Missouri to vote on 'right to pray' constitutional amendment

KANSAS CITY (REUTERS) - Voters in the United States (US) state of Missouri will decide on Aug 7 whether to approve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to pray in public places. Related Stories US unemployment claims edge down Hurricane Bud forms off Mexico's Pacific coast: NHC Treatment of Pakistan doctor 'unjust, unwarranted:' Clinton Man detained over New York boy's 1979 ...
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Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 22:19:19 -0700

Organizers Move Route 66 Cruise Night in Pacific

Organizers are putting the finishing touches on the 10th annual cruise night, which will take place Saturday, June 9.
http://www.emissourian.com/news/pacific_news/article_1554eddc-1582-5773-8935-4dd8cbab251f.html

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:38 -0700

Hurricane Bud forms off Pacific coast of Mexico

MIAMI – The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Bud has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Miami-based agency said early Thursday the storm was packing sustained winds of 75 mph and was located in the Pacific Ocean about 385 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/05/23/forecasters-say-tropical-storm-bud-is-nearly-hurricane-as-mexico-issue-storm/

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 00:27:49 -0700

McDonald's Names Dave Hoffmann as President of Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Region

OAK BROOK, IL-- - McDonald's Corporation today announced that Dave Hoffmann, 44, currently Senior Vice President for Restaurant Support in McDonald's Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, has been ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-names-dave-hoffmann-president-120000432.html

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700

Pacific Park Board to Seek Grant for City Tree Inventory

The Pacific Park Board wants to conduct an inventory of all city trees to define health, condition and species in order to determine maintenance needs for a healthy tree population, according to Stephen Flannery III, park board president.
http://www.emissourian.com/news/pacific_news/article_1d9ec9cd-eccf-54ea-a935-0d8e70a09d59.html

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:39 -0700

Detroit 3 trade group resists Japan's bid to join alliance

A trade group representing Detroit automakers is resisting Japan's effort to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership unless there are rules governing currency manipulation, a tactic Japan is accused of using to restrict auto imports to domestic markets.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20120524/BUSINESS01/305240028/1004/NEWS03

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 01:44:30 -0700

U.P. exec Dolan played key role in Southern Pacific merger

Jim Dolan spent half his legal career in Washington, D.C., and the other half in Omaha, working for Union Pacific Railroad.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120524/NEWS01/705249908

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 23:04:50 -0700

Big Story Weather – May 25, 2012

RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 24, 2012: Yesterday brought two reported tornados to the Northern Plains and also to the Great Lakes Region. Large hail fell from Kansas to Iowa and Missouri. Damaging wind reports were also found in this region along with a few isolated reports in Florida. In the Northeast, New Jersey was hit by damaging winds and hail. Hurricane ...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112542473/big-story-weather-%e2%80%93-may-25-2012/

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 07:21:12 -0700

21 from Franklin and Jefferson counties indicted on meth charges

They are accused of running a meth-making network.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/429daeb0-a5ba-11e1-92b0-0019bb30f31a.html

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 09:03:00 -0700

Several area players set for Missouri Challenge

Brad Conway may no longer be the head coach of the St. James High School girls’ basketball team. But this weekend he’ll be back on the bench. Conway will be coaching the South-Central girls’ team during the fourth annual Missouri Challenge All-Star Games, to be held Saturday and Sunday at the O’Reilly Events Center on the campus of Drury University in Springfield. The event is sponsored by the ...
http://www.therolladailynews.com/sports/x358794962/Several-area-players-set-for-Missouri-Challenge

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 20:17:53 -0700