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June 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - The families of two children who suffered E. coli infections after eating McDonald's hamburgers must sue in the rural counties where the restaurants were located, not in a bigger city where McDonald's also has franchises, the state SupremeCourt ruled Tuesday.The decision was a victory for McDonald's Corp.

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January 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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October 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill cited a report Tuesday suggesting reverse mortgages can be risky for seniors as evidence that greater federal regulations are needed for the growing industry.Reverse mortgages allow people age 62 and older to convert their home equity into cash. The loans typically come due when the borrower dies, sells the home or has not lived in it for a year.

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September 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon pledged Tuesday to go after fellow politicians who make prerecorded phone calls to people's homes without properly disclosing who's behind them.Nixon, who is running for governor, said the attorney general's office received hundreds of complaints before the Aug.

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December 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - A top aide for Missouri's governor encouraged staffers to delete e-mails under the mistaken belief they had found a loophole in the state's public records laws, an attorney fired from the governor's office said in a deposition released Wednesday.Gov. Matt Blunt, meanwhile, denounced the investigation into his office's e-mail practices as "ridiculous" and "an utter waste of money.

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October 26, 2007 | Law.com

A lawsuit accuses Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt of racial discrimination and abuse of power for firing a janitorial contractor that employed illegal immigrants. The suit alleges discrimination because the fired company is owned by an African-born U.S. citizen, while white contractors own the company that subsequently obtained the contract. Blunt said he didn't know the race of the fired company's owner when he issued an executive order to cancel contracts with companies found to be using illegal immigrants.

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February 27, 2012 | Daily Report Online

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February 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - Although President Barack Obama's push for a health care overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in about half the states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates.The proposals would assert a state-based right for people to pay medical bills from their own pocketbooks and prohibit penalties against those who refuse to carry health insurance.

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November 09, 2006 | Law.com

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a law that allows alcohol liability lawsuits against bars and restaurants but blocks suits against convenience and grocery stores, rejecting a claim that the distinction was unconstitutional. A woman sought to sue the store that sold beer to her underage son the night before his fatal car accident. The court held her claim was not covered by state law, which allows suits only against those who sell liquor by the drink for consumption on site, and only in some cases.

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October 13, 2005 | Law.com

A coalition of researchers and patients groups proposed a constitutional amendment Tuesday to protect stem cell research in Missouri, where anti-abortion activists have tried to outlaw a particular type of research they say amounts to the taking of a human life. Amendment backers must gather at least 139,181 voter signatures to get the measure on the 2006 ballot. The coalition claimed its proposal was the first in the nation to protect patients' rights to be treated with eventual stem cell-related cures.

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