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            <title><![CDATA[Dangerous sinkholes in Cape Girardeau]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:45:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One sinkhole is causing creek water to flood into a quarry, another sinkhole is about 50 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Black bear confirmed in western Missouri]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:52:25 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[While black bears are native to Missouri, they were almost eliminated from the state in the 1800s. The department says some bears returned to southern Missouri after a re-introduction in Arkansas that began in the 1950s.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ameren advises letting structures stay at Mo. lake]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:26:53 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Controversy in recent years has focused on land around the lake formed by a hydroelectric project now operated by St. Louis-based Ameren.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[50 groups volunteer to clean the Lake]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 May 2013 17:01:58 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ameren Missouri sponsors the Adopt-the-Shoreline program and paid more than $9,000 to dispose of the trash and debris collected from over 375 miles of shoreline during the 22nd annual event.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Midwest braces for another round of flooding]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 May 2013 16:30:50 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Rivers in the nation's heartland are rising yet again, and with heavy rain in the forecast, parts of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois are bracing for another round of flooding.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Smoldering landfill could threaten nuclear waste]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 May 2013 16:22:48 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Acres of garbage are burning below the surface of a suburban St. Louis landfill, causing a smell so overpowering that people in nearby neighborhoods are reluctant to come out of their homes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Street reconstruction projects pollute waterway]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:05 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On April 4, an investigation of a City of Ashland project located on Salinda Drive in Boone County was conducted in response to an environmental concern.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rising river again causing concern in southeast Missouri]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 14:44:04 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The rising Mississippi River is raising concerns in some southeast Missouri communities.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where have all the honeybees gone?]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 08:11:23 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[New federal report cites many causes for dramatic bee disappearance]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fulton collects more than 15 tons of recyclables]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 03:30:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Fulton collected 15.53 tons of recyclables in April, which is the second highest total for one month during the past six years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chemical spills onto Columbia roadway]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:43:28 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Columbia Fire Department contained the chemical spill quickly, and remained on scene until a clean-up company arrived.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missouri agency faces audit over cleanup oversight]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Auditor's office will review the Missouri Hazardous Waste Program following newspaper reports that exposed oversight concerns involving cleanup of the former Carondelet Coke site in St. Louis.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[$1 million pilot project aims to take out feral pigs]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:05:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal wildlife managers look to New Mexico pilot project in battle against feral pigs]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oil]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama pushes for federal research into clean energy technology that can wean vehicles off oil]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recent global heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:01:54 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The planet was slowly cooling for thousands of years until an unprecedented reversal in the 20th century.]]></description>
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