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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  New Mexico slaughterhouse becomes ground zero in emotional debate over horse slaughter

Saturday, March 30, 2013  One of the newborns, Hope, is already a TV star. She was featured in Budweiser's Super Bowl commercial.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Updated with video: Undeclared horse meat found in Swedish meat balls for Ikea stores in Czech Republic

Friday, November 16, 2012  American Royal officials say a horse collapsed and died moments after winning a competition in Kansas City.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  'Horses and bayonets' a quick hit; how Obama and Romney's third debate came off online

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  Four people have been charged with burglarizing a stable where five quarter horses were slashed.

Sunday, June 17, 2012  A tiny southwest Missouri community is excited about the chance to bring a horse-slaughtering plant to town to operate out of its closed beef-packing plant.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Federal authorities raid a horse racing operation in Ruidoso Downs, N.M., and a horse ranch in Oklahoma they say are tied to Mexico's most ruthless drug cartel.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Cooper County ranch with world-class horses boasts 28 new babies.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Firefighters have cleared the scene. At one point there were ten units and five tankers working to put out the flames from a hay barn fire at the Glendale Stables in Boone County.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Obama calls House GOP budget plan a Trojan horse for 'radical' change

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  The founder of a Wyoming company says she is determined to build a horse slaughtering and processing plant in southwest Missouri.

Monday, January 09, 2012  In extreme cases of animal neglect, state law allows for a sentence of 4 years in prison.

Saturday, January 07, 2012  The Humane Society of Missouri is taking temporary custody of 18 horses and donkeys found starving at a property in southwest Missouri.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011  2011 was plagued with national stories about child sex crimes with witnesses who did not inform authorities. Now, a Missouri Senator wants to make it a law to require everyone to report to authorities any instance of child sexual abuse that they witness to authorities.