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Marian Ann Lenz used to race to the telephone office downtown after school with her friend Patty. The first one there got to run the switchboard. The office was just down the street from their school on the bustling Main Street of this tiny Cooper County town.

JEFFERSON CITY­ — I­n a surprise development Wednesday, Gov. Matt Blunt endorsed the proposed audit of MOHELA in a letter to State Auditor Susan Montee. Blunt also commended Montee on her efforts to audit the loan company, which has never been audited before.

Enjoy it while you can.

Representatives from three national firms will meet in closed session with the University of Missouri Board of Curators this morning to try to convince the board that their firm should handle the university’s search for its next president.

Missouri needed the shot to count. They needed it for more than the three points it would have provided. They needed something, anything, to feel good about going into halftime.

After Wednesday night, it’s hard to believe the All-America Honorable Mention player was on the No. 23 Texas women’s basketball team.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The suddenly surging St. Louis Blues are even winning on the road.

ST. LOUIS — On his way home after the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series parade, Mark Mulder told manager Tony La Russa that he wanted the team and the town to see him at his best.