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| Song is symbol of Joplin relief effort >> Miscellaneous | bev-s |
| A youth group from Jacksonville, Illinois that had traveled to Joplin to help out in the aftermath of the tornado of 2012 wrote and now has had produced a song about their experiences.
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| PCJF defines FBI ssurveillance >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo, pictured, claim to be labeled "the constitutional sheriffs for a new protest generation" by the Washington Post. They founded the Partnership for Civil ...more |
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| Work is sought from disabled writers/artists >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| VSA Missouri, an affiliate of The John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, wants to showcase some of the best contemporary work of artists and writers in Missouri who have disabilities. A call ...more |
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| Libertarians gain votes in last election >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Despite minimal funding and media, and debate exclusions, the Libertarian Party nationally and in Missouri shattered several of its previous records Tuesday. The Johnson/Gray ticket garnered over 1.1 ...more |
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| Check out these photos of Lower Manhattan >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| For interesting shots of New York City post Sandy go with a humorous twist go ...more |
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| Super PACs influence: Rolling in dough >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| MapLight, a non-partisan political money tracker, has created a list of the top five super PACS by spending and the huge amounts they have contributed to influence voters in the 2012 election cycle. ...more |
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| Commentaries by Marines are being solicited >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Short Rations: Ready-to-Read Stories from the Battlefield and the Homefront of the United States Marines is the tentative title of an anthology to be published in 2013 by Major Ralph Stoney Bates, ...more |
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| Cochran firm to take on Chavis Carter case >> Miscellaneous | jbakken |
| MEMPHIS, TN - As the controversy surrounding the mysterious shooting death of 21-year-old Chavis Carter continues to build with the release of videos from police car dashboard cameras, the victim’s ...more |
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| Entries wanted for contest >> Miscellaneous | s.mcniff |
| Artists, get ready to “Express & Impress” at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre. The art show and competition, which takes place from October 12 to December 3, 2012, encourages artists to create ...more |
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| Homeowners win solar panel lawsuit >> Miscellaneous | hschoen |
| ST. LOUIS - The Cole County Circuit Court entered judgment recently in favor of James and Frances Babb and the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) in a lawsuit filed against the ...more |
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| Scholarships offered for teen contest winners >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| The National Park Service, in partnership with the National Park Foundation’s African American Experience Fund, today launched Expressions of Freedom, a nationwide artistic competition to commemorate ...more |
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| Globe to partner with Humane Society >> Miscellaneous | gmcgriff |
| "The Joplin Globe Newspaper in Education" has partnered with the Joplin Humane Society to sponsor a 2013 pet calendar contest. If you or someone you know has the "perfect" pet to register in the ...more |
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| Online disaster guide has been updated >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| “The Use of Social Media for Disaster Recovery, an online guide authored by Rebecca and Genevieve Williams of Neosho and founders of Joplin Tornado Info, and David Burton of the Greene County ...more |
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| Missouri's job growth tops that of neighbors' >> Miscellaneous | jfougere |
| JEFFERSON CITY – According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs data, Missouri employers added 27,500 jobs in the first quarter of 2012 – more than all of our neighboring states, the ...more |
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| Facebook asks users to share organ donor status >> Miscellaneous | sdesmon |
| When Harvard University friends Sheryl Sandberg and Andrew M. Cameron, M.D., Ph.D., met up at their 20th college reunion last spring, they got to talking. Sandberg knew that Cameron, a transplant ...more |
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| Missouri MoDot airport directory is available >> Miscellaneous | deanne |
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JEFFERSON CITY – The 2012-2013 Missouri Airport Directory produced by the Missouri Department of Transportation is now available. The directory is a flight-planning tool that provides facility ...more |
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| Report will focus on status of Missouri women >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| More than one-third, or 36%, of women in Missouri live in poverty today, 5% more than Missouri men. This is one finding in the soon to be released "Missouri Women's Report." The report, commissioned ...more |
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| Need support for a cause? Go to Change.org >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Change.org is a website that empowers people to fight for what they believe is right. With corporate personhood an issue, the site, dubbed a "grassroots campaign for change" has shown that they are ...more |
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| MoDOT travel info map app is now available >> Miscellaneous | sally-o |
| JEFFERSON CITY - Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, the Missouri Department of Transportation has launched a smartphone application that will allow users to check state road conditions ...more |
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| MoDot warns of growing number of pedestrian deaths >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri transportation officials are concerned. After just nine months in 2011, the number of pedestrian traffic deaths is nearly equal to those experienced in 2010. In fact, during ...more |
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| Family gatherings are a wealth of information >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| by David Burton
Young and old family members typically get together for holidays between mid-November and the end of the year. That makes this the perfect time of the year to collect oral ...more |
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| Hunters reserve deer meat for the needy >> Miscellaneous | mkelley |
| Deer hunters can help the needy by participating in a state-run program. The Share the Harvest program provides a way for deer hunters to donate venison to the many Missouri families who are in need ...more |
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| Graham/Talent report raises alarms >> Miscellaneous | kjsmith |
| Washington, D.C.— Former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and former Senator Jim Talent (R-MO), chair and vice chair of the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center (The WMD Center), today (Oct. 12, 2011) ...more |
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| Poor are getting poorer >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| The number of Missourians living in poverty or without health insurance increased dramatically, while earnings dropped, according to preliminary state Census Bureau figures released today (Sept. 13, ...more |
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| Defining personhood legislatively >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| When faced with a question of protecting human life, on the issue of the personhood of the child in the womb, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was the only candidate to back down, according to ...more |
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| Bidding for Sheryl Crow's roadster tops estimate >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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The vintage car, pictured at right, a sexy white convertible with a 1,897 CC SC 4-cylinder engine, that singer Sheryl Crow bought in 2005 that became a family favorite was auctioned off today ...more |
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| POETRY app now is available on all mobile devices >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| CHICAGO — The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is pleased to announce that its POETRY app is now available for the first time for Android and iPad. The free app has been updated for ...more |
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| Vegephobia at Walmart >> Miscellaneous | moneta |
| It troubles me some when the Walmart cashier isn't able to identify mushrooms, asparagus, or sweet potatoes. I don't think of those as strange vegetables, but apparently ALL vegetables were strange ...more |
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| Photography contest winners are announced >> Miscellaneous | jduffey |
| More than 60 entries from photographers aged 6 through 60 (and then some) made up the field of the first annual Nature in the Park Photography Competition held in Springfield. Winners were announced ...more |
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| Marijuana initiatives are presented for approval >> Miscellaneous | niandra |
| Two measures which would regulate cannabis for adults in a manner similar to alcohol, allow medical use with the approval of a physician and create an agricultural hemp industry, were filed with the ...more |
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| In defense of Joplin >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| We received this letter addressed to the Hon. Eric Cantor (R-VA), majority leader of the House of Representatives
Dear Congressman:I live close to Joplin, Missouri as well as do business there. My ...more |
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| Federal support for storm shelters petitioned >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Lisa Bondeson a nurse from Maine and a MoveOn member, has created a petition that should be of interest to people in our area.
Believing that storm shelters provide a high level of protection from ...more |
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| Accusations against St. Louis priest are true >> Miscellaneous | rmoore |
| The Archdiocesan Review Board has concluded that the recent charge of abuse against Father John Wieberg, a priest at the Archdiocese of St. Louis who died in 1963, is "serious and credible," ...more |
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| Tweet - danger in singing like a bird >> Miscellaneous | beres |
| The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, for a hearing in a legal battle over the ...more |
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| Help national parks solve their problems >> Miscellaneous | kpalacio |
| A new Web-based program is helping national park enthusiasts to track and comment on projects at parks nationwide. Using this tool, the George Washington Carver National Monument would like to invite ...more |
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| Are you LinkedIn? >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for savvy small business owners. Although LinkedIn doesn't get the headlines Facebook does, this social networking site offers opportunities to increase business ...more |
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| MADD seeks to re-define image >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) currently is in the process of analyzing results from an online attitude and awareness survey. According to Chris Orzechowski, vice president of marketing for ...more |
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| NAACP condemns Tea Party bigotry >> Miscellaneous | cfleming |
| KANSAS CITY, MO – Over 2,000 NAACP delegates recently unanimously passed a resolution—as amended—called “The Tea Party Movement,” asking for the repudiation of racist Tea Party leaders.
The ...more |
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| Akin finds dead bodies exhibit objectionable >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| by Mari Winn Taylor
Ethical debate regarding Body Worlds and its breakaway version BODIES - The Exhibition has been festering since their first appearances in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Dr. ...more |
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| Edited film shows illegal alien protestors >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is releasing a video clip today that shows an illegal alien supporter in Arizona claiming that shovels and axes will be used against Americans. It was said just ...more |
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| Book about rural schools has been updated >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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The book, A History of the Rural Schools in Greene County, Mo., has been updated by the author, David Burton, pictured at right, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the book's original release in ...more |
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| MoDOT archives maps for public use >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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Missouri's historical road maps are now available online. Thanks to the Missouri Department of Transportation's mapping and engineering policy groups that built the archive highway maps for ...more |
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| Creating DVDs from VHS tapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| A simple way to convert old VHS tapes to DVDs has been a popular question for the CNET Community, according to comments from Lee Koo, CNET Community manager.
Most responses from members of the ...more |
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| Did this man case one bank but rob another? >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
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A lone white male entered the Commerce Bank, 1311 S. Madison, Webb City on July 10, 2009, brandished a handgun and demanded money from the bank tellers. After retrieving the money and placing it in ...more |
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| Spam is circulating from IRS inpersonators again >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Beware of spam whose origin is apparently outside of the country (various return paths noted). The message is entitled "Notice of Underreported Income" and it suggests that it is coming from the ...more |
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| Impaired driving: what inhibits the practice? >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Effective August 28, 2009, new legislation signed by Gov. Jay Nixon and sponsored by Rep. Darrell Pollock (R-146) requires the Missouri Department of Transportation to establish a drunk driving risk ...more |
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| MoDot striping crews face narrow escapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| JEFFERSON CITY - MoDOT crews will be out improving Missouri roads throughout the summer months. Drivers have been asked to buckle up, watch for signs, slow down and stay alert when driving through ...more |
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| Bicknell organizes junket to Middle East >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Branson entertainers Stephen Feemster, Bristol Sosa, Kim Barber and Gene Bicknell, owner of The Mansion, are members of a group on a humanitarian junket to the Middle East.
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| Bird counts reveal decreasing populations >> Miscellaneous | hugh |
| Washington, D.C. – The first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States recently was released by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. It shows shows that nearly a third of ...more |
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| Agencies tout the need for flood insurance >> Miscellaneous | a.hunter |
| JEFFERSON CITY — Flooding can occur almost anywhere if enough rain falls in a short period of time. Residents of Missouri know only too well the devastating effects that flood can have on lives and ...more |
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| Two motorists killed in I-44 crash >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
| Joplin Police received a call of a collision occurring just west of the Hearne's Blvd exit of I-44. The accident occured just before 10 a.m. on October 6, 2008. A motorist was driving eastbound in ...more |
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| How clean and green is your vehicle? >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage consumers to purchase SmartWay-certified cars and trucks. SmartWay is an ...more |
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| Off your butt; create a disaster plan >> Miscellaneous | robinson |
| Are you one of the ones who have procrastinated in developing a tornado disaster plan? Gov. Matt Blunt in the wake of the recent string of tornadoes that hit Southwest Missouri wants to remind ...more |
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| Be on the look-out for the spotted knapweed >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Spotted knapweed, a weed that produces a toxin via the roots that kills plants within its root zone, has been showing up in the Ozarks with the potential to be a major problem by displacing native ...more |
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| Tropical plant discovered in Newton County >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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The first sighting of Impatiens pallida for Newton County has been made. Dr. Stephen L. Timme, admittedly while not really looking for it, discovered it on June 26, 2006, along the wooded trail on ...more |
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| Oklahoma museum receives large comics donation >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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Michael Vance, noted author and curator of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, displays the newest additions.
The Toy and Action Figure Museum, home of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, ...more |
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| Telemarketer-solicited charity calls piss me off >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| My phone doesn't disturb me very often these days. The number is on the State of Missouri's No Call List, the brainchild of Attorney General Jay Nixon. So, when it rang the other day with a ...more |
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| CODEPINK calls for voter reforms >> Miscellaneous | jeanb |
| Many citizens believe that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul from unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots to partisan secretaries of state and ...more |
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| Blogging is mainstream now >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Personal web blogs may challenge the news media,” said Chris Dean, coordinator of University of Missouri Extension’s Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring, MO, back in October of 2003.
It was ...more |
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| Tips for genealogy research provided >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Where to Start Family History in This Technological Age--
Perhaps, no hobby or research effort has benefited more from the Internet than genealogy, according to David Burton, civic ...more |
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| Like 45-rpms, floppies are becoming antiques >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Floppy disk drives will soon be history on computers from Dell and other manufacturers. Apple's iMac computers eliminated floppy disks when they were introduced nearly five years ago. Now Dell plans ...more |
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| Blogs--the new technology >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| One of the most interesting trends to surface on the Internet is known as the blogging, according to Chris Dean, coordinator of University Outreach and Extension's Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring. ...more |
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| Links >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Joplin Links
City of Joplin
Joplin Police Department
Joplin Chamber of Commerce
Joplin Convention and Visitors Bureau
Joplin Public Library
Joplin Little Theatre
Joplin Museum
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| Quote of the moment >> Miscellaneous | anonymou |
| I know there is something like a cold fish, but when a person like that starts to warm up a bit, he still stinks.
"You read about all these terrorists, most of them came here legally, but they ...more |
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