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Sweet release.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Mary T Nguyen Oct. 31--My earliest memory of Halloween is being 4 years old and getting dressed up as a fluffy, white bunny. I had a headband of fuzzy ears to top off the rest of the homemade costume that consisted of a white faux-fur winter jacket, a white skirt and white...

Ex-cop to get new murder trial.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Joe Meyer Oct. 31--A decision by the Missouri Supreme Court yesterday paves the way for a new trial of a former Columbia police officer who was convicted of murdering a University of Missouri-Columbia student with whom he was having a homosexual affair more than three years ago....

Forum advises suits to foster school choice.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Janese Heavin Oct. 31--If school districts can sue a state in hopes of increasing education funding, parents should be able to sue schools that aren't providing an adequate education. That was the message a group of school choice advocates left yesterday after an all-day...

Steven Rios case boils down to hearsay evidence.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Joe Meyer Oct. 31--The Missouri Supreme Court decision paving the way for former cop Steven Rios to receive a new trial on first-degree murder charges boils down to the admissibility of hearsay statements during his 2005 trail. Hearsay statements are made by witnesses who...

Welliver remembered for strong beliefs.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jason Rosenbaum Oct. 31--Warren Welliver "was a person who fought hard for things he believed in. And when he was on the" Missouri Supreme Court, "he was a person who did the same thing," said Chip Robertson, a former judge on the Missouri Supreme Court. "You have to respect...