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Rep. Akin: Pregnancy from rape is 'really rare'

Todd Akin

Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, the conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate, quickly backed off comments that aired earlier Sunday, in which he told an interviewer that a woman's body "has ways" to prevent pregnancy during rape and that such pregnancies are "really rare."

 

Bomb threats at seven Walmarts

At least seven Walmarts across Missouri were evacuated this week because of several bomb threats, KCTV reports.

 

Missing mom's diary sheds light on husband's arrest

The husband of a southeast Missouri woman missing for nearly a year has been charged with first-degree murder.

 

Mom, 3 Daughters Found Shot Dead at Campground

Police say they are investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and her three children at a remote Missouri campground as a possible triple murder-suicide.

 

Santorum hammers Obama with dubious claim on healthcare bill cost

If you're looking for a possible roadmap for Rick Santorum's campaign in the week ahead, he provided one in his stump speech in Osage Beach, Mo., on Friday.

 

GOP primary hits Puerto Rico, continues in Missouri

Mitt Romney

The Republican primary process rolls on nearly eleven months after it kicked off in Iowa, and with no definitive end in sight. On Saturday, Missouri began its process of awarding delegates to presidential contenders and the campaigns of Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each looked to win the more aggressively-contested primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday.

 

Storms in the Midwest Kill at Least 9

Midwest Storms

A powerful system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes early Wednesday laid waste to small towns in Illinois and Kansas while also roughing up the resort town of Branson, Mo.

 

4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states

Missouri Earthquake

Only minor damage is reported after an earthquake centered in southeast Missouri shook at least nine states.

 

Santorum gets second wind with victories in Minn., Mo., Co.

Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum scored victories in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado nominating contests Tuesday night, winning him no actual delegates, but nonetheless blocking Mitt Romney's bid to keep alive a streak of victories in the Republican presidential primary. Santorum scored broad victories in the Minnesota caucus and a primary in Missouri, according to NBC News projections. But Santorum's most significant upset came in Colorado, where the state GOP declared him the apparent victor in caucuses there.

Senh: Rick Santorum is in it to win it!

 

Romney camp downplays expectations for Tuesday votes

Mitt Romney

The Romney campaign's broadening of its attack this week to include Rick Santorum reflects some of the uncertainty surrounding votes Tuesday in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri -- the first multi-state election day of the campaign.

 

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