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The Missouri Natural Resources Department has embarked on a nearly $1 million project to prevent toxins from running off a former Boone County coal mine.

A total of 31 complaints about potential violations of the smoking ban were received from Jan. 9 through Wednesday, according to the Columbia/Boone County Health Department records.

In a brief Senate Education Committee meeting Wednesday, students, professors and lobbyists spoke about a bill that the sponsor said will stop discrimination against college students because of their religious or political views.

"Embarrassing,” “ridiculous” and “appalling” were just three of many words Democrats used to voice their opposition Wednesday before the Senate overwhelmingly gave final passage to the plan to sell off some of the assets of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.

Sutu Forte doesn’t know what she will be doing with herself for the next year.

In 1999, the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction after the judges decided the victim’s jeans were so tight that she had to have helped her assailant take them off. Women in the Italian legislature expressed their outrage by agreeing to wear jeans to work.

The basement in Brady Commons was a flurry of activity Wednesday as students packed in to eat free Shakespeare’s pizza and write letters to their elected officials asking them to go further in supporting higher education.

More than 200 voices will come together in harmony tonight in Jesse Auditorium for the premiere of a song composed by an MU professor. “The Last Beginning,” by music theory and composition professor Thomas McKenney, was written specially for this concert.

The Missouri Senate passed the $21.5 billion state budget bill on Wednesday, but not without a challenge by one of its members to introduce an amendment to allow embryonic stem cell research in life science research grants.

The head of the Missouri Gaming Commission said Wednesday this might be the year the state gets rid of gambling loss limits.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was not the cause of death of a 6-month-old girl whose mother is accused of neglecting her, Boone County Chief Medical Examiner Eddie Adelstein testified Wednesday during day two of a trial charging the infant’s mother with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, first-degree child endangerment and possession of marijuana.

JEFFERSON CITY — With only about three weeks left in the 2007 legislative session, the chairman of the House committee reviewing the bill to restructure Medicaid is holding a second hearing on the bill and may completely restructure it.

Ten years ago, Jill Villasana was a senior at Hickman High School with dreams of attending MU.

Thanks to a scholarship program through the Mizzou Alumni Association, she was able to.

JEFFERSON CITY— A state audit released Wednesday predicts a state fund to compensate disabled workers who suffer additional work injuries will likely run out of money by 2008.

It looks like the Missouri Tigers will lose two players from last season’s team.

After Wednesday’s 7-1 home loss to Jefferson City, Rock Bridge baseball coach Justin Towe was upset with his team’s effort, comparing it to that of a summer league team. But despite his disappointment, Towe also noticed the defensive work of his first baseman, Ben Martin, who dug multiple balls out of the dirt against the Jays.

Clark Swisher didn’t eat much Wednesday. He never does this time of year. He’s not able to.