By STEVE PEOPLES (BOSTON, AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks for programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN… Read more »
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1,600 homes evacuated as Idaho wildfire burns
By BRADY MCCOMBS and JOHN MILLER (BOISE, Idaho, AP) — A wind-driven wildfire burned its way through sage and pine trees near the Idaho mountain resort community of Sun Valley… Read more »
White House travel director keeps entourage moving
By NEDRA PICKLER (VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., AP) — Even on a summer family vacation, President Barack Obama is followed by an entourage whose behind-the-scenes movements are juggled by a woman… Read more »
Mo. committee plans hearing on student transfers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Student transfers out of struggling Missouri school districts will be on the docket for a fall meeting of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education. Committee… Read more »
Race for Mo. House speaker heats up
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri House Majority Leader John Diehl (DEEL) is promising to raise money for the Republican cause — not his personal political aspirations — if colleagues… Read more »
Wizards rookie Porter honored in Missouri hometown
(SIKESTON, Mo., AP) — A top NBA draft pick who led his southeast Missouri high school to three straight state championships is receiving a permanent honor in Sikeston. The Sikeston… Read more »
Off-road vehicle falls in sinkhole, traps woman
(STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo., AP) — A southeast Missouri woman is recovering after the off-road vehicle she was riding became trapped in a sinkhole. The Perry County Sheriff’s Department says Michael… Read more »
Sierra Club, KCP&L spar over 2007 agreement
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Sierra Club has notified Kansas City Power & Light that the environmental group believes the utility has failed to honor the agreement that ended… Read more »
Man accused in river shooting faces hearing
(STEELVILLE, Mo., AP) — A Missouri man accused of shooting a man who was part of a float trip group faces a preliminary hearing on Friday. James Crocker of Steelville… Read more »
US warns of rising threat from al-Qaida in Iraq
By DEB RIECHMANN (WASHINGTON, AP) — Top U.S. and Iraqi diplomats warned Thursday of a rising threat in Iraq from al-Qaida, which is carrying out suicide and car bombings with… Read more »