MISSOURIANA

Gov. Mel Carnahan goes abroad to sell made-in-Missouri military equipment, which due to factory overproduction includes unsold minivans loaded with local deer hunters.

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It's been so long since the University of Missouri Tigers football team played in a post-season bowl that cheerleaders back then were known as Bloomer Girls.

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It doesn't seem possible that W.C. Handy wrote "The St. Louis Blues" before the Rams arrrived.

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Time magazine recently featured a Missouri woman who became a compuslive gambler and lost thousands of dollars. Casino owners are anxious to end such suffering by removing the loss-limit rule and speeding up the process.

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If every Missourian kicked in $1, the state's 15-year road plan will still be $14 billion short.

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TV viewers have been enthralled as they listened to the recently released Nixon tapes. If only Paula Jones had had a hidden camera.