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Latest Missouri News

Mom in MySpace case says it was properly dismissed (AP)

AP - A Missouri mother said she never should have been prosecuted for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide.

Judge tentatively acquits Mo. mom in MySpace hoax case (AP)

AP - A federal judge has tentatively thrown out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.

MySpace suicide case conviction overturned
A federal judge tentatively overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to deceive a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide, a U.S. attorney's spokesman told CNN.

Coup in Honduras puts Missouri students' trip on hold
Missouri college students planning to take a humanitarian trip to Honduras were disappointed to learn Wednesday that their trip had been put on hold because of a military coup over the weekend. Representatives of Engineers Without Borders USA told a

Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case (AP)

AP - A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.

Sentencing scheduled for Mo. mom in MySpace hoax (AP)
AP - A Missouri mother faces up to three years in prison at her sentencing Thursday in Los Angeles for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later killed herself.

Murder Charges Filed in Shooting of Three Leaders of a Missouri Church
Prosecutors filed three murder charges against a Micronesian man accused of opening fire inside a church in Neosho, Mo., on Sunday, killing three people.

Driver in 10-death Okla. wreck had clean record (AP)

AP - Truck driver Donald Creed had a clean record when the state of Missouri renewed his commercial driver's license in April. Less than three months later, investigators are trying to figure out why Creed didn't stop � and perhaps didn't even hit the brakes � before his big rig slammed into a line of vehicles on an Oklahoma turnpike, a collision that killed 10 people.

Court rejects Mo. appeal on funeral protest law (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court has left in place a court order barring Missouri from enforcing a law limiting protests near funerals.

National Guard team hopes to grow trust in Afghanistan by helping farmers
Fertilizer, pesticides, animal breeding skills and water control: tools and talents that seem better suited for a farmer than for a soldier. Except in Afghanistan, where the Missouri National Guard has pioneered a new strategy for countering terrorism.

Country Information

Introduction
Missouri became the United States twenty-fourth state on August 10, 1821. The capital is Jefferson City. Missouri is an Indian word meaning "canoe-haver". The Pony Express began in Missouri in 1860. The Show Me State is also home to ice cream, which was first introduced at the 1904 World's Fair. President Harry S. Truman was born in Missouri, as was TV newscaster Walter Cronkite, entertainment visionary Walt Disney, and novelist Mark Twain. The state has a land area totaling 68,898 square miles and is ranked 18th in land size.

State web site www.state.mo.us

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