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President Obama to Address Progress Post-Ferguson
WASHINGTON (AP)- For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black president plans a speech Saturday from the Edmund...
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Lt. Gov. Kinder Blames Feds for ‘Incitement of the Mob’ in Ferguson
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor says there is more racism in the U.S. Department of Justice than can be found in the entire St. Louis area. Peter Kinder also blames the DOJ for some...
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President Obama Launches Personal Twitter Account
WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama is embracing short-form communication. Twitter has a new @POTUS account. For years, White House officials have used Twitter to communicate White House policy and...
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Ban On Military-Style Gear Draws Mixed Review in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – In a surprise announcement, Monday, President Obama said the federal government will be banned from providing some military-style equipment to local police departments. It comes...
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Syrian Refugees Say Previous Home Wasn’t Even Fit For Rats
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Two Syrian refugees, Wael and Jailan, arrived in St. Louis just two months ago by way of Turkey. They say they moved from the Aleppo region of Syria, where they slept in places not...
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White Sox Fan Obama Rooting For Cubs
President says in e-mail, "They're due. They've got great young players, and I'm a Maddon fan."
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USWNT Visits White House, Wambach Retires
UNDATED (AP) – Abby Wambach is leaving her game just the way she wanted to — as a champion. The leading career scorer — male or female — in international soccer, Wambach announced her retirement on...
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Pro-Choice Missouri Issues Statement On Colorado Clinic Attack
ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) – The interim director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri is reacting to Friday’s shooting deaths at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Alison Dreith says...
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President Obama Plans Speech in Springfield, Ill.
UNDATED (KMOX) – According to a travel advisory from the White House, President Barack Obama intends to make a trip back to the place where he formerly served as a state senator. The Chicago Tribune...
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Local Reaction to Justice Scalia’s Death
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Missouri Republican Party Chair John Hancock remembered his “sharp intellect and outsized personality.” St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce tweeted, “I disagreed with many of...
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Next Illinois Government Holiday Could Be Obama’s Birthday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A group of Illinois House Democrats are proposing President Barack Obama’s birthday become the next state holiday. The State (Springfield) Journal-Register reports Presidents...
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Sen. Kirk Tweets Thank-You Note from Pres. Obama
CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois has tweeted a photo of a note from President Barack Obama thanking him for meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland. Kirk sent the tweet...
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SLU Investigates Report of Baseball Players’ Racially Offensive Texts
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Saint Louis University is investigating a complaint that some members of its baseball team exchanged a series of racially offensive texts about President Barack Obama. It happened a...
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Missouri AG Disagrees with Obama’s Policy on Transgender Bathroom Use
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Attorney General Chris Koster is getting involved in the national transgender school restroom debate. Koster says his office intends to disagree with President Obama’s request to...
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St. Louis Protesters Rally Against Dakota Access Pipeline
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – St. Louis was among some 200 cities around the world to host demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Tuesday. Protesters outside the Robert Young Federal Building stand...
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Trump Acts to Advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump moved swiftly Tuesday to advance the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, signing executive actions to aggressively overhaul America’s...
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Total Information AM – Thursday, May 19th
President Obama is going to have what is being called a major policy speech regarding the Mideast later today. We spoke with CBS correspondent Robert Berger in Jerusalem. Dr. Joe Primrose spoke with...
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Overnight America: Gas Prices, Debt Ceiling, Afghanistan
Ralph Graczak is filling in for Jon Grayson who has the evening off. Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said yesterday it is selling off 30 million barrels of oil from the...
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Overnight America: Debt Debate, GOP Primary & More
Ralph Graczak is sitting in for Jon Grayson on this Independence Day. The debt ceiling debates continue with little progress since last week. What would default mean for the U.S. economy and what...
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