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Finding prescription to rescue Medicaid state’s big challenge

As the U.S. House prepares for a historic vote this weekend on health care, Missouri’s political leaders are wrestling with a health care crisis of their own. The state is broke, but at the same time tens of thousands of residents have fallen into the ranks of the uninsured and are relying on the state’s program. Legislators said they are not sure what direction to take the program as they await federal decisions.

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In Our View: Fort Hood tragedy
The facts as we know them are that an Army major, who was a mental health professional, shot and killed 13 soldiers (including himself) at Fort Hood, Texas, and wounded 38 others. Truly a tragedy of major proportions. Our hearts and sympathy obviously go out to the dead, the wounded and their families....more>>
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Rich Brown: Missionaries in need
To say the life of a missionary is not an easy one could be the biggest understatement ever — especially in the case of Eric and Jennifer Lotz....more>>
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AP: Los Angeles church goes to the dogs
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The Best Shots You Didn't See (week of Oct. 31st)
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Obama calls holdouts on health care
Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes....more>>
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What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent
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Ohio town to toast forgotten Vietnam veterans
The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War I.
The setting is a comfort for Willis Cochran, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.
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Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.
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Mass swine flu vaccinations planned in state
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