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Tort Reform: A Must for Comprehensive Healthcare Reform
"We're going to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse."

More likely than not, you've probably heard this statement a few times from politicians. It seems to be a popular line.

True, the U.S. healthcare system does have waste, fraud and abuse. ...

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Class 3: Notre Dame-Logan-Rogersville

Boehnercare: A More Affordable Option for Real Healthcare Reform

Updated Pool-Play Standings

Class 3: Notre Dame-O'Hara

Class 3: Notre Dame-Villa Duchesne

Class 1 and 2 wrap with stats; Notre Dame up next

"My all-time favorite book" by Alyssa Baker

"Authors Are Odd" by Stan Crader

Class 1: Lesterville-Osceola

Class 2: Scott City-College Heights Christian

Class 1: Lesterville-Lutheran

Class 2: Scott City-Maryville

Telephone Doctor to speak on customer service Nov. 18

Class 1: Lesterville-Winona

Class 2: Scott City-Herman

SEMO wins exhibition opener

Did you see the sunset last Friday?

Kingdom Kids Soulfood and BBQ scheduled to open today

Bluff 19, Festus 14

MASSIVE Cape Mardi Gras Effort To Rival New Orleans

Oh, the inhumanity!

Broadway Burger King update

Bluff-Festus preview

Petco sponsors "Fostering Hope"

Listen for my Weather Forcasts.....

One Last Volleyball Blog

Sobering Up After A Day Of Staining

Roman back in coaching, at Highland CC

Ed's Bar up for sale

Ben's back; Tyler could return Friday

Fire destroys Hotel Idan-Ha

Another loss for SEMO football

Allen Gathman: The Children's Book, a review

Volleyball updates

Mules win, Ferguson gets record

Sharon Looney Likes: The Look, Feel, and Smell of a Genuine Book

Axlisms

A Couple Big Idea-ERS About Health Care Reform

Local 6 Anchor Jumps at Exploding Pumpkin

Requiem for a Beagle

Dear Brain, Did You Have Your Book Today?

"They're heeeeeeeere...."

Cape Girardeau Hollywood Video closes

SEMO men picked last in OVC poll

Home improvement store coming to mall

Traveling Science Chest

Blog entry removed

Bluff-West Plains preview

Royal N'Orleans sale price reduced

An Outhouse Story Not to Pooh-Pooh,
Beware Of The Monster Doing No. 2!

Another round of ugly weather for Thursday-Friday

A Change in Perspective

Never Alone

Limitations on electronic media at the Gingrich/Dean debate

Tyler back on court

Leopold Wins Class 1 District 3 Volleyball at Advance

Zonta Women of Achievement

Tort Reform: A Must for Comprehensive Healthcare Reform

RCP Members Involved in THRILL THE WORLD........

Who Would Win If The Football Redhawks
Played The Golden Eagles Marching Band?

Kitchen appliance store opening Sunday

Hotel Idan-Ha

Christmas Surprise

Intelligent Haunts: Ghosts were people, too!

Naylor wins third place game

ND STATE CHAMPS

Disturbed

Sikeston 28, Bluff 0

Naylor falls 5-1

Notre Dame's title game opponent

All the fall foliage you can photograph

FINAL: ND 4, Platte County 2 at Class 3 final four

Electrifying Science

The Flu Attacks Theatre.....

My Daddy's Cheesecake expanding days of operation

Animal control
When I was growing up on the farm on Killough Valley in the Ozarks over yonder, my life was organized by animals. Lulu, the milk cow, had to be milked every morning and every evening. In winter, hay had to be delivered to hungry cattle. Horses had to be tended...
Art and charity go together
Handmade pottery can be expensive. Or, it can cost only $12 and come with Sunday lunch. The annual Empty Bowls Banquet will be from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Salvation Army, with a variety of soups, bread and a dessert on the menu. Diners get this modest meal to remind them that food can sometimes be hard to come by and many people only get a small amount -- sometimes not even daily. Diners also get a handmade bowl of their choosing to take home to remind them of the need every day...
Finding your art
Nov. 5, 2009 Dear Julie, When the writer Annie Dillard asked a painter she knew how he came to be a painter, he answered, "I liked the smell of the paint." Maybe it's as simple as that, what we become. We are drawn to it, like salmon to their river, like clouds to a mountain pass. Other ways offer resistance. Going our own way feels more like rowing a boat gently down a stream, maybe even for salmon...
Support for the Local Radio Freedom Act
My broadcasting friends who run and own radio stations in this country are struggling right now. It's all about legislation called the Performance Rights Act (HR 4789). This bill would levy yet another tax, this time on local radio. The government wants to tax local radio for the music stations play for free on the public airwaves. Then they want to take the revenue generated from that tax and send it to the record companies...
Frankly speaking
I realize it's a tad bit premature for Thanksgiving, but I am working on my list of items for which I am thankful. Doesn't hurt to get a head start. And speaking of Thanksgiving, when did retailers start displaying their Thanksgiving wares in August? Probably had to clear out the Halloween gear that went on display in July. Oh, well, I digress...
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Weird news
Authorities say man stole car to face theft charge
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge....
NZ lawmaker sculpted in cow manure
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. The bust of New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith, sculpted as a protest by artist Sam Mahon, attracted 112 bids before being picked up by an anonymous buyer on Friday....
Pa. prostitution case tossed over gov't-funded sex
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble....
Miss. gov's son scores 2 holes-in-one in one round
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A single hole-in-one is a big enough dream for most golfers. But two in one round? That's some luck. Reeves Barbour, the 30-year-old son of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, had two aces in a single round Oct. 25 on a Robert Trent Jones course in Gainesville, Va....
Oregon man charged with DUI after 911 call
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road....
SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test....
Sleepwalker beaten after men find him in apartment
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in one of the men's apartment. Iowa City Police Sgt. Troy Kelsay said the 21-year-old victim who was not identified, suffered injuries over most of his body. Kelsay said the man's injuries did not appear to require hospitalization, but the victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment....
Wyoming hunter bags deer, then hungry lion
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) -- Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. Because the light was fading, he decided to return the next day to recover the deer. But when he returned Wednesday morning, the carcass had been covered by grass and bush - which is what mountain lions typically do....
Developer: Proposed wind farm site is too windy
RUMFORD, Maine (AP) -- A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines. First Wind's Matthew Kearns told a public meeting in Rumford on Thursday that its proposed Longfellow wind farm on Black Mountain and North and South Twin mountains may not be viable....
Van stolen 35 years ago in Wash. state recovered
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport....