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Council allows alcohol in parks...with restrictions

By Brian EntinMonday, January 05, 2009 at 8:00 PM

The Kirksville City Council voted 3-1 on Monday night to allow alcohol in city parks. But there is a long list of restrictions and guidelines.

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Heartland politicians sworn in

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 8:16 PM

Heartland politicians are sworn into Federal office.

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Dialysis center opens in Fairfield

By Jill KasparieTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 7:00 PM

People crammed into the Doug Dohnson Dialysis Center Tuesday night for an open house.

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Law makers anticipate tough 2009 session

By Jill KasparieTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 6:55 PM

On Monday senators and representatives will head back to the capitol building in Des Moines.

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Goody's closing all stores nationwide

By John GarlockTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 6:46 PM

This is a story you'll see exclusively on KTVO and www.heartlandconnection.com

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Show Me Green Holiday saves you green

By Ashley SmithTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 6:03 PM

From April 19th through the 25th, you can save the cost of sales tax on "green" appliances.

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Less fatalities in the Show-Me state

By Ashley SmithTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 5:46 PM

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, since 2005 traffic fatalities have decreased by 27 percent statewide.

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Woman accidentally sets fire, again

By Brian EntinTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 5:31 PM

A Kirksville woman accidentally sets her mobile home on fire with a cigarette and an oxygen machine.

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Masten wants new trial

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 4:41 PM

Latest appeal filed Tuesday afternoon.

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Lopez sentenced to less than a year in prison

By Emily FinneganTuesday, January 06, 2009 at 4:24 PM

Judge sentences former El Vaquero owner Neftali Lopez to 11 months in federal prison for social security fraud.

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Residents say Hamas militants staged attacks from UN school

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 4:01 PM

GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) - Residents of a Gaza neighborhood are confirming Israel's claim that Hamas militants had opened fire from the cover of a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge.

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Stocks finish moderately higher on Fed minutes

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 3:53 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has dismissed more bad economic news and is finishing with a moderate advance that leaves stocks at their highest levels in two months.

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Human remains found in central Mo.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Law officers are investigating the discovery of human remains on farmland in central Missouri, north of Lake of the Ozarks.

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House speaker re-elected

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 2:00 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - The woman who made history two years ago by becoming the first female speaker of the House has been re-elected to that post.

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Obama bans earmarks from big economic package

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 1:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass.

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Welcome to the City of Eagles

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 1:49 PM

It the time of year for eagles.

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Luetkemeyer joins newcomers in Congress

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 1:46 PM

Being in the minority is nothing new for Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri's newest congressman.

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NY unemployment claim systems overwhelmed

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 1:46 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's unemployment claims systems have crashed, overwhelmed by tens of thousands of jobless New Yorkers trying to call or log in at once ahead of this week's filing deadline.

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Code change on council agenda

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 1:02 PM

Controversial changes to be considered.

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Judge certifies class action in Deere lawsuit

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 11:21 AM

A lawsuit against Deere & Co. filed by a group of retirees has been certified as a class action on two of the four counts.

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Iowa traffic deaths fall in 2008

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 11:07 AM

Officials say high gas prices and the grim economy are factors in a drop in the number of people killed on Iowa roads in 2008.

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Iowa teen injured in hunting accident

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 11:00 AM

A Lenox teenager has been injured in a hunting accident near his hometown in southwest Iowa.

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Burris denied seat in U.S. Senate

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Roland Burris announced he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session.

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Palestinians say strike on 2nd UN school kills 30

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 9:39 AM

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian medical officials say the death toll from an Israeli airstrike outside a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip has risen to 30.

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Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 9:36 AM

Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce Department said Monday.

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