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Woman indicted in fatal MySpace hoax on girl

"Any adult who uses the Internet to bully or harass another person, particularly a young teenage girl, needs to realize that their actions can have serious consequences," U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien said in announcing the indictment.

6 killed in gunfire at City Council meeting

Two Kirkwood police officers and three people attending the meeting were killed by the gunman, who rushed the council chambers and began firing as he yelled "Shoot the mayor!" according to St. Louis County Police spokesman Tracy Panus.

Kansas City chemical plant explodes

The NYT has been warning about a terrorist attack on chemical plants in the NorthEast, this appears to be an accidental blast: Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.

Machine Records Dem Vote For GOP _ TPMCafe

My wife just came home from voting here in Webster Groves MO. She used the electronic touch-screen voting system. . . She touched Claire McCaskill's picture and the machine recorded a vote for Jim Talent. She then called one of the people running the polling center who helped her correct the problem. My wife then had to call the person over another time after it recorded her vote a Republican again. In her frustration she asked the person who was responsible for the design of this system. The polling person leaned in very close to my wife and whispered, "We're f----d."

Rush vs. Fox

Why Rush Limbaugh's attack on Michael J. Fox is is a pathetic sideswipe that attempts, and fails, to obscure the real issue: stem-cell research is medicine's next frontier.

A wedge issue that helps Democrats

Stem cell research is dividing Missouri's GOP. Will the split be wide enough to win Claire McCaskill a Senate seat?

Missouri Says It Can't Find Execution Doctor

Missouri officials are headed for a showdown with a federal judge after informing him that the state cannot comply with a key part of his order directing the state to change its lethal injection execution procedures. The clash in Missouri raises two thorny questions about capital punishment that are becoming increasingly significant one concerning judicial oversight, the other the role of the medical community.