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Leading paediatrician Professor David Southall could face the end of his career after the General Medical Council found that he inappropriately accused a distressed mother of drugging and murdering her 10-year-old son

David Southall, the controversial paediatrician, inappropriately accused a grieving mother of killing her son by hanging him, a misconduct hearing ruled yesterday.

A longtime Jackson area homebuilder was killed Tuesday morning in a single vehicle accident. Sgt. James Walker with MHP says Terry l. Jenkins of Madison died when when his 2006 GMC Yukon struck a tree on Highway 468 in front of the Rankin County Youth Detention Center.

The 36-hour bandh called by the All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam...

Two area Home Depot locations were robbed recently, and police believe the same men are responsible.

Peachtree City-based Group VI was selected Monday to construct the first phase of Fairburn’s new downtown college campus.

A woman is dead after a collision Sunday night on Highway 97 just south of Prince George in the Red Rock area. The 61-year-old female driver died after her southbound 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass collided with a northbound 1996 GMC pickup pulling snowmobiles on a trailer.

The future of a leading paediatrician is in doubt after he was found guilty of wrongly accusing a grieving mother of drugging and murdering her son.

The future of leading paediatrician Dr David Southall hangs in the balance after he was found guilty of wrongly accusing a grieving mother of drugging and murdering her son.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT No. 2007F159 (Expires (10/25/12) First Filing The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HONEY LAKE VALLEY BERRY FARM, 448-460 Simms Rd., Herlong, CA 96113.

One person was killed and another injured in a one-vehicle accident on Prairie Trail west of Portal on Saturday morning. Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Bakken of Fargo was killed when he lost control of a 1997 GMC pickup, entered a ditch and overturned.

The driver of an SUV died in a wreck Tuesday morning in Rankin County. It happened around 6:30 on Highway 468 southeast of Pearl, near the juvenile detention center.

Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall abused his position by accusing a mother of killing her son, GMC finds.

Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall abused his position by accusing a mother of killing her son, GMC finds.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's agents seized some 9,000 illegal pills, thousands of dollars in cash plus several vehicles in a case that began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 12 Monday.

A close call for a Lowell man after his SUV got stuck on the commuter rail tracks in Beverly.

A 23-year-old woman has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident that occurred this summer in LeFlore County, a prosecutor confirmed Monday.

With a commuter train approaching at 60 miles-per-hour, a man escaped his sport utility vehicle after it got stuck at a rail crossing Monday night in Beverly and it was rammed by the locomotive.

ATLANTA, November 27 / Christian Newswire / -- Thousands of gospel and Christian music fans are letting their voices be heard in voting for the inaugural Gospel Music Channel Video Awards as the races hit the final homestretch.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR NASSAU COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 07-CA -341 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs.

Frank Saucedo, the head of the automaker's advanced design studio, talks about the challenges of creating futuristic vehicles that may never hit the road

Police say two people face charges after a 20-minute police chase.

BEVERLY - Bill Kotsifas' life changed in 30 seconds, when he saw the light - the railroad crossing warning light, that is.

A Warsaw man was flown to a Columbia hospital for treatment of serious injuries after a one-vehicle crash on a Benton County road late Monday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. Charles D. Todd, 39, was taken to the University Hospital in Columbia after the 10:15 p.m. crash on Benton County MM one mile south of Mo. 83. Todd was injured when his 1986 GMC left the road, hit several trees ...

BEVERLY - A close call for a Lowell man after his SUV got stuck on the commuter rail tracks in Beverly. Bill Kotsifas said he tried in vain to dislodge his vehicle from...

Antonia Stemp, former editorial assistant at Journalism.co.uk, has joined GMC publications as deputy editor for Outdoor Photography magazine.

A tanker truck carrying corn syrup rolled over on Interstate 88 late Sunday night, blocking the highway in Aurora for about 40 minutes.

Bill Kotsifas' life changed in 30 seconds, when he saw the light | the railroad crossing warning light, that is.

CARBONDALE - A definitive winner will be named in several real-world rivalries after Dec. 8.

Established by Pharmaceutical Physician Dr Bruce Charlesworth and part of the IntoPharma group, the pharmaforum online community is already attracting an international audience from many facets of the industry.

Joseph Plante, 80, was pronounced dead at the scene, and his wife, Wanda Plante, 86, died at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans after a head-on accident late Monday morning in Swanton.

A driver and his passenger were killed when their car collided with an 18-wheeler late Sunday in Arlington. The accident was reported just before midnight on eastbound Interstate 20 at Cooper Street.

GLENDIVE - Glendive Medical Center Hospice has scheduled the GMC Tree of Lights celebration, "It Must Be Love - It's Called Hospice," for 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the GMC Carney Conference Center.

A woman is dead after a collision Sunday night on Highway 97 just south of Prince George in the Red Rock area. The 61-year-old female driver died after her southbound 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass collided with a northbound 1996 GMC pickup pulling snowmobiles on a trailer.

Penske Automotive Group is pursuing the sale of its Rinke Pontiac-GMC franchise in Warren to Ed Rinke, who owns Ed Rinke Buick and Ed Rinke Chevrolet in Center Line. Anthony Pordon, Penske senior vice president of communications and investor relations, said the company is completing its due diligence on the deal. He said a closing date was not available.

11/27/2007 Peterbilt ranks highest in customer satisfaction among conventional cab medium-duty trucks, while Chevrolet ranks highest in medium-duty truck dealer service satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study.

Otsego County Sheriff’s Dept.

DALLAS – Police said they now believe a group of men who robbed and severely beat a Lake Highlands teacher on Nov. 9 are responsible for other similar crimes.

The fuel pump went out at 160,000 miles. The leather on the drivers seat cracked and ripped. I love this truck. I traded in a brand new 2001 Tundra after 4 months to buy my second Suburban- which was used.

National Football League star Sean Taylor was in intensive care after being shot by an intruder in his Palmetto Bay home. His family is encouraged after the Washington Redskins player squeezed a doctor's hand.

DALLAS - Police said they now believe a group of men who violently robbed a North Texas teacher are experienced criminals.

Tuesday, nov. 20 Larceny of license plate, 11:30 a.m. 800 Devine St. Someone took a license plate from a Saturn SC2 over the break. Estimated value: $24 Reporting officer: N. Peter

Traffic slowed to a crawl on U.S. 258 near the Public Services Complex following a head-on collision Monday.

A 23-year-old Hope Mills man was struck and killed by a pickup early Thursday. Anthony Kaniel Smith of the 3500 block of Ireland Drive was struck by a 1993 GMC pickup about 2 a.m. on Camden Road, said Trooper J.R. Edwards of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Police blamed icy conditions as the cause of a single-car accident Sunday morning.

Authorities have identified the motorist killed Sunday evening in a three-vehicle accident in Robertson County.

The feds are literally pulling out the big guns in an effort to convict T.I. of weapons charges. According to papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, prosecutors will attempt...

The i-wireless Tour moves from the football field to the basketball court with 10 more games for the 2007-2008 season.

The i-wireless Tour moves from the football field to the basketball court with 10 more games for the 2007-2008 season.

Lake County motorists will need to keep a sharp eye on the landscape until the East River deer hunting seasons end on Jan. 9; four car-deer collisions, including a rollover accident, occurred during Thanksgiving week.

RCMP say the 61-year-old driver was not wearing a seatbelt. A woman is dead after a collision Sunday night on Highway 97 just south of Prince George in the Red Rock area.

A woman is dead after a collision Sunday night on Highway 97 just south of Prince George in the Red Rock area. Others in the two-vehicle crash were injured.

CANAL WINCHESTER - Someone broke into a 1998 GMC Sonoma between the hours of 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday at Bob McDorman Chevrolet located at 5885 Gender Rd.

• Awarded the city’s commercial insurance bids to Scott Brothers of Princeton, at a premium of $401,289. • Approved an ordinance vacating Cedar Street and the east 400 feet of Vine Street, located to the east of South Gosse Boulevard and behind Casey’s General Store.

Sean Taylor, a 24-year-old safety, was shot by an intruder this morning at his Miami home, officials said.

Italy: Iraqi delegation visits Adnkronos (AKI) - The Kurdistan regional government's civil society minister, George Yousif Mansour headed a three-man delegation that on Monday visited the Rome headquarters of Adnkronos, one of Italy's leading news agencies.Mansour, held a meeting with the director of Adnkronos and president of the GMC-Adnkronos media group, Giuseppe Marra. Political ...

Gas consumption is good for an SUV, but still nothing compared to imports. Driver side lever broken. This is my third car. I drove a ford ranger for a while, which literally blew up on me in a parking lot (faulty electronics). Ford just laughed and said it wasnt their fault.

A doctor found guilty of the manslaughter of a patient who died after surgery seeks to practise again in the UK.

WHEELING — An empty 12-pack of beer was reportedly collected as evidence Sunday night after a city man rolled his truck outside the Wheeling Tunnels.

If coincidences didn't happen, we wouldn't have a word for them. OK, maybe not. Still, I was surprised when a 2-foot piece of plastic trim came tumbling out of the 2008 Toyota Highlander SUV I was testing just three days after Consumer Reports had downgraded the automaker's rating for reliability.

Atlanta rapper T.I. illegally possessed firearms and a silencer on three occasions before his arrest on federal firearms charges here in October, prosecutors said in a motion filed Monday. In the court filing, federal prosecutors said they plan to tell jurors this information during T.I.'s trial next year. On Oct. 13, hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards ceremony in Atlanta, agents arrested T.I., ...

The prime objective of any regulatory system for the medical profession should be to protect patients and to support doctors with performance difficulties.

By Erin Quinn

PORTAL, N.D. – A 26-year-old Fargo man died after a rollover accident Saturday on a dirt road in northwestern North Dakota, according to the state Highway Patrol.

A woman died in a two-car accident near the exit ramp of the Northwest Freeway at 43rd Street early Monday, police reported.

Under intense pressure to show results after months of political stalemate, the government has continued to publicize figures that exaggerate the movement back to Iraq.

Education / LCPS press releases For more local education-related stories, visit our education section or click here to see news releases from Las Cruces Public Schools.

After watching archrival Toyota get all the glory during the past seven years for its push into gasoline-electric hybrids, General Motors Corp. now seems intent on catching up.

Otsego County Sheriff’s Dept.

Trains, planes and buses were packed with men, women and children as the holiday weekend wrapped up Sunday, but the lack of adverse weather translated into smooth traveling.

Under pressure to show results after months of political stalemate, the Iraqi government has continued to publicize figures that exaggerate the movement back to Iraq.

The filing period opens Monday, Dec. 3, for seats on the Joplin City Council. Anyone considering a candidacy may pick up nominating petitions beginning that day. The petitions must be returned to the city clerk’s office by 5 p.m. Jan. 14 for the candidates to be eligible for the April 8 election.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently began offering instruction to students through the Internet. After about a semester, students, counselors and parents give the program good grades.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The familiar chant rang through the crisp night at Arrowhead Stadium late Saturday night, rising to a crescendo as the clock ticked toward :00.“We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1!”Familiar, yes. But wait a second. Were those Missouri fans chanting so exuberantly? And no one was laughing?

It doesn’t seem a strong enough assertion when Thomas Jefferson girls basketball coach Chris Myers says the Cavaliers are “low” in numbers.Would you believe seven?

The ability to use its team speed and finding a way to rebound are keys for success this season in boys basketball at Carl Junction, according to Bulldog coach Lance Robbins.

Virginia National Guardsmen are the beat cops for Basrah Province in southern Iraq. Among their tasks one day was meeting with clan leader Abu Rahim to form an alliance.

Snow covered fallen leaves for a few hours early Saturday morning, but it didn’t take them away. No worries. Residents of some cities may have their leaves picked up starting this week.

Not too long ago patients hobbled around here, plastered and in bandages, and sick children shed many a tear. Today the International Film Festival of India's (IFFI) dreams are being nurtured in the very same place.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — This is called planning ahead. If you get the bulk of your Christmas shopping done early, you can relax and enjoy some fun activities slated in Carthage around the second weekend in December.

Panaji (Goa), Nov 26 (IANS) Not too long ago patients hobbled around here, plastered and in bandages, and sick children shed many a tear. Today the International Film Festival of India's (IFFI) dreams are being nurtured in the very same place.

NEOSHO, Mo. — What on earth, you might ask, is Earthquake Day? For the past 36 years, Dec. 16 has been known as Earthquake Day for about 35 to 50 area residents who gather to mark the infamous New Madrid earthquake of 1811.

WEB EXTRA: The weekend brought out family members seeking justice for the deaths of their loved ones, brought out volunteers to send care packages to our troops, and public/FBI involvement with the search for Stacy Peterson. Find out more about this weekend in our Weekend Wrap-Up.

DETROIT -- Trains, planes and buses were packed with men, women and children as the holiday weekend wrapped up Sunday, but the lack of adverse weather translated into smooth traveling.

• Awarded the city’s commercial insurance bids to Scott Brothers of Princeton, at a premium of $401,289. • Approved an ordinance vacating Cedar Street and the east 400 feet of Vine Street, located to the east of South Gosse Boulevard and behind Casey’s General Store.

A day after it turned out to be a story of lawlessness and free-for-all streetfight over a rally organised by All Adivasi Students' Association...

The Illinois State Police made an appeal to the public Saturday, asking for help solving the Stacy Peterson case.

A day after it turned out to be a story of lawlessness and free-for-all streetfight over a rally organised by All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA), Guwahati on Sunday limped back to normalcy. But tension has spread to the rest of the state with the student body calling a 36-hour bandh from Monday. The Assam Government maintained that the death toll in Saturday's violence remained ...

The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in finding the suspects involved in two different residential burglaries in mid to late October.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's agents seized some 9,000 illegal pills, thousands of dollars in cash plus several vehicles in a case that began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 12 Monday.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday on State Route 28 at Route C in Maries County.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School released its honor roll to recognize these students:

Englewood Elementary School released its honor roll for the first six-week grading period of the 2006-07 school year.

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Engine Design (push rods and ignition system). Power steering leeks. Oil pump runs at low pressure and the bearing in the engine are now gone. Transmission is gone.

It has the same styling as its big brother, an SUV with a long, flat roof that looks as if it tried to make it under a bridge at top speed but failed.

LAKE LOUISE -- Not only did yesterday's win go a long way towards securing Jan Hudec's financial security, it may also have secured his marriage.

The Illinois State Police made an appeal to the public Saturday, asking for help solving the Stacy Peterson case.

She won a contest to work out with Ricky Ray. Get her story in Cary Castagna's Lifestyle column. Find last week's Keeping Fit here.

A New Jersey man was killed early yesterday in Southampton, Burlington County, when his SUV crashed head-on into a bakery truck, state police said. The accident occurred about 6:15 a.m. on Route 206 about a half-mile south of Route 38, according to police. The road was closed for about three hours while police investigated. The 33-year-old victim, whose identity was withheld pending ...

A 33-year-old Hamilton Township man was killed early Saturday in a two-vehicle collision here, according to authorities.

Statutory Burglary, occurred between November 21, 2007, around 5;30 p.m. and November 22, 2007, around 1:00 p.m. in the 2200 unit block of Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge.

Otsego County Sheriff’s Dept.

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Tim Spiers, boys basketball coach at Joplin High School, believes the Eagles will be markedly improved this season. The Eagles finished 6-20 overall and 0-9 in the Ozark Conference in 2006-07.

I intend to have some adventure with my muzzle-loader this week, hunting deep in the woods in peace and solitude, something you can’t find during the regular rifle season.

Jerry Belk came close to realizing the dream of all bowlers last week in the Tuesday Night Merchants League at Carl Richard Bowl East. Jerry struck on the first 11 shots of his third game Tuesday before pulling the 12th ball far left of the right-hander’s 1-3 pocket.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Fatai Hala’Api’Api scored 19 points on a near-perfect shooting night, and guards India Wood, Robin Kantin and Ela Zawadka combined for 40 points as Missouri Southern whipped Quincy (Ill.) 83-51 Saturday night in the Pittsburg State Pizza Hut/Comfort Inn Thanksgiving Classic.

It wasn’t the 96 points that the high-scoring Missouri Southern Lions put up Saturday night that had Lions coach Robert Corn in a pleasant mood.

Edna Smith will finally get to celebrate her birthday today — a year late. Smith spent her 34th birthday in a Springfield burn unit after the Anderson Guest House fire on Nov. 27, 2006. She will celebrate her recovery with cake, ice cream and family and friends who helped pull her through.

ANDERSON, Mo. — Even now, almost a year later, Lawrence Henson gets mad when he thinks about it. “It should not have happened,” he said of the Nov. 27, 2006, fire that gutted the Anderson Guest House, killing 11 people, including his sister, Patricia Henson.

Strung out on drugs and reeling from the death of her daughter, Lexi thought she had hit rock bottom in that Cobb County extended-stay hotel. Then came the muscle-bound man in the black SUV. He pulled up to Lexi as night fell on a gas station parking lot off Windy Hill Road in June 2005. He introduced himself as "Hardbody" and asked Lexi whether she had ever considered a job in professional ...

As the search for Stacy Peterson nears the one-month mark, Illinois State Police continue to ask for the public’s help Saturday, this time with any information regarding the Petersons' two vehicles. State Police are enlisting the public for any information on either of the Petersons' vehicles that might have been seen between Sunday, Oct. 28 and Monday, Oct. 29, a release from ISP said.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Family members of two toddlers who were critically injured in an August car crash said the children are making progress in their rehabilitation.

Calgary skier becomes the first Canadian to win the men's downhill at Lake Louise

NEOSHO, Mo. — Members of the Hmong population living in Southwest Missouri gathered Saturday at Crowder College to celebrate the Hmong New Year through dance, song and a feast.

The FBI will join the search for Stacy Peterson, the missing wife of a former suburban police sergeant, according to a Chicago-based spokesman for the federal agency.

Edna Smith will finally get to celebrate her birthday today — a year late. Smith spent her 34th birthday in a Springfield burn unit after the Anderson Guest House fire on Nov. 27, 2006. She will celebrate her recovery with cake, ice cream and family and friends who helped pull her through.

Hyderabad, Nov. 24: Sales of unclaimed dead bodies from Hyderabad’s Osmania and Gandhi General Hospital mortuaries have declined sharply because of a price war.

Four people were injured in a three-car crash Friday night at 23rd Street and Pope Avenue in Independence

A man was killed early this morning in a two-car collision in Burlington County, according to authorities.

A man from Nixa was killed in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 65, near Saddlebrooke. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that at 12:55 p.m. Wayne T. Price, 57, was traveling southbound in a 1999 GMC Yukon, when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a rock bluff.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday on State Route 28 at Route C in Maries County.

Two people were transported to Poudre Valley Hospital after a three-car accident Friday afternoon that snarled traffic at Harmony Road and Lemay Avenue for about an hour.

I have had to replace the brake pads every six months and the rotors twice. This cost has been minimal to me due to the fact I formally did brake jobs for a mechanic. Most of that cost is getting passed on to the auto parts store, who do stand by the pads and replace them for free, not like GMC.

Coach: Stan Kaniecki III

The girls basketball scene may be even more talented than the boys this year as a plethora of local teams will be strong contenders for a state championship. Mount Notre Dame is the class of the city as the defending state champions return all five starters.

A volleyball player at East Brunswick High School, Melissa Strauss returned to her alma mater to take over the program in 2005.

The North Brunswick High School boys soccer team has produced some special players over the years, but the most talented striker in the program's history will graduate next spring.

A 19-year-old Dundee woman was admitted to Arnot Ogden Medical Center after a one-vehicle accident Friday morning on county Route 23 in Tyrone.

TYRONE Dundee woman hurt in accident A 19-year-old Dundee woman was admitted to Arnot Ogden Medical Center after a one-vehicle accident Friday morning on county Route 23 in Tyrone.

At a preseason football luncheon, St. Mary’s-Colgan head coach Chuck Smith revealed team two goals.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The defense has been there all along for the Missouri Southern Lions. Now it looks like the offense — especially the offense down low — isn’t too far behind.

From the basement to the penthouse in just one year. That’s the turnaround predicted for Carthage in Southwest Conference girls basketball.

Rising energy costs could be a factor in the presidential caucuses in the nation's leading producer of ethanol. Iowa is an energy-hungry farming state, where long-distance drives between far-flung cities are a way of life. Here, people watch the price of gasoline at places like the QT service station nearly as closely as the weather forecast during planting season.

Monett wrestling coach Daryl Bradley probably could talk for hours about this year’s loaded Cubs team, but the scariest sentence he utters is actually about 2008-09.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Twelve players scored as the Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team beat Crowder 75-40 Friday night in Hutch’s Thanksgiving Classic.

When Mike LaFontaine Jr., 34, approached his parents, Mike and Maureen LaFontaine, about building the state's first green dealership, it wasn't because he was a budding activist.

On the first official day of the holiday shopping season, Missouri Southern’s men’s basketball team quickly put itself in a Christmas giving and sharing mode.

At some point, roughly five years ago, Nick Lassiter approached his best friend, Webb City football teammate Adam Spieker, and gave him a good-natured ribbing about his college choice.“It’s weird,” Lassiter said Friday. “I actually gave him a hard time about going to Missouri, because I mean, he had offers from Nebraska, Arkansas, even Kansas.”

A Winnipeg man is facing drunk driving charges for his alleged role in a two-vehicle collision that killed tow-truck driver Amanda Frizzley in September.

Otsego County Sheriff’s Dept.

Winter’s first frosty layer and a frenzy of holiday shoppers led to several accidents – one resulting in a death – late Friday afternoon. One-tenth of an inch of snow fell in the Fargo-Moorhead area between 4 and 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

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A Shell Knob woman sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 7:45 a.m. Friday on Farm Road 1230, four miles west of Shell Knob in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Dan Whitworth brought in an old copy of the Columbia Tribune on Friday afternoon to Sportsman’s Park in Joplin. The front page of the sports section on Feb. 5, 1997, a day after Mizzou’s basketball team had defeated the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks. The headline: “Flippin’ the Bird.”

Sleepy and chilled, Pittsburg (Kan.) State University accounting major Jessica Kelley knew her father would appreciate his Christmas present this year, even if she couldn’t put a bow on it.

With a rivalry that can trace its roots to the bloody conflicts of the Civil War, fans of the Kansas Jayhawks are bracing for “the biggest game in KU’s modern history.”

Sleepy and chilled, Pittsburg (Kan.) State University accounting major Jessica Kelley knew her father would appreciate his Christmas present this year, even if she couldn’t put a bow on it.

GREENFIELD, Mo. — Talk that a large hog farm could be coming to Dade County was enough to get a controversial health ordinance passed by commissioners last week.

Dan Whitworth brought in an old copy of the Columbia Tribune on Friday afternoon to Sportsman’s Park in Joplin. The front page of the sports section on Feb. 5, 1997, a day after Mizzou’s basketball team had defeated the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks. The headline: “Flippin’ the Bird.”

Will we have virtually winter-less weather as in the winters of 2004-05 and 2005-06, or another hard-hitting winter as witnessed last year?

MIAMI, Okla. — City Manager Michael Spurgeon will leave at the end of the year to take a position in St. Charles, Mo. Spurgeon submitted his resignation Wednesday.

Davee Rayne Beavers, age 4 months, spent part of her Thanksgiving night alone, crying in the cold outside a Trotwood apartment, the unintended victim of a car theft.

NEOSHO, Mo. — Construction of a new 8,500-square-foot visitor center at the National Fish Hatchery in Neosho will not begin now until next year.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday on State Route 28 at Route C in Maries County.

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Rush Enterprises Inc., North America's largest owner and operator of heavy-duty and medium-duty truck dealerships, has lost one of the company's long-time board members to cancer.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's agents seized some 9,000 illegal pills, thousands of dollars in cash plus several vehicles in a case that began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 12 Monday.

BALSAM LAKE, WI (NBC) -- Employees of a Wisconsin towing company did a double take when they drove up to a rural Amery farm on Tuesday morning.

A mysterious letter has surfaced that missing Bolingbrook woman Stacy Peterson is still alive. A description of that letter was released by Drew Peterson's attorney. But Thursday night, Stacy Peterson's family is skeptical. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR NASSAU COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 07-CA -341 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs.

The 24th-annual Uvalde Leader-News/Oasis Outback Trophy Buck Contest will once again offer new rifles for the hunters bagging the best deer statewide and in Uvalde County.

A disciplinary panel deliberates over a whether a leading paediatrician is guilty of misconduct.

PLANT CITY - A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in two separate incidents ‑ a hit and run crash where he left injured passengers behind and attempting to run a police vehicle off the road after a shoplifting at Wal-Mart, authorities said.

If coincidences didn't happen, we wouldn't have a word for them. OK, maybe not. Still, I was surprised when a 2-foot piece of plastic trim came tumbling out of the 2008 Toyota Highlander SUV I was testing just three days after Consumer Reports had downgraded the automaker's rating for reliability.

Local events.

OTTAWA — Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, announced a couple of weeks ago the discovery of a huge offshore oil field - described as the second-biggest discovery of conventional crude anywhere in the world in the past 20 years.

Bypassed oil beckons

A neighbor told police he spotted Drew Peterson and a mystery man loading a large blue barrel into the disgraced cop's GMC Denali hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said. "It's between 35 and 55 gallons," one of the sources aid. "Big enough to put someone in."

TOWN OF TEXAS -- A 68-year-old Wausau man died after a tree fell on top of him, according to the Marathon County Sheriffs Department.

A neighbor told police he spotted Drew Peterson and a mystery man loading a large blue barrel into the disgraced cop's GMC Denali hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said. The identity of the man accompanying Peterson was not known, a pair of police sources said.

A neighbor of Drew Peterson told police he spotted the former Bolingbrook police sergeant and a second man loading a large blue barrel into Peterson's sport utility vehicle hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said.

A 20-year-old man was hospitalized Thursday after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting, police said.

MONTAGUE — The body of a deceased white male was found in the woods near the intersection of Old Mine and Jager Roads in Montague on Thursday morning.

Missouri Southern men’s basketball coach Robert Corn knows one former Lion who would fit in nicely with this year’s team.

Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State bring 3-0 records into this weekend’s Freeman Sports Medicine/Chris Tucker Classic at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.

STATE NEWS IN BRIEF BUTNER Fall from 41-foot stand kills deer hunter

If you saw the Associated Press photo in Thursday’s paper of the people sitting in an airport dressed as Pilgrims, I bet you had the same thought that I had.

Hastings NOV. 5 Theft. A man in the 500 block of Tuttle Dr. reported that someone entered his truck during the night while it was parked in his driveway. The man is unsure if the truck was locked, but there was no damage. Several items were stolen, including prescription sunglasses, a dog training collar, an iPod and a fly fishing reel. NOV. 08 Compliance checks. The police department conducted ...

Marathon County authorities are searching for a 75-year-old woman with diabetes who went missing Monday afternoon.

Daniel Anthony Aguilera Dfine Cabinetry LLC 1430 N. Racine Lane, Gilbert 85234. Daniel Ardelean A1 Custom Homes LLC 11023 N. Saint Andrews Way, Scottsdale 85254.

It needed brake work done to it when I bought it. It looked like every brake and fuel line under the truck was replaced at one point or another for rust issues before I bought it.

Bella Vista incidents Among incidents reported to the Bella Vista Police Department according to records, were the following: At 8:15 a.m. Monday, a gray pickup truck hit a tree at Reed and Trafalgar Road. (Benton County Daily Record)

Local events.

Wave of gun violence has rocked Metro Vancouver, leaving 19 dead and 12 injured so far this year

The i-wireless Tour moves from the football field to the basketball court with 10 more games for the 2007-2008 season.

The i-wireless Tour moves from the football field to the basketball court with 10 more games for the 2007-2008 season.

PIKE COUNTY- State Police at Blooming Grove are investigating a report of a missing person.

LIVERMORE — A report of a prowler in Livermore led police Monday to find and arrest the suspects in several home-invasion robberies and burglaries throughout the Bay Area.

LIVERMORE — A report of a prowler in Livermore led police Monday to find and arrest the suspects in several home-invasion robberies and burglaries throughout the Bay Area.

A Harbeson man was killed when he crashed his vehicle after fleeing an accident Saturday night, Delaware State Police said.

DELTA TWP. - Third-shift workers at several local suppliers to the General Motors Corp. Lansing Delta Township plant will keep their jobs for another month. When the Detroit automaker said last month it would cut the third shift at the Delta plant, it appeared layoffs would come Wednesday.

Cami Automotive workers may be hit harder by job cuts than was first believed as the company gears up for a new vehicle, the Canadian Auto Workers union warns.

Here is a look at girls high school basketball teams from across Middle Georgia. Teams not listed did not report their information to The Telegraph.

Two people were shot in separate incidents Wednesday.

Dateline: Australia-- Santas in Australia’s largest city have been told not to use St. Nicholas’ traditional “ho, ho, ho” greeting because it may be offensive to women. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported last Thursday that streetcorner Santa Clauses have been instructed to say “ha, ha, ha” instead. One rather unjolly Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm wanted him not to use the ...

Year’s final races coming this weekend

Panaji, Nov 21 Goa is all set to host the 38th International Film Festival of India 2007, the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat announced at the first IFFI-related press conference today.