MISSOURIANA

Gov. Mel Carnahan is promoting preschool classes for kids as young as 3 years old. The next generation will be able to work algebra equations before they can tie their shoes.

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For those who haven't been keeping up with the news, Missouri's new methamphetamine hotline does NOT provide the latest information on where the drug can be purchased.

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Who says our Legislature isn't getting better? Last year lawmakers spend nearly six weeks on their salary increases. This year they're just correcting last year's mistakes.

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If it's all the same to the news media, most Americans already have ingested more information about Monica Lewinsky's unhappy childhood than we want to know.

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Missouri has thus far escaped the worst effects of El Nino, which has all but eliminated the opportunity for politicians to blame state problems on the weather.