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Tests show why texting-while-driving may be more dangerous than DWI About six different bills in the Missouri Legislature this session would ban texting behind the wheel for everyone in the Show Me State.

DAV prepares to open third thrift shop in Springfield MO Business is up at most second-hand stores.

Woman from Mountain View sees uphill fight for medical marijuana in Missouri Sherry Cooper believes pot would let her stop taking up to 13 prescription painkiller pills each day.

Governor names Replogle to be next leader of Missouri State Highway Patrol Maj. Ronald Replogle, a native of Marshfield, is a 26-year veteran of the patrol.

Post your cancellations and closings here If you have canceled events such as sporting activities, group meetings or church services, post the information in the comments section.

Beebe: Keep focus of legislative session on Arkansas budget The session is the first under a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to meet and budget annually.



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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)
In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.

GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit (AP)
A supporter of the health care reform holds a sign outside a health care town hall meeting with U.S. congressman Kendrick Meeks (R-FL) in Miami, Florida in this September 3, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/FilesAP - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.

Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic (AP)
Kevin McMahon of Washington, uses an oven pan as he slides on the slope of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A second major storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply.

Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel (AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's atomic agency Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 that Iran, which is set to start enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)AP - The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor.

Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strands 1,500 (AP)
AP - Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.