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Akin Legitimate Rape Comment Just Another Gaffe for Him
Credit: csmonitor.comThe roundly decried "legitimate rape comment" by Missouri US Senate hopeful Todd Akin, may have given incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill an early Christmas present. The national new ...
20 Aug, 2012
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Food Stamp Debate Slows Passage of Comprehensive Farm Bill
Photo: organicconnectmag.comRepublican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin recently told reporters that he opposes the Senate version of the 2012 Farm Bill due to the legislation’s spending on the Na ...
20 Aug, 2012
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Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comments
(UPI: Bill Greenblatt)Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) and the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate caused a stir on Sunday with some remarks on abortion and rape:"It seems to me, from what I understand from d ...
20 Aug, 2012
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Todd Akin Wins Missouri Republican Senate Primary
(UPI / Bill Greenblatt)In a primary race where the three main contestants were trying to "out-conservative" each other, Representative Todd Akin prevailed over businessman John Brunner and former sta ...
08 Aug, 2012
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Missouri Public Prayer Amendment Passed by Voters
Missouri's Amendment 2, placed on yesterday's primary election, also known as the Public Prayer Amendment, passed with overwhelming support yesterday. With just 2% of the vote tallied, the ...
07 Aug, 2012
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Rand Paul to Speak at Republican Convention
(Photo: fitsnews.com)According to various reports, Rand Paul is going to speak at this month's Republican National Convention.The news somewhat answers a question bandied in the media: what role will ...
07 Aug, 2012
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Swing State Missouri: Easy Win for Romney?
Gov. Romney stumps in Missouri Credit: ReutersThe swing state Missouri has been coveted for more than a century, but this election seems to be ignoring the home of the big arch, Enterprise Rent-a-Car ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Drought Worsens as Congress Moves to Pass Relief Measure
Credit: usnews.comThe drought that has been plaguing vast areas of the nation this summer, has intensified dramatically over the past week according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The unrelenting heat ...
26 Jul, 2012
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Missouri Businessman John Brunner Runs as an Outsider
(Columbia Daily Tribune / Don Shrubshell)Among the more closely watched US Senate races this year will be in Missouri. First-term incumbent, Democrat Claire McCaskill narrowly won her first term in 2 ...
22 Jul, 2012
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States Doubling Down on Farmers Market Food Stamps Wager
According to a poll commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, an overwhelming majority of Americans want the federal government to double the value of food stamp benefits at farmers markets to ensu ...
20 Jul, 2012
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