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By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., Muleskinner) — A UCM student died in a skateboarding accident Saturday morning. Dylan M. Austin, 26, of Independence, Mo., was riding his skateboard… Read more »
Category: Features
Obama pushes reading through eBook, library initiatives
By JIM KUHNHENN (WASHINGTON, AP) — Linking reading to technology, the White House marshaled major book publishers to provide more than $250 million in free e-books to low-income students and… Read more »
Kansas student’s budget documentary stirs controversy
(TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — A high-school student’s documentary, “Where the Buffaloed Roam: An Ode to the Kansas Budget,” is raising a stir. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1bQO7qD) reports that the 51-minute… Read more »
Popular zoo elephants likely to get harder to see in future
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP (SEATTLE, AP) — Visitors flocked to the leafy enclosure at Seattle’s zoo to watch the two elephants, Chai and Bamboo, as they used their long trunks… Read more »
‘Spring Awakening,’ an edgy, topical musical
By PAUL JOYNER Muleskinner Photo Editor The UCM Department of Theatre and Dance opened Wednesday night with the production of “Spring Awakening” in the James L. Highlander Theatre. Originally written in… Read more »
San Francisco symphony wins younger fans with hip nightclub
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — A Vegas-style nightclub with high-tech light and sound, video screens and several stages has become San Francisco’s hottest venue for classical music…. Read more »
Ag officials search for Missouri century farms
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Agriculture officials want to recognize more Missouri farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years. More than 8,000 century farms have… Read more »
Obama: World would be ‘pretty barren’ without poetry
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE (WASHINGTON, AP) — Poetry helps people understand themselves and each other, and the world would be “pretty barren” without it, President Barack Obama said Friday. Obama and… Read more »
Campaign raises $27,360 for Warrensburg Schools
(Warrensburg, MO) — The 2015 Major Saver card campaign raised $27,360 for the Warrensburg R-VI School District. Dale Krumm, vice-president of sales and development for Major Saver, presented a check… Read more »
Southwest Airlines unveils ‘Missouri One’ jet at KCI
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Southwest Airlines has unveiled a Boeing 737 jet that is painted as though it’s wrapped in the Missouri state flag. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1FM5LTP)… Read more »
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