Rowan Ford • David Spears • Chris Collings

10 Best Places to Pig Out

10 best gut-stretching meals around the country

Sep 10, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of picking at salads and counting out almonds?  Fill up your plate with the 10 "best-tasting, most gut-stretching" meals the Discovery Channel could find.
  1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, MO
  2. Eagle's Deli, Brighton, MA
  3. Seiad Valley Cafe, Seiad Valley, CA
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food • travel • California • steak • list • contest • restaurant • Missouri • eating • burger • pizza

Church Massacre Stuns Missouri Immigrants

Micronesian community asks why after home- grown crime kills 3

Aug 14, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Micronesian community in a small Missouri town is struggling to come to grips with a brutal crime by one of its own. Eiken Elam Saimon ran into a Micronesian church service and opened fire, killing three and wounding five. About 300 Pacific Islanders live in the town of Neosho,... More »

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church • Missouri • Neosho • Micronesians • immigrant • Micronesia • Eiken Elam Saimon • shooting • guns

Shooter Opens Fire in Missouri Church, Killing 3

Gunman held 25 to 50 people hostage before surrendering to police

Aug 12, 07 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unidentified gunman killed 3 and wounded several in a church in southwest Missouri today. The AP reports that he briefly held 25 to 50 churchgoers hostage at the First Congregational Church in Neosho, Missouri before being arrested. Police say that an incident between the shooting suspect and a family... More »

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church • Missouri • Neosho • church shootings • shooting • guns

America's Top Ten Diners

Don't look too far west of the Mississippi for any of them

Jun 17, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. AVALON DINER, Houston, TX
  2. BECKY'S DINER, Portland, ME
  3. BLUE BENN DINER, Bennington, VT
  4. CONNELLY'S GOODY GOODY DINER, St. Louis, MO
  5. DUTCH KITCHEN, Frackville, PA
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food • travel • Texas • Vermont • list • Pennsylvania • America • Maine • diner • Missouri

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