New Orleans named most crime-ridden US city

The city of New Orleans has the highest level of crime in the US, according to an annual ranking of crime rates in American cities.The report from CQ Press draws on data from the FBI on murder, rape, robbery,...

Stolen Copper Wirings and Vandalism May Lead to Demolition of Foreclosed Prop...

Several foreclosed homes in Kansas City, Missouri have been vandalized and there were also reported cases of copper theft. These incidents have made it even tougher to sell homes that have been foreclosed, adding the tight economic market."Dan Thomson, a real estate agent in...

Claire McCaskill, the spitting Senator from Missouri

When Democrat Claire McCaskill gets mad, she gets really mad, spitting mad in fact... or maybe she doesn't need to be mad at all to let go of a loogie.  The junior Senator from Missouri was all class after a...

538 Projects Landslide for Obama

"It's Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Election Day in America. The last polls have straggled in, and show little sign of mercy for John McCain. Barack Obama appears poised for a decisive electoral victory.Our model projects that Obama will win all states won by John Kerry in...

McCain, Obama seek to turn out the vote

" PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought to energize voter turnout on Saturday in the final, frenetic weekend of a long and grinding U.S. presidential election campaign. McCain spent the day in Virginia and Pennsylvania...

Obama 'congratulates' McCain on Cheney endorsement

Will that be the kiss of the death?   "I'd like to congratulate Sen. McCain on this endorsement because, he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy," according to the remarks. "George Bush may be...

Obama campaigns in Las Vegas

Three days before the 2008 US election, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama was campaigning in Las Vegas.He also plans to campaign in Colorado and Missouri.Our own member, vegaswatchdogdotcom was there at...

HIV scare at Normandy High School, 50 students warned of exposure to AIDS virus

An HIV health scare at Normandy High School in Missouri has identified 50 students as at risk for exposure to the AIDS virus after a St. Louis County Health Department alert that somebody at the school was...

Midwest high school copes with HIV scare

"Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person told health officials as many as 50 teenagers might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS." " Officials refused to give details on who the...

Obama Attacks McCain on Health Care and Medicare, in Some Ways Inaccurately

"In a coordinated air and ground attack, Senator Barack Obama is charging that his Republican rival for the presidency, Senator John McCain, would make $882 billion in “drastic cuts to Medicare” to pay for his...

Biden goes on the attack; calls Palin and McCain on their charges

Democratic Party Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden took the gloves off and railed into GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin Thursday night.  He also hammered her running mate John McCain for not making his character...

2008 Electoral College Obama 248, McCain 163

"New state polling from Wisconsin has moved that state from "Leans Democratic" to "Likely Democratic" in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. With this change, Obama leads in states with 248 Electoral...

Man convicted of murder in 'Precious Doe' case

"KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- A man who kicked his girlfriend's daughter in the head and dumped her body in the woods was convicted Wednesday, resolving a case that haunted the Kansas City, Missouri, area during the four years the 3-year-old was known only as "Precious Doe."...

Palin-Biden Debate: The Transcript

Gwen Ifill of "The NewsHour" and "Washington Week" on PBS served as moderator for the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate held at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri last night between the Republican vice...

Violent remnants of Ike bring deaths, blackouts in Midwest

Now residents of the Midwest are suffering from the effects of Ike. They are facing blackouts and flooded homes, and more than 2 million people could be affected.The death toll has now risen to at least 39 in 10...

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