MISSOURIANA

Missouri gets a poor rating among the states in the field of job safety. Just ask the employees of Zenith and Brown Shoe Co.

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A legislator claims sportsmen who can't hunt in state parks are "getting the short end of the stick." Park visitors fear they could get the long end of a rifle.

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Ashcroft tells fellow governors to redouble their efforts to improve public schools. Just go easy on higher taxes to pay for them, fellows.

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Wheeler-dealer Carl Icahn says the now-bankrupt TWA Airline wasthe worst investment he made in the last decade. Considering the millions he lost, maybe Carl was just the worst investor over the past 10 years.

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The U.S. Postal Service buys a building in St. Louis for $12.5 million from a developer who bought it for $4.1 million the same day. Instructions now to buy the building at that price were mailed from Washington a week before the sale.

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History repeats itself because nobody listens anymore.