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Local relief organizations share ways you can help tornado survivors in Oklahoma SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- "Our community is really reaching out and stepping up." Nigel Holderby with the Red Cross is not surprised by the generosity in the Ozarks. "I believe Oklahoma and the disaster that has happened in our neighboring state hits all too ...

Volunteers from the Ozarks helping people, animals who survived the Moore, OK tornado Moore, OK - Volunteers have very busy in Moore, Oklahoma, helping the people who surived Monday's mammoth tornado.  They are also helping the ranchers who lost their animals.  Many of the horses that survived the storm are being treated at a ...

Whiteman AFB says one of its fighter jets cut power line crossing Stockton Lake BONA, Mo. -- Officials at Whiteman Air Force Base confirm it was one of their fighter jets that clipped and broke a power line crossing Stockton Lake. It happened Wednesday afternoon near Bona in northeastern Dade County. Danielle Johnston, a public affairs officer ...

Spinach and Strawberry Salad with sweet basil dressing Best made with fresh local ingredients.  For more recipes find Robin Street Provisions on Facebook Ingredients: 1.5 cups fresh sliced strawberries 3 cups fresh spinach leaves 4 slices uncooked bacon .75 cup crumbled feta cheese 2 oz sweet basil vinaigrette dressing(can be purchased at FMO)See substitute ...

Fishermen asked to assist in smallmouth bass study WEST PLAINS, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking anglers who fish select Ozark streams to help with a research project by reporting their catches of tagged smallmouth bass. One of Missouri's most popular game fish, smallmouth bass are ...

Man arrested after shot fired in Rolla bar early Thursday ROLLA, Mo. - A man who fired a shot inside a Rolla bar after an argument is behind bars today, police say.Rolla police arrested a 46-year-old Rolla man after customers inside the Porch Bar and Grill, 707 N. Pine, restrained him ...



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Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate
Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A challenge to the federal health care law faces its most prominent test yet in a full 10th Circuit hearing in Denver on Thursday. Hobby Lobby stores is challenging a federal mandate requiring it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morining-after birth control pill. The Oklahoma based arts and crafts chain says the mandate violates the religious beliefs of its owners. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen.

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he has selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.