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  • Where do you hold your cellphone? Your brain decides
    When you talk on the cellphone, do you hold it up to your right ear or left? A group of researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan suggest that how you hold your phone could give away the dominant half of your brain. The lesson the group took away was this: Most right-handed people, who eat and write and throw with their right hand, also prefer to talk with their cellphone held up to ...
        


  • Fracking boom triggers water battle in North Dakota
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting."It's not that they lack water, like Texas and California. They are swimming in it, and it is free for the taking. Yet as the state's Bakken shale fields have grown, so has the fight over who has the righ...
        


  • How space tourism could open our eyes, help save Earth
    By Mike Wall \Space.comSAN MATEO, Calif. — Opening spaceflight up to the masses could help spark a global conservation ethic that stems the tide of environmental destruction on Earth, NASA's science chief says.Seeing our fragile Earth hanging alone in the blackness of space tends to be a life-altering, or at least perspective-changing, experience. If more people around the world are treated to tha...
        


  • Car bombs kill at least two in Russia's Dagestan
    MAKHACHKALA, Russia - Two car bombs killed at least two people on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency. Car bombs, suicide bombings and firefights are common in Dagestan, at the centre of an insurgency rooted in two post-Soviet wars against separatist rebels in neighbouring Chechnya. Investigators initi...
        


  • Albert Pujols doesn't matter anymore
    The thing that’s strange – the thing that’s sad – is how little excitement there is now when he comes to the plate. Let’s go to a moment in Sunday’s Angels-White Sox game. The count is 3-0, and Albert Pujols has the green light. There should be an electrical charge buzzing the air. Only … really … there isn’t a buzz. There isn’t a charge. There isn’t anything at all. The thrill-o-meter is at zero....
        


 
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  • Photos: Bomb Shelters Get Pimped Out
    A Look Inside Nuclear Fallout Shelters
        


  • One Year After Death, Marina Keegan's Words Live On
    On the one-year anniversary of her death at 23 in a car crash, Yale activist and writer of "The Opposite of Loneliness" has play performed, book deal and two memorial scholarships.
        


  • Photos: 'Batman' Star Is Completely Unrecognizable
    Christian Bale seen arriving at LAX with his wife Sibi Blazic and daughter Emmeline.
        


  • Bon Jovi's 'Horrible Moment' When Daughter Overdosed
    Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about what he calls his “worst moment as a father,” the day his 19-year-old daughter overdosed on heroin. “It was horrible, a horrible moment. It was my worst moment as a father,” he told UK newspaper the Daily...
        
  • Photos: 'Doritos Girl' Lists Home
    Ali Landry, whose first claim to fame was a 1998 Super Bowl Doritos commercial, listed her 4-bed home for $1.925 million. Landry bought the home in the Los Angeles area in 2004. She's married to director and producer Alejandro Monteverde, and they have two children. Built in 1927, the 3,700-sq. ft. home has Spanish detailing including tiles, stained glass windows, and an "authentic Mexican patio with fountain."
        


 
 
 
Local News Archives
    Wednesday, September 18, 2002
  • 2nd Murder Arrest
    Police have another breakthrough in a two-year old murder investigation. A second man has been arrested in connection with the 19-99 murders of two Joplin...
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  • KSN FIRE
    Fire knocks your Hometown station off the air...Fire broke out at the KSN TV studios during the noon news Wednesday. Station personnel were evacuated after flames...
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  • Highway 59 Facelift
    Construction officially began on this second attempt to repair Highway 59 near Noel. Traffic has been detoured onto Highway 90 since June when heavy rains...
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  • Tuesday, September 17, 2002
  • Dangerous I-44 Bridge
    Two recent accidents on I-44 are causing Missouri Department of Transportation representatives to examine the safety of the Shoal Creek bridge. A Missouri woman...
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  • Highway 59 Facelift
    Construction workers begin their efforts to repair a busy local highway... for the second time. Construction officially began on this second attempt to repair...
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  • Park Superintendent Retires
    Newton and Jasper County Commissioners gathered today to honor Bill Jackson. After nine years of service to the George Washington Carver monument, Jackson is...
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  • Friday, September 13, 2002
  • High Speed Chase in Carthage
    A high speed chase ends in a car colliding into a telephone pole early this morning. Webb City police officers heard what was thought to be...
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  • Triple Arrest in Columbus, Kansas
    An arrest in one four state community lands a man in jail on one million dollars bond. Kenneth M. Nelums of Picher, Oklahoma is...
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  • Thursday, September 12, 2002
  • 9/11 Babies
    As many were mourning those who lost their lives on September 11th others found new hope for 9/11. Five new babies were born at St. John`s...
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  • Jones and Rather Pre-Trial
    Two men charged in connection with a five year old murder investigation appear before an Ottawa County judge. Twenty Five year old Brandon Jones and 47-year-old...
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  • Delaware County Bankrobber
    Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Southern Delaware County Oklahoma bank this morning. Sheriff`s deputies say a man robbed the Arvest bank at...
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  • Wednesday, September 11, 2002
  • A Father Remembers
    Freedom is worth fighting for. a local man knows the price for our freedom... he lost his son who died while fighting for our rights. ...
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  • September 11, 2002 Events
    Here is a list of events or memorials happing in the four states to remember those lost on September 11, 2001. SAINT ANN`S SCHOOL ...
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  • Tuesday, September 10, 2002
  • Salvation Army Service
    A public service was also held at the Joplin Salvation Army. Captain Gary Laws conducted the memorial service at the Salvation Memorial Chapel. A special guest was...
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  • Early Morning Accident
    An early morning accident claims the life of one four state man and injures another. Police say the accident happened just after midnight when a car...
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  • Carterville NTSB Report
    The National Transportation Safety Board says pilot error is the cause for a fatal plane crash in Carterville, Missouri last year. Six people were killed when...
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  • Monday, September 9, 2002
  • Picher,OK $$$$
    Residents in Picher,Oklahoma are voicing their concerns over superfund site money. Many Picher residents and city leaders attended a town hall meeting on Tuesday. The community members...
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  • Miami Meth Bust
    A mother of three is arrested at her home for operating a meth lab. Miami Police Officers served a search warrant at the home of...
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  • Wednesday, September 4, 2002
  • Newton County Speed Limits
    County commissioners in one four state area are working to put the breaks on unsafe roadways. The Newton County Commissioners Office is discussing speed...
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  • Neosho MAP Scores
    The test scores are in... And the neosho R-5 school district is celebrating a higher test score average on the Missouri Assessment Program. ...
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