Missouri efforts to expand texting law again fall short

Saturday, May 5, 2012 | 3:41 p.m. CDT; updated 9:40 p.m. CDT, Saturday, May 5, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY — Late last year, federal safety officials made a deadly crash in rural eastern Missouri a focal point in a nationwide call to ban drivers from using their cellphones while behind the wheel.

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