Missouri's Proposition C, a statewide ballot proposal that would reject the mandate that most Americans have health insurance, easily passed in Tuesday's primary. Supporters expect the national campaign against President Obama's health care law will now gain momentum.
8/4/2010
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Photos by Sid Hastings
Blunt, Carnahan to square off for US Senate
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In one of the nation's more closely contested Senate races, Republican U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt and Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan will compete to fill the U.S. senate seat that Kit Bond has occupied the past 24 years.
8/3/2010
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch /KMOV Political Poll
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The poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from July 19 through July 21. A total of 625 registered Missouri voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a regional or gender grouping.
7/23/2010
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Today Marks 7th Anniversary of Christian Ferguson's Disappearance
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Seven years ago today Christian Ferguson, a nine-year-old boy with a rare metabolic condition went missing -- allegedly kidnapped during a car theft in 2003. Friends and family joined his mother Theda Thomas walking seven miles in memory of the seven years missing in hopes that someone is arrested for his disappearance.
6/26/2010
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Photos by Laurie Skrivan
Crown Plaza nears completion
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The ribbon cutting for Crown Square, the $35 million redevelopment of the old pedestrian mall in North St. Louis is scheduled on July 29, 2010. Those two blocks of North 14th will be reopened to vehicular traffic for the first time in 33 years.
6/17/2010
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Photos by Laurie Skrivan
24th St. Louis Police Foundation's Memorial Breakfast
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163 St. Louis Police Officers who have died in the line of duty were honored this morning at the 24th St. Louis Police Foundation's Memorial Breakfast at the America's Center. Gov. Jay Nixon was the keynote speaker.
5/20/2010
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Photos by Laurie Skrivan
Homeless Clear Out of Tucker Tunnel In Time
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The last known residents of a homeless community beneath Tucker Boulevard walked out peacefully early Friday, moments before a city-imposed deadline for them to clear out. We take a look at the last couple of days inside the tunnel.
5/14/2010
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Photos by Laurie Skrivan
Solicitor General Elena Kagan nominated for Supreme Court
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President Barack Obama announced the U.S. solicitor general and former dean of Harvard Law School Elena Kagan as his nominee to the Supreme Court. The former domestic policy aide in Clinton's White House, Kagan would be the third women on the the current court.
5/10/2010
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United Methodist Women host rally in St. Louis against Arizona immigration law
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A crowd estimated at 2000 people gathered at Kiener Plaza Saturday to hold a protest against the recently-passed Arizona immigration law that requires police to check the immigration status of any person they reasonably suspect are in the United States illegally. The gathering was sponsored by the United Methodist Women and drew members from around the nation. Many opposed to the law say it amounts to racial profiling.
5/1/2010
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Photos by Christian Gooden
Election Day for voters in the St. Louis area
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It's election day. One of the main issues is Proposition A, a half-cent increase in sales tax that would fund Metro transit. It's expected the issue would bring voters to the polls. Overall, it has been light turnout of voters trickled into polling place in the counties throughout the St. Louis area.
