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Friday, May 10, 2013  A group of Drury University students have presented a plan for a demonstration house that supporters hope could help make Joplin a model of environmentally sound rebuilding from disasters.

Monday, April 08, 2013  In a country where at least a third of households have firearms, it's hard to impose stricter arms rules without support from gun owners.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  US is halfway toward Obama's 5-year goal of doubling exports but likely to fall a bit short

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  In Colorado, Obama will press Congress to pass gun measures, place focus on background checks

Sunday, March 24, 2013  The state's bishops are asking Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster to appeal with "all due haste."

Saturday, March 02, 2013  Friday, the federal government made a series of forced funding cuts under what's called sequestration.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The automatic, across-the-board cuts will amount to $85 billion. If Congress doesn't act by Friday, the budgets of most federal government programs and agencies will shrink. That includes budgets for public schools.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Obama administration considers urging Supreme Court to overturn California gay marriage ban

Monday, February 18, 2013  Tiger Woods joins vacationing Obama for golf round at Florida club

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Skeptical Congress may deliver Obama few victories on State of the Union priorities

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  As the gun control debate heats up, a group of Missouri Sheriffs say they won't enforce any new gun control proposals they see as violating the Second Amendment.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  One of Hannibal's own marched alongside President Obama at the Inaugural Parade Monday.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Obama and his aides approached the inaugural speech with a belief that the president had replenished his political strength with his re-election and with his end-of-year deal with Republicans that raised upper-income tax rates on some of the wealthiest Americans.

Monday, January 21, 2013  A group of Hamilton High School students will board a plane this week and head for the east coast.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Obama previewed an ambitious second-term agenda, devoting several sentences to the threat of global climate change and saying that failure to confront it "would betray our children and future generations."