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The Peace Nook has been taking measures to protest a demonstration that will be held Saturday by the neo-Nazi group, The National Socialist Movement. Jessica Johnson, a regular volunteer at the Nook, targeted shops along Ninth Street, asking them to put up signs in opposition to the march. Emblazoned, “NO HATE IN OUR TOWN,” the blue and gold signs are indicative of the general sentiment of Ninth Street’s business owners.

A federal grand jury indicted five men associated with the Columbia-based Islamic American Relief Agency on Tuesday on charges of illegally transferring $1.4 million to Iraq between March 1991 and May 2003 while U.S. government sanctions were in place.

For Susan Wheeler, telling her son to look both ways before crossing the street is not enough. Instead, she orders the 18-year-old never to cross the street near where they live, no matter what.

The American Civil Rights Coalition, a national organization that opposes affirmative action in college admissions, will make a decision within the next few weeks on whether to pursue a November 2008 ballot initiative to eliminate racial preference practices in Missouri.

When Steven Morrison, executive director of the Jewish Community Council in Madison, Wis., learned that members of the National Socialist Movement planned a rally on the steps of the Wisconsin state Capitol on a Saturday afternoon, he didn’t hesitate to announce what he planned to do during the event — take a nap.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would give $60 million to federally qualified health centers for capital improvements.

The National Socialist Movement is just one group that has benefited from the political battle for immigration reform. According the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that works against hate groups, the NSM, which says it will march in Columbia on Saturday, and other supremacist organizations have expanded their ranks by exploiting the growing resentment of illegal immigration among Americans.

JEFFERSON CITY — Students might get a voting representative on the University of Missouri System Board of Curators if legislation continues to gain momentum, student lobbyists said.

The Boone County Fire Protection District hired a consultant on Wednesday to help write and review job descriptions to replace former Assistant Chief Sharon Curry.

The NAACP is organizing a rally at 11 a.m. Saturday outside the Boone County Courthouse in response to a march the same day by a white supremacist group.

ST. LOUIS — Gov. Matt Blunt’s chief of staff asked the state utility regulator Wednesday to investigate contributions to Attorney General Jay Nixon’s gubernatorial campaign that originated with Ameren Corp.

Sweeping wasn’t all that was on the mind of Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson Wednesday night.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Missouri guard Stefhon Hannah simply can’t stand even the thought of not having the ball in his hands. At the least, he hopes one of his teammates has the ball.

Chasity Prince is rarely in the spotlight.

Sarah Stringer couldn’t remember a day like she had Wednesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Usually kids have to do a lot of begging to get their parents to excuse them from a day of school. Either that or they can occasionally fake an illness, depending on how good their acting is.

“Athletic chess” is how Robbie Roach describes the game of tennis. Many tennis players say they like the intense workout and enjoy hustling from the backcourt to the net.

When the Columbia College softball team begins its home campaign today two future teachers will do their best to help the team’s young players learn.