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  • Exit polls: Clinton strong with many W.Va. groups (AP)

    US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) pauses during a campaign stop at the Thorngate Limited garment factory in Cape Girardeau, Missouri May 13, 2008, the night of the West Virginia presidential primary.       (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - Early results from West Virginia exit polls show race, education, Barack Obama's former pastor and a plan for a summertime suspension of federal gas taxes all gave Hillary Rodham Clinton a huge advantage in the state's presidential primary.



  • Rice says Mideast peace improbable, not impossible (AP)

    U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on a walkie talkie as he tours World Wide Technology Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri in this May 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, President Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would be struck before his term ends while holding out little hope for a major breakthrough when he arrives in Israel on Wednesday.



  • More storms headed for several US states
    Another round of storms are headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other US states where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters that left at least 27 dead. The National Weather Service said
  • Obama Focuses on November, Clinton on West Virginia (Bloomberg)
    May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Today's primary in West Virginia matters so little to the Democratic presidential nomination race that front-runner Barack Obama will spend the day in Missouri and Michigan, two battleground states in the fall's general election.
  • Obama Focuses on November, Clinton on West Virginia (Bloomberg)

    US Democratic presidential hopeful Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Kentucky International Convention Center on May 12, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. Obama looked headed for a crushing defeat to Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's West Virginia primary but was already cranking up a general-election battle against Republican John McCain.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)Bloomberg - May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Today's primary in West Virginia matters so little to the Democratic presidential nomination race that front-runner Barack Obama will spend the day in Missouri and Michigan, two battleground states in the fall's general election.



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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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