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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Matt Blunt is visiting Iraq and Afghanistan this week, meeting with Missouri troops to show appreciation and watching as Iraqi security forces train to manage their own country.

Given that he died in 1972, President Harry Truman looks pretty good.

JEFFERSON CITY — A report from a state military commission calls for changes to the education system to help Missouri become a “military friendly state.”

Columbia-area law enforcement officers ran through a shower of rain and hail to take a torch to the opening ceremonies of the 35th annual Missouri Special Olympics Wednesday afternoon, and it would have taken more than bad weather to stop them.

With two days remaining until summer vacation, students at Stephens College Children’s School celebrated a year of working hard by playing hard: Wednesday was their second annual Water Day “where the school comes together to have fun,” teacher Rachel Johnson said.

The doctor who performed surgery on a severely burned 6-year-old last June testified in the 13th Circuit Court on Wednesday that the boy’s injuries were so severe that they seemed to have been caused by an alkaline chemical — like drain or oven cleaner — and not a scalding shower like his mother and father are charged with placing him in as punishment.

WARRENSBURG — A Missourian killed with eight other Americans when their plane crashed in New Guinea during World War II has been laid to rest in his native state more than 60 years later.

It’s a sunny day on the verge of summer and Hickman students have just been dismissed from school. While most are leaving campus with their car windows down and music blasting, a group of young men wearing purple and white uniforms assemble on Hickman’s baseball field.

Action pistol shooters are a unique group. National Rifle Association Press Chief Joe Roberts, 60, who has been involved in the sport since 1954 drew artistic parallels.

Rock Bridge players began wandering onto Bethel Park’s tennis courts well before their last practice before today’s state semifinal match against Rockhurst.

SAN FRANCISCO — Three Cardinals pitchers fell a single short of the cycle.

First came “40 Minutes of Hell.” Then “The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball.” Now it’s cease and desist.

KANSAS CITY — Detroit manager Jim Leyland gave his own version of a commencement speech to Jeremy Bonderman on Wednesday night.