Missouri Abortion Coverage

Abortion takes center stage at interfaith gathering   COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER — Abortion has stormed onto the stage of the Democratic National Convention's opening event.

Sky's the limit for explosive Missouri wideout Maclin  Pitchin' Paul Christman? Johnny Roland? Roger Wehrli?Jeremy Maclin's face is blank. He turns 20 on Tuesday, and Missouri football as the Tigers sophomore wide receiver knows it dates back no more than a decade or so -- well beyond the days when the program's greatest, most famous players were on the field.

Anti-abortion protesters take message to interfaith crowd   COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER — Praying, literally, that those headed to Sunday afternoon's interfaith service would be more receptive to their anti-abortion message, dozens of protesters unfurled banners that often included graphic pictures of aborted fetuses.

Highway deaths down in Missouri, Kansas in 2007  Missouri and Kansas each had a good year reducing highway deaths in 2007, new federal figures show. Missouri had the country’s sixth-biggest drop in highway fatalities, with 104 fewer people killed in 2007 than in 2006, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.

News Site Plans Live Video Coverage of Conventions  Among the many news sites that will be trying to find new ways to cover the political conventions is WashingtonPost.com , which says it will produce seven hours of live video coverage a day, anchored by Chris Cillizza and Jon Meacham, from the Republican and Democratic conventions.

Missouri Receives Grants to Benefit Mothers, Babies  Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services DHSS has been awarded two grants from the March of Dimes to improve the health of women and children in Missouri.

How Missouri and Kansas rose from the ashes  From hissing fans and huckster administrators to scalped tickets, Missouri and Kansas remarkably have arrived together near the top of college football’s hierarchy.

TV networks' convention coverage moves online  PBS: Prime-time coverage on PBS stations including KETC Channel 9 will begin at 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday with "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" 7 p.m. and continue until at least 10 p.m., or until convention events end.

Tour of Missouri: Best spots to see the bikers race by  The Tour of Missouri will roll through the state for seven days next month, starting its first leg Sept. 8 in St. Joseph and ending about 600 miles later on Sept. 14 in St. Louis.

Romney abortion stand gives pause  Not all Michigan Republicans are thrilled that Mitt Romney could be the vice presidential running mate John McCain names in his expected announcement Friday.

Group wants to hit Obama on abortion  A group purporting to expose Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's views on abortion wants a judge to rule that it is not subject to federal election restrictions on fundraising and advertising.

Democrats will get gavel-to-gavel radio coverage  With several issues of interest to Michiganians reaching a boil -- including whether or not Detroit's mayor attends -- the Democratic National Convention promises to be hot news this week from Denver.

Time Warner customers to get extra Olympics coverage  Time Warner Cable North Texas announced plans Thursday to provide coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to local customers, in conjunction with NBC Universal.

Bush plan would cut off contraception coverage at Catholic employers  A proposed Bush administration regulation on contraception and abortion would block California's requirement that Catholic hospitals and charities provide birth-control coverage for thousands of female employees, state Attorney General Jerry Brown and family-...