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- 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
- 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.
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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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